the driver, by the way, was not hurt. toronto mayor rob ford standing ground with his wife by his side. the mayor says that he is getting professional help to deal with his issues. i m receiving support from a team of health care professionals. i am taking accountability and receiving advice from people with expertise. listen to this. apparently scandal and politics do sell. not long after the apology, canada s sun news network announced ford and his brother will be hosting a tv show called ford nation. that same day the city council considered a motion that would strip ford of most of his duties. diamonds are normally a girl s best friend but not in one girl s case in kansas. she traded her wedding ring in for tickets to a kansas city chiefs game. she posted an ad on craig s list and the buyer gave her
his ability to appoint and dismiss senior staff members. and more action by the council is expected later today as well. in the mist of it all, ford has fired off another outrageo rara rant. and that s his wife. she almost never comes out in public. first a couple of big developments. canada s sun news network, has outdone itself. it s going to begin a new show hosted by none other than the mayor and his brother, doug ford. it s called ford ds nation. and this is the same brother by the way on the city council. and then one wrung up. as you go to what s like the governor, this is the premiere
the vote. it went 41-2 against him and his brother, who is also a council member. back to you. thank you so much. in one word, drama. for that story. after the toronto city council stripped some of the mayor s powers, the mayor young brother, promised a legal fight ahead. doug ford is also on the council, and he asked the city solicitor if lawmakers could take away resources from other council members. can they reduce their budgets? that s not before us. so it s all right to do it to one but not the other? that s what i m hearing. i can t comment on that. okay. look forward to challenging you. a source tells cnn doug ford has asked his older brother to take a leave of absence. so whatever the brother says in private, one thing is for certainly, they are now going to be talking a lot more in public. why? because canada s sun news network has just announced the
ford brothers will have their own tv show. it s called ford nation. it starts monday. this is actually happening, folks. joining us now is the vice president of the sun news network, corey. i don t know where to begin here, but let s start here. the mayor says that he s getting some kind of professional help. we don t know exactly what it is. are you concerned that he s not in the right condition to be hosting a television show? well, i think that s one of the most interesting stories in the world right now. you re talking about it. it s all over late-night television, and in your country as well. i would even go so far as to say it s a little payback from canada for making us suffer through the wiener and blagojevich scandals up here. it s hard to explain why people are so interested in the story. all around the world, but they certainly are. it s been captivating canadians for some time up here. we re talking about it
it. the board will be open to further changes to the policy if the community determines appropriate. dave says they do the morning announcements, at the end of it, in the lunchroom, say, now it s time, if anybody would like to join us, for the pledge of allegiance. it s a great suggestion, i thought. we ll keep you posted. heather nauert will keep us posted. heather, that was your little boy? yeah. all three say it. nice job, spiderman. four years old and he knows that. love it. got some headlines to bring you. there is another new twist in the saga of toronto s mayor. as the city council meets today to map out a plan to take away rob ford s power, ford is listen to this getting a new reality show. uh-huh. that s right. apparently scandal in politics do sell. we know that. but can did sun news network announcing ford and his brother, also a city council