not unless we decide to exercise additional powers. >> let me go back to bob ingle. here is the problem. it seems to me we've seen this before. you know how politicians say i'm totally responsible, but i'm not guilty. mistakes were made, all that blah blah blah, both parties do this left and right as a way of sort of skirting away from responsibility, but somehow seeming noble. in this case, i want to show -- i want to watch this for our memory here. january 9th or january 14th in his state of the state where christie again said i'm going to cooperate with everybody here in getting all the information. then we're getting this first seed of information here last night. oh, yeah, i'm going to help. but by the way, don't count on any of my staff people coming over to the legislature to testify on anything. let's watch. >> i'm the governor. and i'm ultimately responsible for all that happens on my watch both good and bad. and without a doubt we will cooperate with all appropriate inquiries to ensure that this breach of trust does not happen again. >> so does the governor

let's also talk about chris christie with chris cillizza and bob ingle. the whole dispute between david wildstein and what he had to say and bridget kelly taking the fifth. where does this now stand? is this all people either not only taking the fifth but also their lawyers trying to get some kind of immunity or perhaps that's the case with wildstein? >> we've all seen "law and order", they get one person and say, if you cooperate we can go easy on you. i think it's a race to see who gets to the courthouse first and gets a deal. >> and chris cillizza, this is first time we heard from chris christie since the sort of friday night memo from wildstein's lawyer. he was pretty effective, i think, in taking to the microphone and trying to regain some kind of upper hand here. >> he's a good communicator, we saw that in the january 9th press conference. he is someone who is effective at seemingly answering questions forthrightly. he sticks to his message by and large. and he did that in this radio interview. he said i unequivocally had no knowledge there was any

joining us are bob ingle with the asbury park press and the co-author of "chris christie: the inside story of his rise to power." and melissa hayes. thank you both for joining us. i want to get into a breaking story right now. earlier this week we got word that state investigators were issuing nearly 20 more subpoenas, dramatically expanding the dragnet that they cast in their investigation into christie and his team. we weren't entirely sure what exactly they were looking for until now. it's not just the bridge scandal. the state's investigative committee has subpoenaed documents relating to massive rail project called the third tunnel that christie supported then killed back in 2010. but this is the key thread. 16 of the 18 new subpoenas are seeking documents that relate to bill baroni's new discredited november 25th testimony to new jersey lawmakers. it was that show where baroni said that this was all a big misunderstanding about a traffic study. if you recall, the port authority's executive director then testified on december 9th that there was in fact no traffic study. and just

and thank you, bob ingle. continue your smartness. more on chris christie's future nationally, coming up, because this guy was the kingpin. now i'm reading that huckabee is number one. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i will light up every room i walk into. [ female announcer ] olay presents the new regenerist luminous collection. renews surface cells to even skin tone. in just two weeks, see pearlescent, luminous skin. new regenerist luminous. from olay. >>> welcome back to "hardball." time for the sideshow. while capitol police decided against pressing charges against new york republican congressman michael grimm for threatening a new york 1 reporter last week, he didn't escape the wrath of "snl." here is melissa mccarthy playing a freshman congressman with even more serious anger issues. >> and what about claims made by your ex-campaign manager that -- >> i'm here to talk about the planning committee and nothing else. >> but your constituents have a right -- >> we're done here. >> so as you can see, the congresswoman is

joining me now is bob ingle. "chris christie: the inside story of his rise to power." bob, first, thanks for being here tonight. >> glad to be here, rev. >> how serious are all of these questions about the sandy relief funds? >> i think it's very serious. but one thing you have to keep in mind, you know how federal regulations are, you get a stack about that high. and within that, the locals are given a lot of leeway to do things as they want to do. >> sure. >> now what the administration has said and what you just repeated is there is no politics involved. so the problem is proving that it really was made on a political decision. >> now, a new analysis by wnyc of one of sandy's grant programs found, quote, multiple irregularities in how funds were distributed. an analysis showed hoboken has been awarded the same amount as two much smaller towns, neither of which experienced much damage from sandy or previous storm. which the reporter said could lend credence to mayor zimmer's claim that hoboken was shortchanged.

joining me now is bob ingle. or of "chris christie: the inside story of his rise to power." bob, thanks for being here. >> my pleasure, sir. >> how carefully did the governor's team choose this venue for this town hall? >> very -- they knew exactly what they were doing. they wanted the governor to come back and get the attention for what made him very, very popular last year, having to deal with the aftermath of a terrible storm. >> right. >> sandy. >> sandy. and he got deserved credit for that. and since then things have been going in the other direction. and they're trying to get back to that. they're trying to show his sympathetic side. they're trying to show he cares about people. and he is trying to show that nobody cares than bridge but us. >> do you think he is going to do another epic news conference, conference newser any time soon? >> i wish he would, but i doubt it seriously. i've been calling for him to do it for some time now. >> and he has not responded favorably? >>, no he hasn't. i think when he do

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in what has been a crazy 24 hours, brian murphy, reporter and professor with ba ruk college and bob ingleound an congressman, frank pallone, is back at the table. i will start with you on the hoboken matter. we have the george washington bridge going on and all the david wildstein talk we had last hour. on the other hand, there is still this question of hoboken and the allegations from the mayor. since she sat in this show, she has talked to the u.s. attorney and they have talked to her staff. we see wolf and sampson's partnership with the rockefeller group is gone and now you have the u.s. attorney's office subpoenaing all these records from hoboken. >> this is a serious investigation that is moving along. >> the christie administration has been pushing back and trying to say that mayor zimmer is not telling the truth or she is misunderstanding what went on here. i think what you have uncovered with those e-mails, the coupling again with the rockefeller development project with the sandy aid and the flood control is just more evidence that she is telling the truth and that what she is sa