democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz and republican national committee chair reince priebus. then, our "meet the candidates" series continues with a man hoping to make a political comeback after serving four years in the house and twelve in the senate, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> i'm running for president of the united states of america. join the fight! join the fight! >> what role will he play in a crowded gop field? >>> finally, our "political roundtable" on where the gop field now stands just days before candidates meet for their second debate. has gingrich's campaign imploded after key advisers jumped ship? could texas governor rick perry be positioning himself for a run? and will the race turn on the economy or the country's changing demographics? with us, democratic mayor of atlanta, kasim reed, republican strategist and "time" magazine columnist mike murphy, author of the book "revival 2.0: how the obama white house is making its political comeback", richard wolffe, and columnist for the "wall street journal," kim strassel. captions pa

welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> good morning, david. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, let me start with you. >> sure. >> what led to the change? why now call for him to resign? >> well, i think that since this story broke, we were giving congressman weiner some breathing room to be able to be circumspect, do the right thing, make a decision, reach the conclusion that he needed to step back and step down on his own, and as of yesterday when that didn't happen, it was important to weigh in. >> but before his actual admission, you spoke about this during an interview, and this is what you said. >> anthony weiner is dealing with a personal matter and it should be left as a personal matter. >> when did it become less a personal matter and more an issue of public trust? >> that statement, before it had been revealed that anthony had not been truthful and that he was engaged in the conduct that he had been denying at the time. and once he crossed that threshold, acknowledged that he had been lying, had engaged in conduct that is, you know, completely unacceptable and indefen

i think that people like nancy pelosi and debbie wasserman-schultz ought to do the right thing. where have they been? where is nancy pelosi calling for the resignation? [ talking over each other ] >> i think they should call for his resignation. i think the guy has exhibited the utmost outrageous behavior, i think as a congressman. and the way that he did it. in this three ring circus. that he has created. this is high drama. but it calls for leadership which nancy pelosi isn't showing. >> greta: he certainly has lie. he has disgraced himself. >> in the most dramatic fashion. >> greta: i don't dispute that i would be curious to see whether he does go. i think the democrats will try to get him out of there quickly or they are stupid. he's certainly a target for the next election. nice to see you chairman. >> thank you. >> greta: who just got accused of altering evidence in the casey anthony murder trial? you will find out. judge pirro was there and she is here now. >> there is only one way to investigate a murder. go to the scene. you are going inside the anthony family home. you

angie, tell us about this one from debby wasserman schultz.id the obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times. true or false? what do we know? >> we rated this one mostly true. there are 17 tax cuts, about half were in the stimulus, and the other half approximately were in a small business jobs bill. so mostly true because some of them apply to all businesses, not just small businesses. >> republican representative and presidential candidate, michele bachmann has been going after president obama. she said when he was a u.s. senator, barack obama refused to raise the debt ceiling because he said president bush had failed in leadership. what do we know? >> we rated this one true. both parties have played politics with the vote on the debt ceiling, and back when george w. bush was president obama voted with most democrats against the debt -- raising the debt ceiling. so true. >> okay. a true. all right. and this comment from another republican presidential candidate. he says obama has put up a stop sign against oil drilling, o

the bottom line is that it was just a week ago that debbie wasserman schultz told me in the hall way she thinks this is personal and that it's nothing for her to talk about and then of course anthony weiner had his press conference earlier this week where he had his mea culpa and said it is true, he sent these lewd photographs to women on twitter, and things began to change. this was something that leaders in his party were pressing him to do, really since late last week privately. he was very dug in, very insistent that he wasn't going to go anywhere, and guess what? he still is. he's still saying he's just going to take a leave of absence, he is on his way to get treatment. that is not satisfactory to nancy pelosi and other leaders. they still think he needs to go. >> listen, as i get my act together here, dana, i just got a statement from chuck schumer, but i want to talk to you about the importance of these democratic leaders, these women. these women are calling for him. top democratic members. what is the significance of that here? >> reporter: well, you know, it's actually fun

democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz yesterday. >> weiner's continued service in congress is untenable. this sordid affair has become an up acceptable detractiistractior congressman weiner, his family, his constituents and the house. >> reporter: again today on "meet the press." >> once he crossed that threshold, acknowledged that he'd been lying, had engaged in conduct that is completely unacceptable and indefensible, that's where i felt the line was crossed. >> reporter: house minority leader nancy pelosi also pressed weiner saying, quote, i urge congressman weiner to seek help without the pressures of being a member of congress. >> anthony weiner should resign. >> reporter: polls show the majority of his queens district supports him. but this afternoon a rally outside his new york office demonstrates opinions are clearly divided. >> how do i know how many other things he's lied about? >> i don't agree. >> reporter: sources tell nbc news before weiner makes a decision on his political future, he wants the counsel of his pregnant wife huma abedin, who is trave

last week she had a ten-minute conversation with fellow congresswoman and friend with debbie wasserman schultz. >> she spoke to me in full sentences, initiated those sentences instead of just responding, which is what she's only been able to do recently and she's making remarkable progress. we're so proud of her. >> reporter: giffords has a long way to go. every day she'll travel 26 miles from her husband's home near houston to the hospital for six hours of rehabilitation. at home she'll have round the clock care. giffords has had to relearn how to walk and talk. and still struggles to find words and form sentences. susan heilman has shot three times in the same attack. >> gabby has a long way from the attack but look at that smile. she'll be back. i have confidence. >> astronaut mark kelly has confidence, too. expecting giving her a normal quality of life, more time outdoors and more time with her family will enhance her already remarkable recovery. alexis christoforous, cbs news, new york. >>> since congressman anthony weiner has refused to resign, they could strip him of his committee assig

debbie wasserman schultz yesterday. >> weiner's continued service in congress is untenable. this sort of affair has become an unacceptable distraction for representative weiner, his family, his constituents and the house. >> reporter: and again today on meet the press. >> once he crossed that threshold, acknowledge head had been lying, had engaged in conduct that is completely unacceptable and indefensible. that's where i thought the line was crossed. >> reporter: house minority leader nancy pelosi said, quote, i urge congressman weiner to seek help without the pressures of being a member of congress. >> anthony weiner should resign. >> reporter: polls show the majority of his queens district supports him. but this afternoon a rally outside his new york office demonstrates opinions are clearly divided. >> he is a liar. how do i know how many other things he has lied about? >> everybody has lied at some point. >> i don't agree. >> reporter: sources tell nbc before wiener makes a decision on his political future, he wants the council of his pregnant hueneme, huma abedin, who i

representative debbie wasserman schultz spoke to her wednesday and had a full conversation. >> she spoke to me in full sentences, initiated in sentences, instead of just responding which is what she's only been able to do recently and she's making remarkable progress, we're so proud of her. >>> some different kinds of photos threatened the career of anthony weiner, explicit new pictures of weiner taken in the house gym appeared over the weekend, despite the sexting scandal and growing calls for his resignation, weiner has been adamant about keeping his seat. "the new york daily news" reports the latest embarrassing self-portraits have him reconsidering. he has entered a treatment center and wants a leave of absence from congress. duarte geraldino reports. >> he voted to raise the debt ceiling -- >> reporter: a protest turned into an argument on a public street sunday. >> hey, ho, he's gotta go. >> reporter: many demanding the embattled congress resign over the sexting scandal and fueling the fire more leaked photos. how many do you have in your stack? >> 100 and gladly hand out more if i

