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but instead of going to jail, weinberg became a paid fbi informant.nd there's about 12 agents there, and i went nose to nose with them. by 11:00, said i'm going back to miami, you don't need me no more. you got 'em eating out of their hands, and that's how abscam was formed. i made a deal. >> at first, the fbi went after white collar criminals, but soon they set their sights on politicians. some in the department of justice figured they could smoke out corrupt lawmakers instead of waiting for them to commit the crimes. so they would entice them into doing something illegal. they got their chance after weinberg met camden new jersey mayor angelo aricett imt, the basis for jeremy roemer's character. now, he and a philadelphia lawyer served as middlemen. they introduced weinberg and the fbi agents posing as the sheiks and representatives to unsuspecting members of congress. the surveillance tape shows the fbi urging crieden to arrange a second meeting with new jersey congressman frank thompson. after he turned down the money the first time. >> arrange an
but instead of going to jail, weinberg became a paid fbi informant.nd there's about 12 agents there, and i went nose to nose with them. by 11:00, said i'm going back to miami, you don't need me no more. you got 'em eating out of their hands, and that's how abscam was formed. i made a deal. >> at first, the fbi went after white collar criminals, but soon they set their sights on politicians. some in the department of justice figured they could smoke out corrupt lawmakers instead of waiting...
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senator weinberg, it's great to have you on the program. loretta weinberg is very much a part of this investigation. brian murphy, thank you. >>> who was out there every day talking down the economy? they shut down the government. they're out there playing debbie downer on health care. these republicans aren't the do-nothing congress. they're the do worse congress. it's about time the democrats called them on it instead of crying. plus, the democratic party is moving left, but not as much as the republican party has already moved right. but they're ready to nominate, the democrats are, a classic centrist. my question tonight, is hillary clinton the last great uniter of the democratic party? >>> also, the party of the super rich. how the big money republican masters of the universe plan to use their money to create superpacs and bend the country's politics to their will. talk about economic inequality. talk about the koch brothers there is a lot of them out there now. talking about political inequality. >>> finally, let me finish tonight wit
senator weinberg, it's great to have you on the program. loretta weinberg is very much a part of this investigation. brian murphy, thank you. >>> who was out there every day talking down the economy? they shut down the government. they're out there playing debbie downer on health care. these republicans aren't the do-nothing congress. they're the do worse congress. it's about time the democrats called them on it instead of crying. plus, the democratic party is moving left, but not as...
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check out the lineup, peter weinberg, co-founder of perella weinberg. you swear?ink that at all. >> okay. at the top of the hour -- >> i saw the tweets but i didn't think it myself. >> the haters, they live. we have ron baron, the billionaire coming up. we have pimco's bond guru, mark kiesel and scott black, all here on "squawk box" this morning. we'll be right back. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everybody. the latest lundberg survey on gasoline prices is out. the average price for a gallon of gasoline up almost 12 cents just over the last two weeks. a gallon of regular grade gasoline increased to an average retail price of $3.4
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i want to talk to loretta weinberg. ms. weinberg. let me ask you to react to this thing. this is probably the thing you're thinking about yourself because you're involved in this. governor christie is offered a multiple choice, if you will, as to responses when we first learned about the lane closures and what was going on generally up there. in his december 13th press conference, that's december, christie said he knew in october, quote, the first i ever heard about the issue was when it was reported in the press, which i think was in the aftermath of mr. -- the leak of mr. foye's e-mail. foye's e-mail leaked to "the wall street journal" on october 1. in a december 23rd interview, christie said he knew in september. let's listen here. >> well, i mean, i first heard about the lane closure back in september. >> yeah. >> you know, from press accounts. but, you know, this has kind of been an evolving thing there was no moment where i went oh, wow, look at this. >> it goes from october to september. now the governor christie's january 9th presser he said this. >> what i can te
i want to talk to loretta weinberg. ms. weinberg. let me ask you to react to this thing. this is probably the thing you're thinking about yourself because you're involved in this. governor christie is offered a multiple choice, if you will, as to responses when we first learned about the lane closures and what was going on generally up there. in his december 13th press conference, that's december, christie said he knew in october, quote, the first i ever heard about the issue was when it was...
