eliot spitzer made it a private matter.nt away, went through counseling, worked it out with his wife. and he came back. >> after the clinton stuff came through, there were a lot of democrats who wanted clinton to quit. part of being a guy who survives, you have to sell yourself, and think i'm going to go through this. >> clinton, deep, deep, deep did not believe it had any effect on his being president. and that's a big question. >> i think his colleagues will push him out the door. they don't want to be the on the weiner ticket. he will become the next bad guy. thank you, steve. thank you, john. i don't want to be too nonpartisan. >>> you know, you watch these things and after all your supposition and suspicious comes through, follow your instincts. if you think they're crooks, they're lying, go with it. got it? >>> how did is tina fey's impersonation. perfect. she completely confused one of the tv networks. guess which one? you're watching "hardball" . [ male announcer ] millions of men 45 and older just don't feel like t

and eliot spitzer, utter embarrassment. >> he cannot take any more stress.system is shutting our mouth. because we can't take it. >> reporter: forget the eyes, the lips are a mirror to your soul. >> what is the opposite of that? is it like pushing your lips out? >> probably looking more relaxed. the piece doesn't talk about arnold schwarzenegger, jim bakker, gary hart, senator david vitter and mark sanford. the list goes on and on. i like we are getting away from the trend of the >>> this morning on "world news now" -- mass exodus, the top staffers from newt gingrich's presidential campaign have stepped down. >> the shake-up put his campaign in question, but the former speaker of the house says the show must go on. it's friday, june 10th. >>> good friday morning. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm daniel sieberg. rob nelson is on assignment. >>>, so the hopes for newt gingrich's presidential ambitions have taken a big hit this morning. 16 of his top campaign staffers just up and quit thursday. what was it that made them revolt? you could call it a newtany. >> a bit of

eliot spitzer, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, simon. thank you, all, for being here, a privilege to speak here at mit, and i was saying i held mit in a bit of awe because as close to the school i went to,mit you did thinking, numbers attached to the studies, and there was right and wrong answers. i took courses where there was an opportunity for partial credit -- [laughter] that was, it was one of my important lessons i try to impart on my kids. i hope i tell my daughter early enough who is a junior up the river here at another school, stopping by, has not heard me speak about harvard which is where she is. let me say this about simon. he wrote a book, "13 bankers," that's the book you should read. it's brilliant, the critique of our financial system, and i say this with appreciation, it's not an easy read, pushes you, makes you think, it's filled with numbers, complicated ideas as his books always are and should be, but i recommend it to you because if you want to see what has e morphed and what happened in our economic structures, tha

in the minute, it's over. >> spitzer had to resign. >> spitzer has a big television show on cnn. who would have thought that? talking about office again. >> a comeback in a way. >> i think the thing that will hurt him in the long run is his name. it just -- going forward it puts a smile on your face, it re mmis you of the story. and we have the sleaez factor. take the schwarzeneggers of the world. we start to go along a bell curve and you say, this is wrong but compared toome of the other stuff we have seen. >> i have to say i was thinking about this. you're right. why are we shocked when we hear the stories? >> clinton, edwards. >> right. what we are also responding to is a selfishness. these are leaders who are clearly showing that they are putting themselves and their impulses first. what's going to happen in terms of their governing decisions? >> i think the male rationalization is -- you know what -- and i will take this thing out. >> whoa, whoa. >> no. oh! get rid of that! i think the rationalzation is it's not real. >> do you think he felt less guilty because in the press

eliot spitzer made it a private matter.e quit, went away, went through counseling, worked it out with his wife. >> after clinton came clue, there were a lot of democrats who wanted clinton to quit. you have to tell your wife, i'm going through it and i'm going to survive. >> clinton kwb deep, deep, deep down believed it had no affect on his being president. >> will his kol eggs. and that's a big question. >> i think his colleagues will push him out the door. they don't want to be the on the wiener ticket. >> talk about paul ryan. >> he will become the next bad guy in the democratic party and your party will make him so. thank you steve. thank you, john. >>> you know, you watch these things and they finally after all your supposition and all your suspicion comes true. follow your instincts on these guys. if you think they're crooks, if you think they're lying, go with it. >>> up next w how about tina fey's sarah palin? you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. >> well back to "hardball." now to the side show of the side show. fir

