Conversation with me very late last night and so i didn t get to put that question to her. she did say in the interview on msnbc that perhaps she should have come out sooner but that she sstanding by this now and she has to do what she feels is right for the people of hoboken. this revolves around a very big real estate deal in the very small densely, tightly packed city of hoboken. it is only one square mile. real estate is a very touchy issue in that town and she was very concerned about this. on one hand. if she went forward with this real estate development proposal, she said she might get a lot of flack, might even get sued by owners of other real estate within the city for a number of reasons. but if she didn t go through with it, she said she was convinced that she wouldn t get the sandy funds. i think this is part of what s so confusing. because it is an about-face for her. even in august she tweeted, very glad governor christie has
A very, very touchy, emotional issue for the people of the state. 80% of the city of hoboken only one square mile, somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 people. 80% of hoboken was under water. so she wants to protect her city, that this city is a very important place in new jersey, it is tightly packed, very few ways in and out of the city. she wants to protect the city and she s very concerned, clearly, of whether or not she s going to get what she needs to do that. all right. steve kastenbaum, a brief conversation with hoboken mayor dawn zimmer last night. candy crowley has the expanded kfs co conversation at the top of the hour. 9:00 a.m. eastern. on candy crowley s state of the union. the firefighters in california are battling this raging wildfire all night. we have a lot more on that and the weather forecast.
Three americans were killed in a taliban attack at a popular restaurant in afghanistan s capital this weekend and the obama administration now condemning that attack. it killed 21 people. canadians, britons and afghans are among the dead and the taliban claimed the attack was revenge for a u.s. air strike that killed afghan civilians. number two new jersey governor chris chris it kri chr is pushing back hard. the mayor of hard-hit hoboken says officials in christie s administration threatened to withhold aid money if she didn t support a redevelopment plan favored by the governor. christie says hoboken has gotten the money it s due with more on the way. three, a quick look at the 17-year-old who was arrested and charged in a school shooting in pennsylvania. rockwell turned himself in and was charged as an adult, accused of shooting two students at a high school gym on friday.
This statement. the bottom line is that the lieutenant governor came it to hoboken, pulled me aside in a parking lot and made it clear that sandy aid was contingent on moving ahead with the rockefeller development. she knew that it was wrong and even said so. however, just last week, zimmer told cnn she did not think sandy aid money was being withheld from hoboken because she didn t endorse christie s re-election. you hear the difference there. cnn has not had a chance to question zimmer about the discrepancy in her statements. but we will. responding to the latest claims, a spokesman for christie, considered a top 2016 republican presidential contender, remember, blasted the report saying, governor christie and his entire administration have been helping hoboken get the had help they need after sandy with the city already having been approved for nearly $70 million in federal aid and is targeted to get even more when the obama administration approves the next rounds of funding. so
Claim partisan politics. the allegations come as evidence, as you know, mounts that aides to christie arranged to tie up lanes to major bridges at least one major bridge, as political revenge. couple of different allegations and scandals here. we want to sort it out for you and dig a little deeper. candy crowley and steve cassenbaum. steve, you talked to zimmer last night. what did she tell you? she s standing by her word. she says that she believes that this sandy relief aid was tied to a big real estate development project, a proposal, on the north side of hoboken. she says she was told by the lieutenant governor during an event in hoboken, she was taken aside and she was told that eventionly the sandy relief