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The former new york governor also resigned from office due to a sex scandal. he is also trying to make a political comeback after he was found paying hookers. hes running for new york city controller. jenna: can i say from pigs to sharks, is that not -- i know its a little editorial but a fact is a fact, people. really. come on. lets talk about sharks. great white sharks, may be some of the deadliest creatures in the deep blue sea but scientists in massachusetts are launching the largest expedit...

Elliott spitzer, he worked for me, he was my research assistant so i may have a bias, is the most qualified person ever to run for controller in the city of new york and i suspect his competent will overcome his past mistakes and weiners candidacy is questionable and fillnr er is a good kiss but what he did was the worst of what all of the people did, and i am sure gloria will take him to task and make him pay very heavy consequences for what he appropriately deserves to pay consequences for. >>...

And other issues, this isnt the leadership that new york city needs. >> you were the comptroller for years. does that make you the most qualified? its all about finance. look at detroit. there are people in new york concerned about the finance. every big city in america is really fragile. >> it isnt just being the former controller of the city of new york, but the former head, the president of the new york city board of education. its understanding education, its understanding finance. its havin...

Spitzer got caught paying women like me and now hes stumping, smiling for photographers and topping the political polls for new yorks next controller. i would be find with spitzers return to politics. apologizing and get might career back wasnt exactly an option our society supports." why, why is that? what is your understanding of why that standard is so different as applied to eliot spitzer an applied to melissa petro? >> sure. well, its hard to tell a complicated story in 15 minutes and i thi...

Of pimps or under control of traffickers because i hadnt, that was that story. and some days later, weeks later actually, i was front page news. >> literally front page news. >> correct. on the "new york post." >> i went back and looked at the "new york post" coverage. this is like a gift from god to the "new york post." its like prostitute teacher in your schools. >> absolutely. they had basically taken my story and made it theirs. >> right. now, that is -- i mean, you wrote this great article ...

Actually, i was front page news. >> literally front page news. >> correct. on the "new york post." >> i went back and looked at the "new york post" coverage. this is like a gift from god to the "new york post." its like prostitute teacher in your schools. >> absolutely. they had basically taken my story and made it theirs. >> right. now, that is -- i mean, you wrote this great article for "new york" magazine talking about your perspective on watching the spitzer rehabilitation campaign. you said...

Comparing him with spitzer and sanford, the other come back kids, one of the rules is wait a long time. spitzer and sanford waited almost half a decade. this is two years, which is short. and i think there is one other element. if you are going to come back, seek a lesser position. the governor of new york, the governor of south carolina are seeking smaller positions, controller of the city of new york, sanford is going to be a congressman whereas wiener wanted to continue ascending after his sc...

[ applause ] welcome back to the program. aisha tyler is hanging out with us. lets run through a bunch of these. talk about girls and gaming. >> the largest component, the biggest growing component of new gamers is the female component. many more women are gaming. i go to the big gaming conferences here in l.a. and i was just there. i presented the new lineup of games for this gaming company. afterwards, a lot of people online said she doesnt even play. shes just a stupid actress. shes never p...

[ applause ] welcome back to the program. lets run through a bunch of these. talk about girls and gaming. >> the largest component, the biggest growing component of new gamers is the female component. i go to the big gaming conferences here in l.a. and i was just there. i presented the new lineup of games for this gaming company. afterwards, a lot of people online said she doesnt even play. shes just a stupid actress. shes never picked up a controller in her life. cheato fingers, in my moms ba...

You need to be looking at the dead [ bleep ], not the mother [ bleep ] that killed it. >> have you had any guilt about any of that stuff? >> guilt, yes. im overrun with remorse. justice. justice is lovely. what are you thinking? when i said justice is lovely, what were you thinking? >> i was thinking how youll feel about justice if they give you the death penalty. >> thats exactly what i knew you were thinking. ill be thinking the same thing. >> that justice is beautiful? >> justice is lovely. ...