not only false, but is illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. any suggestion, any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approve of any project in new jersey is completely false. reporter: new jersey lieutenant governor kim lagano today is denying the allegations made against the christie administration this weekend on msnbc. allegations of possible criminal behavior from the christie administration, pertaining to the city of hoboken and the hurricane that devastated it 15 months ago. late tonight, streets in the southwest corner of hoboken are still underwater, abandoned cars littering the streets. reporter: after the storm hit, chris christie promised the people of hoboken in person that their city would be rebuilt. i spoke to the mayor this morning and told her that hoboken is in the front of my mind. and whenever there s any assistance needed here, we would be here to help. hoboken s mayor, dawn zimmer, said she appli
0 say, thank you for your service. if you are the only first president of the united states, congratulations, you get a holiday in your name! the point is, if you make this exulted list, it means our country recognizes a contribution so significant and pivotal to our nation s history that we must all stop for 24 hours to pay tribute. and there is only one other individual for whom we reserve that level of collective commemoration, dr. martin luther king jr. for the last 27 years, the third monday of january has been the day of national remembrance for the man who embodies the movement of nonviolent protests that sparked a transformative civil rights revolution in the united states. each year at this time, we revisit the images and moments that have, by now, become as familiar to us the as our own family photos. king, shoulder to shoulder, with members of the movement on the march from selma to montgomery, alabama, to campaign for voting rights. martin luther king jr. smiling and greete
0 well, today, david wildstein raised his hand and said, me, i want to talk. if, that is, he s granted immunity. and if there s a single person who knows where the proverbial bodies are buried, it s wildstein. on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully assert my right to remain silent under the united states and new jersey constitutions. wildstein is a legendary jersey political operative, who for years ran an anonymous political blog, called politickernj, where he wrote under the pseudonym, wally edge. so how did a political blogger make it into a job at the port authority? according to a former staffer, they were told to find a place for wildstein at the executive level, and, oh, that the order was coming from christie s office. then, like magic, a position was created specifically for wildstein. he was introduced to people as a good friend of the governor. one report from 2012 called wildstein the governor s eyes over 100 bucks for the really big trucks. in 2012, the authorit
0 this despite the fact documents released last week show he was on the receiving end of a furious sounding e-mail about those lane closures on september 13th. and that guy, that guy on the right there, the one who s in the midst of what looks to be a very friendly conversation with chris christie, that is david wildstein, he s the one who famously wrote that the bus loads of schoolchildren stuck in traffic were children of buono voters, in essence resigned and pled the fifth. guess when this photo was taken? yes, september 11th, 2013. that would be day three of the snarling traffic jam which had long since ignited outrage from the people stuck in it. it s an important detail that chris christie was hanging out with david wildstein on september 11th in the midst of this thing because this is what chris christie said last week about his contact with david wildstein. i have had no contact with david wildstein in a long time. a long time, well before the money, deciding who gets paid an
0 chris christie emerged from superstorm sandy more politically powerful than ever. he was seen as tough talking truth teller who embraced the president and took on his own party on behalf of the suffering people in his state. there s only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims. the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. while christie was coining his image as the one politician who can get things done, he was getting more than just a pr boost. he was working to get $25 billion in federal money to hand out in his state. beginning in an election year. it was no secret that christie wanted to win re-election with a big number. i m happy to admit that i was trying to run up the score. that s what you do in a political campaign. well, handing out hundreds of millions of dollars in your state during an election with almost no legislative oversight will help you win re-election in your blue state by 22 points. today jersey democrats announ