my name is patrick christie and i have the honor of introducing the former headmaster of the joe bartonchool. please join me in welcoming him to deliver the invocation. [applause] >> as you can tell, patrick, by that applause that your dad got, that he is loved. let us now bow our heads and pray for god's blessing. lord, we gather today to ask your blessings on our governor, lieutenant governor, senators, and members of the assembly, jurists, and all citizens of this great state of new jersey. we ask your blessings on all who serve the common good for the people of this state. we ask you, lord, with the author of the first book of kings, to give your servants an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, and to seek justice and peace and security. we ask your blessings on all who govern and protect us, and all who serve us in any way in public office. we ask your blessings on all gathered here. on our families, on the christie family and on all families in this state. and lord, we ask your blessings on those most vulnerable, and on all the children

my name is patrick christie and i have the honor of introducing the former headmaster of the joe bartonool. please join me in welcoming him to deliver the invocation. [applause] >> as you can tell, patrick, by that applause that your dad got, that he is loved. let us now bow our heads and pray for god's blessing. lord, we gather today to ask your blessings on our governor, lieutenant governor, senators, and members of the assembly, jurists, and all citizens of this great state of new jersey. we ask your blessings on all who serve the common good for the people of this state. we ask you, lord, with the author of the first book of kings, to give your servants an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, and to seek justice and peace and security. we ask your blessings on all who govern and protect us, and all who serve us in any way in public office. we ask your blessings on all gathered here. on our families, on the christie family and on all families in this state. and lord, we ask your blessings on those most vulnerable, and on all the children of

patrick foye is of course not part of the christie gang. at the port authority by new york governor andrew cuomo. it was patrick foye who wrote the e-mail saying, "i am appalled by the lack of process, failure to inform our customers in fort lee, and most of all by the dangers created to the public interest. i believe this is hasty and ill-advised decision, violates federal law and the laws of both states." michael drewniak got an e-mail from the new jersey star ledger reporter steve strenski asking him "is the governor aware of any plan last month to close the george washington bridge access lanes in retribution for mayor sokolichtion failure to endorse the governor for re-election?" his response was "no, for goodness sake, the governor of new jersey does not involve himself in traffic studies. he then forwarded that e-mail exchange to himself at his private g-mail address and from his private g-mail address he forward the entire e-mail to david wildstein in wild stooep's private e-mail address and in the e-mail said "such a f-ing mutt." i

christie. you had patrick foye coming out on this and christie saying something different than what was being said going to be watching to see if other mayors follow suit what else is out there and what do those mayors know. >> and brian? >> same thing. we're going to need a new hash take. this is not about the closure or bridgegate. this is the same story. they've never been about authorities. it's -- >> michael. >> since we're not going to know what's in the subpoenaed documents until february, damage assessments, posts, signs of one sort or nothing whether chris christie can ride this out. >> my thanks no josh dara dafna lizner brian and michael. thank you at home for tuning in. join us tomorrow. we'll look closely at the two communities, whether chris christie can escape the scandal might depend entirely on whether those committees can work cooperatively. but coming up next melissa harris-perry, how the smallest elections can be the biggest sea changer changers. stick around. melissa is up next. thanks for getting up. health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues...

. >> with chris christie considering a presidential run in 2016, national democrats seized on the controversy. >> patrick leahy is demanding a federal investigation. >> commuters are torn. >> i think people are upset. i don't know how it will be felt. >> whenever traffic lanes are shut down, it won't be a good thing. what can you do. >> late wednesday, after cansling an event governor chris christie issued a statement declaring it outrageous and inappropriate. now the question is whether the aides chris christie is blaming agree with his version or not. >> we should point out that george washington bridge is among the world's busiest carrying 300,000 cars. the lane closures lasted four days. the white house wasted little time firing back after an unexpected attack against farmer defense secretary robert gates. he lashed out over his leadership during the war in afghanistan, and had harsh words for vice president joe biden. the administration responded quickly. >> he served both republican and democratic administrations, known as a confident and low-key leader, an adult in the room. a memoire by former de

