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>> right. no, and so that's the surprising thing, as i say, bill baroni technically should have been in the position where everybody would assume he's the point of contact. the impression that everybody, or most people in the port authority had, though, was that david wildstein was the point of contact. that's why i just say, with michaels, knowing christie, you know, himself, knowing probably through his brother, christie that well, i'd be curious to ask him. we put in a request for a comment. i'd be curious to ask him, was it your impression when david wildstein was telling you this that thi...

That we ought to look at this? >> the leadership of the port authority police. >> names? >> paul nunziano. president of the port authority ppa. mike de filippis. delegate who worked on the george washington bridge. >> the head of the port authority pba raised this as an issue? >> that's correct. >> that's his responsibility to, i mean, he's got a traffic mitigation responsibility? it just seems like an unusual -- >> two things, i don't think there's anything unusual about people who represent police officers talking about traffic safety. and second, given the fact that one of the two people ac...

Claims. the port authority police union is making no comment on the matter. at least thus far. efforts by msnbc to reach lieutenant chip michaels have so far been unsuccessful. but what was the involvement of the port authority police in this scheme? when the head of their police union was credited with the traffic study cover story, and he, himself, advanced that cover story in the press, did he know that it was false? when he was mocking people who didn't believe the traffic study thing as believing that leona helmsley property had jimmy hoffa buried on it, too, when he was using color analo...

>> now, there are new questions about the role of state senator kevin o'toole. >> sure shirks a republican on your committee. >> right. >> "the bergen record" reports on what happened after bill baroni's november 5th testimony about a traffic study. quote, baroni texted wildstein afterward looking for feedback from officials in trenton. during that exchange, wildstein told baroni o'toole's statement ready. so it appears senator o'toole was communicating david wildstein, communicating with him the very day bill baroni testified before your committee. >> right. senator o'toole had an opinion pie...

Washington bridge. traffic study which was used as a cover story to obscure the real reasons the lanes on that bridge were shut down. joining us now, sean of the "bergen record." prestigious george polk journalism award for his excellent and groundbreaking coverage of the bridge lane closings. congratulations on that polk . t >> i appreciate it. >> couple things that have broken. one is the news substantiating the early claims from the ft. lee mayor that port authority police told people who were stuck in the traffic jam they ought to blame the mayor. why is that an important development? >> w...