friend, mayor rob ford of toronto is running for re-election. and i hold him in the highest regard. he is the best. >> okay. >> i watched that last night. so good on conan. this is "hardball," the place for politics. congested. beat down. crushed. as if the weight of the world is resting on your face. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. liberated. released. decongested. open for business. [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] powerful sinus relief from the #1 pharmacist recommended brand. sudafed. open up. >>> welcome back. the republican party is now engaging in an organized relentless attack to destroy the affordable care act. now the "new york times" has obtained a smoking gun to the attack. an internal memo that maps it all out. it highlights themes they'll use to urge republicans to collect stories about the impact of policy cancellations from the constituents. to paint a picture that it's hurting thousands of constituents. they'll also make sure congress focused on pretty much nothing

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now rob ford's biggest advocate is speaking out to cnn. the mayor's wife is standing by her man. >>> the club no singer or rocker wants to be part

i love this guy. >> it is fun to make fun of rob ford and very easy. you can imagine my horror and i received an e-mail from a friend of the show, david schepp who reminded me that i was missing the important lesson in the rob ford story. david attached a piece he had just written for time.com which i offer as a rewrite of my coverage of the rob ford story. ridiculing ford is easy. what's harder is to look at his destructive behavior to stop attributing it to him being out of control. look at the cause, addicts actions defy all logic but are explained by the impact of drugs on the human brain and the fact that not all brains react the same way. addicts' brains become hijacked by drugs, brain regions associated with judgment, cognition, restraint and moderation are as good as dismantled, causing impulsivity and unrestrained desired for pleasure and cloudy thinking. in the meantime the addicted brain deprived of a healthy amount of the dope amine intensely craves drugs. atickets described a need for drugs that feels like the need for oxygen, deprived of

warp speed. ♪ we start with toronto's crack smoking mayor, rob ford. tonight another day of antics including storming through the city council chamber, the council stripped him of most of his powers this afternoon. he calls it a coup d'etat. here's the answer he got.

how do we find ourselves in the middle of a rob ford rant in the middle of the projects? interesting story, it actually started here on "ac360" friday night. we look forward to having you by toronto one day. 18 hours later i found myself unloading toys from ford's suv, outside the queen's projects in the heart of their war. now coming from america, it is a little disconcerts seeing people living on government assistance, after all, they rose to power by promising to end the gravy train. >> everybody keeps saying rob is a conservative. he is a huge, massive social liberal. he loves obama. >> weeks before i visited the ford neighborhood where this photograph was taken. here i met a community organizer, trying to use his computer lab to keep these kids out of trouble. he described his disgust for mayor ford. >> i never see bad or good help, i never see it at all. >> reporter: but out here at queen's plate with doug at my side, different story. people line up to voice their devotion to the brothers, and there are real moments of emotion. but as we wait for the mayor, doug's u

rob ford and his brother will be hosting a weekly television talk show titled "ford nation." a slow motion train wreck hit a new low when he was asked about allegations he was in the presence of prostitute and talked about performing oral sex with a former staffer and his security guard. rob ford responded with a statement so vulgar even the seasoned reporters gasps when he said it and prompted this exchange at city council. >> repugnant, distastele. >> you're offend i'm not apologizing. put yourself in my shoes if someone said that about your husband or your wife. >> enough is enough. >> later with his wife in tow, ford apologized and said he was getting help but didn't go into details. >> we cannot even begin to start saying what he said in the open forum there. we can't even get near it. if people want to going it, -- gookle it, they can. can this mayor survive? >> it looked initially as he could but increasingly looks like rob ford is an island or maybe his brother is there with hill. many of his former closest allies have abandoned him. colleagues on city council believe

