enter ginger lee. she's a former porn star, now stripper and she's involved, famed attorney gloria allred who was by her side yesterday. she said that anthony weiner coached her and told her to lie about the online exchange they'd be having since march. she said she started following on twitter because she was interested in health care, planned parenthood and wrote something on her blog about them. now after the scandal broke, lee claims she reached out to him for advice, on what to do. >> he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. i knew i couldn't lie for him. but i didn't want to be the one that kicked him under the bus. >> now she went on to say that weiner should resign. we did reach out to weiner's office for a response to the allegation. why she has a lawyer, why she went public at this time, still a big question. allred said she felt she needed to break her silence, to get on with her life, get back to work. lee said she contacte

>> well, the first woman's name is ginger lee. former porn star who now is into stripping and dancing. her relationship started the same way as the other woman. she contacted the distinguished gentleman from new york, over twitter. and facebook. and finally she wrote back. they started a conversation. most of it for about a year's span of time, being some politics, some sexual-type conversation towards the end it did get nastier and more sexual. the most interesting part of ginger lee is the fact that at the end we the story broke in the press, he had the audacity to start to team her how to lie. the most unbelievable thing to see a politician writing to some person teaching them, here's what you say so no one will understand that the true is something else. let me write you a statement that you can send to the press that's total not bs and not true, but i'm going to send it to you and believe me, they will believe what you say. >> greta: did she supply you e-mails or any sort of records so you saw with your own eyes? >> i actuall

mary, tell us what were some of the highlights of what ginger lee had to say? of communications. and she said that he had asked her to lie about their communication and that he had helped her with a statement that she had released to the press. according to her attorney, they started communicating back in march. and, apparently, they say there was only one phone call in between that time. and that was on june 2nd. she came out with -- just reading the statement, would not answer any questions. and, randi, a little bit of a mystery, also, about why now, and why does she have an attorney, the celebrity lawyer, gloria allred. she said that she felt it was time to break her silence. she also said that she had been in touch with an attorney because she had had been threatened. she didn't really elaborate on that. but she said that someone had come forward and was going to o issue an of her reasoning for hiring an attorney. >> mary, di do have a couple moe questions for you. but i want to share with the viewers and listen in on the preference conference. >> -- about

e-mail unearthed by tmz shows weiner asking former porn star ginger lee. talk to a professional pr type or do you need to, to get advice. i can have someone on my team call. not clear the team were members of his congressional it sounds like it. megan broussard says she received a call last month from weiner's congressional office. the congressman also used his office to mislead several reporters, including our own bret baier. do you remember this? >> bret: you definitively didn't send it, but you can't definitively say whether it is you or not? >> i can define activity say i did not send this. it looks like a prank and a jock about my name. i can say with certitude that i have hired someone who is going to come in. deconstruct this to make sure this doesn't happen again. i can say like hundreds of thousands, unfortunately, of americans who wake up one morning and find out their account was compromised or someone sent out something under their name they didn't send. i roll up my lives try to dust it off and figure out how we make sure that doesn't happen a

one of them was apparently the porn star ginger lee. and the web site tmz now reports that congressman weiner emailed lee writing do you need to talk to a professional p.r. type person to give you advice? and went on to say can i have someone on my team call. it's not clear whether that same public reels team may have advised representative weiner to lie for a week and then hold a tearful news conference. either way, there is no evidence that ginger lee took him up on the offer. doug mckelway with the news in washington tonight. the house minority leader nancy pelosi formally referred his case to the ethics committee. >> she did, indeed, shep. that means that the committee will have full subpoena power to summon witnesses, computer files, telephone records. it also raises the question of whether the congressman may have committed some kind of a crime, such as obstruction of justice if those reports of him asking ginger lee to lie are true. a former assistant attorney general told fox news today that he doubts that this rises to the leve

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another woman came forward, ginger lee says that weiner asked her to lie about their exchanges. sources say after long discussions with his wife, weiner decided to resign. he called nancy pelosi to at the time her but weekly press conference she would not comment on the news. >> responding to questions, let's see what he decides to do today and then we'll go from there. i'm not making any announcements for him or about him. >> weiner has spent the last three weeks trying to hold on his career and sweep the scandal aside and he even tried lying about it. he said that he didn't send the pictures. he said he did it and he not with step down. >> i haven't told the truth. and i've done things deeply regret. >> he was seeking treatment for his behavior but today he will announce to leave his job. it will be up to andrew cuomo to name a replacement for weiner. when he does start his press knws new york, we'll bring it to you live and stream it live at abc7news.com. >>> we have developing news in sacramento this morning the budget deal passed late yesterday, it's already dead. >> govern

