he insulted his wife, oh, reallying roll that tape. >> embattled new york mayorral candidate anthony weiner in an epic war of words at this brooklyn bakery after he paid for some traditional rosh hashanah baked goods. >> really scum bag. >> very nice. >> weiner begins to leave the bakery but then, listen closely. >> this man saul kessler makes a racial slur about weiner's wife puma abadine. >> jon: ah. well then [bleep] that guy. i didn't know that. (cheers and applause) of course, it does raise an interesting possibility. what if everything anthony weiner has done makes sense if you look at it a larger context. what if there is one piece of information that makes each incident okay. like what if at that west indian phrase he didn't realize his microphone had been set to jamaican ago sent auto tune. now you may say all right, fine what about that text messagement he sent to his fwhichb lady where he said he wanted to quote-- [bleep] (laughter) maybe she had something on her face and he tried to get her attention by going like, you know-- (laughter) but she wasn't, you know, and then he thou

what if everything anthony weiner has done makes sense if you look at it a larger context. what if there is one piece of information that makes each incident okay. like what if at that west indian phrase he didn't

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>> i think anthony weiner is probably the only person who thinks that. weiner is ending this mayoral race pretty much irrelevant to the debate. the one important role that he played, his entry into the race was what showed people for the first time that christine quinn's front-runner status was really a very weak position. she had weak support and there were a lot of people who didn't like her or didn't like just a continuation of bloomberg and wanted something different. so anthony weiner offered that for a moment and you saw him surge to the front of the polls. when it was revealed he continued his sexting after he resigned from congress, bill de blasio was poised to pick up those voters and surge to his own front-runner status. >> all right. kate taylor, thank you so much. thanks to our whole panel today. it was a robust discussion. we appreciate it. new york city mayoral candidate anthony weiner will be joining us coming up. you won't want to miss it. stay right here. and that's why we use angie's list. online or on the phone, we help you hire right

but for the former congressman anthony weiner, it was but a side item.er had jogged through a mcdonald's and apparently been caught on camera yet again. anthony weiner or carlos danger as he may have called himself on line resigned from congress in 2011 after he sent lewd photos of himself to women. he had been making a political come back in new york city's mayoral race until word broke that he sent more photos. he wound up with when but a% of the primary vote yesterday in new york city. and one of his sexting buddies sydney leathers tried to crash his campaign party, perhaps to offer some consolation or advice. >> there is a lot of different things i would like to say to him. he needs to stay out of public office and get therapy for one. >> she has ridden this one. >> anthony weiner did the no welcome her. in fact when his staffers spotted her outside of the festivities. they came one a plan to sneak anthony weiner into his own party through a led to this. >> shepard: witnesses say that was anthony weiner himself running through a mcdonald's to take a

a spoeksman for shockly still candidate for mayor anthony weiner told new york magazine if anthony is stop trains for kitten, he will personally crawl over the third rail to do it. i for one believe anthony weiner would never harm a kitten. though he has a long record of choking the chicken. >> just does not get old. let's go from late nights to early morning. yesterday on "the today show" hoda revealed personal information while demonstrating the new samsung watch. >> i'm going to call this number. watch what i'm going to do. >> don't show your number. >> i won't. >> cassidy never forgave me. >> there's a number. >> is that my number? >> hoda! >> is my phone ringing? see, now it's happening. people are calling my number. it's happening. oh, my god. i have 20 voice mails. 22, 23. oh, my gosh. >> i think it's funny. >> man, i wish i had her number. now i do. there's been a lot of buzz about katie couric getting engaged. take a look. >> katie couric announced this weekend she's engaged to john muler in. they have been date iing for tw years. >> no matter what al says ab a double plaza w

