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we reached new heights in scandal this year with rob ford. i will be giving this to rob ford in the coming weeks because that may be the best scandal of all time. >> rosie? >> i'm going to say the nsa revelations and how journalists have done really important work on that topic and really informed the public. >> and david, to you? your media highlight to the year? >> it was snowden revelations forcing debate at our top government and britain as well and an antidote to what we heard, shutout to dead spin. the tools of social media unraveled hoaxes perpetrated through social media and

rob ford's base was in the suburbs.s support is among poor -- it's across racial lines but suburban toronto voters. they are the ones keeping in office. that blue is rob ford. >> looks like a crack crystal. >> a them act candidacy and administration. >> as far as i understand it, he basically -- the election was one of how bad could he be. i think he'll keep the taxes down. he wasn't really interrogated as a person. there was no one asking, does he smoke crack. that was not a campaign issue. >> apparently it now needs to be one. what i also loved, jamal, he said he would be a republican to which i would say, gop, here is your man north of the border. here is a guy who looks down and says that's who i identify in. >> absolutely. i hope he shoes up with campaign ads. when i wamp this i can't help but think we know we're at a sign of apocalypse when ron ford is interviewed by ron burgundy. >> the apocalypse right on my doorstep but may not be too far away with anchorman a few weeks a away. >> not a bad dude, that is the cy

another says quote the mayor of the city rob ford was smoking his rocks today. quote on the pipe. has the mayor responded to this? and again, this is is not the mayor talking on these tapes. these are people involved in the drug trade so i guess you have to take them with a grain of salt. >> what's really interesting about this is that there's a clear -- a clear motive from these guys to take pictures of him and document him and collect them if you believe what they're saying and basically collect a get out of jail free card as far as the mayor was concerned. they frequently make references to having evidence of him using drugs. they also note they like him by the way. they said we like him a lot but we've got so much stuff on him. it's a completely bizarre story. and the mayor so far has only said he might have smoked crack once, that one time in a drunken stupor. today his lawyer was at city hall. when he left the building today he sort of just chuckled. he hasn't responded to these at all. >> sort of for all his talk about well i've done a great job, if he's m

one said rob ford wants drugs.nother said the mayor of the city, rob ford, was smoking his rocks today. they said they had pictures on the pipe. has the mayor responded to this? this is not the mayor talking. these are people involved in the drug trade. i guess you have to take them with a grain of salt. >> what's interesting is that there is a clear motive and they can collect that and get the get out of jail free card. they have evidence of him and they know they like him. we like him a lot. it's a completely bizarre story and he said he might have smoked crack once. the lawyer was at city hall and he hasn't responded to these at all. if he's making payoffs, that's going to weigh heavily on anybody in terms of being able to function at your job and being extorted. i also understand and this i find confusing. the cell phone video ford allegedly smoking crack. i have seen a report that it is believed there is possible low a murder somehow wrapped up in this? there is a picture that the man on the left is murdered b

the other says quote, the mayor of the city rob ford was smoking his rocks today. ote ford on the pipe. has the mayor responded to this? this is not the mayor talking on these tapes, these are people involved in the drug trade so i guess you have to take them with a grain of salt. >> there is a clear -- a clear motive from these guys. takes pictures of him and documents him and collect -- if you believe what they are saying and basically collect the get out of jail free card as far as the mayor was concerned. they frequently make references to having him using drugs and they say we like him. we like him a lot but have so much stuff on him. it's a completely bizarre story and the mayor so far has only said he might have smoked crack once at one point in a drunken stupor. today his lawyer was at city hall and when he left he just chuckle. he didn't respond. >> for his talk, i've done a great job. if he's making pay offs and being extorted, that has to weigh heavily in terms of being able to function at the job if you're being extorted for large amounts of money. i als

