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. >> first, trying to its extreme of disappointing news for bridget gas customers. british gas will need to justify their decisions openly and transparently to bill payers. >> week after week at prime minister's questions the labour leader just kept talking about energy. >> on monday the tragedies and ago there's a certain amount you can do freezing energy prices, while the chancellor said in his conference speech, it was something out of gas capital. can he tell us is freezing energy prices a good idea or a communist plot? >> month after month he stood at this dispatch boxes into secretary and produce policy after all to come regulation after regulation, target after target, all of which butch energy prices out. can he confirm that opposing the freeze he has on his side the big six energy companies? and supporting a freeze we have consumer bodies like which and small energy produces like co-op energy and the vast majority of the british people. >> anything energy price freeze was such a great idea, why didn't he introduce it when he stood at this platform? the fact

. >> as for evan catz, he found his match in bridget. he didn't meet her online, he met her at a party. she was a year older than his maximum dating age criteria, and he was a different religion than she was looking for. >> is there a lesson to broaden your search. >> accidentally i stepped into it. she was nothing like what i was looking for, but i have the best time with her, and i can be my best self around her, and i was not constantly criticised or insecure and it was easy. i think my world was investigationships should be easy, if they are not easy, they are not right. >> that was a nice family and a lot of fun handling out with the group of la singles. coming up next - it's the fight for chicago. beyond the gunshots and fist fights chicago gangs are making a name for themselves online. the lyrical masters of the murder capital. that's up next. welcome back. pulling back the crime tape of 2013 now with some promising news. in many major cities violent crime dropped to levels that have not been seen since the 1960s. for example, in

as we look at the current temperature, boy, bridget. frigid. -15 in most locations along the eastern seaboard pyrrhic >> jacqueline: -34 in minneapolis, -29 in cincinnati. that is what there is a lot of what the start date represent when should advisory and will start to improve into wednesday >> pam: the family of a teen girl, who has been declared brain dead, has arrived at a new facility and is receiving medical care. >> pam: this video. taken by jahi mcmath's family's attorney. shows a private ambulance leaving oakland's children's hospital sunday night. the family will not say where jahi has been moved because of privacy and safety concerns. the girl went into cardiac arrest after getting her tonsils removed at children's hospital last month. >> pam: the family has been fighting the hospital in court for weeks. to keep the girl on a ventilator. their attorney says, she is now getting the help she needs. >> ".help her." judge >> pam: children's hospital says providing the treatment that jahi's family wanted. would have been medicall

. ~ bridget [speaker not understood] ashley summers, i could not do my work with them. they all have so much passion and dedication to serving the sunset district. they are individuals who have grown up in the sunset, who have worked for the sunset, who live in the sunset, and combined they have just probably too much sunset pride, i think. so, thank you for allowing me to interrupt your life with the abrupt request back in march to join me in serving district 4. last but certainly not least, i want to thank my family and personal friends for being here today. most of them are sitting in the front row over here. to my mom and dad, they are my favorite district 4 constituents. [laughter] >> and i'm so lucky that they decided to raise me and my brother here in san francisco and especially in the sunset district. they are very modest people who have worked so hard to get to where they are today and i love that i can go home and they don't bug me about work. thank you to them who have just been the biggest inspiration in my life. today i'm also so happy to introduce to you,

betcha i've known this musical forever i know every breath of of the score my big fan of dorothy loudon bridget who originated mishan again and. gosh it was just it was a perfect magical coming together of things that you know i said yeah absolutely my friend but you know toes me is so it seems dumba theater when the curtain opens it's just you know we can hope the. director's medium right right goes into right when television tune you sit in your trailer for a long time and you know there's you don't have any skin in the game unless you're you know directing or your producer you kind of i mean i'm sure you know we all work very hard and we have we invest a lot of ourselves and movies and television but we ultimately have no say in how it's going to look and you know when the curtain goes up you have the next two and a half hours to regulate your energy and to go on your journey on your arc and nobody's doing it for you but you and i love that it was about performing on the tonys really i was really nervous i don't think i've been that nervous in a lot of time well bernadette peters was right h

