twitter is a young, hip company. there are almost no phones in its offices-- the staff uses -- what else? twitter, texts and email. it's co-founder, biz stone, says the future looks bright. we know where we're going you know, in the short to medium term, and we know where we want to get in the long term. and we know we want to be a company, an independent company, for 100 years. we're a very young company in the grand scheme of things. we're just getting started with our monetization efforts. >> reporter: but even at this stage, analysts point to signs that twitter may be in trouble. one industry group says only 8% of americans have ever used twitter, compared to 51% for facebook. actual active twitter users number far fewer than the 200 million members who at one point signed up. among the public, even the computer-savvy set, twitter gets criticized for broadcasting too much trivial information. >> just one more thing to check, one more distraction from all the other things. i've got email, i've got i.m.; i've got s

you can start a twitter put -- a twitter account for anything, whatever it is. something about a candidate. the beauty is, you can set it up in five minutes, then you start trying to get people to follow you, your friends, use facebook and twitter to follow what you are doing. it is a great time for empowerment. anyone can sit in your room, for good or bad, and create a web site or a twittered feed and start getting the word out and raising consciousness about an issue. it could not be easier right now to take action. >> are there any other tips you wanted ad -- you wanted to add in terms of the top few things of facebook order user can do to be more visible? >> you can use it for self- promotion, and we all do that. any time i write an article, i opposed it out to my followers because i want people to see it. it's absolutely have to connect with people. one of the best ways to make friends and network is to get other people involved. that is my big one. >> if you want to get more people to be friends on facebook or followers on twitter, it cannot be just you wa

and that is for the company that is so important, the twitter company. but not just twitter. twitter knows they are going to be an anchor for us and they are already attracting other businesses such as burning man, the cultural arts. you're going to see these cultural arts agencies, all live along midmarket. that is what we are trying to do. we're trying to make improvements to encourage business to continue coming to the area, and to create improvements for the whole area. the city is also working on improving blight. just last week when we had our first vote, not celebrating just because of twitter, we walked together -- with twitter, with the shorenstein group, and began at the noon substation on fifth street. we are going to make it safe for everybody. you are going to be able to walk that street and not feel the traditional fears you felt before. we are going to improve the blight. i am proud to be joined by some many great reporters and advocates. market street is in inderal in the diverse makeup of san francisco. we will make sure it becomes a bustling central locale f

, there's other companies like twitter that are considerably larger or comparative to their size that are in that stage of eventually becoming what would be a public company. but before doing so, the twitter deliberation has shed light as to what can we do to make sure that this industry, this population of companies within this industry, pre-i.p.o., do not leave san francisco as well. my legislation does the following -- it only applies to pre-i.p.o. companies that then undertake an i.p.o. in san francisco for a discrete period of time for approximately six years. so by the time the legislation would be implemented, plus six years. then the city will have the ability to decide the best approach in that interim of how else we may want to reform our tax structure. there has been contemplation of us supplanting the payroll tax for gross receipts tax. that's something that would obviously be considered by ballot, and that's not likely to occur in 2011. this time frame of our legislation recognizes that companies may not be ready to take advantage of the exclusion medley upon its approval

she's one of about 200 people he follows on twitter. we would love to get her side of the story, but she's been unavailable for comment. a person named dan wolf seems to be the only person who saw the original tweet and retweeted it. before it was taken down. he denies hacking into wiener's account. what's odd is on may 11, someone with the name patriotusa76, a person named dan wolf tweeted -- it was a republican congressman from new york who sent this photo of himself to a woman he found on craigslist and resigned after it became public. we got the photo from gawker. wolf's tweet was sent on may 11th. that was weeks before the picture in question popped up on wiener's twitter page this last friday. yesterday, congressman wiener hoped to be able to put these questions to rest, and as you remember, he had a contentious interview or encounter with cnn's dana bash and ted barrett. here's a sample of yesterday. >> can you say why you haven't asked law enforcement to investigate what you are alleging is a crime? >> you know, dana, if i was g

i followed the egyptian revolution on twitter. i have friends in the country, friends who were on the ground. i looked at what they were saying and also who they were talking to to know who else they could trust. >> the term being used for that is "curation." it comes from the art world. there is usually an organizer who picks the best works of art and becomes a gatekeeper for information or art. andy is a great example of someone who is curating information from social media and become a credible source of redistribution. >> global voice is has been doing this for years. they follow blogs and report on what the bloggers are saying. it is complementary to traditional media, i think. >> i want to ask about twitter account you recently set up called "comedians for sarah palin." that is his think social media as a political tool. what are you doing with this, and why do you think it will be affected. >> first of all, sarah palin is the best thing for comedian's sense george bush, and we want her to win. it is tongue in cheek, but it

