please reporting there annie carney.nd thank you for telling us about the editorial even though you don't agree with it. the poll coming out today conducted before these allegations really got out there. and before weiner served us with this problem. shows weiner in a tight race in the front of the field. 26%. christine quinn is behind him there in that poll. by four points. she's at 22%. they're all roughly in the pack there. eyes now will be on the new maris poll tomorrow. meanwhile, here's weiner today discussing his opponents. let's watch. >> there have been people since the moment i got in this race who didn't want me to run. there have been people who didn't want me to run at the very beginning. but a lot of people have been crying out for someone to talk about issues important to the middle class. and a lot of the same people not happy about me in the first place want me out. >> one of his opponents is bill thompson. thanks for joining us. i was rooting for you last time even though i respect bloomberg. i tried to

joined by political analyst howard fineman with the huffing post and new york dailinous reporter annie carney. "the new york times" has come out strongly in its lead editorial against weiner saying in the race. the paper rote the serially i evasive mr. weiner should have his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye away from cameras, off the web and out of the race for mayor of new york is he city. he says he is staying in the mayoral race. to those who know his arrogance and grown tired of his saga he has dragged the city into, this is not surprising. that's pretty strong for the gray lady. >> i think it probably captures the sentiment of all but whatever strong supports he has, which i think is a rapidly diminishing number. and i think part of it is what you said, the dignity of new york, the pride of new york, the desire for a world class figure is number one. number two, his -- he had told a narrative that this was all behind him, that he had learned and gone through therapy, that he was a better man, a stronger man. because of his pain, he would be a better politic