bridget anne kelly asks if anybody got back to him. his name comes after mayor, i believe his name is fulop, that mayor is a democratic mayor of jersey city who refused to endorse republican governor chris christie in his re-election bid. that mayor said there was a lot of revenge against him for refusing to endorse christie. he didn't say specifically christi christie had anything to do with it. he refers to democrats that supported him as christiecrats. he says one of his bills was scuttled because he didn't endorse christie. on september 18th, after the story starts to get some tracks in the news, because there is the suggestion it was a political vendetta and a mystery as to why the lanes were closed on the first day of school. david wildstein says to bill stepien who is the campaign manager. he says, he is ready to go to work for empty boxes. he says the mayor, the little serbian, is going to have a bad november. he writes back, christie's campaign. it is fine. the mayor is an idiot. win some, lose some. there are ai lot of questi

the e-mails originally released come from the political accounts of christie's deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly and david wildstein. kelly wrote time for some traffic problems in fort lee. he reported a moment later, got it. he said his staff had no involvement in the lane closures. we have not heard back as yet. so, david corn, is this a problem because it reinforces the image of chris christie, or is this a real problem that as it inches closer and closer -- >> well, first off, i see that he just put out a statement saying that the problem was the highway is jammed with broken heroes in a last-chance power drive. he had a press conference scheduled this morning and cancelled it. i think this is a very beg problem for him. he already said his staff was not involved in this. he's made jokes about this. and what does this show? this shows people who are really mean, who are bullies, bullying a guy -- a democrat who wouldn't endorse them, and they're laughing at the fact in these e-mails that school kids are stuck in buses and can't get home and can't get to school. and so it really re

an e-mail sent in august by christie's deputy chief of staff bridget kelly says time for some traffic problems in fort lee? that's the suburb close toast the bridge. the apply, got it. the messages are the latest in the controversy that's created a huge traffic backup, raising questions about christie's involvement possibly in something that he denied last month. >> it's not that big a deal. just because press runs around and writes about it both here and nationally, i know why that is and so do you. let's not pretend that it's because of the gravity of the issue. it's because i am a national figure and anything like this will be written about a lot. >> that's true for sure. we reached out again today to the governor and his aides. they all have not replied. joining me now for our daily x fix, kelly o'donnell and the host of "up every weekend morning." steve, let me start with you first of all. you have followed new jersey politics, followed chris christie up close and personal. what is the there there behind bridgegate. is this potentially character-revealing about chris christie? a

here is one from bridget ann kelly, deputy chief of staffer to david wildstein, political appointey to the port authority, that oversees the tunnels between new york and new jersey. it said, time for some traffic problems in ft. lee. that's a few weeks before these bridge closures, the lane closures on the bridge. then in september, on the first day of the lane closures, the mayor of ft. lee, new jersey, this democrat who had not endorsed governor christie for re-election, calls and says as an emergency all his constituents are writing and saying their first responders, school buses, et cetera, can't get through into new york. brigette ann kelly says, did he call him back, and wildstein writes back, radio silence. his name comes right after mayor fulop, we should say, another democratic mayor from jersey city, who had refused to endorse governor christie, who also alleges that there was retribution against him for not endorsing him. the next day on september 10th, mayor -- the mayor of ft. lee, new jersey texts to a different political appointee on the port authority, saying the bigger

bridget annicle we her e-mails. in terms of governor christie, this is a very, very perilous moment for them. he needs to respond and explain what if anything he knew and we don't have the answers to that. governor christie's office is not taking calls. >> canceled the news conference. i imagine what they are doing is trying to find out the context of these e-mails if they didn't already know it and try to figure out if the e-mails and text mess ans are as they have been presented to those of us in the media who have them and what context there is. if there is more to the story than that. obviously governor christie has been belittling this controversy and saying that he takes the word of his former advisers that this was a traffic study. it does not appear to have been a traffic study based on testimony before the legislature and the e-mails that seem to suggest strongly that there was a political motive, a vendetta if you will for the closure of the lanes. i want to read one other if i can. >> go for it. >> at one