>> no, from your twitter account. >> no, i haven't.for those of you that follow my twitter, my bloody tivo didn't record a and so i missed the end of the tampa bay hockey game. and i see this thing pop up and i immediately delete it. i immediately delete the photo -- i'm not 100% sure, and then without any password or anything, i was able to get into the account where this photograph was hosted somehow, and i deleted that, and other photographs that were in there, as well. although there was nothing very controversial in there, but i deleted everything and i immediately tweeted my system has been hacked, darn it. >> are you protecting anyone? >> yes. >> who? >> i'm protecting my wife, who every day is waking up to these insane stories that are getting so far from reality. we've been married less than a year. to watch her watch these stories gets crazier and crazier about what is essentially a prank, a hoax. we went to bed that night not batting an eye. this is a goofy thing that happened. she married a congressman. she knows a little s

i have 45,000 twitter followers.ems like a prank that has gotten an enormous amount of attention. >> have you ever taken a picture like that of yourself? >> i can tell you this. i have photographs. i don't know what photographs are out there in the world of me. i don't know what has been manipulated and doctored. we're going to try to find out what happened. but the most important reason that i want to find out what happened is that so that it doesn't happen again. someone got access to my account. that's bad. touche, you got me. at the time it happened, i tweeted right away that i got the joke and continued on with my life and i think, frankly, that's what i would encourage everyone to do. i don't believe that this is a big federal issue. >> are you protecting anyone? >> yes. >> who? >> i'm protecting my wife, who every day is waking up to these insane stories that are getting so far from reality. you know, we've been married less than a year. to watch her watch these stories, gets crazier and crazier about what is

the casey anthony, this is from domar on twitter. casey discuss incest or does he think it is just a poor tactic? that's for you, jim. >> when the defense made that statement in court, it was the first time anyone said anything about that. >> why would a molested child leave her own daughter alone with this quote evil grandpa then praise him, greatest dad ever, please. >> that's exactly right. it makes no sense. to bag charge just a minute, if you listen to the opening, we heard horrible allegations but no proof. no witness names. no evidence. >> thanks to holly, thanks to wendi. drew, and leonard. very interesting discussion. i appreciate you all joining us. >>> make sure to join us tonight at 10 p.m. eastern. we will have plor on the casey anthony trial and more developing news. >>> coming up, after a massive tornado levelled neighborhoods in joplin, missouri, a story of survival. family who thought their puppy was gone forever, they find him. you won't believe where he was. >> time to get you up-to-date on today's top stories. emb

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both men are still on twitter.s is congressman weiner who bragged digitally this week about all his new followers. for politicians seeking the spotlight, the on-line soapbox is just too tempting. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >> mitchell: and just ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", the aids patient who beat the odds. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. [ profes

got 40,000-some-odd twitter followers. this seems like a prank that has an enormous amount of attention. >> this is the picture. i'm sure you've seen it by now. is this you? >> i can tell you this. we've hired a firm -- i've seen it. a firm that we've hired to try to get to the bottom of it. i can tell you this, that photos can be manipulated. photos can be of one thing. changed to look like something else. we're going to get to the bottom of what happened. maybe jon stewart last night had it right, unfortunately. we're going to find out. this has turned into a kind of international whodunit. what it really was i think a prank. i'm treating it like a prank and trying to get back to the work i'm trying to do. i understand you want to pursue the story and we're going to try to help you best we can. >> we want to resolve it, once and for all. you would know if this is your underpants -- >> the question is -- i appreciate you continuing to flash that at me. look, i've said the best i can, that we're going to try to get to the

