were setting him up, a very contrite anthony weiner, shocking the nation today and apparently even his own wife, today, because she found out today as we did, that he to have ongoing online relationships. six over the past three years. we were told before they were married last july she had been apprised of the online relationships but that no more weren suing after they got married. that was not the case. he told her today this was not the case. and he said he we have no intelligence of intention of splitting up over this, i love my wife and she was according to him very unhappy and very disappointed and he doesn t believe he has done anything legally wrong. or anything that would ethically
force him to give up his seat which he indicated he had no plans to do. back with bret baier. well, that was quite a news conference. and i counted 21 times that congressman weiner said he accepts responsibility, he accepts responsibility fully. and that he apologized to his wife numerous times through the news conference. he said that nothing he did violated laws and nothing he did in his eyes violated the oath of office that he took and his ability to appropriate constituents. now, there is a house ethics guideline and you could be brought up on charges of conduct unbecoming to a house member and that he could face a vote of a reprimand or a censure but we have to see how the process transpires and what the republican leadership of the house wants to do. this could be more pressure from
hacker. also, we have seen several politicians fall to in. chris he was a republican, resigned the very same day. you have been covering this. what is your sense of what happened? they say power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. what is your view? guest: i would say i was witness to what happened during the clinton scandal these guys are putting the country in harm s way as congressman lee or congressman weiner, they don t want the images to be shown whatever. you see how much congressman weiner is fighting and when you have those photos and you send them out to americans, to people you do in the know you put yourself into blackmail
you may not have used congressional e-mail but using your ties as a congressman? guest: congressional time could be anything, congressman work long hours but i don t believe i did anything here that violatesty law or violates my oath to my constituents what i did was something that demonstrated a very deep personal failing and that is why i am here to apologize. is there any other type of behavior that in the privacy conducted as a congress member that will come out? is there anything? solicited or engaged with any service of women or anything? guest: never had sex outside my marriage and i have done these things and i regret them. but i have never done anything you described and i don t where else to go.
the web and it happened in a matter of hours, the picture senates and the representative resigned and it appears that representative weiner was going to fight this and we don t know what he will say this afternoon. everyone is anxiously watching. but we have in indication from the hill that any decision has been made officially. neil: thank you, brett, we love to indulge your services. i want to dip in, if we can, to this man who is a lightning rod and controversy and he feels vindicated by pictures he says are unquestionably those of the congressman. we will listen in to him. i want to hear the truth. i want to hear the truth from congressman weiner and i would like an apology for him being come police it in a blame the passenger strategy. it was clear, 72 hours in paul springs with your family is