christie friend david willstein appeared before state lawmakers. he s the port authority figure who resigned in the wake of all this. when questioned about the affair, he took the fifth amendment. he didn t walk. willstein is the former port authority appointee who allegedly caused the traffic jams by closing lanes to the george washington bridge from the city of fort lee, new jersey. late today governor christie did cause a traffic jam of sorts in fort lee when he arrived at city hall to meet with the mayor, mark sokolicz you ll hear from shortly on this program. we want to you an extended look at governor christie facing the music. i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of fort lee. and i apologize to the members of the state legislature. i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team.
step down as consult an to the association he heads. that was the first of many developments today. a short time later long time christie friend david willstein appeared before state lawmakers. he s the port authority figure who resigned in the wake of all this. when questioned about the affair, he took the fifth amendment. he didn t walk. willstein is the former port authority appointee who allegedly caused the traffic jams by closing lanes to the george washington bridge from the city of fort lee, new jersey. late today governor christie did cause a traffic jam of sorts in fort lee when he arrived at city hall to meet with the mayor, mark sokolicz you ll hear from shortly on this program. we want to you an extended look at governor christie facing the music. i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of fort lee. and i apologize to the members
just don t go out and open themselves up completely. plus i know chris really well. he s a good friend. and in the last couple of weeks he wouldn t have acted the way he acted if he knew. even if he had some knowledge, an inkling of it, his remarks would have been different kinds of remarks. he was belittling reporters who brought it up. no way if you knew about it. attacking them for even suggesting. having run a very complicated administration, sometimes it s impossible for people to believe it but you really don t know. i know when a mayor says i didn t know people find it hard to believe. your closest aide or your closest friend. my closest friend was my first deputy mayor peter powers. we went to high school, college and law school together. he ran my campaign, got me elected mayor. he probably could do more things on his own without telling me than people who weren t as close to me. he felt the most degree of i can make decisions for the mayor. there are those who say t
transparent. just don t go out and open themselves up completely. plus i know chris really well. he s a good friend. and in the last couple of weeks he wouldn t have acted the way he acted if he knew. even if he had some knowledge, an inkling of it, his remarks would have been different kinds of remarks. he was belittling reporters who brought it up. no way if you knew about it. attacking them for even suggesting. having run a very complicated administration, sometimes it s impossible for people to believe it but you really don t know. i know when a mayor says i didn t know people find it hard to believe. your closest aide or your closest friend. my closest friend was my first deputy mayor peter powers. we went to high school, college and law school together. he ran my campaign, got me elected mayor. he probably could do more things on his own without telling me than people who weren t as close to me. he felt the most degree of i can make decisions for the mayor. there are th
humiliated, blind-sighted. he announced the firing of the deputy chief of staff kelly and asked his campaign manager to step down as consult an to the association he heads. that was the first of many developments today. a short time later long time christie friend david willstein appeared before state lawmakers. he s the port authority figure who resigned in the wake of all this. when questioned about the affair, he took the fifth amendment. he didn t walk. willstein is the former port authority appointee who allegedly caused the traffic jams by closing lanes to the george washingtobridge from the city of fort lee, new jersey. late today governor christie did cause a traffic jam of sorts in fort lee when he arrived at city hall to meet with the mayor, mark sokolicz you ll hear from shortly on this program. we want to you an extended look at governor christie facing the music. i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey.