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Thing. >> those are fun. >> it stinks because you -- >> every new years you always have a toast, right? what if you have children around. are you asking your children to elm imbibe? more than 30 states allow to you serve kids alcohol in your home. but do you? and if do you, how much? >> kids under the age of 21. >> i think just having a little sip with something like that on a special event like that is not a big deal. to me it demystifies alcohol. go off to college and suddenly binge drinking. ...

Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. >> rob ford partially stripped of political parties after making international news involving binge drinking, smoking crack and erratic behavior. john roberts is live from atlanta and he spoke exclusively with the mayor. what did you get, john?

Welcome back. a fox news exclusive interview. the embattled mayor of toronto rob ford talking one on one about his headline-grabbing behavior. >> he addresses everything, including smoking crack cocaine and binge drinking. john roberts joining us live from laatlanta. john, tell us more. >> jamie, greg, good afternoon to you. i spent about 15 minutes talking one on one with rob ford. he was taking a break from a new television show hes doing for the sun network that debuts tomorrow night at 8:00 ...

Powers to the deputy mayor and even take some of his staff away from him and put them under the deputy mayor. its not going to be left with much more than a vote at the moment here, fred. >> nic robertson, thanks so much. were not done talking about mayor rob ford. later on this hour, much more about how in the world he is planning to recover from all of this. all right. part of a mystery solved. more than three years after being reported missing, the bodies of a couple and their two children ...

Smoking crack cocaine and going on binge drinking. >> well, and thats why council felt so strongly we needed to remove powers from the mayor because this man, he is only one man and he doesnt reflect our city. as i said, we have a great city. 2.7 million residents. were building more condos than any other city in the nation. we have the third largest transit system, we have one of the safest cities and the behavior of the mayor does not reflect the city and thats why we took the steps we did. >>...

Troubling confession. paula newton has that. >> allegations come forward of driving drunk? >> reporter: never a dull moment at city hall as the mayor of toronto faces fresh allegations drug use and drunk driving and maybe even escorts. >> be very careful on what you write. >> reporter: that was rob fords comeback after court documents reveal an sorted night of binge drinking and drugs and detailed in interviews with his staff. all this after a surreal day of questioning at city hall and inquisit...

To carry this on, i cant stop you. im moving on. you guys can do what you want. i apologize again, im sorry, thats all i have to say. >> cnns paula newton was in that city council meeting yesterday and i cant even imagine what that must have been like, paula. >> reporter: well, i felt like i had been on the couch as well, so did everyone else there. it was uncomfortable to watch and lets underscore the fact there is a budget on the table here of $9 billion for the city, there are more important ...

Addict or an addict, if you want to say. and as an alcoholic, if you want to consider binge drinking once every three months and you get totally plastered, which he makes a fool out of himself, and i have asked him to leave my own home one time. fine. >> and fords mother broke it down even further, saying her son just needs to think better and adopt a better lifestyle. >> get yourself a driver. then after that, you do something about your weight. and then thirdly, what was the other thing i told...

>> its segmented prohibition. the city council voted to send you as many free cigarettes as you could smoke in the hope you would kill yourself faster. >> i just heard the free cigarettes part and i approved. >> im going to have to go with bill and buy him secrets. >> a, thank you. >> you look so young. >> binge drinking is fine. drink away. >> the black market is no joke. i used to live in east harlem. i would come up from the subway

The thats the ones they dont get. exactly. theyll think you are less creepy than you already are. >> i did have a chevy. i dont think this is right in line with everything thats going on. why should we let them smoke if theyre on their parents insurance? >> because were paying for it. >> thats exactly right. when i read this article its amazing to me. you think raising the age limit will help people stop doing that thing. it helps to get them not addicted. for example, binge drinking is on the r...