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do we let weinberg and witz attend? can we stop them? that's a reference to loretta weinberg and assembly man john wisniewski, now the co-chairs of the select committee. baroni responded how do we stop them? it just creates an issue. so there clearly seems to be some back and forward on how they were going to try and if we are to take the tone and words over this -- of these e-mails, that they were trying to interfere with who was going to be part of a hearing. >> so, reverend, this is more than just banter and jocular and just pettiness and silliness. these are people in authority. now, they really picked on two of the wrong legislators. you don't shut down loretta weinberg, and you don't shut down john wisniewski. they know what they can do, and they will do what they need to do to get to the bottom of this. but we are talking about professional adults making six-figure salaries in the state of new jersey in very high positions in the governor's office and very high positions in the port authority. and they are saying things that are e
do we let weinberg and witz attend? can we stop them? that's a reference to loretta weinberg and assembly man john wisniewski, now the co-chairs of the select committee. baroni responded how do we stop them? it just creates an issue. so there clearly seems to be some back and forward on how they were going to try and if we are to take the tone and words over this -- of these e-mails, that they were trying to interfere with who was going to be part of a hearing. >> so, reverend, this is...
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joining us now is new jersey state senator loretta weinberg. of the committee investigating the lane closures, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> what do you make of the governor's office in this rule about testifying before the legislature? they clearly were trying to tamp this down today and say there was no issue. >> well, there's no doubt this is one of the more closed administrations that i have ever seen. and when i served on the committee that had the hearing yesterday on sandy, and when i sit across from advocates who had to go to court to get basic documents to find out how the money is flowing, and sandy is so frustrated, i happen to be a great believer in open government, i have been the sponsor sometimes successfully, sometimes not so successfully to sit there, it is so frustrating to deal with a government with an executive who would much rather say no and make you fight for documents than to just hand them over, these are things that are owned by the taxpayers to pay the salaries of all these folks that might or might not
joining us now is new jersey state senator loretta weinberg. of the committee investigating the lane closures, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> what do you make of the governor's office in this rule about testifying before the legislature? they clearly were trying to tamp this down today and say there was no issue. >> well, there's no doubt this is one of the more closed administrations that i have ever seen. and when i served on the committee that had the hearing...
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it's a heating closet, used to be max weinberg's dressing room., but, basically the muppets. [ laughter ] they're waiting to go on jack paar and they were just bored and they were waiting to go on, so they figured they'd just paint these pipes. they painted eyeballs -- this was before the muppets were famous -- and just painted eyeballs and fur and says "with love, the muppets." and it was really, really -- the pipes are in this closet, and i would have to -- if my parents were coming to visit, i would knock on max's dressing room and he would come out in a bathrobe. and i would be like, can my mom see the muppet closet? he was like, come on, buddy. [ laughter ] but when we took over the show, we exposed it and put it behind glass so people could see the pipes. and we showed it to frank oz, who totally choked up. he was like, "i can't believe this is still here. this is like finding an old picture i haven't seen in 50 years." i think it's just fitting we have the muppets on our last show. so it's going to be really fun. [ cheers and applause ] so
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. >> joining me now is msnbc contributor joy reid and new jersey state senate leader loretta weinberg who is co-chair of the special investigative committee. senator, chris christie is now saying that the only thing that matters is his statement that he did not know anything about the lane closures before they happened. and he doesn't want anyone to question of exactly when did he first hear about the lane closures, because the only thing that matters is that he didn't know about it beforehand, had nothing to do with it beforehand. is he right? is that the only thing that matters? and is that the only thing of interest to you on the committee about chris christie's awareness of this issue? >> no. there. >> es a lot of things that are of interest to me and hopefully to the entire committee. first of all, let me tell you what i know. i made my original inquiry about this whole issue after i read it in the newspaper and heard from constituents that i represent. and that was way back on september 19, about five or six days after the lane closures were reversed. and i sent a letter to a po
. >> joining me now is msnbc contributor joy reid and new jersey state senate leader loretta weinberg who is co-chair of the special investigative committee. senator, chris christie is now saying that the only thing that matters is his statement that he did not know anything about the lane closures before they happened. and he doesn't want anyone to question of exactly when did he first hear about the lane closures, because the only thing that matters is that he didn't know about it...
