she was with her husband, javier bardem, at her side. and congratulations to the romneys, they are grandparents again. >> i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." hey, wolf. the world gets its first glimpse of the new royal prince. just ahead, you'll see what they told reporters about being new parents, the baby's looks and what we can expect. as far as a name is concerned, at least when we can expect a name. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." this is cnn breaking news.

>> all that coming up. let's begin with some breaking news. you're looking at live pictures of where we expect the embattled candidate for the new york city mayoral race candidate anthony weiner, he resigned two years ago amid a very public sexting scandal. now more sexually tinged exchanges with a woman online. he's confirming that those are real. let's bring in dana bash. as we await weiner's news conference or statement, whatever he's going to do, give our views a little background on what has developed today. >> you just laid it out very well, wolf. the basic gist is on the internet today we saw a web site post some exchanges and some

pictures with anthony weiner and an unnamed woman. since then he has released a statement saying some are true, some are not true. we don't know what are and what aren't. all of them are pretty sexually explicit. the key question, though, is whether these took place. he of course left two years ago saying he was going to go to rehab, go into rehab saying he was going to change his life. he said the same thing when he announced his candidacy for mayor, which he is engaged in now. so this web site called the dirty says that these exchanges took place last year, well after he said he had become, in his words, a new man. let me read the written statement. it's lengthy but carefully worded. here's what he said, "i said that other texts and photos were likely to come out and today they have. as i have said in the past, these things that i were wrong and hurtful to my wife and have caused us to go through challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from congress. while some things that have been

posted today are true and some are not, there is no question these things are wrong. this behavior is behind me. i have apologized to huma and am grateful that she has worked through these, use with me and for her forgiveness. we are focused on moving forward. this line where he talks about the fact that it's caused them to go through challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from congress, what does that mean? does that mean what he did is after he resigned from congress or they're still dealing with the ripple effects of what he did before he left congress. he's been doing relatively good in the poll, down lately but looks like he might be in striking distance but that's because new yorkers are willing to give him a second chance. third chance and fourth chance maybe not so much.

>> will he just make a statement now or will he answer reporter's questions? >> we don't know. the campaign said it will be a press conference so hopefully he will answer questions. i and others have been trying to reach his campaign and ask that key question as to the timing. he doesn't say, yes that, happened after i resigned from congress or not and i got no answers back. we will hopefully hear reporters there ask those questions and maybe get an answer. >> we'll see what he has to say and monitor it and bring it to our viewers. he hasn't begun yet. we'll stay on top of the story. let move on to a truly iconic moment today, catherine and william emerging from the hospital to huge cheers and applause with their new bundle of joy, the prince of cambridge, heir to the british throne. they walked right up to reporters with the baby in their arms, william joking about the baby has his mother's looks and has way more hair than he does

but they're still wking on a name. soon they snapped him in his car seat and drove everyone home to kensington palace. the anchor of cnn's "new day" kate bolduan is here. what is it like at kensington palace -- >> we're dealing with a bit of a bug attack. who knew. it's been quite a day to be in london. i flew in early this morning and it was a big waiting game really, waiting and waiting and waiting, longer lines, bigger crowds. >> waiting for that very big moment. >> you talk about waiting, kate, how many hours have you been in the city? >> i should not talk about

waiting. >> i was living on the pavement for a week. >> everyone saw the huge moment when william and kate came out with the baby. you were on the ground. walk us through the moment. what was it like? >> it did live up to expectations and suddenly it happened after all that waiting. it was choreographed. she told us what was going to happen. that's where particularly kate was amazing. she does exactly what was planned. they came out, stood for the photographs. came down the steps, william made a few words, the camera -- >> it was so loud, you couldn't hear what he was saying. >> that's why the photographers were saying "show us his face, show us his face" because they couldn't see his face. what struck me was how calm she was and how happy he was. >> and it was precious to see them all together. >> they're a unit. yesterday they had this period of four hours between the birth and announcement, they wanted to

have some -- those flies are -- >> it's something at this point. >> they wanted to get know their baby and i think that came across actually. >> i think so, too. the focus has now turned to here, kensington palace. the family has come and they'll get some much needed private time. they're waiting for their renovated apartment, not really what we would call an apartment, it's about 20 rooms. what is next? >> i think they're going to get out of here. they're going to want to see harry and pippa. this month they brought all of their staff to kensington palace. an aide told me william really wanted harry in kensington palace. they've come away from prince

charles house and i think you're going to see a development here, the house of cambridge. it is very much william in the center of it, working in partnership with kate and harry. >> throughout the relationship, the marriage and now the birth, there's always these connections between kate and william and diana. and there continues to be that poignant connection. >> it is the hospital where william was born to diana. a lot of photographers picked up as she was holding the baby, you could see diana's ring so clearly there as well. >> quite a moment. >> it's difficult for william. each misses diana, wants to keep r memory alive but he also wants kate to spark until her own way and not to live in her shadow. >> the next big waiting moment is for the name. >> it is. and william admitted today they hadn't decided on a name. i can see that. even when you have decided on a

name, when you see the baby, perhaps it doesn't go. he used a news line, we're going to come straight back to you as soon as we have a name. >> so we have no time line but it is when it is. >> there is some suggestion there will be a tv moment when they sign the birth certificate. >> a lot going on here, wolf. a very big day. max has been following it all for us and i fortunately got to fly in for the last moment to have some fun. >> are you sticking around, kate? or are you heading back to new york? >> we'll be anchoring the show from here tomorrow morning. we have to wait for the name. i'll be depending on max to bring us some reporting on that. >> anchors, co-anchors, watching "new day" now at 6:00 a.m. >> let's bring in our royal

commentator, royal correspondent katie nicholl, the author of "william and harry, behind the palace walls" and also victoria arbiter. victoria, what was your reaction to what we saw when they walked out of the hospital? >> i think it was a very poignant moment today. it was emotional, it was exciting. it was wonderful to see them so happy and calm and relaxed. really to think that kate had a ten-hour labor just yesterday and she walked out looking as though motherhood has come perfectly naturally to her. her and william were very connected, sharing and holding the baby. it was a personal moment we got to enjoy. as max said, there were moments that reminded you of diana walking out of those same doors. we're so used to seeing those iconic photographs at every stage of williams' life when he's reaching a milestone so

