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Sorry. jimenez. why do i do this. perhaps i needed more spanish in my public education. >> sonia coordinator for the womens network. deputy editor of think progress.com. i feel like i butchered your name. all right. i have a tendency to do that. i am killing your name for you, sorry. undergrad at barner -- lola. writer and social commentator. joining us is katie mccormick. secretary to former press secretary to first lady michelle obama. joining us at the table is stephanie. pronounce your last ...

In the state department has finally motivated enough republican leaders to say enough. bachmanns letters singled out huma abedin to having tied to the muslim brotherhood. writes three family members, her late father, mother, and brother connected to muslim operatives and/or organizations. her position affords her routine access to the secretary and to policy making. she wrote in the letter. now add james sensenbrenner to the list of republicans who challenge bachmann on this one. video by think ...

Welcome back to "hardball." u.s. congresswoman michele bachmanns request for investigation to root out moles in the department had people saying enough. identified someone as having ties to the muslim brotherhood. writes three family members, her late father, mother, and brother connected to muslim operatives and/or organizations. her position affords her routine access to the secretary and policymaking, she wrote in the letter. now u.s. congressman challenged bachmann on this one. video by thin...

The worst accusation a news organization can face? >> yeah. im not really sure what his strategy there was. i think what he was trying to do was he was trying to bring me down to his level, and he was assuming that i was ambushing him, therefore, he was trying to quote, school me on how to do a proper ambush. i mean, all i was really doing was i was reporting at cpac for think progress.org on a variety of conservative issues, and i happened to see jessie waters roaming around the hotel. i saw hi...

Think progress.com caught up with waters, asked about an interview that a former fox news employee gave to media matters in which he said, quote, stuff is just made up. >> are you jessie waters? >> who are you? >> ben armbruster. >> whats up. how you doing. >> i want to ask you a question. >> is this an ambush? listen, this is not how you do an ambush, man. >> why not? >> you have to have a real camera, first of all. >> this is real. >> if you are doing a real ambush, you have to have a crew, yo...

Proper ambush. i mean, all i was really doing was i was reporting at cpac for think progress.org on a variety of conservative issues, and i happened to see jessie waters roaming around the hotel. i saw him, i thought hey, i saw this reporter from media matters that week, and i thought perhaps since he is a fox news employee that i would ask him about what he thought about it. but after i asked him, he didnt really -- obviously didnt answer the question, but he just kind of assumed that i was amb...

Doing, you know, whats your name. >> so what do you think about it? >> you know, usually when i do these things, i say hi, jessie waters. >> i did introduce myself. do you think fox makes stuff up? >> bro, you come at me with the camera phone. >> answer the question. yes or no. do you think fox makes stuff up? yes or no. >> do i think fox makes stuff up? thats your question? you want to repeat the question? >> do you have an answer or no. >> are you going to repeat the question. >> a fox insider...

>> answer the question. yes or no. do you think fox makes stuff up? yes or no. >> do i think fox makes stuff up? thats your question? you want to repeat the question? >> do you have an answer or no. >> are you going to repeat the question. >> a fox insider said fox -- >> bro, im kidding around, i heard the question. im just messing with you, man. >> joining me now, ben armbruster, assistant editor for think progress.org. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> just messing with you. t...

>> can you leave me alone? >> actually no, wed like to talk to you a second. >> i would like to ask you to leave my private property. >> youre just dishonest. >> i listened to the portion you highlighted. >> you didnt hear the whole thing, dont know the context and owe everybody an apology. want to comment on that? >> what do you think of that. come on. >> come on my show. ill ask you, bill wont do it, he doesnt have the courage, but i ask you, come on my show. >> bill would have been here today...