we haven t seen the last of it. i think we can keep an eye on the president s twitter feed to see how he reacs to that. robert, that was another road test tonight. the health care with a heart coming off his widely quoted remarks that the house version had been mean. i think back to january, brian, when i spoke to the brez by phone just before his inauguration for an interview about health care. and he said, i guess somewhat notably now he wanted insurance for everybody. just like he said to republicans the other day, he doesn t like a mean bill and he wants a bill with heart now. this is reflective of a president who is not ideological and knows the political consequences for his base and for 2020 if he s seen as someone going along with hard line health care policy. in spite of republicans walking back the president s somewhat softer stance on health care overhaul, the president continues to reiterate he s really not in line with republicans on capitol hill. our great thanks, f
until he saw the cbo score. i went up and asked him about it and said talk to my communications person. i just followed up and said you ve been talking about this, just wanted to get your response. he should have said, no, i ve had enough. the next thing i know i m being body slammed. and he is on top of me for a second, my glasses are broken. the strangest moment in my entire life reporting. does he scream and raise his voice while he does it or just body slams you. the audio was talk to my communications person and he grabs my recorder and phone, but the audio should be up right now on the guardian. throws me down, my glasses break. i m pretty sure he s on top of me for a second and then screams at me to get the hell out. and, yeah, his staffer comes in. just very strange and mortifying because i m used to i don t mind being blown off by politicians and i am always
speak to gianforte one-on-one. and they told me they decided in the past they weren t. and i just figured he was standing around there and just reach out and get his response to the cbo score, that he had been talking about that he d been holding off his opinion on health care until he saw the cbo score. but went up and asked him about it and sort of said you know, just followed up and said, you ve been talking about this. just wanted to get your response. and then he sort of said, no, i ve had enough. and next thing i know, i m being body slammed. and he you know, he s on top of me for a second. my glasses are broken. it s the strangest the strangest moment in my entire life reporting. you walk into the room, and you say, i d like to get your i want to get your response to the cbo score. yeah. mm-hmm. does he just do does he scream and raise his voice while
at least in trump world love you, don alternative facts. thank you. enough said. both sides do. totally right, totally right. let s listen to ben jacobs himself. he spoke to msnbc chris hayes. listen to how he described the altercation. went up and asked him about it and should have said, you know, tried to you know, talk to my communications person. i just followed up and said, you know, you ve been talking about this, just wanted to get your response and then he should have said no, i ve had enough and next thing i know i m being body slammed and he you know, is on top of me for a second, my glasses are broken. it is the strangest the strangest moment in my entire life reporting. dave, this was about a question. this was all over a question about health care, the republican health care plan and the score for the congressional budget office which show 23
you ve been talking about this. just wanted to get your response. and then he should have said no, i ve had enough and next thing i know, i m being body slammed. and he is on top of me for a second. my glasses are broken. it s the strangest the strangest moment in my entire life reporting. it was certainly a strange interaction as captured by the audio we played. now the gianforte campaign has a new statement out. they allege that basically this reporter, jacobs, was being aggressive and badgering. let me read you that quote, tonight as greg was giving a separate interview in a private i was, the guardian s ben jacobs entered the office without permission, aggressively shoved a microphone in greg s face. he was asked to leave after jacobs to lower the recorder. jacobs declined and greg then attempted to grab the phone that was pushed in his face. jacobs grabbed greg s wrist and spun away from greg, pushing