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loretta weinberg telling the "star-ledger" tonight, quote, i could see such a scenario unless he comesard with whatever information we has that we don't know. and meanwhile, it looks like chris christie's former campaign manager and former deputy chief of staff may be brought to court. they may have a court try to force them to comply with orders to hand over documents to the investigation. they are both refusing. today was the deadline. and now this is coming to a head. hold on. there's more. to shop online with her debit card. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard-earned money. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft. and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection available. if mary had lifelock's bank account alerts, she could have been notified in time to help stop it. lifelock's credit notification service is on the job 24/7. as
loretta weinberg telling the "star-ledger" tonight, quote, i could see such a scenario unless he comesard with whatever information we has that we don't know. and meanwhile, it looks like chris christie's former campaign manager and former deputy chief of staff may be brought to court. they may have a court try to force them to comply with orders to hand over documents to the investigation. they are both refusing. today was the deadline. and now this is coming to a head. hold on....
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do we let weinberg and wiz attend. can we stop them? baroni, how do we stop them? it just creates an issue. wildstein, i don't see how, but need to ask you. baroni, yeah, they will beat us up either way. joining me now is steve kornacki who has been covering this story from the beginning. he is the host of msnbc's "up with steve kornacki" on the weekends at 8:00 a.m. steve, a little more information here. we knew the previously that wildstein was a little bit worried about getting fired one day because there was an earlier e-mail about should i bring boxes today. >> i came into work with boxes. now you have baroni -- it's not the only time in the stuff that's come out where baroni, clearly his job security has been on his mind. when he gave his testimony to the assembly that's now pretty much been discredited, but that's at the end of november, we already had exchanges come out where he was immediately very concerned about what does trenton think about this. one of the things i believe was in today's e-mails that came out about that, the governor's counsel, chief c
do we let weinberg and wiz attend. can we stop them? baroni, how do we stop them? it just creates an issue. wildstein, i don't see how, but need to ask you. baroni, yeah, they will beat us up either way. joining me now is steve kornacki who has been covering this story from the beginning. he is the host of msnbc's "up with steve kornacki" on the weekends at 8:00 a.m. steve, a little more information here. we knew the previously that wildstein was a little bit worried about getting...
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loretta weinberg telling the "star-ledger" tonight, quote, i could see such a scenario unless he comesward with whatever information we has that we don't know. and meanwhile, it looks like chris christie's former campaign manager and former deputy chief of staff may be brought to court. they may have a court try to force them to comply with orders to hand over documents to the investigation. they are both refusing. today was the deadline. and now this is coming to a head. hold on. there's more. a classic macaronie from stouffer's starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. i've got a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. it's time for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is that won't relieve all your symptoms. new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel. oh what a relief it is. you want a way to help minimize blood sugar spikes. support heart health. and your immune system
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, wildstein wrote, do we let weinberg and whiz attend? them? baroni responded, how do we stop them? it just creates an issue. perhaps the most revealing exchanges involve former christie campaign manager bill stepien. october 1st of last year an e-mail was published in "the wall street journal." it was september by the executive director of the port authority, patrick foye, who was appointed by andrew cuomo. in the e-mail foye called the bridge lane closures abusive and suggested they violated federal law. today with this new trove of e-mails we have learned that that same day, ok 1st, 2013, bill stepien wrote to david wildstein about patrick foye, and he said, "holy" something or other. "who does foye think he is, captain america?" to which wildstein responded, "bad guy. welcome to our world." and what a welcome it was. joining me now is nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. michael, you know, i don't know that there is that -- anything that ties chris christie to bridgegate in any of these, but what is apparent
, wildstein wrote, do we let weinberg and whiz attend? them? baroni responded, how do we stop them? it just creates an issue. perhaps the most revealing exchanges involve former christie campaign manager bill stepien. october 1st of last year an e-mail was published in "the wall street journal." it was september by the executive director of the port authority, patrick foye, who was appointed by andrew cuomo. in the e-mail foye called the bridge lane closures abusive and suggested they...
