before the controversy arose. and there is something she said to me and then we'll revisit. roll that tape, please. >> i wasn't in that room, so i can't really know what happened. but everything about jackie is entirely credible. i put her story through the ringer. i talked to all of her friends, all of the people that she confided in along the way. her story is very consistent. she has clearly been through a tremendous trauma. and i don't doubt that something happened to her that night. >> all the people she confided in along the way. well, by implication, that would include the three friends to whom she made the initial report. but as you and i now know, they told the "washington post" and media outlets, they were never contacted by "rolling stone." so now it seems we know that the alleged perpetrators were never contacted, and the friends were never contacted. it suggests the whole story was published resting only on the