no reason to suspect jeff michaels had anything to do with the lane closures. dence that chip michaels discussed the closure with the governor or his brother, but it does make you wonder. in all that time did jeff michaels and chris christie ever talk about this? about how jeff's brother was the guy who drove david wildstein around during the closures? remember, christie has adamantly maintained that he had no idea until a month ago that this was anything other than a traffic study. that was the cover story that was given by bill baroni in testimony in trenton. he's maintained the secretive and vindictive nature of the closures was a shock to him. christie's offices tried to say it was a primarily rogue act master milded by wildstein. david wildstein schemed to close lanes as a recent press release put it. now it appears it wasn't just david wildstein on the scene when the lanes were closed. that he was there with a police officer who gnaw the governor from way back, and whose brother is a trenton power broker who has a deep connection to christie. those deep ti

the name that comes back to you is jeff michaels. >> jeff michaels calls him on election night saying, you won. >> there's a pathway there to get this information. >> like, hey, gov. i want to bring into the conversation heather haddon who covers new jersey for the "wall street journal." the reason i wanted to have you here, heather, patrick foye says today -- executive director of the port authority -- we want to look into this. there's this "bergen record" reporting. i want to give one little hint of their reporting about the level of activity of the port authority police on the ground at the time telling people to blame the mayor. so here's a clip of that. one motorist recalled an officer approached his vehicle without prompting, told the driver, roll down his window and deliver the message, are you frustrated? robert michel said the officer asked. what's going on, michel replied. call the mayor's office to complain, michel responded. the port authority police were much more involved on casting the blame on mayor sokolich before. patrick foye is ordering an investigation. where do

, what lobbyist has chris christie's ear more than any others, jeff michael michae. >> jeff michaels is the guy who calls him in 2001 and says, you won. >> there's a pathway here. >> i want to bring into the conversation heather hadden, who covers new jersey for the "wall street journal." what i thought was interesting today, patrick foy says today, he's executor of the port authority, we want to look into this. and there's this record reporting. i want to give one little hint of their reporting about the level of activity of the port authority police on the ground at the time, telling people to blame the mayor. so here's a clip of that. one motorist recalled an officer approached his vehicle without prompting, told the driver, roll down his window, and delivered the message, are you frustrated, the officer asked. what's going on, michelle replied? call the mayor's office to complain, michele said the officer responded. where do you see foy in this? >> this brings up the tensions in the port authority. it's a bi-state agency, and there have been a lot of tensions throughout the years

in 2010, jeff michaels donated $25,000 to a pro-christie superpac. since late 2012, he's donated over $20,000 to the republican gover governors association. today christie said through a spokesman that he has "never had any conversations with either jeff or chip michaels on this topic." up until this weekend, three known christie associates knew about the traffic in ft. lee as it was happening. this weekend, msnbc's steve kornacki uncovered a fourth. the question is now, how many more people are there out there? joining me now, msnbc's resident new jersey expert, steve kornacki. he's the host of "up" which airs weekends at 8:00 a.m. eastern. great reporting, steve. >> thanks. >> detective steve kornacki. what's the significance of this to you? >> the significance is it's somebody who didn't just have knowledge of it, an eyewitness account of the first day, of the first minutes of the opening moments of this. >> and who david wildstein apparently chooses to be the person to go survey the scene. >> yeah, however that came about, right, david wildstein,

michaels, the new jersey lobbyist. governor christie's office issued this written statement today. the governor has never had any conversations with either jeff or chip michaels on this topic. the topic was first raised by steve kornacki on this network yesterday. >> the name jeff michaels may not mean much to you but if you live in the small and insular world of new jersey politics, then you definitely do know that name. he's a powerful new jersey republican whose family had long and close ties to chris christie. someone who has parlayed that connection into a wildly successful lobbying practice and has invested tens of thousands of dollars of his own money in christie's political future. and it is his brother, jeff michaels' brother, port authority police lieutenant thomas "chip" michaels, who was apparently on the scene when the fort lee lanes were shut down. who drove david wildstein around as the traffic mounted. >> steve kornacki's report broke new ground in the investigation. according to the co-chair of the special legislative committee investigating the lane closures. >> is this something you were aware of before? has your committee

