this cuts so much, so deep into those political lines in toronto and again, you can imagine them in washington, toronto, wherever you are, and it s going to cut across political lines. believe me, his supporters are saying, leave the man alone. i don t think this is a minor setback. a minor setback is me exceeding my weight watcher points for the day. this is a guy with an addiction and is in denial. that s why he s still sticking through it. i can t believe his family continues aiding this denial of what is this very obvious problem. listen, i think he if you re having drinks and maybe you have a few too many, that happens in the word. but if he says he goes on benders and then smokes crack, that s when you that s the problem i see in that, and whether or not people of toronto give this guy a break on this, that s their business and the people of toronto. i m from louisiana, the land of politicians behaving badly. but before that, they all behaved badly and we gave them a brea
yes, they are the racist! stripped of power he turned to lauer. the toronto tub of fun rob ford sat down with the today show host who looks different and admitted that he was glad thouing happened during his benders. let s say you go on one of those binges and your phone rings in your office on a saturday night and something terrible happens, a terrorist attack, something like that? would you be capable to handle it? i am fortunate that hasn t happened. it is few isolated incidents that has happened. you are absolutely right. i am fortunate that hasn t happened. but it could happen to anybody at anytime. say you go out drinking or you are a drunk the lives of a million people are not resting on my decisions. hold on. say your son or daughter was killed in a car accident and you are platers out of your plastered out of your mind at
what? what? too good. that is classic material from both of them. if rob ford were doing i wouldn t believe it. if this was the script for a movie, mayor of a major canadian town a big drinker and buys crack, wouldn t believe it. you can t make that sort of movie. but as this goes on and on and it s fun. there is a sad part of this because the guy has a serious substance addiction problem, substance abuse problem. addictive personality. i don t know if he s addicted to crack. but if the guy is drinking so much he can t remember, constantly going on benders and buying crack, it is a serious problem. and i know a little bit about addiction. to see this guy suffering makes me sad. he says he s getting professional help for drinking now but his power of being mayor of this major city is allowing him to have some sort of buffer where people can t force him to get the help he really needs.
randi kaye we start with a story about eric holder who says that his investigators will get to the bottom of the leak scandal. barack obama says that the white house has zero tolerance for leaks. to syria and new clashes now in the capital of damascus. the city has long been thought to be a government stronghold, but we re seeing gunfights in the streets between rebel forces and government troops. there is also fighting elsewhere in the country, opposition forces say the military has killed 30 people today. regional leaders will meet next week to discuss the next steps to take with regards to syria. back in the u.s., federal marshals now offering $5,000 for information on a fugitive murder suspect wanted in alabama. he s wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of 9-year-old twins and their 73-year-old babysitter. creflo dollar is out on board this morning, he was arrested and channelled with battery, family violence and child cruelty. police say that she was choked
decision making its way around the internet. phillip and violent occupy protests in oakland. garth: good morning, everybody. i m garth kemp. if you re traveling today, we ll have your forecast coming up. plus things are about to warm up around here. alysha: good morning, garth, good morning, everybody. there are several problems around town. we ll tep you help you get around. most of them are fender-benders, so looking good out there. eyewitness news will be right back. # # # e-mail us with the