christie in the dark. in a september 13th email patrick foya, executive director of the port authority warned a decision to shut down access lanes was criminal: >> he added: >> one of the emails went to david sampson, the chairman of the port authority. according to other documents sample son met with chris christie a week before bridget anne kelly the deputy chief of staff asked the agency to carry out the lane closures. on thursday governor chris christie expressed confidence that sampson was not involved. >> i'm convinced he had no knowledge and it was executed at the operational level and never brought to the attention of the board of commissioners >> in a september email david wildstein at the time a chris christie appointee wrote to a government staffer: >> several emails show an effort to keep the controversy under wraps. another port authority official appointed by chris christie wrote: >> taken together the documents released friday paint a picture of bridge and agency officials besieged by public anger. emails and phone calls poured in with complaints about the lane closures, and in fort lee wher

a few weeks ago "the wall street journal" reported that christie phoned new york governor cuomo. he asked him to ask his guy, patri patrick boy, to backoff his investigation of bridgegate. i think the governor knew that he was in trouble and there were troubled waters ahead. i think governor christie called cuomo to put a fire out before it got out of hand. people are calling his press conference a remarkable presentation that he didn't know anything about it and he was blind sided by it. he couldn't have been blind sided by it because he placed a serious call to the governor of new york to ask his representative of the port authority, can you get your guy to back off? federal auditors are investigating whether christie improperly used dollars for disaster relief in a tourism campaign. the ads started airing as christie was gearing up for his 2013 reelection bid. ♪ >> the jersey shore is open. >> the word is spreading. >> because we're strongi iner t the storm. >> you bet we are. >> looks like a campaign commercial to me. in august, the park press reported new jersey paid $4.7 million to produce the commercials. this was

the last 24 hours is this e-mail that went to a woman named regina egea, top aide to christie, on september 13th, patrickrt authority, wrote that scathing e-mail, calling these lane closures abusive, a threat to public safety, a violation of federal and state laws. he wants action on it. that e-mail gets forwarded by bill barony, one of christie's appointees to the port authority, to religion evena egea, staff member on christie's staff, who is assigned to all public authorities, including the port authority. and she has since been designated to be his chief of staff. so which is knew ski's people say this e-mail puts this issue right into the governor's office. and raises the question, what egea did about it, how she responded. there is no indication from the e-mails have that have been disclosed if she did respond in any way. we now know she is notified about a potential violation of the law from the executive director of the port authority. what action was taken, what was discussed with christie, those are very much the central issues that are emerging right now. >> okay. so we're talking here about t

i mean, the corpus christi police probably still think that they shot him. you're wrong about one thing, patrick. i didn't have paco killed. i shot him myself. ah... my mistake. (clicks tongue) yes... it is. (cocks hammer) if you shoot me, you'll be caught. look around, patrick. no witnesses. no. but... the f.b.i... has been listening to everything you've said. and they will be arriving... right about... now. now. now. nice try. (cho over loudspeaker) this is the f.b.i. drop your weapon now. (feedback whines) (blades whirring loudly overhead) (patrick shivering) bye. jane? you okay? oh, i'm fine. barely. you guys took your time getting here, didn't you? another minute, i would have been... (stammering) b-bobbing around there in the marina like a-a dead duck. maybe you'll learn your lesson. wh-what lesson is that? if you'd actually told us about your plan in advance, we'd have had time to get here. i've been trying to tell him that for years. oh, cho, you're with me, aren't you? no, i'm with them. you're a terrible communicator. you're just lucky we found the right boat. (chuckles) (sighs) okay,

christie in the dark. in a september 13th e-mail patrick foye warned a number of officials access to the bridge was critical, i believe this hasty decision, foye reported, i'm appalled by the lack of process, and the dangers created to the public. one of the e-mails went to david samson the chairman of the port authority. according to other documents samson met with christie, a week before bridged cel yeah asked the are authority to carry out the lane closures. >> i'm convinced that he has absolutely no knowledge of this, that this was executed at the operational level. and never brought to the attention of the board of commissioners. >> do you have any questions? >> yet in another september e-mail david wildstein at the time a christie appointee at the authority wrote to one of the staffers, quote, we are reportedly going nuts, samson helping us to retaliate. growing controversy under wraps. bill baroni wrote to colleagues, "i am on my way to the office to discuss. there can be no public discourse." taken together, the documents released friday paint a picture of bridge ant agency officials besieged by ang

