inaudible ] that's a whole different story, i'm not getting into that now. [ inaudible ] >> as far as kevin o'dowd, my support of kevin has never wavered because i knew how kevin conducted himself throughout this entire episode and i these the report backs that up, in terms of the efforts he took, particularly with bridget kelly to try to get to the truth and to the bottom of this. so my support of kevin is unwavering, i wasn't going to resubmit his nomination in the midst of all this while a report was pending. but kevin and i will sit down and talk now that the report's been issued and talk about the future and whether or not that's something he wants to pursue. we have been occupied with other parties so we'll constituent and talk about that, but as far as that's concerned, everything i said about kevin o'dowd the day i nominated him to be attorney general applies just as much today as it did then. i have answered the question about bill stephien a number of times. i have talked about my reasons for severing my relationship with bill. and there's nothing new to add to that beyond what i said on

. >> [indiscernible] my support of kevin o'dowd has never wavered because i knew how kevin conducted himself throughout this entire episode. i think the report backs that up in terms of the efforts he took, particularly with bridget kelly, to try to get to the truth than bottom of this. my support of kevin is unwavering. i was not going to resubmit his nomination in the midst of all this while i report was pending, but kevin on i will sit down and talk now that the report has been issued about the future and whether that is something he wants to pursue. we've been occupied with other matters, so we will sit and talk about that. as far as i'm concerned, everything i said about kevin o'dowd on the date i nominated him to be attorney general applies just as much today as it did then. i chronicled on the ninth and just again in response to matt's question. my reasons for severing my relationship with bill. there is nothing new to add to that. >> [indiscernible] >> my decision was that all you would do is ask me about this. i did not have the facts i needed to be able to answer your quest

kevin o'dowd is chief of staff and former prosecutor and found upper bridget l.a. whether she knew anything about this in advance, the decision to close these lanes and whether she has any documents that reflect knowledge of the lane realignment and what happens in that sequence. d confrontss is o'dow kelly, questions her, she denies , she calls a subordinate, christina renner, to go over what happened the week of the lane realignment and they have a kind of unusual conversation, the kind of conversation that someone knows they have done something wrong and are trying to cover up as with somebody who knows some information that the person trying to cover it up hopes will never be revealed. she has her go through what happened that week, the week of the lane realignment and what she remembers happening because rigid kelly knows. there are documents that reflect. they called iga during the lane closure week and complained bitterly about the lane closures and that information was relayed kelly -- bridget kelly on her personal e-mail and she responded hours later "goo

the guy who christie had nominated to be attorney general was kevin o'dowd, his chief of staff, the veryo he appointed who was designated to find out what was going on here and told him there was no issue. they had to pull the o'dowd nomination. there isn't even a nominee now to become a new jersey attorney general. >> but usually the civil servant who is waiting there, they tend to be pretty nonpartisan. >> yeah. yeah. no indication yet. we don't know how this is going to play out. >> i think the world is watching. they better be careful. last thought, amanda. these tapes, it certainly gives you reality here, doesn't it? >> yeah. and remember, there is more than just these tapes. people are calling in to the port authority, too, and complaining. one woman said her husband was 40 minutes late for his new job after being out of work for a year. and these tapes, if chris christie decides to run for higher office, i'm sure you'll hear these tapes played over and over again. and who knows how many angry motorists are going to be lined up, ready to talk about what a nightmare it was and why y

basically access was restricted to these two guys, charlie mckenna, the chief counsel and kevin o'dowd, the chief of staff. and you had to go through those two people to get to him. and i think that's the firewall he is trying to create. hey, look, people couldn't just walk in and tell me stuff there was a process here. and so it wasn't like somebody could just walk in and confess their sins to me. it had to go through channels there is clearly an effort to backtrack here and say hey, i had walls in place that kept me from knowing this type of stuff. >> i think it's interesting. assemblywoman huttle, this is the question. look, i think he did some work today. it wasn't all failure. but i thought it was interesting today when he said it mystifies why it was done. now, it doesn't take a lot of speculation for a big-time politician, a guy who is pretty aggressive to understand why his staff people would be putting a little heat on fort lee. why does he say it mystifies me? because that gets back to the question of -- well, let's watch him do it. here he is. >> i don't know if we'll ever k

the next day kevin o'dowd is in her office because he was dealing with her by phone on the 12.e is in her office demanding that she go through e-mails and see what she can find. and guess what she does? also to cover it up and the chief of the staff and governor, what does she do? she prints out just thinking of that reflects the mayor sokolich complaint. and she cuts off a true picture only gives him the e-mail that says the mayor sokolich complained that week. which, of course, by her account, it wasn't a significant to me at the time. i didn't recall the. so here it is. having cut off and ask her colleague do not keep the e-mail where she said good, that he was complaining. now, you asked me as illogical person, i'm just a lawyer. i'm just an investigator. but you asked me, okay, you asked me come you asked me what i take from that, i take somebody who did wrong trying to cover it up from the chief of staff and the governor. last question. [inaudible] >> oh, since the information we received was that he had denied any prior knowledge, and there was no evidence in the port au

