chief of deputy chief of staff bred j bridget kelly e-mailed him, time for traffic and he e-mail back, got it. the port authority already refused once to pay wildstein's legal fees so he's lawyer wrote this letter friday urging them to reconsider. and in this letter the attorney

she was in the bridget jones's diary movie, representing the everyday woman. some say her face is nearly unrecognizable. cnn's jeanne moos hit the streets to get the people's reaction and also has the actress's response. >> we are wigging out over renee zellweg zellweger's new face. >> she looks gorgeous, she doesn't look like old-school renee zellweger, but who gives a [ bleep ]. >> are we supposed to pretend we don't see it? >> how could you miss it. she's a beloved actress. >> but when shown her recent photo, folks said, who? >> do you know who this is? >> i really don't know. >> she looks like a completely different person. >> that's her? oh, my god. >> reporter: say hello to the new renee zellweger. >> you had me at hello. but what exactly has she had? >> a upper eye lid lift, okay, which is just removing a little bit of that heavy skin on the upper eyelids. >> park avenue plastic surgeon says he's almost 100% sure about the eye lid lift, and he suspects a possible brow lift as well. procedures he says he would have done. >> i think technically they did e

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joining us now for more, cnn.com senior editor bridget. like it or not, we have to accept the cloud's here to stay? >> pretty much. think of the cloud as something as simple as saying i'm saving my data on another company's server, and can access it easily going on the web. we don't always think about that. we just take pictures on our phone and go, isn't that magically nice? i can have my photos backed up for me? they're really on apple servers. if it's an iphone, and with other company, the same as well. >> you delete it, think it's gone. oh, not so fast. because i know in the first interview since the icloud photo hacking scandal, ceo tim cook defending the safety saying the hackers were either able to break into the actors' passwords, or used phishing scams. tim cook said when i step back from this terrible scenario and think what could we have didn't, awareness. ratchet that up that's not really an engineering thing. when he says that, how safe is cloud for al of our information, and do you think apple could have done more in that ins

i had bridget and scott stand exactly where they were when they saw the spacecraft hover. so i could take the most accurate reading possible. >> getting nothing, no change. >> now we should go directly to control points. >> no changes. we're going out to control. so i think that right now, we're at about a 0. >> we don't really have a significant change to point to. >> no. >> after a thorough investigation of the scene, we have no new data, no solid evidence, no nothing. >> again back to where we started. being our zero point. >> yeah. >> so i've just completed my third investigation. we're going to take all of this information that we have, the photos, the video, you know, everything to now our analyst, our photo analyst, who will hopefully tell us we have or don't have something. i'm still on the mission to find facts, and hopefully we'll be able to take some of this information that we've gathered, some of these photos and videos and turn them into something worthwhile. >>> so i'm hot off the investigation trail with, bing, my evidence. i'm here in connecticut to meet w

. >> in our final case, bridget and scott witnessed an unusual moving object and followed it until it disappeared out of sight. today we're going to retrace the steps of their journey. >> it was about 12:05. we saw the two very bright lights. >> we're seeing it here. oh, it's over the parking lot. >> yeah. >> and it took us on a straight line. and we were right here, right? >> so at this point, it is directly above you about 150 feet? >> should we do some tests here with the car? >> i think so. so i've got a trifield meter set to magnetic. we're going to first test for magnetic field then test for an electric field and then we're going to go out and get three points of control that are about 50 feet out that will kind of tell us what that control point is and if we've got any type of reaction here, we know this area was affected. finally a chance to break out my equipment. i had bridget and scott stand exact write where they were when they saw the spacecraft hover so i could take the most accurate reading possible. >> getting nothing, no change. >> now we should go directly to control

she worked closely with bridget anne kelly, of course, the deputy chief of staff who wrote that famous e-mail believed to have triggered the shutdown of lanes on the george washington bridge. >>> new developments this morning in the investigation into the deaths of the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other state department employees in benghazi. house speaker john boehner has chosen south carolina republican trey gowdy, former prosecutor and a prominent critic of the obama administration. he's chosen him to head up a house select committee looking into whether the administration tried to cover up what happened in benghazi. democrats say they haven't gotten any details yet about this committee. democrats are pushing for a no vote on forming a committee. >>> european stocks mixed in the early going. dow futures point to a higher open. stocks made a comeback yesterday after a really tough start to the day. prosecutors in the u.s. now zeroing in on a european bank, credit suisse. >> there is no such thing as too big to jail. some have used that phrase -- >> that's attorney general eric

