and capitol hill staff to see this is the second annual consumer electronics show on capitol hill. and the communicators is on site today to talk with some of the exhibitors, to see some of the new technology that's coming out, and we are going to begin here at sony with rob manfredo. what is new in the world of technology for sony? >> for sony, this year, peter, 3g has gotten personal. we've taken those three be television technology that you've seen and brought it to the home in a way that allows people to now create the content themselves. first, we have a 3d handicam and three deep pocket camera and 3 feet laptop that allows people to view, create and actually modify their own content. >> okay mr. manfredo piece to start with this tv appear. for the viewers seeing this without the pair of glasses you need to where it's a little on the fuzzy side but once you put the class is on it is very 3d. how are they selling? >> they are selling very well. last year we moved a lot of models and we were very happy with the performance. sony continues to be committed to 3d and engaging the w

legislators and capitol hill staff to see. this is the second annual consumer electronics show on capitol hill. and "the communicators" is on site today to talk with some of the exhibiters, see some of the new technology that's coming out. and we're going to begin here at sony with rob manfredo of sony. mr. manfredo, what's new in the world of technology for sony? >> guest: well, for sony this year, peter, 3-d has gotten personal. we've taken, um, the 3-d television technology that you've seen before and brought it to the home in a way that allows people to now create the content themselves. first, we have a 3-d handicam, we also have a 3-d pocket camera and a 3-d laptop that allows people to view, create and actually modify their own 3-d content. >> host: okay. mr. manfredo, we've got to start with this tv up here. now, for viewers just seeing this without this pair of glasses that you need to wear, it's a little on the fuzzy side. but once you put the glasses on, it's very 3-d. how are these selling? >> guest: they're sellin

to legislators and capitol hill staff? >> we are very proud of it. it is an opportunity for us to tell our story and make sure people understand how we are treating copyrighted material, the kinds of work we do with partners, and how it makes a difference in the whole ecosystem. >> how did you get involved with google and how long have you been there? >> i have been there for about four years. i started working on the back end of youtube. end of youtube.

our capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell joins us now. kelly, we heard some high-ranking democrats call for his resignation. what are their options if weiner continues to resist? >> reporter: well, lester, they can't force him out quickly. and speed is important to democrats because they want to get back to their political message. so they say they are not satisfied with a leave of absence and professional help. so you saw that nancy pelosi and other top democrats tried to get anthony weiner to step down on his own. when that failed they coordinated the public statement we saw this weekend. and next, i'm told, with all the house democrats back here this week, they could meet as a group and try to send yet another message that he should resign and that they believe he cannot serve his constituents effectively. that is a rare move and they hope that will finally do it. >> if these newest photos were in fact taken on capitol hill at a congressional gym for members of congress, does that make it harder for him to defend any ethics charges? >>

wonder at one of their own if they call for the same action and there was a battle brewing on capitol hill today between wal-mart and wall street over debit card fees even though one side lost the real losers in the debate are you and me we don't have the lobbyists to fight for their plots. it was time for the low a liberal and i take on too conservative expert commentators on the big stories of the week on our pals and i daniel helper deputy on line editor the weekly standard and jamie weinstein deputy editor of the daily caller dot com jamie based on you guys with us let's get going here unfortunately the big news of the week was winner gate democratic congressman anthony weiner admitted after a week of lying that he did indeed send lewd photos of his junk and carried on internet relationships with a variety of women on facebook and twitter and though he assured everyone that these relationships never became physical if that makes anything better we're apologize in a press conference on monday but is refusing to step down a lot of the republicans are circling here's r. and c. chairman re

questions continue from capitol hill. david, gadhafi regime hanging on three months into the military campaign. it must take some delight in this big u.s. political fight. >> reporter: that's right. there have been no public statements from spokesman here in tripoli. certainly they are coming to us and other reporters asking what is this ball? what's going on in congress? what's going on in washington? certainly there will be easily -- eeg areally watching this from tripoli. any chink from nato, that they can get in and exploit that to say well, nato itself is not unified in this campaign. and even though we can hear the nato over here right now, the government here will be looking to exploit any perceived weakness they can get in that. >> quick question. you mentioned you can hear the jets overhead. one of the administration's argument to congress is that while this military campaign is not about regime change. it is about protecting libyan civilians. any doubt what nato is trying to do? >> well, nato had said, you know,