again, she's sorely missed. >> katie, what was your reaction when you saw the couple walk out with the baby boy? >> would it be terrible to say i had a little tear in my eye? i found it very emotional. it's been a long, long wait. they wanted to start a family when they got married. they put their baby plans on hold because as kate realized when she married into this britt, royal family, duty comes before self. it's something they've wanted for rather a long time. they just looked so proud, so happy and so emotional so it was a very, very moving moment. >> it was impressive the way william handled the baby and when the three of them later got into the car and he put the baby in the car seat in the back and he got behind the wheel, they tried to make it all look as natural as possible, any couple leaving a hospital. but obviously this is not any

couple, victoria. >> it was very smooth. i was so impressed. so many fathers find it immen immensely difficult figuring out the car seat. william, it was like one deft, swift move, baby in, he hopped in the driver's seat and off they went. i'm sure he's been practicing at hope, knowing he was going to do that before the world's media, he wanted to make sure it was smooth and seamless. >> stand by for a moment. we have a lot more to assess as far as this historic day is concerned. also, we're awaiting a news conference. anthony weiner, the candidate for the new york city mayoral race getting ready to address new allegations of sexting that just came out. we'll have coverage of that once he gets behind the microphones. also later, that iconic moment to prince williams on the steps of the hospital with miss new baby, very reminiscent to

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june 2, 1982 when prince charles and princess diana stood on the very same steps to give the world its first glimpse of him. very nostalgic. we're back with our royal panel. joining us is katie nicholl and kate williams, royal historian. kate, compare and contrast what we saw today as opposed to what we saw, what, three decades ago. >> well, when diana did that moment coming out on the steps with william, it was unforgettable. and partly unforgettable because no one necessarily expected it because of course before that, before william's birth, royal children were born at home. prince charles was born right there at buckingham palace so there was no chance of getting to see him because he was simply at home. when diana accepted out in what looked like one of her maternity dresses accompanied by charles looking so happy and so thrilled, it really became this

iconic moment that every time they think of william, they often think of that moment. diana said in her autobiography she was very scared and nervous, she burst into tears afterwards. the difference is william and kate today looked so relaxed, so happy and so thrilled. they spoke to the press and you wouldn't think the way they spoke to the press they were in front of the world media. thousands and thousands of people across the world watching. they just seemed like they were having a chat with a few friends, a big pair of lungs, he's heavy, we still thinking about the name. they seemed as if they were absolutely taking to it like ducks to water. >> it was interesting, katie, if you take a look at the two men, prince charles obviously wearing a jacket and tie, prince william much more casual. prince charles getting in the car, he's not driving. prince william, he gets into the car, he's driving after he does

something that is obviously necessary nowadays, it wasn't done three decades ago. he actually puts the baby in the car seat before moving on. compare and contrast the two men for us a little bit, katie. >> well, you're right, it's an interesting compaparisocomparis. william is representative of the monarchy moving forward and modernizing. he's a soldier, he has a regular job, he takes a regular paycheck. he carries out official duties but not on the same level as his father. prince william says modernization is a hard word to use with the monarchy because it is all about tradition and things not changing. but when he brought his own unique touch, much like his

mother did, you very rarely see prince william in a suit. you never see prince charles out of a suit. it's something you picked up on. it's quite indicative of these two different ideaologies and somewhere in the middle they meet and it works. >> kate, the two women, we know that kate is, what, 31 years old. but diana at that time, i think she was only look 20 or 21 years old. isn't that right? >> that's true. diana was 21, she was this young mother. it's amazing when we think about how youthful she was when she had two children. kate wears diana's ring. he knows it's difficult for kate because he doesn't want her to seem as if she's in the shadow of this glamorous, wonderful woman that people will never another get.

she just has seen so much and lived so many lives, we forget how young princess diana was. they say she was the difference, she was a breath of fresh air and she wanted to break tradition and give birth in a hospital and wanted to take her children out to cinema. the queen did go away when charles was only a little baby and left him with the nannies. that's the way it was in those days. she missed his first steps, missed his first teeth. diana wouldn't miss a single thing. she wanted to be absolutely there in her boys' lives. she was a creative, devoted, imaginative mother. that's exactly what william and kate want to bring into their own child's life.

security and privacy is going to be much more difficult. >> if you didn't know it was william and kate, would you think another couple leaving the hospital with a baby, getting in the car and driving off, trying to project as much of a normal relationship as possible and i think it's significant. we're going to continue this conversation. ladies, don't go too far away. we're waiting for anthony weiner, the candidate to become the next mayor of new york city. he's involved in another sexting scandal that emerged today. we're going to see what he has to say. he's getting ready to get to the microphones, he's running a little late. >> and the world gets its first glimpse of a future king. there it is. plus the royal perks. the closer look at the extraordinary childhood. that's coming up. so then the little tiny chipmunks go all the way up...

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let's get some more now on the debut of britain's newest royal, the still unnamed baby of the duke and duchess of cambridge, the third in line to the throne. there they were earlier today emerging from the hospital. cnn's becky anderson is outside buckingham palace now getting reaction. i assume a lot of the folks still very, very excited. what are you seeing there, becky? >> reporter: it's been a wonderful atmosphere here. when the gilded easel was put out last night, the crowds began to swell. we talked to people from all over the world. it was incredibly exciting,

whether they were from the u.k. or other parts of the world. a really monumental 28 hours. not as many people out here tonight. we do know that the queen is still in residence here, the royal standard is flying behind me at buckingham palace. we also know she's scheduled to take the train, the royal train, to balmoral, their scottish retreat for the summer. that is a trip which has been planned for some time, one that she was eager to keep on schedule for. so we're looking to that for the end of the week. the crowds thinning a little bit here. we do expect to see the royal family at least from buckingham palace move into scotland next week for the summer. much talk tonight about kate and william and their new baby will go. some suggestion it could be kate's home in bucklebury. you talk to people who really know the inside track on the royal family, they will tell you

that it's possibly unlikely that will happen. the security would have to be really intense there. even though it's a place that they enjoy a lot. kate and william certainly feel very happy there. so the betting is at this point that they will possibly join the queen at balmoral where they will get some peace and some security to enjoy what are these incredibly important first days and weeks of this addition to their family. i mean, what wonderful pictures we saw today. you talk to anybody around buckingham palace today, lots of excitement, just a sense of i guess relief that everything went well and a sense that going forward he will be looking forward to seeing the new prince. we're wondering what his name will be, lots of betting at that point. but we just doesn't kn-- don't know. just a sense of wonderment, some

pomp and pageantry today, a 41-gun salute here at green park, the bells tolled across the city. so tonight things have calmed down a lot. the city of london continues as normal, very normal. it's as if nothing had happened really tonight. but you just know at the palace behind me, a lot of excitement. we don't think the queen has seen this baby yet. so they will, i'm sure, in the next couple of days bring the nipper, as it were, to see the great granny. and then, like i say, as a family they'll decide where they want to go from here on in, whether it's balmoral or somewhere else. >> nice picture of that baby, that future king of england as he will be. he's waving a little bit at us. thanks becky. the enoughe enewest royal at ke palace in london.