rob ford it doesn't reflect ounce. we can point and laugh. >> i think a lot of people in america have issues like rob ford. >> you are absolutely right. we have that di divide, he is from toronto, what does the say about america? but there is a serious substance abecause problem that is marking the story. we are pointing and laughing pause we don't take substance abuse and addiction as seriously as a bipolarism or other sort of things or depression with other things. >> and there is leak let me bring it back to the game show. i said florida congressman, trey radel bleed guilty after a cocaine bust. most people did, americans are not nearly as interested in the spectacle of trey radel as they are in rob ford. >> i think in fairness because there isn't as much of a spec cal. he was ae rested, promptly yes, i was arrested. it's a terrible thing. i think those of us that knew more about him found it funny, earlier this week they were like earlier this year he was called the hip-hop republican. >> what does that mean? >> th

mayor rob ford -- a bad thing just happen. the mayor just got into a screaming match right in the middle of a city hall meeting, of a city council meeting, with his -- with everybody in there. he ended up running and knocking over a fellow council member or council woman who was voting to strip him of his powers. listen to this. >> yes, so we have some angry things going on -- >> watch here. >> you attacked -- the mayor -- [shouting] >> another counselor went after and grabbed her. >> not sure about the grabbing part but we know he ran over that way. here it comes again. watch this. >> we have some angry exchanges going on. the mayor -- the mayor -- >> ladies is like, whoa, mr. mayor. no crack pipe under there. what are you doing? i don't know about the whole grabbing part. certainly moved her. see the right hand there under the green jacket there? she got moved over. he is a force, that's for sure. he moved her. and a second ago he apologized, he stood back up there at this council meeting -- admitted he smokes crack but does

. >>> and embattled toronto mayor rob ford has his powers stripped during a rowdy city council session. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, november 19th. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, november 19th. 2013. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we are learning more about the batch of violent storms that plowed through 12 states flattening entire neighborhoods. the series of tornadoes swept through the midwest sunday, leaving at least eight people dead. but if not for accurate early warnings, the toll could have been much higher. meanwhile, thousands remain without power. in washington, illinois, as many as 500 homes were either damaged or destroyed. bigad shaban is in washington. bigad, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning to you. the kind of tornado that whipped through here only comes about every ten years according to the national weather service. and for those who still may have homes to return to in this community, the power is still out. officials say it could be days before electricity is restore

rob ford is like toronto's own anthony weiner. the difference being, new york didn't vote for anthony weiner for mayor. how did this guy get into office? what do we know? >> he comes from a canadian political family. they're worth an estimated $100 million in a food labeling company. they have a lot of money. and just earlier this week, the city council up there in canadia voted for a special investigation into him. you can't look away from it. it's like a train wreck. he makes anthony weiner look -- i don't want to say normal. >> he makes him look tame. >> that's right. >> leave it to the canadians. kevin, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thanks, have a great weekend. >>> coming up, bill karins will be here. and a dream come true for a 5-year-old boy. >>> and your favorite fried food on demand. we'll tell you all about it coming up next. when you first see this? it looks kind of like a dancer? reality check: some 4g lte coverage maps don't really look like maps. seems like maybe... a bunch of berries. a witch-like

. >>> t there is more foul play from tonto mayor rob ford, and his latest meltdown was all caught on li tv. speaking toeporters thursd, the yor denied he asked a female to perform sex from a -worker. he later held a news conference to apologize withis less than happy wife standing by hiside. >> i've been under tremendou tremendoustress. the stress largely of my own maki. i have apologized and i have tried to move rward. this has pron to be almost impossible. >>> let's take y to florida now. several homes have bn abandoned as a giant sinkhole forces many to evacuate their neighborho. the massive crater swalled portio of two homes as it panded just before dawn. th sinkhole has grown 70 fee wide by 50 feet deep, and officialfear more homes could be allowed. >>> meanile, the white hou is trying to dig itself out of a hole. many wonder about t health care lauer and if the move can ve his credibility. tracie potts joins us le from shington. good morng, tracie. we're all aing, where do we go from here? >> reporter: well, first we've got to figure out what to do withhese 5illion peoe whose i

