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Game are changing when parents are asked the question, would you let your kids play. Nightly news begins now. Good evening. A former appointee of governor Chris Christie of new jersey says he has evidence the governor knew of the forced slowdown on the George Washington bridge between new jersey and new york while it was going on and that he is prepared to prove it. Despite the governors repeated denial, tonight this scandal has again engulfed Chris Christie, embarrassingly on the eve of the super bowl, the first ever held in new jersey. Tonight, the states leading newspaper is saying if this is true, the governor must resign, and harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said tonight Chris Christie needs to hire a criminal lawyer if he has not already. Nbcs katy tur starts us off in the shadow of the gw bridge, which has been lit up for the game just 11 miles away. Reporter good evening, brian. The appointee is David Wildstein. It is important to note we dont know what the evidence is. Al
candidates trumpeting the same spirit, showing they are ready to fight all-out campaigns this summer, not only cast aside a republican takeover of the senate through victories in arkansas, louisiana, and alaska, but win, as well, those big state governorships in california, new york, pennsylvania, and perhaps even florida. there s a fire in those ranks, a readiness to take their candidacies directly to the people and not let their general election rivals tie them either to the president himself or the political wins of a mid presidential term election. call them the fighters, i will. from alison lundergan grimes to michelle nunn, mary landrieu, they are out there now ferocious to be where they are going to be in november. well, david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones and msnbc analyst and joy reid is host of the reid report. alison lundergan grimes is out with an ad today, let s watch the new ad. this is a frustrating time in our country. the economy is sti
down the gauntlet, challenging mcconnell person to person, saying she ll do to him what he threatened but couldn t do to president obama, deny him another term in office. well, tonight, i can hear other candidates trumpeting the same spirit, showing they are ready to fight all-out campaigns this summer, not only cast aside a republican takeover of the senate through victories in arkansas, louisiana, and alaska, but win, as well, those big state governorships in california, new york, pennsylvania, and perhaps even florida. there s a fire in those ranks, a readiness to take their candidacies directly to the people and not let their general election rivals tie them either to the president himself or the political wins of a mid presidential term election. call them the fighters, i will. from alison lundergan grimes to michelle nunn, maryland droe, they are out there now ferocious to be where they are going to be in november. well, david corn is washington bureau chief for mother
0 weekends with alex witt. here s what s happening. let s go to the new allegations against governor chris christie. the apiano tee at the center of the scandal says there s evidence showing governor christie knew about the lane closures while they were going on. katy tur has the story. david wildstein. reporter: the lawyer for david wildstein involved in the bridge lane closure skal dan disputing chris christie didn t know anything about it. i was blind sided. he said the governor not only knew about the closures, but described them as the christie administration order saying evidence tied mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour conference. this is a direct challenge to seeking documents from current and former t eer aides and his team. i don t know what documents he s referring to. we subpoenaed documents from him. i m frustrated as committee chair that w