his name comes right after mayor fulop. mayor steven fulop from jersey city. we now know what became of mayor fulop. you live in jersey city, you're worried about your town's recovery from sandy there, maybe the effect of it on your business and family. well, your town was going to get some personalized attention to help with those matters, but now, no. screw you, jersey city. fend for yourself. your mayor didn't kiss the ring. now the town will pay. and it goes to pattern, right? as the investigations into the bridge scandal continue, the jersey city saga that had been alleged in the past but that was proven today by the release of these e-mails, it shows at work governor chris christie's patented technique for governing his state. at the very least, it shows that political retribution is part in parcel of how governor christie rules. which means do not believe his spin on these issues. >> this is not the tone that i've set over the last four years in this building. it's not the environment i've worked so hard to achieve. this is the exception. it not the rul

his name comes right after mayor fulop." steve fulop, mayor of jersey city. fulop who like sokolich says he's a victim of christie's bullying because he voted for barbara buono, the democrat in christie's re-election last fall. "on the day last year he told christie's political team he would not back the governor, several high ranking state officials and cabinet members called to cancel meetings that christie's administration organized." fulop claims new jersey's senate president steven sweeney, a democrat but big christie ally killed a pension bill in the statehouse that would have saved jersey city $4 million a year. and this, the guy who said, "there's a culture in trenton of being punitive. being petty." trenton, new jersey, of course where the governor's office is located. in response to these allegations from fulop about bullying and retribution, christie had this to say. >> i don't know about specific meetings or what's going on, but certainly, you know, i will look into all of those things, but the fact is that what mayor fulop knows is when we agree

jersey city's mayor believes he was targeted, too. >> mayor fulop seems to have lots of problems with me and others. there's going to be meetings back and forth canceled. there's going to be public disagreements. but the fact of the matter is we've continued to work with jersey city over the course of time since he's been mayor. >> governor christie has not been implicated in the bridge scandal. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >>> and the federal government is investigating an ad campaign to promote new jersey following superstorm sandy. $25 million of federal money paid for the ad. governor christie and his family appeared in the ads as he was seeking re-election. a politically connected p.r. firm produced the ad. they proposed using christie and charged $2 million more than another bidder. >>> and we are learning more about who is signing up for insurance under the affordable care act. so far, enrollments of younger americans those needed to keep the premiums down are lagging. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. these numb

on july 12, stepian wrote: but but on july 18, the same day mayor fulop decided he would not supporte governor's reelection bid, five meetings were canceled within hours citing schedule conflicts. in the days that followed, two more meetings were canceled. on august 18, after weeks of unsuccessfully trying to reschedule, the mayor wrote to port authority executive and christie appointee bill baroni: bill i: baroni, stepian and kelly all baroni, stepian, and kelly all lost their jobs in the wake of the george washington bridge scandal after they were accused of engaging in political payback against fort lee's democratic mayor for not endorsing governor christie. jersey city's mayor believes he was targeted, too. >> mayor fulop seems to have disagreements with lots of people-- me, the senate president and others. there's going to be back and forth. there's going to be meetings canceled. there's going to be public disagreements but the fact of the matter is we continue to work with jersey city over the course of time since he's been mayor. >> reporter: governor christie has not been imp

it was all set up for the same day, meetings with mayor fulop, the new mayor.rse christie's reelection. and then on one day, july 18th, within an hour, four of those top christie aides call up the mayor's office, cancel the meeting siting scheduling conflicts. >> within one hour. >> within one hour, and don't propose any other dates, according to the e-mail. the next day, baroni cancels. and then two days after that, the only one left on the schedule, which was the head of economic development canceled as well. so everybody in the christie administration canceled the meeting. >> once the mayor would not endorse him. >> and showed the mayor asked his scheduler to go back to these people, see if they could find an alternative day, and they hear nothing back. at one point back in august, fulop writes a letter or e-mails baroni saying look, it's hard for me to conclude other than there is some connection between the political conversations we were having and the cancellation of these meetings. >> now assemblyman, did this -- let's be clear. this involved services f

. >> new jersey city mayor steve fulop, a democrat, considered endorsing christie for re-election lastned to do so on july 18th. over the next two days, christie appointees canceled upcoming meetings with him. >> fulop tried to reschedule but was ignored. he believes it was payback. >> oh, oh, i had a scheduled meeting rendezvous, and it was postponed, and, oh, the pain. oh. listen, mayor, that may count as payback on "downton abbey," but this is new jersey. payback's waking up duct-taped to the roof of the holland tunnel during the friday afternoon rush hour. >> that is so true. >>> now, you may have seen a recurring segment on jimmy kimmel, celebrity's read mean tweets? now this news is taking the concept to the nation's capitol. >> you really suck a pig's [ bleep ]. >> paul ryan has such pretty blue eyes. sometimes it's easy to forget he's satan incarnate. >> when was the last time you heard voices? it is important to take your medicine regularly. what was that? >> was a [ bleep ] bag on "real world mtv." he is a [ bleep ] now. >> i saw him in starbucks this morning, #loser. >> chri