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there was a lot of humor around rob ford, part of it came from the idea that basically, the racialized assumption, who does crack -- actually, the reason i was lying, i was too drunk -- >> here is what is hilarious about that. trey radel said the exact same thing, i'm struggling with alcoholism. apparently, his father talked to the press, his mother was an alcoholic. and he said i made a poor decision, extremely irresponsible choice, father of a young son, a loving wife, i need help. what is interesting there is, if you're a politician you make the distinction between the legal and the illegal. the excuse is, i was just abusing the legal one, and that led me astray -- >> look how the assumptions are used to continue the new jim crow. so when you want to do the rockefeller drug laws -- >> those are a set of laws in new york state that were incredibly hard around drugs. >> you can focus on the belief that crack cocaine is being used by black folks. when you want to get rid of food stamps, you can use the belief that only those people are using it. when you want to get rid of welfare, you

they don't know rob ford. these people know me. they have known me for -- i was born and raised here. >> reporter: why did you decide to finally admit that you had smoked crack? >> i'm not going to run around and be phony and be blackmailed. say they have videos of this and over my head and -- you don't trust what the toronto star -- i was sick of all of the allegations and all the [ bleep ]. excuse my words. that's all it is. sorry, i shouldn't swear in front of the kids. i made mistakes. i drank too much. i smoke some crack sometimes. what can i say? i made a mistake. i'm human. >> reporter: can't you see why some would question your judgment? >> just lie about it? just hide? >> reporter: that would you do it in the first place. >> i didn't say that. i didn't say that. you're wrong. you're wrong what you said. they said, do you smoke crack? and are you are a crack addict? no, i'm not a crack addict. have i? yes, i have. i didn't lie. i don't smoke crack. i haven't smoked crack in over a year. >> reporter: that's semantics. >> to

we're also monitoring a major political story north the border where toronto mayor rob ford is expected on cameras any moment the same day he admitted at long last to smoking crack cocaine in office. will he resign? we'll find out short. but back home, have no doubt that today's races will send key signals for 2014, 2016 and beyond. particularly in a tale of two governors' races. virginia and new jersey. and what a relief it might be for president obama to have won re-election and put the affordable care act as a campaign issue well behind him. >> i have run my last political campaign. but i'll tell you what, i've got one more campaign in me. the campaign to make sure that this law works for every single person in america. >> no, just kidding. the health care law still a major campaign issue. and as virginia's attorney general tea party hero ken cuccinelli filed suit against the affordable care act, the very day the president signed it, and he hasn't let up since. >> virginia is a referendum on obama care. let's send them a message, and say no tomorrow to obama care, as it is or anymore

crack smoking toronto mayor rob ford not going to step down even know. and the law there says that the city council cannot keep him out. he keeps coming to meetings including talking about a sexual harassment allegation. look at his poor wife standing by. >> is this guy male ego out-of-control? andy levy, lou dobbs, and chief fox meteorologist rick. >> lou, we put up the picture of the wife. >> i mean poor renatta ford standing there. or what do you say? >> i say thank god contoario is located in canada. it is so nice to witness an american melt down that isn't on american soil. i can feel the national pride that is lifting. >> well, i have been but nothing to this extreme. i can't imagine what is going through that woman's mind and i love that picture that you use with the mayor reaching for that glass of water. a very big one. being so aggressive about it. >> who knows rick? he has admitted to smoking crack cocaine and buying illegal drugs but says i'm still going to be the man of the people. >> he denied it all along and suddenly admitted to this. i k

i believe that's the rob ford way. >> he released a statement say he is profoundly store sorry to let down the people of florida. he says he knows he has a problem and will do whatever is necessary to overcome it. >> jon: good for him. fp only he made tsionision [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight is a correspondent for nbc news. his new special is called "where were you the day j.f.k. died?" >> this was a shoe store you were running? >> correct. >> john brewer saw oz oswald peering through the window. what mades you following him? >> a is feeling i had somebody s wrong with the picture. why do you pretend to be shopping for shoes when this commotion is going on. >> jon: awr wear that the president is shot at that point? >> oh, sure, yeah. >> jon: please welcome back to the program tom brokaw. [cheers and applause] i was struck watching some of the special at how emotional a lot of the people that were around the scene of it. you talked to not just the widow of like the police officer that was killed but the surgeon that was in -- the 31-year-old surgeon. >> i

