Our variant alicia acuna and her witness that. She joins us now with a very latest. You really hurt in altercations and then he said the last guy came in here and did the same thing. What was he referring to . From what we understand, Greg Gianforte was referring to another reporter from the guardian. However, i dont have details on what he was referring to specifically if there were some other disagreement between mr. G and 14 and another reporter from the guardian. From listening to interviews that i heard ben jacobs gives from the guardian, that was the person you hurt there, who had his glasses broken and all of that, he said that he didnt feel that he had a personal issue with mr. G and forte that he uncovered. He had been to some of the campaign offense but really said he was just as surprised as we were. I was standing maybe two or 3 feet from the that just happened. He wanted anything happen after him or they try to talk to you to see what statement he would give or template . No one downplayed it. Once ben jacobs left, mr. G salman gianforte looked it up in our field producer was there and apologize. He apologized multiple times. And then his press guy he left and then came back and told us that he didnt see the whole thing. Hes came counted toward the end after everything had happened into heard the noise. He asked us what it was that we saw. They could be a genuine question, him just asking what did you see. It could have been what it was a could be reporting as well . I really cant say. I know that we did have that exchange and then we were told the Sheriffs Department had arrived and we would talk to the sergeant. Kimberly they also released a statement that really did not match up with your eyewitness in a statement and observations by yourself, and also the producer. It didnt match. We noticed that immediately. When that statement was release released, the photographer in the field producer and i were sitting in an witness Interview Room at the Sheriffs Department, the justice center, one that crossed. We discussed how different it was from what we had just seen because in that statement, and i dont have it in front of me at right this minute, essentially the gm forte campaign was saying that ben jacobs was much more aggressive in his approach when he was asking questions that he was waving his recorder and gm forte space and that he tried to grab the recorder and thats when ben jacobs said he tried to grab it and he was this exchange and it from there. I can tell you from standing right there thats not what i saw, thats what not the photographer, that is not what the field producer saw. These are people that work with the Fox News Channel for decade decades. None of us saw what was sent the media. We havent heard from him since gm forte it was scheduled to do a live interview today on the Fox News Channel. He canceled that and put out a statement saying that they were canceling all National Interviews and from what i understand, thats exactly what happened because there were other Media Outlets that were reporting that he also canceled. We are waiting to see if he is going to be here at the headquarters for tonight. This is the watch party. We havent been able to confirm independently that he would be here. Kimberly at where we stand in terms of the Election Results coming in . There were as of early voting and those both stand with the result in returns are coming in now at this hour as well. We have the Associated Press up next to me and have 25 of the reporting that is 169 out o, they are within two points. Right now Greg Gianforte is ahead 48 two democrat rob quist he was at 46 . However, right before i came on with you, i was talking to the director of elections for the secretary of states montana and he explained to me that we are very, very early in the process here. We are hoping to have some sort of finality to this. If i minute not mountaintop tonight, we have a long way to go. I must tell you, going into the event that happened yesterday, the general consensus was that a lot of analysts were saying the expected gianforte to win. That he was going to hold onto that republican seat. Its interesting that it is so close, but again, its early. Kimberly to remind our viewers, ryan zinke receive an appointment with the Trump Administration and obviously a key seat for the republicans. They were hoping to retake this. Its unclear at this hour, im about the tightness of the race whether or not those early voting returns are going to be enough to catapult gianforte into the seat, but nevertheless, he is still facing a criminal charge from the allegation that the salt to conduct that you personally witnessed that transpired last night. We will be checking back with you later in the hour. I want to thank you for your reporting today. Joining a south reaction is former White House Press secretary ari fleischer. Developing these tonights in terms of those returns. Unfortunate situation when you see things like this. We spoke earlier in the previous hour where you would hope that people would have all of the facts, the information, but there is a late breaking things that could always happen in any election. We stop it as well and the president ial election in terms of the new cycle that could impact the voters decision and how they may cast their votes. But with twothirds having previously cast of us that they are not able to change at this point, what do you think in terms of the ramifications . I live in new york state where there is no early voting and i think that you are better off if there is no early voting. And of democrats enjoy it and like it and think its an issue that you dont have are somehow discriminated. You are