is there going to be anything else that comes out whether it's from bridget kelly or anybody else that links this further to the governor's office. >> look at chris christie who gave that dramatic speech at the last convention that said he was a national figure and a big republican. as for the e-mails, if you put a lot of this in writing, which these folks did, by the way, some of them were on g-mail personal accounts, then what else is out there that goes to your point here? take a look at what "the national review" said today about this issue. they are -- some may insist this is a display of toughness. it's rather shocking that this point needs to be made. >> hunter, that's from a conservative publication. >> first responders here also could be impacted. we know from early coverage of this in the early media there was a missing child and cardiac situation. no one died in fort lee during this time. but when you play in traffic, you do just that. you're messing around with life and death. it is a serious issue. >> i want to look at the other side, which is the defense -- we haven't hea

nearly a month before the bridge lane closures, krigsie's deputy chief of staff, bridget ann kelly, exmailed david wildsteen, one of christie's top appointees at the port authority. "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee," she wrote. "got it," he said. after fort lee was brought to a halt, the mayor called the port authority to no avail. kelly e-mailed wildsteen to ask the if anyone had called the mayor back. the response was this -- "radio silence. his name comes right after mayor fulop." that's steven fulop, a democrat who also didn't endorse christie and who has since suggested that refoo phew sal came with a price -- meetings canceled, legislation scrubbed. perhaps the most damning exchange in a text message obtained by cnn, the mayor of fort lee reached out to wildstein saying presently we have four very busy traffic lanes merge into one tollbooth. the bigger problem is getting kids to school. help, please. it's maddening. wildstein forwarded the plea to someone whose name has been redacted in the e-mails and texts. is it wrong that i'm smiling the person asks. no, wildstein respond

do you want to hear from bridget kelly? >> i do under subpoena. dismissing people doesn't give you the answers you need. i want the answers. those working class who couldn't get to work that day or those days because of the four-hour back up need to know what was going on and why they couldn't get to work. >> this is rather arrogant. you can't help but wonder if he were to get more power what he would really be like. >> this is terrifying. i think this completely makes him unfit for higher office. you can't have instances of political retribution. >> good to have you with us tonight. >>> coming up, a senator walks into a homeless man's shoes. chris murphy joins us when we come back. stay with us. e. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ male announcer ] commute your way with the bold, all-new nissan rogue. ♪ getting the right nutrition isn't always easy. first, i want a way to help minimize my blood sugar spikes. then, a way to support heart health. ♪ and let's not forget immune support. ♪ but now i have new glucerna advance with three benefits in

nearly a month before the bridge lane closures, christie's deputy chief of staff, bridget ann kelly, exmailed david wildstein, one of christie's top appointees at the port authority. "time for some traffic problems in fort lee," she wrote. "got it," he said. after fort lee was brought to a halt by the bridge lane closures, the mayor called the port authority to no avail. kelly e-mailed wildstein to ask the if anyone had called the mayor back. the response was this -- "radio silence. his name comes right after mayor fulop." that's jersey city mayor steven fulop, a democrat who also didn't endorse christie and who has since suggested that refusal came with a price -- meetings canceled, legislation scrubbed. perhaps the most damning exchange in a text message obtained by cnn, the mayor of fort lee reached out to wildstein saying "presently we have four very busy traffic lanes merge into one tollbooth. the bigger problem is getting kids to school. help, please. it's maddening." wildstein forwarded the plea to someone whose name has been redacted. is it wrong that i'm smiling the person a