if you're rob ford, have you to exist as rob ford in perpetuity on planet earth. >> with a reality show. >> more than barack obama enjoyed himself. he's a 40 something man who looks like he's lived several lifetimes on earth, most of it in seedy places. >> barack obama smokes tobacco. >> in congress. >> may or may not still have on the diapers. >> on that note, joy, high note, we'll leave it there. watch karen on disrupt 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that is all for now. i'll see you back monday at noon eastern. "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. nd. but it doesn't usually work that way with health care. with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and cost estimates, so we can make better health decisions. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. hands for holding. feet, kicking. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for

dear friend mayor rob ford of toronto is running for re-election. i hold him in the highest regard. he is the best. >> i watched that last night. it was so good. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> well, a little travel note. i'll be down south this weekend in the great miami book fair international. i'll be presenting a book that's true to the season. it's about how great politicians can compromise to get things done. it's really the story of my political coming of age. and therefore a great companion book for "hardball" fans. tomorrow i'll be back in d.c. downtown barnes & noble to sign books. back in a minute. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the republican party's now engaging in an organized relentless attack to destroy the affordable care act. we know that. but now the "new york times" has obtained this smoke gun to the attack. a republican memo that maps it out. it highlights things the republicans will try to use to disperse into the public discourse. it urges republicans to collect stories, quote, about the impact of insurance ca

>>> the only guy on the continent in worse police call shape today, rob ford. today's salvo, so bad, we can't show you most of it. we'll show you as much as we can. >>> rahm emanuel and jon stewart. the major sends him a pizza so bad not even a dog would eat it. >>> it's a friday, november 15th. you might want to wake up. if you're in l.a., watch this and then go to bed. we have thursday night football. i might be most excited about jo jon claude van-damme. we also have chuck norris in the same program. >>> the affordable care act. later today, the house will vote on a bill sponsored by congressman fred upton that would allow americans to keep existing coverage through 2014. the bill allows insurance companies to offer their pre-obama plans. the white house is hoping to ei veto the plan. the president introduced his own solution. a one-year temporary fix to allow people to keep their canceled plans. the new york times says the move will limit democratic support for the bill to just two dozen congressmen. the president spoke about how the rollout hads hurt democ

nic, you spoke with rob ford's brother who was also on the city council. what is next? how and why are they remaining in this fight? >> reporter: well, they plan to continue to fight, even if it means dipping in the mayor's own pokt to pay for legal costs. as this goes on, they could mount substantially. as it goes on, more and more details emerge about allegations about not only the mayor but what his family members might have been doing in their past, and i asked his brother, wasn't all of this just becoming humiliating, and what's it going to do to the family's political legacy. >> i think our legacy is going to be pretty solid based on how rob performs. you're going to look at a family that doesn't need to be doing this, that has sacrificed massive amounts of time, money, their business to serve the people. >> aren't you worried about his health with all of the additional stress, not just the public and not just counselors but family. >> i am confident that the people that actually know us understand what we have done for our community. >> your brother's health. >>

tro toronto mayor rob ford, as somebody who represents councilman, a district with 200 folks catching cases like this, what is your reaction? >> the thing that makes me angry, one, the hypocrisy, and two, people pretend like we're making it up. it is just so blatant, you see so many inconsistencies -- >> people think you're making this up? >> they think you're making up profiling, making up the way the drug laws are disproportionately affecting people. and in a case like this, the republican senator voted against the legalization of marijuana, got arrested for using marijuana. and in the case of people who look like me, they get sent to jail instead of getting services they need for the addiction they have, they get sent to jail. >> and we look at the ravages of somebody in a spiral of substance abuse. i think anyone watching this knows someone in their life. i watched it happening to people i love. it is devastating, the most horrific thing to watch happen to a person. and the policy prescription for that pain is prohibition, right? there is this mismatch. >> and also it is the class