giving voters up a window and to make them empty mac measurements. I like the new york system. Everyone has free to make its own rules. I have set the extraordinarily tense times of pressure filled time surrounded by the press corps. I dont care how much pressure or stress you are under, you dont do what Greg Gianforte di did. Its wrong and you cannot get physical with reporters. You cannot have the patience to put up with reporters and they are aggressive. Thats their job. Two in terms of will affect the election . I get a strong feeling this is a lot like when donald trump made those remarks about john mccain being a prisoner of war and he said he doesnt like his people being captured and you are not a hero, everybody blew their head up. How can you say this, his poll numbers will drop, he cant go anywhere. The public didnt see it that way. I just have a gut feeling that thats going to be the same thing here in montana, that journalists are reacting to this, as they should because they should defend their brethren, but i dont think the public is going to share that sentiment. Kimberly to think thats also due in part to the fact that there has been such a dissatisfaction with poll numbers in terms of people believe theres a serious liberal bias out there . There are problems with the Mainstream Media on a specific ideological narrative, very against the Trump Administration come up very against the g. O. P. And republicans. When you see this type of situation emerge where he is expressing his frustration at this reporter, this is what you guys always do, there isnt a video of it but there is that audio that maybe people are saying somebody stood up and enough is enough. Not to condone this because its out of line for it that can have that sort of impact where it doesnt penetrate in for someone to make a value change, choice to say were not going to vote for somebody who did this. I think thats exactly right, and you cannot and should not ever do what Greg Gianforte did. Its wrong. Does that disqualify you in the eyes of voters to hold a congressional seat . Thats what we are going to find out here. This is also where i think the reality is, and this is the problem one reporters are not held in a high regard by the country. Reporters have created a situation where so many people dont trust them, dont like them. When Something Like this happens, there can be a sense of well, it was just a reporter. I hate that, somebody who enjoys working with reporters. But if he wins tonight, and there is no change in voter behavior, i do think its akin to what trump said about mccain and voters have the sense of, it was wrong. He shouldnt have done it but its not disqualifying. Kimberly how should the republicans handle it . If hes able to overcome this and win the election, what kind of statements should the g. O. P. Make . And also the president of the United States . What do you do . Greg gianforte needs to handle this. The idea that he might not show up at his own headquarters to give a speech, it is ludicrous. Hes the candidate. He has an obligation to show up. He needs to take it headon, explained that it was a moment of high stress. He made a mistake, never shouldve done it. He should apologize personally to the reporter. He should apologize to the media outlet the guardian and his constituents if he selected. If he loses, apologize to the people of montana. Republicans in washington should do something similar. Condemn him. What you did was wrong. You should never do that. They have no right in washington to sit in superior judgment to the voters of montana. If the voters in montana decide to send him, he is sent. People in washington need to respect it. Kimberly you make point about getting in front of it and owning it and saying i made a horrible mistake, and im ashamed of my behavior. It was unacceptable. I let myself down, my family, the voters in montana that deserve so much better. I want to pledge to you that im going to do something about it and im deeply sorry. Maybe anger management counseling. I dont know. He seems like he needs a Crisis Communication Team stat. No, thats the last thing he needs. He needs to be himself and be sincere. Kimberly maybe somebody has to teach them. Then its not sincere, is it . The public can read you and see you and if they think its a b. S. Apology, they will never accept it. Its not credible. If he is genuinely remorseful, he doesnt need anybody to help him be remorseful. It should start with a phone call to the reporter before he even does anything publicly. Kimberly i dont know. Really good, thoughtful, considerate, nonassaultive people would be sincere. They wouldnt engage in this to begin with. Were going to say after see what happens. Ari fleischer, always a gentleman and a pleasure to have you here tonight. Thank you. Kimberly early results show the Montana Special election is a tight race. Were going to have updates throughout the hour. Anthony scaramucci joins us next with reaction. Liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. Yeah, my dad says our insurance doesnt have that. What . you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Trust 1 doctor recommended dulcolax. Use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. Suppositories for relief in minutes. 