they were blind sided that anthony weiner kept up sexting. it's part of an interview that hillary and her team did with "new york" magazine. as if she wrestles for running for president? she said, i do. >>> moving to business. surprising news from the fed last week, investors turn their attention to the possible government shutdown and debt default in washington, d.c. both the s&p and the dow, they touched all-time highs last week, finishing in negative territory by quite a bit on friday. the dow down 185 points. nothing like starting off the week with an exciting german election. >> well, yes. you're very excited about what merkel has managed. three times she has the chancellorship in germany. it's quite an achievement. but she has a mighty challenge. although germany is exporting billions of dollars worth of goods and has low unplace of employment, the rest of europe is mired with many problems. europe's debt crisis, while on the back burner, is one of the priorities that merkel had a resounding victory in this election over the weekend. >>

anthony weiner going out with a bang.or the race for the mayor of new york. >> your "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: what you need to know. >> if chemical weapons got us to the brink, shouldn't we find a way to secure those weapons? >> announcer: what you just have to see. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning, welcome back to "new day," everyone. it's wednesday, september 11th, 8:00 in the east. thank you for joining us. let's show you live pictures as we remember the day we lost nearly 3,000 lives in the 9/11 terror attacks, 12 years ago, if you can believe it. this is a live look at the 9/11 memorial in new york. the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania and coming up at exactly 8:46 eastern time a moment of silence will be held to mark the moment the planes struck the world trade center. >>> brand new, we have dramatic video of the moment george zimmerman was taken into police custody shortly after his estranged wife called police. the question is whose sid

. >>> up next, anthony weiner's graceful exit. "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball," and time for the sideshow. senator ted cruz took the stab today. as the crisis over syria continues to unfold with unexpected twists and turns, it's worth noting that cruz initially said that the debate over syria took the focus off real issues like benghazi. joe wilson went even further last week when he accused the administration of using syria for political purposes. was it delayed to divert attention today from the benghazi, the tragedy of sequestration or the upcoming debt limit vote? the idea, we have seen this before. when running against johnson, barry goldwater made the explosive charge that the kennedy administration had secretly timed the cuban missile crisis for maximum effect in the midterm elections of 1962. we've got that clip. it hasn't been seen in half a century, but here it is. >> what about the missile crisis? where did it lead? what did it prove? it proved that despite weeks and months of warning about th

eliot spitzer and anthony weiner. >> yep. >> so what would have been a good headline? >> well, i had a suggestion. are we going to show it? did we mock it up? >> there it is. it was up there. and they were seeing it at home. so -- >> so schlong. >> so anthony weiner came in fifth. >> right. >> by the way, while he was at his -- >> it was supposed to be a celebration party. a concession party. >> the girl who was sexting him -- >> the last one that we know of. >> that we know of. what was her name? >> sydney leathers. >> of course. she was there. she crashed the party in her best. when asked why she was there she said, "i feel like it's my obligation. i mean, i will only be 23 years old once." >> what does that have to do with anything? >> nothing. nothing. she also told -- said that anthony weiner should have left the race long ago because he's such an embarrassment. "people say i ruined his marriage but he ruined his marriage." >> she should know a little something about embarrassment. i think -- yeah. >> yeah, she's ridiculous. and eliot spitzer -- >> but she is 23,

. >> new york mayoral opponents and the national press still upset with anthony weiner despite the flameout. what's up with that? in our digital download, harsh criticism of yahoo chief marissa mayer but is there sexism here? it is time for "the buzz." first, we are going to hold the media accountable in a fair and aggressive and unbiased way looking highway stories are covered and framed and we will not afraid of mistakes or knowledge our errors and we will cut through the finger pointing and focus on the facts with some fun. well continue the conversation on-line and we want your feedback. send me a tweet about our show during this hour and, perhaps, we will read the messages at the end of the program. >> from the moment president obama halted plans about syria he has been getting pounded by the media from the left, right, and every are in between. >> you cannot leave the region hanging. it looks like the united states chickened out. >> do you feel undermined? has the united states undermined 9 leverage? >> the president is making the case to congress and the american people for a strike.