now his mustache has its own twitter feed. i feel badly for the audience, because they can only hear the mustache. it is truly awesome up close. his predecessor, gavin newsom, was famous for the amount of here joe he used. please welcome mayor ed lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. should i stand up here, joe? is this right. ok. thank you out, everybody. at it is my pleasure to be here, to share with you what it has been like for the first quarter, maybe a third of this year, but also to begin by telling you this is a very unique city. and i continue to be so enthralled by the wonderful people who live here, that work here, even though i finished the ninth of tin budget town hall meetings, numerous meetings with community-based agencies, inviting people who have not been there for years, as they tell me. i am hearing so many stories, stories about white people came to san francisco. and just -- about why people came to san francisco. and just so many stories about whether or not their dreams or conditions were fulfilled, or

i net two cannot imagine their lives before the likes of twitter. >> mostly i use twitter. it is for my -- myself or whatever i am thinking about, what i see. >> it is part of your work as well? >> we have a twitter account of the radio announcer. and then also to promote our show. >> the world is crazy now. i use it to update myself about my friends, how they are doing. >> so it is an alternative to face-to-face contact? >> yes. some of my friends live in jakarta, so it is an easy way to get to know each other. i think they keep in contact. >> must indonesian's spend less than $5 a month on their contracts, and that includes unlimited access to facebook and twitter. margaret is a politics blogger whose work has been turned into a series of books. she believes social media is a perfect fit with the way indonesians' like to live. >> there is a strong need to connect with people, to form a community and have a shared understanding around them. twitter and other social media is the first to give a sense of community. >> and it is a trend that sits well with the political chang

he's involved in a messy case involving his twitter account. weiner insists he didn't send a suggestive photo to a young woman in seattle. but he can't say for sure that the photo isn't of him. nancy cordes reports. >> i didn't send it. >> reporter: congressman anthony weiner was adamant. he did not tweet this suggestive photo of a man in gray underwear. but he was far less clear about the origins of the photo, sent from his twitter account friday night. congressman i think the main question that everyone has is, was that a picture of you? >> well, the main question that a lot of people are asking is, did i send the photograph. i did not. this was a prank, a hoax. >> so it sounds like it was a photo of you. >> well, we're going to try to find out exactly what happened. the photograph does not look -- look -- look familiar to me. but, before i say anything, i want to make sure that nothing was manipulated about it, that it wasn't taken -- that something wasn't dropped into my account. >> i think any normal person could say with certainty whether

facebook has doubled the users of twitter, last year they earned $2 billion in revenue and twitter earneduch. j.r. stone is following the story as twitters twice to figure out how to make more money. >> when it comes to social media sites, the lists are long. i could go on and on but let me clear and these all-out except for the main to, facebook and twittered. last year facebook made big- time bucks, twitter, not so much. that is why the top on-line this week has been twitter advertisement. >> i could see people not welcome by the tatar community. >> but that adds are coming to a twitter page at like yours. >> it is just another distraction but i've not really care for adds. >> with in your twitter feed according to those that i talk with. they say your timeline will soon have advertisements and promoted tweets that are currently found on the right side of your page. some cite like a lot about, have already gone tads, something that i found out this week while a reading. while it may be frustrating some say as long as it is done in moderation is ok with them. >> i think it is not as bad

>> no. >> twitter didn't report that bill cosby died -- twitter did report that bill cosby died and he is okay. >> true. and he was forced to go back on tv. >> the one thing i want to do is going back in time. remember the pie? >> if i was giving a speech to 45,000 people and someone in the back of the room threw a pie or yelled out an insult, would i spend the next two hours responding to that? no. i would get back -- i would get back -- >> this is not that situation. >> i would get back. well do you want to do the briefing? do you want to do the briefing, sir? >> answer the question. it was from you or not? >> permit me -- do you want me to finish my answer? >> when he does that it reminds me the end of "fargo" when the guy is trying to climb out the window. >> be right there. >> everybody knew -- everybody knew that this guy was guilty, and there is worse stuff out there. there is this stuff on facebook about oral sex. it is pretty graphic and no one has put it out there. and there is the one picture which some people have seen. you don't want to see it. >> i kind of want to see it

