all the information i have comes from newspapers, books and some former fbi agents. all right. let s talk about governor chris christie. as you know, two of his top staffers were convicted today on all charges in connection with what s called that bridgegate lane closure, that scandal. this is what donald trump had to say about chris christie on this issue last december. the george washington bridge, he knew about it. how do you have breakfast with people every day of your lives? they re closing up the largest bridge in the world. the biggest in the united states. traffic flowing, during rush hour. people couldn t get across for six, seven hours. ambulances, fire trucks. they re with him all the time, the people that did it. they never said, hey, boss, we re closing up the george washington bridge tonight. no, they never said that. they re talking about the weather, right? then southeast he knew about it. he knew about it.
the way, sir, we are closing the george washington bridge tonight. no, no. you are having lunch and you don t bring it up. does anybody believe that? reporter: this gives you a sense of how the rivalries are escalating as we get closer to the first nominating contests. trump is preparing for the next phase of the battle telling crowds he is preparing to spend a lot of money beginning in january. as for today, he is on the campaign trail in iowa. back to you, christine and alison. sara murray, thank you. jeb bush is back campaigning in new hampshire today. the former florida governor stumping on his home turf monday. he seemed energized. bush taking questions at one event and issuing a challenge to the republican frontrunner. donald, i ll take you on one-on-one in a debate. anytime. any place. i ll do it. mother nature getting the best of the marco rubio
he talked about that s an experience in other words, he has experience. that s the statement of an inexperienced man. the statement i made about we have to inexperience? chris is a friend of mine. he hit me hard. i have to hit him at least once. i won t do this hard. here is the story. the george washington bridge. he knew about it. hey. how do you have breakfast with people every day of your lives, they re closing up the largest bridge in the world. the biggest in the united states. traffic flowing, during rush hour, people couldn t get across for six, seven hours, ambulances, fire trucks. they re with him all the time, the people that did it. they never said, hey, boss, we re closing up the george washington bridge tonight. they never said it. they re talking about the weather. right? he knew about it. he knew about it. totally knew about it. he has a very friendly group of people over there that they look. it s called life. you have to be smart in life.
they never said, hey, boss, we re closing up the george washington bridge tonight. they never said it. they re talking about the weather. right? he knew about it. he knew about it. totally knew about it. he has a very friendly group of people over there that they look. it s called life. you have to be smart in life. i would say there s less than 1% chance could be but i doubt it. he knew about it. they didn t mention at one of their meetings? i think they had breakfast every day or every other day. they didn t say, chris, tonight we re closing up the george washington bridge because the mayor of a certain area is against you. oh, okay. they didn t mention it. nobody believes that. nine downgrades. it s a disaster. i have property over there. the taxes are through i ll use an expression, coming out of my ears, okay. tremendous taxes over there. nine downgrades. you had christie, you know, so
two people have now been charged with arson in this fire. right now, at this hour, it is 0% contained. tom? clayton, our thanks to you. i want to bring in abc s chief meteorologist ginger zee at the george washington bridge tonight. and ginger, this heat is not going away, and now there s a tropical system brewing in the atlantic? reporter: and tom, we are still talking intense heat and humidity. caribou, maine, for example, 94 today. they broke a record, and it s the hottest they ve been in five years. those heat advisories stretch all the way to arkansas. but it is the southwest where the heat is going to just been explosive for the wildfires. 118, palm springs. yuma, 116. that s the hottest of the entire season. and then, we go to the atlantic. tropical storm beryl has formed. moving west at 16 miles per hour. it will briefly become a hurricane over the weekend, and then reach the lesser antilles by sunday night. tom? all right, we will stay on top of that storm. ginger, thank