i'm talking, of course b anthony weiner.- or should i say carlos danger. >> danger. >> the real-- now this week he joins the other democratic candidates for mayor in a televised debate using his time to say this. >> my name is anthony weiner and i want to be your mayor. >> now a couple of things struck me about that, first, does anthony weiner really thinks he needs to tell people his name any more? because while there are many obstacles to his getting elected, name recognition is definitely not one of them. and second, does he want to be mayor? because the way he is been campaigning recently it kind of seems like he might not. case in point, earlier this week he gave an interview to the web site buzz feed. >> i think you can do this. >> i think is something-- you can do this or show videos of cats, whatever you do at buzz feed but -- >> what's he doing? it is like he's trying to make people hate him now. i can't tell if he wants to be mayor or a heel in the wwf. shocking new york, your town smells like piss. chicago's got b

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like what's been going on with his old college buddy anthony wiener. >> remember your friend anthony weiner is he doing? i haven't spoken with him in a while. >> for a start, no one really calls him anthony weeiner anymore. >> do they call him mr. mayor? does he have an alter ego? >> he actually does. yeah. he does have that. >> what is that? >> don't make me say it. >> how ridiculous could it be. >> let me tell you. it's carlos danger. ♪ >> carlos danger. stephen colbert also spent some time abroad during his break. he was shocked to find out about one of the president's plans to deal with syria. >> i do not speak italian, so while i was overseas, i couldn't get much out of the news. but from what i could make out, president obama wanted to drop miley cyrus on deaamascus which correct me if i'm wrong, i believe that's a war crime. >> that is just wrong. and david letterman is up in arms about a major mistake. >> 30 million $100 bills were printed with mistakes in them so they have to recall -- people that print up the money, the money department, has to recall 30 million $100 bills. here i

they said to anthony weiner, what are you going to do now?ake some time off, a couple weeks. spend a couple weeks, probably a month. spend some time with my cell phone. >> the russian president -- he wrote an op-ed piece for "the new york times." he said he wanted to reach the american people directly. that shows you how little putin knows about america, okay? you want to reach the american people, you don't put it in a newspaper. you go on "dancing with the stars." who reads -- >> here's something more lighthearted out of russia. it is cold in russia. that doesn't just affect humans. it affects monkeys, too. like this one. all bundled up. and ready to -- do the most adorable thing that's ever been done. >> would there be attacks against american bases in the middle east if there's an air strike? >> you would expect everything. expect everything. >> expect everything. is he threatening us? or pitching a new terrorism slogan? here our dreams are attainable. syria, expect everything. [ laughter ] >> good to have jon stewart back. >> it's good t

now anthony weiner's quest to become the next mayor here may be fading. yesterday weiner went toe to toe with a man at a brooklyn bakery and it got pretty personal. >> you're a real scum bag. >> that's a charming guy right there. takes one to know one [ bleep ]. >> i'm not afraid of you. >> don't use language in front of -- >> you have the nerve to walk around in public. >> you're my judge? >> you need to work out of your problem, but stay out of the public eye. >> that's not for you to judge, my friend. i don't take my judgment for you and i don't judge you. >> the issue is that he called his wife -- he messed with somebody. weiner defended the exchange on twet er twitter of all places by responding to online commenters saying if by meltdown you mean stood up to a heckler, yep, i did did that. that's what mayors have to do sometimes. and he also added that in his defense, the guy waited until i took a bite of honey cake to make a run at me. end quote. judge for yourself on that one. now to business. later this morning we'll get a look at the weekly unempl

for more on the end of anthony weiner's mayoral campaign, we go live to john ol jer. oliver.e to see you. >> reporter: you know, john, it is really becoming almost a cliche in american politics. a hard-fought political campaign ended with a man being chased through mcdonald's to avoid his amateur porn star mistress before bidding the local media a hearty farewell. >> jon: it is not really how it seems a mayoral campaign usually ends. it is more like an episode of "cops" would end. >> a good one. tel>> jon: tell me the truth, are you going to miss him a little bit? >> no, not a little bit. >> jon: a smidgeon? >> no. i'm not going to miss him. >> jon: you're not going to miss the danger? >> no. ♪ danger ♪ >> jon: you're not going to do it? >> no, i'm not going to do it, jon. no, no, no, no, no. [applause] [cheers] >> no. no. >> jon: wow! wow! >> wait. i'm standing outside mcdonald's. >> jon: you really are "harry potter." do the (bleep) dance. >> i'm not doing the (bleep) dance. and i'll tell you why. no, no, no. [applause] [cheers] >> hold on. >> jon: why not, oliver, why not?

