christie, the governor, who remains the republican party s best shot at taking on hillary clinton in 2016, he wanted to show his muscle by running up the score in last year s governor s race, even if that meant strong arming his way to a big win. well, democratic congressman frank pallone in new jersey is with us right now. also bob ingle who is with the asbury park press, author of chris christie: the inside story of his rise to power. congressman pallone, tell us about this story, how you smelled it out, you thought it was fishy. i do think it is odd we have a $25 million ad makes the guy look gorgeous, has his wife narrating it. when it looks like a political ad that should be paid for by private funds, not by hurricane relief money. chris, i think the main thing here as the asbury park press brought out in their own investigation is that this money that could have been used, you know, for sandy relief. i still have a lot of homeowners and businesses who haven t gotten their mon
federal relief funds given to help new jersey recover from sandy. i think this extra money that was spent on the ads to put him on the air during the campaign, that could be used for other purposes for sandy relief. reporter: federal auditors are probing those allegations, though christie s office dismissed the revelation as conveniently timed and added the obama administration approved the effort. another possible incident of retribution, jersey city mayor, steve fullop. over the next two days, christie appointees cancelled upcoming meetings with him, leading fulloppose to write an e-mail to bill baroni, who has since resigned. in the e-mail he wrote, in part, i am not sure if it is a coincidence that your office cancelled a meeting several weeks back that seemed to be simultaneous to other political conversations elsewhere that were happening. prior to that, you were always very responsive, and i sincerely
marathon apology last week. this is the exception, not the rule. reporter: but it s not just bridgegate anymore. on monday, cnn revealed the new storm clouds. his response to super storm sandy. because we re stronger than the storm. reporter: democratic congressman thinks these tourism ads might be a misuse of the federal relief funds. i think there s extra money that was spent on the ads to put him on the air during a campaign that could be used for other purposes for sandy relief. reporter: christie s office dismissed the revelation as conveniently timed. another possible incident of retribution. jersey city mayor, a democrat, considered endorsing christie last year.
will discuss the bridge scandal in his address this afternoon. this will be the first time the popular new jersey governor is in front of cameras since the apology last week. i am soul searching on this. i want the people of new jersey to knows in this exception, not the rule. it s not just bridgegate anymore. the new storm clouds formed over the brightest spot in his governor ship, his response to super storm sandy. democratic congressman frank thinks these tourism adds that promote the whole christie family may be a misuse of federal funds helping recovery. i think the money spent to put him on the air during the campaign could be used for other purposes for sandy relief. auditors are probing those allegations. chris christie s office dismissed saying it s inappropriately timed.
clouds over the brighter spot in his governor ship, his response to super storm sandy. democratic congressman frank thinks this may be political campaigning. it could be used for other purposes for sandy relief. federal auditors are probing those allegations though christie s office dismissed saying it s conveniently timed. another possible incident of let a democrat considered endorsing christie for re-election next year but declined to do so july 18th. over the next two days, christie appointees cancelled meetings with him leading him to write a letter to bill who have has since resigned. in the e-mail he wrote in part,