many have been mentioned, others not yet been covered, and we re particularly honored that fuzzy s family is here in attendance today. for the record, the nickname has nothing to do, as far as we can tell, with any actual fuzz, nor is it a reference to being more warm and fuzzy than the average bear. although people do seem to think the justice is a nice guy. the reason new jersey s newest supreme court justice is called fuzzy is because he idolized a green bay packers called fred thurston, who everyone called fuzzy. and as it turns out, justice fernandez viniz swearing in on friday is one of the trailing ends of a huge political fight in new jersey, a political fight that has been given new attention, at least, if not new
for the record, the nickname has nothing to do, as far as we can tell, with any actual fuzz, nor is it a reference to being more warm and fuzzy than the average bear. although people do seem to think the justice is a nice guy. the reason new jersey s newest supreme court justice is called fuzzy is because he idolized a green bay packers offense lineman called fred thurston, who everyone called fuzzy. and as it turns out, justice fernandez viniz swearing in on friday is one of the trailing ends of a huge political fight in new jersey, a political fight that has been given new attention, at least, if not new life, because of its proximity to the still unexplained bridge lanes shutdown scandal that has
so many of fuzzy s friends have come from near and far, many have been mentioned, others not yet been covered, and we re particularly honored that fuzzy s family is here in attendance today. for the record, the nickname has nothing to do, as far as we can tell, with any actual fuzz, nor is it a reference to being more warm and fuzzy than the average bear. although people do seem to think the justice is a nice guy. the reason new jersey s newest supreme court justice is called fuzzy is because he idolized a green bay packers called fred thurston, who everyone called fuzzy. and as it turns out, justice fernandez viniz swearing in on friday is one of the trailing
0 specifically, was so devastating. sandy affected every state on the eastern seaboard. it caused fatalities as far south as haiti and as far north as canada. sandy sent a storm surge flooding through new york city, the biggest city in the nation, and essentially turned the lights off in new york for a very long time. but when it comes to new jersey, it was something different. sandy just punched the state of new jersey right in the face. and from the very beginning, it was clear that densely populated little hoboken, new jersey, one of the most densely populated cities in the nation, 50,000 people living in basically one square mile, all right up on the mighty tidal flow of the hudson river that swelled and surged and overflowed in that storm, from the very beginning, it was clear that the little city of hoboken, new jersey, was in trouble. reporter: 20,000 people trapped, hoboken became a virtual island, as 500 million gallons of water overwhelmed this square mile town. by wednesda