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remember your friend anthony weiner? >> yes, yes! how is he doing? i haven't spoken with him in a while,? >> it is a good question. for a start, no one really calls him anthony weiner anymore. >> stewart: oh, go ahead, go ahead. >> they call him mr. mayor is that what it is? >> some sort of alter ego. >> he actually does, a very real alter ego. >> yeah, yeah. he does have that. >> stewart: what is that? >> don't make me say it. >> stewart: no. [ cheers and applause ] >> no, no, no. >> stewart: how ridiculous could bit? >> well, let me tell you. it is carlos danger! >> danger! >> >> stewart: why did that just happen? what was that? >> listen, i can't wait to get going. what kind of fun story am i getting back to? like a comptroller in new york that takes selfies of himself? racial rage? something terrible about chinese people? what have you got lined up for today. >> after nearly two and a half years of civil war in syria, multiple reports of large chemical weapons attacks in 25 years, the white house is poised for action against president bashar al-a

. >> with five days left before new york city's mayoral primary election, candidate anthony weiner isack in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. >> it takes courage. >> you wake until i walk out. >> getting into a heated argument in a bakery in brooklyn yesterday with a voter who called him a slur. >> you are a real [blank] and called his wife an "arab." >> i am not perfect. i didn't do what you can. >> if you are going to say vile things about me and my family you should expect i will go back at yeah. >> coming back but not bouncing back in the polls. the mayoral frontrunner who was at front at one time now has only 7 percent of voter after admitting 0 to sexting to women after stepping down from congress in 2011 when he was exposed for the same thing. some believe this aggressive exchange. >> you talk to god and work out your problems. >> stay out of the public eye. >> that is not up to you to judge. >> you are a bad example for the people. >> could be the last straw. >> if anthony weiner is hoping to finish the race in the primary on a dignified note he probably removed that po

and the polls show anthony weiner is trailing in a huge way.ber, those poll numbers took a nosedive after he admitted that he sent lewd photographs of himself online to more women who were not his wife and did not know him. after that, he'd already resigned from congress over sexting, remember, but he asked voters to give it a second chance. a less crowded field on the republican side featuring a former head of the metropolitan transit authority or mta and a billionaire owner of a new york city supermarket chain. more on new york politics from the upper west side tonight. hello, eric. >> reporter: good evening, shep. the polls close in just under two hours in new york city, and tonight new york could move left, and as for anthony weiner, well, he could go bye-bye. someone else is leading in the polls. bill deblassio, the new york city public advocate. deblassio is the most liberal of all the candidates who are running. he ran hillary clinton's campaign for senate back in 2000. in t in ads he's been highlighting his bi-racial family. and as for

>> reporter: embattled mayoral candidate anthony weiner in an argument about a man before the primaryakery after he paid for traditional rathat traditional baked good. this man makes a racial slur about weiner's wife, huma. kessler tells cnn, "i did say that. i'm not going to deny it. it's just a certain feeling i have as a joy. k" "-- as a jew." weiner was height lie credighly congress after sending revealing photographs of himself on line. this time some voters are taking we're's si weiner's side. >> if the voter called him name -- the man is human. >> i think he's doing that because he needs to like keep it fresh. >> reporter: these heated exchanges aren't anything new. this 35-year-old lashed out at weiner during a campaign event. >> i'm not losing sleep over it. >> reporter: then there's peg brunda, challenging him in staten island. >> if i conducted myself in the matter in which you conducted yours, my job would have been done. >> reporter: weiner's popularity continues to plummet in the polls. >> think about your wife -- >> by the way, how could you take the person -- bite way,

