crisis. new jersey governor chris christie has just announced that one of his top appointees has resigned amid a growing controversy. allegations now that politics played a role in a traffic study that jammed up several lanes of george washington bridge. believe it or not, a traffic scandal is threatening to upend the christie administration, a scandal that just a week ago the governor dismissed. you really are not serious with that question. and you can understand why christie waved the allegations off as a joke. on the face, they seem absurd, that a christie crony ordered one of the worst traffic jams in recent memory to punish a political foe. the george washington bridge between new jersey and new york city is the busiest bridge in the world, and on september 9th, the first day of school, two of the three entrance lanes to the bridge were closed and stayed that way for four days. an epic traffic jam turned the town of ft. lee, where the
but get this, the executive director of the port authority, which runs the george washington bridge, testified there was no traffic study at all. it didn t exist. i m not aware of any traffic study. i don t know why it was done. on friday, christie announced a second port authority appointee of his was resigning. under fire and under pressure, governor christie accepts the resignation of a top appointee to the port authority. so far, chris christie s response has been to blame democrats. democrats will make an issue about everything about me, so get used to the new world, everybody. we re not in kansas anymore, dorothy. of course, christie can put this scandal to an end today. he can give the answer to a very simple question why were two entrance lanes to the george washington bridge closed in september for four days? today, we don t know the answer. now, we don t know if chris christie ordered the lanes closed to get back at a mayor or knew that his close friend did, b
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bridge over troubled water. did new jersey governor chris christie order a bridge closing over one of the the busiest bridges? and in this new conversation over santa s race, are we really missing something? these are the topics for our agenda today. we have zerlina maxwell, contributor to thegrio.com, shira center and steve benen, an msnbc political contributor. gang, it is great to have you all here. zerlina, i want to start off with you and chris christie and what s taking place over in new jersey. on september the 9th, two of the three entrance lanes to the george washington lanes were closed and they were closed for four days. this caused massive traffic delays. the mayor of a new by town saying it was payback because he refused to endorse christie for governor. the port authority said it was a traffic study. two people have resigned over this. do you think this is a local story or has national legs to
new jersey governor chris christie has just announced that one of his top appointees has resigned amid a growing controversy. allegations now that politics played a role in a traffic study that jammed up several lanes of george washington bridge. believe it or not, a traffic scandal is threatening to upend the christie administration, a scandal that just a week ago the governor dismissed. you really are not serious with that question. and you can understand why christie waved the allegations off as a joke. on the face, they seem absurd, that a christie crony ordered one of the worst traffic jams in recent memory to punish a political foe. the george washington bridge between new jersey and new york city is the busiest bridge in the world, and on september 9th, the first day of school, two of the three entrance lanes to the bridge were closed and stayed that way for four days. an epic traffic jam turned the town of ft. lee, where the