starting with this one just before the incident in which christie aide bridget ann kelly e-mails port authority executive david wildstein, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. he responds got it. next, after the incident has already occurred, an unknown sender sends a text message saying is it wrong that i'm smiling? wildstein responds no. and finally, after some concern about school children who were stuck in traffic trying to get to school in their buses for hours, one person sent a text message saying i feel badly about the kids, i guess. wildstein responds they are the children of buono voters. that's a reference to the governor's democratic political opponent. now, the governor was asked about this, the last time he spoke about this publicly. he offered kind of a sarcastic response. take a listen. >> i work the cones, actually. unknown to everybody, i was actually the guy out there. i was in overalls and a hat but i actually was the guy working the cones out there. you really are not serious with that question. >> so the governor there denying personal responsibility for t

on august 13th, bridget ann kelly writes to david wildstein, a christie childhood friend. time for some traffic problems in fort lee. wildstein responds, got it, a few weeks later, on the first day of school, two of the three of fort lees access lanes to the george washington bridge, the busiest bridge in the world are suddenly closed for four days turning the entire town of fort lee into a parking lot. fort lee's mayor complains of the problem of getting kids to school, in response, the person who's identity is redacted writes to wildstein, is it wrong that i'm smiling? wildstein, no. the unknown texter responds, i feel badly about the kids, i guess. they are the children of buono voters. as in barbara buono, who lost this past election to christie. wildstein e-mails kelly, angered the traffic wasn't worse, the new york side gave fort lee back all three lanes this morning, we are appropriately going nuts, samson helping us to resail yat. david sam sorngs another christie appointee to the authority. after being forwarded an e-mail, one of his deputy chiefs of staff, it wil

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clearly bridget needs to be fired. i think her next job will be for kim jong-un because she has very petty tir ran cendencies that d belong in government are. >> are we getting too excited about politics? when you remember george washington bridge is the busiest in the world as a terror target right up there and here you are deliberately creating a mass traffic jam, therefore potentially mass casualties. >> absolutely. i don't think we could possibly overstate the importance of this. last month chris christie tried to tell us that was the case. he said i'm a national figure now so the democrats are attacking me. that has proven to be untrue. this was not a democratic plot. this was in fact a very real thing. it's hard to imagine also that he didn't know about it. everyone who knows chris christie, anyone close to his administration knows he is a notorious micromanager. he runs that place with an iron fist. it's hardly imaginable that anything could happen without him knowing about it. so for me this is a mark on his ch

time for traffic reasons in fort lee wrote bridget anne kelly, the deputy chief of staff. it went to a david wildstein, a friend of chris christie's appointed to an agency overseeing bridges and tunnels. "got it" was the response. a month later the agency closed several lanes as part of a traffic study. the amount of time it took to cross the bridge stretched to four hours. in a text message about the traffic jams another chris christie aide expressed delight: >> two weeks ago chris christie insisted the lane closures had nothing to do with his office. >> because press runs around and writes about it here and nationally, i know why that is, and so do you. let's not pretend it's because of the gravity of the issue. >> the prospect of christy's team settling scores with people has proven irresistible to new jersey. >> the documents published are shocking and outrageous. the governor has a lot of explaining to do. >> with chris christie considering a presidential run that's correctals seized on it, demanding a federal investigation. in new york and new jersey commuters are to

possible political retribution three weeks before the lane closures on the george washington bridge, bridget anne kelly one of three deputies wrote to a port authority official david wildstein, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. wildstein wrote back, got it. wildstein did order lane closures which caused major problems for fort lee residents and as "the bergen record" reports tonight, emergency responders were delayed in attending to four medical situations, including one in which a 91-year-old woman lay unconscious. that woman later died. the first morning of the lane closures, fort lee mayor made numerous calls inquiring about what was going on. bridgette ann kelley e-mailed david wildstein again. did he call him back? wildstein wrote back, radio silence. his name comes after steven fulop who also claims the administration retaliated against him because he also did not endorse the governor for re-election. the fort lee mayor reacted to today's news this way. >> don't do any favors. don't reach out for me. you need to reach out to the families who were waiting for ambulances taking