things are speeding up on capitol hill. president obama met with house republicans and house democrats. meeting with of the republican freshmen to try to convince this needs to get done. wants to gett he within the next month. obama apparently agrees, so we should see a deal this month. some democrats want to raise the debt ceiling. so againstublicans that? they are asking to raise the debt limit. republicans are saying absolutely not. they are not going to raise the until there are serious spending cuts. >> if the united states does the fault, how catastrophic could economy?e >> barre. economists say that it send the economy into a tailspin. thank you show much. taking a look at the weekend, former chief of the imf is in court in just a few hours. on charges that he sexually assaulted a manhattan hotel maid. under house arrest since bail was granted. president obama met with angela on tuesday for a state dinner. she will talk to the president about uprisings in the middle east. received the freedomtial medal of thursday, c

that his work here on capitol hill, the voters should decide whether or not he continues. this comes after his repeated and fervent denials that his twitter account had been hacked. he now admits that was a lie, that he actually sent that lewd photo to a college student but accidentally posted it publicly and then panicked. >> the picture was of me and i sent it i'm deeply sorry for this pain has called my wife huma and our family. and my constituents, my friends, supporters and staff. >> wiener now also admits this was not the first time something like this had happened. he says he's had what he calls inappropriate conversations on twitter, facebook, e-mail and even on occasion by phone the last several years both before and after he was married. all of this came out as a result of an investigation on big government.com conservative activist saying he wanted to be vindicated and now saying he has other photos that he has shown but nbc, we have told you, has not verified those photos. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracee, thank you. >>> in another political scandal

this is something we don't see very often on capitol hill.s just not in the keeping with the culture with the way congress work, especially inside the democratic caucus. it took them a while to publicly come out and put the pressure on him, but it was the drip, drip, drip. it wasn't just one things that came out initially with that initial tweet he sent almost three weeks ago with him in his underwear to that college student in seattle. if there was just that, flab that could have been forgiven or let the committee do its work, but it was that, a bunch of other photos, and i think most importantly he didn't tell the truth. wouldn't answer our questions. he flat-out didn't tell the truth to our wolf blitzer in an interview, so it was the continued story going on that really did force the democratic leadership. ultimately the president, not saying it explicitly, but making it clear what he thinks, you know, enough, you've got to you've got to go. >> dana bhash, you broke the story for us this morning. our brianna keel ser at the white house. br

she is live on capitol hill. >> good morning. yesterday during the 30-minute news conference, congressman anthony wiener admitted to having on-line relationships with not one but six women over three years. he did admit that he had lied to his family, his staff, and his constituents about this whole thing, but he says he will not resign even as all democrats call for an ethics investigation. the 46-year-old democrat city generally met the woman on facebook. he said he did not have a physical relationship with any of the women. the congressman said he did not use his work computer to carry on these internet relationships. the black area that he sent pictures from did not belong to congress. -- the black. -- the blackberry that he sent pictures from. >> once i realized i had posted the twitter, i took it down and said that i had been hacked. >> he had meant to send it through e-mail and not through twitter. nancy pelosi and has called for an internal ethics investigation on capitol hill to see whether or not any house rules were vi

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as expected, reaction to the president's withdrawal plan was mixed here on capitol hill. some call it dangerously fast, others call it irresponsibly slow. the white house thinks it's the right mix as to not undo the fragile gains of this long war. hundreds of troops returned home to ft. carson, colorado, on wednesday greeted by loved ones they haven't seen in over a year. >> i'm happy. i got the things i treasure the most with me right now so i'm good. >> reporter: by next summer, 33,000 other troops in afghanistan will be reunited with their families. >> good evening. >> reporter: president obama said major strides made against al qaeda including the killing of osama bin laden is allowing the u.s. to draw down its military force. the remaining 70,000 troops will be brought home at a steady pace and the president plans to hand over security to the afghan people in 2014. >> over the last decade we have spent $1 trillion on war. now we must invest in america's greatest resource, our people. >> military leaders are supporting the president's decision but lawmakers on capitol