that is, look, yeah, they grew up seven years apart but from all of the public statements from jeff michael in the star ledger review, these were families and brothers who were pretty close and apparently stayed in touch over a lifetime to the point he's coaching chris christie's kid in hockey just a few years ago. and the reputation of jeff michaels is this is a guy who has chris christie's ear. if you a port authority police lieutenant and you're watching innocently this debacle play out, this horrible traffic study that's tying up the town and you can't figure it out, i'm not saying the responsibility is absolutely on you but you do have a path way to get to the governor that's not unreasonable. >> there's a chain of command. so why in god's name would you pick up the phone to call the governor in the state of new jersey to report a traffic issue. >> this is a story that played out for months and chris christie, somebody he's described as a friend a couple of years ago is going further and first out on the limb to tell the world there's nothing the see her. if you're chip michaels, do yo

jeff michaels happens to be one of the most powerful republicans in the state of new jersey, all of which places another person with long time christie ties right smack in the middle of the bridgegate scene. coincidence? only time will tell. joining me now is hunter walker and managing editor of "the washington post." we're in the same town, but we're not in the same room. i'm going to let our viewers in on that secret. >> it's fine. i got to see you off camera. >> i have in front of me the cast of characters in the chris christie bridgegate scandal and we are now getting ready to do our third card because all the names won't fit on the first two cards. >> right. >> darcy licorice is now part of this. chip -- what is his last name? chip michaels. chip michaels is now involved. >> right. >> we don't know that any of these people actually communicated with governor christie, but the notion of plausible deni plausib plausible denial blt seems to be eroding. how could chris christie not have known about bridgegate? >> you played a clip from that january 9th press conference. that was -- i thi

the issue of the bridge lane closures, with chip, with lieutenant chip michaels or his brother, jeff michaels who is a powerful lobbyist in new jersey who was also mentioned in steve's report. the executive director of the port authority has now asked the port authority inspector general and the port authority police chief to investigate the role of at least that one port authority police officer who apparently drove around david wildstein on the first morning of the closures. other reporting tonight suggests that the new internal port authority investigation may be broader than just that one officer, that it may be a wider look at the role of port authority police on the bridge that day and their role in the overall scheme. during the bridge lane closures, the mayor of ft. lee, this was on thursday of the week that the bridge lanes were shut down, so this is day four, on thursday the 9th of -- excuse me, the 12th of september, the mayor of ft. lee wrote to the port authority pleading for help. pleads. it has been four days of this in our town. we are totally gridlocked. commutes that should

michael waltrip, jeff hammond, denny hamlin who led some laps. lowski had a quick ford? >> he does. so does logano, his teammate. ricky stenhouse, they both driven inside the top ten. dillon there fell back to tenth. >> i've been impressed about hats off to dillon doing a great job. how about kurt busch. he showed his muscle early on. still hanging around. >> alex bowman, the

michael waltrip, jeff hammond, denny hamlin who led some laps. michael, you thought brad keselowski had a quick ford? >> he does. so does logano, his teammate. ricky stenhouse, they both driven inside the top ten. dillon there fell back to tenth. >> i've been impressed about hats off to dillon doing a great job. how about kurt busch. he showed his muscle early on. still hanging around. >> alex bowman, the youngest driver in the field at age 20. dale earnhardt jr. right behind him and cole whitt, another rookie rounding out to current 20. labonte the veteran. biffle had problems. >> early on, he had a strong ford until he had the bumpup with danica patrick on pit road. >> parker kligerman in the 29th position. look for him to take chances and try to charge to the front in this event. >> there were big names to start in the back of the pack. carl edwards, tony stewart, bowyer, johnson. >> some guy named michael waltrip. >> i will follow jimmie johnson. he's done pretty well in nascar. i think i'll see where he goes all night long. >> he only has two

