objections. and we are following breaking news about the political revenge scandal surrounding new jersey governor chris christie. the man who ordered the controversial lane closings said christie knew who was happening as it was happening and says he has the evidence to prove it. and moments ago we got chris christie s response. john, this really broke an hour or so ago. all we can do is walk our audience through the sequence of events. so much is up in the air. we don t know what the evidence that david wildstein is. the new york times puts on its web site a story that governor christie knew about the lane closures while they were taking place last year. and the evidence comes from a letter that was sent from the lawyers representing david wildstein who is a friend of governor christie, they went to high school together. he is the guy who ordered the lane closures on the world s busiest bridge, the george washington. and the lawyers are asking the port authority of new
rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m savannah guthrie alongside natalie morales, diylan as well. i love that music. it s kind of catchy. we ve been doing the drum beat for a long time. welcome to the alpine village about 30 miles up in the caucacus mountains. that s not some kind of a movie backdrop. that s the real thing behind us. the mountains along the river, got some nice people milling around here. you mentioned that some of the games have gotten under way. we ll be talking to some of the athletes fresh from their qualifying rounds in just a couple of minutes. and also unfortunately we ll have more on that security alert coming from the u.s. government, ladies. well, we look forward to catching up on all of that. the olympics are under way, the figure skating tonight, one of the favorite events. as you said, that top issue is this terror warning. it s a scary one. yes, it really is. i m joined here by kyra
state anymore. reporter: one day after the feds charged state senator leland yee with a flurry of felonies, kpix 5 has learned he is fighting to keep his job resisting calls for his resignation. according to a capital source familiar with the discussions, yee has told senate leaders he would like to take a leave of absence but he is not formally requesting paid leave. a spokesman for senate president pro tem darrell steinberg said he couldn t confirm those conversations but said senator steinberg did repeat the two choices he gave yee that he should resign or he will be removed by his fellow senators in a vote. leave. don t burden your colleagues and this great institution with your troubles. leave. reporter: meanwhile, yee is no longer a candidate for state office. his attorney read aloud a letter the senator wrote to the secretary of state. dear deborah, i hereby withdraw my candidacy for election of secretary of state effective immediately. clearly what we learne
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