and his feistiness on twitter that may be good but sometimes it might not be what you think of all this i mean should the congressman continue talking about this or should he move on that he did all these interviews you know we were we were real so i don't understand will you tell me in your own words what has happened here. well i don't know for sure it seems like what happened was someone somehow got access to my twitter account and tweeted a joke i guess you know when your name is winner you get some of those sometimes the longer you look at the picture especially the pixellated version the more you begin to understand why congressman weiner might not want to deny but that is a picture of him in fact the longer i look at it the more i don't want to deny that it might be a picture of me. that's right if you tried to get some real news from any of the mainstream media channels last night you were out of luck and instead you had to be subjected to non stop wiener gate so what happened to our media culture and who the hell is really watching us here discuss this with me is nicholas the e

congressman anthony wiener's twitter problem. he can't or won't say if the naughty pictures sent from his twitter account is of him. listen to him dance around wolf blitzer's question. >> you didn't send that photo to that woman in washington state? >> i did not send it to that woman in washington state. >> you are not 100% sure whether the photo is actually you? >> i am going to say he with are doing everything we can to try to answer that question. we are doing an investigation. i want to caution you, photographed can be doctored, can be manipulated, taken from one place and put in another. i want to make it clear, this is, in my view, not a federal case. in my view, this is not an international conspiracy. this is a hoax. i think people should treat it that way. >>> of course, wiener claims he was the victim of a hacker. how long will it take to find out who is responsible? we will ask an expert that's coming your way in 35 minutes. >>> familiar scenes across tornado alley. homes demolished, trees toppled, lives taken. this ha

but she was funny, man. >> we have twitter questions. >> really? wow. >> i was at a grammy party. somebody said she's over there. i went over and she said, barry, it's okay. she's like one of the greats. >> you had the same thing in reverse. i know it. you have the most extraordinary people. slash from guns-n-roses got all nervous when he met you. >> it's great. it's just great. what can i tell you? >> do you feel you will break elvis's longevity record in vegas? >> who would have thought i would break it? >> isn't that amazing? >> it is amazing. >> i'm having a great time. come see us at the paris in vegas. >> you got fed up with the traveling. >> it's a young guy's gig, being on the road. it was fun in the beginning, but whoa, it got to me. i didn't want to retire. i ain't that old. i'm in great shape. i love the band, the music, the whole thing. then they offered me the vegas gig. i said, absolutely. it turned out to be beautiful. >> we have a twitter question from liz mccabe. what would you be doing if you hadn't gone into music, do

is it ok to meet through twitter online?tter is just another way for people to meet it is easier to interact with someone you meet on line. you can be more casual and you can flirt more. >> howdy meet someone and 40 characters? and everyone gets them. >> that is a conversation between you and one other special person. it goes straight to them it is still public if someone goes to your page. it does not show what on everyone's feed. >> there is the public aspect to it for example you said you of cad dates or how does it work. how? >> you pulled a but dull resigned in front of but tag palace my way of being clever word and witty. >> what you are falling someone already? >> yes we were following each other >> then he's sent out this message saying be my baby daddy. >> in then she takes me to have with drinks with power. i flirt on twitter you don't have to deal with immediate repercussions they might live in the same city as you and it is not dangerous. >> this is really dicey territory we're dealing with. if you would like mor

it realized i posted to twitter i panicked and i said i had been hacked. i stuck to the story and it was regrettable mistake. the woman was dragged into this and bears no responsibility. i'm so sorry to have disrupted her wife in this way. to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. i'm deeply sorry for the pain this caused my wife huma and our family. moy constituents, my supporters and staff. in addition over the last few years i have engaged in several inappropriate conversations con ducted over twitter, e-mail, occasionally on the phone with women i met online. it exchanged messages and photos of explicit nature with six women over the last three years. for most part these communications took place before my marriage, though some sadly took place after. to be clear, i have never met any of the women or have had physical relationships at this time. i am not resigning. i have made it clear that i accept responsibility for this. people who draw conclusions about me are free to do so. i have worked for people in my district and politics for 20 years

bucks, twitter, not so much, that is why the top on-line this week has been twitter advertisements. >n see that i am not very welcome by the twitter community. >> welcome or not, they say de klerk ad--adas are coming. and the base say that your time line will probably soon have an advertisement and promote ty--promoted rock tweets that will be going off on your page. something i found out this week was being was the army had some ads. but some say as long as it is done in moderation it is ok with them. >> i think it will be ok as long as it is not as bad as you to do. >> as long as they're not popping up like pandora, you can no longer listen to that because every five seconds there is another at. >> and i would now my if i was interested in the product or service. >> if they did enough information surgeon to see what i like, the ads would be relevant to me. >> the new "sit lie" lal, we will take a look at who was in violation in people behaving badly. new droid incredible 2. i could use a smartphone with social apps to stay up on what my friends are doing. and it's global, so i'll kn

