more politics ahead with cenk uygur. >>> good evening, everybody, i'm cenk uygur. have i missed anything while i was gone? we had a bit of a wiener scandal, did we? fascinating. here's what i think of that. >> it is a shame, a shame! >> nonetheless, my new defense of anthony wiener's career is our lead story tonight. i'm undaunted. but first, we should acknowledge something important. i was wrong. i was convinced that congressman wiener had been hacked and that he had not sent that picture. >> he is wrong. the gentleman is wrong! >> i know. i know i just said that. but are you ready for this? i think there is no reason why he should step down. undaunted. of course, republicans disagree. the head of the rnc, reince priebus, says wiener should resign and today, house majority leader eric captor agreed. >> i don't condone his activity. i think he should resign. >> but i have a message for eric captor. >> the gentleman will sit! the gentleman is correct in sitting! >> look. was what weeper did creepy? yes, of course we all agree to that it was illegal? in my opinion, n

more politics ahead with cenk uygur. >>> good evening, i'm reverend al sharpton in tonight for cenk uygur. it's been an amazing story. after new photos and explicit text messages appeared online today, the congressman held a news conference in a room packed with reporters here in new york. the congressman admitted he lied. he lied last week about sending an explicit photo. he apologized for his behavior, but he said he would not resign. then he addressed the press. >> i would like to take full responsibility for my actions. side of made terrible mistakes that i hurt the people i care about the most. i have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, supporters and the media. last friday night, i tweeted a photograph 6 myself that i intended to sent a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in seattle. once i realized i posted it to twitter, i panicked, i took it down and said i had been hackeded. i continued to stick to that story. this woman was unwittingly dragged into this and absolutely bears no responsibility. i am so sorry to have disrupted her life in t