what i say or try to explain. i look like a jerk. >> but, again, it is hard to believe you didn't know it was a sexual assault. not only did you say that she was trying to outdo me or -- and that it would be funny if it happened to me, but you also linked to the cbs news statement, which clearly says it was a sexual assault. >> yeah, i should have read it. i just heard the word assault. no matter what i say, it doesn't sound good. an assault isn't justifiable either. an saumt assault is terrible. i just assumed you were roughed up, she was roughed up a bit more and now the main stream media is going to make a big deal out of this. instead of focusing on other events. >> but you want people to believe you were linking to a cbs news statement that you yourself had not read? >> i was sort of tweeting. i heard the word assault. i figured many journalists are being pushed around -- >> did you read the cbs statement that you linked to? >> not at the time. afterwards i did and i realized i was going to be in a lot of trouble.