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Kelly mcevers has interviewed bill pruitt. and also david swerdly. good evening to both of you. kelly. you interviewed bill pruitt for pod cast npr back in 2017. imbedded. i want to listen to what bill told you about the content of the tapes and then well talk. >> was it just about women? >> very much a racist issue? >> it was about race? >> yes. >> about african-americans, jewish people, all of the above? >> when you heard these things theres the audible gasp that is quickly followed by a cough...

And then it was pretty quickly, she said, all right, fine, a deputy will get in touch, and then a deputy got in touch and said, these are the same recycled allegations and lies from the past. >> got it. >> there was some interest. >> okay. >> in whether or not we had the tapes. >> david, i want to bring you into the conversation. thanks for sitting by and listening to this. do you think pruitts claims are credible? >> thats great reporting by kelly. i have no reason to doubt what pruitt said the...

And also david swerdly. kelly. you interviewed bill pruitt for npr back in 2017. i want to listen to what bill told you about the content of the tapes and then well talk. >> was it just about women? >> very much a racist issue? >> it was about race? >> yes. >> about african-americans, jewish people, all of the above? >> when you heard these things theres the audible gasp that is quickly followed by a cough and then you just sort of carry on. >> so he says he heard awful stuff but does he know if...

Then a deputy got in touch and said, these are the same recycled allegations and lies from the past. >> got it. >> there was some interest. >> okay. >> in whether or not we had the tapes. >> david, i want to bring you into the conversation. thanks for sitting by and listening to this. do you think pruitts claims are credible? >> thats great reporting by kelly. i have no reason to doubt what pruitt said there, i also dont blame him for wanting to go further than he did in that interview. i think ...

Counselor, two, joseph kennedy, six. >> thank you, rachel. i appreciate it. margaret, you were interested in down ballot and its interesting because theres a tie, right? >> there is a tie. i think how republicans have seen -- those of us republicans who have had a hard time supporting donald trump but care deeply about holding the united states senate are really looking to whether there were ballot splitters, ticket splitters. it was sort of settling down in the final days of the campaign as tho...

>> deadlock. >> we want this to be over, but it wasnt a deadlock. its clinton four, trump two, johnson one, and there was one write in for mitt romney. >> i know. i was thinking maybe -- >> kevin maddon. >> maybe kevin maddon was up there. but yes, sounds like a never trump republican up in dixville notch. you have to give dixville notch credit. whoever does pr for them should get some kind of an award. >> it is interesting. david, again, we were as we watch the rallies, its going to become more...