kate bolduan joining us there. what perks can this baby expect? >> reporter: and perks for sure. one thing we do know is this baby begin as life of unparalleled privilege. further proof it's good to be the future king. most babies born into the world feel pretty content with a warm blanket and a regular supply of milk. but a certain new addition to planet earth and one with royal blood is set to enjoy a few extra perks. >> in terms of luxury, glamour and lifestyle, it really going to tickle the boxes. it will be a baby that will never want for anything, a baby that will be raised in palaces, have chefs and a team of people

to look after him. >> she's not kidding, five castles, three protection officers, fleet of royal vehicles and three royal nurseries. not so bad for someone who was just born. >> this is a tiny baby but is destined to be one of the richest people in the world. the queen is one of the richest people in britain and in the world. not only does she have liquid cash, she's got incrkrecredible houses, fantastic art, houses. that's the wealth this baby is coming into. >> princess diana took her own small children around the world with her and this baby boy is bound to be living the same jet set lifestyle. >> this is an hrh. in being hrh, it's not normal. >> it's not all jewels and fairy tales just yet. >> baby cambridge will have to wait for his own coronation for

that. but before all of that, wolf, as you well know the little prince and his parents will finally be settling in here at kensington palace for their first night together at home. wolf? >> sounds like a fun night for all of them. kate, thanks very much. our own kate bolduan in london. much more straight ahead, including the moment he appeared for all the word to see, including his parents' comments to the news media standing outside. my mantra? always go the extra mile. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18

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happening now, the first glimpse of the future british king and a closer look at what it's like growing up as an heir to the thrown. passengers speaking out about the chaos and confusion to their emergency landing at laguardia airport. and the scandal that cost him a seat in congress reignites and more pictures and messages from

mayoral candidate anthony weiner emerge. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> here is anthony weiner, former democratic congressman, now mayoral candidate for mayor of new york about to speak. >> take your time, take your time. ready to go? good afternoon. my name is anthony weiner, democratic candidate for mayor of the city of new york. i have said that other texts and photos were likely to come out and today they have. as i've said in the past, these things that i did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused to us go through many challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from congress. while some of the things that have been posted today are true

and some are not, there is no question that what i did was wrong. this behavior is behind me. i've apologized to my wife, huma, and i'm grateful she has worked through these issues with me and that i have her forgiveness. i want to apologize to anyone at the receiving end of these messages and the disruption this has caused. as i said, my wife and i are moving forward together. to some degree with 49 days left until primary day, perhaps i'm surprised that more things didn't come out sooner. i'm responsible for this behavior that led us to be in this place, but in many ways things are not that much different than they were yesterday. this behavior that i did was probl probl problematic, to say the least,

destructive to my marriage to say the most. i've pleased she's given me another chance. and new yorkers have also given me a second chance. it is perfectly reasonable for people to ask about this champion tchapter in my life and to be curious about it. i'll answer those questions as best i can. it's perfectly understandable all of you to be here. all that being said, let me just reiterate to my wife how sorry i am that i did these things and how sorry i am to the people that got these messages for any inconvenience or embarrassment they caused. now, some have asked the question where does this fit in, some timeline, some timeline of

continuum of the resignation. the resignation was not a point in time that was nearly as important to my wife and me as the challenges in our marriage and the challenges of the things that i had done and working through them. some of these things happened before my resignation, some of them happened after, but the fact is that that was also the time that my wife and i were working through some things in our marriage. i'm glad these things are behind us. i know this was a very public thing that we had happen to us but by no means does it change the fundamentals of my feelings here, and that is that i want to bring my vision to the people of the city of new york. i hope they're willing to still continue to give me a second chance, and i hope they realize that in many ways what happened today was something that frankly had happened before but it

doesn't represent all that much that is new. and now havei have a chance to something i haven't had a chance to do on the campaign yet. huma, as you know, has been out there with me recently and she had a few words she wanted to say. so my amazing wife, huma. >> good evening. as of you who have followed this campaign know, i've spent a good deal out on the campaign trail. at churches and street fairs. but this is the first time i've been at a press conference and you'll have to bear with me because i'm very nervous and i wrote down what i wanted to say. when we faced this publicly two years ago it was the beginning of a time in our marriage that was very difficult and it took

us a very long time to get through it. our marriage, like many others, has had its ups and its downs. it took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where i could forgive him. it was not an easy choice in any way, but i made the decision that it was worth staying in this marriage. that was a decision i made for me, for our son and for our family. i didn't know how it would work out, but i did know that i wanted to give it a try. anthony's made some horrible mistakes, both before he resigned from congress and

after, but i do very strongly believe that that is between us and our marriage. we discussed all of this before anthony decided to run for mayor, so really what i want to say is i love him, i have forgiven him, i believe in him and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward. thank you very much. thank you for your time. >> i'll be glad to take one or two questions. >> when did your wife find out that there were messages after the resignation? >> she knew all along this process, as i was more and more honest with her, i told her everything. so we -- this is something we knew going into this conversation about whether or not i would run. >> reporter: is this over? are you in touch with any women

right now? do y why should new yorkers believe you will not relapse when you are mayor? >> if you remember in the early days of the campaign people were pressing for me for is there more out there? i said yes. i said that there was. so to some degree this was something what we had in front of us, as huma just acknowledged, that we knew might come up and we decided that this was something that we had worked through together, something we had put behind us and something we wanted to keep behind us. but as i said, it's in our rear view mirror but it's not far. we still work every day on it. >> reporter: when you said that there was more out there, you didn't say there was more out there from the point after you resigned in june of 2011. how do you explain that? in this latest assertion, the latest chat was as recent as august of last year, 14 months after you resigned.