the suburbs wanted in and that is rob ford. >> he is the guy you want to have a beer with? >> or a few. >> reporter: and while mayor mccrack turned city hall into a global punch line, just imagine what it is like to be rob ford's runner up. >> that was at the highest moment of the tea party. >> reporter: his name was george smitherman, and in 2010, he was known as the openly gay premier, who presided over the botched roll out of e health, a plan to modernize the health care system. yeah, they even used one of the same contractors, cgi that brought us healthcare.gov. >> the right wing will probably tell you there is a conspiracy and a billion dollars went missing. none of that is true. >> reporter: now, here is the ironic part, when smitherman admitted to a drug addiction to party drugs, his supporters pounced. >> they stood in line and asked me personal questions. >> reporter: but some of the proud supporters, fitness for office is a relative term. would you vote for him again if this all blew over? >> i think so. >> yeah? >> he's done what he said he would do. >> reporter:

dear friend mayor rob ford of toronto is running for re-election. i hold him in the highest regard. he is the best. >> i watched that last night. it was so good. this is "hardball," the place for politics. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> well, a little travel note. i'll be down south this weekend in the great miami book fair international. i'll be presenting a book that's true to the season. it's about how great politicians can compromise to get things done. it's really the story of my political coming of age. and therefore a great companion book for "hardball" fans. tomorrow i'll be back in d.c. downtown barnes & noble to sign books.

. >> jimmy: mayor rob ford. thank you very much. pleasure to speak to you. >> thank you for having me. jimmy, jimmy, quickly, is it true that you have dr. phil on your show tonight? >> jimmy: yes, we do have dr. phil on the show. >> do me a favor and tell him to call me, please? >> jimmy: yes, i will. i will. >> just for a friend, okay. okay. this meeting is adjourned. >> jimmy: thank you, mayor rob ford. finally. an honest politician. [ cheers and applause ] probably shouldn't make fun, because there is a fierce political debate going on in this country over something on spongebob square pants. monday, nickelodeon will air episode, sponge bob, gets fired. sponge bob begins begging for mun money on the street. somehow this blot has become a political allegory. because sort of "new york post" said sponge bob is mooching off social services. liberal media manners, applied fox news is using the episode to attack low wage workers. >> are any of the parties aware they're debating the motives of a cartoon sponge. i don't think it was nick

rob ford, i'll do anything for more. i smoke a lot of it. i thank the people for support. >> it's disgusting, as i said before. >> rob ford. smokes crack, crack, crack. i smoke a lot of it. i smoke, crack, crack, crack, crack. i smoke a lot of it. your mayor has smoked crack. it is what it is and i can't change the past. >> move over, "what does the fox say?" you can find all the links on our website, allinwithchris.com. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] so how long have you been living flake-free with head & shoulders? since before jeans were this skinny... since us three got a haircut. since my first 29th birthday [ female announcer ] head & shoulders. the number one dermatologist recommended dandruff brand. [ female announcer ] head & shoulders. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> newly re-ele

toronto mayor rob ford's tv show has been canceled after just one episode. ouch! less than 4 hours after its premiere, they announced "ford nation" would be relegated to a one-hit wonder status. >>> nasa and u.s. air force launched a rocket into orbit tuesday carrying 29 satellites. one of the satellites on board was actually designed and built by high school students. >>> a new study featured by the american heart association revealed today's kids run a mile 90 seconds slower than their parents did. in fact, heart-related fitness in children has declined 5% per decade since the '70s. >>> frank schaffer was convicted of breaking church law for officiating his son's same-sex marriage. schafer could have been defrocked but instead was given a 30-day suspension. he said it was a matter of conscience, i simply cannot discriminate against god's beloved children. >>> two hikers rescued after realizing they were not dressed warm enough for freezing temperatures. a search and rescue team made quick work of the situation air lifting the hikers to safety, giving them one he

