david wildstein, billed barony and bridget kelly. and here we are, three investigations later, federal grand jury investigation, investigation by democratic-led legislature and what is the conclusion. the conclusion is that there were three people responsible. >> rose: and the question is, though, what does it say about you and your staff, that these people who worked for you, did this? >> wildstein didn't work for me, bill baronee was appointed by me, i take full responsibility for him, but not for wild steen, never for wild steen, that was baronee's choice. but let me be clear on the folks close to me, my staff. i thought about this in the last week. i have had 25 people serve on my senior staff over seven years. and i have one person who didn't get it. one out of 25. so i don't think it says anything about me. i think it says everything about that person. the fact is if 24 other people have served with great honor and intig rit and effectiveness and i'm so proud of all of them. some of them are still with me. some of them have gon

let me say something else. -- wildstein.eone would think this made any sense is a complete mystery and always has been. i kno what the jury has determined. her story was untrue. and that she was responsible for what happened along with bill baroni and david wildstein. charlie: here is what the new york times said. mr. christie remained the onstage fill in him a impossible for even casual trial observers to discern from witness after witness the evidence of viciousness and grogginess of the governor and his administration would -- whatever the verdict is, the picture of mr. christie and his administration that has been exposed is devastating. overwhelmed to hear that they have never written a positive editorial about me and seven years. let's consider the source. let's consider the facts and not the hyperbole. this is from the prosecution. in their closing argument, seven different people came into this courtroom and directly theradicted characterizations of the governor and the facts as put forward by bridget kelly. the pros

she said that constituency of one theory, and this was david wildstein's boss.d it was a fiction a , wildstein special, a fiction. and it was a fiction in david's mind. and i do not know what motivated david or not. i don't know david. i don't know him hardly at all. and the fact that he says he had constituency of one, we will say this, charlie even the , government in the trial admitted that david is a serial liar. their own witness. the he criticized baroni. in cross-examination. they said how could you possibly , believe david wildsteni? this is the governoment's witness. -- the government about their own witness. i don't know if he is capable of telling the truth. charlie: when i walk into this house, you said to me i have , been waiting three years to do this, to have a chance to tell my story. i could not do it because of the trial. how else are you going to take this crusade to make sure this need that you feel to clear your name, you do feel that? chris: i have done that. i am with charlie rose. everyone will watch this. i am not going to make this my l

that includes the government star witness david wildstein.stie release another statement saying "i had no knowledge prior to or during these lane row alignments and had no role in authorizing them. no believable evidence was was. (to do contradict that fact. anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue ". >>> when we put witnesses on the stand, we put witnesses on the stand who are corroborated by other evidence and we don't -- we don't ask people to testify about things when we think they might not be true. >> reporter: not so subtle jab from u.s. attorney paul fishman right there. now, the headaches actually aren't over for governor christie. just this afternoon some members of the assembly tweeting they want to open a new investigation into the governor over what he knew about these bread gate lane closure scandals. the trial may be over but bridge gate isn't going away for the governor any time soon. in newark, joe too wee "fox 29" news. >> local supermarket doing its part to help those in need this than

his former deputy chief of staff, brigette kelly and bill baroni and david wildstein pled guilty and testified against the others. >> i thought there were three people responsible. david wildstein, bill baroni and brej brigette kelly, here we're three investigations later and what's the conclusion? the conclusion is there were 3 people responsible. >> chris christie said he has no recollection of any aids telling him about the lane closures while they were happening. chris christie was not charged. >>> janet reno died at 78 years old. what family members are saying about the passing of the first female u.s. attorney general. >>> investigators are scouring the property of a man accused of several murders in south carolina. >>> doug peterson is having a post game news conference about a disappointing loss against the giants. we have more in the next half-hour. z25pmz zi0z y25pmy yi0y janet reno has died from complications of parkinsons disease. she was the first woman to serve as the attorney general. she was the most polarizing figure in bill clinton's administration. a family member

wildstein has pleaded gulity. the family of a black man who was gunned down by police in el cajon, california is filing a lawsuit against the department. the wife of alfred olango and his daughters say they're filing the suit because to prevent another family from going through something similar. "justice is going to come in the form of no more alfed olangos." police say he was uncooperative and pointed what they thought was a gun it turned out to be a vaping device. more grisly details are emerging... after a south carolina woman is found chained by her neck inside a storage container. a suspect appeared in court today. meanwhile police are trying to make sure they don't have a serial kil looking for as many as four bodies on the property surrounding that container. a-b-c's lauren lyster has the latest. investigators today discovering a body while pouring over this rural south carolina area...authorities believe there are more - as they look for evidence of a possible serial killer's crimes. ((mug)) 45 -year old