. >> reporter: aides to congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz you just heard from say the two women were able to conduct a phone conversation last week about 10 minutes long, back and forth. that's something they had never been able to do before. and aides to congresswoman giffords tell us there's one word she is using to describe how she feels today and that's elated. >> pelley: tell us what the road ahead is for her now. >> reporter: well, scott, she's going to be going to that hospital every day, undergoing about six hours of rehabilitation with the same doctors and specialists that she had already been working with. when she's at home, she'll have round-the-clock home health care if she needs it, but doctors say that will still give her a much more normal quality of life than she would have had if she was staying in the hospital. >> pelley: thank you, nancy. we turn now to a story that we found surprising, a report today that in one quarter of the counties of the united states, the life expectancy for women is dropping. the study, by well-respected researchers at the university

taxpayer dollars investigating whether or not anthony weiner is a creep or not nancy pelosi debbie wasserman schultz who is obama's hand-picked leader of the democratic party to sit down with him and tell him that he needs to leave i don't know considering the voters and winners district spoken in this most recent poll should republicans shut their mouths about calling for winners resignation especially since republican david vitter an admitted patron of prostitutes who even ordered them up twice on the floor of the senate still sitting . i've got i love having him to me wiener is a member of congress i don't want to resign i want to hang in there keep fighting the fight in as new information comes out about more of his indiscretions i think that can only help republicans of the guys hanging in there the only damage he's doing is to his own party hang in there and also let's let's be real about this q it's not just republicans are asking for his resignation it's belo party members fellow democrats who are saying you should resign you split well i'm going to end up agreeing with oh. my conservative f

chair debbie wasserman schultz lined up behind the republican party and called on anthony weiner to resign here's what congresswoman wasserman schultz said yesterday on the issue. that the end of the day you know a member of congress makes their own decision in that that's certainly going to be up to anthony weiner but we have made clear that he needs to resign he needs to focus on now on getting his his own personal issues in order to focus on his family and do the right thing. that we were initially said he will not step down but does plan to seek treatment however source of the new york daily news reported yesterday to do the growing calls for his resignation from his colleagues wiener is now considering leaving office best despite the fact that a wide majority of voters in his district running to stay and despite the fact that senator david vitter who actually did commit multiple crimes by ordering up prostitutes from the senate floor is still in office to this day so democrats once again rollover as an ant and it is an influential politician within the liberal community about to take

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taxpayer dollars investigating whether or not anthony weiner the creep or not nancy pelosi debbie wasserman schultz who is obama's hand-picked leader of the democratic party to sit down with him and tell him that he needs to leave on the night so why is it that when republicans like david vitter john ensign christopher lee mark sanford newt gingrich you get the point rise of the when these guys step in it republican leadership says it's up to the constituents but why. a democrat gets in trouble they pounce and ask for an immediate resignation. you know look this is really pathetic what he did it's no question about that he apparently showed his previous to the to the world but it's out now just i mean it's a few hours. and barney frank who didn't leave after after sex scandals i think that he probably should resign but that's not anthony weiner's thing to do that's not what he did he take a person he is taking into account what had a person he is this is what he should say he said yes i sent those pictures it's not illegal and guess what i'm going to be sending more so you better get used to it i'm

debbie wasserman schultz, chair of the democratic party.hat she said yesterday morning. >> at the end of the day a member of congress makes their own decision. that's certainly going to be up to an hoeny weiner. but we have made clear that he needs to resign. he needs to focus on getting his own personal issues in order. focus on his family and do the right thing. >> so now what, dana? >> reporter: now what, they're still waiting in the democratic leadership. the number two democrat steny hoyer told our ous today they'r waiting to see what he decides. there are two options. one to strip him of his committee assignments. another is to kick him out of the democratic caucus. neither of these, we're told, are actively being discussed yet because they're kind of still waiting a couple of days. but the question is, what is he going to decide? you know, brooke, we had talked about last week about the fact that i'd heard that he was telling his colleagues that he wanted to wait until his wife, huma, returned to make the final decision. the source i

