franken picture is bad, speaks a thousand words. where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 while she sleeps. more than a dozen women accused the president on the record of assault and harassment. and of course there's this. >> when you're a star, they let you do that. grab them by the [bleep]. you can do anything. >> to all that, the president has said this. >> every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. total fabrication. >> i want to bring in someone that literally wrote the book on political optics. josh king is the author of off script. and with us, lynn sweet, washington bureau chief for chicago sun times. thank you both for being here. josh, were you surprised the president would go after franken?