fulop said he declined tone doris mr. christie, those communications were severed.ued to e-mail senator bill barone, who was one of the officials who was fired in the wake of this. >> not as a senator. he was working in the port authority. a former senator. people use that title on him, senator barone. i think it confuses some people. >> yeah. and said i would like to continue to discuss our business with the port authority, he does not respond. and mr. fulop in one of those e-mails says i think there's some political overtones in that. now, that is very -- in keeping with what mark sokolich, the mayor of fort lee, said in a letter to bill barone we first reported on that said there's something punitive about this. there does seem to be some traction to this theory that democrats who actively chose not to endorse mr. christie faced some issues. >> and people who don't know how government works, especially at this level, which is to say most people, hear oh, well, he had some appointments canceled, big deal. but this is the essence of the workings of government. and

his name comes right after mayor fulop." that's steven fulop, a democrat who also didn't endorse christie and who has since suggested that refoo phew sal came with a price -- meetings canceled, legislation scrubbed. perhaps the most damning exchange in a text message obtained by cnn, the mayor of fort lee reached out to wildstein saying presently we have four very busy traffic lanes merge into one tollbooth. the bigger problem is getting kids to school. help, please. it's maddening. wildstein forwarded the plea to someone whose name has been redacted in the e-mails and texts. is it wrong that i'm smiling the person asks. no, wildstein responds. i feel badly about the kids. i guess. the response, they are the children of buono voters, christie's then democratic opponent in the gubernatorial election that the governor won handily in november. the incoming speaker of the new jersey state assembly released a statement. "upon becoming speaker next week, i plan to seek guidance on how best to proceed but i fully expect this invest

in june his then chief of staff, bridget ann kelly, contacted fulop. he decided he would not support christie's re-election bid. within hours five meetings were canceled. he tried to reschedule but was ignored. he believes it was payback. governor christie last week denied any ill attempts against fulop. >> there's going to be back and forth. there's going to be meetings canceled and there's going to be public disagreements. but the fact of the matter is we have continued to work with jersey city over the course of time since he has been mayor. >> reporter: here in trenton, the state assembly plans to form a special committee to look into the bridge controversy. meanwhile, "the new york times" is reporting this morning that friends of brigd gechlt t kelly remains loyal to the governor despite the fact that the governor fired her and called her a liar last week. she is expected to be subpoenaed thursday. charlie, norah? >> elaine thank you. >>> a retired police officer is in custody in florida this morning, accused of killing a moviegoer inside a theate

his name comes right after mayor fulop." that's jersey city mayor steven fulop, a democrat who also didn't endorse christie and who has since suggested that refusal came with a price -- meetings canceled, legislation scrubbed. perhaps the most damning exchange in a text message obtained by cnn, the mayor of fort lee reached out to wildstein saying "presently we have four very busy traffic lanes merge into one tollbooth. the bigger problem is getting kids to school. help, please. it's maddening." wildstein forwarded the plea to someone whose name has been redacted. is it wrong that i'm smiling the person asks. no, wildstein responds. i feel badly about the kids. i guess. the response, they are the children of buono voters, a reference to barbara buono, christie's then democratic opponent in the gubernatorial election that the governor won handily in november. we still have many unanswered questions even with the governor's comments and his statement earlier today, just a few minutes ago, rather. first of all, what we don't kn

deputy commissioner was just meeting yesterday with and hiswith mayor fulop staff on issues to try to buy properties affected by sandy. we continue to work with him. i don't know about specific meetings or what's going on, but certainly i will look into all of those things. but the fact is that what mayor fulop knows is what we agree with him from a policy perspective, we'll work with him. when we disagree we'll express those. sometimes that will mean friction. he's suing the port authority at the moment. there's lots of back and forth and to and fro that happens. i look into all this stuff. in the end, have i at times been ulop and mayor f disagreed with him? you that i have. i also spoke at his swearing-in at his invitation. political relationships in this state go up and down as you know, brian. sometimes strange bedfellows. sometimes expected ones. and they move. i'm sure there's been movement in those relationships over time. not anything that i could explain as to the specific question. >> i heard that you actually record" andrgen learned something new. does the universal apolog

his name comes after mayor, i believe his name is fulop, that mayor is a democratic mayor of jersey cityefused to endorse republican governor chris christie in his re-election bid. that mayor said there was a lot of revenge against him for refusing to endorse christie. he didn't say specifically christi christie had anything to do with it. he refers to democrats that supported him as christiecrats. he says one of his bills was scuttled because he didn't endorse christie. on september 18th, after the story starts to get some tracks in the news, because there is the suggestion it was a political vendetta and a mystery as to why the lanes were closed on the first day of school. david wildstein says to bill stepien who is the campaign manager. he says, he is ready to go to work for empty boxes. he says the mayor, the little serbian, is going to have a bad november. he writes back, christie's campaign. it is fine. the mayor is an idiot. win some, lose some. there are ai lot of questions for governor christie based on these very damming e-mails from some of his top aids and advisers. we weren'