christina renna was the governor's director of government affairs and worked closely with bridget anne kelly, the deputy chief of staff who wrote that famous e-mail believed to have triggered the shutdown of lanes on the george washington bridge. >>> house speaker john boehner has made his pick to head up an investigative investigation into benghazi and whether the white house tried to cover it up. south carolina republican trey gowdy is a former prosecutor and prominent critic of the obama administration. he said he has evidence of a cover-up in the aftermath of the death to the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other state department employees. democrats say they haven't gotten any details yet about the committee and are pushing for a no vote on forming one. >>> this morning we're learning that americans are divided over whether los angeles clippers owner donald sterling should be forced to sell his team after making those racist comments. a new cnn/orc poll finds that while 47% of the public supports a for sale, 50% are against it. 100% think i should speak more clearly. those numb

thing in the report, it goes after one of the former key players, the former deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly, saying she cracked. she was unpredictable. she was volatile. her lawyers file back saying the report is venomous, and has the sexist remarks, has no place in what is supposed to be an independent report. might they in trying to clean it up, have created a bit of a mess? >> i think this report is a strange mistake on christie's part. he didn't have to commission the report. it was a lose/lose, if the report came out looking good for him as he tried to do, it was going to be dismissed. if it came out looking bad it would be oh, my gosh, it is a bad report. instead it takes a story that was starting to die out a little bit on its own and revives it and puts it back in the news. and there were the attacks, very personal depiction of somebody who didn't even speak to the investigators, being seen accessist by a lot of people. now she is coming out of the wood work saying she will cooperate. >> if you have three key people at the port authority and your campaign manager, they ha

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. >> also today an attorney for bridget anne kelly the former aide hinted that kelly does have information she will only give to federal investigators. remember you can always follow what's going on here on twitter. tweet me at wolf blitzer. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next breaking news at this moment four search ships arriving at the possible crash site of flight 370. we have a live update from the commander of the search team. new information about the captain and co-pilot. hear the captain speak in his own words. >>> more breaking news tonight a tense phone call between president obama and vladimir putin. will obama's warnings stop russia from invading ukraine. let's go. >>> good evening i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight on this friday we begin with the breaking news, search ships at this moment arriving at the possible crash

and adding a little spice to the scandal, an alleged romance between two former top aides, bridget anne kelly and bill stepien, who both refused to turn over subpoenaed documents. today christie holds his first press conference since january. >>> and the confirmed death toll in the washington landslide is 17, but apparently not for long. authorities expect to announce a significant increase in that number later this morning. right now, 90 people remain unaccounted, missing. the university of washington seismologists say there were actually two separate landslides last weekend several minutes apart there. they devastated a square mile, one whole square mile area. this is just north of seattle. >>> all right, to the stock market now. global stocks trading at this hour. they are up around the world. asia is booking its best week since last spring, and that is despite signs that china's economy is slowing. here's why stocks are up. investors are betting weak data from china means the government will intervene to stabilize growth. here in the u.s., it's another story. the dow dropped three o

also, an alleged romance between two top former aides, bridget anne kelly and bill stepien, who have both refused to turn over subpoena documents. today we'll hear chris christie. he's holding his first press conference since january and of course, cnn will cover that. it will be interesting to hear the questions and what he has to say. >>> now to washington state, where the confirmed death toll in the oso, washington, landslide is now 17, but apparently not for long. authorities expect to announce a significant increase in the number of killed this morning. right now 90 people are listed as missing or unaccounted for. according to university of washington seismologists, there were actually two separate landslides last weekend several minutes apart. they devastated a square-mile-long area just north of seattle. >>> also this morning, criminal charges could be on the way for pacific gas and electric. the california utility giant now says it is expected to be charged in a 2010 natural gas explosion that killed eight people in san bruno. the company has already been hit with $565 millio

until this aberration behavior directed by bridget kelly in 2013. and the mission of that office should be made crystal clear to be a service function for all and are non partisan manner. second, we've recommended to the governor's office that the governor appoint a chief ethics officer for the governor's office. this would be a senior statesman of unquestioned integrity and independence to report directly to the governor and issue period reports to the public as for complaints within the governor's office. and we have recommended separately the appointment of a chief ethics officer for the office of the governor to be responsible for ethics enforcement, conflicts/issue resolution and training. and that that person should have a direct reporting relationship both with the chief counsel to the governor, the ombudsman and ability to report to the governor as well. finally, in regard to the port authority, which is where this lane realignment was aif he can which you waited, we recommend the appointment of a bistate commission to examine ways in which

