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Plus, new subpoenas in the chris christie scandal that could happen at any moment as investigators pounce on a new report called bridgegate and what the governor may have known. and snow jam alert. atlanta is bracing for another winter storm two weeks after the embarrassing traffic debacle. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." it's like a scene out of homeland. elite u.s. forces nabbing an alleged al qaeda terrorist on the street in a matter of seconds. this is amid a new debate within the administration about the terror fighting tactics. the key question right now, should the...

We don't know the answers to the questions and chris christie claims he doesn't know, either. >> what i'm curious about is what happened here. and that's why i've authorized an internal investigation, as i talked about on january 9th. >> uh-huh. >> and we've hired a law firm to come in and do that internal investigation. they're working really hard. they're working diligently, and i can't wait for them to be finished so i can get the full story here. >> remember, soon after all this went down, ft. lee mayor mark sokolich reached out to a top christie appointee at the port authority asking for ...

And that's why i've authorized an internal investigation, as i talked about on january 9th. >> uh-huh. >> and we've hired a law firm to come in and do that internal investigation. they're working really hard. they're working diligently, and i can't wait for them to be finished so i can get the full story here. >> remember, soon after all this went down, ft. lee mayor mark sokolich reached out to a top christie appointee at the port authority asking for assurance the recent traffic debacle was not punitive in nature. there's growing speculation at the time the lanes were closed to get back a so...

Again tonight he unequivocally did not know about the traffic debacle that erupted and didn't authorize it. just a short time ago he was on a program on new jersey 101.5. he denied any knowledge that lanes were deliberately closed to punish the mayor of ft. lee. evidence exists that christie knew this was happening, here's some of what christie said a short time ago on the radio program. >> i'll be dammed if i'm going to let anything get in the way of me doing my job. i took an oath a couple weeks ago, what the people of new jersey need to know is two things about this, one more time. first, i...

His wife, their kids, while he sought re-election. the timing of this could not be worst for christie. democrats announced new committees to investigate the traffic debacle on the gw bridge apparently orchestrated by aides close to christie. the governor did apologize and fired two aides who were implicated. these new developments may indicate his new trouble may only have just gubegun. let's bring in our investigative correspondent. >> they're now looking into another controversy of christie's, has to do with federal taxpayer money for hurricane sandy relief. when hurricane sandy hit new jers...