>> yeah, this is -- i said there were more things out there. there were -- this is -- you have as a fixed time the resignation as the important moment in the public discussion. that was when the public got a glimpse into something what we had been working on before, during and since. and this behavior of mine was part of that. and when we went through this process and we became closer and worked through some of these challenges, this -- we put it behind us. i put it behind me. frankly we're in a lot better place today or i would not have run for mayor. >> reporter: when was the last text? >> i can't -- i can't say exactly. sometime last summer, i think. >> reporter: was it after you told people magazine or your wife told people magazine --

>> yes. >> reporter: after what? >> yes. >> reporter: what do you say to those people who want you to drop out of the race? >> i'm sure many of my oppents would like me to drop out of the race. >> reporter: when was the definitive moment for you? you said some things were true online, some things weren't true. can you tell us what was not true? >> i think i said in my statement one of the things i'm not going to do, and i said it to your newspaper, is i'm not going to get into a back and forth with people relaeasing things, whether they be true or not. people have a right to say and i brought that on myself. suffice it to say that people are out there saying things that are -- that i -- that are not true. but that's not the point. that's not the point. i accept the responsibility for having these conversations with these people who i never met, with exchanges inappropriate things in the context of our marriage and that was a mistake

and i bear responsibility for that. that is behind me and we're trying to move forward and we are recognizing it's not going to be easy. we knew at the moment we got into this race that it wasn't going to be easy but i believe this is an important thing to be doing. thank you all very much. >> reporter: why should we trust your judgment? why? >> so there you see an extraordinary moment in political history, especially in new york city. the democratic candidate, some would argue the front-runner to succeed michael bloomberg as the next mayor of new york with his wife huma abeddin. dana, he acknowledged some of these new revelations of sexting occurred after he resigned from

congress. >> he acknowledged it, his wife acknowledged it and wow. this was the first time that we heard his wife speak at a press conference but also speak about these issues. this wasn't just an issue of a scene of a wife standing by her political man. this was a wife coming up to the cameras, coming up to the microphones and talking, which was frankly extraordinary. she is somebody who isn't just a wife. she is very politically savvy. those of us who knew her in washington know she knows exactly what she's doing. and most importantly, she learned at the knee of hillary clinton, somebody who maybe most famously stood by her man politically. she's following in those foot steps. that was really amazing and that was very telling, carefully choreographed, for the voters of new york to see. she said it personal, it between me and my husband and my family and that is going to be the kind of thing that they are going to want new york voters to really pay attention to. and you're talking about voters all over the country, the most likely to kind of listen to that

might be new york city voters. >> she made the point as the wife i have forgiven him, she said, i believe in him. the point being that politically if i've forgiven him, you ought to forgive him. the question that new york voters have to struggle with is this is a matter of judgment. he says we in the media are making the resignation sort of the key point in time because most of us would think okay, this occurred and then you better stop because it cost you your congressional seat. they both made the point that actually to them, to their marriage, to their personal life that wasn't the key point in time, that this was something he had to continue working on, as he just admitted, for almost a year afterwards. but it is a question of judgment and will the votes are buy this? >> i think he was aided by a powerful assist from his wife who showed up at that news conference and made that very emotional, important statement,

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as i've said in the past, these things that i did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through many challenges in our marriage that went past my resignation in

congress. while some of the things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there is no question that what i did is wrong. this behavior is behind me. i've apologized to my wife huma. i am grateful she's worked through these issues with me and i've had her forgiveness. >> his wife huma abedin at his side. you just heard the candidate for the mayoral contest in new york city apologize once again. and huma abedin also spoke. da ma bash is with us. gloria borger is with us. he went into therapy. and then what? as long as a year later he's now acknowledging he was still sexting as they call it. >> that's what he admitted and she admitted as well. this is what the campaign wouldn't answer. it wasn't answered in the statement he put out earlier. but yes, he was doing it. he resigned two years ago.

june of 2011. making clear he was going to repair his marriage. he went to rehab. the thought was that if he was going to enter public life so soon after that -- two years is not a long time in political world -- that he spent the last two years cleaning up his act and not engaging in the sexting and things. but it was just last august ofr july he was engaging in it. if you look -- he won't say what's true or what's not true. if you look at the website and the content of what it was, it was pretty explicit. >> what he tried to do was inoculate himself against this. he said in an interview, you're going to find out some other things. there have been other women. he didn't specify. he also didn't specify whthese texted occurred. when he was working on getting his life back together, he was

still having this issue. and the question now, of course, is voters are going to say wait a minute. we gave him a second chance. were we dealt with squarely on this? i mean, his wife may have known. but the voters didn't know until this came out on the website today. so was he dealing with us squarely? can we trust him? what kind of judgment does he have? he said today there's nothing different today than it was yesterday. but i don't know if the voters are going to believe that. >> listen to huma abedin, former top aide to hillary clinton. listen to her defend her husband. >> some of these things happened before my resignation. some of them happened after, but the fact is that that was also the time that my wife and i were working through some things in our marriage. >> unfortunately that was not the -- what huma abedin. we'll cue that sound bite up and

play it for our viewers. but i guess the question some people will ask is if his wife is willing to forgive him for this, why shouldn't the people of new york city forgive him. >> that was huma abedin's entire point. she said it was not an easy point. but i made it for me, my son, and my family. so she is trying to make this personal. and doing it in the most exposed way a scorned wife can do. especially a woman who has a child who is not even two years old. she really put herself out there. but the point she's trying to make is that it is personal. as gloria said, the key unanswered question we'll see in the next weeks is whether people say this is a personal issue or they're going to say this is a judgment issue. when he said quote, this is entirely behind me. >> i think the question voters will be asking is whether you want to give anthony weiner a position of power. he had a position of power in

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. happening now, royal baby on board. prince william and the duchess kate they leave the hospital and introduce the prince to the world. we'll tell you what they're doing right now. plus meet the grandparents. prince charles gets some face time with the royal heir. only after kate's mom and dad do as well. and anthony weiner's wife joins him to respond publicly to new revelations in the sexting scandal that forced him out of congress, acknowledging messages sent months after his resignation. i'm wolfe blitzer. we want to welcome our viewers around the united states and around the world. you're in "the situation room."

