. >>> governor chris chrtie has a political crisis exploding tonight in new jersey. new e-mails have emerged showing christie's staff engaged in a shocking case of petty political retribution which governor christie had denied on a number of occasions. private messages between the governor's deputyychief of staff and two of his top transportation officials reveal they conspired to close lanes of the george washington bridge back in september. in order to create gridlock in a nearby town whose mayor didn't support christie's reelection. christ's senior staffer wrote, quote, time for some traff problems in ft. lee. to which a transportation official responded, got it. and on the week of the lane closures, an unintified person texted a transportation official, i feel badly about the kids. apparently a reference to school buses caught in thtraffic jam. the christie official then replied, they are the children of buono voters, referencing chris christie's democratic opponent last year. speaker john boehner telling house republicans that leadership would soon release an ou