the panel brants texts, e-mails and other documents from bridget ann kelly. >>> and how about this? the president making a bit of a surprise stop at the gap during a fund raising trip to new york city. the chain recently agreed to raise its minimum wage in stores across the country. later on "new day," we're going to speak to the gap employee who helped the president make his selections. what do you buy the first lady? that's a tough one. >> is he shopping for his wife? >> and the girls. >> indra petersons, can you imagine, you're hanging out at the gap and a bunch of guys in ties show up. >> yeah right. >> they probably want the girl's advice. all right. let's talk about what's going on. there's going to be big changes in your wardrobe. this is d.c.'s high expected today. 68 degrees. then i took you every four hours through the evening. by midnight, talking about 30s. by 4:00 a.m. in the 20s. only into the 30s tomorrow. and it is not the only city that's going to be seeing this. everyone's really going to feel the effects of the next system making its way through. of course that sy

bill stepien and bridget kelly say complying with subpoenas from state legislators carries the risk of self-incrimination. kelly was fired back in january after e-mails emerged linking her to the orchestrated lane closings at the george washington bridge, apparently as political payback. governor christie has denied any involvement. >>> breaking overnight, congress now demanding answers from general motors about why it took the automaker nearly a decade to recall some 1.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches that have been linked to some 13 deaths now. the head of house energy and commerce committee say they plan to investigate and hold hearings on the slow recall. gm, in the meantime, has hired its own lawyers to lead what they call an internal investigation. >>> happening right now, these are live pictures of the senate floor, where more than two dozen senate democrats pulling an all-nighter in an effort to get congress to wake up to the danger of global warming. it's not any kind of filibuster. the senators concede that right now a climate bill would almost certainly fail.

bridget kelly and bill stepien, both fired now, have refused to comply with subpoenas. today their lawyers have to explain why they are not turning over documents. the governor, chris christie, cut ties with kelly after her infamous e-mail "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee," after that went public, and he says he became aware of it for the first time. >>> all right, eight cities are vying to host the 2016 republican national convention. today in washington, six of them will make their pitch to the rnc selection committee. cleveland, cincinnati, columbus, denver, kansas city and phoenix. dallas and las vegas will present later this month. final decision expected later this year. >> the possibility of it happening in vegas is causing a lot of waves right now in political circles. >>> all right, this story caught my attention, because my kids used this for years. sound machines designed to help infants sleep, they could be damaging kids' hearing. >> oh, wow. >> researchers say some of these machines are even capable of delivering noise that is unsafe for full-grow

. >> what the community's trying to understand is how did bridget kelly some to believe she had this. >> it shows wildstein was on the bridge the first day of the lane closures. it also provides a glipgs into how the key players handled the scandal. one person texted wildstein and asked, are we being fired. >> thank you very much for that. >>> are you watching us at the gym this morning? if you are or are not, we have video for you that has just released. the first lady's campaign seems to have rubbed off a bit, even on her husband. >> let's move. >> and they're moving. president obama and vice president joe biden made this white house workout video as part of michelle obama's fitness push. a little jogging, a little stretching, a little monday night football -- i like that -- then a little hydrating. when do you find time to shoot something like this when you're running a country? i say him at an event once. he had his sleeves rolled up. he's got some gun sfwls yeah. >> yeah. i think the man could work out. >> i'm sure he could take me. >> i would not challenge him. he also comes wit

these now unredacted exchanges between bridget kelly, a former agent of governor chris christie, and david wildstein, whom christie appointed to the port authority. wildstein expresses frustration with a prominent new jersey rabbi. kelly replies, "we cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we?" this comes just six days after kelly's infamous e-mail to wildstein, "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." the documents also show that wildstein was on the george washington bridge on the first day of those what seem to be politically motivated lane closures. >>> all right, today, new documents expected from the clinton presidential library, 5,000 pages of previously unreleased papers, including confidential communications between former president bill clinton and his advisers and possible communications involving former first lady hillary clinton that could play a role if she decides to run in 2016. it's just the beginning, really. 25,000 more pages are expected in the coming weeks. >> people will be poring through these. >>> all right, breaking news overnight out of

the exchange involves a discussion between bridget kelly, a former top christie aide, and david wildstein who christie appointed to the port authority. wildstein sends kelly the picture of a rabbi with house speaker john boehner and says, he is officially pissed me off. kelly replies, clearly. we cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we? wildstein responds, flights to tel aviv all mysteriously delayed. the rabbi is chaplain of the port authority police and is prominent in new jersey even lighting the menorah at the governor's mansion. it's not clear from the text why wildstein was annoyed with the rabbi. we were unable to reach the rabbi for comment but sources tell cnn he's not involved in the lane closures. the new documents don't directly tie christie to the bridgegate scandal but he was peppered with questions on wednesday. >> we're going through an internal investigation. all this stuff will koom out over the appropriate period of time. i'm not going to give in to the hysteria of questions that are given by folks who have information today that i didn't have at the

david wildstein, who at the time was a top executive at the port authority in newark, new jersey, sent bridget anne kelly a photo that included a rabbi that says, he has officially pissed me off and kelly said, we cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we? flights to tel-aviv all mysteriously delayed. it's not clear why they were upset back in 2012. wildstein and kelly, who no longer wo longer work for christie agreed it was time to cause some traffic problems in ft. lee. the bridge was closed for nearly a week turning parts of north jersey into a parking lot. allegedly, as retribution, after the ft. lee governor refused to enforce governor christie for re-election. kelly said, "i feel badly about the kids" and wildstein said, they are the children of buono voters. christie said he did not know about the scheme until yesterday when it ended in a radio interview and dismissed it as a distraction. >> you folks are the only people at the moment who are asking me about this. >> uh-huh. >> i've been to two town halls in the last two weeks and there has not been one question on it.