lots coming up in "the situation room". right now we're following the breaking news. just moments ago the former democratic congressman, the current mayoral candidate anthony weiner acknowledging newly revealed sexually explicit photos and messages. he admitted the sexting scandal continued after he resigned congress. he did not drop his mayoral candidacy and his wife spoke out about the scandal as well defending her husband. cnn's mary snow was in new york. she was inside that news conference. she's following the story for us. for viewers just tuning in, tell us what happened. >> reporter: wolf, this was really a stunning news conference. after allegations first surfaced on the gossip website called thedirty.com about anthony weiner said to be exchanging sexually explicit messages with an anonymous woman was reported

as late as last year. anthony weiner had first given out a statement. then just a short time ago showed up to a news conference with his wife huma abedin who is intensely private. and for the first time she spoke at this news conference. and basically anthony weiner two months into his candidacy for new york city mayor after resigning in disgrace from congress back in june 2011 said he was disputing the allegations by the website. the other thing is he wouldn't directly answer the question of whether or not more messages were to come out. here's a little bit of what he had to say just moments ago. >> as i've said in the past, these things that i did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through many challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation in congress. while some of the things posted today are true and some are not,

there is no question that what i did was wrong. this behavior is behind me. i've apologized to my wife huma. and i'm grateful she has worked through these issues with me and i've had her forgiveness. >> reporter: anthony weiner just took a few questions, and he did acknowledge some of these ssages were sent as late as last summer. and we should note people magazine talked with him and he talked about his life. huma abedin is mentioned. many viewers know her as a close aide to former secretary of state hillary clinton. very private, but very active in this campaign as a fund raiser. she spoke and got very personal saying it was her choice to stay with her husband. and then they left for a candidate's forum for mayor.

wolf? >> thanks very much. let's listen a little bit to huma abedin, the wife of anthony weiner defending her husband. >> anthony's made some horrible mistakes. both before he resigned from congress and after. but i strongly believe that is between us in our marriage. >> let's bring in our chief congressional correspondent dana bash and gloria borger. kevin madden the former aide to mitt romney. can had he survive this to become the next mayor of new york? >> i think it's almost impossible at this point. look. i always believe that there were other candidates given they were stronger in this race that they were going to have a better chance of winning. the key to this campaign for him to win was to move past that

entire chapter and talk about what it was he was going to do for the people of new york city. and this is an extraordinary distraction. this is something that is going to consume his campaign from here all the way until when the voters rendered their judgment. and it's going to be impossible for him to breakthrough. he's never going to have another good news day again. >> you can only imagine how painful this must have been for his wife to be put into this situation. >> as we keep saying, she's a private person. she's a staffer. but think of the person she works for, hillary clinton. and remember hillary clinton's famous "60 minutes" conversation. tammy wynette, stand by your man. this was very reminiscent of that, except it occurred on the day that the story broke. i mean, hillary clinton did not speak until a little bit later. but the point of this is i have

forgiven him, she said. i believe in him. and therefore you should too. now, it did work for bill clinton, but i don't think anthony weiner is. >> there are other times where politics come back from a sex scandal. >> but the circumstances are completely unique and different. you talk about south carolina and mark sanford. he and his wife divorced. he's now with the woman he calls his soul mate. they're still together. you have eliot spitzer who is still married. if you take a step back and look at the evolution of political scandals when it has to do with adultery or something having to do with the sex, you used to see women standing by their men. then you saw the sort of a recede from that. not standing next to them. this was on a whole other level.

the fact she came out and spoke and spoke so clearly and distinctly about the fact that she -- this is -- she's like back off, guys. this is our life. this isn't you. it's me. >> mark sanford was running in a very republican district which was essentially -- >> he had a whole bunch of republican challengers that was trying to beat him. >> this is -- christine quinn and bill thompson are not people who are novices in new york city politics. they have a choice between other candidates that are stronger now. i do believe the focus is going to turn to them. and this is going to be devastating towards his campaign. >> the question is whether voters are going to feel like they were treated properly. which is that this wouldn't have come out unless this website had posted this story. would anthony weiner have revealed this? would it have been considered relevant? are the voters going to think

you were trying to pull a fast one on us. need to know. we didn't need to know this. >> the key thing to remember is we're talking about the fact if you take a step back and soak this in, this was one year ago. this was a full year after he resigned in disgrace. a full year after he said he was going to go to rehab and to work on his marriage. he was engaged in sexually explicit photographs and texts. >> dramatic story in new york. we'll see how the voters in new york respond to this. incredible story. guys, thanks very much. still ahead, william and kate plus one. you'll see the baby's touching debut and hear his parents gush about him. also the name game. members of the american postal worker's union handle more than 165 billion letters and packages a year.

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[ cheers and applause ] prince william, duchess katherine, and their baby emerged from a hospital today to face cheering crowds and hordes of media. it's the newest member of the royal family. in many ways they were like any other family. william and kate were tender with their newborn, emotional, and grinning from ear to ear. they're now back home at kensington palace. they're settling in with their new baby boy. max foster is on the scene there for us. what an impressive debut, shall we say, for this new family. >> reporter: i think they're just settling in. they're in lockdown now. there was a huge public moment today, and now they just want to be on their own.

so they're in the palace behind me. they've got a small two bedroom cottage. there's a glorious family home getting ready for them. so they're in that cottage. i suspect after a couple days they'll sneak off with the privacy. and getting to know each other as a family. that's been their priority as a family to bond as a family. and then in a week and a half, william's back at work. he's only got two weeks paternity. first royal to go through that paternity process. and i think kate will spend some time with her mom and william will sort of switch between working in the area and spending time with the family. >> take us back to that moment a few hours ago when they emerged. they spoke a bit to the news media. tell us what he said about his son.

>> reporter: it was a carefully orchestrated moment. exactly what we were told would happen would happen. there was a photo moment. they walked down the steps, then went to the microphone. she was particularly calm. he was particularly happy. they looked really content as a group. and this is what william said. he was -- we were allowed to throw him some questions. these were his responses. >> he's got a good pair of lungs, that's for sure. he's a big boy. he's quite heavy. but we're still working on a name. we'll have that as soon as we can. but it's the first time we've seen him really. we need a proper chance to catch up. very emotional. >> yes, very emotional. any parent will know what this feeling is like. >> very special. i'll remind him of this when he

gets older. >> reporter: they really were on great form. william expressing sympathy for the press doesn't happen every day. and also the explanation as to why we don't have a name of this young prince. they basically haven't decided yet. >> give them some time. they'll make a good decision, i am sure. thank you very much. the waiting game is the next big thing including as we say the baby's name. let's bring in our expert panel. joining us katie nichol and kate williams. they're at buckingham palace. katie, what do you think of a name? i've heard all sorts of names. is there a front runner, should we say? >> reporter: well, this morning it was george. and i think that's still the case. james is also very popular. arthur, phillip, louis. and back to former traditional