newly released e-mails and text messages reveal christie's deputy chief of staff bridget ann kelly sent an e-mail last summer saying time for traffic problems in ft. lee. david who was in top of the port authority of new jersey responded, got it. in secht, four lanes leading to the bridge were funneled into one toll booth. traffic was backed up for four days. kids were late to school and first responders were slowed down. >> who does that? who behaves that way? >> reporter: ft. lee mayor says it was for not endorsing christie in last year's election campaign. >> to make those decisions with venomous motivation is completely to me. >> this is a bruise that is not going to go away easily. >> christie is a possible 2016 presidential contender. in less than two weeks chris christie is set to celebrate his second inauguration as the governor of the state of new jersey. >> marlie hall in new york. thanks, marlie. >>> now to the weather. there should be some leaf as the deep freeze has made life miserable for millions of americans back off. the brutal arctic air started to retreat, it will rem

now new e-mails show in late august christie's deputy chief of staff bridget anne kelly e-mailed time for traffic problems in ft. lee, kelly wrote and wildstein responded, "got it." in the days that voled emergency vehicles were reportedly delayed in getting to four patients one of them involving a 91-year-old woman laying unconscious who later died. the mayor of ft. lead, mark sokolich complained about getting kids to school in time for classes. last night, the mayor was asked about some of those e-mails. >> he has not reached out for me, but like i said don't reach out for me. don't do me any favors. you need to reach out to the families who were waiting for ambulances taking three times longer to get there. you need to reach out to the thousands of families that couldn't get their kids to school. >> i have to read this to you and get your response to it. we have david wildstein who since resigned saying a tough november for this little servb n serbian. >> what i've seen today for the first time is unacceptable saying christie. i'm outraged and saddened to learn that i was misled by

that e-mail was sent august 13 from the account of bridget anne kelly to david wildstein. got it, he replied. when the mayor of fort lee called about the gridlock, kelly then e-mailed wildstein to find out if anyone had called him back. radio silence was the response. christie's critics are questioning whether he was truly ignorant of the communications of his staff. they want an investigation. >> his statements and actions thus far have proven that he's not a straight shoot ier that he claimed to be and the questions require answers. he needs to step up and face the music and answer those questions. >> reporter: even though the governor says he doesn't know about what happened here, it creates a whole second set of questions. that's why he didn't know what was going on if his own office. he says he was misled by a member of the staff. the e-mails seem to suggest that others, including people at the port authority, may have had knowledge of what was going on. >> all right. new jersey lawmakers trying to get to the bottom of this. a former christie aide who resigned last mo

i am surprised he did not fire bridget anne kelly. just come out in front of it and get things done in that regard. host: do you think this hurts his chances in 2016 if you were to run? caller: i think it does. to be honest with you, i am wouldn'tive, so i support anyone else were you to win in the primary. i am disappointed. i worked so hard and i had this great respect. and i still do, but it is lessening as time goes by. i am only 20, but i worked extremely hard for his campaign. i am kind of disappointed. host: let me get your reaction to what rush limbaugh had to say. as saying that the point of the story is that christie will do pay back. caller: my reaction. i do listen to rush. i did not hear that yesterday. would bey reaction that i would be in somewhat agreement. if it comes out that he knew something about it, it seems to me that he is always out in the front of a lot of things. i am surprised that he canceled something yesterday. host: he had a press event. caller: it was somewhat surprising to me. i would be in somewhat a

a month before the closure, christie's deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly, emailed, quote, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. the message was sent to david wildstein, christie's top official at the agency in charge of the bridge, the port authority of new york and new jersey. his response? got it. >> who does that? who behaves that way? >> reporter: fort lee mayor mark sokolich. >> to make those decisions with venomous motivation is completely inexcusable to me. >> reporter: allegations of political retribution followed and were met with denials from governor christie as recently as last month. but in a statement wednesday, christie said, quote, i'm outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was i misled by a member of my staff but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge. christie says people will be held responsible. alison harmelin, cbs news, fort lee, new jersey. >> wildstein resigned from his post last month. he is scheduled to testify before state lawmakers later today. >>> investors have their eyes on the labor

