sort of turns the conversation into a sexual thing and it becomes very flattering. reporter: wean ear peering with his wife by his side admitted tuesday to a new round of lewd exchanges with women after he got caught and left office. on thursday for the first time he put a number on just how many women. i don t believe i had any more than three. reporter: and as for how many all together? it s not dozens and dozens. it is six to ten, i suppose. reporter: when he launched his mayoral campaign weiner raised the possibility other women may come forward. now he says that s all behind him but admitted he continues to get professional help and when asked if it s an addiction? i don t believe that it is. the people that i m working with don t believe that it is. reporter: all of this is taking a toll on weiner s bid for mayor of new york city.
mary in. reporter: good morning, kate. anthony weiner would love more than anything else to change the topic back to politics but that doesn t look like that s going to be happening any time soon. the woman now at the center of the anthony weiner scandal says the best description of the former congressman is one he offered to her himself. that he s an argumentative perpetually horny middle aged man. reporter: sydney leathers talked about her sexually suggested relationship online and over the phone with weiner last summer, a year after he resigned from congress and why she s speaking out now. he was making these campaign promises that he had totally changed and he was a better man now and he learned from his mistakes and i am proof that that is not true. reporter: lisa weiss who exchanged explicit messages with then congressman weiner in 2010 and 2011 doesn t blame leathers. i understand to a point, yes, i do, because i would speak to him about politics and then he
time. mary snow is live in new york with more. it s difficult to keep track of it all. reporter: good morning, kate. anthony weiner would love more than anything to change the topic back to politics but it doesn t look like that s going to happen any time soon. the woman at the center of the anthony weiner scandal says the best description to the former congressman is from himself he s an argumentative horny man. reporter: she had these conversations online with him a year after he resigned last summer. he was making campaign promises he was a better man and learned from his mistakes and i am proof that that is not true. reporter: lisa weiss who exchanged explicit messages with then congressman weiner in 2010
and 2011 doesn t blame leathers. i understand to a point, yes i do because i would speak to him about politics and then he sort of turns the conversation into a sexual thing and it becomes very flattering. reporter: weiner appearing with his wife by his side admitted tuesday to a new round of lewd exchanges with women after he got caught and left office. on thursday for the first time he put a number on just how many women. i don t believe i had any more than three. reporter: and as for how many all together? it s not dozens and dozens. it is six to ten, i suppose. reporter: when he launched his mayoral campaign weiner raised the possibility that other women may come forward. now he says that s all behind him but admitted he continues to get professional help and when asked if it s an addiction? i don t believe that it is. the people that i m working with don t believe that it is. reporter: all of this is
better than anthony. six weeks later he made a splash, reintroducing himself to voters in his second try for the office. so far in the campaign weiner s past transgressions haven t been much of an issue. look, i made some big mistakes and i know i let a lot of people down but i ve also learned some tough lessons. his wife has done more than stick by him. she s headlining a women for anthony fund-raiser today. that support may help boost weiner in holding off new york city council speaker christine quinn, who is hoping to become the first woman to run the big apple. what i think this race is about is delivering for new york. one poll even shows weiner with an edge among female voters and with a five-point advantage overall. but another show as closer race with weiner tied with quinn and a third candidate, bill thompson. we re 75, 76 days out and there s a still a lot of unhappiness with this field. despite weiner s steady climb back into the political arena, one good poll