christie spokesman said the governor has never had any conversations with either jeff or chip michaelsn this topic. north korea's crimes against humanity are no secret, but now a comprehensive report by the united nations issuing a call to action. and yesterday a u.n. panel said kim jong-un and north korean leadership could face international justice for atrocities now being compared to those committed under hitler. andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: north korea kim jong-un at a birthday tribute. a vast network of prison chasms, horrors going back decades. extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, sexual violence, and forced abortions. >> there will be no excusing a failure of action because we didn't know. we do know. >> reporter: survivors sketched pictures to illustrator chur and public execution of hundreds of thousands. this man a police per at camp 15 said a fellow prisoner trying to escape was dragged back to the camp behind a truck, then executed for all to see. this woman imprisoned for 28 years drew pictures after she got out. she said guards would

. >> jeff: another nice pass by michael beasley, off the dribble penetration. >> mike: meanwhile for erik spoelstra, this will be his 300th career win. sixth fastest in nba history. only pat riley, phil jackson, larry costello. >> jeff: what a showing and what an jut standing basketball coach erik spoelstra is. >> mike: five straight wins now for the heat. 8-1 in their last nine games and they're just a game and a half back of the indiana pacers for the top spot in the eastern conference. an impress iive win as they win for the second time this season. lebron james only missed two games and they have won both. one in portland and a great defensive battle. we'll be back here in miami after this time-out. ♪ [ male announcer ] chevy's presidents day is here. good luck. [ henry] thanks. [ male announcer ] get great offers on 2014 chevy vehicles in stock. hey we just wouldn't want you to miss out. welcome to chevy... [ henry ] presidents day? you got it! [ male announcer ] just announced! now get a 2014 chevy malibu lt for around $189 a month during chevy presidents day. find new roads at

and chip michael's brother, jeff, one of the most important republican lobbyists in trenton, a man to have almost peerless access to christie among power players. >> the governor's office did put out a statement, saying, and i quote, the governor has never had any conversations with either jeff or chip michaels on this topic. to wrap it up, a lot of people say he knew this guy and they were brothers and what not. still, kind of put it in a nutshell for us why this is still relevant and why things continue to trickle out and could cause problems for this governor. >> yeah, no, exactly. it could be just coincidence. but what that did was, it turned attention to the port authority police department. and there was also this claim, if you remember, when the documents first came out from the mayor of ft. lee, mark so socklich, telling commuters, if you're upset, you should call the mayor. now there has been further reporting in the last week where some commuters were tracked down and they corroborated that story. they said that port authority police officers were seeking them out, basically

republican national committee and a number of florida campaigns, including republican jeff atwater's chief financial officer. michael sher al jazeera america's political contributor. a debt sealing deal, a farm bill, people not completely happy, but there's movement. are things better? >> thanks for surrounding me with guys from florida and slush. to be succinct, no, not at all. i think those are exceptions that prove what is a depressing rule of gross underachievement. the republican speaker of the house jammed that through with very precious few reebility votes, not wanting a repeat of what was the government shutdown. a three year odyssey, the farm bill, of no interest to most of the washington media, there was a lot of goodies in there for a lot of folks. you may have some sort of record actually set by the congress in how few days it will be in session, and when it comes to president obama, he tipped things off about how he was going to go it alone basically in the state of the union and has since done so on a bunch of measures, including minimum wage for federal contractors and the big magilla, morphed into so

raymond james, jeff and with us portfolio funds michael.see you on set, by the way. >> thanks for having me. always fun. >> fantastic. talk about these tips public, a national program and online sirius. give us your take. interest be about this year, triple digits gains and losses. volatility was up. volume up. sort of the fear gauge was up. all of a sudden yesterday it just stopped. what's happened? >> yeah. and today is trading more like we expected on december 31st. i think what's happened is you had a hangover effect where people maybe delayed into the new year for tax reasons selling some stocks. the bad payroll number in early january. volatility, uncertainty in emerging market currencies and the impact of that on emerging market economies, and how that will impact u.s. economy ultimately. investors are die jegesting tha. interest rates moved down from there and whether that's a trend or a trade? so i think we're all watching and waiting and trying to, see where we'll go next. >> a lot of concerns you mentioned, not necessarily gone a

