embedded with christie's top political staff. and, you know, every politician has surrounding them their man or their woman -- >> their people. >> -- who's their political gate keeper. and those were the people with whom wildstein dealt regularly. bill stepien who like wildstein was kicked out after bridgegate, but at the time all this was going on was sort of the go-to man for governor christie. mike duhaime, there were phone records released which showed that mike duhaime who is the strategist was talking on the phone with christie frequently and also with wildstein frequently. so christie might not have had wildstein's phone number on his cell phone as he told his lawyers, but there were certainly conversations going on in close proximity. >> we thought it was so interesting as we were going through the assignment today, we were looking at the statement