Mark Sokolich

Mark Sokolich

Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich

Fort Lee Mayor Sokolich tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was "Gracious and apologetic" Thursday during their face-to-face meeting today regarding the growing George Washington Bridge scandal.

On Wednesday, Mayor Sokolich called Christie's involvement in the scandal a "Venomous form of political retaliation." "It's not even remotely acceptable to do what [he] did," Sokolich told The Situation Room.

Christie and Sokolich met Thursday after the Governor held a lengthy news conference where he denied knowing that one of his aids had instructed a now-former Port Authority official to close lanes on the nation's busiest bridge that connects Fort Lee and Manhattan.

Sokolich noted that "We're concerned there is more stuff and more issues to deal with" Regarding the unfolding scandal. "I take him for his word," Sokolich said of Christie. Ref. CNN