kevin o'dowd spoke to her directly in december and she was in the room when he deregulated demanded to know. the interview of the governor had as much access and as long a time as we ever wanted to interview the governor and he made himself fully available and we interviewed him on multiple occasions. i'm not going to say how often and just multiple times. let me just please -. what is in the text or e-mail that is irrelevant to the investigation. whatever types of e-mails that exist and responsive to the subpoena -. if the governor and senior staff believe me this is not a comfortable thing to ask people to turn over their personal cell phones and e-mail accounts but we had to review thousands of them from the governor and his senior staff including former senior staff. let me please conclude and i know there will be many more questions, and i would be happy to take them. >> i would think the invitation and i'm sure that andrea will take me up on it. i just want to say in closing we spent the past ten weeks trying to get to the truth and i'm reminded of some wise words from winston ch

she met repeatedly with kevin o'dowd, charles mckenna.by them as part of the governor's internal review. and she had conversations there that we haven't heard. and so we haven't heard her story yet. a lot of people are still skeptical that she could have come up with that idea, "time for some traffic problems in fort lee," on her own. who else had she discussed it with? those are the biggest questions looming over this whole case. >> chris christie, i agree with ma what michael said. it gets to the nub of this, the nut as we say in journalism, the key to the story is who led her into this path. >> right. >> that there was some sort of reason to get this mayor, perhaps get that town, send some message, something to do with a development there, something to do with money, something to do with election politics. but the idea that she would just on a dime come up with this idea of screwing the guy with this traffic for a month is what the plan was, four weeks of this, all entirely on her own meant somebody gave her tremendous authority in the

[inaudible question] >> asas far as kevin o'dowd, my support has never with -- waverd because i new how he worked and the efforts he took to try to get to the truth and bottom of this. so my pouter of kevin is unwavering. i wasn't going to resubmit his nomination in the midst of all this while a report was pending, but kevin and i will talk now that the report has been issued, about the future, and whether that's something he still wants to pursue. we have been occupied with other matters. so, we'll sit and talk about that. as far as i'm concerned, everything i said about kevin on the day i nominated him to be attorney general applied just as much today as it did then. and i've answered the question about bill stepien a number of time soyuz don't need to go back over it. i chronicled on the 9th my reasons for severing my relationship with bill, and there's nothing new to add to that beyond what i said on the night -- 9th and what i said in response to matt's question. heather. [inaudible question] >> my decision was that all you would do is ask me about this, and i didn't have the facts

something about a traffic study or a traffic issue when they met on september 11th, the report quotes kevin o'dowd, the chief of staff, saying the governor does not recall the conversation. it doesn't directly quote where what governor christie remembered about the conversation. i thought that was an interesting and important omission. >> it's also interesting because when you read it, the language, michael isikoff, it almost sounds like a quote. it almost sounds like -- we have heard chris christie do the even if i did know i would have thought it was memorable because i'm the governor of the state. it is telling there are no quote marks around that or anywhere around the governor's statements. part of the reason, michael isikoff, there are many reasons why i find this report fairly outlandish, one is the presumption that it's exhaustive and complete without talking to any of the major players, but also, it's a defense document that christie's defense team effectively that has been paid for by new jersey taxpayers. there were a lot of questions today about the price tag of this. >> right. a milli

basically access was restricted to these two guys, charlie mckenna, the chief counsel and kevin o'dowd, the chief of staff. and you had to go through those two people to get to him. and i think that's firewall he is trying to create. hey, look, people couldn't just walk in and tell me stuff there was a process here. and so it wasn't like somebody could just walk in and confess their sins to me. it had to go through channels there is clearly an effort to backtrack here and say hey, i had walls in place that kept me from knowing type of stuff. >> i think it's interesting. assemblywoman hutle, this is the question. look, i think he did some work today. it wasn't all failure. but i thought it was interesting today when he said it mystifies why it was done. now, it doesn't take a lot of speculation for a big-time politician, a guy who is pretty aggressive to understand why his staff people would be putting a little heat on fort lee. why does he say it mystifies me? because that gets back to the question of -- well, let's watch him do it. here he is. >> i don't know if we'll ever know what t

the guy who christie had nominated to be attorney general was kevin o'dowd, his chief of staff, the veryuy who he appointed who was designated to find out what was going on here and told him there was no issue. they had to pull the o'dowd nomination there isn't even a nominee now to become a new jersey attorney general. >> but usually the civil servant who is waiting there, they tend to be pretty nonpartisan. >> no indication yet. we don't know how this is going to play out. >> i think the world is watching. they better be careful. last thought, amanda. these tapes, it certainly gives you reality here, doesn't it? >> yeah. and remember, there is more than just these tapes. people are calling in to the port authority too. one woman said her husband was 40 minutes late for his new job after being out of work for a year. and these tapes, if chris christie decides to run for higher office, i'm sure you'll hear these tapes played over and over again. and who knows how many angry motorists are going to be lined up, ready to talk about what a nightmare it was and why you shouldn't trust chris c