here's how democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman-schultz put it. >> i call on anthony weiner to resign. the behavior he's shown has been reprehensible. for the good of all he should step aside and address those things that should be most important his and his family's well being. >> all right. here's nancy pelosi's statement. she says congressman weiner has a love of his family, the confidence of his constituents and the recognition that he needs help. i urge congressman weiner to seek that help without the pressure of acmember of congress. our very own jason carroll caught up with anthony weiner. they talked about everything, from calls to his resignation and delaware police are investigating an alleged contact between weuner and a 17-year-old girl. >> reporter: it's not clear where the congressman has gone to seek treatment. he departed this morning to seek professional treatment focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person. in light of that he'll request a short leave of absence from the house of representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a

let's look at what the democratic national committee chairman debbie wasserman schultz fired back when she heard this. it was inappropriate and insensitive to the millions of americans looking for work. kyra, mitt romney has a new web video out this morning where he is very critical of president obama and the fact that we have a 9.1% unemployment rate. certainly mitt romney wishes that he wasn't having to have to address questions about this comment yesterday. as you said, he says he has some self-deprecating humor and he is basically saying the president doesn't understand the plight of the unemployed. >> mark preston, we will watch it develop. >>> your next political update in an hour. go to our website for more political news, cnnpolitics.com. >>> today in saudi arabia, women are daring to get behind the wheel and drive. it's not illegal but religious people there strictly limit women's activities. last month, a female driver was jailed. jonathan mann is joining us with the story. we look at this and say how could that be possible? >> how did you get to work together? you probably d

. >> democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman-schultz saying being unemployed is not a jokeaises us to our question of the day. was it connecting with voters or out of touch. we'll read some of your comments later in the hour. >>> new numbers, while americans all over the country are struggling to pay their bills many of the people they send to washington are doing just fine. the median household income in the u.s. as you know is about $50,221. many in congress are making much more than that, three times that. according to new house members' financial disclosure reports, let's look at minority leader nancy pelosi's base salary as speaker in 2010, $223,500 a year. she and her husband are wealthy, worth a minimum of $42 million. this is according to the "washington post" with assets ranging from real estate to j. crew stock. john boehner, he is making $223,000, up from $193,000 he earned last year as minority leader. his net worth is $2 million. while he may be the most powerful republican in the house, he's far from the richest. that title goes to congressman darrell issa fro

roots nation, i was there, you saw the newly minted democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz. and dan pfeiffer, he spoke to the crowd. it was a chilly reception to him. a lot of the progressives who call themselves the professional left, they were kind of a little antsy with the progress of some of president obama pushing some of those issues. today you had michele bachmann, congresswoman, just finishing up. there was a little bit of an incident. she blasted president obama, but an incident involving some glitter protester posted a video on youtube saying she was doused. it is unclear if michele bachmann knew what was going on and no one was hurt or anything. >> okay. shannon travis, thanks so much. minneapolis, appreciate that. for the latest political news, you know exactly where to go. cnnpolitics.com. >>> straight ahead, whether you're cooking dinner at home or eating out tonight, there is a good chance your meal will have traveled more than you. there's another way litter box dust:e purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder on dust. and our imp

. >> sean: debbie wasserman schultz basically guess on to say that the gop wants to drag us back to jimat? >> sean: yeah. >> disgutting. >> sean: republicans want to literally drag us back to jim crow laws and literally and transparently block access to the polls to voters who are -- >> makes no sense. head of the dnc injecting race into an issue of voter access. >> sean: she is -- great position for her. >> this is bad. bad government, bad politics and dumb. >> it is worse than weiner did. that's hateful. >> sean: barack obama did it on medicare. he said republican plans wants -- >> jim crow? >> sean: demagoguery.

