Joe johns is live from washington monitoring the situation. Joe, what is the latest . Well, chris what was a hometown story has become National News all because of knewly ex newly exposed email traffic. The scandal involving closed leans at the nations busiest crossing has exploded and enshared governor christie. It started in september when several leans of the lanes of the George Washington bridge were shut down dpr four days without warning. Resulting in an hours long traffic nightmare for the town. And now a letter from an emf official suggests even Emergency Responders were delayed. There were questions whether the gridlock was politically motivated payback for the democrat mayor of fort lee. Cnn obtained text and emails that seemed to be the closest thing to a smoking gun. It was sent august 13th. A message from the email account of bring jet ann kelly one of the governors top appointees at the agency that controls the bridge. When the mayor called about the gridlock, kelly then
Washington bridge. A punishment of sorts against a support him in his reelection. I am responsible for what happened. I am sad to report to the people of new jersey that we fell short. Reporter several new jersey residents have now filed a Class Action Lawsuit. The suit seeks damages for being trapped on the roadways causing them to be late for and or miss work being docked pay and injured as a result of the clogged local roads. After his mea culpa News Conference, christie traveled to fort lee to meet face to face with the citys mayor. He was gray shous, he was apologetic, we believe sincere. But its an ongoing investigation. Reporter the candle has created a fire storm of commentary. Theres little kids on the bridge that cant get through. He didnt act like a person who had knowledge before the fact. He acted like a person that got blind sided. Reporter former appointee, David Wildstein is pleading the fifth. His silence leaves many questions unanswered. Were they executing orders fro
him $1.2 million for breaking the law. him and his wife have admitted to having three children. the one child policy was eased late last year allowing couples to have two children if one of the parents is an only child. the oscar nominee and director has just one month to pay the fine. back to you, kate. thanks to much. all right. talk about a homecoming. an american is back home in minnesota this morning after spending nine months in a united arab emirates jail. we have been following cassim s story very, very closely. we are live from minneapolis with that story. what a tremendous moment. reporter: absolutely.
1.4 million in the hole from the recession. to get back to normal, full employment, it would take five years of 200,000 jobs a month. that s really a long way to go. after we get the jobs numbers, go to cnn.com. this could be a strong report. it could really change the conversation about the economy. you could see the jobs recovery gaining momentum at the end of the year. coming up on new day, did the new jersey bridge scandal really cost a 91-year-old woman her life? we re going to hear from her daughter about the potentially deadly delay. plus a story we ve been following closely here at new day. a nightmare over for one family. he s back on u.s. soil. we have new video of shezanne cassim and his return home. hey guys! sorry we re late.
he has a lot to say. he arrived back here in minneapolis yesterday afternoon. of course, as you can imagine, he is very happy to be back in the united states. back home, walking through the minneapolis airport, 29-year-old shezanne cassim was finally free to say what he really felt about spending nine months in a dubai prison. i feel angry, a lot of time wasted. reporter: he had been working in dubai when he and four friends were arrested last april for making this video, an obvious parody, about sort of want to be gangsters. i did nothing wrong. there was nothing illegal about the video. even under uae law. i was tried by a textbook