and scuttled bill steppien's plan to become head of the republican party. apparently the plan was to subpoena those two people. now they're getting expert advice from the prosecutor who bout blagojevich in prison for corruption. that gentleman is assisting the assembly in its investigation. a source involved tells nbc news that it was the advice of the new special counsel that caused the assembly to lengthen its subpoena list from two, bridget ann kelly and bill steppien, to instead the 17 people and three entities who are getting served tonight. the source saying, that's what happens when you talk to somebody who knows how to do one of these investigations, end quote. so by the end of the hour tonight, by the end of the night, we may know who is on that long list of subpoenas from the assembly. as of right now we do not know and we are trying to find out. we do, however, have a different subpoena list, and it's also new. we do today have the subpoena list from the new jersey state senate. they've issued their first three subpoenas. it's a really interestin

as a result i've instructed bill steppien not to place his name for state party chairman. >> then things got tricky. >> i work hard at this job and i'm -- it's incredibly disappointing to have people let you down this way. i'm incredibly loyal to my people and i expect in return their honesty and their candor and i didn't get it. >> very candid and forthright. eric, was the statement good enough? >> it was long enough. the interesting thing is chris christie fired people immediately. president obama didn't do that. no one got fired. chris christie held a long press con fence. you don't see that in the white house of lately. that said, chris christie left himself zero, zero wiggle room. so if an e-mail pops up with christie's name on it with the senate return reply, he's a dead man walking. >> you would think he was trying that and check it out. a quick turn around is action. >> to his credit. >> dana? >> well, that is exactly the description i was going to use so i will let eric use those words instead. so i would say to chris christie, welcome to the big leagues, right? so now every mov

. >> by 9:00 this morning bridget anne kelly was fired by 7:00 yesterday evening bill steppien was askedn for a day's work. >> reporter: several new jersey residents have filed a class action lawsuit against the governor and former staffers and appointees. 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, christi traveled to ft. lee to meet face to face with the city's mayor. >> he was apologetic. we believe he was sincere. it's an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: the scandal has created a firestorm of commentary. >> this has been damaging. there's potentially illegality. >> he acted like a person who got blind sided. >> reporter: the damaging emails have now the former appointee david wildstein pleading the fifth. >> if they are prosecuted successfully, they may well turn on the governor and say hey we're not taking this fall by ourselves, we were led to believe this is what you wanted. >> reporter: the new jersey governor's of