to point out, as we said, that doherty is a democrat and simply appears to be telling the truth as he recalls it. so there. that is the role matt doherty plays in this report. this is a story from the asbury park press. asked in the article about the monmouth event and the paper reported this. belmar mayor matt doherty, a panelist, said he didn t hear a conversation between zimmer and constable. that is not at all what the christie report claims. they say his eyewitness account undermines the accusation. doherty also says that he sat next to mayor zimmer and that if i recall correctly constable was on my other side. that s his quote. actually, as we showed you earlier, he was not sitting between them, far off to
belmar. he is cited in in the report commissioned by governor chris christie s administration as a key witness to the conversation between dawn zimmer and christie cabinet official richard constable. this morning we received a statement just after that interview from hoboken mayor dawn zimmer responding to mayor doherty s remarks. thank you to mayor doherty for publicly acknowledging today that his account in the mastro report was mischaracterized. mr. mastro in his report claim mayor toert affirmatively testified the conversation i related it not occur. mayor doherty acknowledged that he did not hear the entirety of the conversation. contrary to mr. mastro s report. mr. mastro s deliberate attempt to distort the facts is not surprising given that governor christie spent well over $1 million to compensate himself for doing that. i call on mr. mastro to release the full transcripts of both the questions and answers contained in the interviews conducted so the public can determine just h
zimmer s left and yet the christie report trumpets doherty as the tiebreaker between zimmer and constable. in an independent eyewitness, we heard what they said and can conclusively ex on rate constable. it should be noted the story says that doherty didn t hear the conversation is not mentioned anywhere in the christie report. so it the pivotal eyewitness hear the conversation or didn t he? well, when we come back, the mayor of belmar, new jersey, the man identified as a key eyewitness, will tell us. did he hear what was said between zimmer and constable or didn t he that s next. let s share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we re booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up. because tomorow we go live. it s a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. when csx trains move forward, so does the rest of the economy. csx. how tomorrow moves.
matt doherty, mayor of belmar. when we come back, some breaking news to report in the federal investigation into hoboken mayor dawn zimmer s allegations. more news on that. worried shampooing might damdon t be.hair? new pantene brings
department of community affairs commissioner constable suggested to her sandy relief money would start flowing if she moved a development project forward. it says mayor matt doherty of belmar heard the conversation and that no such warning was deliver delivered. here with us for the first time since the report was released, belmar mayor matt doherty. thank you for being here. a pleasure to be here. two things at odds. there is this report in your local newspaper the asbury park press when you said you didn t hear the conversation. and then we have this report that mastro s law firm released thursday that calls you an independent witness who undermines dawn zimmer s credibility because you did hear the conversation. let s start with the basic we. they were on stage. they were talking. we know that. you were sitting to her left. did did you or did you not hear the conversation? let me explain the asbury park press article. the day this story broke on your show i missed it. i wa