and it's kara swisher. but i want to show this because then also in "the new yorker" he talks about a personal relationship you have in this situation. let's watch this. were. >> on my way down here, i drove down in my minivan type of car, ed my assist can't and my mom has come every year to d and she hands out swag. i hope she was plight to you all. -- polite to you all. that's a big home. she was good. all right. in the swisher family. i interviewed her in the gas station about twitter. i was asking if she tweeted. here's the movie that i made. as you know i always make movies and assault people. i assaulted my mom this time. >> so here's kara's mom on twitter. >> here we are in california. >> do you twit? >> no. >> why not? >> are you crazy? >> what do you think it's for? >> i don't know. why would i want people to know what i'm doing? well, i'm sorry. it's nobody's business. [laughter] >> if you were kara what would you tweet? >> why would i want to do that? >> thanks, mom. >> it's going to be worth dol

and in los angeles, kara swisher, co-executor of the website. tough column out this morning saying this incident was monumental proportions and not only did the top editor and publisher know about it, but how badly is the "washington post" reputation damaged by this? >> badly. look, if you read this initial flier, it talked all about be one of the precious few to be in on altering the legislation. i mean, they were so explicitly selling access and influence. kay graham, publisher of the post, used to hold gatherings like this all the time. very useful to everybody. now selling seats at her grandmother's table and that is way over the line. >> it seemed like it was selling access. by the way, the "post" editor declined to appear on this program. by the way, the president of the "post" company steve hill refused to be interviewed about this, what i find amazing. did the apology and swift cancellation of these dinners help here? >> she had to apologize, it was a marketing flier that went out before they approved it. they went a little far having it

he helped recruit kara swisher and moved her to silicon valley. >> what is their? >> it is probably the biggest concentration of technology. intel, a hewlett-packard, apple, calm, and to go, all of these companies are there. >> you stay here because? >> i stay here because i want it consumer focus. i go to silicon valley quite often. i am there six or seven times per year. i know how to drive through the streets almost as well as washington, but i was considering leif -- i was extremely concerned that if i lived among the industry i would become the industry mind-set. it is not that there is anything evil about that, it is just that i wanted to stay in the consumer-mind-set. >> when she in macon smith, a googler executive, decided to marry, sweatshirts, told me her mother was troubled by the idea of a day wedding. -- gay wedding. we were having dinner and she was been difficult. if she was arguing with me. i was getting really uncomfortable. walt to occur down like i have never seen anyone take someone else down. my mother was shocked and he was relentless in not l