Christie news conference

Christie apologized, fired an aide and said he would go to Fort Lee to talk to residents. Here’s the latest:

3rd & 7 37yd

by Jake Tapper via twitter 1/9/2014 5:03:25 PM
Wild Stein.... I don't think I love you
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:03:56 PM
Christie answers questions about David Wildstein, who Christie appointed to a position at the Port Authority. Wildstein was highly involved in the lane closures and resigned last month.

Christie pushes back at characterizations that the two are longtime friends, describing him more as an acquaintance.

"How do I feel about David now? What I read yesterday made me angry!"
by Peter Hamby via twitter 1/9/2014 5:04:17 PM
Has CC said Stepien is no longer going to advise him (aside from NJGOP and RGA)? May have missed it.
by CNN's Gut Check via twitter 1/9/2014 5:07:06 PM
.@GovChristie "My gut is that it wouldn't be appropriate for me to get in the middle of that (legislative hearing process)" #cnn #gwbridge
by Dan Merica via twitter 1/9/2014 5:08:19 PM
The delayed EMS times come up: Christie apologizes, says it "is awful."
by Erin McPike via twitter 1/9/2014 5:08:26 PM
Inside hearing room. They must be waiting for Christie to finish before they start, or something http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdjbOvSCEAAYeOx.jpg
by cnnbrk via twitter 1/9/2014 5:08:55 PM
Gov. Christie says he, David Wildstein, have been acquaintances, not longtime friends. cnn.it/1ks5YpY
by Jason Seher via twitter 1/9/2014 5:08:59 PM
Christie: "I don't believe I have lost the trust of the people of New Jersey."
by CNN Video via twitter 1/9/2014 5:09:42 PM
by Erin McPike via twitter 1/9/2014 5:11:36 PM
And official word: "The governor is still going on, apparently. So we're just waiting for him to finish, and then we'll get rolling."
by CNN Politics via twitter 1/9/2014 5:11:51 PM
Gov. #ChrisChristie : I don't believe I've lost the trust of the people of New Jersey. cnn.it/1ks5YpY
by Sara Fischer via twitter 1/9/2014 5:12:20 PM
We have passed the one hour mark at the @GovChristie presser #nj #gwbridge #cnn
by Jason Seher via twitter 1/9/2014 5:12:39 PM
Christie: "I trusted that I was being told the truth and I wasn't.... Did I miss it? We missed it."
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:12:54 PM
A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday indicates Chris Christie is the "hottest" politician in the nation on its thermometer. (The survey was conducted before the controversy escalated Wednesday)

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1994
by New Day via twitter 1/9/2014 5:13:36 PM
'I found out for the first time at 8:50a yesterday morning' @GovChristie #bridgegate #NewDay
by Vaughn Sterling via twitter 1/9/2014 5:15:05 PM
Christie on moment he found out: "You can only imagine, I was standing there in my bedroom looking at that on my ipad..."
by Brooke Baldwin via twitter 1/9/2014 5:15:33 PM
You been listening to Chris Christie this last hour? (He's still fielding questions, btw.) How'd he do? #CNN
by CNN's Gut Check via twitter 1/9/2014 5:15:57 PM
.@GovChristie "I assume over a period of time that most people are trustworthy unless proven otherwise “ #gwbridge #cnn
by Eric Weisbrod, CNN via twitter 1/9/2014 5:16:06 PM
Gov. #ChrisChristie : I have absolutely nothing to hide. cnn.it/1ks5YpY
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:16:33 PM
Christie: I knew nothing about plot
by Anderson Cooper via twitter 1/9/2014 5:17:43 PM
New Jersey #GovChristie says he has "nothing to hide" and will advise his staff to cooperate with any investigation. Full details #AC360 8pm
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:18:23 PM
Christie's press conference has been going on for about an hour and 10 minutes.
by Dan Merica via twitter 1/9/2014 5:18:46 PM
Glenn McCaul, GOP committeeman in South Carolina, says #bridgegate won't matter to 2016 voters. "He has done what a leader should do."
by New Day via twitter 1/9/2014 5:19:52 PM
'My understanding of Bridget's authority was not that it extended to policy, no.' @GovChristie fires key aide cnn.it/1lY3qvg
by cnnbrk via twitter 1/9/2014 5:20:07 PM
Christie said he'd instruct staff to "cooperate and answer any questions" in any probe. cnn.it/1ks5YpY
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:21:07 PM
Christie says he's not going to try to find out for himself how the "traffic study" explanation came about; he says he doesn't want to get involved in the state legislature's investigation.
by Jim Acosta via twitter 1/9/2014 5:21:20 PM
Christie jokes: "I think I'm out of the traffic study business"
by Lindsey MacNabb, CNN via twitter 1/9/2014 5:23:54 PM
#ChrisChristie says he had never heard Fort Lee mayor's name: "he was never mentioned to me." Follow the live blog: cnn.it/1e70s6V
by Eric Weisbrod, CNN via twitter 1/9/2014 5:24:11 PM
#ChrisChristie : I think I'm out of the traffic study business. Never really in it and definitely don't wanna be in it cnn.it/1lY3qvg
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:24:16 PM
Will all this matter if Christie runs for president in 2016? Glenn McCaul, Republican committeeman for South Carolina, says "no, it doesn't."

“Like I think he said, we are not perfect and he can’t be on top of everyone that works for him,” McCaul told CNN's Dan Merica.

“He has done what a leader should do, you take accountability for what happened.”