i want to bring in my capitol hill correspondent, jonathan karl, with the latest on this. hey, jon. >> reporter: hey, george. this comes after this incredible pressure being brought down to bear on weiner. as you mention, the democratic leadership was threatening to take away his committee assignments. they were talking about going further and actually kicking him out of the democratic caucus in the house. those two moves would have meant if weiner would have wanted to come back to congress, he would be coming back with virtually no power and no party, really. >> as you know, jon, he wanted to hold out against the system. didn't want to resign. this has been going on about three weeks now. started to break over the memorial day weekend. i remember well when you interviewed him. and the first round of interviews coming out of this one, saying he was the victim here. he had no intention of resigning. but this pressure has continued to build with more and more information. more and more photos, coming out. >> reporter: it has. every day, there was another element to the scand

i want to go to capitol hill. kate bouldan is on capitol hill. you heard nancy pelosi say you must come clean and must explain what is going on. you must be honest with everyone right now. and finally the question is, can he keep his job really when all is said and done? he said he's going to fight to repair his reputation. i don't know if you've gotten any reaction from colleagues or friends of his up on the hill but it's certainly going to be a difficult chore for him. >> reporter: he definitely is going to try to. he has already made a defense for why he thinks he should be able to keep his job. i would venture to say that many members of congress and we are actively seeking reaction. you heard the congressman starting to make his defense for why he should be keeping his job. he said that his blackberry is not a government blackberry. and there are several times that he was asked why he should keep his job and why an investigation shouldn't be launched into what he has been doing. he said that he basically indicated that he thinks he has done

so we shall see how it all shapes up here on capitol hill a little later on.rom here in washington. i'm sandra endo, back to you. >>> time now a 46:00. back here at home a man wounded in san leandro last night is fighting for his life this morning. the suspect in this case is still on the loose. alameda county sheriff deputies search an apartment complex at 159th and east 14th street yesterday evening. the shooting itself happened nearby on kentwood lane. >>> the woman identified as former governor schwarzenegger's mistress is now talking publicly about her affair with schwarzenegger for the first time. mildred baena told a british magazine that her now 13-year- old son joseph found out a year ago that his father was arnold schwarzenegger. baena also says that maria shriver started to become suspicious and finally asked her point-blank if joseph was schwarzenegger's son. she says the two women then held each other and cried together. >>> the social security inspector general accuses his own agency of mismanaging billions of dollars. a report to congress shows

back to you, andrea. >> reporting live from capitol hill. thank you. >>> an investigation is underway into an early morning shooting by a park police officer. a park police spokesman says an officer fired at a suspect around 1:30 this morning at hanes point. the man was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. authorities say the officers spotted the man inside the car with a gun in his hand and fired before he exited the car. >>> what happened when councilman marion barry questioned brown's truthfulness? some of the language is a bit colorful here. >> the investigation including harry thomas today. you tell me -- you talking to me about integrity. may i have the -- you don't even have the tags on your car. you have to be kidding me. >> you're out of your mind. >> you locked up by the same fbi i'm talking to. >> brown. >> you're out of your [ bleep ] mind. >> that was just one of many exchanges of that ilk. he claims gray's campaign paid him to verbally attack fenty during last year's primary. brown brought along receipts of what he

familiar face on capitol hill.'s not widely known to the public. >> my wife is a remarkable woman. she's not responsible for any of this. this was visited upon her. >> reporter: weiner's revelations have many speculating about not only the future of their marriage but about abedin's career as well. >> i think if you start to see this scandal unfolding in a new way or if another shoe drops, then her career could be impacted. the secretary of state could then suffer because of that and then i think you might see her getting out of this marriage. >> reporter: weiner says his wife knew about some of his online relationships before they were married but did not know the truth about his twitter picture until monday. >> she's very disappointed. and she also told me that she loved me and wanted us to, you know, to pull through this. >> couples can certainly get through situations like this. now when somebody is a public figure, you have the added shame and humiliation to figure into it. >> reporter: weiner's admission foll

jummy olabanji is following this from capitol hill. >> good morning. yesterday during the 30-minute news conference the congressman admitted to having on-line relationships with not just one woman but six women over three years. he admitted to lying to his family, his staff, and his constituents about this entire thing. he did say that he will not resign. even as fellow democrats called for an ethics investigation. the 46-year-old luke or democrat said that he generally met the women on facebook. he said he did not have a physical relationship with any of the women. he said he did not use his or computer to carry on these internet affairs or his work blackberry to send the pictures. he sent a photograph to oilman in seattle -- he was attempting to send a lewd photo to a woman in seattle but he mistakenly sent it to twitter. >> i accidentally sent it to twitter and that i lied about it which was deeply regrettable. >> nancy's is calling for an ethics investigation on capitol hill to see if any house rules are violated by the congressman. he will fully c

