New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Thursday admitted that he made hiring mistakes, after documents published Wednesday linked some of his top aides and appointees to lane closures on the George Washington Bridge last year.

"Listen, the fact is that mistakes were made, and I'm responsible for those mistakes. I obviously try every chance I can to hire the very best people," he said in a press conference. "Mistakes were made, and I remediated those mistakes by the actions I have taken."

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Thursday said that he will personally apologize to the Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich (D) and the residents of his town, which was impacted for days when multiple lanes on the George Washington Bridge were shut down.

"I think they need to see me do that personally, and I intend to do that later on today," Christie said during a press conference. "People of those communities for four days were impacted in a completely callous and indifferent way, and I'm going to go and apologize for that."

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The U.S. attorney in New Jersey will open a "preliminary inquiry" into the involvement of Gov. Chris Christie's (R) administration in closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge last year, the New York Times reported Thursday.

Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, will announce the inquiry on Thursday morning, according to the Times.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. on Thursday, during which he will likely address the documents published Wednesday linking some of his top aides to lane closures on the George Washington Bridge last year.

Kentucky Rep. Leslie Combs (D), who accidentally fired her semi-automatic handgun in the state capitol on Tuesday, said in a statement Wednesday that she carries a gun for her personal safety.

She said she supports Second Amendment rights, but that she believes gun safety education is also very important.

Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich on Wednesday said that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) should offer an apology not to him, but rather to the families who were impacted by the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge.

"Don't call me, but call the families," he told Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "The Situation Room." "He has to publicly address the folks who are specifically impacted by this."

New Jersey Assembly Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski (D), who has led the investigation into the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, on Wednesday said that while he has not seen Gov. Chris Christie directly implicated in the scandal, the governor needs to explain his role.

"I have not seen emails that have the governor's name on it, but the email has the deputy chief of staff on it," Wisniewski said in a press conference. "This is an administration that keeps a tight control over what happens and comes out of the front office. We would like to get explanations as to who else in the governor's office knew about this and what the role is."

Kentucky State Rep. Leslie Combs (D) accidentally fired her semi-automatic handgun in the state capitol building Tuesday night just before Gov. Steve Beshear (D) gave his state of the state address, WHAS11 reported.

Combs was unloading her gun in the Capitol annex office when it went off. The bullet hit the floor and ricocheted toward a bookshelf, according to WHAS11.

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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) on Tuesday told state agencies that the state recognition of same-sex marriage is "on hold" until a final Supreme Court ruling is issued.

"Based on counsel from the Attorney General’s Office regarding the Supreme Court decision, state recognition of same-sex marital status is ON HOLD until further notice," Herbert's Chief of Staff Derek Miller wrote in a memo sent to reporters. "It is important to understand that those laws include not only a prohibition of performing same-sex marriages but also recognizing same-sex marriages."

New Jersey Assembly Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski (D), who led the investigation into the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday about the latest news on the the lane closures and aides for Gov. Chris Christie (R).

On Wednesday, TPM reported that emails and text messages between top Christie aides reveal that they may have initiated the bridge lane closures as political retribution for Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich (D), who did not endorse Christie during the 2013 election.