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Reporter, and this is the most egregious use of numbers i've ever seen in my entire time. >> all right. jennifer rubin, and steve ratner, thank you both. i want to do some updating on the breaking news story out of montana that we brought you at the top of this hour. ben jacobs, reporter for the guardian, who was in montana covering that was at an event with greg gianforte. he's the candidate running in that at-large congressional special election that is tomorrow. he's the republican candidate running against rob quist, the democrat. we played you audio of ben jacobs at this campaign event wa...

Numbers, have gotten to learn about the ahca, the republican alternative, have learned how this would all work, it is actually working, i think, very substantially to the republicans' disadvantage. i think you're going to see a lot of republicans running away from this bill and running away from these kinds of changes. >> jennifer, the significance to me of this being a question about the cbo score that prompts this response, i mean, you know, he does not want to answer a question about the cbo score under the ahca. i think that's clear from the audio. >> right. i want to make one point about ...

So it is a state, at present, they have elected democrats. it will be interesting to see how the voters respond to this tomorrow. >> i would also note, and not to link what gianforte did to what the actual topic was. but this was a question about the cbo score of the ahca, and the ahca has been a central part of this campaign. and gianforte has essentially tried to be neutral on it. he said he was withholding judgment, which to me, steve, shows the kind of political -- if the public running the outlier seat in montana can't four square stand behind the house's bill, that tells you something. >...

Your elbow is okay. >> i -- i -- it's not my pitching arm, so i should be okay. >> okay. ben jacobs of the guardian, who you just heard his account, he says, of being assaulted by the man who is running to represent montana in the united states congress the day before he will be on the ballot in the special election there. greg gianforte, who did this in response to a question from ben, according to ben and to the audio that we just heard, about the cbo score on the ahca. ben jacobs, i hope you get a clean bill of health. thanks for making time tonight. i appreciate it. >> thanks. >> i'm joine...

How the voters respond to this tomorrow. >> i would also note, and not to link what gianforte did to what the actual topic was. but this was a question about the cbo score of the ahca, and the ahca has been a central part of this campaign. and gianforte has essentially tried to be neutral on it. he said he was withholding judgment, which to me, steve, shows the kind of political -- if the public running the outlier seat in montana can't four square stand behind the house's bill, that tells you something. >> the health care -- the reaction of the country to the health care debate is really quit...