weiner he would resign. the republicans played a role forcing democrats to pick a side. all who did basically did not side with anthony weiner. >> mark and luke, stand by a second. i want to introduce to our conversation former mayor ed koch who joins us on the phone. sir, nice have you on this morning as we've been talking about the breaking news this morning that congressman weiner will resign his post. the one thing that can't go by unspoken the fact he had higher hopes to run for new york city mayor. what's your reaction to hearing the news this morning and do you think he made the right call? >> i wondered why he took so long, and when he held his press conference, i voiced the opinion that he should stay on, but his press conference, the day following that, conveyed that he hadn't told the truth. the picture of his penis appeared on the websites, and it was clear to me, and i said so at the time that he to resign to spare his wife from the