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Incredible read. it's been described as a new generation of "all the president's men," and cantor and touhy are here with me now in new york to talk all about it. jodie and megan, congratulations on the book launch. >> thanks for having us. >> you shared a lot in this book about the reporting process, the experience of gathering this information. i think we should start at the very beginning, jodie. the first day that you thought about looking into harvey weinstein? >> well, it really came out of "the times'" reporting on bill o'reilly. our colleagues, emily steel and michael schmidt reported ...

An open kind of feedback loop there. i don't actually think that that's going to change just because bill shine is leaving. >> sorry. final question. i lied. the dnc announced, i believe it was yesterday, that they would not have fox host any of the democratic primary debates and one of the things they did was cite the reporting in your article, specifically about what happened with diana falzon, according to your reporting. your reaction to the fact that this article apparently led to that outcome? >> you know, i mean, that's really a political calculation, what the dnc wants to do. it's kind...

Of communication and such an open kind of feedback loop there i don't actually think that's going to change because bill shine is leaving. >> final question. i lied. the dnc announced yesterday that they would not have fox host any of the democratic primary debates and one of the things they did was site reporting unyour article, specifically about what happened with dianne falzone, according to your reporting. your reaction? >> i mean that's real a a political calculation what the dnc wants to do. it's beyond my pay grade. i'm happy to talk about journalism and describe the reporting process ...

Him, for whatever reason, because he's a 77-year-old man used to doing things a certain way in his private business as defenders say or is it something there we don't know about. we have no way of knowing. we just know how he approached this. >> i want to read you something you wrote this morning. he says the press has never been more dishonest than it is today. stories are written that have absolutely no basis, in fact the writers don't even call asking for verification, they're totally out of control. sadly many of them in business. in six years, they all go bust. >> we heard him say that re...

What they say was inaccurate. the statement was written in a lawyerly way. these are lawyers after all. some journalists say don't overthink it. the special counsel never issues a statement, never challenges a story and they've challenged this one so there has to be a reason. >> if we can't match it ourselves to the special counsel's office, as far as i'm concerned, it's more or less inoperative as if it did happen. we have learned more about the reporting process that happened here, including, let me read this. an e-mail for comment sent to peter carr, the spokesman for the special counsel fr...