it involves a discussion between bridget kelly, a top christie aide. they joke about of all things, causing traffic problems. wildstein sends kelly a picture of the rabbi and said "he has officially missed me off. she replies clearly, we cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we? he jokes, flights to tel aviv all mysteriously delayed. the rabbi in question is a gentlemen who is a chaplain of the port authority police. it's not clear from the text why wildstein was so annoyed with him. we reached out to the rabbi to maybe find out, but we haven't heard back. there is also a separate exchange between wildstein and a port authority police officer. that shows us that wildstein was on the george washington bridge the first day of the lane closures. >> anyother telling details going through the do you means? >> the top appointee is a guy named bill barony. he texted and asked are we being fired? that text came about a month before he resigned. i'm going to have more on this later in "the situation room." >> wow. thank you very much. new inf

the most interesting exchange involves a discussion between bridget kelly, now she was the former top christie aide since fired by the governor, and david wildstein. in these texts they joke about of all things causing traffic problems. now, wildstein sends kelly a picture of a rabbi and says "he has officially ticked me off." she replies clearly can't we cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we? and he jokes flights to tel aviv all mysteriously delayed. now, the rabbi, gentleman by the name of mendy sppz carlebach. we reached out to the rabbi, but we haven't heard back. there's also a separate exchange that's interesting. it's between wildstein and a port authority police officer. and that shows us that wildstein was on the bridge the first day of those lane closings. >> any other telling details released in these new documents? >> well, i'll tell you, wolf, there was a top christie appointee to the port authority, bill baroni, and we see he texts wildstein at one point and asks are we being fired? that came about a month before he resigned. we're still going through all

. >> little bridget carr. she was excited to open the present for her birthday. a mini fridge a bike or barbie? pull open the flap and? >> let's see. happy birthday! >> oh, it's dad! oh, my gosh. that is the best thing ever. >> so much better than the mini fridge. >> soldier josh mccormack on leave from his second tour in afghanistan. welcome home. thank you for your service and thank you for sharing this with us. >> it is always great when it works out the way you want and get the reaction you are hoping for. thank you for starting your morning with us. >> next hour of "new day" starts right now. rise and shine. it is saturday. hope you have the day off and it is yours for the taking. i'm christi paul. >> enjoy whatever you will. i'm victor blackwell. 6:00 on the west coast. we will take you straight to ukraine's capital of kiev. >> this is live pictures of independent square. anti-protesters are still there this morning. ukraine's president is not. apparently he left the city. >> and now opposition lawmakers are calling for him to resign immediately. let's brin

the two aides, bridget kelly and bill steppian argue that it discriminates against their right to incrimination. >> they've apologized to motorists snarled in the traffic caused by the lane closures. >> while he said he was sorry, he didn't take responsibility for the closures. ft. lee also released 220 pages of documents requested by christie's lawyer. >> wolf, today's town hall was the second time christie fielded questions from the public. he did a call-in radio show. and again new jersey voters show they don't care about the controversies fueling the national political media. that's a good sign for christie and he continues to work to rebuild a brand that's been a little tarnished by scandal. >> chris frates thank you very much. let's discuss with gloria borger and ryan lizza, the washington correspondent for the "new yorker" magazine. >> i think people care about the recovery effort from sandy. this is part of the governor's brand. he made a point of telling people there that he still spends 40% of his time on sandy issues. that's 15 months after the storm. and he was masterful, i thought,

committee went to court and asked the judge to make two of christie's former top aids, bill stepien and bridget kelly turn over documents regarding lane closures on the bridge. stepien and kelly said they don't believe they need to produce documents. they believe their fifth amendment rights are violated and they don't need to produce those things. the investigative committee has taken them to court and said yes you do. we believe when you hit send on e-mails or texts, those things are no longer incriminating yourself with something you already shared. that grinds forward in the background here any time chris christie goes out and does anything. >> we'll wait and see what happens later today. thanks so much chris. i'm back in a minute. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and fi

