who s charlie? could be anyone. could be charlie brown. could be charlie sheen. could be that charlie tuna character from the old ads. could be charlie anybody. may very well be charlie mckenna, who is governor chris christie s chief counsel, who is also suspected today. after bill baroni delivered false testimony to the legislature, making up a story about a traffic story, a traffic study, a traffic study that could only have been intended to cover up what they re really doing, quote, charlie says you did great, great in all caps. the investigation is to find out about abuse of government power and efforts to conceal abuse of government power. everyone known to be involved in the shutdown, and now the governor s re-election campaign, as an entity, have been asked to turn over documents on that, as has the governor s office itself. one question is, is the cover-up worse than the crime? does the way that this goes into all these other entities, does it follow the chain of people who kne
christie s chief counsel, who is also subpoenaed today. after bill baroni delivered false testimony to the legislature, making up a story about a traffic story, a traffic study, a traffic study that could only have been intended to cover up what they re really doing, quote, charlie says you did great, great in all caps. the investigation is to find out about abuse of government power and efforts to conceal abuse of government power. everyone known to be involved in the shutdown, and now the governor s re-election campaign, as an entity, have been asked to turn over documents on that, as has the governor s office itself. one question is, is the cover-up worse than the crime? does the way that this goes into all these other entities, does it follow the chain of people who knew that the cover-up, the whole traffic study bunk, was nuts and who took some part in cooking up that story and applauding it once it s delivered. is that the way that this rises?
targets. it was not based on politics. conservative groups were deliberately targeted and delays in the way the progressive groups weren t and some tea party groups still haven t gotten their status approved. no doubt that bridge gate is a national story. chris christie is a national figure who is thinking about running for president but the media has gone so overboard. there are a couple of sunday shows yesterday, jon, that went more than half an hour or more than 20 minutes before mentioning anything else and if you look at the initial coverage of theism r.s. scandal, the new york times, a national one, didn t even have it on the front page when it broke. so obviously there s a political agenda here. jon: what about it? there is perhaps some national implications but it s essentially a local traffic story. yes, it s a very busy bridge but it s a new jersey, new york city. why is it getting so much national attention? because chris christie is
week-long series, gone to pot, the parents who want to take their child off chemo because they believe marijuana is curing their child s cancer. we ll look at the medical evidence. we begin tonight keeping them honest with breaking news. what started as a local traffic story became a state-wide scandal and now has gone national. at center of it all, the world s busiest bridge and the man seen by many as the republican party s leading hope to win the white house in 2016. the bridge in question is the george washington. the man is chris christie, the governor of new jersey. the scandal involves lane closings from the city of fort lee, new jersey, onto the bridge that tied up traffic so badly ambulance crews were complaining about being able to respond to emergencies and school buses were delayed for hours. the allegation is that christie s office and potentially the governor himself ordered those lane closings to snarl traffic as political payback because fort lee s mayor, a democrat
take their child off chemo because they believe marijuana is curing their child s cancer. we ll look at the medical evidence. we begin tonight keeping them honest with breaking news. what started as a local traffic story became a state-wide scandal and now has gone national. at center of it all, the world s busiest bridge and the man seen by many as the republican party s leading hope to win the white house in 2016. the bridge in question is the george washington. the man is chris christie, the governor of new jersey. the scandal involves lane closings from the city of fort lee, new jersey, onto the bridge that tied up traffic so badly ambulance crews were complaining about being able to respond to emergencies and school buses were delayed for hours. the allegation is that christie s office and potentially the governor himself ordered those lane closings to snarl traffic as political payback because fort lee s mayor, a democrat, refused to join other state-wide democrats who were end