that e-mail was sent august 13 from the account of bridget anne kelly to david wildstein. one of the governor's top appointees at the agency that controls the bridge. got it, he replied. when the mayor of fort lee called about the xwrid lock, kelly then e-mailed wildstein to find out if anyone called him back. radio silence was the response. christie's critics questioning whether he was truly ignore an of the communications of his staff. they wanted an investigation. >> his statements and actions thus far have proven that he is not the straight shoot their he has claimed to be. and the questions -- require answers. he needs to step up and face the music and answer those questions. >> the other headache for dpof christie is he says he didn't know what was going on in his opponent office and that while he says he was misled by a member of his staff, the e-mails seem to suggest that others, including people at the port authority, may have had knowledge of what was going on. >> joe johns reporting live from washington. it tests some of the image issues facing christie. a tough

and as to bridget kelly, i've acted today. secondly, i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude, callous indifference, that was displayed in the e-mails by my former campaign manager bill steppy and reading that, it made me lose my confidence in bill's judgment. and you cannot have someone at the top of your political operation who you do not have confidence in. as a result, i've instructed bill to not place his name in nomination for state party chairman and he will not be considered for state party chairman. and i've instructed him to withdraw his consult tansy with the republican governor's association. if i cannot trust someone's judgment, i cannot others to do so, and i would not place him at the head of my political operation because of the lack of judgment that was shown in the e-mails that were revealed yesterday. that has also been communicated to him last night. there's no doubt that bill has been one of my closest advisers over the last five years. so for that, too, i am sad today to have to take this act

email and text messages link his deputy chief of staff bridget anne kelly to last fall's closure of several lanes. traffic on the george washington bridge -- of traffic on the george washington bridge. the closures led to four days of gridlock in fort lee whose democratic mayor who didn't endorse christie's campaign for governor. christi says people will be held accountable. >>> tr. rayreidel is sentenced to a year of probation and entering a rehab facility and is out now. he will reportedly meet with gop leaders before the end of the week. he is being investigated. >>> dennis rodman is apologizing this morning. rodman sparking controversy by appearing to suggest a korean- american was to blame for his captivity in north korea. he later said he had been drinking. >>> the country is beginning to thaw after days of record cold temperatures. new york city could reach freezing. temperatures will continue to moderate and many cities in the south and east will be in the mid-50s this weekend. >> and macy's says it's cutting 2500 jobs. the retail giant says it is reorganizing after a strong holiday

by 9:00 this morning, bridget kelly was fired. by 7:00 yesterday evening, bill was asked to leave my organization. it is pretty swift action for a days work. that is the way i'll continue to conduct myself if there is any more information around this that comes up, or anything different that comes up over the next or years. >> [indiscernible] >> i can differentiate, phil. between people who have served me well and you haven't. haven't. of course, there's always going to be something like this where you have been lied to, there will be some crisis in confidence. there always will be. anybody who tells you differently is not telling you the truth. if they say, this happened to you and you will not second- guess yourself at all, then you are just stupid. of course i have second-guess myself and got through my head on some of the stuff. in the future, i will try to be even more careful, but here is what i know about human beings. i have hired a lot of them in my time as u.s. attorney, as and as a hiring attorney in a private practice

in one e-mail, bridget anne kelly writes, time for some traffic in ft. lee. the official, a christie appointee and childhood friend replied got it. barbara buono is calling for a federal investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing and as for christie's aide and the transportation official, neither has commented since the story broke. >> yes, stephanie, a lot of people are wondering what chris christie will say today. he distanced himself yesterday, saying it was a staffer who misled him. >>> meanwhile, the search has intensified for missing crewmen after a navy helicopter crashed yesterday off of virginia beach. the accident happened during a routine training exercise. it came one day after a u.s. air force chopper crashed in england killing four. >>> a georgia banker is being held without bail for faking his death and for embezzling $21 million. price vanished in 2012 and he was believed to have jumped from a ferry boat. he was declared legally dead at time, but then price was arrested. alive and well on new year's eve. >>> former nba star dennis rodman