i can't believe anthony weiner gave him the finger. >> steve: well they're hoping, they're hoping it s a middle finger. [ laughter ] you know what i'm saying? >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] >> his weiner. >> jimmy: and did you see this? anthony weiner's former sexting partner sydney leathers -- [ laughter ] she actually showed up at his official primary party, which was also attended by weiner's wife. [ audience oohs ] weiner was like, "what is she doing here? she's going to ruin my chances with sydney leathers." [ laughter ] [ applause ] sydney leathers. and democrats weren't the only ones choosing a candidate. last night, the former head of new york's subway system, joe lhota, won the republican primary for mayor. joe lhota. he does all the subway systems. it was really nice. in his victory speech, he made sure to thank his campaign manager -- [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] his wife -- [ mumbling ] and last, but not least, his kids -- [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] and -- [ mumbling ] junior. [ laughter ] isn't that nice -- that sweet? [ cheers and applause ] a really sweet moment. hey, i don't

. >>> no comeback for anthony weiner.olitician, surrounded by scandal, his last-place finish in the new york mayor's race primary. on his concession night, a surprise. it is all in "the skinny" on wednesday, september 11th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> good wednesday morning to you. we begin this half-hour with the president's address to the nation. president obama acknowledged that a diplomatic solution might be in the works. >> he also vowed the u.s. military will be ready to strike against president bashar al-assad if other measures fail. we have coverage from beirut. >> reporter: president obama strolled down the great hall in the white house to talk to the american people about war. >> tonight, i want to talk to you about syria. >> reporter: he had taken the long walk once before under different circumstances announcing the killing of osama bin laden. >> tonight, i can report to the american people and the world that the united states has conducted an operation that

anthony weiner is in that race.wrence o'donnell had anthony weiner the candidate on last night on his program. >> that's an exclusive. >> lawrence doubted the chances of mr. weiner to win the race. >> what is wrong with you? >> i don't understand the question what is wrong with me that i care so much about the issues that i fight for every day that i have for my entire career. >> no. what i mean is this, what is wrong with you you can't seem to imagine a life without elective office? >> that's ridiculous. >> there is something wrong zmoosh i knwith you. >> i'm looking at your life. you're relentless about certain things in your life. >> that's not true. i took time off from government. i took time off doing it. >> try to go out there -- >> you don't like the way i -- so -- >> try to do some good somewhere anywhere in the world, the bronx where you didn't make money. >> dial it down a second. do you want to ask me a question or you want to harangue with a split second. >> here's what i would like to do. >> yes. give

. >>> here in new york, a bizarre incident involving anthony weiner. this happened inside a bakery yesterday in one of the city's most heavily jewish neighborhoods. this is amid preparations of a knewish new year. listen to as weiner and a man get into a shouting much after the man made comments about his wife. >> that's a charming guy right there. >> why -- >> you're fine. you work out your problems. but stay out of the public eye. >> that's your judgment? >> no. it's obvious. i'm not running for office. >> you know who judges me? you know who judges me? >> afterward, the man accused weiner of only looking out for himself. weiner said he put the guy in his place. >>> a new director at the help of the fbi. comey was the number two man o at the justice department under the second president bush. and he was known at the time for opposing a white house push for warrantless wiretapping. comey takes over from robert mueller who stepped down after 12 years on the job. >>> the tsa is hoping to step up the screening process for more passengers. it hopes to exp