. >> to tmz reports of his interaction with former porn start ginger lee. pelosi is calling for an ethics investigation. >> i have the vote of. i have no intention of. i cannot fathom that he would be stupid enough to go after the girls and start releasing photos of them that they have given. let it lie, okay? >> can the fast-talking yorker survive? >> i hope people see this in the light that is, a mistake. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> bill clinton is more popular than ever. eliot spitzer as exculpates got him his own tv show. and he was reelected despite his dalliances with a prostitute. >> how many man over how many centuries have gone on to be heroes? >> >> they apologize and we forget. >> an important factor is if there were any rules violations. he insists he only used his own computer and a personal blackberry. this may not protect them from house rules and the standard of conduct. new york is losing two house seats to redistricting and it is possible and it is now more likely to be his that is one eliminated. >>> german chan

another woman came forward, ginger lee says that weiner asked her to lie about their exchanges. sources say after long discussions with his wife, weiner decided to resign. he called nancy pelosi to at the time her but weekly press conference she would not comment on the news. >> responding to questions, let's see what he decides to do today and then we'll go from there. i'm not making any announcements for him or about him. >> weiner has spent the last three weeks trying to hold on his career aswee the sndal aside and he even tried lying about it. he said that he didn't send the pictures. he said he did it and he not with step down. >> i haven't told the truth. and i've done things deeply regret. >> he was seeking treatment for his behavior but today he will announce to leave his job. it will be up to andrew cuomo to name a replacement for weiner. when he does start his press knws new york, we'll bring it to you live and stream it live at abc7news.com. >>> we have developing news in sacramento this morning the budget deal passed late yesterday, it's already dead. >> governor bro

. >> that woman, ginger lee, afternooned with attorney gloria allred yesterday. e says she and the congressman did have online exchanges and that he asked her to lie about them. she says she did. weiner has admitted to sending explicit messages and photos to women and then lying about it. >>> and we move along here. 4:50. >>> markets around the world are feeling the effects of growing debt problems in greece. asia markets are down sharply today. yesterday the dow lost all of tuesday's big gains. and this morning futures are down once again about 30 points. greece's prime minister plans to form a new cabinet today as part of his effort to pass a fresh round of drastic spending cuts and tax hikes to try to fix things in greece. >>> prince harry will be reporting for duty in afghanistan sometime next year but officials are taking steps to make sure you don't hear about it because a media leak cut short his first tour of duty in a combat zone. the prince has made it clear, he doesn't want his chopper pilot training to go to waste. military and palace officials will no

. >> back on march 13th, a woman named ginger lee, who is a stripper apparently, she tweeted this. you know it's a good day when you wake up to a dm from ath repwiener. do you have any idea who this woman is? >> his answer is coming up next. i'll be tweeting tonight, but i'm not sending any photos. >>> later, syria and a twist in the for which are and killing of this 13-year-old boy. his father praising the regime responsible for his loss. is he speaking the truth or has he been threatened and forced to support the very regime that seemed to have killed his son? isha, what do you got? >> they gent plenty of tornados in springfield, missouri but not springfield, massachusetts. we'll tell you what happened when this tore right into town. much more just ahead. down the hill? man: all right. we were actually thinking, maybe... we're going to hike up here, so we'll catch up with you guys. [ indistinct talking and laughter ] whew! i think it's worth it. working with a partner you can trust is always a good decision. massmutual. let our financial professionals help you reach your goals. s

ginger lee says she got sexually explicit messages from weiner. weiner's wife has returned from africa with hillary clinton. >> gabrielle giffords is waking up at home this morning for the first time since being badly wounded in a shooting rampage five months as. doctors released her from the hospital yesterday. she lives with her husband in houston. she was shot in the head while meeting with constituents in tucson. six people were killed and 13 wounded. giffords still has trouble walking and talking and going to have to return to the hospital for physical therapy. >> next at 5:00, unwelcome fashion statement. a man kicked off a plane is now in jail for refusing to pull up his pants at sfo. >> hurry up and click purchase because soon it could cost a lot more money to shop online. >> and what is next for johannes mehserle. how the former bart police officer is spending his time days after being released from jail.