for the latest reaction on capitol hill to the new york democrat scandal we go to brian mooar. >> reporteras the house reconvened on monday. >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: embattled congressman anthony weiner was a no show at his capitol hill office, but his over exposure on the internet has left his political future in doubt. for now he is seeking a paid leave of absence to deal with his problems, which are mounting. over the weekend tmz.com released a new batch of photos reportedly taken in a congressional gym. president obama in an exclusive interview with "the today show's" ann curry, weighed in for the first time. >> ultimately there's going to be a decision for him and his constituents. i can tell you that if it was me, i would resign. >> reporter: other top democrats, including nancy pelosi, want the congressman and his problems gone. without his party behind him, his prospects are dim. >> you can survive. you cannot be effective. they can -- the democratic leadership can take away his committee assignments and make life difficult for him. >> reporter: the congressman w

well take a look at the big news coming from capitol hill today if you haven't already seen it let's roll that tape. maybe this is a theory is right now anthony weiner about to announce his resignation so today i'm announcing my resignation spoil lot of anger in that room totally for the warning for almost exactly four minutes he has hit rock bottom or there are seeds of a potential if he were to come back in that maybe this was just the beginning of the healing but not the end of his political career for minutes it's been driving the twenty four hour news cycle and believe it or not we know his resignation may not be the most important news you need to know coming from the nation's capital as the united states continues its military intervention in libya the two branches of government are now battling it out as a result ten members of congress are suing president obama now in an attempt to end that u.s. involvement in libya for failing for him to get congressional approval now the white house claims that it's not actually in violation of the law because it says the u.s. is not actua

you have worked on capitol hill for cnn for years. what kind of reputation does congressman wiener have? >> reporter: well, i think he has a very good reputation. he is a partisan democrat. if you are a democrat you like him a lot. if you are a republican, you probably find him a worthy opponent. he is known to be very media savvy. that is one of the reasons i think that sort of our flag went up yesterday when he kept repeating the same media strategy to dealing with these answers, because he is a very disciplined carrier of messages. he wanted to stay on this message, talking about debt ceiling. talking about you who he wasn't going to be distracted by this. so he is a very talented politician. no question about that. >> ted barrett, cnn congressional producer, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> sarah palin's bus tour has taken an unexpected detour for a quick stop at the trump tower m manhattan. she sat down with donald trump who announced he would not announce a white house bid. they got some tongues wagging with the idea o

. >>> while budget talks have become stagnant on capitol hill, two senators have unveiled a proposalure to raise the blood pressure of many. raising the age of medicare eligibility to 67 while increasing monthly premiums for millions of current beneficiaries. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on that, and a new trade deal. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. those premiums would go up for seniors 15 to $20 a month initially, then more over the course of five years. what's interesting about this proposal, it comes from two senators on opposite sides of the aisle. tom coburn, who also is a doctor, and joe lieberman, who typically votes with democrats. in giving this proposal they realize that it's a plan that nobody is going to like. democrats are pouncing on it. there is agreement on free trade. the white house and capitol hill have worked out agreements on colombia, panama and south korea that includes aid for american workers that are displaced when companies go overseas. we'll hear more about that and medicare when those all-important deficit

yesterday, though, on capitol hill, lawmakers were expressing their criticism. house speaker john boehner threatening to withhold money for this operation. some democrats say they're fed up, too, that they do see hostilities there in libya. on the other side, though, congresswoman nancy pelosi, the minority leader, countered that criticism. she said consultation is not needed and for this action that will cost a billion dollars by fall, according to the administration, veronica. >> tracie potts live in washington. thank you. >>> here is a look at other stories making news early today in america. a scary situation unfolded when three armed gunmen entered an orlando car rental facility with guns waving. the suspects forced employees and customers to the ground before stealing one of the vehicles and getting away with cash from the register and victims. police are still searching for the suspect. >>> a swarm of bees has made waiting at a bus stop in portland, a total buzz kill. the gathering of bees caused some commuters to keep their distance, while others took sn