i think leaders of the democratic party, nancy pelosi and debbie wasserman-schultz, should ask him to resign. it seems the only job these guys are willing to fight for is anthony weiner's job. why are they defending this guy? >> if you look at some of the democrats, it certainly appears that they have turned on him. >> turned on him by opening up a house ethics investigation? i mean, we know what happened. it's all over the internet. you reported on more information that came out last night. this is just -- here's what's going to happen. this is going to be a slow drip, drip, drip type story and within a couple weeks, my guess is he's going to have to resign because it's going to be such a distraction to the folks here and especially even the leaders of the democratic party that he's going to have to resign. they should do the right thing, speak up and say, look, this guy should resign. he should leave. we have a lot of work to do. we've got record unemployment, an economy in the ditch. we've got a president and leaders of the democratic party that would rather whistle past the gravey

and debby wasserman-schultz, the chairman of the democratic national committee, basically said the democratsconomy. the t.a.r.p. passed at the end of the bush administration was such an emergency measure that most everybody in washington did support it. as time went on, that became unpopular as, quote, the bailout. but the thing that began to crystallize everything was the stimulus package under president obama in his first months in office. the two republicans that were actually in congress at that time that were running for president actually voted against t.a.r.p. so it seems to me that we're going to be able to separate ourselves from that somewhat. but the main issue is how has the president done in the four years he's had to manage the economy? right now, it looks pretty bad for him. >> it's also, i might say, the polls show that the public is kind of tired of blaming george w. bush. they now believe the president has ownership of the economy. roland martin is with us now. isn't there something to be said for the major republican argument which is that government has gotten too large a

you saw debby wasserman schultz this week say, we own this economy. she also began to articulate that the turnaround started because of our policies. now, sure, nobody wants to sit here and be honest and say, hey, we were in a ditch, we were horrible, it was just a terrible economy. but fed chairman ben bernanke has said, this is going to be slow growth. what americans can't get used to is the fact that we're not going to have some huge explosion overnight, that we're going to see massive jobs. we put ourselves in a horrible situation. when you do that, it actually takes time. folks may not buy it. but it's also a reality. and every republican can talk about tax cuts. we know that tax cuts under president george w. bush contributed to our deficit. we have to own up to that. >> ken rogoff is the former chief economist at the imf and the expert on financial crises. simplest terms possible, with the recovery weakening, how real is the threat of slipping back into another recession or does it feel so dismal to the american middle class, it doesn't matter

joining me, democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz and republican chair, reincethe fallout of the anthony weiner scandal, the politics of the economied as well as the future of medicare our meet the candidate series continues with pennsylvania senator rick santorum and our political roundtable, all coming up this morning on "meet the press." >>> a big con grant lations this morning to meteorologist rob mayeda, here he is, all dressed up, take a look at what's holding that is the emmy award he won last night. he is celebrating with dees rah fitzpatrick from our sister station in sacramento. our very own hard-working weatherman was award last night with the regional emmy for best weather anchor. we are not surprised. congratulations, rob and hopefully, we will get to see him in that tux next time he is in the studio. >>> and new this morning, the first photos of congresswoman gabrielle giffords since she was hot in the head during a shooting rampage at a grocery store. an aide posted this photo this morning on the congresswoman's facebook pay. giffords continues to

here's how democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman-schultz put it. >> it was with great disappointment that i call my colleague anthony weiner to resign. the behavior he's shown has been reprehensible. his continued service is untenable. this affair has become an unacceptable distraction for representative weiner, his family, his quaets, and the house, and for the good of all he should step aside and address those things that should be most important, his and his family's well-being. >> all right. here's nancy pelosi's statement. she says congressman weiner has a love of his family, the confidence of his constituents and the recognition that he needs help. i urge congressman weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of congress. our very own jason carroll caught up with congressman weiner while he was walking on the streets of new york. they talked about everything, from calls to his resignation to the news that delaware police are investigating an alleged contact between weiner and a 17-year-old girl. jason? >> reporter: it's not clear where the c