kings. that will be what they're looking to. and one wonders if being a royal modern couple and doing things their own say, perhaps they will bring a slightly different name into the naming arena. i'm not entirely sure that they haven't got ideas. possibly, though, they haven't made up their mind. sometimes when you actually see your baby, you think it's going to be an arthur or george. then you see it and say i'm not sure. in that respect, they're just like any other parent. and of course they're going to need to make the right decision. there can't be any changes. they'll want to announce it only when they're fully sure they've got the name right, the order of the names. being a member of the royal family, this boy won't have one or two names. he will be three or four. >> let's talk about the protocol for making this announcement. do they usually wait a few days? it took a week 30 years ago with prince william, right? >> reporter: exactly, wolf. it took a week with prince

william. with prince charles, it took a whole month. we denied find out his name until his christening a month later. the thing is william knows that everyone's attention is on him because people want the name. as soon as they give out the name, they can perhaps settle down to a little bit more normality at nottingham cottage on the grounds of kensington palace. if they give us a name in the next two or three days, they will want to do that. i think the name has to go through the most important person around, that is granny here in buckingham palace. and she goes on holiday to scotland on friday. before she goes on holiday, they'll want to discuss the name. so it'll be approved. and whatever we go forward with, arthur or george or james will perhaps be arthur i. that name will go through the queen and she says she approves

it. i think she will be pleased to see phillip in there. >> we'll find out in the next few days. we count find out as soon as tomorrow. stand by. we have a lot more to discuss as far as this royal family is now concerned. also coming up, president obama's new dilemma. what do you give a baby who's also a future king? we're going to take a closer look at the gifts past u.s. presidents have given to royal newborns. plus what life will be like inside kensington palace for this new family. you make a great team.

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the birth of the royal baby is putting president obama in a diplomatic bind. what do you get a little prince? let's bring in jessica yellin. she's been doing some research on this. what are you finding out? >> reporter: the pressure is on here at the white house and over at the state department to figure out just what that perfect gift should be. the birth of a first child is a special event in a very special relationship. no, not theirs. theirs. >> there's been no shortage of words uttered about our special relationship. >> reporter: sure. but any good friend knows nice words are no substitute for a nice gift. american presidents have a spotty record when it comes to gift giving for a royal wee one. for example, when prince william arrived, the reagans gave charles and diana this chip

n dale mini seat. but when harry came along, nothing. oh, my. going back to prince charles' birth, the trumans sent the happy parents a simple telegram. nancy mitchell is a protocol expert. >> that's where the personality of the giver is reflected in the gift or the response. >> he was known to be economical. >> that's a yes. that's a yes. >> reporter: the trumans did send a gift for the royal wedding giving the future queen a steuben vase kind of like this one. and thank goodness. because when the princess was born, the white house honored princess elizabeth's arrival with nothing. shame on president coolidge. sources say the obama administration is now determining the appropriate gift

for the latest royal kiddo. some advice? >> let's avoid the silver spoon and i won't go there. >> on twitter one of the suggestions was a gift of star wars action figures. appropriate? >> i don't think i would go there. an appropriate gift is perhaps a piece of a moon rock. another might be a tree. trees are very symbolic. >> reporter: or original art work from -- >> one of their favorite books. >> "where the wild things are." >> he is crowned king of the wild things. >> reporter: one gift to cross off the registry? car seat. the duke clearly has that in hand. so wolf, they are still makes this decision. it's a process decided both by the protocol office of the state department and the first lady's office and no doubt the president has a say. but there is some pressure here on the white house to give just that perfect gift for the royal

bundle of joy. >> and the chief of protocol at the state department has a person who is in charge of gift giving. i've met that person in the obama administration and earlier administrations. it's a tough, tough job. i'm sure they'll come up with something creative. thank you for that. up next, prince william and duchess katherine, they speak to reporters about their baby boy. we'll bring you every word of what they have to say. and when you live in a palace, can life be anything close to normal? probably the car. cause as you get older you start breaking down. i love my car. i want to take care of it. i have a bad wheel - i must say. my car is running quite well. keep your car healthy with the works. $29.95 or less after $10 mail-in rebate at your participating ford dealer. so you gotta take care of yourself? yes you do. you gotta take care of your baby? oh yeah!

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i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." we haven't seen this much excitement about the birth of a baby in a long time. since charles and diana, perhaps. three decades ago introduced prince william to the world. today william is the proud father. and he and duchess catherine stepped out of the same hospital where he was born to show off their baby boy. they also in the process spoke with reporters. >> he's got a good pair of lungs on him, that's for sure. he's a big boy. he's quite heavy. but we're still working on a name. so we'll have that as soon as we can. but it's the first time we've seen him really. having a proper chance to catch up. [ inaudible question ] very emotional. >> yeah. very emotional. just a special time.

i think any parent probably know what this feeling feels like. >> very special. [ inaudible question ] it was. i'll remind him of this when he's older. i know you've been standing out here for awhile. hopefully you can get back to normal and we can look after him. got her looks thankfully. [ inaudible question ] wait and see. we've done that already. he's got way more than me, thank god. thank you. >> the proud parents showing off

that sweet little baby boy. there he is. we don't have a name yet, but we probably will get one very soon. there's another nice shot of the baby. the royal couple and the new baby are bonding in their home right now at kensington palace in london. let's talk about their family life with our experts. joining us katie nichol and kate williams. they're at buckingham palace. also victoria arbiter. she's in new york. let's talk about the three of them in the mimd days ahead, victoria let me start with you. >> reporter: i think at the moment you hit the nail on the head. they're planning to bond with their baby and really enjoy this early stages of getting to know their little boy. it really remains to be seen what's going to happen in the immediate future. there's been a lot of talk of kate going down buckleberry when he goes to wales. they don't have the level of security required.

