quote, statements from wildstein's attorney alan zegas made mr. wildstein something of a wild card in the unfolding allegations. mr. zegas has said mr. wildstein has a story to tell. prosecutors don't grant immunity lightly, and the lawyer's request for immunity suggests he believes mr. wildstein has information that could be valuable enough to prosecutors as they determine if any laws have been broken here. john heilemann, msnbc political analyst and the co-author of "doubledown down" and jonathan capehart is a contributor for "the washington post" and an msnbc analyst. he didn't know about this whole bridge problem until afterwards, after it happened. then we get a claim from his lawyer for wildstein that he knew about it during it and has evidence to prove that the governor knew about it during the events themselves. and then we got a rather obscure, rather oddly written nondenial denial by the governor late this evening saying i didn't know about it prior to the events. well, no one said he knew prior. they said he knew during. my question, doe

back on january 9th, wildstein's attorney, alan zegas told new jersey lawmakers at hearing the scandalhis client, david wildstein had one heck of a story to tell, but there was a price for that story, his immunity from prosecution. here is mr. zegas. >> those documents only tell part of the story. >> if the attorneys general for new jersey, new york, and the united states were all to agree to clothe mr. wildstein with immunity, i think you would find yourselves in a far different position with respect to information he could provide. >> that's your job. we just want answers to our questions. >> understood. i'm suggesting a way you can get there. >> that's pretty clear there. and today "the wall street journal" this morning teased that wildstein's attorney might be making moves. quote, statements from wildstein's attorney alan zegas about possible immunity for his client had made mr. wildstein something of a wild card in the unfolding investigations into why bridge toll lanes were diverted for that week in september. and who was behind it. mr. zegas has said mr. wildstein has a story to

alan zegas told new jersey lawmakers at hearing the scandal that his client, david wildstein had one heck of a story to tell, but there was a price for that story, his immunity from russian. here is mr. zegas. >> those documents only tell part of the story. >> if the attorneys general for new jersey, new york, and the united states were all to agree to cloak mr. wildstein with immunity, i think you would find yourselves in a far different position with respect to information he could provide. >> that's your job. we just want answers to our questions. >> understood. i'm suggesting a way you can get there. >> that's pretty clear there. and today "the wall street journal" this morning teased that wildstein's attorney might be making moves. quote, statements from wildstein's attorney alan zegs made mr. wildstein something of a wild card in the unfolding allegations. mr. zegas has said mr. wildstein has a story to tell. prosecutors don't grant immunity lightly, and the lawyer's request for immunity suggests he believes mr. wildstein has information that could be valuable enough to prosecu

your office put out a pretty strong response to alan zegas' letter.

your office put out a pretty strong response to alan zegas' letter. >> yep. >> what, in particular, do you dispute in wildstein's account at this point? >> we'll bring it all to you in moment. >>> first, the fifth person goes down in the midst of bridge-gate. the now former director of governmental affairs quietly resigned on friday. renna is one of the 20 persons or entities subpoenaed to bridge gate. she answered to bridget anne kelly. renna's friday resignation was not released from her lawyer until sunday before the super bowl kickoff. saying "this reflects a decision i've been considering since shortly after the election." weather or not she now about the bridge-gate scheme, renna does appear in e-mails regarding the lane closure, participating in damage control. for example, "the mayor," referring to the mayor of ft. lee, "is extremely upset about the reduction of toll lanes from three to one," renna wrote in the e-mail to kelly. "not only is it causing a horrendous backup in town, first responders are having a terrible time maneuvering the traffic because the backup is so severe

your office put out a pretty strong response to alan zegas's letter. >> yep. >> what in particular do you dispute in wildstein's account at this point? >> well, eric, listen, let's make one thing clear right off the bat, which i think is the most important issue. and the most important issue is did i know anything about the plan to close these lanes? did i authorize it? did i know about it? did i approve it? did i have any knowledge of it beforehand? and the answer is still the same. it's unequivocally know. and in fact, no one's ever accused me of that. and that's the thing i think the people of new jersey care about the most. now, when did i first know about the lane closures? >> yeah. >> the fact is the first time this really came into my consciousness as an issue was when pat foye, the executive director of the port authority's e-mail about this incident was leaked to the media and reported on. and that was the first time that i got a sense that there might be some issue here. >> and who brought that to your attention? was that staff? >> no, it was news accounts. >> but you read t