john roberts scored an exclusive interview with a man who insists the mayor of north america's 4th largestfrom atlanta. how did you find him, john? >> well, it is no trouble finding him it's convincing him to sit down which we did. the snl skit gets funnier from there. it would be a good idea to go on youtube and take a look at that. >> there's a big day ahead tomorrow for rob ford in the city of toronto. that's when city council will em bares him by stripping him virtually of all of his powers as mayor. according to the interview i did with rob ford he is having none of it he is not going anywhere. think of this guy he was a wildly popular politician. he elected with the biggest majority of votes that any politician has ever received because they don't directly elect a prime minister. he is the mayor of the 5th largest city in north america and he would like one day to become prime minister. i started off the interview with him by asking him why he would risk all of that just to smoke crack. >> if you want to get personal i think we can get personal with anybody not just politicians, ever

toronto's own john roberts is live with us. you spoke to mayor ford while he was on his new show set, "the ford nation" set to air tonight. what did the mayor tell you? >> he told me a whole lot. one thing we can tell you about the city council meeting, getting crazy up in toronto. the speaker of the city council had to clear the chamber of the public just a little while ago. so a lot of hot debate back and forth over that. one takeaway from my exclusive interview with rob ford yesterday, is here's a guy who demonstrates a level of confidence some people might call unbridled ego that few politicians possess. he is in a pickle that would have sent most officials -- spoke about running for higher office. still a lot of question about his fitness for office. one of his allies on council wants rob ford to bring in a letter from this doctor saying he is okay, and ford won't say whether he is getting treatment for substance abuse. >> i don't call it substance abuse because i'm not an addict or an alcoholic. we have health issues here

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my column attacking john roberts when he was nominated by the way is in this book. not that i want to brag. i'm going into too much detail. you want strategy. we have to never give up about let me just say, i was giving the supreme court ruling by john roberts is unconstitutional, a violation of the separation of powers. unit different branches of government. they're elected in different ways. is supposed a different strengths and weaknesses. both the strength and weakness of the supreme court is they don't have to stand for election. so for the body that has to stand for election, but even on a pure partyline vote could never have passed obamacare if they have said this is a tax. without to go to the supreme court and of john roberts said okay, i know you couldn't pass this as a tax but we will fix it for you because we don't have to be elected. we would just call it a tax. if it's a tax cut has to have originated in the house and not the center. there's so many things that are -- having the two houses never vote on the single. but the biggest one is, according to

john roberts is here with the rest of the story. >> shep, as we heard many, many times, rob ford denied need for rehab, but certainly his image is in crucial need of rehabilitation. even yesterday during the city council meeting, as they were voting to strip him of powers, he made hadlines when he ran head long into a colleague, bowling her over, as he was rushing to help his brother fend off a protester. his opening salvo is to fighter fire -- fight fire with fire, and dog everything he can to bury his foes next year. >> this is nothing more than a coup d'etat. and if you don't know what coup d'etat means, it means you're overruling a government, and some people said this is democracy. what is happening here today is not a democratic protest. this is a dictatorship process. >> the mayor is trying to convince people he has changed his ways, saying he hasn't smoked crack in over a year and hasn't had a drink in more than three weeks. >> there had been a lot of sympathy for him. does it still exist in. >> certainly amongst hi political foes but some people think it -- the king could be de

john roberts, wealth of information. a toronto native himself. so here's rob ford, the embattled mayor of toronto. we expected to hear from him 12 minutes ago. never note what's going on in the mayor's office. right now they're waiting outside the mayor's office in a media scrum to hear what he will say next. will he resign? i don't know what's about to happen. we'll have it for you live when it does happen. >>> there was hearing on obamacare, what it means for you and your family, your health care and your future. this is "shepard smith reporting" from fox news channel. we'll wait for the mayor of toronto, eh. the day we rescued riley, was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today at angieslist.com humans -- even when we cross our "t's" and dot our "i's," we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you qu

