now joining me is for the other side of this is loretta weinberg. senator, you're obviously part of this investigation. at what point are you going to step -- what's it going for you to take to accept governor christie's side of the sorry? >> i'm willing to accept his side of the story all the way along as soon as we get all of the information, as soon as we get a chance to question all the people we would like to question and as soon as we get all the documents. you know, i'm glad. >> what are you missing? tell me what you're missing >> first of all we're missing the list of 70 people that were interviewed in this so-called report. we're missing all the transcripts. not only of this interview with the governor but his interview with all 70 of the so-called witnesses. and i'd like to know for a report, first of all, i'm glad to hear mr. giuliani said it wasn't conclusive. it's the governor who is saying it's conclusive. and for a report that was supposed to be so conclusive, footnoted, et cetera, how did they know who broke up a personal relationshi

a few years ago when he encouraged the new jersey press to, quote, take a bat out on loretta weinberg. she was a 76-year-old widowed state senator who dared to take a pension. why was she taking a pension? because she lost her life savings in the madoff scandal. that tells you everything you need to know about governor christie and his attitudes towards women. >> and bridget kelly is a single mom of four. >> right. >> governor, when you look at this, according to "the new york times," bridget kelly's lawyer is responding to the christie internal report. he calls it venomous and gratuitous with inappropriate sexist remarks. kelly's lawyer also says if misskelley were provided with the appropriate procedural safeguards, she will be fully cooperative. now, when he says will be fully cooperative, he doesn't say to who she would be cooperative. is he talking about the state or the feds? we don't know. but he really hit this report as sexist and inappropriate, and he put out there given the right safeguards, she'll be cooperative. >> there is no question in my mind, rev, what is going on he

loretta weinberg, thanks for your investigation. >>> coming up, this is a crazy campaign ad from that senate candidate who boast how'd she used to castrate hogs. i guess it works in some part of the world. we'll be right back after this. somebody has to do it, i guess. when you only have one hand, you're not doing anything as fast as you used to, which is funny, because i still do it better than her. [ afi ] i do not like sweeping. it's a little frustrating. [ zach ] i can't help out as much as i used to. do you need help? let's open it up. [ afi ] it's a swiffer sweeper. [ zach ] it's a swiffer dusters. it can extend so i don't have to get on the step stool. ♪ it's like a dirt magnet -- just like my kids. [ afi ] this is a danger zone. voila! i am the queen of clean! [ zach ] yeah, this definitely beats hanging out on a step ladder. >>> back to "hardball," and time for the sideshow now. on tuesday, we showed you this campaign ad from a republican running for the u.s. senate in iowa. her name is joni ernst. here she is. >> i'm joni ernst. i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. >>

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state senator loretta weinberg. >> the best thing i can say about it is they issued a premature report based upon incomplete information without being able to interview some of the main folks in this. >> reporter: last night, christie responded on his radio show. >> you don't just come to conclusions from interviews. there's lots and lots of documents that involve all those people. >> reporter: the report did not say why kelly and wildstein did this but said there is evidence it is not linked to fortly's democratic mayor not endorsing the governor for reelection. wildstein resigned in december. kelley was fired. new jersey lawmakers and federal prosecutors are still investigating. sharyn. >> alfonsi: all right, thanks, jeff. there has been a dramatic increase in the number of americans signing up for private insurance under the president's health care law. today,let white house said enrollments topped 6 million, although that's still short of the original estimate of 7 million by march 31. james schlesinger, who served three presidents died today. he was secretary of defense under pres

well, loretta weinberg and the co-chair of the committee investigating and an msnbc legal analyst andorney. 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 they are 25% of the roadways that lead to the upper level of the george washington bridge. not only was there no traffic study, there are no private roads for the use of ft. lee residents only. so, that was a cover up. it was untrue and it

"loretta and wiz meeting new jersey senator loretta weinberg and senator john wisniewski will keep upheir 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 christie's campaign manager was being made aware of the situation. these new texts are part of the latest court filings for a superior court judge in new jersey to consider whether or not bill stepien and bridget kelly have to comply with the committee's subpoena or whether they can still refuse to hand over documents to the legislature. a ruling is e

let's listen to new jersey senator loretta weinberg. >> the governor needed this report because he'so las vegas this weekend to meet with some national republican donors, and he wants something that says his attorney vetted him. well, i have a little bit of a disagreement with that and i would like some questions answered about that report. >> i mean, e.j., it would have been easy to eliminate those sound bites. you know, get this thing done a couple of weeks ago, or release it a couple of weeks from now. i mean, to do it literally on the eve of the vegas trip where he goes and begs for the blessings of the super rich. it's just so obvious. >> maybe they only work well under tight deadlines. i think there are two things about this report that are going to haunt christie. and you've alluded to both of them, really. it's bringing up this relationship between bridget kelly and bill stepian and suggesting somehow that her emotional state, or something like that, had anything to do with this. they have no predicate. they explain nothing about why. but for several moments they keep coming

"loretta and wiz meeting new jersey senator loretta weinberg and senator john wisniewski will keep upt 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. a ruling is expected on that matter at the end of this month but almost daily new revelations in the story are expected to continue in the meantime. watch this space. we'll keep you posted. that does it for tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow night. now it's time for "the last word." >>> tonight, vice president biden heads to poland for talks about the continuing crisis in ukraine. obamacare passes an undeniable numerical milestone and