also, democratic strategist in new jersey, bob summer, somebody who used to write for david wildstein'sitics blog site, his name is being squatted by wildstein as well. bob sommer was asked if he had any idea this bobsommer.com thing was going on. his response was "wow! i am shocked that someone who i worked with very closely has taken my domain name without my knowledge." a spokesperson for governor christie said today that the campaign for re-election for governor christie and the governor himself, they all had no idea this was going on, no knowledge of it at all. as this chris christie administration story gets weirder by the day, the big picture here, the reason the story is still around to get weirder and weirder by the day is that there is still no explanation forthcoming from anyone for why two lanes on the busiest bridge in the world had to be randomly closed, causing traffic mayhem for a week, if it wasn't just a neener, neener, vindictive political move. governor christie has been insistent from the beginning that the idea this was political retribution is a ludicrous idea. i

i have not spoken to david wildstein about this story, but have read about it.s been weird to see somebody that i know in the middle of this, but as they say in new jersey, it is what it is. i wanted to honor the fact this guy played an important role in my life, and how i got to where i am today, that will never change. this is a big story, i want to talk about it. the story has hit the 100 day mark like round numbers in this business, it has been 100 days without an explanation for the bridge shut in new jersey that caused a massive traffic jam. but yesterday it really hit its mark. yesterday, the press coverage of the story went national. so is the u.s. investigation, a federal investigation has been launched into the bridge controversy. and the department of transportation launched their own, with several investigations on their way, the printable officials who have resigned have retained fair representation. considering that they are asked to give their testimony under oath, the witnesses have been given an extension until next monday to answer the state su

clear from my reporting and from others reporting is that the official who directly ordered this, david wildstein who goes back with chris christie to high school was somebody who was very much feared in the agency and the feeling inside the port authority was that he was representing the governor, he was just a leap frog away, he was the number one official. and when he said it, whether christie ordered it or not -- >> it was interpreted as this was coming from the governor. when people say to him, this is a terrible idea, this is going to be massively disruptive. >> to say proposed was extended a fairly short process. what the head of bridges and tunnels testified is that they learned the friday before that this was going to happen, which they said was at variance from their normal procedures and that they shouldn't do anything to stop it. >> okay, i want to give some context here, because you think to yourself, you see this story at first, and you think to yourself, the charges being made is this is the pay back for a democratic mayor who wouldn't endorse chris christie, he's a democrat, chris

we now eventual two people who have resigned, david wildstein initially ordered the closures, also billegan ear. >> by investigation, that is sort of hazy. people were looking into this demanding answers from the port authority as to why the closures occurred without notice. hearings began last month by the new jersey assembly transportation public works and independent authority's committee. and it's been testimony at those hearings that have attracted now nationwide attention to this issue. >> yeah. so baroni and wildstein, how close are these guys to governor christie? >> they're fairly close. governor christie appointed bill baroni to the top ranking job from new jersey at the agency shortly after he was sworn in as governor in 2010. baroni then almost immediately named wildstein as the director of interstate capital projects serving directly under him in his office. >> okay. governor christie said on friday that this story, as you're suggesting, has been sensationlized and there was no sort of retribution against the fort lee mayor. how has he been approaching it. >> how has christ