the mayor, john roberts' mayor. john is live with us from his headquarters.il cannot force the mayor to resign but make the mayor, well, mayor-less. >> well, yeah, and make him up comfortable. they have no legal option to force him to stem of step down. they can only try tome bar was him into going, and that's what they were doing today, taking away a lot of his powers as mayor of the city of toronto, his ability to appoint and near members of the executive committee, the power to implement emergency management plans. the bigger day is going to come on monday, when the city council basically is going to try to take away most of his budget and give most of his remaining powers to the deputy mayor. basically they would bust him down to same status as every other member of council the deputy mayor would run the city. now, ford, who obviously, by looking at the lilt any of foibles you laid out there is way past the point of public humiliation. he can simply ride out the next year and shoot for re-election nest year. there's a massive media scrum following the cit

john roberts has been digging into this.ts digs into something, it's like a dog with a bone. he has some wild stuff. john? >> we've got a very big shovel. you need one around here. we know from industry experts as many as 10 million people could get kicked out of their current health care plans. the president as you pointed out earlier in your fine program told people to shop around. that's what betsy has been doing. she's from rockton, illinois. she's a dental assistant and administrator. she got a notice in the mail that her current plan is being canceled because it does not include obama care mandated maternity coverage. she's 52 years old. she says she doesn't need maternity coverage. she was told to find a comparable plan to the one she has, her premiums would double. she went on the obama care website to find something she could afford. >> there is a policy on the website i could stretch my budget for and afford it at $541 a month but the deductible with that plan is $12,700. i can't afford a deductible of $12,700 if s

despite what the republicans want to say of vacancies and you have had everyone from chief justice john robertso the president of the aba, i'll read something chief justice roberts said. the vital resource needs of the judicial branch include the appointment of an adequate number of judges to keep the current -- keep current on pending cases at the close of 2012, 27 of the existing vacancies presenting judicial emergencies. i urge the executive and legislative branches to act diligently in nominating and confirming highly qualified candidates to fill the vacancies. talk to us about what constitutes a judicial emergency. >> well, judicial emergencies occur when there's a backlog of cases and when cases take a long time to -- >> like four years? >> -- to resolve. exactly. we see that happening across the united states. now, republicans would say, oh, there's not a judicial emergency in terms of the d.c. circuit. but if you look at it, in the past, back in 2005, they wanted more judges. they were voting for the tenth and 11th judge to the d.c. circuit. now saying eight active judges is enough and

tonight, senior national correspondent john roberts introduces us to some who are facing life-changing decisions because of the new law. >> betsy could be the poster child for the unintended consequences of obama care. >> i was very happy with my plan. but then i got the letter saying it was no longer available and i would need to choose a new one. >> her plan was dropped because it didn't include maternity care. she's 52, her son is 24, and she doesn't plan to have more kids. to replace the coverage she has, her premiums would go up from $454 a month to $871. her options on the obama care website weren't any better. >> there is a policy on the website that i could stretch my budget for and afford it at $541 a month, but the deductible with that plan is $12,700. i can't afford a deductible of $12,700. >> sho she said she may have to drop insurance all together, pay the fine, and roll the dice with her health care. that's a decision also faced by small business owner cay joiner. he was recently told his premiums were going to sky rocket. >> it was going to be over $400 a month. i'm a si

. >> john roberts runs an elephant camp. he was one of the first to recognize the link between the supply of elephants for the tourism industry and elephant hunting in the wild. >> we've been jumping up and down saying, if you buy an elephant, you're probably taking another elephant out of the wild. we realized very early on that buying elephants was causing a problem and hurting the wild population or at least the burmese population. >> the hunting of wild elephants is illegal in thailand, but experts claim the practice is widespread in neighboring burma, and it threatens the last healthy populations of asian elephants that reside there. baby elephants are particularly sought after. >> it's very attractive to tourists or thai people, so everybody wants baby elephants, and they are worth a lot of money. you don't need any documents, no microchip, so it's super easy. you go into the jungle, you catch an elephant, you train them, and a month later you can get like 600,000 baht, and if you can imagine how much money this is in