so who is more overexposed, rob ford or ron burgundy? tough call. we're not sick of a dancing mayor ford. at least not yet. this is "way too early." >> good morning, everybody. brian shactman here. this is one of the those where you get a little bit of everything. yes, we have legitimate news and we have michael jordan not able to sell his mansion, president obama and what he likes on netflix and, yes, a guy tries to barter a live alligator for beer. and i'm just sort of curious can you ask yourself this question, how much beer should you get for a live alligator? 30 pack? a case? six-pack? i don't know. anyway, you get the picture here. and if you are one of the two mega millions winners can you afford to keep the gator and just buy the beer. tickets with all six numbers for the $636 million jackpot were sold in california and in georgia. one of the tickets was sold in a gift shop. the owner just bought the store four months ago. he'll get $1 million bonus. >> i feel good! i feel good! come to my store! i feel good. i don't even know. i can't sleep

to me is rob ford.an't get enough of rob ford. >> this man has done enough -- >> how about -- >> every story, every quote -- >> but no -- >> completely. >> you would give one amazing press conference where he said, you know, probably in one of my drunken stupors and you think there is no way he can top it and he can top it. >> i'm from d.c. so we have the original mayor that smoked crack. but i'm thinking his wife. there is a whole lot of people behind him that this is probably been not so cute for. >> just to draw another scandal in, to me, what's awful about these scandals is when you do see the wife. anthony weiner embarrassed himself but his extremely accomplished admiral wife has to stand there. >> i'm waiting for a wife to stand up and say i knew, i don't care, all of you can go because they are the only ones to whom that stuff should matter. eventually there will be a sex scandal that's outed and they will stand up and say we have an open relationship. >> i think women know when they marry a poli

but this is ground zero right here for the rob ford saga. >> wiretap recordings revealing that he maybought heroin. you spoke to mayor ford tonight. what is his response? >> he laughs at that. again, a lot of this has not been test in the court and you know yourself, this is the kind of thing where they surveil and intercept conversations about people that are in gangs and it has not been verified or tested. so again we dome have mayor ford on an intercept talking about buying heroin. but again, there has been video pictures from surveillance from the air that shows he and the guy sandra who has been charged in this whole mess, and packages. so you can make the leap. and this whole story is about making a leap. wink, wink, look what we have. >> amazingly ford is still hanging in there in the polls. how is that possible with these headlines every day? >> it is just, i think that there will be books on that, jake, alone. i know that there will be movies and videos and people who would love to play them. hopefully mayor ford doesn't end up going down the same path. he is a likable guy. a

>> the winner is rob ford.han that, this is the first year where we had basically, like a rob ford blowout. he won in three categories this year and he tied for a third. everybody figured this year that anthony weiner was going to be -- i mean, if you have a sex scandal that actually leads to the production of a important movie based on your sex scandal, it's hard to compete with that, right? you can't do much better than that. but rob ford tied anthony weiner even in the sex scandal category. so in case anybody can see here, this we have commissioned this statuette was put together by a sculptor down in maryland and we are going to present this statue in person to rob ford. up in toronto. >> i have to tell you, josh, i'll bet he'll be thrilled to receive it. everybody else on that list would be embarrassed by the distinction. my hunch is you'll get a photo op out of him. >> that's the thing. because this is -- you know, as would be appropriate, you can see that the statuette is a little crooked on the pedestal

for me it was rob ford.ot get enough of the rob ford. >> this man has done more for journalism and those of us who revel in it than anybody else this year. every story, every quote. just completely nailed. >> one amazing press conference where he said probably one of my drunken stupors and you'd think there's no way he could top it and he he'd top. >> it he did. i'm from d.c. so i have the original mayor that smoked crack that then we re-elected. so it's a bit of nostalgia for me. but i'm thinking like his wife. there's a whole lot of people behind him that this has probably been not so cute for. >> just to draw another scandal in, i mean, to me what's awful about these scandals is when you do see the wife. anthony weiner embarrassed himself, but his extremely accomplished, admirable wife has to stand there. and it's just -- that's what's worse. >> she's amazing. >> i'm waiting for one of the wives at one of the press conferences to stand up and say, i knew. i don't care. all of you can go. because they're t