after a decade as a blue run, rob ford would show the bicycle-loving, free-spending liberals a thing or two. but while he stayed on message, it was a messy campaign. >> our candidate, candidate ford at the time had been caught on tape having a conversation with a drug addict where he was prepared to go by drugs. >> reporter: even she was stunned when after every scandal, the polls went up. >> people were tired of a tax and spend mayor, they wanted him in. >> he is the guy you want to have a beer with? >> or a few. >> reporter: and while mayor mccrack turned city hall into a global punch line, just imagine what it is like to be rob ford's runner up. >> that was at the highest moment of the tea party. >> reporter: his name was george smitherman, and in 2010, he was known as the openly gay premier, with a plan to modernize the health care system. sound familiar? yeah, they even used one of the same contractors, cgi that brought us healthcare.gov. >> the right wing will probably tell you there is a conspiracy and a billion dollars went missing. none of that is true. >> reporter: now, her

for the first time, rob ford is explaining his refusal to enter drug treatment. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> all 50 people on board a boeing 737 were killed when it went down about 450 miles east of moscow yesterday. cell phone video shows the crash. the pilot was making a second landing attempt when the plane lost altitude, hit the runway and caught fire. >>> colorado investigators are trying to figure out what caused a gas leak that killed two people at a mine. a coroner says it appears the employees of the mine died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 20 others were injured. investigators have ruled out explosion and mine collapse as the causes of leak. >>> toronto's mayor rob ford still refuses to step down so the city council is taking matters into their own hands meeting to strip ford of most of his powers including his office budget and removing his staff. he admitted to excessive drinking and crack cocaine use but says he doesn't need rehab. >> i'm not an addict. i'm not an alcoholic. i'm not a drug addict. >> in the city council votes to take away ford's powers today the deputy mayor woul

the suburbs wanted in and that is rob ford. >> he is the guy you want to have a beer with? >> or a few. >> reporter: and while mayor mccrack turned city hall into a global punch line, just imagine what it is like to be rob ford's runner up. >> that was at the highest moment of the tea party. >> reporter: his name was george smitherman, and in 2010, he was known as the openly gay premier, who presided over the botched roll out of e health, a plan to modernize the health care system. yeah, they even used one of the same contractors, cgi that brought us healthcare.gov. >> the right wing will probably tell you there is a conspiracy and a billion dollars went missing. none of that is true. >> reporter: now, here is the ironic part, when smitherman admitted to a drug addiction to party drugs, his supporters pounced. >> they stood in line and asked me personal questions. >> reporter: but some of the proud supporters, fitness for office is a relative term. would you vote for him again if this all blew over? >> i think so. >> yeah? >> he's done what he said he would do. >> reporter:

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rob ford, i'll do anything for more. i smoke a lot of it. i thank the people for support. >> it's disgusting, as i said before. >> rob ford. smokes crack, crack, crack. i smoke a lot of it. i smoke, crack, crack, crack, crack. i smoke a lot of it. your mayor has smoked crack. it is what it is and i can't change the past. >> move over, "what does the fox say?" you can find all the links on our website, allinwithchris.com. we'll be right back. bl [ female announcer ] make every smile a 3d white smile with crest 3d white toothpaste. it removes up to 90% of surface stains in just 5 days. unleash your smile with crest 3d white toothpaste. life opens up with a whiter smile. [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact explaining my moderate to severe so there i was again, chronic plaque psoriasis to another new stylist. it was a total em

the last couple weeks is any indication, the real life rob ford was much better than the stayed rob ford you saw on the video. >>> now a horrible story out of virginia. a state senator dead in his home. his son dead from suicide. creigh deeds was found with multiple stab wounds to his head and torso. investigators believe his son austin, who is called gus, stabbed him and then turned a gun on himself. "outfront," we begin with the story and chris lawrence. >> reporter: police found a chilling scene after an early morning 911 call. >> deeds was stabbed multiple times about the head and upper torso. deeds was able to leave the scene on foot. as he was coming down the hill of his residents toward route 42, he encountered a cousin who lives nearby. >> reporter: he was air lifted to the hospital where they say he was able to speak with them. inside the rural virginia home, deputies found the senator's 24-year-old son gus suffering from a gunshot wound. he died at the scene. police say there was an altercation. >> based on the evidence we have, we are looking into there as an attempted murder

