flooding, and disaster of the natural sort, that of any administration i can remember in my lifetime, that we begin the second term in the same way. the new committee will have double the number of democrats, eight, than republicans, four. nearly 20 officials have been subpoenaed. among them, christie s now fired deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly whose e-mail ordered the lane closings. we have a major question out there. who ordered bridget kelly to issue her e-mail and why? governor christie did touch on some national themes in his speech. he called for a bipartisanship and tax cuts for the middle class. but all the attention in trenton will soon turn to the committee s public hearings, expected to start some time after the committee reviews all of the subpoenaed documents it has demanded by february 3rd. bret.
changes but will greater protection create greater security risks for the u.s.? also, more than 2,500 passengers on a cruise line get a terrifying letter. the warning their ship may have been hit by an outbreak. new jersey governor chris christie is in florida hoping to raise money for fellow gop governors and hoping to change the message. for the past two weeks, all attention was focused on what he knew about those lane closings at the george washington bridge. closings that caused massive traffic jams for several days in september. in orlando, all right, it s christie s first time oust state since the scandals broke. how is his trip going so far? reporter: so, fred, earlier this morning he attended a fund-raiser for florida s governor rick scott. this was just one stop along the way. i have to mention, all of these
has hired an outside law firm to help with internal review about this bridge closing fiasco. but anderson, i m told that christie has not hire add personal lawyer yet. interesting that the investigative committee has also said so far they have no plans to subpoena him. have you learned anything new about the relationship between david wildstein and chris christie? because christie in that news conference was saying, look, i vaguely recall the guy from high school. we re not friends. we don t really have much of any kind of relationship. reporter: that s right. our chris freights has been doing reporting on this today. he says that david wildstein who is important because if you look at the documents coming out already it looks like he was the man who orchestrated these lane closings. as you said in the marathon press conference christie distanced himself. what chris is reporting is that according to sources familiar with the hiring practices at the port authority, they were told th
is a lesson for all of them in terms of how they manage their office, their people. he also told his staff he understands that multiple investigations are going to consume a lot of type and energy. he tried to say we need to get bark to work, and he did that. you see there he was on the jersey shore today talking about sandy. but the governor s office also has hired an outside law firm to help with internal review about this bridge closing fiasco. but anderson, i m told that christie has not hired a personal lawyer yet. interesting that the investigative committee has also said so far they have no plans to subpoena him. have you learned anything new about the relationship between david wildstein and chris christie? because christie in that news conference was saying, look, i vaguely recall the guy from high school. we re not friends. we don t really have much of any kind of relationship. reporter: that s right. our chris freights has been doing reporting on this today. he says that
have you learned anything new about the relationship between david wildstein and chris christie? because christie in that news conference was saying, look, i vaguely recall the guy from high school. we re not friends. we don t really have much of any kind of relationship. reporter: that s right. our chris freights has been doing reporting on this today. he says that david wildstein who is important because if you look at the documents coming out already it looks like he was the man who orchestrated these lane closings. as you said in the marathon press conference christie distanced himself. what chris is reporting is that according to sources familiar with the hiring practices at the port authority, they were told that he was a good friend of the governor and they needed to find a place for the for david wildstein. and that there was actually a position created for wildstein at the port authority. now, i should also say though that a christie spokesman says that the governor s ey