john roberts. john roberts the chief jus tifs the united states supreme court. yes. 2005. so think that through. the court is divided equally between four rs and 4 ds not counting the retired justices with seniority. of those four active judges george bush appointed three and his father one. fill the courts is the president's job. their job is to say yes or no and that is mr. mcconnell's court. >> as ever thank you so much. >>> coming up jeffrey sachs joins us as we look back on the legacy of president john f. kennedy but first the cnbc market wrap on this historic day. >> good afternoon. it really is an historic day because wall street saw the dow closing 16,000 above for the first time ever with the dow closing up by 109 points the s&p 500 gaining by 14 and the nasdaq climbing by 47 points. we'll see where we go from here. that's it from us here at cnbc. back to you at msnbc. [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology

john roberts, toronto's own john roberts live for us this afternoon. hometown making you proud i used to cover the city council and to be frank with you it was difficult to stay away many times. not today though this was bizarre like anything i have ever seen before anybody in the country ganging up on rob ford to embarrass him to take a leave of absence. they could only appeal to the mayor by saying your at this point yans presence is hurting the city. rob ford who is way beyond embarrassed right now said he ain't going nowhere. here is the mayor. >> there is no need for me to take a leave of absence. i'm returning my calls. i'm going to committees. i'm watching every single dime that's being spent here. i have done it for 13 years and i'm going to continue doing it for another five years. one this time and four more after october 27th. >> there you go. there is the re-election announcement. now, some members of council want to kick this up to the government if ford doesn't take a leave of absence. the provincial government has the authority to. don't

john roberts joining us live from laatlanta. tell us more. >> jamie, greg, good afternoon to you. i spent about 15 minutes talking one on one with rob ford. he was taking a break from a new television show he's doing for the sun network that debuts tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. the new bottom line message i got from rob ford, it doesn't matter what's going on right now, all the protests, he's hanging tough and he's not going anywhere. unlike ray film erer who caved. there is no way they can remove him, all they can do is embarrass him. he says he's way past embarrassed skpeand he's going try to stay and get reelected next year. he did say he was getting professional treatment. he went into more detail with me. here's what he said. >> i have admitted to using illegal drugs in the last year. okay, i've admitted to drinking too much. s so i'm dealing with it. i'm training every day. i'm in a gym for two hours every day. i'm seeking professional help. i am not an alcoholic, i am not a drug addict. have i had my problems in the past? ab

the supreme court thank you john roberts saved it.my column attacking john roberts when he was nominated by the ways in this book, not that i want to brag. [laughter] i'm going into too much strategy. let me just say i really do think the supreme court ruling by john roberts is unconstitutional and a violation of the separation of powers and we have different branches of government. they are elected in different ways. they are supposed to have different strengths and weaknesses. the weakness of the supreme court is they don't have to stand for an election so for the body that has to stand for election on a pure partyline vote they could never have passed obamacare is i don't want that. [applause] so and quickly to answer a strategy. smelling like a rose right now. did exactly right. there was no reason to carry it on any longer, but those three weeks with ted crews acting like a general branded the republican party as the entire obamacare party and has assured us something that republicans never seem to do, and that is, we are revisit

after john roberts spoke we then heard from the trade rep michael from any he said that we are in the closing period of the ttp is hoping to wrap up all these negotiations by the end of twenty thirteen. he said were aimed at re balancing act us into rebounds exactly a shock and at the tvb is critical to supporting jobs in the united states he said he was actually the policy that reflects us that use but also what cent of new initiatives as well but he did say that is very difficult to talk about these provisions in peace now because as of now there is no agreements and that conservation has been very difficult to negotiate is every country has their own idea of what observation that look like a fat even some nations are having a hard time wrapping their hands around a conservation it's how we also spoke with the bill warning signs at a friends of the art of before this that meeting took place over the brow week at protesting against the ttp is a conservationist for the danes and here's what mr warns concerns were the worst is the investor state dispute resolution process of this is al

