his name is pat schuber -- william pat schuber, one of the commissioners that chris christie appointed to the port authority. he's not been high profile until he was the third of three subpoenas tonight. pat schuber used to be the mayor of bogota, new jersey. like abe bogota. he went on to become the county executive where fort lee is located. do you remember that weird detail about david wildstein? about how the guy who ordered the bridge shutdown used to be an anonymous blogger? remember this? before chris christie became governor and david wildstein kngot himself appointed to the port authority that paid him 150 grand and it had no job description. before that, david wildstein's job had been running a new jersey politics blog, but he did it anonymously. he blogged under a pseudonym. here he is touting pat schuber in 2009 as somebody who would be a great choice for gub na torrial candidate chris christie to pick as his running mate. interesting because chris christie did not pick pat schuber to be his running mate. but he did pick him to be head of the port authority. when the lanes

you have always dealt with pat schuber. you could always count on somebody at some agency to give you an answer. you got to know people. they would give you quick answers and not waste your time with red tape. it sounds like you had that kind of relationship with mr. schuber. and then all of the sudden, a guy who has always been help to feel you as a legislator, a senior legislator, has all of the sudden clammed up, as if somebody from on top said no talking here. >> well, again, i can only go by what i know. i selected pat schuber because he is one of the people i voted for to put on the port authority. i selected pat schuber because we do have a personal and a very good and honest relationship. and i particularly selected pat schuber because i said to him, i know when you go on the port authority, you are a former county executive of bergen county. you will stand up for the people of bergen county. and that's why i reached out to pat schuber, who promised me he would get to the bottom of it. and you know what, chris? i'm

i selected pat schuber because we do have a personal and good and honest relationship. and i particularly selected schuber because i said to him, i know when you go on the port authority, you are a former county executive of bergen county. you will stand up for the people of bergen county. and that's why i reached out to pat schuber who promised me he would get to the bottom of it. and you know what, chris? i'm still waiting. >> thank you. senator weinberg. and assemblyman, majority leader louis greenwald. thank you both. >>> coming up, the apparent vindictiveness that led to the bridge scandal has prompted other officials in new jersey to say they, too, were victims. he says his firing was politically motivated. >>> also president obama tries on balance privacy concerns with the need to protect the country from terrorists. today he pulled in the reins on parts of the nsa's controversial phone surveillance program. >>> and here's a bit of good news in the voter i.d. front, something we care about here. a judge in pennsylvania has struck down the state's new voter i.d. l

you've always dealt with pat schuber. it's like if you worked in a senate office you always could count on somebody in some agency to give you an answer. you got to know people. they would give you quick answers and not waste your time with red tape. it sounds like you had that kind of relationship with mr. schubert. and then all of a sudden a guy who's always been helpful to you as a legislator, as senior legislator, has all of a sudden clammed up as if somebody from on top said, no talking here. >> well, again, i can only go by what i know. i selected pat schubert because he's one of the people i voted for to put on the port authority. i selected pat schuber because we do have a personal and good and honest relationship. and i particularly selected schubert because i said to him i know when you go on the port authority you are a former county executive of bergen county. you will stand up for the people of bergen county. and that's why i reached out to pat schubert who promised me he would get to the bottom of it. and yo

. >> next, william pat schuber, another christie appointee and former jersey politician. he was sent a letter with governor cc, inquiring about the closure on september 19th. weinberg said he vows to investigate, then nothing. if the last round of subpoenas produced time for traffic problems, they are the children -- just imagine what this latest round will bring. >> joining me now john wisniewsky. i understand you are not going to disclose who has been subpoenaed until they've been served, which makes sense. but explain the logic by which the committee decided who to subpoena. >> there was a lot of material the committee received from the subpoenas to wildstein baroni and others. we saw on your screen some of the e-mails that we looked at, but all of those e-mails have connections to other people and other individuals, or the people in those e-mails have bosses or people they report to. so we need to get to the bottom of a very simple question. what possessed bridget kelly to say it's time for traffic problems in fort lee. we need to know what was the conversation before