that's actually almost verbatim some of the language that we hearing from from capitol hill now lawmakers including those that originally came out in strong support of the afghanistan war are now saying hey you know what it's time to focus here at home is this going to resonate well but monikers i would think and i think the president got a big. big signal processing power asked me when the conference of mayors meeting in and baltimore said we'd rather have that one hundred twenty six million dollars spent here and we have states with massive budget shortfalls cities with massive budget shortfalls and a. very conservative group of republicans in the house that want to come slash and they're going to cut and slash the federal budget the question is what else can you can slash and i don't really targeting military spending are they never do you care that in parts of the house well clearly yes this this speech announces that even though there is this rhetorical flourish in favor of nation building at home it's kind of this embodied it's this is so shaded from the substance of the speech ther

well just down the street from here on capitol hill an implosion today after a tense talks on how to raise the debt ceiling reach to head over the issue of taxes congressman eric cantor and senator jon kyl both republicans actually walked out of the meeting stormed out apparently over talk of proposed tax hikes which republicans have said since day one are off the table now is president biden has been meeting with lawmakers in hopes of reaching a deal by next week to raise the fourteen point three trillion dollar debt ceiling for the treasury department runs out of money now if congress does not act by august second default could occur which in turn could have bruising effects on the economy and the markets really around the world so what does this mean for the u.s. debt for some answers earlier i spoke to courtney comstock editor at business insider i asked her what would happen if the u.s. were to default here's a response. but that's also really concerning. because if there weren't chads that we default on our debt it would just be really disastrous and the fact that there's even

well starting off today just down the street from here on capitol hill an implosion after a tense talks on how to raise the debt ceiling reached a head over the issue of taxes congressman eric cantor and senator jon kyl both republicans actually walked out of the meeting apparently over talk of proposed tax hikes or as republicans have said since day one are off the table vice president biden has been meeting with lawmakers in hopes of reaching a deal by next week to raise the fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling before it from the treasury department runs out of money if congress does not act by august second default could occur which would in turn have bruising the facts on the economy and the markets around the world so what does this mean for u.s. debt. for more i want to go now to our new york studio to talk with courtney comstock editor at the business insider. and there courtney reports now saying this is not the death of these talks but they're certainly on life support so i want to get your take what happens if an agreement is not reached you know that's a terrify

what has the reaction been like on capitol hill among fellow democrats as well as republicans?> i would say right after it came out, many democrats and many republicans basically, many lawmakers didn't want to have anything to do with it, not surprisingly. many people have come out to say that this is a personal issue for him. some of his close friends have said that it's a personal issue for him and he will deal with it as we should. we have heard privately more and more people as very honestly this story has kept going throughout the week and people have said this is basically distracting them from their message. the issues that they really want to be talking about. this is distracting everyone from those and kind of taking front and center in the media spotlight. it's been frustrating for democratic members for this story to go away so they can be talking about issues that they care about. that's why i spoke with the number two democrat in the house and asked him about the political fallout of that twitter photo and he said that he's had a conversation with anthony weiner an

. >>> let's get to our senior congressional correspondent on capitol hill. many were expecting his wife would weigh in on this decision. do you have any indication how the conversations went or how he came to this decision? >> reporter: we don't know how the conversations went except that we do know that there were conversations. we knew his wife who is a top aide to secretary of state hillary clinton was traveling with her and now returned. everybody on capitol hill was waiting for that moment, because anthony weiner was telling them he did not want to make decisions until they spoke face-to-face. anthony weiner made the call to democratic leaders yesterday, and finding them on the cell phones at the white house, awe they were attending a congressional picnic at the white house, and he informed them he was going to resign. and the source said he was remorseful and apologetic that he has caused the distraction that has angered the democratic leader and apologized about the pain he caused his family. at this point, i think it's fair to say that there is a sen

on may 31, he was in a heated exchange with our dana bash and ted barrett on capitol hill.cked, why didn't you ask for an investigation? on june 1, the interview with wolf blitzer. again, denying, flatly, he had anything to do with this. all right, you can't hear the audio there but he's denying he had anything to do with that. then on june 6, weiner's admission it was him and he apologized. >> i'd like to take this time to clear up some of the questions that have been raised and take full responsibility for my actions. >> full responsibility the congressman took there. that was on june 6. on june 11, he asked for a leave of absence from the house of representatives. on june 13, he was saying he planned on staying. on june 13, he said he planned on staying. the president of the united states decided to help try to nudge him to the sidelines, an interview with nbc news, where the president said if it were him, he would resign from his spot. today, the congressman did resign in a news conference at the senior center where he began his career. >> i hope i can continue the work

