chris christie railed against richard codey for being, quote, combative and difficult. mr. y called out governor christie for being childish. then things left the realm of that specific political fight. look at this. "days later, mr. codey was walking out of an event in newark, new jersey, when he got a call from the state of police superintendent informing him he'd no longer be afforded the state trooper who accompanied him to occasional public events, a courtesy granted to all former governors." richard codey, a former governor stripped of his security detail days after holding up a pair of chris christie nominees. that was just the start of it. "that same day mr. codey's cousin, appointed to the port authority of new york and new jersey was fired from his job as was a friend of mr. codey's and former deputy chief of staff who was working for a different state agency." richard codey blocks a pair of chris christie nominees and in response within days his security detail gets stripped, his cousin gets fired, his close friend and former staffer also gets fired. they both los

earlier on in the program, a staunch critic, former governor, richard codey appeared on the program toabout what he thinks is bridgegate and a culture of sort of bullying in the governor's office. well, not to be outdone, i'm joined by a man that ran against chris christie in 2009. it was the republican primary twachltsit was a pretty con tension fight. the man you are looking at is a defender, steve lonegan, whom governor christie endorsed and raised money for. i can call i mayor lonegan. you were the mayor of bogota. >> yes. state of the state on the circumstance that chris christie finds himself in from your perspective. >> you hear about how this is an administration retribution and retaliation. if anybody should know, that would be me. i ran a hard-hitting campaign against governor christie in the primary. we held back any punches. we had a really brutal battle. i had never seen any sign of retribution who as a republican was his critic. i supported him when he did the right thing and whacked him when we did things that we didn't think were right. i have never seen even the slight

example, back in 2011, governor christie accused state senator richard coty of being combative and difficult in blocking two nominees. codeyr codey was stripped of the state trooper who accompanied him to events. and that same day his cousin who had been appointed to the port authority was fired. codey says it was the christie administration, quote, sending a message. the governor's critics say he use his position to intimidate and control those around him. and that's why this new scandal is reviving some serious questions about christie's character and judgment. joining me now is bob engine gal, author of "chris christie: the inside story of his rise to power." and mark hannah, political activist. thank you. >> thank you. >> bob, let me start with you. is the bridge part of a scandal pattern? >> well, it's a part of a pattern of stupid political cricks that aren't the domain of chris christie. i've seen it during my whole career. this one was a little more serious in that there could have been people who were hurt. but, i don't know, he is a rough and tough politician. but he is a new jerseyian. and a lot of new jersey pe