that was not something eliot spitzer did. >> in fact, i should point out eliot spitzer did resign. >> yes. >> and the fact is that weiner is saying he's going to fight and he won't quit. >> that's right. >> so you've covered him a long time, since he was a member of council. you've seen him over the years, 13 member years in congress. how astonishing was it? how -- you thought it was genuine. a lot of people from the outside who may not know anthony weiner as well as you do in covering him politically didn't know whether he was faking it. you thought it was real. >> i thought it was real. he was genuinely emotional. those were real tears. he was very upset about what has happened. i think he genuinely felt bad for what he did to his wife, huma abedin, who i've known since hillary clinton's senate race beginning in 1999 who is a terrific lady. i think anthony weiner is very remorseful about this and doing what he knows how to do is be in front of the cameras. he couldn't tear himself away. i've never seen a press conference like that in the last four or five years of covering pretty sp

revelation that he had a proclivity for prostitutes. >> i have disappointed. >> reporter: today, spitzer has his own show on cnn. though stories like weiner's can create some moments of awkwardness. >> i sympathize with anthony weiner. i know he is going through torment like virtually no other. >> reporter: f. scott fitzgerald once said "there are no second acts in american lives." but that's no longer true. america is a land of second, third, fourth chances. hugh grant. marv albert. pee-wee herman. kobe bryant. all scandalized. all doing great today. former republican congressman mark foley resigned in 2006, amidst a sexting scandal of his own. he now hosts a radio show in palm beach, florida, and talks about returning to the political scene. >> well, from what i've gathered from the early poll results, if you will, if i was going to run for mayor, there was a fairly strong indication that i would have been successful. >> reporter: then, of course, there's the comeback kid himself, former president bill clinton. elected and re-elected and now heralded for his work in developing countrie

spitzer. spitzer-weiner, they would have so much to talk about. only in america could that actually be a possibility. only in america. from new york, good night, america. >>> welcome to "red eye." where it is wall to wall wiener. welcome back, andy. what is coming up on tonight's show? >> welcome back, america. our top story. anthony wiener holds a press conference and admits he tweeted the crotch shots seen around the world. did i mention anthony wiener admitted he tweeted the crotch shot scene around the world? what more do you need? and anthony wiener held a press conference and admitted he tweeted the crotch shot around the world. we will probably talk about this. >> thank you, andy. >> anthony wiener holds a press conference. >> i wish every day could be anthony wiener holds a press conference day. >> it is like news christmas. >> or news hanukkah. can't forget the jews. >> or news kwanza. can't forget the people that celebrate kwanza. >> you are right. go away, andy. let's welcome our guests. she is so british her stiff upper lip owns a hat.

. >> from thomas jefferson to eliot spitzer, we look at political sex scandals on our website. click on politics at wbaltv.com. . the former pennsylvania senator rick santorum's name has been added to the list of president obama's challengers. >> for you to say that your administration should take 40 cents out of every dollar and barley for future generations to prop you up? >> he says he is betting billions of dollars to the debt of future generations why -- while undermining of liberty. his campaign is an -- similar to that of michele bachman, who was an -- expected to declare some. >> or more about the candidates on our website. wbaltv.com. kate amara sat down with the president to discuss the troops. dozens of residents in harford and cecil counties are outraged. the state wants to increase the toll and the way with the decal system. state officials want holders to participate in easy test. >> if they do not back down, we will file suit against the state of maryland for what they are doing. >> many residents and business owners question why a toll was necessary when the bri

