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Here in d.c. this week and that quote comes from your piece on the "washington post" website. there was a woman in ohio who said to you, i always had to turn shep off because he upset me so much. >> the trump fans sound like trump. you know how oftentimes trump used to bash cnn, and it's the same dynamic, shep's awful, he's a socialist, he's a lefty, i never watched him. that was a very common refrain. but these people are very, very well informed about what shep smith stood for and what he did and when he broadcast it and how much years he had been at fox news. these are extremely media-consc...

Shep and i had a great relationship personally. we just didn't talk politics. we didn't get along that way. it was no surprise but that was his decision. fox, both sides say they tried to get him to stay. you know, he's the best breaking news guy ever seen on television. i've never seen anybody do better news than that guy. ever. in all the years i watched television. nobody better than that. >> sure. he was there for 23 years but he was there when they open the doors of fox news. obviously roger ailes had a particular affinity for shepard smith. so when you are a summary for 23 years, it is s...

Shep and i had a great relationship personally. we just didn't talk politics. we didn't get along that way. it was no surprise but that was his decision. fox, both sides say they tried to get him to stay. you know, he's the best breaking news guy ever seen on television. i've never seen anybody do better news than that guy. ever. and all the years i watched television. nobody better than that. >> sure. he was there for 23 years but he was there when they open the doors of fox news. obviously roger ailes had a particular affinity for shepard smith. so when you are a summary for 23 years, it is ...

From weinstein in groping incident but andy says the story was lacking insufficient evidence, who is winning this argument? >> i think farrell is winning the argument, producer backs him up and key piece that farrell had famous audiotape when he was working at story for nbc, he had audio clip, taped confession, nbc by own admissions didn't think the story was worth pursuing in a certain time frame. howie: trying to get in hotel of italian model. that would seem to be a story. >> pulling back and, you know, that's huge, you don't have that audio clip and not go, peddle to the metal on a story l...

Howie: there were praise from rival network, it's no secret that president trump was no fan of shep, sometimes jabbing him on twitter and on friday he made sarcastic comment on departure questioning on ratings even though he was number one in time slot. a new direction for fox, when shep approached management last month and said he we wanted to step down and he was asked to reconsider. that's a fact. whether or not you like shep smith outspoken to fact-checking the white house this is an extraordinary newsman, one who loves spending hours on the air when hurricane struck and he left his mark. ...