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christie yamaguchi was at the shark tank tonight. 48 second later patrick marlow steals the puck. and 2-0 sharks after one period. john mccarthy to couture, logan scores the goal for the third straight game. it was 4-1 in the third. then joe pavoski who learned yesterday he made the olympic team celebrates. credit joe thornton for the pass. 5-1 is your final. >>> big upset in tonight's sugar goal. mccarren and the crimson side were two touchdown favorites. but gino grinson takes the ball in. alabama loses it's last two games. >>> lovie smith hired as the new head coach at -- >> that is sports as we see it. >> we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> if you miss a part of tonight's newscast, you can catch the rebroadcast right now on tv 36. and you can follow us any time on ktvu.com and all of those ktvu apps that are out there. have a good night. female annoux of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' school get extra stuff. they're the only cereals with box tops for education. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo. only on big g cereals. you ca

christie in the dark. in a september 13th e-mail patrick foyer warned a dozen agency officials the decision to shut down lanes was criminal. quote: he added i'm appalled by the lack of process, failure to inform customers in fort lee and most of all the dangers created to the public. one of the e-mails went to david samson. samson met with christie a week before kelly, the deputy chief of staff asked the agency to carry out the lane closures. on thursday governor christie expressed confidence that samson was not involved. >> i'm convinced that he had no knowledge of this. that this was executed at the operational level. and never brought to the attention of the board of commissioners. >> do you have any questions? >> reporter: yet in another september e-mail david wildsteen wrote, we're going nuts. samson helping us to retaliate. several e-mails show an effort to keep the growing controversy under wraps. another official appointed by christy wrote to colleagues, i'm on my way to the office to discuss. there can be no public discourse. the documents paint public anchor. e-mails were pouring in with complaints

patrick foy port authority official terminated the lane closures. bill baroni, christie appointed port authority official who resigned in december over the controversy replied to the e-mail saying he was on his way to office to discuss and there could be no public discourse on the controversy. in response foy wrote bill that's precisely the problem. there's been no public discourse on this. now, this paper trail also shows at least one other member of governor christie's senior staff who hasn't been named publicly was forwarded an e-mail detailing the extent of the problems on the bridge. however, we don't know whether that staffer actually read that document, really no indication she was involved in any political retribution, anderson. >> this appears to be -- go ahead, jeff. >> reporter: no, no. the other thing i wanted to mention is, the mayor question is a huge question, anderson. and i know a lot of people have been interested in that, the mayor of fort lee, telling people he was being blamed for the problem with the bridge. and he wrote that the port authority poli

patrick kennedy. he's the co-founder of the kennedy forum. welcome to both of you. before we get into the book, which is fascinating and timely in many ways, let's talk about chris christies more about political intrigue and scandal and winning and losing elections than your family. patrick, what do you make of this this >> the difficult thing he has is that people think this scandal fits him, and what they know of him. so he's kind of known as a bully who acts kind of intemperamentally. it fits with what people know of him. that's the damage here. there may not be dots to connect, but in people's minds, this is kind of christie-like in the kind of way it was done. >> and you're a new jersey resident. >> i'm a proud jersey resident. >> he's your governor. >> he, is and he's been very good on many things and the reason he got re-elected so overwhelmingly. but we all have character flaws, and certain things, if they're exposed and stick in the public mind, really stick because of the way people know us. this is the kind of thing, i think, that fits with the guy that people know as governor christie, because he's that kind of guy who is in your face, kind of bully-like some

from the top port authority official, patrick foye, who blasted the lane closure saying i will get to the bottom of this decision. no evidence emerged that christie's aide ever read that harsh rebuke or told the governor about it. democratic lawmakers raised the specter of impeachment. >> using the george washington public bridge to exact a political vendetta is a crime. having people use their official position to have a political gain is a crime. and so if those tie back into the governor in any way, it clearly becomes an impeachable offense. >> reporter: and so more fallout for the governor. state lawmakers are pushing off a confirmation hearing for his pick to be the next attorney general. that man is the current out-going chief of staff, kevin o'doud, who so far has also not been links to this scandal. tonight, officials in the christie administration say no new comments on these developments. lester? >> kelly o'donnell in trenton tonight. thank you. >>> much of the eastern part of country was dealing with severe weather today, damaging thunderstorms, strong winds and isolated tornadoes left a trail of damage in the south with reported wind gu