she turned as well as other top officials, including debbie wasserman-schultz, and others in part of the political arm of the party saying they had to rachet up that pressure. this does not end this. there is still going to be a discussion about what is the end of the road here, and i think that's something the democrats ultimately wanted do avoid. >> we have to recognize his wife is out of the cot official business right now. there's some speculation that maybe resignation is still in this cards, but he needs to have that discussion face-to-face. have you heard anything on that? >> well, i mean, only that i think that's absolutely logical for them to discuss this as a family and as a married couple and to try to work through this. i think that's all certainly possible, and, again, the longer that it drags on, the longer there are questions, the longer there are calls for resignation, it's an issue that really stays out there, and that being the case, i think democrats become concerned. >> we showed, david, a moment ago the gabby giffords photos. what are you hearing about when and i

democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz putting out a statement blasting it sayingmployed, mr. romney, is not a joke, not to my constituents in florida or to millions of americans across the country. she reported that mr. romney doesn't need the job, that he is worth more than $200 mill and owns several homes around the country. asked about his joke later he said he was only making light of himself. you can't decide for yourself whether he was or wasn't. the joke came in a certain context. earlier this month president obama said this about a shaky jobs report just out. >> there are always going to be bumps on the road to recovery. >> those four roads, bumps on the road. governor romney turned them into a campaign ad accusing president obama of, well, being insensitive to the ploumd. >> i'm an american. not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american. not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american, not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american, not a bump in the road. >> i'm an american, not a bump in the road. >> so was the president of the united states comparing americans to

this from debby wasserman schultz. >> it is a distraction for representative weiner, his family, constituents and the house. for the good of all, he should step aside. >> then this -- "anthony's inappropriate behavior has been an insurmountable distraction to the house," that from the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee. nancy pelosi who already called for an ethics investigation says "i urge the congressman to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of congress." the response -- congressman weiner takes the views of his colleagues very seriously and has determined that he needs this time to get healthy and make the decision possible for hick self-his family and his constituents. last hour i spoke with dana bash about how rare these resignation calls are. >> reporter: this doesn't happen with members of congress in their own party very much at all. nancy pelosi for example has never, ever called for somebody in her own party to resign. so yes, public pressure is real but you're absolutely right, there's really -- just by evidence of the fact that with all of

the head of the democratic national committee representative debbie wasserman schultz was a lot more blunt talk to say about it. >> it is with great disappointment that i call on my colleague representative anthony weiner to resign. the behavior he exhibited is indefensible and wooern's continued service in congress sun tenable this. sort of affair has become an unacceptable distraction for representative weiner, his family, his constituents and the house, and for the good of all he should step aside and address those things that should be most important, his and his family's well-being. >> so as democrats started to abandon weiner, we got word saturday that he is seeking professional treatment. he made no mention of that just hours earlier when our own jason carroll caught up with him on the streets of new york, and he seemed adamant about hanging on to his seat. >> reporter: just to reconfirm about resignation, you no plans. >> no news. >> reporter: no plans to resign. >> nothing has changed. >> reporter: so you're not resigning? >> a majority of weiner's constituents in new york a

statements calling on him to resign as did the democratic national committee chairwoman, debbie wasserman schultze were another set of people who called on him to resign. weiner said that he would not resign, but rather seek a leave of absence from the house while he sought treatment for whatever is causing this sex scandal he has been involved in. host: all of these calls for him to resign come from the house side. but you write in your article that chuck schumer, the no. 3 democrat in the senate, and kirsten gillibrand both approved of his decision to seek for treatment. what is the significance of that? guest: a couple of things to work there. chuck schumer has been very close to anthony weiner. weiner used to work for him. children take syracuses the junior senator from chuck schumer. -- gillibrand take her cues as the junior senator from chuck schumer. the sex scandal did not involve actual sex, as far as we know. it also did not involve any public malfeasance, as far as we know, or abuse of office in terms of taxpayer funds or anything illegal that we know of. and his constituents are the c

