tracey potts joins us from washington. >> reporter: lynn, democrats said it was silence. congressman weiner's colleagues here want him out. senate majority harry reid said that if congressman antdny weiner calls for him advice -- he'll say -- >> call somebody else. >> reporter: reid is one of the few democrats who spoke out after weiner admitted that he lyde after sending this lewd photo of himself to a college student >> i don't condone his activity. >> reporter: but weiner said that's up to voters. >> i think the lying part, you know, was more -- was worse than the pictures. >> reporter: a marrist poll found that half of new york voters think he should stay. >> he's using public money and public resources, then it would matter to me. >> reporter: ethics probe could determine if weiner broke house rults. >> we have the responsibility to look in every corner. >> reporter: the conservative blogger who broke the story, says there's one x-rated photo that he won't release >> i don't think i want to put his family through that type of thing. >> reporter: finds out that he cou

for more we go to tracie potts in washington for us. tracey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. president obama said it is time to bring this war to a responsible end. with the american economy in mind, president obama says the war in afghanistan is coming to an end beginning next month. >> we have spent a trillion dollars on war. at a time of rising debt and hard economic times, it is time to focus on nation building here at home. >> reporter: his plan, 10,000 troops out by the end of this year. 33,000 total by next summer. it is a more as gresive pullout than military advisers wanted, but even some democrats aren't satisfied. >> we've got a deficit issue. you want to save a third of a trillion dollars, get this war over soon. >> we need that money back here in the united states. >> 70,000 american troops have to stay there so one fraction of afghans can be equal to another. i don't understand that. >> this morning afghan president hamid karzai said his young troops are ready to take over. and in a rare statement, a taliban spokes