congressman jim himes of connecticut, a member of the house intel committee. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, alisyn. >> so, when sometimes the president, as we know, floats these conspiracy theories as trial balloons to see what sticks and what doesn't. and so the election meddling that he says is to come is, you know, who knows, maybe it will stick, maybe it won't. some of these things end up without any evidence like the spying that he's claiming end up sort of petering out. so what do democrats do about things like this and how to deflect the president's accusations? >> yeah, alisyn, it's more ominous than that, right? it's not like something sticks or doesn't stick. look, the president three or four times a day simply makes stuff up and lies about things. the problem is that he's got a hard core group of followers who, as he so famously put it would stick with him if he shot somebody on fifth avenue. and a significant percentage of them are running around today saying oh my god, they're