debbie wasserman-schultz got the game-winning hit.h john boehner and nancy pelosi on hand. it benefited the young survival coalition, assisting young women facing breast cancer. >> i can't believe the press lost to those guys. first lady michele obama wrapping up her goodwill visit to africa after a visit to botswanna. >> cnn's zain verjee following this, live in london. good morning, zain. >> good morning. let's just go straight to this video because, you know, african archbishop desmond tutu can do pushups, so can everybody else, okay, guys. he does it, but the first lady, michele obama, is really spearheading this. she's at a football stadium with some kids there and there she goes. some sit-ups there. doing them pretty well. and then you see the archbishop himself, there he goes, down he goes. >> down he doesn't go. down his butt goes up and down, don't see the hands moving. >> come on, drew. >> give him a break. >> he's like 80. >> is he going to do them or not. >> she looks amazing. >> so the kids were there and they were all ch

with two outs on the board, a line drive by debbie wasserman schultz brought congresswoman linda sanchezfor the women of congress. new hampshire freshman senator savored the taste of the victory. >> it was a blast and so great to know your colleagues out of the senate. and we won. >> reporter: this is the third year the lawmakers have played this game and the only time they've won. and if you ask the press team, it will be their last. >> i have to challenge you to a rematch. >> we're ready. next year. you're on. >> we look forward to it. >> game on. >> reporter: so you can tell that we're pretty competitive about all of this. in fact trash talking leading up to this game is sort of a hallmark of the event. but i have to tell you, in all fairness to these lawmaker, average age of

debbie wasserman-schultz, line drive, brought in congresswoman linda sanchez for a home run.that point, brooke. so we lost. there will be a rematch in 2012. make no mistake of it. >> i saw video earlier of a very pregnant dana bash who told me in her e-mail in 2 1/2 weeks. here she is. who was she? captain of the team? >> reporter: she was one of the captains of the team and was a captain last year as well and played. she's actually a pretty good batter. considering she's nine months pregnant, no, she did not get up to bat. a lot of people got trophies, she was awarded a onesy. i couldn't believe honestly she came out. it was such a good cause. she said nothing was going to stop her. >> it's for breast cancer awareness. the young survivor coalition. this is appropriate that this is an all-women thing and i'm sitting here nine months pregnant. >> reporter: good cause, yes, brooke, but we take this pretty seriously. we do trash talking on twitter for weeks leading up to the game. there is going to be a rematch. the rules, i have to say, were unequal. i talked to you about this

obviously over the weekend when nancy pelosi and debbie wasserman schultz, and the democratic leadersmust go action the president of the united states gave that interview to nbc's ann curry, where he said, if it were me, i would resign, it was obvious hi had only a matter of when, and it's today. >> i'm looking at the live feed coming in right now. i can see our kate bolduan there. i understand that nancy pelosi is in the room. as we mentioned, there was a scheduled news conference today, and then the news broke. our dana bash just about 45 minutes ago or so, telling us that her sources had confirmed that indeed anthony weiner was going to resign today. now we're getting world from our affiliate wcbs that resignation could happen in front of the cameras in brooklyn at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. john king, while we are waiting for nancy pelosi to step up to the mikes, which i'm told could happen any second now, john, let me ask you. we've been talking a lot. it seems that everybody -- you kind of touched on this. what if he wouldn't have lied? there have been politicians, as you mentioned

democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz. >> the continued service in congress is untenable. this has become a distraction for representative weiner, his family, his constituents and house. >> reporter: house minority leader nancy pelosi issued a statement calling on weiner to seek treatment and resign. adding to the pressure, this weekend tmz.com published new suggestive photos of weiner at the capitol hill members gym that he allegedly sent to an unidentified woman. all that after he engaged in a correspondence with twitter with a 17-year-old high schoolgirl in delaware. police cleared weiner of the crime in that case saying, quote, there was no disclosure of criminal activity nor inappropriate contact by the congressman. despite all that democratic sources tell nbc news weiner will not make any further decisions about his political future until his pregnant wife, huma abedin, returns from an overseas diplomatic trib with her boss, secretary of state hillary clinton. meanwhile, protesters calling for his resignation have shown up in his home office in queens a