by 9:00 this morning bridget was fired. by 7:00 yesterday evening bill was asked to leave my organization. that's pretty swift action for a day's work. that's exactly the way i'll continue to conduct myself. if there's any other information surrounding this that comes up or anything different that comes up over the course of the next our years. inaudible] >> i can differentiate, phil, between people who have served me well and they haven't. of course there's always going to be some -- after something like this where you have been lied to, there's going to be some crisis in confidence. there always will be. anybody who tells you differently is not telling you the truth. they say to you this happened to you and you're not going to second-guess yourself at all, then you're just stupid. of course i second-guessed myself and gone throw my head on some of this stuff. and in the future i'll try to be even more careful. but here's what i know about human beings, phil. i have hired a lot of them in my time. as u.s. attorney, as gove

last august bridget anne kelly, chris christie's department chief of staff, sent an e-mail to david wildstein, a christie appointee, in charge of the bridge. she wrote, "time for some traffic problems in fort lee." wildstein responded, "got it." about a month later, drivers going through fort lee suddenly found the four lanes dwindled to just one. over four days the ensuing gridlock led children to be late for the first week of school and hindered emergency response vehicles. mark sokolich mayor of fort lee, says it was all in retribution for his refusal to endorse christie's re-election bid. >> to learn people were put in harm's way because of something i didn't do i cannot begin to tell you how troubling that is to me. >> in december christie denied his administration was involved. >> i've made it very clear to everybody on my senior staff that if anyone had any knowledge about this they needed to come forward to me and tell me about it, and they've all ensured me they don't. >> but on wednesday, christie who was not directly implicated in the correspondence said he had been misled saying "

and as to bridget kelly, i've acted today. secondly, i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude, callous indifference, that was displayed in the emails of my former campaign manager, bill steffen. and reading that, it made me loss my confidence in bill's judgment. and you cannot have someone at the top of your political operation who you do not have confidence in. as a result, i've instructed bill to not place his name in nomination for state party chairman, and he will not be considered for state party chairman, and i have instructed him to withdraw his consult see with the republican governor's association. if i can not trust him, i would not instruct others to do so. and i will not place him at the top of my operation because of the emails revealed yesterday. that has also been commuted to mr. sep-in last night. there's no doubt that bill has been one of my closest advisers over the last five years. so for that too i am sad today to have to take this action, but i also know that i have a job to do. it's a job tha

as to bridget kelly, i acted today. secondly, i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude of callus indifference that was displayed in the e-mails by my former campaign manager bill. reading that, it made me lose my confidence in bill's judgment. you cannot have someone at the top of your political operation who you do not have confidence in. as a result, i've instructed bill to not place his name in nomination for state party chairman, and he will not be considered for state party chairman. and i've instructed him to withdraw his consultantcy with the republican governor association. i would not place him at the head of my political operation because of lack of judgment shown in the e-mails that were revealed yesterday. that has also been communicated to bill last night. there's to doubt bill has been one of my closest advisors over the last five years. for that too, i am sad today to take this action. i also know that i have a job to do. it's the job i've asked people of new jersey to entrust me with. i can

by 9:00 this morning bridget kelly was fired. by 7:00 yesterday evening bill stepien was asked to leave my organization. that's pretty swift action for a day's work and that is exactly the way i will continue to conduct myself. if there is any other information surrounding this that comes up or anything different that comes up over the course of the next four years. phil? >> -- relatively people high in the hierarchy, what is the crisis of confidence with the people you surrounded yourself with -- [inaudible] >> i can, i can differentiate, phil between people who have served me well and they haven't. and of course there is always going to be some, after something like this where you've been lied to, there is going to be some crisis in confidence okay? there always will be. anybody who tells you differently is not telling you the truth. if they say this happened to you and you're not going to second-guess yourself at all, then you're just stupid. of course. i've second-guessed myself and gone through my head on some of this stuff.

