welcome back to hardball. despite what some would have had you believe, the christie scandal is not a creation of democrats or the big national press eager to pop the christie balloon. the story has been doggedly pursued by reporters in his own backyard, and those reporters continue to take the lead on this unfolding story. here is how david carr of the new york times laid it out today. it started with the publisher of the bergen record, a newspaper in northern new jersey that tipped off the newspaper s editor that getting on to the george washington bridge from ft. lee was taking hours. the editorialist passed it on. he began placing calls to local law enforcement. later a reporter at the record who covers the port dug in and tried to find out what was behind the lane closings. after a number of articles, on december 28th he wrote that e-mails show that officials at
and save up to thirty percent. welcome back to hardball. despite what some would have had you believe, the christie scandal is not a creation of democrats or the big national press eager to pop the christie balloon. the story has been doggedly pursued by reporters in his own backyard, and those reporters continue to take the lead on this unfolding story. here is how david carr of the new york times laid it out today. it started with the publisher of the bergen record, a newspaper in northern new jersey that tipped off the newspaper s editor that getting on to the george washington bridge from ft. lee was taking hours. the editorialist passed it on. he began placing calls to local law enforcement. later a reporter at the record who covers the port dug in and tried to find out what was behind the lane closings. after a number of articles, on december 28th he wrote that e-mails show that officials at
from abc news, this is world news now. i love lady gaga at any time of the day. any time of the day or night. yeah. that s right. sorry. it is night. i keep forgetting. we re in this morning for john and diana. diana, of course, a few days away for her big delivery. john taking the right time to take some downtime and missing the major storm. yeah. more than 100 million people feeling the wrath of the new year s storm. it s reaching its peak from philly to boston at this very hour after burying the midwest in snow. here s the george washington bridge between new york and new jersey. both under states of emergency this morning. government offices in new jersey will be closed today. dangerous high tides threatening the coast in suburban boston. some communities calling for voluntary evacuation. parts of the state expecting as much as two feet of snow. abc s ron claiborne is in massachusetts with the story.
bone-chilling with temperatures dipping about low 25 below. the national guard, some 400 guard members will conduct well-being checks and possible evacuations. drivers across the region are told to stay off the roads. like here in new jersey, vict visibility is limited. as soon as the plows clear the streets, they are covered again. governor chris christie declared a state of emergency for all of new jersey. road crews are working through the night, ahead of the morning commute. but here is what they re up against. you can hardly see the toll booths on the george washington bridge. in fort lee, new jersey, that s a vital link on interstate 95 that travels up the east coast. a short time ago, we spoke a about how crews are holding up through this ferocious winter blast. going since roughly dinner
i love lady gaga at any time of the day. any time of the day or night. yeah. that s right. sorry. it is night. i keep forgetting. we re in this morning for john and diana. diana, of course, a few days away for her big delivery. john taking the right time to take some downtime and missing the major storm. yeah. more than 100 million people feeling the wrath of the new year s storm. it s reaching its peak from philly to boston at this very hour after burying the midwest in snow. here s the george washington bridge between new york and new jersey. both under states of emergency this morning. government offices in new jersey will be closed today. dangerous high tides threatening the coast in suburban boston. some communities calling for voluntary evacuation. parts of the state expecting as much as two feet of snow. abc s ron claiborne is in massachusetts with the story. reporter: it started with a light powder and coating the