in jest and bob carey and i game friends. while bob and i disagree on a lot of issues and we probably still do to this day, i don't think he would stand by that that he said it as a joke and someone overheard it in an elevator and i'm sure that all of us have said things in jest that we didn't want to have repeated in the newspaper. >> is any part of it true? have you ever had your moments? >> well, gosh, of course. have you? i mean, we've all had our moments. >> yes, many, but i'm not running for president sadly. >> but, you know, that's part of life. if any of us have not had moments where we haven't behaved as well as we would like to behave, there's something wrong with us. we should be running for something else with a roman collar and not an open collar. >> have you ever broken the law, senator? >> well, yeah, i admitted back when i was running for the senate that when i was in college that i smoked pot and that was something that i did when i was in college. it was something that i'm not proud of, but i did. and said i

sponge bob is getting put through the ringer by a team of child psychologists saying short exposure can affect a child's thinking skills. abc 7 reports on a study out today in the journal pediatrics. careyever allowed her 5-year-old son or 3-year-old son to watch the cartoon sponge bob square pants. >> they don't have time to process the image into the memory. goitsing so fast. kids aren't able to focus for long amounts of time. >> now, there is research to back up instincts. the fast paced animation has a scene change every 11 seconds. and in a study indicates a immediate negative impact on a brain function. researchers say they assigned 60,4-year-old to watch sponge bob or draw. after just nine minutes they say the sponge bob audience scored lower on tasks involving memory. connie has been teaching preschoolers for 35 years and says results of the toddlers try frog ses frantic images come as no surprise. >> i know they do that because this keeps kids' interest but there is other quality fram was a slower space pais oom aren't willing to payway in but say advice has been consistent for years. >> no tv under age two years for children and to limit screen time to less than one hour per d