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
0 dirty politics in new jersey. a bridge, a traffic jam and a political rivalry all involving governor chris christie. newly release e-mails and texts reveal suggesting one of top aides engineers a traffic jam. nbc s tracie potts is live in washington. this story gives a bridge over troubled water a whole new meaning. well, we re going to hear more about that bridge today and in the future. now washington may get involved, betty. federal officials are telling us that the justice department received a request to look into this, to see if any federal laws were violated. reporter: it appears the four day 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 governor chris christie. according to e-mails subpoenaed by new york lawmakers. none of this surprises me. i m embarrassed that people are involved and completely disheartened. reporter: this woman, a top christie aide t