davidson weighing in saying the fox reporter called him for comment right after the "access hollywood" tape came out with factually specific details that 3450ig9 have informed that story which didn't originally run. here with me now exclusively is the lawyer for that former fox report, nancy erika smith, a leading civil rights lawyer who also represented gretchen carlson in a sexual harassment lawsuit against former fox news ceo roger ailes. and former chief counsel of the senate watergate committee who knows a thing or two about investigating political crimes. thanks to each of you for being here. nancy, before we get deep into the details, what do you think mr. davidson, whatever his credibility, the core of what he's saying, does that help the case against trump? because it seems like another person corroborating that this was campaign-related. >> it absolutely does, and the timing does as well. when you're talking about mid-october, weeks before the election, you're talking about something that could clearly affect an election.