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but robert van weinberg at the university of britsish columbia who has studying olympic financing closely says the games have become skepticals spiraling out of control. >> despite talk of sustainability, these things are becoming massive show cases for entire nations. we are seeing it with real, we are seeing wit sochi. we saw it with beijing, and now the world cup is becoming like this in some ways too, and the games are just the platform upon which you build an international image. >> as that trend continues the relatively modest gains held here on the pacific shore, may prove to have been the last of their kind. before we can get to the olympics next week, the super bowl tonight over in the garden state, unfortunately for some fans officials are not allowing tailgates. al jazeera joining us live now with more on that. i sigh you have quite the crowd behind you there. >> 6,000 people turned out here, they got rid of all of those tickets, this is the mayor. jim, can you believe this turn out. >> well, no, we expect add couple of thousand, at most, and we sold out all the tickets can was
but robert van weinberg at the university of britsish columbia who has studying olympic financing closely says the games have become skepticals spiraling out of control. >> despite talk of sustainability, these things are becoming massive show cases for entire nations. we are seeing it with real, we are seeing wit sochi. we saw it with beijing, and now the world cup is becoming like this in some ways too, and the games are just the platform upon which you build an international image....
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and then you know there's a big theory out there chris weinberger what wrote a wonderful piece for the atlantic in two thousand and eight which is very early on really suggesting that our mcmansion communities were going to become the next slum so and there's there's data there's proof i mean there's and there's a lot of logic behind why that might happen and in fact we're seeing it happening already well and in your book you talk to our our suburbs are becoming poorer. can you elaborate and they are they are one of the most striking demographic trends of the last decade and the brookings institution it's done a fantastic job tracking this data is the rise of poverty in the suburbs which is just an estimate to our our vision an iconic image of the suburbs they were born at this sort of beautiful pastoral you know wealthy place that was safe no crime no anything bad and now there are more more people below the poverty line in this country live in the suburbs than live in cities if you can almost imagine that and that's writing trend that happened for a number. reasons over the past deca
and then you know there's a big theory out there chris weinberger what wrote a wonderful piece for the atlantic in two thousand and eight which is very early on really suggesting that our mcmansion communities were going to become the next slum so and there's there's data there's proof i mean there's and there's a lot of logic behind why that might happen and in fact we're seeing it happening already well and in your book you talk to our our suburbs are becoming poorer. can you elaborate and...
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he called senator weinberg and myself as obsessed and made the joke that he moved the cones himself.ments about what he knew has progressed from where he started to today. all we are saying there are e-mails and documents and information that bridgette kelly and others in his office have and we ought to look at it. >> he should not have made the cone joke if he had a teeny bit of fear there might be proof? >> i can't get into what he's thinking. all i know is it was strenuously denied there was involvement and now the governor's office is involved. we need to get answers. this is an abuse of power that should not be allowed. and we need to know how it could happen. >> how long the you think the public stays passionate about this issue. >> it becomes an issue of how expedited this issue is. and that's why the headlines are destructive. they hype it up and put fuel on the fire. some folks are cheerleading for that. >> sean, let me ask you, honestly, you is to admit you're shocked by the dramatic change in the polls, aren't you? >> well, again, yeah, i am in a way. but i'm also not. if
he called senator weinberg and myself as obsessed and made the joke that he moved the cones himself.ments about what he knew has progressed from where he started to today. all we are saying there are e-mails and documents and information that bridgette kelly and others in his office have and we ought to look at it. >> he should not have made the cone joke if he had a teeny bit of fear there might be proof? >> i can't get into what he's thinking. all i know is it was strenuously...
