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>> bret: fresh pickings from the political grapevine. word of a second run-in between a student and north carolina congressman etheridge but this happened 14 years ago. local newspaper reports then high school senior brandon less leslie -- leslie says he ran into him at a football game and he says he asked etheridge repeatedly about a stance on education issue and, "thats when he grabbed me by the shoulders, he stock me and said, son, you need to learn to respect your elders." etheridges office ...

Out in streets on capitol hill. there you see congressman bob etheridge from north carolina with a little incident that got a lot of coverage on cable. wasnt covered on network news. charles? >> well, thats the bias that we, that is like the sun rising in the east. you accept it. nothing we can do about it. what is interesting is how people spoke about internet democratized writing and journalism. it democratized ambush journalism. it used to be specialty of "60 minutes" and now anyone with a ca...

Are ox moronic terms that have a difficult time meeting each other. >> james rosen, fox news. >> bret: we tell you another aspiration that alvin greene has. north carolina congressman bob etheridge apparently has done this before. thats next in grapevine. im the key against your side door. [ scraping ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

Cover the carly fiorina open-mic comment about barbara boxers hair. politico reports the national republican senatorial committee is using the etheridge confrontation to warn its members to be polite and not make physical contact with any videographers. south carolina democratic nominee alvin greene whom we told you about earlier may not have a lot of campaign cash but he has self-confidence. he told "time" magazine -- "i am the best candidate for the senate in south carolina and the best pers...

Etheridge got all handsy this week with a couple of guys who pushed a cram in his face in washington. >> do you fully support the obama agenda? >> who are you? who are you? >> whoa. >> showing off impressive mastery after than array of submission holds, etheridge moved from a wwe style wrist lock to a scruff of the neck kittan grab and transmitted it into a best buds side hug. even after all that grabbing and hug, congressman etheridge never did get his answer to one of lifes great questions. >>...

Bob etheridge was caught on camera man handling a young student after he asked a question. lawmakers are growing frustrated with guerrilla-style reporters. do these videos provide a public service, o is it a brand of political entrapment? this is the question. what is the answer? should we be allowed to record politicians on the cell phone camera if theyre walking in public or not? >> im not a huge fan of randomly recording people. in the case of congressman etheridge, however, whether or not th...

>> sean: a democratic member of congress is coming unheavy fire after he was caught on a tape getting into a physical altercation with a student on a washington, d.c. street. congressman etheridge is at the center of this storm. look at this shocking video. >> you support the obama agenda? >> who are you? who are you? >> whoa! >> tell me who you are? >> we are just here for a project, sir. >> tell me who you are? >> im just a student, sir. >> we are students, thats all we are. >> i have a right ...

Me. >> sean: hours after that footage went viral etheridge called an emergency press conference to address the incident. >> i came here today to do one thing that was to apologize for my actions. as i said, no matter how intrusive or partisan our politics has become there is no excuse, i know better. >> have you talked to him personally? >> i dont know who they are. >> did you feel -- >> sean: here with analysis, the report first posted the video mike flynn with big government do the coll. do yo...

Who are you? >> kwhoe! >> who are you? >> whoa. were just here for a project, sir. >> tell me who you are? >> im just a student, sir. >> from? >> i have we are just students. >> i have a right to know who you are. >> who are you? >> please let go of my arm. >> sir, sir, please. let go of me. >> who are you? >> congressman etheridge has apologized he profoundly gets his action. he adds on the day the video was shot he a long day. the man on the video who calls himself a student still unidentified...