. >> back on march 13th, a woman named ginger lee, who is a stripper apparently, she tweeted this. i'll put it up on the screen. you know it's a good day when you wake up to a dm from @repwiener. i'm a fan girl, y'all. he's my trifecta of win. do you have any idea who this woman is? >> his answer is coming up next. let us know what you think. we're on facebook or on twitter @ anderson cooper. i'll be tweeting tonight, but i'm not sending any photos. >>> later, syria and a twist in the torture and killing of this 13-year-old boy. his father praising the regime responsible for his loss. is he speaking the truth or has he been threatened and forced to support the very regime that seemed to have killed his son? first, let's check in with isha sesay. isha, what do you got? >> they get plenty of tornados in springfield, missouri but not springfield, massachusetts. we'll tell you what happened when this one tore right up the river and right into town. much more just ahead. [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon

ginger lee in atlanta ant an interpretive dance in establishment -- [laughter] triple her asking right. -- asking rate. >> nina? >> i finally felt sorry for anthony weiner at that press conference with people heckling. you should be able to resign in public with -- in control of a low but without having people treated as a spectacle. he is gone and it seemed incredibly mean. >> evan? >> feel sorry for his wife. she came home, he quit. >> charles, anything to add? >> hard to find something, especially after mark. he was the victim of a calendar. the democrats were going to strip him of his committee ;passignments. he might have hung in there because the majority of his constituents in one of the polls supported him. he could have been reelected. the problem is, his district, because it is after a sense this year -- a census year, would have been dissolved in redistricting. he could not have a future. he might have on the top, but knowing that it would not be a ninth district -- might have hung tough, but knowing that there would not be at night the district, he had nowhere to go but lea

according to tmz, the congressman and former porn star, ginger lee exchanged numerous sexually explicit e- mails. when lee was getting calls from the media, the congressman suggested to her that she lie. he also allegedly wrote an e- mail telling her to respond with, and we quote, this is silly. like so many others, i follow representative weiner on twitter. i don't know him and have never met him. >> this is almost like a sexual russian roulette. okay? are you doing something that is so stupid it's almost crazy. and so what is going on with him quite obviously seems to be a man who has impulse control issues. >> the congressman also offered public relations help to the former porn star and if that help came from his congressional staff and taxpayer funded, he could be in violation of house ethics rules. >> it has been one week since that deadly bus crash out on i- 95 and today just 50 miles up the highway from the scene of that accident, federal and state officials launched a commercial vehicle safety campaign. >> the tragic, tragic events of last week was a crash that occurred 50 mile

. >> ginger lee appeared with gloria allred. lee said she began internet conversations over politics but wiener kept trying to talk about sex. when the scandal broke, she said he asked her to lie about their relationship. weiner is on a two-week leave of absence, seeking treatment, and is waiting to talk to his wife as pressure mounts for his resignation. she reportedly returned home from an overseas trip with her boss, secretaryover state hillary clinton. >>> the richmond memorial auditorium opened to con that costa county's homeless. the coalition agency and other groups had the clean slate clinic for many services many people take for granted like haircuts and meals. one man is happy to make the transition from wild man to clean-cut. >> it have been homeless for six years now so i think this is a great thing for the people to boost their morale. >> organizers tell us their goal is to put as many services as possible under one roof. bay area hospitals are providing medical and dental checkups. counselors are on hand to help wi

tmz reporting weiner had an online relationship with former porn star ginger lee and offered to help her cover it up. >> cameras are showing up, calling her family members, stuff like that. she is upset about it and asking him and he basically says, look, do you have need pr advice? >> reporter: as for weiner's wife, the top hillary clinton aide left tuesday for a seven-day state department trip to africa. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, washington. >>> cal trains service is getting back this afternoon after a person was hit and killed, cal train 133 hit the person near peninsula avenue buff the exact circumstances have yet to be revealed. the san mateo county coroner has yet to determine the victim's i.d. the train was heading north bound from san jose. both directions of track were shut down during the investigation, but both have since reopened. today's death is the eighth fatality on cal train tracks this year. >>> the 17-year-old accused gunman was charged today with murdering a 3-month-old baby in east palo alto on sunday morning. today he also faced the baby's family in court. cha