>> is this twitter picture, in question, a picture of you? >> well, let's remember this twitter picture in question is a hack or a prank that someone posted on my twitter page with someone else's name in it who says she never got it and doesn't know knee and i don't know her. we are trying to get to the bottom of where the picture came from and we're trying to get to the bottom of what it is of and who it is of. >> bret: congressman weiner now admitting that's all a lie. another photo apparently of him and claimed to have others. including one said to be too graphic to post. today, reporters asking the congressman about that supposedly x rated picture. >> did you say that is not true. >> no, i cannot. >> congressman weiner insisting he did not break any laws or violate his oath of office. he says he is not quitting congressman. but tonight house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling for an ethics investigation. we have team fox coverage doug mckelway live in washington with more on that. jonathan hunt live in our new york newsroom. first, t

some 45,000 odd number twitter followers.gotten an enormous amount of attention. >> have you ever taken a picture of yourself like this? >> let me say this. i have photographs. i don't know what photographs are out there in the world of me, i don't know what things have been manipulated and doctored and we'll try to find out what happened. but the most important reason to find out what happened is to make sure it doesn't happen again. obviously someone got access to my account, that's fun. they sent a picture that makes fun of the the name weiner. touche. dr. moriarty, you got me. i got the joke and continued on with my life. and i think that, frankly, that's what i would encourage everyone to do. i don't believe this is a big federal issue. >> are you protecting anyone? >> yes. >> who? >> i'm protecting my wife, who every day is waking up to these insane stories that are getting so far from reality. you know, we've been married less than a year. to watch her watch these stories, get crazier and crazier about what is essentia

i was going to tease you and tell you to stop sending me those twitter pictures.ybe this isn't very funny. >> less so now. >> greta: it is so sorted. like this whole story. now we see in man self-destruct. politics is a weird business. is his career over or not? >> i don't think it is. it was a relief to see him tell the truth. i've never seen a worst liar in public life. he appears to have, the support of the democratic caucus. nancy pelosi announced there will be an ethics investigation. that may turn up facts we don't know about yet. who knows what will happen if that takes place. at the moment, you are not seeing high profile democrats calling for his resignation and i don't think you will. >> greta: he -- [ inaudible ] my ride is here i'm picking up a train. [ inaudible ] how is he to be taken seriously when he's been sending creepy pictures of himself to women? it is so creepy. i think that his rising star has just plateaued. >> i think you are right. it tells you something about the addictive quality of politics that he would want to day in the public eye a

but for my use of twitter. i mean, it is not -- it is something that i found useful and facebook way to get out the message. but i certainly wouldn't obviously do the things that i have done that led me, that led me to this place. [ inaudible ] >> of course. of course i would. [ inaudible ] >> no, i did not. [ inaudible ] >> yes. [ inaudible ] >> they were inappropriate. they were part of consensual exchanges of e-mails. i don't want to violate the privacy of the women involved but i deeply regret it. thank you. >> anthony weiner taking any and all questions, taking full responsibility for having mistakenly published a picture of his penis on twitter that was intended for a friend of his sp he said there were about six over three years. he said those conversations remained in the digital universe. they never had any direct interaction for any of them. for our political process, whether you are pro anthony weiner or not, he will not resign his position in the context of all of this. i do want to get down to luke

heard of this scandal then the story is so one of the democrat who was crazy for girls crazy for twitter things that probably don't exactly mix when we're talking about elected politicians who are married and who seem to enjoy sending photos of their junk to friends on the internet so how do the saga finally come to a close and will the loss of winner leave the democratic party shriveled up for some answers let's turn to democratic strategist erica community and towards well it is a washington correspondent for the takeaway on public radio international i think they ran out of every single pundit you can probably hear not terribly successfully taught to start with you know i mean i want to preface this by saying that it kind of pains me to do this story i feel like there are so many more important issues that we really could be talking about today but the old school journalist in me i guess would say that finally we had an actual developments he stepped down there's something to talk about here let's take a look at what what's next on the agenda you've been on the hill all day today you

