>> he said i'm an open book. >> reporter: 26-year-old meagan broussard of texas is a single mother. who first became acquainted with weiner on april 20th, after seeing this speech online and commenting on his facebook page, it was hot. broussard said weiner immediately responded to her facebook comment. which she says soon followed was a flirtatious relationship that contained over 100 messages and eventually pictures. >> he was eager to hear about if i wanted him or thought he was attractive. >> reporter: how much of it was sex talk? >> he would attempt, all the time. >> reporter: broussard said she asked for proof that the man online was really congressman weiner. >> i actually asked him to take a picture of himself and with a piece of paper that said me on it, so i would know. >> reporter: broussard said she received this photo minutes later. she exchanged increasingly risque photos with a man she believed to be weiner. and then says she received photos, including this photo and others in return. broussard said she received this bare-chested shot of weiner, with photos in the back

maybe too open. >> reporter: meagan broussard. >> meagan broussard was one of the women. >> reporter: it began in april, when broussard saw this clip of anthony weiner giving a speech. >> i looked to see someone who stood for something and was passionate about something. >> reporter: so, she wrote on his facebook page, hot. >> reporter: what happened next? >> he sent me a friend request the next day. i thought that's weird. >> reporter: what did he say? >> asking about texas. that sort of thing. just joking back and forth. >> reporter: how often do you talk? >> we talk, i mean -- he would instant message me every day. >> reporter: how personal did it get? >> with me, not very personal. him, he's very personal with his own business. >> reporter: within how many days is it more kind of romantic? >> three days. four days. >> reporter: and what are you thinking during this? >> i didn't think it was him. i thought for sure, why would someone, you know, in that position being doing this. >> reporter: so, you asked for proof? >> i asked him to take a picture of himself with a piece of paper

crumble when abc's chris cuomo revealed more photographs weiner sent to another woman. 26-year-old meagan broussard. >> just that it was hot, i liked to see someone who actually stood for something and was passionate about something. >> reporter: she began an internet relationship with him in april, complete with 100 pictures, including these. >> he was eager to hear if i wanted him or thought he was attractive or that sort of thing. >> reporter: that prompted another bizarre anthony weiner press conference, part confessional -- >> to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. i've exchanged messaged and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. i haven't told the truth. and i've done things i deeply regret. >> reporter: part defiant. >> i'm not resigning. i never met any of these women. >> reporter: for days, weiner continued to dig in, pointing to polls in new york, showing the majority of his constituents did not want him to resign. but his democratic colleagues weren't buying it. >> congressman weiner should resign from the congress. >> i think he should r

. >> one of those women is 26- year-old meagan broussard of texas. she said early this year the exchange -- started exchanging texts and pictures on facebook. >> the you believe he is a bad guy? >> i don't think he is a bad guy. he has issues like everyone else. >> one major issue is political future. he had been while -- widely expected to be the democratic nominee for the mayor of new york. >> it hurts because it is hard to turn around from a disaster like this to a major mural campaign and a city like new york. that being said, if he has ambitions down the line and if he could delay those he may survive this. >> as he awaits to see any political and personal fallout the court of public opinion is already weighing in. >> i think the man is a fool and shouldn't be any position of responsibility public responsibility. it is unbelievable. he is an idiot. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling for an ethics investigation to see if congressman weiner violated any house rules. he said he never used his government-issued computer or cellphone in

. >> reporter: then, there's meagan broussard, the 26-year-old texan who told abc news, she had cyberwith weiner, too. >> he would attempt all the time. >> i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at the time. >> reporter: if weiner thought that was his safety net, he is learning he is running out of friends in his own party. >> i wish there was some way i could defend him. but i can't. >> those words from harry reid. today's "new york times" reports that minority leader, nancy pelosi, is upset with weiner. when she tried to discuss his resignation, he was adamant he would keep his seat. >>> police in indiana say they fear a missing college student has been the victim of foul play. lauren spierer left a friend's house friday and hasn't been seen since. the disappearance has been a jolt to the college town, which students considered to be safe. >> you don't expect something like that to happen around here in bloomington. it's such a friendly atmosphere. you don't expect things like this to happen. it's crazy. >> back here in her new york hometown, friends and f

that question, there may be an answer from meagan broussard, the texas woman who showed abc news the lewd photographs and messages weiner sent to her. how often do you talk? >> we talk, i mean, he would instant message me every day. >> reporter: broussard's phone shows she received a two-minute phone call from weiner's official office in his new york district in may 18th. but does it matter? the house ethics manual says congressional computers must be used for official business. but there is a loophole. allowing for, quote, incidental personal use. but weiner may have run afoul of the very first house ethics rule, which says members shall reflect credibly on the house. >> this is a twitter hoax, a plan track was done. i'm the victim of it, this poor girl is the victim of it. >> reporter: the problem for weiner is not just that he repeatedly lied, but how he did it. look at how he lashed out at us last week. is it inappropriate for a member of congress to be following young women on their twitter accounts from not even from their district? several young women on your account -- 40,000

one of the women with whom he exchanged messages is a 26-year-old single mom from texas named meagan broussardshe provided pictures to chris cuomo of abc news, and in one of the photos, congressman weiner apparently forgot to wear his shirt. >> how did that come to be sent? >> he just sent that one day. >> what did you think when you got this? >> i was like, wow. i could see the background. anybody can zoom into that. it's not that hard. >> pictures of his wife and president clinton. >> jimmy: i knew he'd have something to do with this. i had a feeling. bill clinton actually performed the wedding ceremony between anthony weiner and his wife which kind of explains everything, right? i mean -- [ laughter ] that's the guy you asked to join you in holy matrimony. it's a good thing twitter wasn't around when he was president. when clinton wanted to text someone a picture of his penis, he had to use an etch a sketch. and then he would drop it in the mail. [ applause ] during her interview with abc news, megan was asked about her interactions with congressman weiner, and in doing so, provided us with

he spoke at length today about his online relationships with six women, including meagan broussard, whoording to abc news challenged him to send her this picture with the word "me" written on it. that was -- that was on may 5th. the congressman was married last july. according to her, it didn't stop him from flirting. >> he was eager to hear about if i wanted him or thought he was attractive or that sort of thing. >> how much of it was sex talk? >> i mean, he would attempt all the time. >> back now with our panel, paul begala, mary matalin, and laura berman. paul, this really doesn't seem to be a legal matter at this point. i mean, there's no -- it doesn't seem like there's any law that was broken. there's basically going to be the ethics investigation, and if he stays and runs again it's going to be up to the voters in his district. >> right. well, first off there's the political matter. he's got to get right with his wife, who's a friend of mine, and she's a remarkable woman. then there's the congressional matter. he may have -- i think it's rule 1, that a member must do nothing to br

pictures to six women over social media and lying about it and even acknowledged one woman by name, meagan broussardims she received this shirtless photo of congressman weiner which was posted by conservative blogger andrew breitbart. broussard told abc news more about this on-line relationship. >> he was eager to hear about if i wanted him. or thought he was attractive. or that sort of thing. >> how much of it was sex talk? >> he would attempt all the time. >> broussard is a 26-year-old single mother from texas and says on-line -- she started this on-line chatting after she commented on a facebook video of weiner giving a speech saying on facebook that weiner and the speech was hot? a lot of people wondering what he's going to do now. not just that he's a congressman and outspoken congressman from new york, he wanted to become the mayor of new york. he's a man who won his district in new york city by a landslide in november. that wasn't even his strongest performance in history. mary snow has reaction from some of the people he represents. >> and ali and christine and kiran, when you talk to his co