. >> the woman ginger lee appeared with attorney gloria allred today. lee says she and the congressman did have online exchanges and that he asked her to lie about them which she says she did. meanwhile the congressman is facing some pressure to resign. he is supposed to announce a decision after talking to his wife. she has just come back from a state department assignment overseas. >>> floating empty spaces ready at the drop of a dime for anything any city may need. ken is going off the bay area shoreline for tonight's good question. but san francisco has several >>> you may have a multipurpose drawer at home or room. but san francisco has several multipurpose ships. what are those strange looking ships docked at pier 50? when ron wants something i try to answer that good question. >> reporter: it is 750 feet long as tall as an 8-story building and goes by the nickname row row. >> they are what they call row row ships and that means roll on, roll off. on this side a large ramp that is brought down and then you can drive trucks, tanks, ambulances, what

former porn actress ginger lee held a news conference saying congressman wiener asked her to lie about their on-line communications. wiener told friends he wanted to speak to his pregnant wife before deciding whether to resign. she just returned from a trip to africa with her boss, secretary of state hillary clinton. >>> the us marshal service released john edwards' booking photos today. and even though he is facing 30 years in prison and a million and a half dollars in fines he managed to splash a smile. the 58-year-old former presidential candidate has pleaded not guilty to charges he used campaign funds to hide his then mistress and their daughter. edwards admits it is wrongdoing, but says he did not break the law. >>> no classified information was accessed when the c's public website was taken off line by hackers. a group calling itself losick left a mess seeming on twitter. and they broke into the public website this week. >> well, let's turn to the weather forecast. as you know it is pretty steamy out there. but it is changing. >> sandhya patel is here. >> it will sizzle tomorrow

meanwhile, former porn star ginger lee is saying that weiner asked her to lie. she never she never sexted with weiner. >>> these are the mug shots of former presidential candidate john edwards. they were taken after his indictment this month for allegedly using campaign funds to help cover up his extramarital affair. edwards has pleaded not guilty to six felony counts. >>> congresswoman gabby giffords is waking up in her own home for the first time since she was shot in the head five months ago. being at home with her husband, mark kelly, could stimulate her recovery. she still struggles with speaking and walking and she will continue intensive therapy on an outpatient basis. >>> a tiny town in southwestern iowa is hoping for the best as swollen rivers head its way. the residents will have to wait to see if a makeshift levee will safeguard their homes. barbara pinto has more. >> reporter: this is ground zero in the battle to save this town. machine and machinery have been working around the clock here to build this levee. all of this good iowa farm soil is now t

one of the women that corresponded with weiner on twitter and e-mail, ginger lee, a former porn actressht. >> that's right. you have another career if you ever wanted to do it. >> here you go. >>> here's your thursday forecast. gusty winds. hail, and a chance of tornadoes. jacksonville, florida, up to washington, d.c. severe weather could threaten amarillo, kansas city, omaha, denver. showers from chicago to pittsburgh. thunderstorms in the northern rockies. >> see how it was raining in seattle. 67 in boise. near 90 in sacramento. 104, phoenix. 70s, fargo to detroit. 84 degrees here in new york. 90s from atlanta to dallas. >>> all right. check my watch. what time is it? >> it is time for a stretch it out. here we go. >> you got to say it first. >> it still works, though. >> time for our favorite story of the day. >> there is the stamp. we will get it down. really cute story. one that we want to see here. meet 1-year-old trent. take a look at this guy. >> cute little 1-year-old trent. he went to the cheyenne mountain zoo. where he met angie, the 400-pound lioness. they hit it off swimmin

ginger lee spoke with reporterrs in manhattan withia allred by her side. they exchanged. i did not have sex with anthony weiner. i did not send or receive. any time he took our communication in a sexual direction i did not reciprocate. he asked me to lie. i put out the three sentence communication that he told me to say. >> huma abiodine will play a key role on whether he will resign. >> huma, the wife of beleagued congressman anthony weiner arrived back in the middle of the night. he was on the fence on whether to resign. he was waiting for his wife to return before making decision. >> weiner has been out of the public eye since saturday and his office has not revealed details of where he is. he is given a temporary leave of absence. >> he was still front and center on capitol hill yesterday. some members wanted to avoid the topic. >> come to my district and deal in ohio and unemployment and others called for him to step down. >> in my view yes. >> in the they decided against taking action. they focused on gas prices. >> we spent the entire time american public being gou