he understood who david wildstein was.e understood, if there's suddenly a traffic jam, this democratic mayor who didn't endorse him, he got it and he thought, i'm never going to have any piece of paper that connects me to this, i'm not going to have any reporting and i can always deny. >> when he sarcastically said to the reporters, yeah, i'm the guy who put the cones out on the highway, he knew that he knew. >> that's some of the testimony that came out. that he had phone confessions -- >> he knew at the time, he sarcastically answering those reporters, he knew he had something to do with putting those cones o out there. >> and people had told him, bridget kelly and david wildstein, something was happening here. those conversations had been taking place. >> you know what i think he was saying, i didn't do it, they did it. >> plausible didn't. >> i didn't do it, they did it. thank you, steve kornacki. it's one of the dangers of working for a politician. get orders up-front. don't do something, you know, whacky and across t

david wildstein, bill bani and bridget kelly. here we are three investigations later and fedal grand jury investigation and an investigation by democratic-led legislature and what is the the conclusion is there were three people responsible. >> reporter: and the question is, though, what does it say about you and your staff? that these people who worked for you did this. last week. i've h 25 people serve on my senior staff over seven years, and i have one person who didn't get it. 1 out of 25. so i don't think it says anything about me. i think it says everything about that person. >> why do you think she did it? >> i wish i knew, charlie. i wi i knew. i ner could figure it out. it was one of the most abjectly stupid things i've ever seen opinion think about. it. you know me. re-election in a blue state and they decide they are going to create a traffic jam in a town that is a democrat town that i wound up winning two months later in the election? >> so it was stupid on the face? >> absolutely. >> and criminal? >> as determined b

this is not over the days long backup in september 2013 became known his former aide, david wildstein eventually admitted to organizing the lane closures in fort lee, nj to punish that city's democratic mayor for not endorsing christie when he ran for re-election. governor christie said he knew nothing about the scheme by his former aides. in a statement after the verdicts, christie said, let me be clear once again, i had no knowledge prior to or during these lane realignments, and had no role in authorizing them. (brook silva-braga/newark, n.j.) christie's name trial, although he was never charged in the case. the judge instructed the jury not to consider the governor in its deliberations baroni's attorney hinted the wrong people were charged. (michael baldassare/baroni's attorney) they should have had courage to go after powerful people and they did not prosecutors say they brought the best case they could at the time. (paul fishman/u.s. attorney) we only indicted the people we believe we had evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict in this courthouse kelly cried quietly as the

david wildstein, a former port authority official testified that he told christie about the plot as the scheme unfolded, during this conversation at a 9/11 memorial in 2013. since the scandal, christie's approval ratings have sunk to historic lows. >> i am proud to endorse donald trump for president! >> reporter: now he's tying his political future to trump. >> i would say this puts a real cloud over governor christie. i think it would be very hard for him to serve in the trump administration, should that ever >> reporter: bridgegate isn't over. christie will appear in court later this month, after a judge ruled that a civilian complaint against him, be sent to a prosecutor for possible criminal charges. today christie released a forceful statement, repeating he had no knowledge of the lane closures. anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> u.s. officials say three american service members have been killed after a shooting outside a military base in southern jordan. the shots werepp as a car carrying the ame

another former aid, david wildstein admitted to organizing the traffic jams to publish the mayor. chris christie says the verdict affirmed his decision to terminate baroni and kelly. >>> the he wanted of campaign trail is in sight. the candidates are focuses on must win pennsylvania. donald trump rallied supporters in hershey tonight. according to the latest polls, republican nominee is gaining on rival hillary clinton. trump made his closing argument to supporters and undecided voters. >> i'm asking you to dream big, because with your vote and can you believe this? we're just four days away. you will get the change you've been waiting for for your entire lifetime. >> trump will campaign in the battleground straights of florida, nevada colorado and north carolina. >>> meantime hillary clinton campaigned in pennsylvania joined by out spoken mark cue ban in pittsburgh. the democrat nominee stayed on the attack against her republican rival, she argued trump temperament disqualifies him for the job, and tonight in michigan, clinton made her closing arguments to supporters. and undecid