jeff. stand there. make a line. another member we have tonight is one of our principals, michael rhymer. principal of roosevelt medical school, where i used to work. and we have a special 4-year service award to victor tam. yeah, victor tam. [ applause ] principal of chinese education center. thank you. in addition i would like to recognize the members who could not be here tonight. which you chuck horn brook, our secretary, magdalena and frank. i think that represents all the members of our committee. can we have the student delegates come up for the photograph. >> i don't think he's here, ms. flemming. brian fox. apologies. speaker: thank you, members. now we have student delegates report. angela wei and logo an. speaker: thank you. things are picking up. we did recently an acc bylaw review to reconfirm the understanding of the bylaws with the real emphasis on the attendance policy which we have been reworking and we might possibly change in the future. another big thing on the cac agenda is the vision 2025. february 7th, is the last vision 2025 meeting and sac will be participating ag

michael and god. >> reporter: i've also been inside the bizarre world of convicted pedophile warren jeffs and the flds. we're getting close now. last last fall, i went with the leader's own nephew, young men who have turned against everything their uncle stands for. it didn't take long to get the message we were not welcome. did they do that because of us? >> yeah. >> reporter: they have their own reality show, too, breaking the faith where they went back to their own neighborhood to try, they say, to free young women who still live there. >> i used to be on the god jasqd and i know how they act. >> given to warren jeffs private security force tailed us. what is he trying to do right now? intimidate us? >> intimidate us. >> reporter: why doesn't a girl who's 20, 21 years old get up and go. >> they don't know where to go. only thing they know is their bedroom, the kitsch and the laundry room. and that's it. >> reporter: so no fences at all. >> no. >> reporter: the browns live far away from that world and they believe the court ruling in their favor helps the women who still live in it. >> let's say a g

jeff, to you in a moment. how is this testimony going to affect the trial? >> this is incredibly impactful. she is the fiance of michaeln, but called by the prosecution. she has been brutally honest. she admitted to things that michael dunn wrote in letters to her about black thugs, where he's derogatory and she had to admit all of that on the stand. this is incredibly powerful. his own fiance is telling this jury what his mind set was, don, and what he thought. what he prejudged about those young men who did nothing more than play their music at a volume he didn't like. >> that wasn't appropriate for him. the interesting thing is we have dissected the word thug so much. don't think that didn't go by unnoticed. he said i'm sick of hearing that thug music. what does that mean? what is it coded for? very emotional testimony, jeff. how does this impact the trial to hear from her? >> already the jurors when they saw how the durango had been shot up, all the bullet holes, knowing it went into the legs of jordan davis, people gasped. they were like, oh my god. they were saying this didn't have to happen. we saw it with rhond

michael dunn says he saw a weapon and felt threatened. he acted based upon his fears. >> standby. we want to get to jeff.ional toll that this has had not only on the people who knew the teen, but around the country. there was the emotion involved with the trayvon martin case. now this emotion as well. if this is a hung jury and we have to go through this again, my goodness. >> not just that, that it could be a hung jury on this, but that martin is right. this is taking so long. a lot of people thought this would be an open and shut case. we saw that there was a lot of aggression. was this about a stand your ground law or what we, a lot of people think, lay people think that it was a don't disrespect me law because it became a situation of where dunn got involved with the fourteens and felt that they were giving him lip that they were disrespecting him and then at some point he felt that he was threatened. let's remember, his car pulled up to theirs. he didn't have to say anything. they hadn't said anything to him. >> this is florida. there are gas stations on every single corner. >> absolutely. so people

