attorney's office, former reporter michael drewniak, curious lack of curiosity about what's happening in their midst. it's in their bloodstream, but they did nothing. >> you know what they say on the amtrak -- we've got to gro. they say on the amtrak, if you see something, say something. they said nothing. >> exactly. >> thank you both for joining us. we'll have you back. up next, stephen colbert takes on the right wing's monica truthers. they're crazy. >>> lewinsky's return is great news to republicans. because this reminder of the darkest chapter of the clinton legacy comes right before clinton launches that 2016 campaign. now that's over, done. take the bathtub out of the storage because we're getting president chris christie. >> welcome whack to "hardball." that was the great steve colbert talking about the return of monica lewinsky last week in an article she wrote for "vanity fair." he dove into the conservative media theory that lewinsky's reappearance may be all part of a plan cooked up by hillary clinton herself. >> hillary is trying to make this 16-year-old news old news. yo

and this is christie's spokesman michael drewniak telling new jersey law makers under oath the governnor's top guy at the port authority david wildstein told him this bogus traffic study was all his idea. >> wildstein also took responsibility for the -- full responsibility, i created it, this was my idea. >> he said what was his idea? >> the traffic study. and the lane diversions or closures. >> so he explained to you it was his idea to close the lanes? >> he was taking responsibility in his discussion with me. >> but not only that, according to drewniak, wildstein said that crist tie's campaign manager bill stepien and bridget kelly had been informed about the plan. and that christie himself was told about the traffic study while it was being executed. here's more from drewniak. >> and then says to me that other people knew about this. and he had previously mentioned bill stepien and bridget kelly. and now he throws in, and i told the governor about this. >> and did you believe him when he told you that ms. kelly and mr. stepien knew about it? this whole issue of traffic study lane c

michael drewniak spoke before a legislative committee. moment came when he told of his dinner with christie aide david wildstein who told him governor christie knew of the lane closings when they were happening, a claim that contradicts the governor's public statements. >> and then says to me that other people knew about this. and he had previously mentioned bill stepian and bridget kelly. and then he threw in, and i told the governor about this. and i was surprised. he said i told the governor about the traffic study and he said that he had done that on september 11. >> when they were seen together at the memorial? >> yes. >> christie was with wildstein on september 11, the third day of the lane closings. drewniak said today he told the governor about his dinner conversation the very next day. the conversation took place in the chief of staff's office. >> the governor walks in as he often does, and i had been telling kevin about the dinner from the previous night, and i think the governor actually came in and then i said, you'll be surpr

he's michael drewniak, christie's longtime spokesman.ding to the report drewniak had dinner with wildstein. he told wildstein he had spoken to the gronch about the lane closures at an event last september. drewniak also, according to the report -- excuse me. wildstein indicated according to the court that they had knowledge of the closures as they were playing out. well, democrats on the committee questions renna aggressively last week and are expected to do the same with drewniak this coming week. republicans are tries to steer the conversation away from it and toward the broader topic of port authorities reform. >> they are the ones who are deciding about all the shenanigans over there, and i don't think that we should continue to let them continue to run their clown operation while we pursue headlines any way that we can. >> after that another republican on the committee motioned to s&p more port authority officials. time now to bring in democrat state senator linda greenstein. she's a member of the committee and a candidate for the 1

so michael drewniak talked more in depth than we've heard before about him discussing some of the presshe lane closures and also that bridget kelly and bill stepien appeared to know about thigh lane closures. so there was some early conversations about that that we didn't really know about that before. and so the question going forward, is charles mckenna going to be a new target for this legislative committee? are they going to be looking at him? what did he know? who did he tell? i think those are he requests we have going forward now. >> you also see the traffic study come back up. people remember the governor's infamous press conference. is there a traffic study? maybe there was. it was weird because it felt like this very odd fig leaf considering how much reporting suggested there was no traffic study because this was political payback. take a listen to that and a discussion about wildstein. >> wildstein also told me that he took responsibility for the -- full responsibility, and i created -- this was my idea. it was said, i told the governor about the traffic study, and he had sai

