This Week in Politics: de Blasio, Christie, Samson Feel the Heat

WNYC News | Mar 22, 2014

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gets his first Bridgegate question at a town hall meeting. Mayor de Blasio gets pelted with criticism, but still crosses items off his to-do list. And Port Authority Chair David Samson faces more calls to resign. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein and Brigid Bergin break it all down with New Jersey Public Radio's Nancy Solomon.

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