schar is the special counsel leading the chris christie investigation for the assembly of the state of new jersey. yes. that happened today. reid schar was patrick attorney for an unusually long amount of time. he also led the prosecution of one of blagojevich's former fund-raisers and that was him standing right there behind patrick fitzgerald in the big unbelievable rod blagojevich has been arrested press conference. he was there in the u.s. attorney's office with patrick fitzgerald for 12 years. he only recently went into private practice in 2012. the new jersey state assembly probably could have picked any lawyer in the country for the chris christie bridge investigation job. once they announced they'll be hiring special counsel. if you could pick anybody in the country you could see why you might pick this guy. in terms of what happens next, the new jersey senate is also expected to appoint a special counsel on their investigation of the bridge scandal. we thought that announcement might come today. we learned the announcement could come as early as tomorrow but certainly by the end of the week. meanwhile, it's expected the next round of su

christie's top appointees. "i am appalled," writes patrick foy, the executive director of the port authority, calling the sclourz "hasty and abusive." "i pray that no life has been lost or a trip to the hospital delayed." this after the mayor of ft. lee who refused to support christie in re-election, reported delays for a child found in a cardiac arrest. but when the mayor called for relief, citing an urgent threat to public safety, christie appointee david wildstein's response to that message? "radio silence." wildstein, the port authority's now-fired deputy director, invoked his fifth amendment rights when called to testify. >> on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully assert my right to remain silent. >> reporter: but his lawyer says if wildstein gets immunity, he'll tell what he knows. >> you find yourselves in a far different position with respect to information he could provide. >> we just want answers to our questions. >> understood. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or its execution, and i am stunned by the abject stupidity. >> reporter: christie has fired his deputy c

officials appointed by governor christie shut down the lanes without telling the head of the agency that manages the bridge. when he found out, port authority chief patrick foye was angry, calling it abusive and a violation of everything this agency stands for. i pray that no life was lost. or a trip of a hospital-bound patient was delayed. he writes to colleagues, i believe this quick and ill-advised decision violates federal law and the law of the states. bill baroni, appointed by governor christie replies i'm on my way to office to discuss. there can be no public discourse. baroni would go on to resign admitting it was a mistake to shut down traffic lanes without warning the public or public officials. also, david wildstein was told on day one that emergency responders were getting held up and did nothing, even ignoring a direct call for help from the ft. lee mayor. an e-mail with the subject line phone call mayor sokolich regarding urgent matter of public safety. wildstein's response? radio styles. the investigation into what is now being called bridgegate continues. state democrats say they will hold more hearings into what happen and why. governor

the documents do not, we need to point, seem to show governor christie played a role. >> patrick foyede the lane closures and wrote this on september 13th. i pray that no life has been lost or trip of a hospital or hospice-bound patient delayed. i will get to the bottom of this abusive decision which vial ated everything this agency stands for." this led to a fleur riff e-mails by officials. at one point, bill baroni replied saying he was, quote, on way to office to discuss and that there can be no public discourse on the controversy. baroni resigned in december. >> cnn's lex sandra field is live in ft. lee to help break it down. you know you all have been poring over the documents. you've been doing so overnight. what have you found, alexandra? >> reporter: good morning, christi. a lot of people are waiting to see what else the documents would reveal. here's what we've learned another top aide to governor christie not previously named was sent an e-mail while the problems were unfolding on the bridge. that e-mail raised concerns that the problems may not be related to any kind of tra

char is the special council leading the chris christie investigation for the assembly of the state of new jersey. yes. that happened today. reid char was patricks deputy u.s. attorney for an unusually long amount of time. he also led the prosecution of one of rod blagojevich's fund-raisers. that was him there standing behind patrick fitzgerald in the big, unbelievable rod blagojevich was arrested press conference. he was there for 12 years, he oath recently went into private practice in 2012 about the new jersey state assembly could have picked any lawyer in the country for the chris christie bridge investigation. if you could pick anybody in the country you could see why you might pick this guy. in terms of what happens next, the new jersey senate is also expected to appoint a special council on their investigation of the bridge scandal. we thought that announcement might come today. the announcement could come as early as tomorrow, certainly by the end of the week, meanwhile, it is expected that the next round of subpoenas from the assembly investigation, those is a peinas could go out as early s tomorrow. that could include the person that

christie's director of the authorities unit was forwarded a scathing e-mail from the port authority executive director patricke only three hours after he hit send. now, he said in his message, i'm going to quote here, i will get to the bottom of this abusive decision which violates everything this agency stands for. the message was forwarded by bill baroni who resigned as a christie appointed official to the port authority on the day the lane closures ended. it's safe to say the push and the pull of what those 2,000 pages of documents released by the state assembly may reveal is sure to continue in this coming week. outspoken republicans and the democratic leader leading this investigation couldn't be more polar op sipts. here's what the republican national committee chairman said on "meet the press" which asked how christie has handled the revelations. >> i think what you saw the other day was -- was leadership. was something that showed that, look, everyone is fallible, david. i'm fallible. you are. everyone on these panels. we all make mistakes. but the real question is, what do you do when mistakes happen

