but who gave bridget kelly the authority to close the lanes? the police officers who now seem to have had some level of involvement in this, what gave them the authority or belief that it was okay to shut down this whole thing to make sure there was no public comment? >> steve, you have been out in front on this from the beginning. we rely on you again tonight. what's the likely route for any investigation or possible prosecution -- the bridge, the skyway, the diversion of funds or what looks to be pressure on the mayor of hoboke n to approve a water front development by the governor. >> you are looking at three things. the expectation is when it comes to the closures, the bridge shutdown itself you talk about different principle players, kelly, wildstein, bill baroni. within the group of four people the expectation is at some point in the probably not too distant future there will be indictments whether it's all four, one of the four. indictments, plea deal. there will be a shake out from the bridge deal. when you talk about the reporting that

david wildstein, bridget kelly.t christie himself has said publicly about bridget kelly, david wildstein, some of this stuff going back to high school. there was a press release attacking david wildstein in high school. if they have information if any of them being attacked by the governor of information they could, could damage them to make it more likely to share with the u.s. attorney. the other thing i say is if and when this thing gets settled, these are people who are going to want to come out publicly and say something. >> you would think so. although bridget kelly is i don't want to use any of randy ma mastro's adjectives, she is not somebody normally in the public spotlight. david wildstein is a different matter. he is setting out the cones for all intents and purposes, as the port authority official. and yeah, i have a hard time believing at some point he won't want to say something. but then again, he also -- >> you got baroni, too. >> baroni is a tougher one. he and christie are like this. >> you think t

a scandal then turned into an i'm sorry moment when it was revealed his deputy chief of staff bridget kelly had written beforehand, time for traffic problems in fort lee in an e-mail to david wildstein. >> what he did was raise a curtain on his culture of intimidation. >> reporter: even today, democrats are hammering a way to damage his reputation as a potential gop presidential candidate, it is working according to bridget harrison. >> i think he is a much more normal politician. >> reporter: now christie aide kelly is under investigation as is wildstein and port authority chair david sam son, a close christie ally. the port authority itself started to change while legislators continue their own probe pointing toward future reforms. but christie's political future could go either way. >> as long as he, himself is not indicted, i don't see him not being able to run. >>. >> reporter: a year later we can't say how multiple investigations into the controversy over the cones will end up. nor can we say what the ultimate impact will be on governor christie's political future. all we know now is

far as we know turned out to be a pair of chris christie officials, his deputy chief of staff bridget kelly and david wildstein. those two at least are known to have conspired to create that traffic jam on purpose. but there have remained a few key questions. why did they do it, who else was involved, who else knew they were doing it and did someone above them order it? because is he the governor and because this apparently emanated from his office there is the question of specifically whether chris christie knew anything about it and whether he ordered as some sort of political payback scheme. you can see governor christie during that shutdown last year sanding and chatting with david wildstein one of his aides who ordered the shutdown. governor christie as first mocked the idea his administration had caused this thing. then he was forced to acknowledge that yeah, they did cause it. then apologized for the incident and said he felt betrayed, then he fired his top aide directly involved in it since then he came out and expressed public contrition for the actions, there have been on going in

. >> reporter: federal officials briefed on the investigation say bridget kelly and former staffer david wildstein continue to face scrutiny. earlier, republican christie criticized the democratic chair of the assembly committee. >> this is a partisan pursuit. >> reporter: but on the show, the official fired back. >> apparently they're going to try to characterize this as a partisan pursuit. this is an abuse of power that started on his watch. >> reporter: unclear when the criminal investigation might officially end and whether federal criminal charges will come against some christie aides. >> all right, jonathan deatdean thank you for that reporting. that caused months of controversy for christie. investigators say no final determination has been made and the investigation is still ongoing. >>> coming up, new exclusive nbc poll numbers on what nfl fans think about the violent stories. and apple stores opening in the last hour finally letting some consumers get their hands on the new iphone. plus, chinese company alibaba making history today in the u.s. and it all started with jack ma, a

sent out target letters yet, they have targets in mind and i'm told at the top of the list are bridget kellydavid wildstein, the chief of staff and supervise putting out the cones, as well as david sampson, the chairman of the port authority at the time before his resignation in disgrace or not, depending on how you look at it a few months ago. keep this thing in mind, this thing is very active. >> we have to squeeze a break in. when i come back, it's the old, cliche, watergate question. what did he know eand when did he know it? when this thing happens in september of 2013, we learned a lot in the last few months about things that happened in that time that i think with with most people would set off an alarm bell. i want to get to that question with christie. what kind of governor doesn't know this is going on around him? we'll get to that when when come back. wow, sounds like a great deal. so i'm getting exactly what i want, then? appears so. now, um, i'm not too sure what to do with my arms right now 'cause this is when i usually start throwing things. oh, that's terrifying at&t's best-e