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>> my understanding is that the committee chairs loretta weinberg and wisniewski who, i think is a frequentt of this show. >> yes. >> they've both seen david wildstein's unredacted text messages to bill baroni. >> not just the lawyers. the chairs have seen it. >> so they're aware of what's in them. and i think going forward, there's a judgment that they're going to make about how they proceed with releasing it. the standard had been that if once a hearing is held and they become part of the public record then we all get to see them. i don't know that -- they didn't really commit whether or not they're going to follow that course in the future. >> but it's within their power to decide. >> that's right. so we could see them fairly soon. >> thank you for helping us out. that was fascinating. more on this story. [poof!] [beep] [clicks mouse] nice office. how you doing? good. automatic discounts the moment you sign up. >>> totally unexpected development in the chris christie bridge scandal today. i did not expect this today. all right, last night on this show, we introduced you to this plot of l
>> my understanding is that the committee chairs loretta weinberg and wisniewski who, i think is a frequentt of this show. >> yes. >> they've both seen david wildstein's unredacted text messages to bill baroni. >> not just the lawyers. the chairs have seen it. >> so they're aware of what's in them. and i think going forward, there's a judgment that they're going to make about how they proceed with releasing it. the standard had been that if once a hearing is held...
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joining me now kneel weinberg. the editor in chief of "american banker." welcome back to the show.t's great to have you here. the number we were showing here is fascinating. the proportion of bank account to have a fee. it just, you know, it goes down and down and down now just below 60% the ones that offer free checking. what is going on? why is this happening? >> well, you can perhaps thank senator richard durbin. there was a durbin amendment which meant banks can charge so much in fees when you use the debit card. the debit card used to get a lot of ref new from character. -- checking account. if they don't get it from that they charge fees. what you see the fee -- gerri: thed to frank? did dodd frank have a role? >> it's part of the dodd frank ability. gerri: let's back up six paces here. dodd frank. we bailed out the bank with taxpayer dollars and now it's coming back to bite us in the butt. we no longer have free checking. how is it we pay both times? >> it's the law of unintended consequences. the idea occur win bin was talking about punishing the banks and helping small sav
joining me now kneel weinberg. the editor in chief of "american banker." welcome back to the show.t's great to have you here. the number we were showing here is fascinating. the proportion of bank account to have a fee. it just, you know, it goes down and down and down now just below 60% the ones that offer free checking. what is going on? why is this happening? >> well, you can perhaps thank senator richard durbin. there was a durbin amendment which meant banks can charge so...
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he called senator weinberg and myself obsessed with this.is statements about what he knew has progressed from where he started to today where he is saying what he is saying. all we are saying is this. there are e-mails and documents and information that either bridget kelly or other people in his office have. we want to look at it. >> at the least don't you think he is smart enough to not have made the cone joke if he had a little teeny bit of fear that there might be proof? >> i can't get into what he is thinking. all i know is this is that it was strenuously denied that there was any involvement and now the governor's office is involved through bridget kelly and perhaps others. we need to get answers. this is an abuse of power that should not be allowed. >> how long do you think the public stays so passionate about the issue? >> it becomes an issue of how expedited the investigation is. they distract from the process and they hype it up and pour fuel on the fire. some folks are cheer leading for them. >> let me just ask you. completely hon
he called senator weinberg and myself obsessed with this.is statements about what he knew has progressed from where he started to today where he is saying what he is saying. all we are saying is this. there are e-mails and documents and information that either bridget kelly or other people in his office have. we want to look at it. >> at the least don't you think he is smart enough to not have made the cone joke if he had a little teeny bit of fear that there might be proof? >> i...
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going to face, if he goes to the meeting, he will face some real scrutiny. >> we've had loretta weinberghink a the lot of media people, the most heavily attended meeting ever. be very interesting to see david samson try to chair that. heather haddon, michael powell, wnbc's brian thompson, nick, the winter olympics are just days away. to get us in the mood, i strapped on my skates. actually they were rental skates. we'll talk about politics. i made a complete fool of myself for some reason we'll show you next. when you order the works you want everything. an expert ford technician knows your car's health depends on a full, complete checkup. the works. because when it comes to feeling safe behind the wheel, going the distance and saving at the pump you want it all. get our multi-point inspection with a a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation, brake inspection and more for $29.95 or less. get a complete vehicle checkup. only at your ford dealer. ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪ we are one, under the sun ♪ under the sun... [ female announcer ] fiber and protein. together as one. introducing n
going to face, if he goes to the meeting, he will face some real scrutiny. >> we've had loretta weinberghink a the lot of media people, the most heavily attended meeting ever. be very interesting to see david samson try to chair that. heather haddon, michael powell, wnbc's brian thompson, nick, the winter olympics are just days away. to get us in the mood, i strapped on my skates. actually they were rental skates. we'll talk about politics. i made a complete fool of myself for some reason...