e-mail that emerged yesterday, regina igia, who has been named by christie to be his new chief of staff and at one point three hours after patrick foye sent that scathing e-mail saying federal laws and state laws may have been broken here and there is a threat to public safety, that is on september 13th of right in the middle of these traffic jams, that gets forwarded to regina igia by one of the christie appointees at the port authority. and we did not know how she responded, if she responded, what she might have passed on. but it's a pretty significant e-mail trail that goes directly inside the governor's office and i think that's one of the things that wiz news ski and his investigators are focusing on. >> okay. michael isikoff, thank you very much. i'm sure we'll see you again. >>> meantime president obama is scheduled to deliver a crucial speech friday laying out his plans to reform u.s. surveillance practices. he's expected to outline the obama administration response to the surveillance programs leaked by edward snowden. here is new reaction today from senator john mccain. >> there have been overreach it seems to me. some

patrick, the documentary is "if you build it." thank you both for coming in. it made me cry. >>> the tweet of the day is from our own steve kornacki. if christie were u.s.d? so there i was again, explaining my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis to another new stylist. it was a total embarrassment. and not the kind of attention i wanted. so i had a serious talk with my dermatologist about my treatment options. this time, she prescribed humira-adalimumab. humira helps to clear the surface of my skin by actually working inside my body. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance. and the majority of people were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live in or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are comm

reveal that christie's next chief of staff, regina egea, a senior member of the staff at the time, was forwarded an angry e-mail from a port authority chief from the new york side, patrickoye. he called the lane closures abusive and said, i believe this hasty and ill-advised decision violates federal law and the laws of both states. again, foye is andrew cuomo's appointee to the new york-new jersey port authority. don't expect questions about why christie didn't know of this sooner, if he did not, to go away anytime either. another democratic mayor, who did not endorse christie, is raising questions about how she was treated over hurricane relief money. she said she received $300,000 of the $100 million they requested. >> with 20/20 hindsight, by the context we're in right now, you can look back and say, okay, it was retribution, so i think probably all mayors are reflecting right now, and thinking about it. you know, i really hope that that's not the case. >> yet another problem he faces now in hindsight, a whole bunch of mayors like mayor zimmer thinking, well, was i punished for any reason, looking back, and frankly even using the scandal as a way to beat up governor

patrick foyi wrote a scathing memo. he ordered the lanes reopened calls the decision to close them abusive adding i believe this violates federal law. in vee response former port authority official and christieold buoy i'm on my way to my office to discuss. there can be no discourse. governor christie has repeat lid denied any involvement. he fired his deputy chief of staff bridget kelly this week says she lied to him about the closures. kelly had written an e-mail a month ahead that seems to indicate it was political pay pac to fort lee's mayor saying time for some traffic problems in fort lee. >> a person close to me betrayed me. a person who i counted on and trusted for five years betrayed me. a person who i gave a high government office to betrayed me. i probably will get angry at some point but i've got to tell yoyou the truth. i'm sad. >> new jerersey d democrats s say they planan to s&p kelubpoena kelly as well as any documents she may have. elaine quijano c bbs news new york. >> and now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> up next medical news in our morning rounds. our doctors are in the house and they will look back at the ground breaking report that made medical hist

christie plel aiolitical aides were involved here. i want to highlight one exchange. this was a e-mail that went out the week of the traffic closing. it's a blastering e-mail from patrickal here. he calls this in a very long e-mail to a variety of folks involved, he calls this lane closure a hasty and ill advised decision. he said it resulted in delays to emergency vehicles. it had an adverse impact on the economy. he said he will not allow travel delays on yom kippur and he said he believes that this action violated the federal law and possibly state law as well here. so that gives you a sense of the level of outrage involved by some of the officials at least during the course of this traffic shutdown. what we haven't seen yet though is anything, as you say, to contradict what chris christie said yesterday, that he was entirely out of the loop and unaware of this and that he said yesterday he finds all of this unacceptable and he took action to discipline those aides who were involved. >> one of his appointees did take the fifth yesterday it should be noted. thank you so much for the details there. this skandal capturing the nation's attention. it's a white house stor