with bill barone, tells him that he's toast, but tells him also that he's going to get set up with a new job with another political consultant, i think christie is tying up a bunch of loose ends and preparing to wait out the clock for only a few more weeks until the subpoena power expires, then they think they're going to be scot-free. >> tell me about the reporting. what is the news value of today's testimony from the a.p.'s point of view? >> i think first of all, this is the highest ranking christie official to testify. and so this is someone we hadn't heard from before. we had seen some of his interview notes in the mastro report. this is a chance to hear him up front, get him to answer questions firsthand. we learned also he said, like the others, he had no direct involvement in the lane closings or any knowledge of it. and he also answered another key question, or didn't answer