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one of the port authority's commissioners, who senator loretta weinberg wrote to for help right after the bridge closure started. a commissioner named pat schuber has been subpoenaed tonight. the institution of the port authority, itself, in the form of its custodian of records for the agency being subpoenaed tonight. that's 17 new subpoenas being sent out tonight. the last one, number 18, is maybe how we will get to one of the biggest unanswered questions in this whole story and the one that's received the least press until now. and it's about this man, philip kwon, nominated by governor chris christie to serve on the new jersey state supreme court. his nomination for the new jersey state supreme court was rejected by the democratic-led senate in new jersey. governor christie excoriated the democrats in the senate for rejecting phil kwon's nomination but he installed him at the port authority as kind of a really nice consolation prize. put him in a well-paid job as deputy counsel of the port authority. the port authority has a bunch of people who work in the general counsel's office
one of the port authority's commissioners, who senator loretta weinberg wrote to for help right after the bridge closure started. a commissioner named pat schuber has been subpoenaed tonight. the institution of the port authority, itself, in the form of its custodian of records for the agency being subpoenaed tonight. that's 17 new subpoenas being sent out tonight. the last one, number 18, is maybe how we will get to one of the biggest unanswered questions in this whole story and the one that's...
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just because john wisniewski is obsessed with this and loretta weinberg, it just shows you they really have nothing to do. it's not that big a deal. just because press runs around and writes about it, both here and nationally, i know why that is and so do you. let's not pretend that it's because of the gravity of the issue. >> that was governor chris christie speaking at a couple of different press conferences in this past december. he's belittling reporters for asking about the story. reporters nevertheless kept asking about the story and in response to reporters' questions, the governor repeatedly insisted that the story just didn't matter to him. this whole thing on the bridge, it did not matter to him and it, therefore, should not matter to the press. >> you said bill baroni made mistakes -- [ inaudible question ] >> i think he said he made a mistake. i mean, you know, jenna, i know, i know there's got to be a time -- sure it's probably unlikely -- that you made a mistake in a story. by definition, you didn't do it on purpose. it was a mistake. and it's difficult to explain why you
just because john wisniewski is obsessed with this and loretta weinberg, it just shows you they really have nothing to do. it's not that big a deal. just because press runs around and writes about it, both here and nationally, i know why that is and so do you. let's not pretend that it's because of the gravity of the issue. >> that was governor chris christie speaking at a couple of different press conferences in this past december. he's belittling reporters for asking about the story....
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there were fact finders that were investigating, you know, senator weinberg and the s assemblymen. benefit for ft. lee to enter that fray, number one. the only time i really spoke publicly during those four months when i believe the governor made reference that if it was such an important issue to me i should have called pat foye. i didn't know who he was until he wrote that memo. because we were told to talk to new jersey employees because it was a new jersey problem. >> he said you didn't say anything when it happened initially? >> that wasn't the case. >> we've seen the e-mails. >> 20 or 30 of them. >> david wildstein asserting there was evidence that governor christie knew this was happening while this happened. >> it's an artily crafted letter. it talks about legal fees and conflict of interest and he says during the lane closures. if during the lane closures is monday september 9 and then four more days ensue thereafter, that's a problem. that's a problem for me, it's a problem for ft. lee and a problem for the state. >> if the governor knew about it and didn't take steps to
there were fact finders that were investigating, you know, senator weinberg and the s assemblymen. benefit for ft. lee to enter that fray, number one. the only time i really spoke publicly during those four months when i believe the governor made reference that if it was such an important issue to me i should have called pat foye. i didn't know who he was until he wrote that memo. because we were told to talk to new jersey employees because it was a new jersey problem. >> he said you...
