one formal official told the star ledger, i heard he and bill barone say they had only one constituent, chris christie. whatever the reason that taxpayers paid david wildstein a half million dollars over four years that he was there. we now know that what he did at that job, no job description, nobody could tell what he was doing, the one thing we know he did was shut down access lanes on what appear to be orders from a staffer in order to create some traffic problems in ft. lee. now he's gone and the job is being eliminated in his wake. apparently they didn't need that job as long as he was going to do it. the port authority is not explaining why that job was created for him. in a related matter, governor christie himself in a little noticed comment appears to have unveiled an explanation this week about his own role in this scandal. the governor continues to say he had no advanced knowledge of what was going to happen on that bridge, he also says that despite these allegations from david wild stein to the contrary, he had no knowledge of what was going on on that bridge while it was

on the day that bill barone delivered that, he talked about feedback and he responded, p.a.d.d., saiddo we know what all was fine? >> we don't know what that means there. in his testimony he made reference to paul who is the head of the police union. he said he was the first person who had ever mention ad traffic lane change to david wildstein there. this according to the union came as a surprise that he was going to be mentioned in this context. we don't know there if wildstein is telling barone the actual head of the police department approved of the testimony. we don't know why he would have been weighing in. we don't know if it is a reference to paul. we know on the first time through they blacked that out and that is for the legislate you are and probably the federal prosecutors to try to figure out what the police involvement was. >> and now he has stepped down from that role with the police department union. >> there are position is that he was handed someday to day operations to a deputy. he is not going to elaborate but he hasn't stepped down. that he is continuing in his pos

at one point christie's top appointee bill barone texted wildstein and asked, are we being fired. barone and wildstein had resigned. >> let's dig deeper with our legal analyst jeffrey toobin. i mean, it's weird, when you think about it, six days after they close the bridge they're joking about this rabbi and traffic and flights to tel aviv. >> what this makes clear is the idea of punishment by traffic was something that was in regular circulation in christie's office. now, whether -- what they did and why remains mysterious, as, of course, is the bigger question of what christie knew, if anything, of what they were doing. but certainly weird is the only description of what was going on. >> they're joking about the traffic problems and clearly they're trying to use this, at least these aides, if you believe these texts and these e-mails, they're trying to use this as punishing political adversaries. >> right, which i consider myself a fairly cynical, you know, experienced journalist. i certainly have never heard of the idea before all this of using traffic as a kind of punishment,

this is bill bruce went overseas during the great war, and he became a fighter pilot, and he became an ace flying against the red baron against all these glorious villains in their black leather flying suits. essentially, bill bruce had the world war i career that hap arnold wished he had had. but what hap arnold really did in world war i, i think, is even more interesting. never mind the fact that when everybody went overseas, he ended up in washington as the highest ranking man in uniform who actually knew how to fly an airplane, running the home office of the air service in washington. never mind that. when hap finally did get to go overseas, he went overseas to land for the deployment of america's first military drone. this was the tetering bug. and as robert and i were talking about this a little bit ahead of time, the development of the kettering bug and, yes, it really was the first american aerial drone. it brought together a lot of interesting characters like sperry who later became famous for gyroscopes. and hap, of course, was there. the wrights were there. they developed this -- well, not both of the right

this is bill bruce went overseas during the great war and became a fighter pilot and he became an ace, flying against the red baron and the flying circus and all of these glorious governors in a black leather flying suit and essentially bill bruce of at the world war i career that hap arnold wished he had had. but what hap arnold really did in world war i is even more interesting. nevermind the fact that when everybody went overseas, he ended up in 10 as the highest ranking man in uniform who actually knew how to fly an airplane, running the home office of the year washington. never mind that. when hap did go overseas, he went overseas to plan for the deployment of america's first military drone. robert and i were talking about this a little bit ahead of time. it was the development of the kettering bug. and yes it was the first american aerial drone that brought together a lot of interesting characteristics very who later became for famous for gyroscopes and hap was air. and the rates where they are. wilbur had died a few years earlier. they developed an airplane that was powered by plane. no pilot. it was gyrosc

baron describe it? >> i don't think so. i think this kyle deal will b da disaster, we'll see bills go higher and higher.ing about the largest cable company in the country the largest internet service provider in the company scooping up the number two cable company. this will give comcast immense amount of power over what we watch, see, read and download every day. i had i would say too much power. i don't think this deal? the public interest at all. i think comcast is moving aggressively here it's very important natural justice department and the f.c.c. scrutinize this deal deals like this are why we have antitrust laws, why the f.c.c. needs to measure is this deal in the public interest. i don't see how they are going to find that it is. >> wouldn't this concentration giving this company pricing power and also product offering power that other competitors simply don't have because they are all -- they are content producers and service providers and control such a big share of the overall market. >> no one is saying that the deal shouldn'ting scrutinized and it certainly will. buffy think what's likely

baron describe it? >> i don't think so. i think this deal would be unquestionably a disaster for consumers. i think they will feel it in their wallets. we will see bills go higher and higher. we are talking about the largest cable in the country, the largest internet service provider in the country scooping up the number 2 cable company. this is going to give comcast an i immense amount of power over what with watch, see, they're and download every day. i would say too much power. i don't see that this deal is in the public interest at all. i think comcast is moving very aggressively here, but it's very important that the justice department and the fcc scrutinize this deal. deals like this are why we have anti-trust laws. deals like this are why the fcc needs to measure: is this deal in the public interest? i don't see how they are going to find that it is. >> wouldn't this concentrate, baron, give this new company pricing power and, also, product offering power that others don't have, because they are contents producers service providers and control such a big share of the overall market? >> no one is saying that the deal shouldn't be scrutinized. it