revelation of text and e mails showing that project and kelly the governor's deputy chief of staff and david weinstein a top executive at the port authority of new york new jersey which manages the george washington bridge may have conspired to orchestrate the lane closure last fall. the lane closure appears to have been planned as political payback against the democratic mayor and the states who refuse to endorse christie over his democratic rival in his reelection bid last year christie announced thursday that he finds the lead while weinstein resigned over the scandal early last month the optician the u s attorney in new jersey has announced it is launching an investigation into the case christy is to register and the republican party any possible presidential contender in two thousand sixteen to ten am i the onions. crisp vibrant cultural scene will get a bruise this year thanks largely to press a button is pushed to bring the arts and culture to everyone regardless of age class and gender and for more on what we can look for tea on the culture fine and twenty four attain the brink and are called

david sampson is not a formerly anonymous political operative like david weinstein or bridget kelly. he is a pillar of new jersey politics. >> the question of the hour is, is david sampson at some point going to be subpoenaed by this committee and what i'm hearing is that there is an enormous amount of pressure to not have him subpoena david sampson, because of his role in new jersey politics? >> he has one of the thickest resumes in the state. it calls him the second most influential man in new jersey politics. he has worked under four governors, democrats and republicans, serving as everything from general counsel to the new jersey turnpike authority to attorney general of new jersey, 2002, under democrat, jim mcgreevey. he runs one of the most powerful law firms in the state. christie appointed sampson's partner, jeffrey kieza as the interim senator. david samson is also very, very tight with christie. he served as his campaign council and went on to head up his transition team and when his inauguration day arrived, he helped to do the honors. >> my name is david samson. over the p

and the wall street journal comes up with a picture with him with david weinstein.ow the point about this is it was taken on september the 11th last year, and that is day three of the traffic snarl up, and so there is a picture of kristy and david together, on day three of the snarl up. now, the administration here says look, they were there to honor those who fell on 9/11, 12 years earlier, they are refusing to say what they phone about, they say they don't know, but the point is only last week, he said he has only had a hand full of him since he has been at the port authority. and it -- well, i don't think it looks good. >> it doesn't look good, appearances. j.t., appreciate it. >> mothering the first day of voting on egypt's new constitution, the health minister says -- more than two dozen people were hurt, al jazeera'sny coal johnson has more. >> i think the new constitution is a step forward. it is a step forward, and so i hope that we get a resounding yes vote. >> the army chief voted in cairo, it is the first real test for the military backs government. misde

>> so to find out if the governor actually knew about this, david weinstein this week, in front of the committee, he pleaded the fifth. and his attorney at one point said, well, if he is afforded immunity, then he will have a story to tell. do you think it's worth giving him the immunity that he is asking or his attorney is requesting to get to if governor christie is involved? >> sure. well, it's not up to the assembly committee or the assembly itself to grant immunity. that would be something the new jersey attorney general or u.s. attorney would grant to him. but i certainly think it's something that they should consider. he's clearly made it known to the entire committee in his testimony as well as his attorney made known to me personally that he has a lot of information he would like to talk about. but he is concerned about criminal liability and he'd like to have immunity before he discusses any of that. >> you know, i know that you have accused the governor of holding back saying it would be, quote, if he did the right thing and released all communications. that's a quote of you