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With "the guardian" reporter, ben jacobs. i talked to jacobs yesterday and he said, look, the original statement the campaign put out was not at all what he said his recollection was. the campaign accused him of grabbing the candidate. jacobs said that never happened. you didnt hear any of those details from the candidate when he made his victory speech. instead, he was very contrite. a lengthy apology. very clear that republican leadership must have made clear to the campaign that, look, someth...

Permission aggressively shoved a recorder in gregs face and jacobs grabbed gregs wrist and spun away from greg pushing them both to the ground. its unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer bbq. this morning the reporter who alleges the assault ben jacobs fired back. >> the only thing in gianforte statement that is factually correct is my name and my place of employment. i never touched or came close to gianforte. >> lets get...

Gianforte hasnt said anything publicly since the statement, but his campaign says jacobs entered the office without permission, aggressively shoved someone in their face and asked badgering classes. the statement says gianforte asked jacobs to lower the recorder and jacobs declined and blamed jacobs for pushing them both to the ground. >> but note the recording has no indication that jacobs was asked to lower the recorder. you can judge for yourself whether the health care questions were badgeri...

Teresa jacobs. deputy sheriff, danny banks, and chief. >> it is a sad day for us here once again in orange county. im going to share some details about a tragedy that occurred this morning at the incorporated business that you see just behind me. our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the victims this morning. i will share more details about what has occurred. you will be hearing from myself as well as mayor jacobs in just a moment. she will be followed by a representative from the fbi...

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Bozeman, montana. >> reporter: it all begins when republican greg gianforte, the frontrunner in montanas special election, is asked a question about health care by reporter ben jacobs of the guardian. >> the cbo score -- because, you know, you were waiting to make your decision about healthcare until you saw the bill, and it just came out. >> well talk to you about that later. >> yeah, but theres not going to be time. >> reporter: the reporter recording it all. >> im sick and tired of you guys. ...

On cnn. >> it was this very strange moment that he suddenly, you know, grabs my reporter and then things go haywire from there. i have spent a lot of time reporting on capitol hill, a lot of time asking politicians questions about health care, and its never, never ended in any sort of altercation. it was unexpected and surreal. >> reporter: after the altercation, the gianforte camp did respond. and here is what they released. in part they blame jacobs saying he aggressively shoved a recorder in ...

Get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. you are the guardian? >> yes. you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you would like me to get the hell out of here, i would like to call police. >> reporter: jacobs received x-rays on his elbow. >> he grabs my recorder. throwing me down. my grasslasses break. he is on top of me and screams at me. >> reporter: gianfortes campaign offering a different version of events after the incident. writing, ja...

>> you would like me to get out of here. i would like to call the police. can i get you guys names? he just body slammed me. >> you just heard that. it says after asking jacobs to lower the recorder, jacobs declined. i didnt hear any audio of that. i dont know if anybody at home did. i dont think you did. greg attempted to grab the phone. that maybe happened. jacobs grabbed gregs wrist pushing them both to the ground. theres no video if they both ended up on the ground. perspective from our pane...

And it blames jacobs for pushing them both to the ground. >> but note this, the recording has no indication that jacobs was asked to lower the recorder and for his part, ben jacobs calls it the strangest moment in his entire life. polls are opening in hours now. the fallout for gianforte has been swift. already three of the states biggest newspapers have rescinded their endorsements and democrats are already rolled out facebook ads atacking gianforte for the alleged body slam. >> the democratic ...