bomb to come out of this is that according to tmz is that he sent emails to a former porn star ginger lee. he said emails suggesting that she saved when asked by the press, "this is silly. like some many others a father of rep wiener on twitter. i do not know him and i have never met him. he really dollars me and sent me a direct message saying the thinking for the folow." he then bought by asking, "do you need to talk to a professional pr-type person?" republicans are insisting that he resigned. harry reid responded with this assessment. >> i know congressman wiener. i wish there was some what i could defend him but i cannot. >> he admitted to lying about the suggested pictures he was sending the a social media. >> these communications, for the most plays took place before my marriage though some have come a sadly, took place after. to be clear i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships. >> it was nothing like a relationship whatsoever. it was just like, "hey, i think you're hot." >> today nancy pelosi sent a letter to the ethics committee. jay korff abc7 news. >>

month sexting relationship with a congressman another woman in the wiener scandal is a porn star ginger lee today t.m.c. reported wiener gave the porn star get this detailed instructions on how to lie about the relationship calls for a winner's resignation are growing louder as we learn some steamy new details of his online escapades along with evidence that he may have tried to orchestrate a cover up and this story undoubtedly is lowering the bar and that's unfortunate that your cell phones i don't want to know what you think only it's the same question tonight that i asked you last night given today's new developments should anthony weiner resign. you see what all this incessant coverage has resulted in as the nearing of the end of a congressman's career now the republican party the family values moral party is just loving this opportunity to say that yes and step down because finally it's not one of them got caught with their pants down and then wieners own party well they've completely turned against him as well. i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i can defend him but

ginger lee received sexually explicit communications from weiner.ws, the lawmaker, anthony weiner is telling friends that he is stepping down. >> arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is waking up at home this morning. this is the first time since being badly wounded five months ago. doctors released her from the hospital yesterday. she lives with her astronaut husband in suburban houston. she was shot in the head while meeting with the constituents in tucson. six people were killed and 13 wounded. giffords still has trouble walking and talking and to have return to the hospital daily. >> "wall street journal" is revealing apple's biggest secrets including what employees are not allowed to say to customers. you deal with emotional customers, like uh-huh and i understand. and you are not supposed to say unfortunately, that has a negative impact. as it turns out your ipad is fried. and if you are late three times in six months, you pick up your last paycheck. >> recapping our top stories. california lawmakers approved a state budget meeting the con

weiner had an online relationship with former porn star ginger lee and offered to help her cover it up. >> cameras are showing up, calling her family members. she is upset and he says do you need pr advice. >> reporter: more lawmakers advise weiner to resign. >>> here in california governor brown is showing the state he is showing the state he is serious about cutting spending. he made a 44% reduction of state cell phones. brown's office estimated the state would save $13 million if some of the cell phones were retrieved. >> arson investigators are investigating the links to two suspicious fires just blocks from each other at roughly the same time. the first one happened in the 500 block. while firefighters were fighting that fire they noticed another one down the street. the investigators say that's more than a little unusual. >> pretty much both fires are coincidental if they happen within a minute of each other. >> the fires were put out quickly and no one was injured. the cause is under investigation. >>> undocumented immigrants could be card carrying members of an east bay city. r

ginger lee says she received sexually explicit messages from weiner. before deciding whether or not to resign. >> gabrielle giffords is waking up at home this morning for the first time since being badly wounded in a shooting rampage five months ago. doctors released her from the hospital yesterday. she lives with her astronaut husband in suburban houston. she was shot in the head while meetings with constituents in tucson. six people were killed and 13 were wounded. she will have to return to the hospital daily for physical therapy. >> just ahead at 6:00 a.m., state lawmakers approve a last minute budget. one includes an online sales tax. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at the san mateo county jail where a man is behind bars facing very serious charges and it all began when he refused to pull his pants up. [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care... by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks. and not just adult fleas. what makes frontline plus complete the flea life cycle -- is that it breaks killing adults, eggs

