former ally to chris christie is expected to plead guilty. he and former christie administration officials were allegedly involved in the political payback plan to cause massive traffic backups in the town of fort lee, new jersey. the mayor said it was because he wouldn t endorse governor christie s re-election bid. access lanes were closed for several days in september 2013. fort lee traffic is a nightmare. the gw bridge is totally gridlocked. we re getting calls from irate motorists. you are aware the town is a total gridlock right? no emergency vehicles will be able to get through. in addition we re expected to hear from u.s. attorney about indictments related to the scandal. i m joined now by nbc news political editor mark murray and abby huntsman. good morning. the governor insists he had no
if you think about it, i don t imagine he s going to let this one go without a fight. the republicans in congress would have to have a veto proof majority on proposing legislation that would gut this. that s a high hurdle to pass. i do imagine, as many others do, that there s going to be legal challenges. there will be lawsuits. but this law, the ruling that came down today, this is like the third round. each round prior was challenged by lawsuits from the cable companies, the trade groups who would profit from having the ability to charge for access lanes. we ll have to see whether or not they go back and do that again. at this point, an open question whether or not the market adjusts to it. xeni jardin, tech cultural reporter, thank you. really appreciate it. thank you. some late breaking news is just in. please state with us. i ll have that for you after we
will determine whether or not it does? i m not foolish enough to try to predict this but a year and a half ago everyone thought this was impossible. this is something our president has taken up something as a personal cause. he hasn t had that many political victories. i don t imagine he s going to let this one go would you tell us a fight. the republican republicans in congress would have to have a veto proof majority on promoting legislation that would gut this. that s a high hurdle to pass. i imagine as many others do there s going to be legal challenges. there will be lawsuits. this law the ruling that came down today, this is like the third round. each round prior was challenged by lawsuits from the cable companies, the trade groups who would profit from having the ability to charge for access lanes. we ll have to see whether or not they go back and do that
other way, so how long will it stick and what will determine whether or not it does? i m not foolish enough to predict that but a year and a half ago everyone thought this was impossible. i do know that this is something that our president has taken up as something of a personal cause, and he hasn t had that many political victories. if you think about it i don t imagine he s going to let this one go without a fight. the republicans in congress would have to have a veto proof majority on proposing legislation that would gut this. that s a high hurdle to pass. i do imagine, as many others do that there s going to be legal challenges. there will be lawsuits. but this law, the ruling that came down today, this is like the third round. each round prior was challenged by lawsuits from the cable companies, the trade groups who would profit from having the ability to charge for access lanes.
george washington bridge last year. investigators say they found two of his former aides ordered busy access lanes closed. says they did it on their own apparently as a form of political retribution against the mayor of fort lee. those closing outraged commuters stuck in major traffic jams. the full report will be officially released in trenton on monday but the u.s. attorney s office in newark is investigating this for any possible federal charges. martha: u.s. attorney general eric holder saying that he knows that federal charges will be difficult to bring in the garner case but that he promises his investigation into new york city s so-called chokehold death will be thorough. here he is yesterday. there sauce say a high bar that we have to meet in conducting these civil rights investigations but our history has shown that we have met that bar in prior investigations. if that is possible, with regard to the ones that we have underway. if that is appropriate, we will