the rob ford incident was so wonderful. fact he admitted he might have done crack during one of his dunken stupors and i love the fact that he said stupors plural! and then he saw his approval ratings shoot up five points. go canada. you wonder if barack is looking for a rock right now. >> chris farley had he lived could have had the role of a lifetime, academy winning role had he lived. rob ford does have another job now. he's appearing once a week in washington, d.c. on "the sports junkies." >> one word. >> i'd love to pile on this guy but i really feel sorry for him. i hope they get the treatment. >> this is your last chance to vote in tonight's instapoll. what do you think was the worst political scandal of 2013? we'll read your answers after the break. ♪ ♪ >> we are back to finish the countdown of top news stories of 2013. still with me my guests. edward snowden, some call him a traitor, some people call him a whistle blower, he made not only national but international news. i think it is probably a little weird he wen

>> also, as amusing as the rob ford saga has been, there is some indication he may have tried to pay to keep the now infamous crack smoking video out of the public eye. and sticking with our friends in canada, usually if you lose your winning lottery ticket, you lose the lottery. but north of the border that, is not the case. we have a great story for new the cooler on this thursday edition of "way too early." >> a norman rockwell painting goes for a record sum at auction and we have a sweet goal from the premier league. but we have a lot of news to get to this morning. we're going to start with breaking news overseas. 20 people are reportedly dead after a suicide car bombing at yemen's defense ministry. sources telling nbc that the attackers were wearing military uniforms and drove a bob trapped car with military plates right up to the gates. gunmen and troops quickly started an exchange of gunfire right after the explosion. most of the gunmen are dead. a hospital inside the defense ministry suffered serious damage and a medical team was reportedly among those killed by the gunman.

. >> mayor rob ford of toronto probably. and the silver goes to anthony weiner, your friend. [ laughter ] >> pat, i have to agree with you on that, but i would add ted cruz on his list. as his short year of the senator, he managed to offend all the republicans in the senate, which is really tough because they are his party. >> mark, i'm putting my vote in for the san diego mayor. i think 17 women have now basically asserted that they had sexual harassment moments with him. that's no small achievement for a public figure. >> clarence? >> well, i think rob ford wins the international prize. i give ted cruz the domestic award. >> the worse politician is egypt's former president, morsi. giving him an ultimatum to quit the muslim brotherhood. morsi refused. they ousted him and morsi is now on trial. worse politician, okay, the most defining political moment, pat buchanan. >> august, the american people rise up and say no to barack obama's war on syria. >> eleanor? >> the 16-day government shutdown. >> mark? >> i would say preside

one tweeted rob ford equals bills lose. rob ford attends the game, equals -- >> well, 'tis the season for gingerbread houses. wait until we show you the biggest one ever made. >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of the white house where a man reportedly caught some sort of device past the white house north fenceline. the explosives ordinance disposal team is there trying to check out what it is. in the meantime, an adult man was arrested and transported this morning. on a happy note this morning, everything is bigger in texas, but now in the book of guinness world records, that is where the world's large e gingerbread house is. the texas a&m traditions club built this house. can you believe it. with thousands of pounds of butter, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients and decorated with more than 22,000 pieces of candy. a gingerbread house more than 39,000 square feet, easily beating the previous record holder, 36,000 square food gingerbread house that was built outside the mall of america. look at it. i mean, it looks

speaking of heroes, more rob ford. he visits a gospel church. yes, we have individual video of that. and -- some of these are coming your way if you live in the northeastern part of country. bill karins will be here. you dropped that! >> a tattoo? >> what yeah, they're cool and they last rest of your life. >> you'll not be getting a tattoo for christmas. >> yeah, if you want one, you'll have to pay for it out of your own allowance. >> all right! >> homer! my customers can shop around-- see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me, and my guys, make better decisions. i don't like guesses with my business, and definitely not with our health. innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] camp

