What will Weiner and Filner do next?

>>> anthony weiner can't get away from questions about trust. at a campaign stop last night in rockaway queens he was confronted about his sexting scandal.

>> i would like to know how can i trust you with my family and my community when you can't be trusted in your own family?

>> it's a fair question. it's a fair question. look, you, sir, know some embarrassing things about me in my personal life . that's part of the cost of being an elected official, i guess, people look into those things. i'm embarrassed by it. i dishonored my wife. but, sir, i didn't do anything to you.

>> weiner said he'll not quit the race for new york city mayor. republicans are trying to connect anthony weiner and san diego mayor bob filner to create a democratic war on women . i want to bring in the bureau chief of " chicago sun -times" and "time" reporter. so let's start with anthony weiner . every where he goes he's surrounded by cameras and reporters. this exchange came from a voter. does he really think he can pull this off?

>> well i think at this point he's digging his heels in because he really doesn't have a whole lot to lose. he's got 4 million plus dollars in the bank, six weeks to go. he's been humiliated as much as any human being can be you had my l -- you hhumiliated.

>> his most recent advertisement where he came out and came on and said, you know, i'm a fighter and i'm resilient just like other new yorkers, staying in this race. i think to a certain extent he isn't really embarrassed and staying strong.

>> on the other coast problems piling up for san diego mayor bob filner , eight women have accused him of sexual harassment . his attorney says he never got sexual harassment training. while to para phrase bob die man many might argue that you don't need a weather person to tell you which way the wind blows and an adult male should not need sexual harassment training.

>> oh, my goodness.

>> i'm just reading the quote.

>> chris , this is the most ludicrous defense. you know, i heard you talk about remorse before in ariel castro, horrible case. why don't these -- someone like filner who actually did something, you don't need training to tell you you don't steal things, you don't touch people inappropriately. you need, you need to have some common sense to what your lawyer should be saying about you. so, yes, chris , i think that's a ludicrous defense you don't have training. so what you get permission to do what you want? please.

>> we've seen some republican groups try to connect these two scandals. cpac the conservative group tied to sarah palin emailed this. liberal men are leading a violent war on women and liberal women 's group emily's list is helping them. the national republican senatoral committee writes democrats invoke the war on women charge repeatedly but they head for the hills when asked about their democratic colleagues actual mistreatment of women . i wonder are they preaching to the choir here, lynn or is it possible these things code is illusion democrats and democratic women in particular.

>> the brassness and audacity of anthony weiner is different than the kind of filner thing. the republicans as always are entitled just like democrats when they complain about war on women on the republican side . but the point is this is not a war on women , this is not in any case these are two men, public officials or want to be public be officials who are democrats who are behaving badly . i think it's is going to be very tough for the republicans to make it more than this with what's on the table now.

>> then i should say it is categorically untrue democrats are heading for the hills because an awful lot of them have been very critical of these cases. democrats are calling this ridiculous. one says when we talk about a war on women we're talking about less about misdeeds and more a systemic issue of gop leaders pushing a policy that affects all american women . and democrats have a list of republican cheaters that they can point to. i wonder if the solution is maybe what tina brown suggested is more women candidates.

>> yeah. certainly more female candidates.

>> when have you heard of this kind of sex scandal involving a woman in elected office?

>> you know, you really -- you haven't. i mean i remember hearing one story, though, at the bush white house there was a bunch of worry about h.w. bush white house about male campaign workers sleeping with women on trail and were worried about their affecting getting a job in the administration and mary madeline who was part of the administration, what about the women . women don't have affairs they have learning experiences.

>> that's quite different than sexual harassment or sexting on this. chris , to underscore your point, usually when you talk about war on women you talk about health policy , you talk about economic policy that, you talk about programs that help single women with children. you talk about help getting better jobs. as the democrats are doing now you talk about raising the minimum wage especially people and single women who don't have it. once you get into this world of sexual aberration or inappropriate sexual behavior that is really more about an individual not about the political ideology.

>> great conversation. thank you both.

>> thank you.