of the most conservative supreme courts in american history time and time again chief justice john roberts and the other four right wing justices have proven that they are friends of giant corporations and a means of everyday working people now once again they have a chance to put a damper on the labor movement that's because this term the roberts court will decide to important labor cases unite here local three thirty five versus mall hall and harris and the quinn and depending on how the court rules it could either keep in place important protections for unions workers or so the labor movement that decades to help us break these two cases doubt i'm joined now by a progressive progressive commentator nate sweet that has gone time to have you with this great let's start with the unite here local three fifty five versus small . this deals with section three zero two of taft hartly taft hartley modified the way a rock. lay out what the wagner act was what taft hartley did what three o two does and why the why we should care about this so the wagner after this passed during the height of the

john roberts has spoke to those that have. are you surprised anymore? >> not really. you would laugh if it wasn't so tragic that we talk to a number of people. we go for the industry in the west that ted million people may have had a current health care coverage to sell because the plants are not necessarily complete with the minimum requirements under obamacare. the president said go out and shop around. that is what betsy has been doing as a dental assistant from illinois. she got notice her courage plan is canceled because it does not include the maternity coverage mandated by obamacare. she is 52 when her youngest child is 24 so she said she does not need it but to find a plan comparable the premiums would double so she went to the obamacare website exchange to find something she could afford. >> there is a policy of the website i could stretch my budget and afford it at $541 per month but the deductible is $12,700. i cannot afford a deductible of $12,007. >> she will have know chose to -- no choice but to let the coverage lapse in paid the fine then rolled the di

president obama voted against the nomination of john roberts as chief justice. they play the game. bill, jim, great to have you guys. time to see what is trending on the website. aregawi. >> today's digital stories. in a quest for justice "anonymous" took on moroccan authorities over a kissing case. three teens from a north-eastern city were arrested for violating public decensies after posting a photo of two kissing. the third took the photo. they have spent six days in juvenile detention and face two years in prison. "anonymous" launched a protest asking people to tweet to the moroccan account, demanding they stop tweeting. leon did tweeting: >> i agree with the view irs. straight ahead - why is congress struggling to overhaul the treatment of sexual all the in the military. did the tragic death of a college basketball star close to 30 years ago have a major impact on america's drug policy? the importance of sleep and why kids could fail in school because they are not getting enough of it. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job cr

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there are four current supreme court justices, john roberts, john thomas, scalia, and ruth bader ginsburgho used to serve on the court. as a result of today's decision, obama is going to have to -- >> it's all over the country. it will be part of his legacy. >> okay, candy, let's make this point because to be fair, this is something that the democrats, i talked to richard blumenthal, democrat from connecticut. he said this is absolutely a step in the right direction. we heard from the president saying this is going to end the trend of obstructionism, but it was republicaned not too long ago who wanted the same thing, correct? >> yes, yes. we have a lot of bipartisan hypocrisy, during the bush administration, and we should say the democrats are right, it has certainly escalated during the presidency of barack obama. the obstructing judges, obstructing other nominees that have to go through capitol hill. but nonetheless, republicans felt very much the same way during a portion of the bush administration. and democrats were arguing against it. including those that you're hearing today arguin

so i have, i was one of those young people inspired by robert kennedy -- by john kennedy, and by robert kennedy, who invited me to join the justice as a young law student, sometimes homesick and wanted to go back to vermont. i'm glad i did. these were people who inspired young people. they inspired us because we saw political life and elective office not as something for cynical gain or something to promote yourself or something where you could do bumper sticker sloganeering, i don't care the left or the right, but something to have, to make life better for everybody else and to make your country better and stronger and to leave a better country for the next generation. i think that was the promise of john kennedy. i am glad that many of both parties decided to follow that same promise. i just wish more would. madam president, i thank my colleagues for letting me have all this time. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: madam president, i want to thank the distinguished senator from vermont for his remembrance of thos

