maureen o'connor, do youment to say what mr. jarvis said earlier about can this be a serious story, even for gawker? >> i don't think anybody is freaking out too much about a congressman tweeting his penis. it's sophomoric, yes, funny. i do take issue about the idea this is puritanical americans. for instance, if you look in italy, everybody's freak being berlusconi's sex life. for better and worse, our politicians are famous people so we're curious about the way he leads his private life, what he does in mediums that sort of put his private life and public life next to each other, like on twitter. i think, sure, it's ridiculous to talk about this when we could be talking about any number of important issue. but one thing doesn't always preclude the other. we can be curious about this without, you knowing giving up every other story in the news cycle. >> jeff jarvis, let me ask you about the college student who received this picture of somebody's -- somebody in their underwear. she says she doesn't know anthony weiner and she sa

we want to bring in maureen o'connor. hello, maureen.ween edwards and hunter since this broke? >> so edwards and hunter have been living together, raising the child they had together as well as edwards's two other children who were still children he had with elizabeth and he had an adult daughter. the question is close to $1 million he received from two most prominent donors he used to pay for rielle's living expenses, whether that violated campaign financing laws and whether they were from a friend used to finance his wife. he said i was a bad husband, but not a bad politician. >> they are living together, including elizabeth edwards's children. >> her two children he has custody of. i don't know how much time. they have been keeping a low profile. they bought a house in a hidden area. specifically to stay away from the press. >> here is facing criminal charges, but is it to say that a lot of people want to see him pay for moral reasons. cheating on his cancer-striken wife and all the while lying about all of it. >> it's a risky move be

i want to bring in maureen o'connor, a staff writer for gawker.com. maureen, you're a new yorker.till hear the celebration? >> hi, don. yes, it's gay pride weekend this weekend in new york. so there are a lot of people who are very enthusiastic about the issue, obviously in town. as soon as the vote was announced that they were going to vote at 6:30 last night, they had all their tvs on. people poured into the streets and were celebrating. i think we'll probably see one of the most enthusiastic gay pride parades this weekend, tomorrow, when people go marching through new york city. >> i dialed out for a moment to do some bills and stuff. and i checked my twitter and i was like, why do i have 800 tweets. and it was the number one facebook update. i thought, this is really crazy. there were actually, though, maureen influential republican donors who played a big role in getting this passed. >> yes. and you know, it's fascinating that the year this goes through, the new york senate is the year that the new york senate is controlled by republicans. andrew cuomo worked hard with a grou