, with regards some of the other things we have seen in the past, you know -- i'm sorry, governor spitzer, and david vitter from louisiana, also doing the same, this is quite different. >> there's no criminal allegation as of yet. >> no criminal allegations. >> ryan grimm, let me ask you, you covered the hill as well as anybody. what is the fallout in congress? a lot of his colleagues, a lot of those that he will, if we assume he stays in office, as he says he will, how will he be dealt with in the house? >> nancy pelosi came out with a statement just recently, saying that she's calling for a full investigation into whether or not he broke in the house rules. >> i'm going to play that statement. let me read this statement to you. she says -- i am deeply disappointed and saddened about this situation, for anthony's wife huma, his family, his stat and his constituents. i am cal for an ethics commit aye investigation to determine whether any official resources were used or any other violation of house rules occurred. interesting statement, wouldn't you say? >> i think sheets thinking about t

eliot spitzer as exculpates got him his own tv show. and he was reelected despite his dalliances with a prostitute. >> how many man over how many centuries have gone on to be heroes? >> >> they apologize and we forget. >> an important factor is if there were any rules violations. he insists he only used his own computer and a personal blackberry. this may not protect them from house rules and the standard of conduct. new york is losing two house seats to redistricting and it is possible and it is now more likely to be his that is one eliminated. >>> german chancellor angela merkel is in town for an official state visit. the chancellor and president obama will discuss among many topics the conflicts in libya and afghanistan. the two will break bread at a state dinner at the white house. here's a live look at guests arriving. earlier today, the two world leaders held a joint news conference to discuss the global economy and the president vowed to get the u.s. on a steady path to economic recovery. >> we still have enormous work to do. as

. >> i'm eliot spitzer, welcome to the program. (laughter) today congressman anthony weiner held a press conference. >> stephen: for the love of god! (cheers and applause) the one person, the one person in the world who doesn't want to remind anyone about politicians' penises led with weiner. which is what got him into trouble in the first place. and why his coverage was called "this time it wasn't me." (laughter) nation, it's clear president obama is not committed to the war one terror. terrorists are all around us and we don't know who they are. so far we've been lucky to stop the times square bomber and the underwear bomber when their plots failed. but it's only a matter of time before terrorists acquire non-idiot technology. (laughter) now, luckily, there's a way we can identify terrorists before it's too late and it's the subject of tonight's word. (cheers and applause) hear no evil. nation, everybody knows i'm on record that the to protect us from terror we need to use racial profiling. that doesn't make me racist because i d

we've got governors, mcgreevy, spitzer. republicans and democrats, it is in the exclusive to one party do. you think most democrats in did -- in did want him out sooner than later? >> yes. the fact of the matter if you ask democrats they want one thing to happen, clinton to pick up the phone mo has a good relationship with this guy and -- and tell him to get out now. the state of new york has to get rid of one district. one upstate and one in the city this is almost a gift from heaven. get rid of his district and end this thing. it is not acceptable to me -- look i'm the last one to talk about personal stuff. but i'm not an elected him of congress. and i don't put myself in a position where i can be blackmailed, you are right. >> sean: this is so reckless. these are young girls. i understand social media for young people. 46-year-old married guy that seemed to come pulls civil act out this way with strangers to the -- compulsively act out this way with strangers. is beyond poor judgment this is something deep. well out of m

. >>> maria shriver, spitzer and now huma are all wives caught in a scandal. we're going to look at how the wives' reactions will impact their political careers. >>> park police are investigating the overnight shooting of a man at haynes point by one of their officers. it happened about 1:00 a.m. as police were closing the park for the night. they say a man getting out of a parked car wouldn't obey orders to drop a gun he was hold iinho. police aren't saying whether the man was confrontational or pointing the gun he was holding. >>> police are trying to figure out what led to a deadly car fire in laurel, maryland. a driver passed by the burning vehicle here on the exit ramp from west i-190 and i-95 when authorities got on the scene, they found a body inside. the entire exit ramp was shut down for the morning rush. investigators tell us they're not sure whether the car had crashed and caught on fire or if someone intentionally set it ablaze. police have not identified the victim yet. >>> testimony in the casey anthony murder trial today focused on a trash bag.