this is a proposal that is even opposed by justice -- chief justice john roberts who argues that the d.c. circuit court of appeals is like many of the federal courts and is operating in a state of crisis. so he said -- quote -- "based on our current caseload methods, the d.c. circuit court should continue to have 11 judgeships." so we need a court that is fully staffed, and the primary responsibility of this court is the handling of cases involving federal regulations on environmental safety, health care reform and insider trading. so to me, we should trust that our judicial branch can nominate and get justices on the court that basically will look at the law and not party affiliation and stop obstructing people who i believe are qualified to be on the court. so i hope that we can move forward. ms. mill set the second female nominee opposed by republicans after the nomination of georgetown professor nina pillard was filibustered. however, she joins a long list of unusually nominees who happen to be female who have been opposed not because of their qualifications but because they were

they talk about john roberts in one of these seats on the d.c. circuit. every republican in every democrat supported him. that was no problem. he was nominated by a republican president. now we have women who were equally well-qualified and they get filibustered. they are nominated by the democratic president. i guess if you are a republican and nominate a qualified man it goes through but if you're a democrat nominating an equally qualified for they are going to be filibustered. what does this say? what does this say to people, what does it say to our country and the impartiality of our federal bench? we need women in our federal courts. the votes in this filibuster is a vote and having the appellate courts more act really affect the gender of our courts and our country. nina pillard is a stellar nominee. her work includes briefs in more than 25 supreme court cases. she drafted the federal government united states which after a 7-1 decision by the supreme court made history by opening the military institutes doors to female students but also expanded edu

he sat down with john roberts who joins us more on that. t an interesting interview, john, tell us. >> reporter: when you have a subject like rob ford it is interesting. today is a big day for the toronto embattled crack- smoking mayor. the city council is trying to strip him of his powers and leave him little more than mayor in name only. the only thing he can do is hang on and hope to win the october election. he is encouraging people to look at his record. and he is promising a fight. >> i was elected and never missed one day of counselle. and never been under the influence. i have made mistakes in my own personal. if that's wanting to get naeft, i can dig up the dirt on the doll tegzs. down well. close supporters question if he is up to the job. he has a deep well of support in the city. and they are banking on he will win reelection. >> 99 percent of the people said rob, you should just resign. and i am not resigning and stepping aside i am fighting for the little guy. there is more poor people than rich. nford has tried to turn it oaf

our college john roberts did a story about a woman named betsy who is losing her insurance. let's look at that. >> i was very happy with my plan and then i got a letter saying i would have to pick a new one. >> her premiums would have to go up to $450 to $871. >> the deductible with that plan is $12700. i can't afford a deductible of $12700. >> why does betsy need you or president obama telling her what insurance she needs. >> two reasons, if she goes in and that insurance doesn't cover enough, which is typically what happens, and she gets sick, typically we who are insured pay the difference. just as we have safety standards for cars, you can't buy a car without a seat belt or an air bag. if you drive one we're not going to take you off the road. can i fish? >> i don't agree with you. she is a woman with a 24-year-old son. she is not going to have any more children. it including maternity services, pediatric, substance abuse services, that's not the air bag. >> it is the air bag. we all -- >> she's not going to need maternity services. >> we all share in the costs to everyo

says he lived on the island for three years and has never seen sharks in that area befo before>> john robertsng an exclusive interview with toro o toronto's crack smoking mayor rob port. >> today he will face a city council motion making him mayor only in name meaning stripping him of all of the power. this just days after he was stress stripped of key powers already. he is ready for whatever happens. >> i am going to do what i have been doing for the last three years and put these side shows aside. i have learned from my mistakes. we are going to move forward. i will continue to fight for the little guy. continue to save tax payer's money. if they want to strip me of my powers that's up to them. >> i have admitted to using illegal drugs for the past year. i have admitted to drinking too much. okay. so um dealing with it. i am training every day i am in a jim for two hours every day. i am not an alcoholic. i am not a drug addict. have i had my outbursts in the past? absolutely i have, john. >> they haven't gotten a chance to speak yet. check it out at the home town team. he showed up despite