. >> jimmy: mayor rob ford. thank you very much. pleasure to speak to you. >> thank you for having me. jimmy, jimmy, quickly, is it true that you have dr. phil on your show tonight? >> jimmy: yes, we do have dr. phil on the show. >> do me a favor and tell him to call me, please? >> jimmy: yes, i will. i will. >> just for a friend, okay. okay. this meeting is adjourned. >> jimmy: thank you, mayor rob ford. finally. an honest politician. [ cheers and applause ] probably shouldn't make fun, because there is a fierce political debate going on in this country over something on spongebob square pants. monday, nickelodeon will air episode, sponge bob, gets fired. sponge bob begins begging mun money on the street. somehow this blot has become a political allegory. because sort of "new york post" said sponge bob is mooching off social services. liberal media manners, applied fox news is using the episode to attack low wage workers. >> are any of the parties aware they're debating the motives of a cartoon sponge. i don't think it was nickelod

rob ford, i'll do anything for more. i smoke a lot of it. i thank the people for support. >> it's disgusting, as i said before. >> rob ford. smokes crack, crack, crack. i smoke a lot of it. i smoke, crack, crack, crack, crack. i smoke a lot of it. your mayor has smoked crack. it is what it is and i can't change the past. >> move over, "what does the fox say?" you can find all the links on our website, allinwithchris.com. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] we took new febreze free with no perfume to prove the skeptics wrong. hi. are you karen? [ karen ] yes, i am you said in a focus group, "they just mask the smell." i'm going to ask you to find the smelliest item in your home. here. okay. [ laughs ] very, very strong dog odor. this is febreze free. it has no perfume. wow. now it smells clean, and it doesn't have an odor. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] odor elimination without masking. the proof is in every bottle of febreze fabric refresher. breathe happy. the proof is in every bottle of febreze fabric refresher. she'and you love he

rob ford. the day began with the colorful mayor supporting his favorite team jersey and announcing plans to take legal action against his former staffers who apparently went to police and claiming that their esteemed public official had, in fact, been involved with a prostitute. >> they call a friend of mine a prostitute. atlanta is not a prostitute. she's a friend and it makes me sick how people are saying this. >> moving on seamlessly from sex to drugs, the mayor then addressed allegations of cocaine use. apparently made by a local restaurant waiter. >> i have to take legal action against the waiter that said i was doing lines. i think that is outright lies. that is not true. litigation will be starting -- >> from sex to drugs, but then back to sex again. with the mayor addressing the suggestion that he had made erotic advances toward a female staffer. and i should warn you that the mayor's description of these allegations is neither discrete nor diplomatic. >> on the last thing was olivia go

you can't get much worse than rob ford handling it. the congressman looks good for fessing up. but i say long shot on that. he is up for re-election in less than two years and it will be a steep road. >> a lot of people if they are telling the truth. no family is perfect. and politics has changed since bill clinton said that he didn't in hail but that was the first entre into oh we are going to talk about this stuff now. we elect people who admit to this stuff. could there be more of this coming? >> it is a bit of the sign of the times because we let ourselves be fooled by politicians. how about a question that is asked of all of us is there anything now or in your past that may embarrass us. try vetting your people and two, why do we accept cop into cocaine which you have to buy which is illegal and alcohol is legal. no excuse here, make a choice on who you want to represent you. if you think buying cocaine is okay vote him back in office >> well these guys sure don't look like santa. >> a new k-mart add causing controversy. is this too sexy? plus mike tyson and evander holyfi

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