bridget ann kelly has also refused to respond. >> tonight is your chance to win more than $400 million in the powerball jacket drawing. you get, what, $230 million. you can do some things with that. the odds of winning the big prize, one in 175 million, but go ahead. >> keep hope alive. >> i say iter time, i just don't believe the chances that you're going to win matter. because you got a chance. >> you got a chance. >> say it, i got a chance. >> that's what hope's all about. >> let's talk olympics. and of course, as always, the caveat, we have a spoiler alert from sochi. if you don't want to hear, but we know you want to. eight medal events. already this morning, skiing and snowboarding events underway. this comes after another big day for the usa. more now from sochi. rachel? >> reporter: well, chris, how great is this. half pipe skier david wise's wise took a photo of their baby daughter and put it on one of those giant sticks. so when he went down the pipe for what turned out to be his gold medal run, he said all he saw was the giant smile of his baby girl. take a look. when it com

. >>> new developments into the investigation of new jersey governor christie, bill stepien and bridget anne kelly both have again refused to turn over documents to a state legislative committee looking into the shutdown of those lanes on the george washington bridge. committee members say they plan to ask a judge to force the aides to comply. >>> the federal government is apparently looking for a way to keep track of your car. listen up, folks, homeland security has put out a request to find a private contractor to build a national license plate tracking system. many local police departments also track license plates. but this system would connect all of those local databases to make it easier to snow where people are going. the dhs spokesman tells "the washington post" the database would only be used as part of criminal investigations. >> i can't decide if this is creepy or just common sense. >> both. >> tweet us what you think. @early start. >>> both sides reacting to a new report showing that raising the minimum wage could help or hurt at the same time. the congress budget office fi

. >> bill stepi nervegs y and bridget kelly. my question to you is why. there's still this question that people have there might it be something to hide no matter how much the governor denies it. >> anyone who says they know why bill stepien or anyone else is pleading the fifth or fourth amendment, you'd better be his lawyer. i don't know why. but i'll say this. there's the legal process, the legal court system. you have every right to do that constitutionally. if you're the lawyer, you may say listen, let's work out a deal. in the court of public opinion, let's not kid ourselves, and christie knows this, sooner or later, those people keep adding up who say i'm going to plead the fifth, the fourth, it doesn't look good. it looks like there's something to hide particularly because the governor has said i want my people to cooperate. to the average person, pleading the fourth fourth and fifth amendment doesn't look like that. people have to start cooperating and cooperating to me means turning everything over. >> right. thanks very much to both of you. we a

>> most of the subpoenas are going to aides of the key players who already got the subpoenas, like bridget ann kelly and other people involved and may have the answer to why this all happened. so what a source close to the investigation told me last night is that they want to see if these aides and associates have correspondence that they sent on behalf of the key players and so forth. perhaps the most interesting is the fact they are trying to get information about who was on a helicopter ride with chris christie which he took on 9/11 going to a 9/11 memorial ceremony. they want to see if daifld wildstein was on that helicopter ride. he of course now is a notorious character in all of this. he was clearly involved in some way in the lane closures. christie says he was not on that helicopter ride. still gives us an indication of the kind of direction this investigation is going. clearly, it is just the beginning of this investigation, at least this particular part of it in the state house. >> i think you picked the right one to focus on. the investigative committees they can issue the subp

i never understood why his deputy chief of staff who had worked with him, bridget anne kelly, never at least gave her the courtesy of a phone call or a meeting, saying what were you thinking, what were you oh -- is there any logical explanation, you possibly could have had? what was going through your mind? apparently he just decided to fire her without giving her an opportunity to explain her position, which never was clear to me why he was doing that. unless -- and there was some legal reason why his lawyers were saying don't even talk to her. she is in big trouble. if you talk to her, you could be seen as coaching her. you could be in legal trouble yourself. unless there was some legal rationale, which i obviously still don't understand. you see any rationale at all for him not even giving her the courtesy of a phone call? >> no. unless he knew that she knew he knew. in other words, she -- if he called her into his office and she said, well, as you remember, we discussed this bridge closing, so what do you mean? that's one possibility. the other is just that he wants to keep as much

. >> so don and his wife bridget made a life-changing decision. >> we realized if we are going to fight this, there needs to be somebody here 24/7. >> they moved here indefinitely. today his nonprofit agape international missions feeds, shelters and rehabilitates survivors. >> when we came here three years ago and began to live here, 100% of the kids between 8 and 12 were being trafficked. 100%. >> 100%? every child born was eventually sold to sexual trafficking? >> we didn't believe it until we saw van load after van load of kids being brought in. >> much has changed since then, but much hasn't. don says that children are still sold for sex every day. it's just gone underground. many are sold as virgins by their own parents. as we walk along the dirt roads, don points out a table of men playing cards. he says they are there every day. >> instead of caring for their family or working, they sit there and gamble and drink every day because they traffic kids, including their own. >> these guys do. >> yep, these guys right here. >> their own, they traffic their own children? >> theirs as we