and as to bridget and kelly -- bridget and kelly, have acted today. secondly today, i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude of callous indifference that was displayed in the e-mails by my former campaign manager. and reading that, it made me lose my confidence in his judgment, and you cannot have someone at the top of your political operation he did not have confidence in. as a result, i have instructed bill to not place his name in nomination for state party chairman, and he will not be considered for state party chairman, and i have instructed him to withdraw his consultancy with the republican governors association. i cannot trust someone's judgment i cannot ask others to do so, and i would not place them at the head of my political operations because of the lack of judgment that was shown in the e-mails that were revealed yesterday. that has also. there is ever dealt that -- there is no doubt that bill has been one of my closest advisers over the last five years, and so for that, too, i am sad today to have to take this action, but i

and to bridget kelly, i have acted today. secondly, i was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude and callous indifference that was displayed in the e-mails by my former campaign manager bill steppian, and reading that, it made me lose my confidence in bill's judgment, and you cannot have someone at the top of your political operation who you do not have confidence in. as a result, i've been instructed bill steppian to not place his name in nomination for state party chairman, and he will not be considered for state party chairman, and i've instructed him to withdraw his consultant sill with the republican governors association. if i cannot trust someone's judgment, i would not ask others to do so, and would not place him at the head of my political operation, because of the lack of judgment that was shown in the e-mails that were revealed yesterday. that has also been communicated to him last night. there's no doubt that bill has been qualify my closest advisers over the last five years. so for that too i am sad toda

newly released documents show chris christie's deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly, her story ordered the closure of lanes leading to the george washington bridge to punish the mayor of fort lee for declining to endorse christie's bid for reelection. in an e-mail to another christie appointee in high school friend, david edelstein, kelly wrote "time for some traffic problems in fort lee." causedsures cost -- massive traffic jams with just one the operational over a four- day period. avid while e-mail to steam. the scandal could threaten his candidacy for the republican nomination presidential candidacy in 2016. christie denied involvement saying he was "outraged and deeply saddened" by his deputies actions. we will have more on the story after the headlines. the white house is facing questions over a new memoir from former defense secretary robert gates that criticizes president obama and vice president joe biden. gates writes obama never believed in his own policy of escalating the afghanistan war with a surge of 30,000 troops will stop aids also calls i'd and "wrong on nearly all ma

by 9:00 this morning, bridget kelly was fired. by 7:00 yesterday evening bill steppian was asked to leave my organization. that's pretty swift action for a day's work, and that's exactly the way i'll continue to conduct myself. if there's any other information surrounding this that comes up or anything different in the course of the next four years. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] >> i can differentiate, bill, between people who have served me well, and they haven't. and of course there's always going to be, after something like this where you've been lied to, there's going to be some crisis in confidence. there always will be. anybody who tells you differently is not telling you the truth. toe say, this happened to you, and you're not going to second guess yourself at all, then you're just stupid. of course, i've second guessed myself and gone through some of my head on this stuff. and in the future, i'll try to be even more careful. but here's what i know about human beings, phil, i've heard a lot of them. as u.s. attorney, and gover

and bridget clearly did not tell me the truth. and bill, you know, what he told me at the time is not contradicted by the e-mails, but the e-mails and color and character of the e-mails has -- have led me to conclude that i don't have confidence in his judgment any longer. and that's why i asked him to move on. and he has. so, you know, at this point there are legislative hearings that are going to come and all the rest and i don't want to get myself in the middle of that. chairman said pretty clearly yesterday that he intends to ask bridget kelly and bill to testify. my gut is that it wouldn't be appropriate for me to get in the middle of that because then there would be all kinds of other allegations about those conversations. so the smarter thing for me to do is ask those two folks to move on and talk to others that are still in my employ. [ inaudible question ] >> i believe that i've spoken to everyone who was mentioned in the e-mails except for charlie mckenna who is away at a family funeral. i'm confident based upon my conve