From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. I would never have come out here for five weeks ago i made a joke about bs lane closures. I never had an inkling that anyone on my staff would have been so stupid as to be involved and then so deceitful as to not disclose the information that they were involved in it to me when directly asked by their superior washington is already buzzing over a pair of new political stories. President obamas him into the wars in iraq and afghan and is being questioned by a former defense secretary. Newly released emails seem to christies staff shut down access to the George Washington bridge as political retribution. Mike allen is here to talk about those stories and more. He is a correspondent for politico. Welcome. Lets go to Chris Christie first. There was a press conference on thursday. Did he put to rest the question that might have been raised by the damage to his Political Campaign . Of course not. Use all week that this was going to be