. >> bridget kelly, i believe, have said that these e-mails are personal, have nothing to do with any bridges like that, deals with her personal life. she's not going to release it and even one suggestion she might cite the fourth amendment, which would be unlawful search and seizure. >> i think she does have a good fifth amendment, self-indiscrimination right. but all of this suggests how slow this process is going to be because the legislature might have to go to court over these issues. the u.s. attorney who was subpoenaing many of the same documents may have to go to court. once you go to court, things grind to if not a stop something very slow. and so the three key figures here, david wildstein, miss cally, and bill stepien have pleaded the fifth. >> are you surprised that they have pleaded the fifth? >> it's a bargaining opportunity. it's not rare that people in these situations are lawyering up, feeling removed by a few degrees from the heart of the situation because when a federal investigation is opened, you get a lawyer. that's just what happens. jeffrey's right. this is goi

two of the key aides we know about, bridget kelly and bill stepien. bridget kelly the one who sent the e-mail, get ready for some traffic in ft. lee. she has decided to invoke her constitutional right of the fifth amendment, and bill stepien, who was really chris christie's right hand, his campaign manager -- >> and wildstein earlier did the same thing as far as his fifth amendment. >> to testify but not for documents. we're not sure about documents. >> we'll see if he gives those documents. he gave some earlier. >> yes. >> hold on for a moment. gloria is with us, as well, gloria borger, senior political analyst. this is the new cnn rnc poll numbers, all americans, registered voters, choice for 2016. back in december, it seems like a long time ago, christie was slightly ahead of hillary clinton, 48-46%. now hillary clinton is way ahead of christie, 55-39%. that's a pretty striking switch. >> yeah, she has clearly been the beneficiary on the national scale of his down fall. and that's because of independent voters. christie, if you look deeper into the

what does bridget kelly's decision say to you? >> that's very interesting. she was a close aid to the governor. she is saying her testimony and providing documents would potentially put her in a situation of self-incrimination. so that's somebody who is very close to the governor. we also know that david wildstein already has pleaded the fifth and hasn't provided any information. those are the two key figures. bridget kelly sent the e-mail that said, time for some traffic problems in fort lee and david wild stein received it and said, got it. those are the two key figures. the governor has been framing this as the port authority or david wildstein's scheme. it is bridget kelly who sent that e-mail saying, time for some traffic problems. >> she could be charged criminally. the governor was asked about that and he gave kind of an interesting answer. a nonanswer, i should say. >> well, that's been one of the key things. if you talk to people in new jersey about this, is when the governor fired bridget kelly, he didn't first ask her what she knew about this, why

. >> now while the governor was on the air, he got word his former aid bridget anne kelly is taking the fifth and won't give the committee that's investigating documents they want from her. kelly is a key player on this. she was the aid that christie fired after learning she sent an e-mail saying it's time for traffic in fort lee. christie was tough on kelly in the marathon press conference last month. she's softened sayings he's not going to be critical of somebody exercising their constitutional rights. >> there's a but there. when he said i won't warranty anything my staffer does after this. i thought that was a big admission for him that could go to criticism of leadership style largely with the information that comes out. thanks for the report and for following along, appreciate it dana bash in washington. >>> also this morning, financial news for a change. futures looking up. for an economist with one hand, tell me who said that and i'll send you a "new day" coffee cup. overhand, overseas markets tanked. japan tumbled. china took a hit as well. they follow the trend set by us in t

meanwhile, the governor's former deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly, is now refusing to turn over documents subpoenaed by a legislative committee investigating the bridge shutdown. she is the one accused of actually ordering the lane closures. her lawyer writes that turning over the documents would violate her fifth amendment rights, since she is also being investigated by federal prosecutors. >>> all right, in stock markets around the world, brutal selling. markets in asia right now sharply lower. stocks in europe tracking that wall street sell-off as well. yesterday's triple-digit losses for the dow put the loss now at 7% for the year. everyone talking correction. what is a correction? that's a technical loss of 10% or more. it may happen. lots of things rattling this market -- manufacturing concerns here in the u.s. and in china, the stability of emerging markets, there's a jobs report on friday that has many on edge, but the biggest reason, it's probably just time. even with recent declines that are likely rippling into your 401(k), no question, the dow is still up, up 135% si

there are e-mails and documents and information that either bridget kelly or other people in his office have. we want to look at it. >> at the least don't you think he is smart enough to not have made the cone joke if he had a little teeny bit of fear that there might be proof? >> i can't get into what he is thinking. all i know is this is that it was strenuously denied that there was any involvement and now the governor's office is involved through bridget kelly and perhaps others. we need to get answers. this is an abuse of power that should not be allowed. >> how long do you think the public stays so passionate about the issue? >> it becomes an issue of how expedited the investigation is. they distract from the process and they hype it up and pour fuel on the fire. some folks are cheer leading for them. >> let me just ask you. completely honestly you have to admit you are shocked by the dramatic change in the polls. >> again, yeah, i am in a way but i'm also not. if you took a pounding every day that governor christie has or any candidate on our side where you are waking up and every