>> if ginger lee said after the scandal broke she asked him about what to do.bout exchanges and provided the words she should say she is a former porn star whose path collided with anthony we were online. ginger lee and gloria allred held a press conference to speak out about the communications with weiner. she claims he coached had he ever about dealing with the press after pictures surfaced about a lewd picture. >> he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication he told me to say. it said "i haven't met representative weiner i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i have been hounded by political opponents and that has not changed my view of him and what he fights for." >> he said they never met, but claims she followed him on twitter and after writing something positive, he started following her on twitter and it led to e-mails. >> although discussions at first were about politics, sometimes he would try to take it to another level. mentioninging had "package." >> allred said lee didn't respo

. >> reporter: the former porn star ginger lee had a press conference.ut 100 e-mails she says with anthony weiner from march to june, but says she didn't have a sexual relationship with the congressman. >> i did not sext anthony weiner nor did i send photos to him or receive any from him. any time that he would take our communications in a sexual direction, i didn't respond. >> reporter: he admitted sending lewd photos of himself to women. one spokesperson said he was suggestive in his e-mails to lee. >> here are some of the statements that she received about that. i have clothing demands too. i need to highlight my package. >> reporter: allred says the client found herself in a media vortex that caused her physical and emotional distress. lee says he asked her to cover up the scandals. >> he asked me to lie about our communications. i put out a communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said "i haven't met representative anthony weiner." >> reporter: he is under increasing pressure to resign. he wants to discuss the situation with h

. >> the tmz report, congressman weiner and former porn star, ginger lee exchanged numerous sexually explicit e-mails. the congressman reportedly suggested she lie. in a june 1 e-mail, the report alleges congressman weiner told her to have a couple things, i follow representative weiner on twitter. i don't know him and have never met him. >> i haven't told the truth and i've done things i deeply regret. >> married congressman came clean in a teary admission. after conservative blogger, ann drew posted explicit pictures of weiner on his website. >> offered a limited version of the truth. >> the damage may not be done. the new york post is reporting that while congressman weiner's wife was traveling abroad for work, he sent sexually explicit photos of himself to a nursing student. including a lewd caption. >> this is like a sexual russian roulette, okay. are you doing something that is so stupid it's almost crazy. what is going on with him? quite obviously seems to be a man who has impulse control issues. >> congressman weiner had been a rising star. even touted as a top contender for

on june 2nd, he e-mailed ginger lee, do you need to talk to professional pr type person to give you advice? what is the significance of all this -- this stuff? >> well, look, chris, we had last night -- anthony weiner threw down the gauntlet and said i'm going to survive this by having that press conference, apologizing 50 times. he was gambling he could get through this stuff. now, had he resigned yesterday, you probably wouldn't be reading these things, although i love it when you talk dirty, so i'm glad you are. >> well, i'm reading it. give me a break here, buddy. milbank, you're on my list of most respected people. let's keep it that way. >> glad to be there, chris. these things will continue to come out. if this thing on radar is true, i mean, you read some very tame excerpts about that. it takes a great deal to get me to blush and that is some really gruesome stuff in there. >> in all fairness, we sat with our producers this afternoon when all this came in and decided what i could say, given who i am and what i have to be on television and i don't want to read some of this stuff. i

seems every hour there's a new scandal with respective weiner, allegedly he told a porn star named ginger lee to call his pr team if there is problems in terms of how his message could come out with their relationship so he's going to have to answer a lot of things in the meantime and if he doesn't, surely the house ethics committee will find them. chris? >> luke russert, thank you so much. >>> joseph de geneva former u.s. attorney and independent counsel represents the other side in investigative matters. haven't seen new a while, joe, good to see. good morning. >> nice to see you, chris. thanks for having me. >> i want to read from the house ethics manual at the top, "members should conduct themselves at all times in a manner that reflects credibility on the house." here's what anthony weiner said yesterday about whether he broke the rules. >> i don't see anything that i did that violated any rules of the house. i don't see anything that i did that certainly violated my oath of office to uphold the constitution. i engaged in inappropriate online conversation with people that included photog

today, she joins ginger lee to discuss the former porn actress' relationship with the embattled congressmanmessage today? weiner asked lee to lie about their online communications. >> i think that anthony weiner should resign because he lied to the public and to the press for more than a week. >> well there you have it. as for weiner himself, he will reportedly mac a decision on his future after consulting with his pregnant wife who has just returned from a state department trip overseas. >>> on the subject of quasi sex scandals how would you like to have lunch with international man of mystery julian assange? wikileaks is offering 8 people the chance to dine with its founder and front man as part of a fundraiser. bids started monday at about $600 a head. they jumped up to $800 today. bidding will close next week. guests will dine july 2 at, quote, one of london's finest restaurants with assange and a slovenian marxist philosopher [ indiscernible ] assange is on bail in britain's fights extradition to sweden on allegations of sexual misconduct. >>> so four guys walk into a bar. [ laughter ]

