david wildstein that christie knew about the george washington lane closures. then the governor got booed in times square. so much for basking in the spotlight of new jersey s first super bowl. the christie camp is trying to turn things around by going against offense, releasing a memo to friends and supporters that attacks both him and the new york times , which broke the story on friday. but with accusations all the way back to high school, the memo is not exactly a model of opposition research. chris christie seems to have some kind of fixation on his teenage years. david and i were not friends in high school. we were not even acquaintances in high school. also this morning, the house gop just wrapped up their winter retreat, but is immigration reform already doa? we ll take a look at their brand new talking points, which seem to be designed to place the blame for failure squarely on president obama s shoulders. joining me now, john stanton, washington bureau chief for buzz fee
there is more new material on yesterday s shocking revelation of the george washington lane closures. we are going to be joined by the ft. lee mayor to get his reaction. we have more on the story that dawn zimmer charged that members linked her sandy aid to her approval of a development project represented by one of the governor s closest political confident. the project in question is owned by the rockefeller group that would like to build a large commercial real estate project in the north end of hoboken. it has been represented by wolf and sampson and the founding partner is david sampson, who also happens to be chris christie s hand-picked chairman of the port authority. it is wa the port authority that paid for a redevelopment study on the land in hoboken that the rockefeller owns. it was a study that declared the area in need of a redevelopment
wildstein who says governor chris christie knew about the george washington lane closures while they were happening. christie denied having any knowledge of the closures at a two-hour press conference. he has repeatedly said he had no knowledge of the lane closures. today s revelations raise serious thoughts about whether that is true. governor dean, does christie need to change his plans and come out? i wouldn t. i wouldn t. if i put myself in his place, i would try to tough this out and deal with it on monday. he doesn t know what he s dealing with. even though i think it is really bad for him, i don t think i d come out and say all this stuff. i know i should be giving the dnc party line. well, that s okay.
only a handful of which the public is aware of, which include those bombshell e-mails disclosed just yesterday. well, right now the next shoe to drop is this, explanations from christie s deputy bridget kelly who ordered the george washington lane closures and the christie appointee at the port authority who carried out her orders, david wildstein. kelly hasn t been heard of since christie fired her. as for wildstein, he appeared before the state transportation today, but offered the committee chairman nothing in the way of answers. okay. this e-mail communication, it is not? on the advice of council, i assert my right to remain silent, sir. you can t tell me whether it s an e-mail or text message? same answer. page 757 is a there are a lot of redactions on that page, are there not? the same answer. the answer that you refuse to answer under the fifth amendment? that s correct. so you won t even tell me if there is redactions on the page? same answer.
federal crime involved, not at the moment. and the state s transportation committee has subpoenaed thousands of pages of documents, only a handful of which the public is aware of, which include those bombshell e-mails disclosed just yesterday. well, right now the next shoe to drop is this, explanations from christie s deputy bridget kelly who ordered the george washington lane closures and the christie appointee at the port authority who carried out her orders, david wildstein. kelly hasn t been heard of since christie fired her. as for wildstein, he appeared before the state transportation today, but offered the committee chairman nothing in the way of answers. okay. this e-mail communication, it is not? on the advice of council, i assert my right to remain silent, sir. you can t tell me whether it s an e-mail or text message? same answer. page 757 is a there are a lot of redactions on that page, are there not? the same answer. the answer that you refuse to answer unde