eliot spitzer bounced back. where do you think anthony weiner will land? we know he has aspirations to possibly become mayor of new york city. >> i think that whole episode will end any chance he has of being mayor. his focus now is to remain in the house. the press conference today was just remarkable. he was so hostile to the press last week and he did today what he had to do, but as far as whether it's running statewide, running for mayor, that's not going to happen. he'll be fortunate to remain in the house. his political future is very much in doubt and he'd be fortunate to stay in the house as a member of the lower chamber. >> bob cusack managing editor of the hill and dr. jane baxter, a clinical therapist, thanks for giving us your perspective. we also asked fox 5 viewers if representative weiner should resign for tweeting lewd photos of women. here are our results. 56% said yes. 43% said no. you still have time to weigh in by texting yes or no to 29473. you can also vote on our homepage at www.myfoxdc.com. >>> another big story tonight, that break

spitzer. spitzer-weiner, they would have so much to talk about. only in america could that actually be a possibility. only in america. from new york, good night, america. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. this is a fox news alert. democratic new york congressman anthony weiner today tearfully admitted lying about scand louse communication with his women other than his wife but was adamant about not resigning. still, the democratic leader of the house is already calling for an ethics investigation. weiner held a news conference two hours ago. senior correspondent eric shawn was there. good evening, eric. >> reporter: good evening, bret. "i lied and i'm not resigning." those are the words of a contrite and tearful congressman anthony weiner. the veteran congressman from brooklyn and keeps, new york, apologizing to his wife and constituents and admitted yes, he did send the racy tweet to the 21-year-old student in seattle and much more. and said through the years before and after his marriage he has h

try megared today. >>> we are back with our star-studded panel, eliot spitzer, krista freeland, andrew roberts and ann coulter, both andrew roberts and ann coulter out with new books. andrew, let me ask you, your book is about leadership, about world war ii. when you look at all this, do you think that it's the moment of terrible crisis in a sense, the economies of the western world are not doing well, are there people who stand out for you as great leaders? do you think david cameron in your home country is -- >> david cameron is a very impressive man and he has the ability to be a great leader, well in order to be a great leader you pretty much always kneeled a war, it's a terrible thing to have to say but -- >> we've got three of hem, we can give him one. >> we started one and you're coming in slightly late. president roosevelt had depression and a war so in a sense he was lucky in that regard. >> double lucky. >> no, with regard to the great world leaders of the second world war we have roosevelt and churchill, de gaulle stand head and shoulders above the rest. today when one looks

eliot spitzer is on vacation. new york is the here and that was a gay marriage advocate talking hoping that this is the week that same-sex unions become law in the pivotal state of new york. these are the closing days of the state's legislative session. the last chance to push through a measure that needs just one more vote for passage. at the capitol in albany, the war among hundreds of protesters has been hot and relentless. the outcome of this vote in new york is seen as key on a national level. it's believed that it will influence pending votes across the country. gay marriage is the kwint sengsal hot button issue that makes politicians run for the exits. listen to what the president's spokesperson said today about barack obama's position. >> the president's position on gay marriage has been clear since '08 and is clear again since he's been president. he's been very clear about it. he was very clear in the campaign. he was very clear about the fact that his position that it is evolving. >> evolving. there is

chrystia freeland, eliot spitzer is the host of cnn's "in the arena." and new to gps, ann coulter is writer and author of the recently released book "demonic." welcome to you all. you'll explain the title later. eliot, let me ask you, is it possible for somebody to enter at this point or is the republican nominee likely to be somebody who is already declared for president? >> well, if you mean technically declared, i include jon huntsman. if you include huntsman among romney, pawlenty and the lesser candidates who i don't think have a real shot at it, santorum, palin, gingrich, i think that is the field. i think that is probably the universe we'll look at. nobody else has either the name recognition. i guess herman cain maybe will make a dent, but nobody else has the capacity to launch a campaign at this point. >> except giuliani. >> perhaps although at the end of the day, i don't think he does. >> so who do you like among these people? >> someone who is not one of those that's named, chris christie. i think he could still jump in after labor day. in fa

howard, many individuals like eliot spitzer and chris lee resigned immediately. that's the best course of action in terms of rebuilding your reputation na the longer term or do you think by being belligerent by the way he is seven saying i'm not going to resign is a better course. >> everyone has a different dna with the media and different issue to contend with. eliot spitzer's was a bigger issue because of the hypocrisy because he was fighting to change laws for sexuallization and crimes. chris lee resigned immediately because i think there was possibly more than could have come out. and he didn't want to contend with it. i understand what congressman weaner is doing. >> howard bragman, prematurely cut off there. thank you for your insights. we'll be right back. [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry, worry ♪ [ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. >> it's time now to clear the