gang is all here and we're glad you're there watching along with michael waltrip who is going to get back in the car and continue racing. jeffammin. and a five hour 45-minute rain delay. they were on the track through anything possible. we put our heat track on it to show you a cool effect how hot and how warm the temperature got. the gauge on the right, you see the color all of the way up to 150 to 200 degrees. given where we are and the possibility of rain later on the radar, we need 62 laps to get to halfway. so is it safe to say it's getting even more urgent? >> yeah, we thought we could sort things out, and now we're down to 150 miles. you see the 150 mile budweiser dual. i'm sitting back in 38th or 39th with jimmie johnson, and we have to march through the field. >> when you talk about that, michael, the teams have to get ready because there needs to be a pit spot, there is no way of getting 62 laps without another pit stop. every is going to pick it up, and passing those guys will not be as easy as earlier. i think you will see people getting cut off and pushing and shoving. >> we only had a couple cautions in the ear

jeff blake. i don't know if either one is a libertarian, but they both see the economic impact on the state of arizona. michael, stay with us for a moment. because there is another subject i want to discuss with you, the -- even though arizona looks like that legislation will be vetoed in that state, it might not have been enforced anyway. that's because the attorney general, eric holder, is telling state attorneys general that they don't necessarily have to defend laws they feel discriminate against their citizens. and that includes laws banning same-sex marriage. here's holder from this morning. >> i believe we must be suspicious of legal classifications based solely on sexual orientation. and we must endeavor in all of our efforts to uphold and advance the values that once led our forebearers to declare unequivocally that all are created equal and entitled to kwa opportunity. >> let me ask you a question, michael. something you tweeted out yourself this morning. you said, doesn't holder's encouragement of state attorneys general to not defend laws run the risk of creating 50 new judges? what's the answer? >

. >> michael kelly from "business insider," thank you very much. we'll keep an eye on that this week. and jeffll, from what you can see, the ratio, the correlation, whatever you want to call it between what's playing out overseas and the market action today? >> well, starting to show up already in the currency market. there's definitely some dislocations there. i think you have to really watch that, watch how it turns -- how it affects energy prices. you start to see this creep into other markets. i've said often this doesn't matter until it matters. as an investor, you really have to keep a close watch on what's happening there. >> thanks to everybody. fascinating discussion. be sure to stick around and catch much more with brian kelly on "fast money." brian, i wish we could keep this going for now. i guess we'll have to wait until the next time you come back. >> wait until 5:00. >> exactly. that too. all right. thanks, guys. much more ahead on the markets today. now back in record territory, as we mentioned, for the s&p 500. in the meantime, take a look at this one. mylan surging today on th

jeff what is the evidence of that? >> guest: >> caller: whited three senators at 2:00 in the morning steel hour -- at 2:00 in the morning. >> host: michael hirsh can you explain a little? >> guest: it's conspiracy theorizing. there was a book that was about to suppose the dark and shady workings of the cbo. there are some substantial subsections of the population that see this nefarious and in fact as i indicated earlier i think that the federal reserve under bernanke over the past eight years and particularly the past five or six years since the crisis has done an amazing job of preventing what could've been another depression. on the caller's other points i declined to comment at this point. >> host: my lindbergh says michael efforts some claimed the stimulus increase gdp from 8% two plus 2% and a net gain of 10%. is that true? >> guest: well what we know is that the economy was in the fall of 2008, and when obama was taking office just after the election the economy was contracting during that quarter by about 8%. and of course it took a long time, a few years before it caught up to the two to 3% growth we are seeing now so historical

michael tweets, that's like asking which dinosaur is going extinct first. glenn tweets, it is a good idea because of low costs and security. and jeffstead, so siri can drive our cars for us and talk the entire time to keep us company. what do you guys think? smart move? >> i like the fact they've all got skin in the game. ford had a bad experience with microsoft and now blackberry is trying to bring itself up from the ashes. they both have something to prove here and i think they both have the motivation to do it. >> i haven't heard so many people talk about blackberry as a long story in months. seems like everyone's starting to look at this and go, they've got the enterprise software stuff going on. look at -- >> it was security and enterprise. that was what kept blackberry -- people, exactly, but the whole idea is you want to talk about splitting a company, how do you get away from hardware with what really moves the needle? >> well, you saw the hardware business, did they not? i think they're trying to focus more on -- >> that was the problem when you saw the stock cratering. people didn't see you can separate them. they didn't