We re covering a number of breaking stories now, and now breaking news out of toronto, where embattled mayor rob ford has been stripped of most of his powers by the city council. the latest fallout from his admission that he smoked crack cocaine during what he called a drunken stupor. cnn international correspondent nic robertson is in toronto for us. nic, tell us the latest. reporter: jim, just high drama here. the mayor in his last speech to council there right before the vote comparing this to the invasion, saddam hussein s invasion of kuwait, saying this is like saddam hussein, i m going to fight you, you have sinned, i m mad, we are going to get even come the next elections and really strong stuff. it s been periods of drama and farce that we ve seen here in the city council today. at one point, the mayor
very disrespectful to her. you said something that was very important. one the theory of the race, is why do you need to replace mike enzi. the answer is because liz cheney is a much more combative personality. leave aside whether we need more of that. enzi is very conservative. the point is as you just said, she s much more aggressive and confrontational than he is. leave aside the question of whether or not we need more of that in washington. i don t think we do. but leave that aside. the point is, you start confrontations, people are going to confront you back. this is a little taste of what this kind of rough method, you invoked a very gentle mode of discussion and i think that s appropriate but that is not you think she started this discussion. they asked her on fox news her opinion and she gave it. she gave it in a winsome, kind, loving way and somehow because she said it she was the villain th they beat her up for it. her sister did.