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MILLION AFTER TAXES.
>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR, BOB FILNER,
IS NOW RESPONDING TO A RECALL
EFFORT HE FACES IN THE WAKE OF A
STRING OF *** HARASSMENT
ACCUSATIONS.
HERE ON "NEWSROOM," WE ARE
HOLDING MAYOR FILNER'S FEET TO
THE FIRE.
WE'RE COUNTING EVERY DAY IT'S
BEEN SINCE THE FIRST ACCUSATIONS
OF *** HARASSMENT WERE
LEVELED AGAINST THE MAYOR.
WE'RE AT DAY 23 ON FILNER WATCH.
IN ALL, MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN
SAY THE MAYOR AND FORMER
CONGRESSMAN ACTED
INAPPROPRIATELY TOWARDS THEM.
THE MAYOR'S RESPONSE TO THE
RECALL IS, QUOTE, NOW IS NOT THE
TIME TO GO BACKWARDS.
HE WROTE THAT IN A LETTER.
HE CITES WHAT HE HAS DONE IN
OFFICE, TOO.
BUT NOTHING ABOUT THE PUSH TO
GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE BY VOTERS.
FILNER FACES SEVERAL
INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIS CONDUCT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS AND THE BANDWAGON
CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION IS
FILLING UP.
>> TWO WEEKS IS NOT A CURE.
TWO WEEKS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR US
TO FORGET.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO FORGET.
WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY.
AND WE WILL KEEP REPEATING, "BOB
MUST GO!"
BOB MUST GO!
BOB MUST GO!
>> AMONG THOSE WANTING FILNER TO
STEP DOWN IS SAN DIEGO CITY
COUNCILMAN MARK KERSE, JOINS ME
NOW.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, CAROL.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
SO I'M JUST READING THE LATEST
LETTER THAT THE MAYOR, I GUESS,
SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND HE SAYS -- I'M GOING TO PUT
IT AT THE TOP.
HE GOES THROUGH THE LETTERS AND
CITES HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
OFFICE AND SAYS NOW IS NOT THE
TIME TO GO BACKWARDS.
HE'S GOING TO STAY IN OFFICE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> WELL, HIS RECORD IN OFFICE IS
REALLY KIND OF IRRELEVANT AT
THIS POINT.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE WOMEN
WHO HAVE COME FORWARD, MORE THAN
A DOZEN NOW, AS WELL AS ALL
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET COME
FORWARD.
AS WELL AS THE 10,000 CITY
WORKERS WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
COME TO WORK EVERY DAY UNDER
THIS CLOUD OF CONTROVERSY.
BOB FILNER NEEDS TO RESIGN NOW.
>> WELL, HE HAD THIS TWO WEEKS
OF INTENSIVE THERAPY.
NOW HE'S GETTING OUTPATIENT
THERAPY.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT HE'S
ADMITTED TO THAT GOES BACK FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS, TO HIS TIME IN
CONGRESS, PERHAPS EVEN EARLIER.
AND THIS THERAPY PLAN IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE
ANYTHING FOR THE WOMEN WHO HAVE
ALREADY SUFFERED UNDER THIS
ABUSE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF THIS
PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE HIS
RESIGNATION, IT WILL CLEARLY
HAVE FAILED.
>> IT'S JUST STRANGE TO THINK,
AND IT MUST BE STRANGE FOR YOU
AS A CITY COUNCILMAN, THE
MAYOR'S OFFICES ARE LOCKED, SO
WE CAN'T GET IN.
HE'S ON -- HE'S IN OUTPATIENT
THERAPY FOR *** HARASSMENT
AND THE WAY HE TREATS WOMEN.
AND HE'S REFUSING TO STEP DOWN.
I MEAN, IN YOUR MIND, DID YOU
EVER THINK THIS KIND OF SCENARIO
WOULD OCCUR IN SAN DIEGO?
>> NO.
NO, THERE'S NO WAY ANYBODY COULD
HAVE PREDICTED THIS.
IT'S -- IT IS A BIZARRE -- TRULY
BIZARRE SITUATION.
AND THE ONE PERSON WHO CAN
CHANGE ALL THAT IS BOB FILNER.
>> OKAY.
SO WHAT PRICE IS SAN DIEGO
PAYING AS THIS SCANDAL DRAGS ON
AND ON?
>> THIS IS CLEARLY NOT GOOD FOR
SAN DIEGO.
I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND I
CAN TELL YOU THAT BUSINESS
OWNERS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO
EXPAND OR RELOCATE, THEY DESIRE
CERTAINTY, THEY DESIRE
STABILITY.
AND FOR ALL OF OUR GREAT
ATTRIBUTES HERE IN SAN DIEGO, WE
HAVE A VERY VIBRANT, EDUCATED
WORK FORCE.
WE HAVE INNOVATIVE COMPANIES.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT
BOTH GOOD TALENT AND GOOD
COMPANIES WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIS
DISTRACTION HANGING OVER YOUR
HEAD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED HIM TO
GO SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
>> SO LET'S IMAGINE MAYOR FILNER
IS WATCHING CNN AT THIS MOMENT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO HIM?
>> BOB, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO
RESIGN.
YOU NEED TO PUT THE BEST
INTERESTS OF THE CITY AT HEART.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE VOTERS
WHO GOT YOU INTO OFFICE.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO SOME OF
YOUR MOST ARDENT SUPPORTERS WHO
ELECTED YOU NINE MONTHS AGO WHO
ARE NOW SOME OF THE MOST VOCAL
PEOPLE CALLING FOR YOU TO
RESIGN.
IT IS TIME TO GO.
IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
YOUR CONSTITUENTS, IT'S IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.
AND IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THE WOMEN WHO YOU HAVE ABUSED,