she's representing a woman named ginger lee, who is a former porn star, current stripper, who claimsan weiner sent her inappropriate messages online. what part of being a porn star got text messages from anthony weiner requires a lawyer? i don't know. but allred said ginger wanted to hold a press conference today so she could clear up rumors about her and resume her career as a feature dancer. in other words, can we please get past this so i can get maked for money again? thank you. but after congressman weiner accidentally tweeted that picture of his crotch, he reportedly called ginger, who, for some insane reason, he was following on twitter, to coach her on how to deal with the media attention she was about to get. and at the press conference, gloria allred detailed that private conversation, and in doing so, provided us with our unintentional joke of the day. >> ginger asked congressman wooener h weiner how to handle it. >> jimmy: you'd think she'd know after the films. this kind of thing really makes me -- i think gloria lives in an apartment over the offices of tmz and when som

ginger lee who now works as an exotic dancer was at this news conference with her lawyer, gloria al red. le says she had contacted congressman weiner talking about politics, but he responded with sexual e-mails. she says she now thinks he can't be trusted and should resign. congressman weiner's on a two week leave of absence getting professional treatment. >>> well, happening right now republicans in the house of representatives are holding a news conference to talk about jobs. now the republicans are critical of the obama administration's attempts to increase job growth through government stimulus programs. we're looking live here at this conference right now. instead republicans say that the way to create more jobs is to reduce government regulation of businesses and lower the corporate tax rate. again, we're listening into this conference in our newsroom and have more on that throughout the morning. >>> back here in the bay area san jose police are declaring open season on gangs as the city deals with a soaring homicide rate. the wave of violence prompted a community meeting at city

there's talk he may have had contact with a porn star ginger lee. >> if he instructed his staff to tell her how to lie in a public relations message and that was his congressionally paid staff, that would be illegal. legally he's not being charged with anything, but in the house ethic laws he's facing some problems. >> technology and pictures can keep this alive, you know? >> they absolutely can. and what's interesting about this is the house has no set law for how to deal with ethical transgressions that deal with social media. they have updated their ethics manual when it came to e-mail. i think they'll have to do it again for social media. >> all right, luke. luke russert, thanks. >> good to see you. >> you, too. >>> and that brings us to our facebook question of the day. is congressman weiner's political career over? anne writes anyone who does not understand the concept of the potential consequences of his or her actions should not absolutely be in a position ta to make decisions that affect the entire u.s. brandon agrees it's over. weiner needs to step aside for someone who will t

her name is ginger lee she now had contacted weiner about politics but he responded with sexual e-mailshinks he can't be trusted and he should resign. congressman weiner's on a two week leave of absence getting professional treatment. >>> right now just one vote is need today pass a marriage equality bill in new york. the state assembly has already passed a bill proposed by the governor. it would grant same sex couples the same rights, benefits and protections as opposite sex couples. right now 30 republican senators oppose the bill. two support it. some are still on the fence. >> eight years ago i was very strong no and i didn't think there was any chance i would even consider not being a no. so clearly i'm in a different position where i'm entertaining whether or not i should maintain that no vote. >> since may 1st, gay rights groups have hit the phones trying to raise support for the bill. so far they have made 15,000 calls. >>> time now 5:35. san jose police declaring open season on gangs as that city deals with a soaring homicide rate. the new wave of violence prompted this communi

bombshell, tmz, the tab lout online site, is reporting that the congressman asked a porn star named ginger lee to lie about their relationship and it claims he offered her help from someone on his pr team to do it. the question now, did anthony wiener use congressional resources? nbc's kelly o'donnell joins me now. kelly, quite honestly, you have a lot of people critical of the media saying this story is salacious but when you look at this new allegation from this adult film star, she is claiming that the congressman offered her some kind of help. the question is was it private pr team or was he referring to congressional aides here? >> reporter: members of congress always have a political operation that runs their campaigns and a separate team that works for the government. and anthony wiener when he announced this news conference yesterday that was so explosive around so humiliating, did he not do that from his official congressional staff. he did that from the friends of anthony wiener, the frequent type of name for a political committee. so pr help, if in fact it was offered, may have been