the rob ford incident was so wonderful.ight have done crack during one of his dunken stupors and i love the fact that he said stupors plural! and then he saw his approval ratings shoot up five points. go canada. you wonder if barack is looking for a rock right now. >> chris farley had he lived could have had the role of a lifetime, academy winning role had he lived. rob ford does have another job now. he's appearing once a week in washington, d.c. on "the sports junkies." >> one word. >> i'd love to pile on this guy but i really feel sorry for him. i hope they get the treatment. >> this is your last chance to vote in tonight's instapoll. what do you think was the worst political scandal of 2013? we'll read your answers after the break. ♪ ♪ [ male annouer ] the person who said, "if you love something, set it free" probably wasn't talking about dollars. pretty much everybody wants to keep those. ♪ most car insurance companies know this -- because they keep yellinabout it. onlyhey don't say how they're saving those dollars. ♪

so who is more overexposed, rob ford or ron burgundy? tough call.cing mayor ford. at least not yet. this is "way too early."

. >> reporter: brand new allegations against toronto mayor rob ford. >> all of the evidence gathered in that case has been reviewed by the investigators. >> reporter: wire taps that apparently have ford offering $5,000 and a car for a video of him smoking crack. >>> plus wage strike, thousands from coast to coast protest their paycheck. should the minimum wage be raised to 15 bucks? you're live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning, i a'm carol costello. this just in, good news about the economy, two brand new snapshots of the u.s. economy, both striking ones. the gdp, the gross domestic product shot up 3.6% in the third quarter and a second report is showing the best private sector jobs growth all year. zain asher will join us had ffrw york in a minute. probably means the friday jobs market numbers will be very good. those numbers come out tomorrow. >>> the fight to close that wage gap heats up today, in just about two hours thousands of fast food workers are expected to protest in 100 cities across the country, from new york city to new orleans, to oakland, trying to pressure employe

rob ford is, creating a name for himself and washington. -- in washington. he is going to appear to make nfl picks and he says that he is a big redskins fan. new allegations involving a video that shows a rob ford smoking crack cocaine. he may have offered $5,000 and a car to drug dealers in exchange for the video. donations in major the community has held the salvation army make up the money that was lost during the break- in. in theas damage southeast on sunday morning. today, they had $45,000 in new donations. major contributions came from walmart, a local attorney, and in automotive salesman. christmaslook at the decorations at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. decorations were done by servicemembers and their families. these are all thanks to the white house chefs. will ferrell is putting marketing into overdrive, you might have noticed. campbell on abc seven. he was in north dakota. >> they want to raise your power bill! you are watching abc seven news at 11 a clock. >> -- 11:00. for an increase of five dollars a month. say,lk to customers who "not so fast! "

wrong there rob ford is no stranger to controversy over the last monkeys admitted to smoking crack jokes about his penchant for drunken stupors and pretty much all of his powers were poor to our city council but now the mirror and maybe if you see his weirdest scandal on sunday he was spotted and in atlanta falcons buffalo bills game in toronto eating chicken wings. there is a big football fans was the parents of the n.f.l. game isn't all that strange what is strange however is the ford seems to have stolen his seat from another friend right around four fifty five in the afternoon is issued and bills fan that mays tweeted out rob ford is sitting in my seat at the bills game he stole my seat i don't want to go i'm by myself i don't make it all right i mean i'd pick anyone else all of them are wrong. therefore did eventually give up the sea after mays talked to him but questions remain about this curious incident therefore didn't know that it was still in someone else's seat and if so would he have stayed there if mays had remained silent like anything involving rob ford there are no easy

>> holy -- >> one man, rob ford, the clown of 2013.-man mission to test the theory that elected officials are supposed to display some shred of responsibility and/or self-awareness. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors approximately a year ago. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> obviously i was extremely, extremely inebriated. >> i shouldn't have gotten hammered. st. patrick's day, another incident. it got a little out of control. >> to the city of toronto, good luck. and to rob ford, our american politicians thank you for doing the impossible and making them look really, really, really good. >> that was alex wagner taking us through the past crazy year in politics. thank you so much, that is all for now. i'll see you back thursday at noon eastern. in the meantime, have a very happy new year's. "andrea mitchell reports" with the great kristen welker in for andrea is next. and it'll rain lollypops all over the place. [ female announcer ] remember when you thought anything was possible? ♪ it st