. >> reporter: once considered a rising star here on capitol hill, weiner had been expected to run for new york city mayor in 2013. now it's unclear whether it will be enough to save his career. >> if he's truly come clean, no more tweets out there, no more lewd phone calls. he could ride this out. >> reporter: some political analysts believe weiner will bounce back. reactions are mix. >> totally dumb, ridiculous. >> reporter: he's a great congressman. but he did a super thing and people do stupid things. >> reporter: weiner said he worked hard for voters over the years and will continue to work just as hard to win back their trust. the congressman said he used his personal computer in blackberry, not his issued devices to carry on with these women on facebook and twitter. >> oriole, is the congressman getting any kind of support on capitol hill? >> you could hear a pin drop on the democratic side of the aisle. his political allies don't want any part of the personal cry crisis. he does have the support of the wife. she offered to stand by his side at the news conference yesterday, and

we begin tonight in nbc's kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. hey, kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the lies, the embarrassment, that cost anthony weiner his reputation a couple of weeks ago, but it is the rest of this mess that cost him his job today. anthony weiner has never worked outside politics. he tried to find a dignified way to leave, but distractions got in the way. the collateral damage of scandals, tracked by cameras and hecklers, anthony weiner and wife seen together publicly for the first time since his career ended. but he went alone to end it. after 12 years in congress. >> i'm here today to apologize for the personal mistakes i have made and the embarrassment i have caused. >> reporter: instead of a press release to quietly announce his resignation, weiner chose a televised exit. it turned into a spectacle, interrupted by a shock radio provocateur. taunts and jeers as unseemly and embarrassing as the scandal itself. the salacious photos and e-mails weiner sent to women, including a dancer who held her own n

on capitol hill, democrats applauded. >> dipping into our strategic reserve will protect american consumers and businesses. >> reporter: but in a statement, republican house speaker john boehner said this threatens our ability to respond to a genuine national security crisis. the national average of unleaded has already dropped from $3.98 on may 4, to $3.62 a gallon today. now experts say the price could drop another 10 to 15 cents a gallon, giving more money back to consumers and businesses. by releasing 2 million barrels a day for 30 days and suggesting it could do so again and again, one effect has been to drive speculators out of the market. speculate fors of course who helped drive up the price of oil. >> this was a head turner today, for more on what went into it, we go to david gregory moderator of "meet the press" from our washington bureau. the war, katrina, they were emergencies, back when they said they were going to do this because of the economy, they didn't. you have been asking about this on "meet the press" and then comes word today. >> the president back in march said this

. >>> and then a new breed on capitol hill. we talk to a keen observer who says we've never seen anything like these new lawmakers. >>> but first, fresh outrage in syria over the murder of another boy, this time a 15-year-old. he was a friend of 13-year-old hamza al katib. you remember the video of the tortured body brought children into the streets of syria and tonight more protesters are taking to the streets as rage grows against assad and his brutal regime. arwa damon filed a report, but we must warn you some of the video is very disturbing. >> reporter: my son, it's my son, a woman wails. this scar here, i swear it's my son. i stitched the cut on him when he was little. his name was tamir and he was just 15 years old. his body is carried inside to be washed. a voice curses the president. there is a visible gunshot wound below the teenager's knee. a voice says look at the marks of torture as the camera moves to show his discolored and seemingly bruised face. an activist told cnn of marks on the boy's body and said one bulle

luke russert is live for us on capitol hill. he's admitted to not being truthful with you and other colleagues alike. yesterday it was transparent almost painfully transparent for those watching at home. >> reporter: indeed it was, thomas, after ten days with a lot of questions with very few answers, anthony weiner decided to step back up to the microphones once again and he did, in fact, admit that he had been far from truthful over that time period. >> but i'm not resigning, and i'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better person and a better man and i'm going to try to be a better husband, too. >> reporter: but minutes after weiner admitted he had inappropriate phone and international contact over several years minority leader nancy pelosi was calling for an investigation by the ethics committee to "determine whether any official resources were used or any violation of house rules occurred. >> i don't see anything i did that violated rules of its house, i don't see anything that i did that violated my oath of office

