and i think that the lies are what brought him down. >> joining me now are maggie haverman, senior reporter, and alex wagner of "the huffington post." thank you for joining me. maggie, your memoirs become enriched in the last couple of weeks. have you been at both historic anthony weiner press conferences, including what we now believe to be the final anthony wein anthony weiner press conference. >> here's hoping. >> what happened today? >> well, you captured it very well with that video before. it was a total circus. i have never seen that much media -- >> and we thought we had seen a circus before in his last press conference. >> i think that is why there was so much media there. this was a five-minute statement. but therwere about 40 cameras. there were 100 people plus in this room, when the howard stern writer started screaming, and it became a free for all. i think people watching it on tv heard better than we did in the room. i do not think this made sense