a question from a caller on a radio show he co-hosts with his brother doug, also a toronto lawmaker. mayor ford, is that you in the gawker video? and is that you photographed with your arm around drug dealer anthony smith? there s number one, there s no video, so that s all i can say. you can t comment on something that doesn t exist. yet as the toronto star newspaper reports today, ford told senior aides not to worry about a video showing him smoking crack cocaine because he knew where it was. in fact according to sources, ford was very specific about the location of the video, offering details, none of which he cared to elaborate on at today s news conference. one photographer catching a glimpse of the mayor s prepared remarks, a star reporter noting ford scratched out the following line, i take my role as mayor very seriously. joining me tonight from toronto, robin dolittle, city hall reporter for the toronto star.
individuals who were trying to sell the video to the media for $100,000. they approached gawker in the states as well, and their editor, john cook, has also seen the video and described very similar accounts can as kevin and i. and they certainly told us that thad made a copy. it s not clear if they have made a copy. it may just be on that one iphone. that s a really valuable iphone if they have not made a copy. my question to you, what is going on in the reaction to this in toronto? we are watching this in the u.s., i will admit, unaccustomed to spending a lot of time covering municipal politics of your great metro area, which toronto is a fantastic city. how are people taking the in toronto and in canada, writ large? it s a crazy story! i don t know how else to say it other than everyone s mind is kind of blown. rob ford has been a very colorful character as long as he s been in public life, which has been a little over a decade and he s been mayor for about two and a half of tha
tape with some curier with a bulletproof suitcase who has the thing? no one exactly knows where it is right now. we have an idea of where it is. it s with this group of individuals who were trying to sell the video to the media for $100,000. they approached gawker in the states as well and their editor, john cook, has also seen the video and described very similar accounts as kevin and i. and yes, they certainly told us that they had made a copy. it s not clear if they have made a copy. it may just be on that one iphone. well, that s a really valuable iphone if they have not made a copy. my question to you, what is going on in the reaction to this in toronto? we are watching this in the u.s. i will admit unaccustomed to spending a lot of time of covering the politics of your great metro area, which toronto is a fantastic city. how are people taking this in toronto and in canada at large? it s a crazy story. i don t know how else to say
as for a video, i cannot comment on a video that i have never seen or does not exist. over the weekend, ford repeated that claim while taking a question from a caller on a radio show he co-hosts with his brother doug, also a toronto lawmaker. mayor ford, is that you in the gawker video? and is that you photographed with your arm around drug dealer anthony smith? there s number one, there s no video, so that s all i can say. you can t comment on something that doesn t exist. yet as the toronto star newspaper reports today, ford told senior aides not to worry about a video showing him smoking crack cocaine because he knew where it was. in fact according to sources, ford was very specific about the location of the video, offering details, none of which he cared to elaborate on at today s news conference. one photographer catching a glimpse of the mayor s prepared remarks, a star reporter noting ford scratched out the following
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