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>> i'm not talking about anything ha is off-topic. this is all about the president. >> so congressman michael grim does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances. we wanted to get him on camera on that, but we e he, as you saw, refused to talk about that. back to you. >> that was in january. caught on camera physically threatening a reporter who had the nerve to ask about a campaign financing probe. in april, grim was indicted. he paid hundreds of thou sands of dollars in payroll taxes from the government.

He is a congressman who became famous or perhaps infamous for threatening a reporter's life in the capitol rotunda right after the president's state of the union speech. have a look. >> finally, before we let you go, since we have you here, we haven't had a chance to talk about -- >> i'm not speaking about anything that's off topic. thank you. >> so, congressman michael grimm does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances. we wanted to get him on camera on that. but he refused to talk about that. back to you. >> let me be clear to you. if you ever do that ...

Grimm, boy, got in his face. >> we haven't had a chance to kind of talk about some of the -- >> -- anything that's off topic. [ bleep ] >> what? why? [ inaudible ] >> you couldn't see those subtitles, grimm threatened to break him in half and throw him off the balcony and scotto was stunned. >> i was taken aback. i'm used to people giving me pushback for questions. i was not used to something like that. >> grimm issued a statement saying he was doing new york one a favor by rushing to do the interview but that the reporter insisted on taking a disrespectful and cheap shot. here's the thing, co...

So obviously last night a lot of handshaking, back slapping inside the chamber on capitol hill. but it got very tense outside -- >> "goodfellows." >> republican president michael grimm threatened a reporter after the state of the union. the new york 1 reporter tried to ask the congressman about a campaign finance investigation. >> since we have you here, we haven't had a chance to talk about -- >> i'm not speaking about anything about off-topic. this is about the president's speech -- >> what about -- so congressman michael grimm does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning h...

Speaking slot does not have a history of sending its deliverers on to bigger and better things, shall we say. many of the people who have delivered that address in the past have screwed up. we all remember senator marco rubio taking a swig of water. cathy mcmorris rodgers offered sort of a hopeful vision for her party. she told a touching, personal story and it seemed to come across pretty well. >> all right, so a home run for her. kasie hunt, thanks. >> thanks, thomas. >> reporter:. while things were back-slapping inside, michael grimm physically threatened a reporter after the state of the...