it took me a year to get the spitzer off me. [laughter] and in the space of the last two weeks i find out that hugh hefner and anthony weiner have both used my show as an aphrodisiac. i feel like an oyster. and then she said, "to get us in the mood, first we watch "the daily show" and "the colbert report," or if this is not your thing, we can just get drunk and have mad, passionate sex." he said, "why choose? we many behind you, can't we both watch "the daily show"? [laughter and applause] oh, my stars. anthony weiner is proposing he's doing it doggie during "the daily." congressman weiner, you better not try any of that preversion with my show. this is family program and must only be viewed from the missionary position. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] >> stephen, everybody. my guest tonight is the co-founder of a machine who prints three dimensional copies. please welcome bre pettis. hey. thanks for coming on. okay. okay, sir, you are the co-founder of maker bought. >> that is a maker bot right there. >> stephen: by

eliot spitzer is off tonight. i'm tom foreman sitting in. president obama says it's time for american soldiers to start leaving afghanistan. he says that country must now take care of itself. well, we can hope, but i can also tell you washington is positively boiling with reaction to the plans and let's be honest, the man who leads afghanistan has not always inspired confidence. americans have describeded karzai as dishonest, mentally ill. karzai has calleded us name, too, like occupiers, but it seemed all was forgiven today in a fascinating interview with fareed zakaria. the afghan president said in essence, don't let the door hit you on the way out. >> i can confirm to you today and i have had this confirmed that security in parts of the country has improve d and life s better now. >> karzai says he's happy but minutes later some of the old anger begins to emerge. >> for a number of years we took casualties and we were silent. but then the war did not go in the direction that we advised, that we felt should go. but our casualties kept incr

. >> reporter: three years ago eliot spitzer then the powerful democratic governor of new york resigned that he had a proclivity for prostitutes. >> but i've disappointed. >> reporter: today spitzer has his own show on cnn. the stories like weiner's can create some moments of awkwardness. >> i sympathize with anthony weiner, i know he is going through torment like virtually no other. >> reporter: f. scott fitzgerald once said, there are no second acts in american lives. but that's no longer true. america is a land of second, third, fourth chances. hugh grant, marv albert, pee-wee herman, kobe bryant, all scandalize, all doing great today. former republican congressman, mark foley resigned in 2006, amidst a sexting scandal of his own and now hosts a radio show in palm beach, florida and talks about returning to the political scene. >> from what i have gathered ç from early poll results, if you will, if i was going to run for mayor, a fairly strong indication i would have been successful. >> reporter: the comeback kid himself, former president bill clinton, elected, re-elected and now her

eliot spitzer is on vacation. the time has come, 24 hours from now, president obama will tell america his plan for leaving afghanistan. the troop withdrawal he promised will begin next month, but the number of american soldiers coming home and how quickly they will return is still being negotiated tonight. more on those numbers in a moment. perhaps the most important consideration is this. what kind of country are we leaving? sometimes a picture tells a story better than we can. these women are learning to read and write in secret. when nick peyton walsh spoke with them in kandahar, they were afraid to show us their faces, since many lied to their husbands to just be there. they are risking their own safety and their families just to read a book. they are scared of the taliban but are more afraid of ignorance. afghanistan is a country of hope and hopelessness. women that risk their lives to learn, fanatics that want to kill them because of it. who will win when we leave? more on this in a moment. >>> first, a look

he can take comfort in at the example of another new yorker who did even worse, eliot spitzer. never spent a day in jail, never got charge, and now he is hosting a primetime cable show. anthony weiner likes to talk, like stevie, as show business ahead of them -- likes tv, as show business ahead of him. >> he is probably a goner in the sea, but the internet culture is taken for granted -- there may be more public tolerance than we realize. >> he will dependen -- he will do penance, he will seek help, come out of it a better person -- [laughter] >> of the politics of this, new york state is going to lose two seats as a result of redistricting. there is no question that his seat is going to disappear. >> it wasn't going to before, though. >> but it will now. ,> if his name weren't weiner would we be talking about this? >> i think we would, because of the actor you raised, -- the factor you raised, the ickiness. >> but his name and makes him a subject of public ridicule and bad jokes every single day. >> the anger towards weiner among democrats is probable. the democrats have had o