it's a program that intentionally let guns slip >>> the bureau taking a grilling on capitol hill today for the practice known as gun walking. it is a program that intentionally allows guns to slip into mexico from the united states. agents hoped the weapons would lead them to gun cartel but earlier two of those guns were found near a murdered government agent. now congress wants some answers. >> reporter: six months ago today border patrol agent brian perry was gunned down. today three sitting a.t.f. senior agents sat beside terry's cousin, mom and sister and said their agency may be to blame. two of the guns found at the scene of terry's murder were part of thousands the a.t.f. alleged gun traffickers to purchase. the a.t.f. called it yeting guns walked a tactic that they hoped would lead them to criminals. >> it is an idiotic move. >> reporter: after the murder first reports of gun walking began to surface. asked if they were true billy mcmullen told reporters, hell, no, surprising those who worked for him. >> i was appalled because it was a blatant lie. >> reporter: muell didn't res

plus, lawmakers will return to work on capitol hill minus one man. the latest on the anthony weiner scandal. >> and good news in mountain view. a sipg alert there just cleared westbound 237 at 85 is clear a. full look at your monday morning commute coming up. >> 4:53. a lot of graduations in the bay area this weekend. one extra special, a college prep school in berkeley graduated its first class of seniors, all 17 grads accepted to four-year colleges, many are their first in the family to go to university. the charter school has mostly low income students and was awarded more than $1 million in scholarships. let's check in what's going on later today in the bay with laura. >> good morning. welcome back to you, scott. >> thank you. >> good to have you back. a ban on same-sex marriage takes center court today in san francisco. a judge recently overturned that ban and today another judge will take up arguments against that ruling. if you see smoke in dublin today, it's actually supposed to be that way. we're going to tell you what's going on. if you are

on capitol hill this debate over the debt ceiling and the nation's red ink has been overheated at times. on tuesday though a much calmer conversation that came with an urgent warning. fed chief ben bernanke is warning congress not to play games with the government's debt limit. >> i fully understand the desire to use the debt limit to force some necessary and difficult fiscal policy adjustments but the debt limit is the wrong tool for that important job. >> reporter: scolding lawmakers in a speech tuesday, he said failure to raise the debt ceiling could have a devastating impact on the economy. the nation hit its $14.3 trillion borrowing limit last month. if an agreement isn't reached by august 2nd, the government could default on its bills for the first time. this morning, vice president joe biden will lead the second of three straight days of negotiations with top lawmakers, trying to find trillions of dollars in budget savings to cover the increase. biden was optimistic following tuesday's meeting and insisted that progress is being made, but with both sides refusing to budge on key

we will have more reaction from capitol hill on "good morning america." and later in this half hour, more from the exclusive abc news interview with megan broussard. >>> our new poll makes for tough reading for president obama. first of all, it says that 89% of americans think the economy is in bad shape. 59% disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. mitt romney actually outpoints mr. obama among registered voters. all other republicans, including sarah palin, trail the president by at least ten points. mr. obama is expected to announce a drawdown of u.s. troops in afghanistan some time this month. our diane sawyer has been traveling there with outgoing secretary of defense, robert gates, and general petraeus. they're offering the president several withdrawal options. mr. obama says now is the time, especially with the, quote, big chunk of the mission accomplished. >> with respect to afghanistan, i'll be making an announcement soon. what i said this summer is the summer of transition, where we start handing over more responsibility to the afg

he was a budget hawk on capitol hill.rash about this match. and there's a reason. the reason is, he's not favored to win. so he talked a little bit about this thing at the briefing today with one of our colleagues kind of instigating. >> is he doing any trash talking in advance of sunday? or is he going to let his golf do the talking? >> i have heard no trash talking from the president. i think it's fair to say that the president enjoys golf and plays it when he can, but i don't think he would say that he is an expert golfer. and i hear the speaker of the house is quite good as well as the governor of ohio. but don't take my word for it. i think there are -- i'm not a golfer, but there are ways to measure this. >> actually, best golf match in the area this weekend is the u.s. open out of potomac, maryland, that's for golf fans. >> ought to be a fly in that golf cart, joe johns. >> yeah. they've got to talk budget. >> we'll talk monday. thank you so much, sir. appreciate it. >>> and do you remember two months ago we told y

up and arrested several of those who helped the cia find osama bin laden, several lawmakers on capitol hill are asking, why? for the crew of the "uss carl vinson" who buried osama bin laden at sea -- >> how are you doing, baby? >> reporter: -- it was a relief-filled homecoming. >> i was scared for all their lives. >> it absolutely is historic and we're proud of that. >> reporter: for the informants who helped the cia hunt down the al qaeda leader, it was another story. the man would owned the safe house the cia used to monitor bin laden detained. the man would reported those coming and going to the secret compound, also detained by the pakistani government supposedly a u.s. ally. that prompted the understatement of the day. >> our relationship with pakistan is extremely important. it is also complicated. >> reporter: on capitol hill there was outrage. >> how long do we support governments that lie to us? >> most governments lie to each other. that's the way business gets done. >> do they also -- do they also arrest the people that help us when they say they're allies? >> sometimes. sometime