she texted wildstein during the lane closures asking is it wrong that i am smiling. ms. kelly insisted throughout the trial that her e-mails and texts were misunderstood. >> no comment. >> reporter: the jurors seven men and five women rushed from the courthouse and refused to discuss their verdict. u.s. attorney paul fishman. >> we indicted only the people hewabled we had evidence beyond a reasonable doubt which as you know is the constitutional standard evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict in this courthouse. >> reporter: although both defendants face a maximum of 20 years in federal prison their actual sentences are expected to be closer to three years. the sentencing is scheduled for february of next year. in newark, new jersey, jay burlington county channel6 "action -- burkette. >> a long week for commuters and drivers and hopefully we can finish on a high note. >> no, let's ends it with a long ride. taking to the tracks this afternoon with the regional rails. they're delayed once again. not quite as bad as we've seen some of the afternoons this week but sti

another former aid, david wildstein admitted to organizing the traffic jams to publish the mayor. chris christie says the verdict affirmed his decision to terminate baroni and kelly. >>> the he wanted of campaign trail is in sight. the candidates are focuses on must win pennsylvania. donald trump rallied supporters in hershey tonight. according to the latest polls, republican nominee is gaining on rival hillary clinton. trump made his closing argument to supporters and undecided voters. >> i'm asking you to dream big, because with your vote and can you believe this? we're just four days away. you will get the change you've been waiting for for your entire lifetime. >> trump will campaign in the battleground straights of florida, nevada colorado and north carolina. >>> meantime hillary clinton campaigned in pennsylvania joined by out spoken mark cue ban in pittsburgh. the democrat nominee stayed on the attack against her republican rival, she argued trump temperament disqualifies him for the job, and tonight in michigan, clinton made her closing arguments to supporters. and undecid

. >> in the whole trial, no one, not even bridget kelly, bill arc baroni or david wildstein ever testifiedever said that this was a political retribution. >>> is there a way to predict how the stock market will perform after the campaign is over? lanny do lanny dowdy is here with cnbc business news. >> futures are slightly lower this morning. yesterday's rally was sparked by the news of the fbi once again cleared hillary clinton over the use of a private e-mail server. investors view clinton as a status quo candidate and more attractive to wall street. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 had their best day since march, breaking seven, nine and nine-day losing streaks respectively. the stock market had been down over that period after the fbi said it would consider re-op re-opening the e-mail probe. the dow surging 371 to 18,259, nasdaq up 119 to 5,166. as unpredictable as this election has been, research shows stocks have been fairly predictable after election day with a tendency to sell off. markets have risen one out of every three times since 1928. the dow jones says the average change on the d

. >> in the whole trial, no one, no even bridget kelly, bill baroni or david wildstein ever testifiedthey were found guilty on friday, kelly and baroni. >>> this election season is like no other our nation has ever seen. nbc 10's matt delucia is live at the national constitution center this morning. matt, this all endsç today. how will history remember decision 2016? >> well, i don't know about you, vai and tracy. this is definitely an election we are all going to remember for quite a while. we started here at nbc 10, as the whole election season, the campaign, here at the constitution center, headed to the white house exhibit. for more than a year, we've seen the political jabs, insults and scandals. it all comes to an end today when you go ahead and make your vote count. it's been more than a year of this. today is the time for you to pick the next president of the united states. we talk about the folks here at the constitution center about what will be remembered in this election. you may have your own memorable moments especially with the ads you've been seeing on tv for the past

wildstein eventually admitted to organizing the lane closures in fort lee, nj to punish that city's democratic mayor for not endorsing christie when he ran for re-election. governor christie said he knew nothing about the scheme by his former aides. in a statement after the verdicts, christie said, let me be clear once again, i had no knowledge prior to or during these lane realignments, and had no role in authorizing them. :58-1:07 (brook silva-braga/newark, n.j.) christie's name came up throughout the six week trial, the judge instructed the jury not to consider the governor in its deliberations baroni's attorney hinted the wrong people were charged. 1:11-1:17 (michael baldassare/baroni's attorney) they should have had courage to go after powerful people and they did not prosecutors say they brought the best case they could at the time. 1:22-1:26 (paul fishman/u.s. attorney) we only indicted the people we believe we had evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict in this courthouse kelly cried quietly as the verdict was read. sentencing was scheduled for february..with guidelines calling f