according to press accounts once mayor fulop declined to endorse christie those meetings were cancelled. one of those meetings was with community affairs member richard consitable. this is the new reality for the christie administration. everything is under a microscope. and it couldn't have come at a worse time, the day the state assembly hired a tough former federal prosecutor who knows how to prosecute dirty politics. reed shaw will be counsel for the committee investigating. mr. shaw made bones in some of the highest profile cases in the country. rob blagojevich was accused of trying to sell president obama's former senate seat to the highest bidder. jurors credited his cross examination. blagojevich was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison. rob blagojevich is a democrat. after the trial ended attorney shaw said he hunts for justice regardless of the politics. >> i think it is fair to say that the u.s. attorney's office is an equal opportunity prosecutor of public corruption. 99% of public officials and government employees across various levels of the city, county or state

his name comes right after mayor fulop, we should say, another democratic mayor from jersey city, who refused to endorse governor christie, who also alleges that there was retribution against him for not endorsing him. the next day on september 10th, mayor -- the mayor of ft. lee, new jersey texts to a different political appointee on the port authority, saying the bigger problem is getting kids to school. help, please. it's maddening. somebody, we're not sure, because the name was redacted -- somebody writes, "is it wrong that i'm smiling" when david wildstein forwards this message, complaining about how horrible things are. is it wrong that i'm smiling. and this person writes, i feel badly about the kids. and then writes about a minute later. i guess. wildstein writes, they are the children of barba bueno reporters. this vendetta of revenge in this. we should point out, there is as of now absolutely no evidence that governor christie himself knew about any of this. but also no response from governor christie's office. >> earlier he did deny any involvement and anything sordid. >> an

jersey city mayor steven fulop a democrat says high ranking state officials canceled meetings with him last year after he refused to endorse the governor for re-election. last week, christie fired his deputy chief of staff after emails revealed she orchestrated a major traffic jam in fort lee last fall. fort lee's mayor a democrat had also refused to back christie. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue. >> reporter: a special legislative committee is being formed to find out exactly who was involved in ordering the traffic problems. >> it was apparently a very massive abuse of power and an attempt to conceal that abuse of power. >> reporter: republicans say if there is wrongdoing it's a matter for police, not politicians. >> my hope is that none of this becomes simply partisanship. >> reporter: now federal auditors are looking at how the christie administration spent superstorm sandy recovery money on ads promoting the jersey shore. a democratic congressman says the contract went to a firm that promised to feature christie's family even though its bid was more expensive. b

his name comes after steven fulop who also claims the administration retaliated against him because he also did not endorse the governor for re-election. the fort lee mayor reacted to today's news this way. >> don't do any favors. don't reach out for me. you need to reach out to the families who were waiting for ambulances taking three times longer to get there. you need to reach out to the thousands of families that couldn't get their kids to school and you need to reach out and figure out how much this cost fort lee so we can get a reimbursement check. david wildstein deserves an ass kicking. there i said it. >> i for one have a new favorite mayor. wildstein filed a lawsuit that might stop his testimony from happening. and chris christie canceled his only public event today and the normally talkative christie only issued this of written statement. what i've seen here for the first time is unacceptable and i am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was i misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowled

quote, mayor fulop's words and actions must be viewed through the lens of partisan politics, and hisonal agenda. when in doubt attack! even when you're caught, attack! even when you're caught dead to rights in print doing exactly what you said you would never do, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack. god, i love this story. joining us now is frank rich, "new york" magazine writer at large. good to have you here. >> great to be here, as always. >> in the big picture, does it help or hurt governor christie that the behavior in this scandal, shutting down the bridge, right, is almost too outrageous to believe? that a what is now proven to have happened here is almost unbelievable. does that help him in a way? >> i don't think it does. because the pattern that you mentioned, there's such a pattern of other stuff beyond the so-called bridge-gate that you know it's going to come up in the wash. it's going to come out in the wash. one thing that's been sort of forgotten in all of this is that mitt romney vetted this guy to be his vice presidential running mate. there was a lot of

i've looked in all the stuff but in the end, have i at times been anger at mayor fulop?you but i have. but also spoke at his swearing-in at his invitation. so political relationship in this state go up and down as you know, ryan. sometimes strange bed those, sometimes expected once. and the move. so i'm sure there's been movement in those relationships over time, but not anything that i can explain as to your specific question. >> i had heard you actually learned something new in the situation. is a universal apology signature include -- summit. >> sure. i mean, listen, most of you, i hope, are citizens of new jersey. so you would be -- >> there are some exceptions. >> i know there are. we don't need a point of no. the fact is i came out here and said something that was untrue. unwittingly, i said something that was untrue. i think what you'll have seen about me over the last four years of my dealings with you is a deal with you directly. and i said exactly what i feel. and i think over time i have developed the reputation for telling you all the truth. as i see it. it c