city of toronto. that s when city council will em bares him by stripping him virtually of all of his powers as mayor. according to the interview i did with rob ford he is having none of it he is not going anywhere. think of this guy he was a wildly popular politician. he elected with the biggest majority of votes that any politician has ever received because they don t directly elect a prime minister. he is the mayor of the 5th largest city in north america and he would like one day to become prime minister. i started off the interview with him by asking him why he would risk all of that just to smoke crack. if you want to get personal i think we can get personal with anybody not just politicians, everybody has done something in their life that they don t want people to know about some more than once. john, bottom line is i know how to pay tax payer s money.
much. i smoked some crack sometime. what can i say? i made mistake, i m guilty. reporter: kuhn see why someone would question your judgment? that i lied? reporter: you didn t say it in the first place. you are wrong. they said, do you smoke crack and are you a crack addict? no, i don t smoke crack, am i a crack addict in i didn t lie. i don t smoke crack. i haven t smoked crack in over a year. fox news, typical media. you are the same, cut from the same cloth. you can spin it anyway you want. reporter: at this point he trois to call his brother as we seen. when you come and accuse me of being a crack addict and saying do you smoke crack? no, i don t. have i, yeah. i don t like people attackingpy integrity. couldn t you be even more effective if you are healthier?
they said do you smoke crack and are you a crack addict? no, i don t smoke crack and i m not a crack addict. have i? yes, i have. so that s what i did. i didn t lie. i don t smoke crack. i haven t smoked crack in over a year but did i? come on. reporter: that s semantics, mayor. come on. typical media, you re all cut from the same cloth. reporter: no. you can spin it every way you want. reporter: settle. settle down. these guys aren t bad. reporter: at this point doug tries to calm his brother, which as we ve seen ain t easy. when you come and accuse me of being a crack addict, and saying do you smoke crack? no, i don t. have i? yes. i don t like people attacking my integrity. reporter: couldn t you be even more effective if you were a little healthier? in your lifestyle? i m trying to lose some weight, working out. i m not perfect. reporter: why not see an addiction specialist. just to make sure i m not an addict. you guys can spin it and tell me whatever you
why someone you know no, i didn t say that. they had, do you smock crack? no, i don t smoke i don t smoke crack, i haven t smoked crack in over a years. you guys are all cut from the same closest. you know what? at this point he tries to call his brothers. when you come and accuse me of being a crack addict, no, i don t. have i? yeah. i don t like people attacking my integrity. reporter: couldn t you ben emore effective if you were healthy? i m trying to lose some weight. i m not perfect. reporter: why not see an addiction specialist? you guys can spend it, these
i m not going to name names. why not? your name is out there, why not? let hem vote on it and see who comes forward and who doesn t. the show airs in canada, but u.s. viewers can see rob ford in a one-on-one interview with bill weir. he tell s bill here never lied about smoking crack. no, i didn t say that. you re wrong. your consider absolutely wrong. they said, do you smoke crack and are you a crack addict? no, i don t smoke and i m not a crack addict, have i? yes, i have. i didn t lie. i don t smoke crack. i haven t smoked crack in over a year. see the full interview, 8:00 p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. ford s big night follows another demoralizing day. today, city council, the city council is voting whether to strip even more of his powers. as a leader of north america s fourth largest city. cnn s international correspondent nic robertson live in toronto for us. those are live pictures of the