wildstein pleaded guilty and has been cooperating with prosecutors.ristie knew about the lane closings either before or while they were going on. chris christie who was going to be campaigning for donald trump in new hampshire and pennsylvania released a statement moments ago which read in part, let me be clear once again. i had no knowledge prior to or during these lane realignments and had no role in authorizing them. no believable evidence was presented to contradict that fact. anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue. with only four days to go chuck todd joins us next. stay with us. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc from hines field today, the place for politics and i guess football live from pittsburgh. approve this message. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f**á themselves. you know you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. you gotta see this, i don't know, i do

but they're probably going to end up getting more than the chief witness against them, wildstein, whovernment, this is a classic federal case in that they approached one of the -- someone they thought was a main participant, he made a deal, he turns around, he testifies on everybody else and in a case like this that plus some of the text messages and e-mails that came in were really probably what aggravated this jury. >> quick reminder, chris christie is the head of the transition team for donald trump and he will be stumping for him tomorrow. danny, thank you very much. we'll be right back. (sigh) my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but dad, you've got... allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. it's good to be in, good hands. boost it's about moving forward not back. it's looking up not down. it's feeling up thinking up living up. it's being in motion... in body in spirit in the now. boost. it's not just nutrition, it's intelligent nutrition. with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of prote

his former aid, david wildstein, eventually admitted to organizing the lane closures, in fort lee, new jersey, to punish that city's democratic mayor for not endorsing christie, when he ran for re-election. governor christie says he knew nothing about the scheme by his former aides. christie said let me be clear once again, i had no knowledge prior to or during these lane realignment, had no role in authorizing them. christie's name came up throughout the six week trial, although never charged in the case. this judge instructs the jury not to consider the governor in its deliberations, barone's attorney hinted the wrong people were charged. >> they should have had belief in their own case to charge powerful people and they did not. >> prosecutors say they brought the best case they could at the time. >> we indicted only the people who we believe we had evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict in this courthouse. >> kelly cried quietly, as the verdicts was red. sentencing scheduled for february with guidelines calling for more than two years in prison. >> a new york city police ser

a former ally to christie, david wildstein has testified that christie knew all about the plan ahead of time. this i is governor chris chchrie on "cbs ththis morning," governr . if you cannot defend yourself, then if there's only one light of information that people will be -- believe the line of information they're being given. found federal jury y has that rolling stone magazine defamed an administrator at the university of virginia. the jury found the 9000 word article, "a rape on campus," showed actual malice toward uva associate dean nicole eramo, who was accused of indifference towards survivors of sexual assault. the article centered on a student named jackikie who sayss shshe was gang-raped at a fraternity. rolling stone retracted the story after acknowledging discrepancies and raising questions about its source. the woman named jackie still maintains she was sexually assaulted, and charlottesville police have kept her case open. in hong kong, police fired pepper spray and charged thousands of demonstrators who flooded the streets to protest a crackdown by china's central gov

david wildstein also a former christie aid admitted to organizing the track jams in order to punish fortee's may. christie says, the verda firmed his decision to terminate barone and kelly. >> jerry sandusky back in a central pennsylvania courtroom friday, seeking a new trial, as "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos tells us. attorneys for sandusky are alleging prosecution misconduct, and has to do with victim number two. >> no response from victim number two, the now 29 year old former marine who says jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him in a penn state shower in 2001. >> he was drag here. if he never has to talk about this again, that's what woe like. >> victim number two spent about an hour answering questions from sandusky's current attorney al lindsey whose questions folks dollars on why his original statements back to police in 2011 stated he was never abused by his former mentor and why that story changed after hiring an attorney. >> it is incredibly common for victims of sexual violence to not be forthcoming initially, sometimes it takes them months, years, weeks, do you have u

former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly former port authority executive bill baroni and david wildsteinaded guilty and then testified against the others. governor christie also insisted that he has no memory of his aides telling him about the lane closures while they were happening. christie hasn't been charged. >> still to come a murder mystery continues to unfold in south carolina after a man confesses to killing at least four people. detectives say there may be more victims. >> also the eagles licking their wounds tonight following another loss yesterday. ducis rodgers has more from coach doug pederson coming up in sports. adam. >> rick the sun setting now at 4:52 p.m. it is crystal clear sky presently. i'll let you know if that remains the case as we go to election day across the area coming up in full accuweather forecast. >> sounds good. we'll have that story and much more when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ >> investigators continues searching the south carolina property of a plan who confessed to killing at least four people. he was arrested after a woman was found chained