Hoffman. What investigators found in his apartment . Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone im erin burnett. Outfront tonight we begin with the big breaking news, Chris Christie answering questions. The new jersey governor seconds away from sitting down. Hes going to be taking questions on the bridge scandal that is threatening to take down his meteoric career. He will be answering those questions in the ask the governor program. This is the first time we have heard from the new jersey governor since his twohour News Conference last month where he denied having anything to do with closing down the lanes on the George Washington bridge for political retribution. His comments are pivotal. There are allegations that he knew before he admitted knowing. Chris frates begins our coverage tonight. So many cameras there. What is at stake tonight . Reporter this is the first time we are going to hear from the governor. This is a call in show that he does every month. But it will have national
i cannot believe that there has been zero attention paid to any of the scandals in d.c. that democrats have been involved in to a fraction of what happened here. and the assemblyman himself, a state party chairman a guy who spends all his time attacking republicans can t find a motive and this is the circus that is created because it is a republican. the governor of new jersey taking questions right now. talking about the super bowl. the second he talks about this issue that is of utmost important for his candidacy we ll go to him live. the governor s office is involved. there is no doubt about that. there is an e-mail from bridgette kennedy that says let s close these lanes and close traffic in ft. lee. that is not a rational government action and she did something wrong. let s listen to the governor