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Even with blag,ojevich. mcdonald as to it will be fascinating to play out. i have to cut it for time purposes. but i hope you join us. thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. coming up, crack-smoking toronto mayor rod ford admit to go drinking in public and again caught on videotape. exactly when is it at the point when it's too serious for him to continue? honestly? we're going north of the border, next. to quote from whitman,

Jamaican accent. take a listen. [ unintelligible ] [ bleep ] >> now, keep in mind that rob ford explained this the day after. but before i give you his explanation, keep in mind his brother, his staurchl supporter, toronto counselor said hours before, nope, couldn't have been him. you know he hasn't been drinking for weeks. take a listen to mayor rob ford explaining that video. >> mayor ford, when was that video from? >> last night. >> were you drinking last night? >> yes, i was. >> you were drinking last night? >> a little bit, yeah. >> do you think that video was offensive to people? >> no, ...

Compassion for them and failure to look at his performance on the job. first of all, what's the latest with ford? he is still there, right? >> mayor rod ford is still mayor rod ford. his duties are ceremonial. >> they took all the power away. >> a bunch of his staff left he still had a christmas party at his mom's house just yesterday. >> at his mom's house? >> at his mom's house. >> so his mom picked up the tab. i hope there is no crack. the city council members were invited three showed up. >> to be fair to the mayor, and he did do some good things in office, did he not? >> is he a conservat...

To john roberts. mayor ford already admitted smoking crack cocaine in what he said was a drunken stupor. he then was captured on video threatening to kill someone in a violent rage and using extremely vulgar language to deny allegations of sexual misconduct but he's refusing growing calls for his resignation. even says he may just seek higher office. on roberts is live in atlanta. john? >> i've said this before, bears saying again. you can't make this stuff up. when you're a politician and your excuse for smoking crack is you were too drunk to remember, that's never good. but rob ford is hopin...

The professionals have said, no, you don't have an addiction. we've got ways of curbing your drinking, losing some weight and working on other eissues. >> some of the people on the council would say that's denial, but rob ford himself says he is not an alcoholic, he is not an addict. the city council stripped him of some of his executive powers but what happens tomorrow if city council eclipses that? he could be stripped of all his powers and be nothing but a p figurehead of the city of toronto. but he said he really doesn't care what the city council does to him. here's what he said. >> the n...