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New report reads west wing officials are prepping for a yearslong war with investigators and the bureaucracy with plans to beef we goals surrogate communications and private Response Teams as part of a new normal. Said they are getting street fighters ready to go. Joining us now, anthony scaramucci. Thanks for being with us today. Street fighters, sounds like a video game. But not montana congressmen that hit people. Kimberly what do you make of this report . Theyve been able to break a couple big news stories. Theres been a lot of discussion after this point about the administration needing some people with Excellent Communications skills, crisis communication management. Especially now, in light of these allegations in discussion about russia and leaks. I think its the right thing to do. Even go back 25 years ago, there was a 24hour war room the clintons put together during the campaign. I think the president is trying to prosecute, execute his agenda. Its been overwhelming, the negativity for the media. Saying 88 of the stories are negative. Its a high level of unfairness and subjectivity. The president is probably coming, and his team coming up with a different strategy. They need to have a counter narrative offensive coming out of the white house. The president is using twitter. Some people think thats effective. Some people may not. I thought it was effective during the campaign, still seems to be effective to me in terms of reaching the base but i think he has to counteract whats going on in the Mainstream Media narrative. This could be a good idea. It will be interesting to see who he put in those positions. Kimberly who would you suggest in terms of, you know, putting in people you trust, loyalty of the president and also understanding theyve been successful in the past at working with the media counteract some of these stories. Getting hit with a disproportionate number of negative stories and a tremendous amount of leaks, much more than we saw with the Obama Administration and the bush administration. He can go to anybody. Cory lewandowski, brian lanza, jason miller, he may go to those guys, made go to a new group of people. If he calls, people are going to be responsive. Hes the president. He has a whole team of people that helped bring him in the white house that he has an enormous amount of respect for any trust. I think some combination of those men and women are there and ready to serve him. I think the most unique thing about whats going on right now is that hes a disruptive change agent and that swamp has a very intense immunological system. They dont want him in there, they are trying to reject him in every way they can. It will be interesting to see what happens. Kimberly you think this is something he can turn around and relatively short order with the right people in place . Last week we did the salt conference at skybridge. We did a survey. We had a collection of different people. Universally, at the table, every person more or less said they thought the president could correct this. Hes got a big opportunity to control the narrative, one great thing about the presidency, it sets the news cycle every day. Hes a great communicator and people genuinely like the president. Thats one short year ago i was in albuquerque, new mexico, with him. 8,000 people in the civic center, 9,000 people waiting outside. He is going to iowa in the next five or ten days. There will be thousands of people there to greet him. Hes a liked guy and he needs to get a hold of what he wants to say on a daily basis, start pushing back aggressively. Kimberly coming back this weekend. On the heels of a very successful trip in terms of his meetings hes had with world leaders. Hes talked about the president s interpersonal skills. Weve seen him, to great measure of success come in terms of sitting down with them oneonone like we saw with the president of china, having the relationships and being able to make it work. I think hes a wonderful representative of the American People. Think of what he did. He got to the middle east. Hes letting people know the axis is going to shift back to the sunnis and israelis. Powerful for us the terms of the balance of power. Then hes in rome talking to a remarkably one of the most powerful people in the world who doesnt have an army. Remember what john paul ii did with ronald reagan. Hopefully the relationship can develop. Then he is at nato and recognizes that while there are challenges to nato, theres a way to reengineer nato and make it for the modern era, not dealing with the cold war situation that was its original premise but dealing with what we have to do now, counteract terrorism and evil. That was an effective situation for him. Kimberly what about the consistency of the message with the president telling people they have to pay their fair share to other member nations because they enjoy the benefit of the relationship with the United States and our help financially, militarily. Some people thought this is a strong message he gave. What do you think . I think history will reflect very well on him for this. Some president s historians will say you had an american businessman in place. There was a deal at the table. Some of the western european politicians walked away from the deal with the president of the United States brought them back to the table. My guess is you will see a rise in defense spending on the gdp side as a percentage. Give him credit for that. Kimberly he was very well received. Breaking news reports tonight about jared kushner, some allegations terms of the fbi looking at him with respect to the russia story. What do you make of it . I think its a whole lot of nothing. I think jared has been willing to go before the congress and talk about it. Theres different qualifications. People say you are a person of interest, its very, very different from him being a potential suspect in the case. Kimberly or a target. The president trusts jared. I know them well. Hes an extremely intelligent guy and a very ethical person may think my money is on jared that he handles