i wouldn't be surprised if they pop up to barmorl. up there they get to have a relaxed totally free life together. even if it's just for a few days with great granny. william, i think if he goes back to wales without kate and the baby is going to miss them terribly. the fact he stayed in hospital last night shows how keen he is to being with them at all times. >> katie, at some point william has to go back to his job in the royal air force, as you will. but he's got some sort of leave right now, right? >> reporter: yeah. he's got paternity leave. over here in the uk, that's two weeks. which is quite generous. and he's taking his full entitlement to that. but we are expecting another quite imminent announcement from the palace. my sources tell me it will be before the end of the summer about william's future. he's a search and rescue

helicopter pilot and he's based in wales. but there's a big question mark over his future. that part of the force is being privatized. and it's very much seen as an opportune moment for prince william to step down. certainly what the british papers over here have been speculating. of course that will effect his role as a father. kate herself has spoken about her fears every time william goes up in the air to carry out usually a dangerous rescue mission. so that's something also that we'll be looking at over the coming weeks. >> what do you anticipate, kate? where do you see them heading over the course of the summer and into the fall? >> reporter: well, i think what we're going to see is some time spent at the cottage. it's on the kensington palace grounds. where diana lived. where william and harry loved living. their actual apartment is being renovated. so they're in nottingham cottage

and that is rather small. we'll see pippa, harry paying a visit. when it comes to the queen, the baby will be take ton the queen. the baby will come see the queen in buckingham palace. i think before holiday, the baby will have to try out its attempts at bowing to the queen. she will then meet her great grandson who will be the future king. and after that we're going to see. i think certainly no foreign holidays. there will be time spent just the three of them. some of that time at her parents' house. and also scotland as well. but certainly we won't expect to see kate on any public royal engagements for some months yet. we certainly expect her to take much more maternity leave than mothers have in the past. for example the queen went straight back to her duties.

>> were you surprised, victoria, we didn't see at least at the hospital the two siblings, pippa, prince harry come over and congratulate the newly born baby and his parents? >> reporter: just from what we've seen before in terms of how the royals get visits in hospital, i was a little surprised not to have seen pippa and harry at the hospital this morning. only because diana's sisters came to visit her in the hospital. having said that, i think william and kate were really relishing that private time in the hospital where it was just the two of them with the baby until they met kate's parents late today. and charles and camilla as well. i think really they knew the minute they walked out of those front doors and presented the baby to the world, it was unleashing a storm they will never be able to gather back in. so i think probably the families were respecting their desire to have the baby to themselves for just a few more hours. >> i was impressed, katie, the way william took the baby in the

baby car seat and put the baby in the car as if it was just a regular couple leaving the hospital. then he got behind the wheel to drive off. it was a nice touch. you don't often see that in contrast especially to 30 years ago when he was born. and his parents left the hospital. >> reporter: no, you're right, wolf. not only was it just a look at how modern we are and normal we are. but look how impressive i am. i just learned to do this. and he did it without a hiccup. it took my husband a lot longer to master that. hat's off ta william. but he has been reading a parenting manual apparently. he revealed he's changed. i will imagine there'll be bottles, he'll be learning how to sterile. he's sharing details with kate. >> you said he already learned to change a diaper? or he's learning how to do it?

>> reporter: i think one of the questions was has he changed a nappy and he said he'd already done that. >> that's impressive. that's good for prince william. she looks beautiful. he looks handsome. the baby looks adorable. we're happy for all of them. no name, but an adorable baby boy. ladies, thanks so much. we're going to continue this coverage, obviously. the whole world is very, very excited. up next, we're moving to a very different story. we heard earlier anthony weiner's wife stand by her man today as he acknowledged sexting even after he resigned from congress. we're going to take a look and compare it to hillary clinton's famous defense of her husband. geico's defensive driver,ke 13. good student and multi-policy discounts could save you hundreds of dollus. engineer: uh geico's discounts could save you hundreds of "doll-ars." it sounds like you're saying "dollus." dollus. engineeif you could accentuate the "r" sound of "dollars." are...are...

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get some more now on the breaking news this hour. anthony weiner acknowledging newly revealed sexually explicit online exchanges. with his wife standing by his side, weiner revealed that some of the sexual chat happened months after he stepped down from congress. >> some of these things happened before my resignation, some of them happened after. but the fact is that that was also the time that my wife and i were working through some things in our marriage. >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger. we also heard from huma abedin, his wife, standing there. obviously very, very unpleasant situation for her. but she said this. >> when we faced this two years ago, it was the beginning of a

time in our marriage that was very difficult. and it took us a very long time to get through it. our marriage, like many others, has had its ups and its downs. it took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy. to get to a place like this. it was not an easy choice in any way. but i made the decision that it was worth working in this marriage. that was the decision i made for me, for our son, and for our family. >> the wife huma abedin, a very powerful statement. how important was that? >> incredibly important. i think his candidacy would have been over, in fact, if we hadn't heard from his wife. what she went on to say was,

look. i have forgiven him and i believe in him. and clearly speaking to the voters of new york saying if i can forgive him, you should forgive him. but the voters of new york are not married to him. they do not have a child with him. this is a personal decision she made which i think everyone can respect and honor. but i think the question now for the voters of new york is is this somebody they trust, somebody whose judgment they trust? is this somebody they want to become the next mayor of new york? so for today i do believe she was incredibly important, and i'm sure she will continue to stand by him on the campaign trail. she's been visible out there. and she's not a political person by nature. i think whether in the long-term the impact will be to have him become eventually the mayor of new york really remains to be seen. >> and she's worked -- huma

abedin worked for hillary clinton for a long time. and hillary clinton, a lot of us remember the '92 campaign when the allegations against the then democratic candidate bill clinton her husband, jennifer flower came up. they both on "60 minutes" and we heard this. >> i'm not sitting here some little woman standing by my man like tammy wynette. i'm sitting here because i love him, i respect him, and i honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. if that's not enough for people, then heck, don't vote for him. >> that was a very powerful moment in his bid for the -- >> she said that a lot more southern. >> lawyer as the rose law firm in little rock. that helped him a lot capture the presidential nomination and eventually become the president. >> but as you were pointing out to me earlier, wolf, he was denying an affair with jennifer flower at that time.

this is something anthony weiner has admitted to. look. wives standing by their husbands are very, very important, but it doesn't mean that it's going to be the deciding factor in this mayoral race. there are lots of other things new yorkers have to think about. >> thank you. up next, we're getting new information coming into "the situation room" from investigators about that crash landing at laguardia. ♪ playtime is so much more with a superhero by your side. because even superheroes need superheroes. that's why purina dog chow is made with high quality ingredients, including 23 vitamins and minerals. to help keep him strong. dog chow strong. what makes the sleep number store different?