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>> from your twitter account, a lewd photograph was sent to a college student. answer the question, was it from you or not? >> do you want me to finish my answer? >> yes, this answer. did you send it or not? >> if i were giving a speech to 45,000 people and someone in the back threw a pie or yelled out an insult, i would not spend the next two hours of my speech responding to that pie or that insult. i would return to the things that i want to talk about to the audience that i -- >> all you have to do is say "no." >> that is what i intend to do. >> all you have to do is say no to the question. >> let me try a different question. >> the woman who allegedly got this tweet, this 21-year-old college student in seattle, she released a statement saying you follow her on twitter. is that true? and if so, what is the reason? >> you know, i have said this a couple of ways and i'll say it again. i'm not going to permit myself to be distracted by this issue any longer. >> all you have to do is say no to that question. if you're not following her on twitter -- >> why don't

twitter account. >> once i realized i had sent it to twitter, i said i had been hacked and i stuck tot story, which was are regrettable mistake. >> he said he did not have a physical relationship with any of these women. he said that he did not use a congress-issued cell phone or work computer or blackberry for any of this. congress will investigate to see if all that was true. >>> looking at the day ahead,: accused in a fatal hit-and-run accident is set to go on trial toccata. davidson mistrust whips dui. investigators say that struck and killed 24-year-old ryan of maryland last october. lyon was getting out of a car near dupont circle when she was struck by a lexus suv -- ryan. >>> last night mr. obama and the german chancellor had dinner at the 1789 restaurant in georgetown. he called her a trusted global partner. tonight's dinner and reception will be held in the rose garden, a first for the obamas. >>> all local church, st. luke's episcopal church in bladensburg maryland, will be the first day in the u.s. to convert to roman catholicism. the congregation is already catholic-leani

until this hit his twitter page. he meant to send it to a 21-year-old college student in seattle but hit the wrong button, posting for it all to see. >> it was someone sending a picture of a weiner on weiner's account. i've been getting those jokes since i was 5 years old. >> reporter: at first, he claimed his account was hacked. but his behavior and rambling public statements raised more questions. >> why don't you let me do the answers and you do the questions. i'm not going to permit myself to be distracted by this issue any longer. >> reporter: his vow of silence didn't last. the next day, he did interview after interview, including one with me, lying over and over again in the strangest way. just tell me is that a photograph of you? >> we're trying to find out the -- where that photograph came from and if it was manipulated, if part of it might be from something that's in my account. >> reporter: this is kind of strange. you can't tell me definitively if it's a photo of you or not? >> i'm reluctant to say anythi

both men are still on twitter. as is congressman weiner. bragged digitally about all his new followers. for politicians seeking the spotlight, the online soap box is just too tempting. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> and before we go, we'd like to remind you that veteran 60 minutes correspondent scott pelley debuts tonight as anchor of the "cbs evening news." be sure to tune in on this cbs station 6:30 eastern, 5:30 central. coming up later on "the early show," potential breakthroughs against melanoma, plus a cbs investigation on the sex assault case against dominique strauss-kahn. he's due in court today. and something new from apple. will the icloud be another game changer? all that and more later on "the early show." that's it for this monday morning edition of the "cbs morning news". morning edition of the "cbs morning news". take care, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

once i realize i had posted to it twitter, i panicked. i took it down and said that i had been hacked. i then continued with that story, to stick to that story, which was a hugely regrettable mistake. >> and apparently it wasn't the first time the seven-term congressman says he's repeatedly had what he calls inappropriate conversations conducted over twitter, facebook, e-mail, and occasionally on the phone with women he'd met online. but he says he has no intention of resigning or separating from his wife. i want to bring in wolf blitzer, who's pretty much seen it all, and who interviewed congressman weiner, sat right here, and told him a complete pack of lies. have you ever seen anything quite like this? >> usually when they lie, they sort of hedge it and they dissemble and find an element that maybe you can quibble over, what that word really meant or what it didn't mean, but he flat-out lied. he looked at us right in the face, me, but all of our viewers out there, not just me, but did a whole series of interviews. >> let's watch a clip