School was happy place. Reporter its a Program Designed to give kids a head start in life but a half century after it began some people are questioning whether it should continue. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy Chris Christie is doing serious damage control and 24 hours after a bridge scandal threatened to derail his promising political career the normally contentious governor held a press Conference Thursday apologizing saying the buck stops with him but christie said he did not have any knowledge of the scheme to close lanes on the busy George Washington bridge and learned of the top aids political vandetta wednesday morning and fired two for their roles but it doesnt end with his apology and the u. S. Attorney a job christie once held announced a federal investigation is now underway and erica has more and erica we may learn more about the different roles people played in the scandal today. Absolutely, that is right, new Jersey Assembly will release
Good thursday morning, im marci gonzalez, diana perez is off. Im Muhammad Lila in for john muller. Also an update on the latest amanda knox murder trial but we begin with the big developing story, the scandal involving new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the lane closures at the worlds busiest bridge just got a lot more serious overnight. One death happened during the days long traffic mess near the George Washington bridge when paramedics were delayed. The traffic backups appear to have been orchestrated by a top aide to christie. Abcs mary bruce is live in washington with the story. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, well, this scandal over an epic traffic yam is becoming a main political liability for the rising republican star, governor chris christie. What happens when you combine political power, retribution and road rage . A political scandal. Jersey style. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie a rumored 2016 president ial candidate is in a political jam over a traffic s
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Another chopper taking off from a hospital. It made an Emergency Landing into the waters about 18 miles off of the virginia coast this morning during a routine training mission. Again, coast guard cutters are at the scene of the crash looking for a fifth and final crew member that was on that helicopter. Police are releasing information on the murder of a 22yearold man from the bay area. Theyre hoping a new photo and a reward will lead them to the gunman. Christie has the details. Aya nakanos family is out here trying to catch his killer. You see some of them, they have a sign, justice for aya. Police say theyre releasing a photo of a car. They believe it was involved in the wreck and final shooting of aya nakano. Its a fourdoor silver newer model sedan. They dont have the license plate on the car so theyre reaching out to the public. They believe it was pulled over on the curb on Market Street june 12th of last year. Nakano was leaving a basketball when he was area ended by two men an
Good morning to you. Im richard lui. We start with dirty politics in new jersey. A bridge, a traffic jam and a political rivalry all involving governor Chris Christie. Newly released emails and texts suggest one of its top aides engineered a traffic jam. It is creating a political firestorm and not just because governor christie is a top contender for the gop president ial nomination in 2016. Nbcs tracie potts is live for us in good morning to you. How does this taint his no nonsense, get it done image. Reporter if he cant get out in front of this and distance himself from the emails and messages and his staff, it could hurt that image. Now washington may get involved. Federal officials are telling us the Justice Department has received a request to look into this to see if any federal laws were broken. It appears the fourday traffic jam that backed up over the George Washington bridge last september may have been orchestrated to punish a democratic mayor who did not support republican