He said he worries that this all distracts from “the disaster that is Obamacare.”

“I think most folks I talk to in our state really appreciate his frankness, his candor, his leadership style.”
by Erin McPike via twitter 1/9/2014 5:24:22 PM
Christie press office releases video of today's presser with the headline: "I am heartbroken and I'm sorry"
by cnnbrk via twitter 1/9/2014 5:24:25 PM
Gov. Christie on controversy: I never heard the Fort Lee mayor's name until all this stuff happened. cnn.it/1ks5YpY
by New Day via twitter 1/9/2014 5:24:49 PM
'I don't even know this guy..I may have met him..but he was not on my radar in any way' @GovChristie on Dem. Mayor of Fr. Lee Mark Sokolich
by CaseyWianCNN via twitter 1/9/2014 5:25:58 PM
What did you think of #ChrisChristie 's press conference today? Is he still a viable potential presidential candidate?
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:26:26 PM
If Christie runs for president in 2016, a Republican committeeman from New Hampshire, told CNN's Dan Merica it won't "make any difference whatsoever."

“People in New Hampshire could care less about whether some bureaucrat working on his staff did something stupid like this," Stephen Duprey said.

“By way of comparison, one seems to care of that Secretary of State Clinton was negligent and that ended up in the death of four Americans in Benghazi. They sure aren't going to care about a traffic lane closure in New Jersey.”

“I also think New Hampshire voters will like the way he dealt with The mess by taking responsibility and making changes. It demonstrates a nice contrast to the current administration.”

“So my bottom line take on this is that it is much ado about nothing and the New Hampshire primary voters could care less.”
by CNN's Gut Check via twitter 1/9/2014 5:28:02 PM
.@GovChristie "I feel humiliated by this ... I am humiliated by the fact that I did not know this and I was deceived." #gwbridge #cnn
by David Chalian via twitter 1/9/2014 5:29:41 PM
Christie: "It is what it is. And I'm responsibile for it. . . It happened on my watch. . . the buck stops at my desk."
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:30:03 PM
Christie says he got very little sleep last night because he kept thinking, "How did this happen?"
by CNN via twitter 1/9/2014 5:30:46 PM
Blindsided. Heartbroken. Stunned. Saddened. NJ Gov. #ChrisChristie apologizes & fires key aide cnn.it/1abSXad http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdjgWKmIUAA67CK.jpg
by CNN's Gut Check via twitter 1/9/2014 5:31:29 PM
.@GovChristie says he spent a lot of time talking to Mary Pat about the thought keeping him up last night: "How did this happen?" #cnn
by David Chalian via twitter 1/9/2014 5:32:23 PM
Christie's answer to if he considered resigning: "Oh god no- that's a crazy question, man. I'm telling you I had nothing to do with this."
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:34:40 PM
Asked what he would do if he were subpoenaed in an investigation, Christie said: "I'm not going to speculate on that."
by CNN Politics via twitter 1/9/2014 5:35:02 PM
Christie 'heartbroken' - Gov. Chris Christie has fired aide Bridget Anne Kelly over her part in a traffic jam on ... CNN.it/K8zFLT
by Mark Preston via twitter 1/9/2014 5:35:37 PM
Hey Jay Gruden -- you & @GovChristie own twitter right now!
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:37:06 PM
"If you lie when I ask you a question, you're fired. That's it," Christie says.
by CNN Political Ticker via twitter 1/9/2014 5:38:46 PM
Who is David Wildstein? wp.me/p4HKM-1eEW
by CNN's Gut Check via twitter 1/9/2014 5:39:08 PM
.@govchristie says "This will not affect my ability to work at the RGA at all." Christie named chairman of RGA in November. #cnn #gwbridge
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:39:21 PM
Christie says he didn't talk to Bridget Kelly when firing her because she might get called as a witness in the investigation.
by Erin McPike via twitter 1/9/2014 5:40:31 PM
Five-minute warning "or thereabouts" till Wildstein Assembly hearing
by CNNJustin via twitter 1/9/2014 5:41:48 PM
I feel like @SenTedCruz is on his way to New Jersey to assist @GovChristie thinking this is a filibuster. #bridgegate
by Vaughn Sterling via twitter 1/9/2014 5:41:57 PM
Christie on Kelly: "A person closed to be betrayed me. A person I counted on...I'm a sad guy standing here today"
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:42:14 PM
"I'm a sad guy standing here today," Christie says, saying it's the overriding emotion compared to anger.
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:43:28 PM
"It is a rare moment when I raise my voice in this office," he says, adding the last time he did was four weeks ago when he was pressing his staff members about the issue, asking whether they knew anything.
by RaviCNN via twitter 1/9/2014 5:43:28 PM
Someone needs to figure out how long this Chris Christie press conference is in “trips across the George Washington Bridge”
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:45:36 PM
Christie says he could count on his hand the number of times he had a conversation with David Wildstein, his appointee at the Port Authority who was involved with the bridge scandal. Wildstein resigned last month. Who is David Wildstein?
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:46:44 PM
On the people of New Jersey, Christie says "I'm very hopeful they will accept my apology"
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:48:44 PM
Asked if any level of political retribution is acceptable, Christie says no. "Political fighting? Sure," he adds.
by Erin McPike via twitter 1/9/2014 5:49:07 PM
Another video release from the office of Christie: "This is the exception, not the rule"
by CNN's Ashley Killough 1/9/2014 5:49:58 PM
2013: Traffic cam on GW Bridge

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