to his. >> you're the one hop testified. >> charges without having a chance to respond. give me a break. >> the time he's taking right now, i'll give you that in equal time. >> okay, thank you. go ahead into it was not a simple question, senator franken. >> i'm sorry? >> it was not a simple question. the lead-in to your question was very, very troubling. and i answered to you in a way that i felt was responsive to what you raised in your question. let me read it to you. you said, cnn has just accomplished a story, meaning that day, while we were in the hearing that none of us had heard about. >> keep reading. > and i'm telling you this about this news story that's just been published. i'm not expecting you to know whether or not it's true. but cnn jupublished a story