john roberts is live in atlanta. you have followed it closely, what is the latest, john? >> reporter: this thing gets more and more bizarre. a crack- smoking mayor said he's not had a drink in three weeks or smoked crack cocaine in a year. he came in this morning sfripd of his powers and budget and staff and he made headlines as the counsellor tried to elbow him over. and his brother on and he apologized for the accident and warned the counsel against taking action. and in the end they put him in mayor in name only. and as for whether or not he can continue on as mayor depends on the landscape. and scandal plagued incumbepts lose five percent of the vote. if the fold and vote delawsuited he could prevail and what happens in the next few months makes a difference. ford plans to cope his nose clean. >> we have a team of professionals that are working with me on health issues, i am going to it leave it at that. it is no one's business what i do in my professional life or gym or the professionals i talk. to i assure you, john, that if you don't so a difference in the next 4 o

. >> robert adams, sir walter scott, john macadam, robert burns, todos grandes hombres de edimburgo, unan ¿y quiÉnes somos nosotros para desobedecer a una persona libre de la ciudad de edimburgo? >> gracias, bobby, gracias. >> vamos con bobby. ♪ >> que gran suerte bobby. >> lo felicito por lo que acaba de hacer por bobby, es lo menos que se merece. >> ¿tiene gripa? >> gracias. >> creo que no podrÁ sonarse con ese paÑuelito, le doy el mÍo. >> seÑora greig. >> ada. >> hola mary, te ves preciosa. >> bobby, mi amor, te ves tan bien, john estarÍa tan orgulloso de ti. >> muy bien, bobby. >> seÑora greig ¿podrÍa guardar esto? salvÓ a bobby y tal vez a mÍ, al seÑor greig le hubiera gustado que se lo devolviera. >> gracias, ewin, te lo agradezco mucho. >> hola, bobby. >> ¿cÓmo estÁs bobby? >> ewin, me siento un poco triste por lo que he visto hoy, en el old town, algo debemos hacer, tenemos que hacer algo, no hay razÓn por la que el old town no florezca, con las semillas plantadas en este jardÍn y como primer paso, ewin te ofrezco una beca de aprendiz en mi editorial chambers y cÍa. asÍ que ¿

john roberts is now with us with a little more on this fascinating one-on-one interview you did withford, john. >> reporter: good morning to you, martha. we took a power hit here in atlanta. somebody has a long reach. as you saw in that little piece of sound you played from mayor rob ford that says he is hitting the gym every day. there is no confirmation at this point because nobody has seen him go anywhere near a gym. it raises questions as to whether or not the quote, health care help he is getting from a quote, team of professionals may be limited to simply diet and exercise. martha, when i put the question straight to him yesterday as receiving treatment for substance abuse, here is what he told me. >> i don't call it substance abuse because i'm not an addict. i'm not a wholic, i'm not a drug addict but maybe some people are but i am not. you know what? we have health issues here. my weight is a huge issue. have you drank in excess sometimes, absolutely. but to say you've got an addiction? no. professionals have said, no you don't have an addiction. >> reporter: ford is getting

john roberts with details. had a exclusive with the mayor and john, what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: good morning to you, jenna, we'll get to that in a second. latest headline from the mayor of toronto. he said this morning he had not had a drink in three weeks. he has not smoked crack cocaine in more than a year but finds himself this morning a beaten man, a striped of his budget, staff and most of his powers. this after a bizarre day in city hall yesterday which saw the mayor run into and bowl over fellow city councilmember, pam mcdonald as he ran to intervene in an argument his brother was having. he apologized as he said it was an accident. another example, every turn this guy runs into controversy. while he says he is even though striped of his powers he will attend every council meeting and debate every issue though he will be mayor in little more than mayor only. >> this is nothing more than a coup d'etat. and if you don't know what coup d'etat means, it means that you're overruleing a govern