. >> from relief on capitol hill to a job offer from "hustler" magazine larry flint.athan carl has details. >> reporter: it was an ugly end to a bizarre scandal. >> today i am announcing my rez ig nation fr ig -- resignation from congress. so my colleagues can get back to work the my neighbors can choose a new representative. and most important, that my wife and i can continue to heal from the damage i have caused. >> reporter: his wife not at his side, he apologized. he resigned. but somehow still managed to sound look he was giving a political stump speech. >> i had hoped to be able to continue the work that the citizens of my district elected me to do, to fight for the middle-class and those struggling to make it. unfortunately, the distraction that i have created has made that impossible. >> reporter: it all started three weeks ago when this 21-year-old college student received a lewd picture of weiner in his underwear. meant to be a private message but he accidentally pressed the wrong button and posted it for all to see. at first weiner claimed his computer was

american military involvement ninety days the white house however denies it needs permission from capitol hill. plus a new wave of protests in syria as the u. moves towards a sad round of sanctions against the country with critics fearing it's part of a build up of the build up of the not that media style intervention. news for russia under around the world this is all she with me thanks for joining us russia must press on with modernizing its economy in the next few years regardless of who takes office president medvedev has been outlining the country's direction at the st petersburg international economic forum saying political will is needed to force a major overhaul and he also warns that these states major role in the russian economy along with corruption threaten development and must be told she's an isa now reports now from st petersburg. well there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his whole term as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go into the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the o

you can see the war weariness on capitol hill with democrats. they backed him up to a large degree on libya by voting down the resolution on friday that would have cut off funds for most of the operation. i thought that was interesting. there was a lot of contention to the president's plan. they wanted it faster, more troops brought home. i did not see many democrats who were really backing up what the president was calling for. >> fiscal issues are splitting the republicans. it is not just libya, in his defense spending. republicans for decades were hawks who would set aside the national security budget as sacrosanct. for many years, i think they would have been all for taking out gaddafi. now you have republicans were concerned about financial pressures saying we need to pull back their say we need to pull back from our role in the world. that has a long-term repercussions for washington. president obama and other democratic leaders have felt pressure to stand up and b

we're covering the reaction from capitol hill as an ethics investigation is launched. thanks for joining us tonight, everyone. i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm brian bolter. congressman anthony weiner admitted today that he sent sexually suggestive photos to women plural via his social networking sites. in a stunning press conference the congressman said he was ashamed. in fact, he said a lot more than that. for a while it sounded like he wouldn't stop talking today in his press conference, will thomas working this one now. >> i think you would agree we definitely heard the regret. he was tearful, but the real bombshell was this. there were multiple times where he sent racy photos, sexual exchanges with women for years both before he was married last july and after. >> any sense he's going to step down? >> this is blown up on the web. a lot of people are certainly asking for it. you'll talk about facebook. we were on the hill, but let's start with congressman weaner in his own words. take a look. >> -- congressman weiner in his own words. take a look. >> i'm deeply sorry fo

. >> kate bolduan on capitol hill. why is the statement from representative swarts so significant at this time? >> reporter: congresswoman swarts is significant because she is in charge for recruiting democrats to run for the house in the 2012 election cycle. her coming out with this public statement is part of a new step-up effort to force congressman weiner to resign. as one democratic source put it to me, a signal that represents the caucus. it shows the feeling among democrats that this is hurting them politically. it says quite a sfamt abotateme that. congresswoman schwartz, she is not alone. half dozen other democrats have come out calling for him to resign. this is very new from when we talked yesterday morning. we will be looking to see if these calls are growing louder for congressman weiner to resign. as a reminder to our viewers, members are still home in their home districts right now. we will see if they are feeling the pressure to make a statement, kyra. >> we will be following it as more people come forw