[ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ i do wonder if this had happened in nevada would it have gotten much attention. >> that was tom brokaw making the point that if some obscure governor has caused a traffic jam or his staff had kwauzed a traffic jam, the national media wouldn't be spending quite as much time on that scandal as we have devoted to what chris christie's team was up to at the george washington bridge. in fact, we probably wouldn't be spending any time on that version of the scandal. but the christie version involves not just any bridge. it involves arguably the most important bridge in the world. and definitely the busiest