. >> there's no real conflict, michael drewniak. daniels day lewis. alison londongan grimes.ttacks is. my friend for many years iyanla van zant. there's nothing there. >> we all struggle with the teleprompter at some point, but this is pretty funny. maybe obama can help him. that's all the time we have left this evening. tomorrow night we will be live from the republican leadership conference in new orleans. some of my guests include phil robertson, bobby jindal and much more. don't forget. we hope you'll set your dvr and record "hannity" the series. thanks for being with us. we'll see you tomorrow night. ti firing his lawyer only hours before heading to court. for day's important hearing and fired lawyer. talking to reporters outside the court. >> we do wish andrew all the best. his family all the best. like i said, is he an innocent man. he shouldn't be here. >> i met with andrew yesterday. he did hint something that might be happening today. he said he would still be talking to his mother about this and i think they talked and made a decision and, like i said, i need to re

he had any clue about what was going on here, yet in the testimony we've had last week from michael drewniak, his spokesman, renna, you've had so many clues that were right in front of chris christie and the people closest to him in october, in november, in december, and it really, you know, again, there's no smoking gun that i've seen, but it really raises the possibility to me that chris christie -- >> let me tell you what i see, i didn't come here for the north pole hanging out with santa claus and the elves. what i see is a governor who sends his lieutenant governor down to hoboken and threatens a very credible mayor there, zimmer. you don't go along with this water front development, no money. there's a pattern there of enforcement. is this guy ignorant of all that, knows he went into the one town and fired all the prosecutors because he didn't like them going after his buddies? there is a pattern of enforcement. mowers should be aware there's other cities and towns in new jersey that have had this behavior thrown at them. maybe the legislators in new jersey don't know how to followup o

then there was michael drewniak that appeared to contradict christie's own timeline of knowledge investigatingdrewniak said he informed members of the governor's senior staff in november that he had been told that the administration staffers were aware or involved in the controversial lane closures. past two weeks are any indicator it looks like this controversy will loom over christie for some time while he's in office and while he hopes it's a footnote as christie describes it, by the time he decides his intention for 2016 it will be a big mess for him right now in 2014. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." president obama is expected to speak in a few minutes at the new 9/11 memorial. chris jansing has a lot to cover over the next hour so stay with her. i'm meteorologist bill cairns. we are continuing to watch the fires in southern california. winds will be gusting in southern california at 50 miles per hour and we'll watch that. also in the east, heavy rain and flooding potential all of the way from western new york and western pennsylvania back down into the carolinas. trave

to hear michael drewniak, he was credible when he explained the bridge lane closures as a traffic study, then it wasn't creditable when he said kelly knew about it. he told governor christie about the lane closures on the 11th. he's the missing link here, is he not? >> yes. we don't know his status with the u.s. attorney's office where he's been in talks about granting testimony and immunity. you know, obviously, the whole thing is so cartoonist, where do you begin. they were friends and he confided in him, according to the gibson-dunn report. he cold christie on september 11th ceremonies about this. on one hand, he says i had no reason to suspect that the traffic study wasn't happening, but then he also called the lane closures essentially a bone headed move. so, the fact they did something so bone headed would suggest there is reason to doubt there was a traffic study. nobody's story hangs together. we haven't heard anything more from wildstein other than the initial release of the e-mails because he is still in legal jeopar jeopardy. >> chris, the other piece of this is the new york/

michael drewniak is going to be testifying at some point.rs where any of these former christie aides feel like they can fully sort of expand on their time working for the governor because there still seems to be this residual apprehension. >> that comment david pointed to where she was saying that she was not comfortable reporting this request to delete the e-mail, and she said it came in a late night phone call, she thought it was strange, she actually delete it had e-mail and moved it to a person account, or they said she kept her banana republic receipts because she wanted to be able to say -- >> because that's a lock box. >> she wanted to say i did delete this but she wanted to preserve it because she could tell something was wrong. but interestingly she was saying she was afraid of kelly and yet she described kelly as constantly stressed, erratic. so i think your question is absolutely right. who felt comfortable in this office and, you know, who wasn't terrified? >> david, the story of the story is the one that has been really, i think

michael drewniak is gov. chris christie's long-time press secretary. drewniak also had a tsk professional and social relationship with david wildstein, a key figure in the case who was forced to resign in january. today. a judge is set to decide whether oscar pistorius needs psychiatric evaluation. prosecutor gerrie nel wants the one-time golden boy sent for exams. this could delay the athlete's murder trial for a month or more. a psychiatrist testified monday that pistorius has an anxiety disorder stemming from his double amputation and his unstable parents. pistorius is on trial for the murder of girlfriend reeva steenkamp after firing four shots through a bathroom door valentine's day last year. toyota is leaving its north american headquarters in california and officially is moving to texas. the plano city council gave final approval to an economic incentive package for toyota. the package links nearly 7- million-dollars in grants for the construction of a headquarters in the dallas suburb. in turn, plano's mayor says the project will generate more