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mayor rob ford showed up late, left early. game, he signed autographs, posted for pictures, bloped down if another fan's seat and etch had a snack. he seemed to be as popular as ever. by the way, atlanta beat the bills, 34-31. >>> here in the lower 48, a college football play sure to make highlight reels for years to come. auburn against alabama. chris davis caught a missed field goal. he runs it all the way back for a come-from-behind game-winning touchdown. >> 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 45, there goes davis! >> oh, my god! >> auburn's going to win the football game! oh, my lord if heaven! >> i love it. the call fit the play. thanks to auburn's upset, it's jumped to number three in the college football rankings. what a play. >>> a lot of pro football to cover as well. with that, our friends at espn. >>> good morning, america. welcome inside "sportscenter." i'm john buccigross. denver made it a sweep with the chiefs. peyton manning, so accurate on sunday. looking for eric decker a lot. you can see why. i mean, sthat just a perfec

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a radioactive left it in mexico, healthcare.gov enrollment picks up, and embattled toronto mayor rob ford tried to buy the tape showing him smoking crack. >>> and welcome back. a suicide car bomber attacked yemen's defense ministry this morning. 18 soldiers were killed. at least 40 wounded. officials say the blast in the nation's capital was followed by a fire fight with gunmen who tried to take over the complex. they say as many as 12 of them had been killed. >>> missing radioactive cobalt 60 has been found near the location the truck it was in was stolen. authorities say the material was taken out of its protective canister. they also say it poses no threat to the public. although, whoever opened it is in great danger. they believe the thieves were probably just interested in the truck itself. >>> roughly 27,000 americans signed up for insurance on healthcare.gov on tuesday. this brings the exchange's three-day enrollment total to 56,000. that's twice as many as all of october. president obama wednesday urged young activists not to give up on promoting the affordable care act. >>> and n

that rob ford gets u.s. citizenship. right? am i right? who doesn't want to see more rob ford?nd actually enjoy the world and engage with each other and help each other and be kind to each other. >> america, what i wish for you for 2014 is that we can all link hands and take a big collective cleansing breath and just take a moment to remember who we are. >> and with that, we are done. i'm tom foreman. on behalf of everyone at "ac360" and cnn, we wish you all of the best and none of the worst in 2014. >>> what is being done to keep everyone safe at the upcoming olympics? >>> help may feninally be withi reach to rescue people on a ice wrecked ship in antarctica. >> it is tuesday, decembe

who doesn't want to see more rob ford? and actually enjoy the world and engage with each other and be kind to each other. >> america, what i wish for you for 2014 is that we can all link hands and take a big collective cleansing breath and just take a moment to remember who we are. >> and with that, we are done. i'm tom foreman. on behalf of everyone at "ac360" and cnn we wish you all of the best and none of the worst in best and none of the worst in 2014. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com everybody. tonight, bombings rock russia as the world prepares to head there for olympics. also on this ship, surrounded by all that ice, stuck after two rescue failed attempts, you will find probably the happiest castaways tonight, we'll hear from them on the ship. >>> and later, we'll update you on schumacher and the terrible accident. we begin with the terror attacks that shook russia and sent shocks through the world just six weeks before the winter olympics begin in sochi, upwards of just a million people killed in just a few mo

more trouble for toronto mayor rob ford. [ cheers and applause ] after he admitted to smoking crack,er staffers for saying that he once hired a prostitute. ford was like, that is a lie, i did it way more than once. [ laughter ] i have a reputation to uphold. [ cheers and applause ] actually he did say that he never hired a prostitute and then he added, 'cause i tend to black out when i'm really high. so who knows? i don't really understand. [ laughter ] maybe i did. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: and this doesn't surprise me in the wake of all these problems. ford announced that he is getting professional help. [ light laughter ] of course, the professional's name was cinnamon. [ laughter ] who are you hiring for the prefessional? she's a professional. trust me. >> jimmy: i heard that the police were called out to justin bieber's house on friday. yeah. he was throwing party with snoop lion. apparently, it got too loud or something like that. of course, snoop ran out the back, not to avoid the cops, he just didn't want to be seen partying with justin bieber. [ laughter ] i was never here.