. >> does anybody really think that bridget kelly, the deputy chief of staff woke up one day, sent an e-mail to wildstein, you know what, start some traffic problems in ft. lee? >> she either was told to did it by someone higher up, including maybe the governor himself or there was a culture in that administration, the christie administration where his closest aides thought this was an neither one reflects good on christie, right? >> what do you think? >> agreed. it's a legitimate question. i believe that with all of the subpoenas, i believe with all of these investigations we're going to get answers. but let's not get ahead of the story. >> all right. we're not going to get ahead of the story. >> we don't do that here. >> 2016 matchup -- >> you guys will get ahead of the story on "cross-fire." s.e., you'll be there? >> i will there tonight. >> of course you will be. >> thanks. >>> up next, president obama facing troubling poll numbers. details of where he's losing some public support. our brand new poll numbers are coming up. >>> and would mitt romney run for president again? we're l

we've seen in the e-mails that actually bridget anne kelly, the former christie deputy chief of staff said "it's time to create traffic problems in ft. lee, " david wildstein said "got it." >> i can't say that. i don't know. i don't know if that would be reading too much into it. i'm not privy of all of the decision making that goes on. i'm sort of an outsider. i have known chris for a long time. i know him as a u.s. attorney. from everything that i can see from the outside, he's handled it well by taking accountability for it and firing the people responsible and i do think, you know, the public is entitled to at least have a devil's advocate who can lay out the other side of the story. and as a lawyer, i sort of have a natural instinct to do that. >> fair enough. in the "ask the governor" tonight, what would you advise him to say? >> i would advise him to be himself. the press conference a few weeks ago was so darn clear and precise and so different than when we have a politician that is back peddling. i can't recall, i have no recollection. i think he needs to be himself and make i

what i can tell you about the resignation, it was by a woman named christina republicana, an aide to bridget kelly, from the e-mails who said time for traffic problems. she said she resigned because it was the beginning of a second term, a natural time to resign. but, you know, certainly because she is tied to ms. kelly, there are questions about what she knew certainly also because she is under subpoena herself. now, the democrats who are running that committee are telling me that they don't expect any documents to come out today. in fact, most of the people from the christie administration and elsewhere that have been subpoenaed have been given extensions so they'll have more time to get that paperwork into state legislatures looking into this whole matter. >> you know, chris, normally when -- if you're going to resign at the beginning of a second term, you do it before the inauguration, you don't do it a week or two after the inauguration. so it's a little unusual to be resigning just after he is sworn in for a second term. that's just my experience with people who don't want to serve in

she reported to deputy chief of staff bridget kelly, who apparently set the lane closings in motion. >> yes, i don't think he should step down. i think he should stay there. >> no, i don't think he should step down because nothing has been proven, and you always give a person the benefit of the doubt in those kinds of situations, in my judgment. >> the governor has denied it. so far, there's no evidence to suggest that he's not telling the truth. i think the governor knows the consequences. if he's lying, it's a really bad situation. if he's not lying, then something very unfair is being done to him. >> those are republicans on the sunday talk shows weighing in on the political future, or what he should do next, governor christie. governor christie insists he knew nothing about the traffic-blocking operation and has fired back at a former port authority official, brian wildstein's claims he personally ordered the lane closures. christie said an e-mail to supporters, "david wildstein will do and say anything to save david wildstein." >> so, this note christie sent out is really shocki

chief of deputy chief of staff bred j bridget kelly e-mailed him, time for traffic and he e-mail back, got it. the port authority already refused once to pay wildstein's legal fees so he's lawyer wrote this letter friday urging them to reconsider. and in this letter the attorney claims that evidence exists tying christie to having knowledge of the lane closures while they were closed. a direct contradiction to what christie has been saying publicly over the past month. but it's important to point out there is no indication of what that evidence is or if wildstein himself even has it. and so the revelation may be less damaging than initial reports suggested yesterday because it doesn't necessarily state that he knew about the underlying scandal at the center of the investigation. in response, the christie administration doubled down in a statement friday evening and that reads, mr. wildstein's lawyer confirms what the governor has said all along. he had absolutely no prior knowledge of the lane closures before they happened. and whatever mr. wildstein's motivations were for closing the