fox news john roberts has more on the bear's confession. >> yes, i smoked crack cocaine, but no -- >> do i? am i an addict? no. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> ford said while he was profoundly sorry and embarrassed he wasn't going anywhere. >> i was elected to do a job. that is exactly what i am going to continue tdoing. >> the police chief had a tape of the mayor allegedly smoking crack. >> he does appear in the video. >> he ball lig yantly insisted the tape that it did not exist. >> i do not use crack cocaine nor am i an addict of crack cocaine. >> he was a lightening rod for dra traumatic moments for the city known for its reserve. now he is a billboard for bad behaviors. >> get toronto back on track vote for the guy who likes to smoke crack. >> voters like his low tax policies policies he hopes will earn forgiveness. >> i think he can survive this. at the end of the day back in 2010 people voted for rob ford warts and all. >> popularity ratings have gone up despite the drug scandal it is still not clear if tornado city council will try to oust him from

correspondent john roberts tells us toronto's mayor is refusing to resign and actually gaining popularity. >> reporter: after months of bombastic denials and hardball political pushback, mayor rob ford acknowledged he has smoked crack cocaine. >> have i tried it? probably in a druken stupor. >> reporter: late this afternoon, ford said while he was profoundly sorry and embarrassed, he wasn't going anywhere. >> i was elected to do a job. and that's exactly what i'm going to continue doing. >> reporter: ford came clean after toronto's police chief publicly revealed he had a tape of the mayor allegedly smoking crack. >> the mayor does appear in that video. >> reporter: ford insisted the tape, which was seen in may by journalists in both the u.s. and canada, did not exist. >> i do not use crack cocaine, nor am i an addict. >> reporter: even before his election in 2010, ford was a lightning rod for dramatic moments. >> you calling me a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: now he's the butt of jokes on late night. >> get toronto back on track, vote for the guy who likes to smoke crack. >> reporter: but his b

senior national correspondent john roberts spent two days with the senator as he courted republicanshere. for the fourth time this year, rand paul touched down in the palmetto state pushing that if republicans win back the white house, they have to broaden the base. >> we won't win until we look like the rest of america. brown, black, white, with tattoos, without tattoos, pony tails. >> he must appeal to social conservatives. to win the white house he needs the middle. >> part of my message could appeal to moderates. i think we shouldn't put people in prison for long period of times for possessing drugs. >> that was on the display at the military academy where paul tried to convince cadets and voters he's not their father. >> channelling the pentagon's chief, he says any investment must be the consent of congress. >> many people say president goes to war when he feels like. our founding father never wanted to give so much power to one person. >> paul's ongoing feud with chris christie. >> when you lose you fight more. there's a struggle to find what is the winning message and combina

john roberts is here. what are we learning today? >> reporter: we're learning a couple of minutes ago i talked to a person who is very close to the embattled mayor of toronto, who said while he's not going to step down or step aside, won't even take a day off, he is likely to make an announce independent the next couple of days he is seeking -- don't call it rehab but will seek professional help to get him through whatever demons he has about banling -- battling. i was told this was unrelated to the latest video originally obtained by the toronto star newspaper. we don't know what it's about. there's no context to it, but it is awfully colorful and we put some subtitles on it to help you understand what he is trying to say. have a look. >> didn't take but a few minutes after the release of the video for the mayor to come out of his office and again apologize to the city and his constituents. have a look here. >> very, very inebriated. extremely embarrassing. the whole world is going to see it. i don't have a problem with that. but it

to our senior national correspondents john roberts on a startling study about the risks of being unemployedter: this is a frightening piece of research from finland who found men who are not employed are older than people who had jobs. that looked at chromosomes of 6,000 people. they were looking at this part of the chromosome. a cap on the end that functions like the little plastic tip on the shoal's. in people who are long-term unemployed that was shorter than their peers who had employment, which means that at a cellar -- cell you already level they were older. so that can read to heart disease and cancer. >> the rate of unemployment in this country, and underemployment in this country, increases the amount of stress and will increase the amount of disease and early death in this country, leading to exorbitant healthcare costs we are not planning for in any way. >> so the big question here is, what can be done? on fortunately there's nat a lot to too. if you're currently unemployed, do your best to keep yourself physically and mentally fit but it speaks to the urgencies to get policies t