another woman in the weiner scandal is a porn star, ginger lee. today tmz reported weiner gave the porn star, get this, detailed instructions on how to lie about the relationship and cover it up and at one point offered to have someone on his professional pr team give ginger some advice on how to navigate through all of this. folks, if either one of these stories proved to be true, weiner, well, he's going to get hammered by the house ethics committee and hand conservatives what they have been waiting for for a long time, a great sex scandal going into 2012. and a talk about morality. i know they do it, too, but it's the campaign season. now, i want to be very clear tonight. i am not trying to be a member of the moral police squad on this story. but the fact is, if weiner used his time, energy, and resources to help a porn star along with phone sex from his congressional office, i think this violates the public trust. he wasn't hired to do that. weiner has portrayed his trust with the constituents and he basically has used the media to flat out li

. >> my name is ginger lee. i'm 23 from nashville, tennessee. >> reporter: on tuesday tmz reported weiner traded scores of e-mails with this former adult film star who spoke about her computer habits in this 2006 interview. >> i'm one of those people that i'm, like, has anybody messaged me? somebody might have messaged me. half the time if they don't i'm like, crap, i'm a dork! >> reporter: according to tmz when the scandal first broke weiner offered to coach lee on how to handle the media. >> she's complaining about how the media is bombarding her. calling, going by her house-cameras are showing up, calling her family members, stuff like that. she is upset about it and asking him. he basically says, look, do you need pr advice? he says, i can have someone from my team call you. >> reporter: when asked to comment, weiner's office said this to nbc news. quote, he's fully cooperating with the house ethics inquiry. that's the appropriate place for questions to be addressed. legal experts say he could be in trouble

we have e-mails right now from congressman weiner to ginger lee. a porn star. they were just last week. as he's giving interviews defending himself, he's sending her e-mails, basically coaching her. he says, the key is to have a short, thought-out statement. i don't know him. this is what he's telling her to say. he briefly followed me and sent me a direct message. saying thank you for the follow. that's it. which tracked what he was telling reporters at the same time. >> this is before the investigation starts. there is nothing officially wrong with it. but this sort of thing would come out in the investigation. this sort of thing is going to lead to more political pressure. in the end, his greater fear has to be his colleagues, who are going to pressure him, rather than the results of an ethics investigation. >> i think there's no question about that. i did several calls on capitol hill yesterday. and it really seems like, this is all about how tough he is and whether he can take it. his colleagues are going to want him to go. who knows what state his marriag

apparently the last straw for the congressman was the revelation that he had been pleading with ginger leer. someone asked how she could get involved in such a sleazy business. she responded, i don't know how i got involved. [laughter] as we meet here today, i do not pretend to know how the critical, moral issues of our time will play out. we see through a glass darkly in this life, the way ahead is full of perils, seen and unseen, but even if we cannot predict where our nation is headed, we as conservatives know where we must stand today. we must cut, cap, balance, and berry. we must cut the budget, cap federal spending, pass a balanced budget amendment, and barry obamacare -- bury obamacare. some argue that government spending, budget deficits and the national debate are out of control, and other matters must be set aside indefinitely. one prominent political figure called for a truce on course social issues. ironically, the priority of his own family concerns of priority that i only commend him for embracing. it has not dissuaded him from seeking higher office. this is not unique consor

. >> reporter: weiner also had porn star ginger lee as a fan.eeted march 13, you know it is a good day when you wake up to a d.m., direct message from representative weiner. i'm a fan. he is my trifecta of win. there's also 21-year-old jeanette cordova who insists she was not among the six women weiner referred to. but it was weiner's accidental tweet to her that set the story in motion. we tried repeatedly contacting weiner's office. our calls were not returned. one question in all of this is did representative weiner use congressional resources while he was tweeting and e-mailing. he insists, saying he used his personal blackberry. there's still a lot of ethical and legal questions, wolf, that have now been raised. >> there will be a full-scale house ethics committee investigation. we will see what comes up there. see if he even withstands that. pressure on him enormous. >>> another new yorker is speaking out about congressman anthony weiner. we are talking about donald trump. as usual, trump is not mincing any words. look what donald trump po