order to close the access lanes to the gw bridge and you may remember christie's deputy chief of staff bridget kelly e-mailed to wildstein time for traffic problems in ft. lee and wildstein replied, got it. what's so interesting about wildstein as character in this story is he and christie met in 1977 in high school long before christie appointed him at the port authority. but he down played their friendship in that press conference a few weeks ago. >> david and i were not friends in high school. we were not even acquaintances in high school. i was the class president and athlete. i don't know what david was doing during that period of time. we went 23 years without seeing each other. >> so just perhaps not the best way to inspire loyalty. christi and victor? >> erin mcpike was. thank you. >>> joining us now, a democrat from new jersey, democrat congressman, i should say, thank you so much, for of all, for taking the time to be with us. i know you call this disturbing, the new claims. does this claim though, how much merit does it hold? how much credence do we give it at all until any evidence

. >> now, in case anyone's forgotten it was christie's deputy chief of staff bridget kelly who e-mailed time for some traffic problems in ft. lee to david wildstein, a christie appointee at the port authority. and wildstein replied, got it. up to this point, none of the documentation that the new jersey legislation has reviewed in their estimation ever mentions jeezty. so the attorney leading the investigation told cnn yesterday so-called evidence and he's his- concerned that its very existence was leaked to the media before the investigatory committee got a chance to see what that purportrd evidence is. the second claim is wildstein contesting accuracy of statements christie made about him and that he could prove those are wrong. but that could prove just their different recollections of their own relationship which dateses back to high school. take a listen to what christie said about his former high school classmate. >> david and i were not friends in high school. we were not even aquakwacquaint. i was the class president and athlete. i don't know what david was doing during that per

we know it was bridget kelly who sent the e-mail saying time for traffic problems in fort lee. the possibility that david wildstein has more information is very real. >> you said christie might be able to weather this politicly as long as it is shown he didn't know about this advance or order the lane closurers. we kboent know whether that is the case. >> i think they are very great for him. if this letter proves to be accurate, contrary to what we heard earlier i read it as directly contradicting what the governor said in two press conferences. he said he didn't know anything about the lane closings until the episode was over. he said he knew there was evidence tying him to knowing the lane closures were there. let's take a good example. the newark star ledger in new jersey, left leaning newspaper but a newspaper that endorsed governor christie in 2013 has come out tonight to say if this letter is accurate he must resign. he must resign. if he won't resign he must be impeached. that is tough stuff if you want to run for the white house. >> do you think this makes it likely chr

the administration has said that it started and stopped with bridget kelly. no one else in the administration did. they tried to portray her as a rogue staff member and that is not the case, according to wildstein. >> i want you to hold on. we're getting more information here at cnn. chris has been looking into this part of the story. update us on what you're learning. you called the governor's office, the lawyer representing david wildstein's office. chris, update us on what you are learning. >> that's right, wolf. we've reached out to the governor's office and have not heard back. we reached out to david wildstein's attorney on this. i want to remind everybody that what we're talking about here is chris christie when he -- >> hold on. we're missing your microphone. we're having trouble hearing you. we're going to fix that. kate, let me go back to you for a second. i want to read to our viewers exactly what is in this letter, the letter from david wildstein's attorney that has generated all this commotion right now. i'll read the whole paragraph to our viewe

the hint was there was a lawyer who was representing bridget kelly, his chief of staff. he said he had to step down on conflict of interest grounds from representing her. he holds the position by the way of a commission in new jersey that investigates finance campaign problems on the part of politicians. obviously he knew that the justice department was going to copy records relevant to campaign and campaign contributions. i'm not surprised by this. once a federal investigation has been opened, there wide varieties of subjects that a prosecutor can look into. certainly all kinds of things are going to be subject to public scrutiny and scrutiny by the justice department now that there is an open investigation. we have to say in the end just because subpoenas have been issued, that's no indication they are guilty of anything. it's an indication that you are going to have a thorough investigation done by a very thorough prosecutor. >> just an indication that people have a lot of questions for what's happened. both of these breaking news stories. thank you. now to justin bie

according to one report i read, christie has had eight of your former aides working for him, including bridget anne kelly, who contacted the port authority who has now been fired by the governor. what is she like? she worked for you. do you know her well? >> i don't know her. >> she worked for your -- >> she worked somewhere in my presidential campaign. i don't remember what she did or coming into contact with her there. i did come into contact with her since she's been working with governor christie, however. she seemed like a fine person to me, but i have little knowledge about her. >> what happens now? there's not just -- you say this is a political witch hunt. the legislature investigation. but there's also a prosecutor, a state attorney looking into this. >> there is. there's a prosecutor looking into this. and that i think is a different story. the united states attorney's office in new jersey, although the prosecutor is appointed by president obama and it's a democratic administration, the prosecutor, who i know somewhat about, i know his reputation, has a very fine reputation. i think