and her good friend debbie wa wasserman-schultz appeared on the "today" show today. hear what she had to say. >> we had a good conversation. she spoke to me in full sentences, initiated those sentences, instead of just responding which she had only been able to do recently. she's making remarkable progress. i'm so proud of her. she's working so hard. she's got a long way to go, but you can see how beautiful she is, and we are longing and looking forward to her coming back. >> on gabby giffords' facebook page, 600 comments and 600 people liking the new photos. >> thanks so much. we're going to check in with you a little later on and also find out what her facebook page is saying about her condition in general, her speaking, movement, that kind of thing. thank you so much, lisa sylvester. >>> a protest plan later today in oakland, california. this one for the scheduled release tomorrow of a bay area transit officer. he was convicted of killing a passenger in 2009. he testified he meant to use his stun gun instead of his handgun. the victim's family calls it a travesty.

democratic representative debbie wasserman schultz of florida says the medicare proposal by republicands allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions. what do we know? true or false. >> suzanne, we rated this one false. the republicans do have a proposal that would change medicare to a system where seniors buy their own insurance policies with some money from the government to help them pay for it. it is intended to reduce spending in the medicare program. but the part of the proposal says that the insurance companies who participate would have to offer policies to all seniors regardless of pre-existing conditions. so false. >> what about this from sarah palin? she said, look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. it's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined. true? false? >> this one got a false, too. we dug into the numbers and there is a couple of different ways you can calculate the public debt. but no matter how we looked at it, the amount of debt that's accumulated under the obama admi

debbie wasserman schultz has said this is a personal matter. this is not a personal matter. this is a matter for the house of representatives, and the people's body to really handle appropriately. and i think that's where the politics come to play. >> well, a lot of people with a lot of very strong and very different opinions about all of this. david bossy, thank you. appreciate your time. >>> as we mentioned earlier, congressman weiner's role in washington can't be understated. first elected in 1998, the 46-year-old new yorker has solidified his reputation as a liberal's liberal. frequently criticizing president obama from the left. he has fought for issues like women's rights and gun control with a determined, feisty and above all fire-brand rhetoric. >> you vote yes if you believe yes! you vote in favor if you believe it's the right thing. if you believe it's the wrong thing, you vote no. we are following a procedure -- i will not yield to the gentleman! and the gentleman will observe regular order! the gentleman will observe regular order! >> last july, weiner married lo

anyway, debby wasserman schultz and i who are the co-captains, wanted to, number one, tell you all that we will be playing the washington news media tonight at 7:00 at watkins recreation park up at 12th and d street southeast and we invite everybody to come and cheer us on. mrs. emerson: we are going to win this year. we're good. and probably more than anything else, this has been a wonderful opportunity for us to really bond as friends and as colleagues, not in any partisan way, and we're just very excited and happy that we're playing tonight. we need your all's support. ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, i want to thank all the women and our male coaches who have been practicing for three months two, or three times a weeks, at 7:00 in the morning, all to raise money for a great cause, for the young survival coalition which helps young women who are struggling with breast cancer or who have survived breast cancer. all of you know that i am a breast cancer survivor along with sue myrick on the other side of the aisle, but this game is our opportunity to come together as women, as siste

yesterday congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz said they own the economy and what are the facts of owning the economy? since the stimulus, 1.9 million americans have lost their jobs. since the president has taken office gasoline prices are up more than 100%. health-insurance premiums, up more than 19, food stamp recipients up or than 39%. the only two major factors that go down our home values and startups. the difficulty is when you look forward to the future, what does it say? startups in the last 12 months are at its lowest point in a decade. i want to stress that. the lowest point in a decade. you take the end of the last recession from 2001 to 2007. small businesses, once with 500 employees are less created 7 million jobs. there's a fundamental difference between and not nor and a government job. and entrepreneur does not take a job from anyone. they create jobs. this environment, these democratic policies, have crushed it to a new low. that is why the republicans have a plan to unshackle america. reform the regulation, create a tax atmosphere that actually allows you to compe