. >> john roberts is live with us now. mayor ford is stepping down or not stepping done or what?: he is not stepping down. in fact the latest twist in this whole sag gays -- saga is, in canada, when you behavioral badly you get your own news shore. rob ford and his brother will be hosting a weekly television talk show titled "ford nation." a slow motion train wreck hit a new low when he was asked about allegations he was in the presence of prostitute and talked about performing oral sex with a former staffer and his security guard. rob ford responded with a statement so vulgar even the seasoned reporters gasps when he said it and prompted this exchange at city council. >> repugnant, distastele. >> you're offend i'm not apologizing. put yourself in my shoes if someone said that about your husband or your wife. >> enough is enough. >> later with his wife in tow, ford apologized and said he was getting help but didn't go into details. >> we cannot even begin to start saying what he said in the open forum there. we can't even get near it. if people want to going it, -- gookle it, the

one of the vacant seats was left vacant by chief justice john roberts. george bush tried to nominate somebody and the democrats filibustered him. >> because that's the way the system works. the senate has rules in place including the 60 rule which impacts the judicial nominations. you have the to get 60 to confirm, at least the vote to go forward. then a majority once you have clearance to have the vote on the floor. it's called the nuclear option. republicans looked at doing that but we realized the risk was too significant. >> right. >> so today got some judicial confirmations through, they cut deals. the gang of 14. >> yeah. legacy is huge, jay. >> more aggressive in getting them through. >> legacy in terms of judicial appointments may be the biggest thing a president has. the most powerful area of a presidency. >> right. absolutely. this president created quite a legacy with other programs, i might add. but this is a legacy issue for the president. he'll fight hard but for the senate to make the change, to exercise the nuclear option. the ramificatio

john roberts is live from atlanta and he spoke exclusively with the mayor. what did you get, john?ked to to him for about 15 minutes while he was taking a break from filming his new television show for the sun news network up in canada. that show premieres at 8:00 on monday night. i asked him about some of the origins of this. he refused to get into detail about why he smoked crack or under what circumstances he did only to apologize again for doing it in the first place. the message we got from the mayor today just a few minutes ago was that he is hanging tough. the city council can take all of the actions it wants to and he's not going anywhere. he says as of january he'll begin his re-election campaign and will start raising money and hopes to get re-elected on october 27th, which is when the toronto mayors race takes place. he did go into detail for the first time that he is getting professional help. here's what he told me. >> i admitted to using illegal drugs in the last year. okay. i admitted to drinking too much. okay. so i'm dealing with it. i'm training every day. i'm in

you make a good point, john. robert, what about that? is a catch here. >> that the company has to stay in business, yeah. >> that he has to stay for five years. >> the five-year piece is a -- there's no question, that's a good piece of this. it's different than what a lot of the other performance-based pay deals are. so, i think that's clearly a positive thing. it's just the scale of it. the guy does have a lot of money. what's the difference between $75 million and $40 million? >> well, i mean, that's for him to decide. but i do think that this is different than a lot of other company's pay-for-performance is amounting to today. most companies today have a more graduated scale of pay-for-performance. they're basically saying, you can receive a certain level of equity awards. that's going to be enhanced significantly if the company performs at a certain rate. here this is a company that needs to stay in business for a period of time. they need to get through some significant challenges. so the board correctly said, time is of the essence

. >> the mayor talking to john roberts. >> i've admitted to using illegal drugs in the last year. okay. i've admitted to drinking too much. okay. so i'm dealing with it. i am training every day. i'm in a gym for two hours every day. i'm seeking professional help. i'm not an alcoholic. i am not a drug addict. have i had my outbursts? the past? absolutely, i had, john. but you know what? i'm only human. i've made mistakes. i've apologized. that's all i can do. >> all right, robert. illegal drugs, check. drinking too much, check. >> outbursts. >> after seeing that clip of him going over and attacking that woman, i've seen and known a lot of alcoholics in my life. he can say what he wants to say. that is an alcoholic and an addict. >> dana, very popular, also the numbers since he took office, unemployment numbers are going down, and the property values are going up. >> i was just curious. so if he's doing all these things to get better and spending time in the gym, when does he have time to be mayor? when your city becomes an i