not sure who won the election all i know is anthony weiner lost he got less than 5% of the vote and camen fifth. that is a shame. got to be something else he can run for. i have 3,000 more weiner jokes. maybe i can get him on dancing with the stars. he is a strange guy. in his concession speech last night was weird >> sometimes people would come up, wrap their arms around me, pull me close, whisper in my ear, take my hand, and they would say don't quit. well there was never any quilt in this campaign. i'm sure she has seen it plenty of times before. but -- i think maybe we have gone too far with the never quit thing. we get down on quitters. some times okay to quit. some times recommended. hypothetically you are a married guy running for mayor after being busted for sexting, you apologize and promise never to do it again, you are still doing it with a woman who hopes to be a porn star one day. quit, the thing to do is quilt. go home try to avoid making eye contact with your wife. you know, while losing the election was bad news for anthony weiner, it was great news for carlos danger. car

former congressman anthony weiner coming up short in his bid to be new york city's mayor. he finished in fifth place in the democratic primary. who won? bill de blasio, the city's public advocate. he might have more than the 40% of the vote that would avoid a runoff against bill thompson. thompson, though, has not conceded. in his victory speech promised a sharp turn away from mayor michael bloomberg's policy sdmrgs tonight, before so many friends, i say this, what we have achieved here tonight and what we'll do in the next round of this campaign won't just change the view of how things look inside city hall, but will change the policies that have left behind so many of our fellow new yorkers outside of city hall. [ applause ] >> on the republican side, joe lhota won his primary. meanwhile, former governor eliot spitzer, he got thumbs down from voters for this race for the city comptroller. scott stringer scoring the victory there. >>> a major victory for gun right supporters to tell you about in a battle that pitted michael bloomberg against the national rifle association

surprise, surprise, new york city will not be led by anthony weiner, at least not this time around. instead bill de blasio garnered the most votes among the democratic candidates for mayor but this morning it's still unclear if it will be enough to avoid a runoff. >> progress that knows we must be a city of opportunity for all. a city that hears the voices of everyone, whether they're black, white, latino, asian, gay or straight, young or old. from brooklyn or the bronx or staten island or manhattan or queens. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: he will face joe lhoda. they cruised to victory with a 12-point lead over his nearest competitor. a drattic fall for the candidate vying to become new york's first female mayor christine quinn. she finished a distant third. >>> and two politicians looking for redemption after a pair of sex scandals. well, they didn't get it. a disgruntled anthony weiner finished last among the major candidates and former governor eliot spitzer lost his bid forty comptroller by four points. in colorado votes to strengthen gun laws cost two lawmakers their jo

anthony weiner has tumbled in the polls but in an exclusive interview with the idea today" show the former congressman is still expecting victory. >> before we do postmortems on what happens if i lose let's have the campaign and let's see if i win and then we can move forward from there and after i serve two terms perhaps we can have that conversation. >> anthony weiner will appear in a live intersue with savannah on "today." >>> michael bloomberg speaking out on the race to replace him. no endorsement yet, but in an interview with "new york" magazine he says bill de blasio is running a, quote, racist campaign. he thinks de blasio is exploiting his family. >>> tough language for the supreme court. saying it was nothing more than a right wing panel serving the interests of corporate america. >>> and some good news for washington state congresswoman jamie ha rare butler. doctors say her baby borscht in july could be the first ever to survive potter's syndrome. the prenatal condition affects lung development. little abigail is now 5 months old and after some experimental treatment the prognos

anthony weiner. >> jim: hey, ladies, here's really good news for you. that women around the world are living longer than ever. [ cheers and applause ] while they haven't said why, i've started eating luna bars just in case. [ laughter ] they're good. they're delicious. this is pretty amazing -- a woman in england claims that her female cat is about to celebrate her 28th birthday, which would make it the oldest cat in the world. you can tell the cat's getting really old because it just got a cat. [ laughter and applause ] old cat. a weird thing i read about today that came out about beyonce. we love beyonce here on our show. someone has dug up an old "new york times" review of beyonce that was actually pretty negative that said beyonce was, "no ashanti." [ audience ohs ] pretty surprising. but, we took a look back at some other "new york times" headlines. and it turns out they've been wrong before. here's one from a while back that says, "the ipod, certainly no walk man." [ laughter ] here's another one. "hello dippin dots, goodbye all other forms of ice

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