craziest thing about the rob ford saga, it is not a reality show. ts just happening in the world. like a free range gary bussey, roaming. mayor ford called into a radio show in washington, d.c. the host asked him what he is getting his wife this year. just money. women love money. give them a couple thousand. they're happy. getting women confused with crack dealers, possibly. he is right. women love money. men too, they might love it just as much. i would say of all the sexes the two that love the money the most are women and men. i have been very focused on rob ford these past few months so much so yesterday, a reporter asked mayor ford and his brother doug standing next to him. >> what about jimmy kimmel making jokes about you? >> that is okay. i have no problem. >> comedians poking at you? >> look, i'm okay. >> i hear jimmy likes rob. >> that's what i hear. through his folks. and we like jimmy kimmel. we're having fun. >> jimmy: let me make one thing clear, jimmy doesn't like rob. jimmy loves rob. jimmy -- and i will fell you this -- i had a chanc

needs a mayor we can trust, a mayor like rob ford. passion. >> [ bleep ]. i [ bleep ]. >> drive. >> the mayor is going to attack somebody. >> cracky. >> mayor ford, please stop disrupting. >> rob ford for mayor of d.c. he's barry good! >> he started it all. he doesn't get enough credit. "the washington post" has new details about the nsa and how they're monitoring us. according to those documents by edward snowden, the nsa collects almost 5 billion records a day that can pinpoint a cell phone anywhere in the world, track its movements and map the personal relationships of the person using it. this is interesting. because i'll tell you what this means. you know those crazy people that wear the tin foil hats because they think the government is tracking them, it turns out they were right. and, by the way, maybe i'm oversimplifying it, but how is it possible that they are able to track every cell phone in the world but they can't build a health care website. maybe they should put the nsa in charge of obamacare. lack of privacy news, more than 2 million password

what can we say about a year that gave us anthony weiner, paula deen and rob ford? say that twice, rob ford, because it seems like a story that never ends and that bogus south african sign language interpreter guy. remember him? >>> beam me up, baby. seldom you get the crack question of the year and the crack answer of the year in the same place. but it happened to the now notorious star of his own crack-smoking video. >> am i an addict? no. >> reporter: toronto mayor rob ford when he got put on a spot in an open forum with the whole world watching. >> have you purchased illegal drugs in the last two years? >> yes, i have. >> reporter: ford was a trend-setter in 2013, leader of the pack in the category of mayors gone wild, with honorable mention to number nine, san diego's mr. smooth himself, bob filner, who resigned as mayor, facing a tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations, including a former female employee who filed suit, irene mccormick-jackson, alleging that filn pechlt r asked her, wouldn't it be great if you fook off your panties and worked without them

rob ford. as we speak. look on your left.s of little bits of cole being delivered to toronto city hall. quote, for the naughtiest boy on santa's list. and you're being loud to add your own lumps at robford.com. he's trying to do something good with this. promising to match those clicks with dollars for charity that is to be named later on. to be clear, rob ford is not dancing while it's being delivered. this is the latest video of him dancing in city hall because that's what rob ford does, dances at city hall. >>> other news. getting caught with crack cocaine can put people behind bars for a lot longer than you might expect. and now president obama is starting to chip away at that. and not necessarily because he doesn't want to get tough on crime. it's who is being targeted that's the issue. feed a man a cookiele an] and he eats a cookie. ♪ feed him a fresh baked cookie and he eats a much, much better cookie. bake the world a better place with nestle toll house. bake the world a better place stick with innovation. stick with

