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She follow ed up about it. keep in mind, when you watch this, my colleague, ari melver, said judge kavanaugh is too smart to be this dumb. >> were you a party to a conversation that occurred regarding special counsel mueller's investigation. simple yes and no. >> about his investigation. are you referring to a specific person? >> i'm referring to a specific subject and the specific person i'm referring to is you. >> who was the conversation with? you said you had information. >> that is not the subject of the question, sir. >> okay. >> the subject of the question is you, and whether you were p...

Crazy conspiracies can get traction on this. >> ari, i want to talk first about this. we talked about institutional failure. what's happening now is the airing of conspiracy theories as fact. whether or not you choose to believe them. i think it undermined the notion that there even is such a thing as a fact anymore. that was incredibly bold of fox to go forward with the notion that chicago has manipulated the numbers from the bls. there is no questioning on this. >> you see the difference. rush limbaugh was trafficking in conspiracy ideas to lead his audience to the conclusion where sean hann...

He only raises his game at the last minute. frankly, i think his performance -- you may have felt he aced it or wasn't so bad -- >> i don't know that ari said he aced it. he said, i don't think it was as bad as everybody thinks. >> you must be a good debater as i don't recognize my position. >> being the super competitive individual he is i expect him to. but mitt romney now has to live up to expectations. he has a different point of comparison, too. >> the thing about poor mitt romney, in the first debate you have to represent, bring the a-game. he did and now, you really have to represent ag...

The air conditioned auditorium. they talked about social security. at one point jon stewart sat in bill o'reilly's lap. why can't congress be like that? cats and dogs can get alongment. >> they are older, more frail. jumped into their lap. it might twist something. >> that's taking the lowest card from the dechblgt nick, comments? >> don't get any ideas. >> that beautiful moment. >> someone needs one of those podiums. anyway. thank you to ari, megan, nicholas and richard. see you tomorrow at noon when i'm joined by john hileman, mother jones and host of fx's totally biased. until then find us ...

You know, it's kind of conceivable. >> i think it's a little bit different from trying to undermine the bureau of economic data coming out. mitt romney has been secretive. it was a campaign tactic to get more tax returns. was it damaging -- >> the senate majority leader is -- >> the senate majority leader is airing something for which there is no evidence. floating gossip and a rumor. it's different but not necessary thely better or worse. they're both bad. >> i would beg to differ. ari? >> i understand you are both trying to come to an about tif conclusion, but the conclusion -- this is my op...