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president obama has now given a green light to begin

sending military aid directly to syrian rebels. but there's a lot of debate going on in congress about this plan. and joining us now from capitol hill, mike rogers. he's the chairman of the house intelligence committee. do you support sending weapons to the syrian opposition? >> well, i have said in the past, wolf, that i think it's very important that we re-establish with the syrian opposition in a way that's helpful to the united states. i think we have long damaged that relationship. and so i've laid out some things that i thought publicly we should be engaged in. i do think that the administration has presented a plan that did not get wild reviews on the committee. including from me to do certain things in syria of which i can't provide the details obviously. i do think that we have to do something to establish that relationship not only with the opposition, but our arab league

partners of which has deteriorated greatly after two years of doing nothing. and it's created real problems for us. >> how do you guarantee that if the u.s. were to supply weapons, whether shoulder-fired missiles or anti-tank rockets or whatever, if the u.s. were to do so, they wouldn't wind up in the homes of al nassera or al qaeda supporters who are also in the opposition to president bashar al assad. >> any project to do anything close to that would have to be with good intelligence, good vetting and very limited and somewhat would term it feathering in of any weapon system so that you can with almost certainty, and nothing is certain in this type of environment -- >> let me interrupt you, mr. chairman. does the u.s. have that good intelligence to know who's a good guy in the opposition as

opposed to a bad guy? >> the united states has gotten better at that, which is why many said don't do this early on until you get a better intelligence picture. oo i think the intelligence picture has improved. the problem now is because of the time that was waited, you have a new group called al sham that's there. we have other groups that are now appearing, some over 4,000 people coming from all over the region, including some in europe and other places to show up to join the fight, which means if nothing bad happens to them there, they're going to go home at some point, which means really dangerous times ahead for us. so, again, it is really dangerous. right now we're playing for the best worst option. i was not impressed with the plan that has been presented. i think we've made that pretty clear. we have pushed back. >> let me switch gears to iraq for a moment. as you know, two major prison breaks, a whole bunch of terrorists prisoners, some of

whom the u.s. put in prison at various prisons, including abu ghraib in iraq. all of a sudden they were freed in a highly coordinated, sophisticated operation. how worried are you that some of these al qaeda-related terrorists in iraq are now free? >> very concerned. which is why many of us over time have said be careful about bringing these -- this group of prisoners back to the united states. it's not about people breaking out, it's about people breaking in to break people out. we've seen this literally tens of times around the world, people breaking in to break these folks out. the latest, which is really troubling, is this one in iraq. >> one final question. do you think that the civil war that has developed in syria could actually really spill over and there could be a similar civil war in iraq? >> well, you know, remember the root of this is iran. all of the roads go back through tehran on this. so we know that they were -- when the united states had a

heavier presence in iraq, they were responsible for some 600 u.s. soldiers killed through their support, material support of al qaeda. al qaeda, by the way, which is not a shia-based organization, but to cause trouble. and what we've seen in iraq then is that separating, then the shia versus sunni problems, that violence that's occurring across the country spurred on by iran. you see the same kind of thing now happening in syria. so there's a lot of concern here, mine included, that you break out into full open shia versus sunni conflict, so it goes beyond a civil war. it's already gone regional. it's putting pressure on jordan and turkey and the saudis are certainly concerned, others. the israelis. that this thing starts to engulf that whole region because of just what you've talked about, full-fledged civil war or uprising or insurgency in iraq sponsored by iran, the same fueled in syria sponsored by iran that gets out of control. now you have competing al qaeda

groups in syria fighting each other and different terrorist organizations fighting for control. this is as bad a problem as you could draw down on a piece of paper and say, here, try to solve this. this is that problem and it's, unfortunately, happening today. >> it's a very, very gloomy picture that you paint, but thanks very much for painting it. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, mike rogers, from capitol hill. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. we'll be right back. ng, helicopters buzzing, and truck engine humming. sfx: birds chirping sfx: birds chirping

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we're getting new information on the southwest airlines incident. the national transportation safety board just tweeted that the nose gear collapsed up and into the fuselage, damaging an electronics bay. passengers also are speaking out. here's cnn's poppy harlow. >> reporter: kristen chumper was sitting in the third row of the boeing 737 when it skidded, nose down, sparks flying on the la guardia's runway 4. she saw the front cabin door pop partially open on impact, right next to two flight attendants. >> as soon as it came to a stop, they were up. they were trying to keep everybody calm. they assured us that the plane was not on fire.

>> what was the smell? >> i didn't smell anything like until after the plane had come to a stop. and then the front of the plane, i guess where it had been skidding on the tarmac kind of started to fill up with smoke. it wasn't like a fire smoke, though, it was more of like a burning metal. >> reporter: the emergency slides deployed and she, one of 150 on board, evacuated. >> it was like getting smashed in a car wreck. >> very chaotic. no one knew what was going on. flight attendants crying. >> there was definitely a little chaos and confusion. people acting like when are we getting off, how are we getting off? you have to get us off this plane. >> reporter: but amid the chaos -- >> it was a really orderly exit from the plane with the slides. >> reporter: how long would you say it took to get off the plane from the moment you had that harsh landing? >> it could not have been more than ten minutes. >> reporter: she snapped photos. here, one of the plane's engines on the tarmac.

this one when she looked back. at that moment she thought of asiana flight 214 that crash-landed in san francisco just a few weeks ago. >> then definitely when everything happened, that all definitely comes back into mind, when you see those pictures of that burned-out hull of that -- the flight in san francisco, you think, oh, god, is the plane on fire, is it going to blow up. >> reporter: she was taken to the hospital and examined for smoke inha lags and then released. the ntsb announced tuesday it will conduct a full investigation of the incident because of substantial damage to the aircraft. >> how did the airline and emergency responders reacted? >> i mean i think they did ra really good job. everybody was really quick. even before the plane had come to a stop i saw the trucks and the port authority and everyone coming out to the plane. >> reporter: and in a statement, southwest airlines said the boeing 737 was just inspected

last week and said it became operational back in 1999. the airline went on to say it is working with the ntsb and with boeing in a preliminary investigation. poppy harlow, cnn, new york. >> erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, you cannot make tonight's top story up. anthony weiner holding a press conference to address allegations that he was sexting online under the name carlos danger. and the biggest surprise was who spoke next. plus the royal tot, our first glimpse of the baby who would be king. and ray kelly writes a controversial op-ed. should racial profiling be part of police work? we'll talk george zimmerman. let's go outfront.