>> sure. >> gibson dunn is a well respected law firm. time, if you have any problems with the report, focus on the report, not the campaign contributions, which are routine for almost every big law firm gives money to both sides. >> john, this is not a law firm that is just any law firm. this is a firm that produced a report completely clearing their client, the governor, the governor's office, and turned around and gave a pretty substantial contribution to the republican governors association. you're telling me you see nothing wrong with that? opticswise, ethicswise, nothing wrong with that? >> i don't see anything wrong with it ethicswise. opticswise, we could have a debate about that. the fact is, it's a law firm, has plenty of clients, and you know what, they routinely give money since 2009 to the rga because the rga no matter who the chairman is, you get a chance to talk to governors and get things done. i understand why they did it. i don't think it's ethically any problem. optically, we can have that debate. >> not a client under

hall in fairfield this afternoon, he faced the pros expect of his office or its outside counsel gibson dunnng subpoenas for details of the 70 plus interviews they say they conducted as part of the taxpayer funded inquiry. yesterday the chairman of the investigative panel, a assemblyman, explained the importance of getting access to the interview transcripts themselves. >> to suggest that the gibson dunn report provides all of the information that we need to know is to frankly deliberately ignore the critical deficiencies which are numerous. >> and guess who else thinks there are critical deficiencies in the report vindicating chris christie. that would be new jersey voters also known as the people who picked up the million-dollar tab for the internal probe. a new quinnipiac poll finds of the 96% of jersey voters who have heard of the lane closures controversy, 56% of those people say christie's internal inquiry was a quote, whitewash. 36% of them say it was legit. and while most at 64% don't believe christie personally ordered the lane closures, 51% think the governor was aware of what his

also gibson dunne has provided legal representation for the tax credit process and as well as contract drafting negotiations and support for phase one and environmental testing and the project ceqa exemption. other supporters include partners and high school and oliver. before showing you what the new design will look like, i want to show you what the new edges will look like today. it has wonderful tremendous potential. as supervisor avalos described the building has two adjoining structures equalling approximately 16,000 square feet. the picture here is the powerhouse interior with natural light. the light you see is from the skylight since all the windows are boarded up now. in the next slide you will see the ground floor corridor with the wayne's scotting and woodwork and original ceilings and woodwork and the gilley room where was the place where the car men would gather each day to receive their orders. it's a double space and this would become the cafe. we hope actually students in the culinary program will work in the cafe and will be affordable sustain able locally produced fo

randy mastro, and gibson dunn decided not to put that into the report.portant is, anything could be useful to the state. >> and my key question, what did the governor say? he was not under oath, but he was vulnerable to a charge of not telling the truth. anything that might be coming out because of the testimony coming from wildstein, bridget kelly? against the guy we're looking at, the guy at the heart of this thing? >> well, they want bridget kelly to come forward. and the committee did meet today, and decided not to issue subpoenas today. they're going to give dunn until the end of the week. >> and who's paying for the transcripts? does the state own them? >> well, they said, if they don't get it by the end of the week, they're going to subpoena the governor's office or the law firm. >> well, it seems to me, you have to pay for these transcripts. the state of new jersey, maybe they didn't pay for them. maybe they took the report from randy mastro. >> if they're being paid, were hired by the christie administration, they're being paid for by the state

the interview memo that came out from the interviews she did with gibson dunn for the christie exoneration report, her interview memos are really fascinating and give us an interesting picture of what the office bridget kelly worked in, how that office functioned, how it was used, how it was blended -- sort of no difference between the campaign and the governor's -- official state-paid actors in the governor's office. that will be really interesting to see how that worked and how it was used and what kind of directives they had and why she thought that there might be a list of people out there who they shouldn't talk to. >> and senator weinberg, i want to just follow up on something that was reported, too, that we have these four names, but also your co-chair in the committee seem to be saying bill stepien and bridget kelly, that the committee, you guys, might serve them with a narrower subpoena. i'm wondering, is that accurate, and how does that mesh with what the u.s. attorney may or may not be up to? >> well, we are considering that. if you remember in jacobson's decision, she said that

you're getting as he faces the legal problems, as he's dealt with his own investigation put up by gibson-dunnegislature there to some extent. the bigger question with the u.s. attorneys people in terms of a federal investigation with the grand jury sitting and all that stuff. is he running a two-front campaign right now? is he doing all that legal defense and strategizing at the same time he's putting together a presidential campaign? >> yes. it's a brilliant three-front campaign, chris. it's the legal fight and the legislative fight. it's thinking about the presidential. it's also doing the the -- and that includes the rj work, being governor of new jersey. because no incumbent governor can run a serious presidential campaign without having their house in order. he needs his approval ratings up in the state. he needs a record of accomplishment. on the presidential front, i've been told of many conversations he and his top associates have had in the last couple of weeks with leading political figures in the republican party very much clearly intending to tray to run for president still. >> le