. >> we could use rob ford video for almost every category tonight. coming up, our guests will predict the rising star of 2014 and we will crown the biggest winner and biggest loser of 2013 coming up. ♪ >> now to the rising star of 2014. alex? >> everybody's going to say wendy davis. >> not everyone. >> some people may and i think she is a rising star but i'm going to hedge my bets and say hassan of iran. i think we will be hearing a lot more from him and he could change the gee owe political balance. >> now you have made my pick seem predictable because i did pick wendy davis. >> we might be able to get a table consensus on wendy davis. let's hear it. >> she launched her career with a filibuster and is running for governor. even if she doesn't win, which is is a pretty uphill battle, even if she doesn't win that office, i think big things are in her future and she is is a spectacular talent so it will be great to see if she can help nudge people in a bluer direction more rapidly. >> i only have one answer. >> needs more champagne. >> my answer is bil

toronto's crack-smoking mayor, rob ford, just found himself yet another controversy.ecord from the toronto star newspaper, which has been going after him pretty good, frankly -- quote, may be a pedophile. the reporter. classy, rob. the mayor claimed the reporter photographed this children over his backyard fence last year and he didn't want to say the worked -- the word but made the mayor wonder what this guy all about. the reporter denies he is a pedophile. hello. officials at the toronto star are looking into whether they can sue mayor ford for defamation. toronto's deputy mayor is running the city. mayor ford's powers have all been stripped. the deputy mayor called rob ford's comments, quote, beyond the pale, unquote, and should apologize to the reporter. >> some emotional testimony in the murder trial of a bride accused of killing her husband eight days after the wedding. federal prosecutors say jordan graham pushed cody johnson to his death from a cliff at glacier national park in montana in july. the "associated press" reports graham's teenage brother cried on t

how about a mayor rob ford bobble head? i mean, come on. you knew this was coming.these the last time they were on sale in toronto. and now, lucky for you, there is a new batch available for sale for you, the public, friday afternoon at just 20 bucks a pop. meanwhile, just because we can, roll it, the mayor has been celebrating the holidays in his own rob ford way. when it comes to toronto's crack-smoking, insult-slinging and now boogey-dancing mayor, folks, you just cannot make this stuff up. that does it for me tonight. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you as always for watching. join me again tomorrow night on "in case you missed it." >>> this is piers morgan live, welcome to our viewers in and around the united states and the world. nothing says festive like a big hug, so why was this teen suspended for hugging his teacher? you be the judge. he tells his story for the first time. and the voice of kasey casum, why his kids are fighting the ep

angeles county coroner says the driver, roger rodas, was killed by the impact. >>> and toronto's mayor rob fordle. court documents show he offered $5,000 and a car to a suspected drug dealer in exchange for an incriminating video. the tape appears to show ford smoking crack. the documents rely on police wiretaps of alleged gang members. >>> and on the "cbs moneywatch," new clues from the fed, and a bra designed to help you lose weight. alexis christoforous is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, alexis. >> good morning, anne-marie. we'll begin in asia where stocks were lower ahead of central bang meetings in the european union and the uk. tokyo's nikkei dropped 1.5%. hong kong's hang seng lost a fraction. wall street begins its trading day after some gains and losses as investors found really little reason for big moves. the dow jones industrial average finished lower for the fourth straight day losing 25 points. the nasdaq was up a fraction. >>> a federal reserve survey found the economy held steady during the 16-day government shoulddown. the government released it

by going small they give themselves room to grow. >>> next rob ford's new job.e's still the mayor of toronto, but is moonlighting in america. >>> scary at an n.b.a. game as an arena fills with smoke. buck conversation mark spears >>> toronto's controversial mayor could have a gig in america. he could join us u.s. sports radio show named sports junkies, he'll call in to washington w j.f.k. form for what may become a regular gig. he started the career while the toronto city council was stripping him of his powers. his canadian tv show "ford nation" lasted one episode. >>> basketball is on the docket for upsets and scary moments. mark is here with sports. of course rob ford has a sports radio show, didn't we see it coming. we'll take it. hot the hoops, oncamp u michigan was expected to roll over. this game, though, interesting. tar hills taking control. number one, michigan state would not go quietly. adrian payne nailed it. the spartans on an 18-6 run. tar hills on the road took over. jp took on dakota, giving north carolina a 6-point lean. james michael macadou -