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but that monday, he went to reagan, went around cap weinberger, and changed the sub's name to city of corpus christi. and mitch started eating again. and mitch would organize incredible rallies against the white house. i would call him up and say you won't believe what they're doing and he would organize a rally, and got teamsters organize a rally, and my greatest glory is when tip would say, is this one of yours? i loved that more than anything. ... great job, a touch of her wanted to write about because they think we need that tonic. the sense of politics is fun and positive and people don't hate each other and they get done. they did it. when reagan got in trouble and 82, tip back to math. the social security deal really works. it really does work. on tax reform they got the race under 20%, but they also equalized regular incomewit which is much more progressive. so northern ireland, they cut a deal. now will never tell anybody this, but help me get to thatcher. the have to get to thatcher. they end up getting the ball rolling. and now we don't have war up there anymore. he really
but that monday, he went to reagan, went around cap weinberger, and changed the sub's name to city of corpus christi. and mitch started eating again. and mitch would organize incredible rallies against the white house. i would call him up and say you won't believe what they're doing and he would organize a rally, and got teamsters organize a rally, and my greatest glory is when tip would say, is this one of yours? i loved that more than anything. ... great job, a touch of her wanted to write...
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joining me now, the majority leader of the new jersey state senator, loretta weinberg. democrat.ative committee that's investigating the lane closures at the george washington bridge. senator, thanks for joining us tonight. i wonder, when you look at the governor leaving the state like he did this week, like he did over the weekend, like he did in florida, with all these scandals swirling around him, is this causing a problem in new jersey for him? where voters are sort of saying, what is he doing outside the state when there are questions relating to his administration that haven't been answered in the state? >> well, i think certainly the polling shows that. what's happened to the governor's poll numbers. but, you know, we've got a lot of big problems going on here besides bridge-gate. i am vice chair of the legislative oversight committee, not -- i'm not talking about the joint committee. it's a regular committee of the legislature chaired by senator bob gordon. this morning we had the first of a serious of hearings on sandy, on the lack of -- the problems with the company, hg
joining me now, the majority leader of the new jersey state senator, loretta weinberg. democrat.ative committee that's investigating the lane closures at the george washington bridge. senator, thanks for joining us tonight. i wonder, when you look at the governor leaving the state like he did this week, like he did over the weekend, like he did in florida, with all these scandals swirling around him, is this causing a problem in new jersey for him? where voters are sort of saying, what is he...
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[laughter] but that monday it would to reagan, went around cap weinberger and change the ship's name to the city of corpus christi. which is what is supposed to be anyway, named after a city but sacralized it. and we could all start eating again. of course, later on mitch would organize these rallies against the white house that i had nothing to do with except i would call them up and say you won't believe what they're doing now. he would organize some incredible rally. or when i got the steelworkers organizer us at 4:00 in the morning against the white house. my greatest glory was what he would come out and said is this one of yours? loved it. i love that more than anything because it meant i could cause wonder in tip o'neill. and so i would pull that stuff off. it was fun. organize stuff behind the scenes but it was a great job at a tough job would've wanted to write about because i think today we need that on a, sense of politics is fun and positive and people don't hate each other and they get things done. they did it. they really did. when reagan got in trouble with the big defi
[laughter] but that monday it would to reagan, went around cap weinberger and change the ship's name to the city of corpus christi. which is what is supposed to be anyway, named after a city but sacralized it. and we could all start eating again. of course, later on mitch would organize these rallies against the white house that i had nothing to do with except i would call them up and say you won't believe what they're doing now. he would organize some incredible rally. or when i got the...
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the democrats in the legislature, i happen to be interviewing loretta weinberg today, one of the democratsgation. she said what's with the lull in this story? she said, well, we're waiting for all the documents on the subpoenas. he has to fear that. he has to fear all the information that the democrats are gathering via subpoena. and that means that the story is not in his control even if he has politically a good day like today once in a while. >> he's got to proceed on two different tracks, right, wolf? one of the tracks is that i'm a governor of the state of new jersey. i can get things done, that's his brand. sandy recovery. the second track is that he does have this congressional -- i mean, this state legislative committee investigating him. he's got two former staffers who are not cooperating with the committee. so he's still going to have to be talking about this at some point, just now he just wants to be the governor. >> all three of us, we've covered politics for a long time. let's say hypothetically at that town hall meeting today where he'den asked some specific question about
the democrats in the legislature, i happen to be interviewing loretta weinberg today, one of the democratsgation. she said what's with the lull in this story? she said, well, we're waiting for all the documents on the subpoenas. he has to fear that. he has to fear all the information that the democrats are gathering via subpoena. and that means that the story is not in his control even if he has politically a good day like today once in a while. >> he's got to proceed on two different...
