screwing up the traffic, somehow cutting out the two lanes by the four lanes, knowing about the geography and all that stuff. somebody had a larger conversation about this beforehand, and this was like d-day, h hour. we re going to do it now, but we ve been planning to do it for a while. that s clearly the implication of that e-mail. well, it feels that way. up next, the christie bridge scandal has been big for late night.
necessarily because of an incident like this, but sometimes because of it. but i remember back in 2008 when john mccain went into the race as a front-runner, was written off, didn t have the resources, had misplayed the race and ended up as the nominee. these things have a way of taking weird twists and turns. yeah. running for president, you get tested along the way and you either pass the test and get stronger or you fail the test and you re gone. and i don t think we ll know for some time just where christie fits in that in whole tale. thank you, david gregory. i ll see you on that show, meet the press on sunday, of course. thank you. a big show on sunday. and david axelrod. love your institute out there at the institute of chicago. thanks, chris. up next, the christie bridge scandal has become gold for the late night comedians. no surprise there. this is hardball, the place for politics. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open.
quintessential example of why i m against him. reporter: or rush limbaugh on his radio show. the point of the story is that he will, christie, it s payback. if you don t give him what he wants, he will pay you back. there are a lot of conservatives who have never liked chris christie. for them, this is sort of vindication. reporter: vindication, they say, for the antagonism on issues that they hold dear. for example, he s been more favorable towards gun control and immigration reform than most republicans. and he s blasted the tea party for one of its core beliefs. this strain of libertarianism going through both parties right now and making big headlines i think is a very dangerous thought. reporter: that comment was the political equivalent of picking a fight with potential republican rival senator rand paul who made this aside when asked about the christie bridge scandal. i have been in traffic before and i know how angry i am when i m in traffic and i always
rudy giuliani is one and nikki haley who said christie, in the wake of the scandal, has shown the kind of leadership that has earned him huge levels of trust in new jersey but haley is someone that christie could help this year. she s got a tough re-election fight coming. wolf, she could sure use his help this year. the politics of the republican party always fascinating, brian. thank you very much. i want to go to west virginia right now. freedom industries, the company who supposedly had this poisonous chemical thrown into the water system, they are now speaking out. 300,000 people in west virginia can t use water. listen to this. we worked through the night last night to remove all of the people from our site. the people is no longer here. it s sitting at another remote location that we have. we ve drained the storage site that had the problem and we have
nightmare? scandal revelations. hundreds of pages of just released documents are shedding new light on the traffic controversy battering the new jersey governor chris christie. what do they reveal about lane closures on the world s busiest bridge? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we re following two breaking stories this hour, contaminated water affecting hundreds of thousands of people in west virginia. we just heard from the company believed to be responsible in a news conference. coming up i ll speak with the governor of west virginia. he s standing by live. and do a live interview in a few minutes, get the latest on that important story. hundreds of thousands of people without water right now in west virginia. the other major story we re following, a major document dump in the scandal involving the new jersey governor chris christie. our joe johns is combing