"i know it's not a fun topic and not nearly as fun as beating up on senator frank lautenberg," whichs a reference to a heated exchange bill baroni had with frank lautenberg in a hearing in 2012 in the u.s. senate. but the text message continues, "but you did great, and i wanted to thank you." mr. baroni responds, "thanks, william." william stepien. "loretta and wiz meeting new jersey senator loretta weinberg and senator john wisniewski will keep up their nonsense but at least we will have explained the counter narrative." the counter narrative. aka the cover story. so bill stepien who'd been chris christie's campaign manager tells bill baroni great job about his cover story, and bill baroni celebrates having sold the counter narrative. also disclosed today are e-mails that show bill stepien, then in the midst of running chris christie's re-election campaign being made aware of the infamous traffic problems in fort lee and fort lee's mayor being upset about it. the same week that the traffic problems were happening. contemporaneous to the lane closures bill stepien was in on it. chris

. >> joining me now former political adviser to frank lautenberg.d david avella president of gopac. david, what do you make of it? >> as a new father of a 2 wkds. >> congratulations. >> i have a particular interest in what the younger generations think of conservatism. winston churchill said show me a young conservative and i'll show you someone with no heart. show me an old liberal and i'll show you someone with no brain. with that, i'll give you two examples that make me feel hopeful that millennials will come around. one was in the l.a. times, where a young lady talking about her health care going up so much. # 50%, she said, i was for obama care, until i learned i had to pay for it. and realizing what those cost. second, a young gentleman, who owns a suit making company, if regulations weren't so high, and taxes weren't so high, i'd hire more people. i'd pay them more money. >> yes, but how are you going to get that message across. why is it that it appears on its face that the conservatives like liberals more? >> well, the millennia had a poll

i know it's not a fun topic and not as fun as beating up on frank lautenberg, but you did great and i you to which rereplied, thanks, william -- will keep their nonsense, but at least we have explained the counternarrative. well, loretta weinberg and the co-chair of the committee investigating and an msnbc legal analyst and former u.s. attorney. senator weinberg, you're mentioned in that text message. obviously called it nonsense, but i want to focus on this phrase counternarrative. it sort of struck me as an odd phrase to say if it's not why if you're telling you would assume if you're telling the truth, you would say i'm telling the truth. >> well, counternarrative is a good euphamism for cover up. i know it was a cover up. because the moment that i heard the testimony, i knew that it was untrue. because it was all built around the idea that there are somehow private roads for ft. lee only residents that lead to the george washington bridge. that is completely untrue. there are no such lanes of traffic. no private roads only open to private residents and carry 25% of the traffic and

, and i would be remiss today if i didn't take a moment to pay tribute to my friend, senator frank lautenberg, and his staff for their tireless work to craft this original bill which serves as a tremendous honor to the life of tyler clemente. mr. president, no student, whether they are gay or straight or black or white or christian or muslim, should have to face discrimination and harassment in pursuit of their education, and while i know it is impossible to eradicate all bad behavior from our society, we have to arm our campuses with the tools and resources necessary to not only efficiently and effectively support the victims but also to take action against those who have perpetrated such senseless crimes. mr. president, that is why i am here today. i'm very proud to introduce this legislation. i want to thank chris for his courage in speaking out and his ability to be here today to make sure that no other student in our country ever has to go through what he did. thank you, mr. president, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: morning business is closed. under the previous order, the

this year we also bid farewell to senator frank lautenberg, a tireless advocate for the u.s.relationship. [applause] he also was someone who strongly advocated for the human rights of jews and persecuted peoples throughout the world. senator lautenberg's leadership will be sorely missed, and although he is no longer with us, his legacy of commitment to the jewish people will long endure. [applause] i'd like to take this opportunity now to recognize the men be women of -- men and women of the united states armed forces whose commitment to our country enables us to celebrate on occasions such as this. [applause] thank you! thank you! thank you to those who serve, and thank you to those who continue to serve! [applause] as you can see, together we have of brought a palpable energy to this convention center and to the city x. today that energy will make its way from the convention center halls to the steps of capitol hill. i am excited to announce that later this afternoon we will hold lobbying meetings at the offices of all 100 senators and every single member of the house of re