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and maybe the best way to see that is to compare a case like goldman versus weinberger where the supreme court -- the charm thehe case where the -- chaplaincase where the wanted to wear the yarmulke. -- you haveon case cases that are certainly deferential, but to my mind they are not deferential to that level. if you try to do the knowledge he, it doesn't work. i do not think you need to do that, because you have cases that answer the military context. so the supreme court closed the door? >> not necessarily with the -- access. but the question. basically, we think the district court's opinion is correct and is ineligible by the scores. [indiscernible] i am happy to answer any further questions. if not, you may rely on our brief for this court's opinion. >> thank you. >> the fundamental flaw with the government's argument is it is more with the fact that management does not extend so far as to encompass things that are governed by congress seeking. what you have year is not military leadership just exercising the broad discretion that has been given to them. what you have here is militar
and maybe the best way to see that is to compare a case like goldman versus weinberger where the supreme court -- the charm thehe case where the -- chaplaincase where the wanted to wear the yarmulke. -- you haveon case cases that are certainly deferential, but to my mind they are not deferential to that level. if you try to do the knowledge he, it doesn't work. i do not think you need to do that, because you have cases that answer the military context. so the supreme court closed the door?...
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maybe why loretta weinberg called michaels quote, a person of interest on wednesday.gested he might be subpoenaed. it's important to note there's no clear evidence that michaels was operationally involved in planning or carrying out the shutdown scheme but there are more questions now about what he saw, who she spoke with and what if anything he knew before and during those closures. we also reminded you last sunday about a letter that the mayor of ft. lee had sent to bill baroni, governor christie's other point man on the third day of the closures. quote, port authority police officers are advising commuters in response to their complaints that this recent traffic deback sl a result of a decision that i as a mayor recently made. there is no evidence that lieutenant chip michaels was one of those officer, but shortly after that report, berg man tracked down some of the commuters that were trapped in that traffic jam and a number of them corroborated the story. as the record reported it, he was sought out by an aufbser. i didn't motion him, to him and rolled down my wi
maybe why loretta weinberg called michaels quote, a person of interest on wednesday.gested he might be subpoenaed. it's important to note there's no clear evidence that michaels was operationally involved in planning or carrying out the shutdown scheme but there are more questions now about what he saw, who she spoke with and what if anything he knew before and during those closures. we also reminded you last sunday about a letter that the mayor of ft. lee had sent to bill baroni, governor...
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and also, i do want to talk about "the star ledger" which is reporting the co-chair and loretta weinbergee saying all members will have the access to dojts. where does it stand now? >> i have to say that since the -- it wasn't just one let their we wrote. there were a series of several letters we did right. since those letters, the process has changed tremendously. i'm pleased to say that the committee is now working the way the committee should be for something that's investigating -- an issue of this magnitude. we are receiving copies of the memorandums. we are having access to documents. i personally am scheduled to go in on monday and review all of the documents that have come in to date. >> i'm curious what you are looking for. >> right now, it is -- it is very difficult to even know what you are looking for. it is really putting together a lot of pieces of various puzzles. documents are coming in piece meal. we sent out a huge amount of subpoenas. most of which people have complying with. some asked for additional time. >> can i ask you specifically about bridget anne kelly? they r
and also, i do want to talk about "the star ledger" which is reporting the co-chair and loretta weinbergee saying all members will have the access to dojts. where does it stand now? >> i have to say that since the -- it wasn't just one let their we wrote. there were a series of several letters we did right. since those letters, the process has changed tremendously. i'm pleased to say that the committee is now working the way the committee should be for something that's...