. ♪ >>> time for tonight's rob ford update.or, rob ford, may have been trying to buy the video of him smoking crack cocaine two months before news of the video was released, according to court documents obtained by canada's ctv news. the documents are part of a drug trafficking investigation by toronto police and include wire taps of alleged drug dealers. police say that men on the tape discuss $5,000 and a car from the mayor for the video of him smoking crack. documents show the suspects wanted $150,000. police believe the drug dealers stole the mayor's cell phone which contained the video while the mayor was at a crack house in toronto. on the tapes is an alleged phone call from one man to another in the middle of the night directing him to a location because, quote, rob ford wants some drugs. police say also on the tapes is another phone call where one man says the mayor had been, quote, smoking his rocks, end quote. police are also investigating whether a murder and a kidnapping may have been connected to a blackmail scheme

. >> toronto mayor rob ford may have offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange forappears to show him smoking crack. the information is contained in police wiretaps of gang members. >>> and now for your first look at business, we turn to cnbc. >>> a push for a higher minimum wage is causing a walkout. they're calling for 15% raise in wage. private sector job growth came in higher than expected at 215,000 jobs added in novemberment more good economic news today could be bad news for stocks which are on a four-day slide on fears of the fed pulling back on the stimulus program. >>> and car service app uber is teaming up with other companies to deliver trees. they will deliver a tree' stand right to your door as well as surprise gift from the company. a little holiday spirit goes a long way. >> can you get anything delivered these days. >>> coming up, the latest political headlines in scrambled politics including a case of stop and friskiness vofinvolvin one of the first dogs am we'll explain. what you are looking fr to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar

rob ford coming up. >>> toronto's and north america's crack-smoking mayor may have also done heroin.re learning from newly released police documents. the mayor is denying he offered gang members thousands of dollars and a car to stop them from releasing a video showing him hitting the pipe. and also wire tapps from a gang investigation. in the middle of the investigation there was the mayor. the mayor rob ford spoke on a washington, dc sports radio show this morning. >> these irwire taps from gang members who say you offered $5,000, if not more, $150,000 and a car to confiscate the video of you doing crack on the tape. what do you say to that? >> number one, that is an outright lie, and you can talk to my lawyers about it but i'm here to talk football guys, so if you want to talk football, talk football. >> rather talk about the other, mr. mayor, mayor ford a big football fan. says he used to be a high school coach. on sunday he chowed down on wings during the bills-falcons played up there in a stadium in his town. a fan tweeted that the mayor had stolen his seat. but he gave it back

this is rob ford in a seat that -- he is hard to miss. he is sitting right there.ople around him. looks like he is for the bills. here he is enjoying some food. chicken wings ands around him appear to be eating, and here he is taking a picture with someone who is no doubt an admirer. but there's a little more to this which we found out from twitter, and i have that over here. this guy, matt mays, says i'm signature at my seat. he stole my seat. he's like, i'm by myself. i have to kick him out. he says, the mayor stole my seat, man. he showed up late to the game so he just took an empty aisle seat and the rightful opener sent out the tweets. when he got there, that's when all of this happened and he found the mayor in his seat so he tweeted about and it in the end the mayor gave up his seat. well, or giving his seat back to rightful opener. and i mean, as fine as things can be with mayor ford. the bills went on to lose to the falcons. >> police in kansas say man died are a fight outside a football stadium. which it happened in the parking lottess during the chiefs-b

he compares his rival and president obama to crack-smoking toronto mayor rob ford. >> tired of politicians. george demos knows the good guys from the bad. >> interesting imagery there. well, the ad makes no further linkage between mayor ford and democrats. demos lost the 2010 primary for the seat and dropped out again in 2012. >>> and it looks like the actual war on christmas is back again. the national republican congressional committee now has a coffee mug reading "happy holidays is what liberals say." okay. that follows a t-shirt with the same slogan. the shirt is no longer on the site because a spokesperson says it's all sold out. and that's your morning's dish of "scrambled politics." joining me now for our "first look" at politics is "newsday" columnist and political analyst ellis heneghan. thanks for being here. >> can i say happy holidays? it's a little dicey. >> if you want to call yourself labor raleigh. apparently, that's what liberals say. >> good to see you, how about that? >> good to see you. so, let's talk about the obama care website. so, what is the reality with this site?