the subway. we are trying to repair those overnight so it doesn t affect the morning commute. this was sort of like i said snowballed but it s kind of like a domino effect. can you explain exactly how it all got started and what happened along the line there? well, near second and irving, the pantograph, the units that connects the vehicles, to the overhead wires, broke and pulled the wires down near church and duboce and that affected the lines throughout the subway because that s one of our main portals in the system. and the driver didn t know, didn t understand what was going on. kept going? well, that s under investigation as to exactly how it happened and, you know, what the operator knew. all right. and the hope is of course that things get somewhat back to normal for the morning commute. correct. and the k, l and m are running at a normal schedule in the subway right now. the n and j is down overnight and we are trying to get that done before the morning
a new york congressman threw in the towel and possibly threw away his political career. manuel gallegus on the second emotional news conference surrounding the sexting scandal in 10 days. reporter: anthony weiner faced the cameras, putting an end to calls for him to step down. today i am announcing my resignation from congress. reporter: the new york democrat conceded the sex scandal swirling around him had grown too disruptive for him to stay in office. i hope to be able to continue the work that the citizens of my district elected me to do. unfortunately, the distraction that i have created has made that impossible. reporter: weiner s unraveling began about three weeks ago when he tweeted a lewd photo of himself to a seattle college student. first the married 46-year-old lied about it. days later, he confessed saying he had sent inappropriate online photos and messages to six women. but the scandal only grew. congressman weiner represented this new york district