>> it shows that eliot spitzer is a classy guy. when eliot got busted. he came out, admitted it and resigned. i think the bigger scandal here is not the 200 photos, it is the way wiener handled. to say, i don't know if there is a picture of me. >> if someone asks you if that is a picture of your penis, you say no or yes. not could be. it s there way for this politician to navigate this, that you can see? knowing we don't have all of the information. >> assume the allegations are true, he could stay in office. it worked for david i have thor. he haven't broken any laws. >> no, he is just a disgusting pig by some people's views but it is not illegal. >> we are in an age of piggishness and i'm not talking about pictures. if he wants to ride this out, he can do it. i think because at the end of the day, the trust that has broken is not with anybody but his family. so but i guess it remains to be seen, it is a little embarrassing. >> this is exactly why i wanted to become a political journalist. i think to talk about wiener picks on twitter. and i agree with

i'm eliot spitzer. tonight, the final sad chapter in weenther's very public meltdown. the way these thing work, we're told he would resign many hours before it actually happened. that in turn led to hours of speculation about how it would happen. what he would say, whether his wife would be at his side. and then finally, the week of drama and speculation were over. i said this a week ago and i'll say it again. weiner's behavior was awful. cnn i know what the rest of the media played a crucial role in revealing it but there is something frightening. something worth examining in the gigantic media swarm that descends when these stories develop. some would say that i of all people have no business commenting on this because of the events that led to my resignation as governor of new york. but maybe because i've been on both sides of the story, i'm well suited to have a conversation on how this was covered. and we will have it in a few moments. but first a look at the other stories we're examining tonight. >>> planned parenthood under fire. a woman's right to choose denied

i found it ironic last night that eliot spitzer was interviewing people talking about these sorts of activities, and that cycle is going on and on. if you want to play a drinking game, you know, who wants to take bets of when we're going to have the first appearance of gloria allred? it's inevitable. i'm getting off the point a little bit here. but at some point i think it was around the time of the o.j. case where you had this confluence of a big public figure, it was a juicy trial, and cable news was just becoming a force. it changed the environment in which we operate, at least criminal system operates. because it's not just cases anymore, it's entertainment. it's a whole media frenzy on big cases. and i don't think that's a very good thing, but that is the environment in which we operate. and lawyers have to deal with that now. >> a very good point. we have some questions from the audience. i'm going to ask the first one for paulette. in taking tony's essence, who he is as a trial lawyer, how does you tell that story in the book? paulette's book is for sale in the lobby and also

we saw it with eliot spitzer, mark sanford, we see it here with weiner and even president clinton where person will engage in this behavior, then publicly lie and deny the behavior as if they're not going to get caught. what component is that? >> well, particularly for public figures, there is tremendous stress in the work that they do paired with often a lot of traveling and a lack of close emotional supports from their primary partner or staff. >> we see that in that type of a position but more and more we read about articles about people becoming more just average people, engaging in the same type of risky behavior on facebook, having illicit relationships, extramarital relationships. if that's the case for high profile people, why is the average person putting themselves in this position as well? >> well, the internet in general is a much more powerful venue than anything we've ever experienced before. and primarily because of the perceived anonymity afforded by it, the mistaken privacy that people believe they have. >> it's almost people get more emboldened when they're online, too

. >> reporter: three years ago eliot spitzer, then the powerful democratic governor of new york resignedelation that he had a proclivity for prostitutes. now he has his own show on cnn though stories like weiner's can create moments of awkwardness. >> i sympathize with anthony weiner. i know he is going through torment. >> reporter: f. scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american lives but that's no longer true. america is a sand of second, third, fourth chances. hugh grant, marv albert, pee-wee herman, kobe bryant, all scandalized, all doing great today. former republican congressman mark foley resigned in 2006 amidst a sexting scandal of his own. he now hosts a radio show in palm beach, florida. then, of course, there is the comeback kid himself former president bill clinton, elected and re-elected and now heralded for his work in developing countries among other causes. >> as a general rule, most people can come back from scandals like this. >> reporter: crisis management experts say there are four steps to redemption, publicly acknowledge wrongdoing. demonstrate sufferi