older issue, the 2010 decision by christie to stop the largest public works project in the country which was already under way. he shut down construction in progress on a train tunnel into new york from new jersey in 2010. why did that stuff turn up in the subpoenas now and should we all have seen it coming? joining us now to try to sort this out is andrea bernstein, she s senior editor and investigative journalist for wnyc radio. sher last name is actually pronounced bernstein. didn t i promise you because i was practicing it, i d get it wrong? i didn t do that to be funny. i m just a failure. why do you think the tunnel stuff is in this round of subpoenas that otherwise seems to be about the bridge lane closures and the effort to cover up the bridge lane closures? well, there s a link and i think that the bridge-gate scandal has been very gripping because it s traffic, it s what you were just describing. it s people, perhaps, not getting emergency services. it s people not being ab
the dispatcher tells the man we ll do our best but has to note the emergency crew headed to the man, is delayed in ft. lee. one of the mornings of the traffic jam, early morning 911 call from a nursing home about an elderly woman who fell and cut her face. dispatcher says at 6:20 a.m., she s been waiting for over an hour. again, we re trying to obtain some of these recordings ourselves, but that s what associated press is reporting tonight. in addition to the new reporting tonight, there s the puzzle of the unexpected reference in the new subpoenas that have gone out this week to something basically nobody had been connecting to the bridge lane shutdown, the older issue, the 2010 decision by christie to stop the largest public works project in the country which was already under way. he shut down construction in progress on a train tunnel into new york from new jersey in 2010. why did that stuff turn up in the subpoenas now and should we all have seen it coming? joining us now
what i can promise you is wea r going to do our best. new jersey governor chris christie making his first public kme comments on the bridge scandal tonight since nearly a month ago. that interview was live tonight as more breaking news in this story broke. third figure in the scandal invoked the fifth amendment and will not comply with the subpoena on the issue. following his campaign manager and a high school friend, beyond bill stepien and david wildstein. the third person invoking the amendment is the former deputy chief of staff who appears to have ordered up traffic problems for ft. lee from the governor us office. joining us now is reporter matt kats who covers new jersey for wnyc radio. thanks for being with us. nice to have you here. sure, rh. strong denials from the governor on this radio interview
effusive in their praise of people that they are propping up. nominees. political allies. but if you get on their wrong side, they re going to, you know, bring out the knives. and that s what we re seeing here. but, you know, to be honest, wildstein is also bringing out the knives. i mean, wildstein embarrassed the governor the friday before his big super bowl weekend. so there s probably there s a little bit of anger on both sides i think. wnyc s matt katz. thank you for your time tonight. i really appreciate it. sure, rachel. mom used to say if you don t have all right. there s the alleged misdeed, then there s also the alleged and apparent cover-up. wall street journal had a big scoop on the cover-up side of this this morning and i ll explain that coming up. we ve also got john wisniewski here within the next few
of them that would be unflattering. and, you know, this is sort of the way they operate. i mean, they are extremely effusive in their praise of people that they are propping up. nominees. political allies. but if you get on their wrong side, they re going to, you know, bring out the knives. and that s what we re seeing here. but, you know, to be honest, wildstein is also bringing out the knives. i mean, wildstein embarrassed the governor the friday before his big super bowl weekend. so there s probably there s a little bit of anger on both sides i think. wnyc s matt katz. thank you for your time tonight. i really appreciate it. sure, rachel. m . all right. there s the alleged misdeed, then there s also the alleged and apparent cover-up. wall street journal had a big scoop on the cover-up side of