This is ridiculous, doctored or not.<p>"Pardon me, ma'am" is nothing like "placing his hands on a young woman."<p>EDIT:
For people who haven't watched a full video of the press conference with audio, here's my transcript, please forgive any errors:<p>Acosta: thank you mr president, I challenge you on one of the statements you made at the tail end of the campaign, the midterms that...<p>Trump: Here we go.<p>Acosta: Well... If you don't mind Mr. President -<p>Trump: let's go, let's go. Come on. [whistling noise with hand gesture to urge haste]<p>Acosta: ...that this caravan was an invasion, as you know<p>Trump: I consider it to be an invasion<p>Acosta: as you know mr president, the caravan was not an invasion, it's a group of migrants moving up from Central America towards the border with the U.S...<p>Trump: thank you for telling me that, I appreciate it.<p>Acosta: ...why did you characterize it as such, and...<p>Trump: because I consider it an invasion, you and I have a difference of opinion<p>Acosta: ...do you think that you demonized immigrants...<p>Trump: not at all, no, not at all<p>Acosta: ...in this election to try ...<p>Trump: I want them, i want them to come into the country, but they have to come in legally, you know, Jim, they have to come in through a process, I want it to be a process and I want the people to come in and we need the people to come<p>Acosta: your campaign, your campaign...<p>Trump: wait, wait - you know why we need the people, don't you? Because we have hundreds of companies moving in, we need the people.<p>Acosta: but you campaign had an ad showing migrants climbing over walls and so on<p>Trump: well that's true, they weren't actors, they weren't actors, it's true - do you think they were actors? they weren't actors, they didn't come from Hollywood. These were, these were people, this was an actual, you know, it happened a few days ago, and<p>Acosta: they are hundreds of miles away, though, they are hundreds of miles away, that's not an invasion<p>Trump: honestly, honestly, I think you should let me run the country, and you run cnn, and if you did it well your ratings would be much better<p>Acosta: if I may ask one other question<p>Trump: that's enough<p>Acosta: if I may ask one other question, are you worried<p>[begin incident over microphone]<p>Trump: that enough, that's enough, that's enough<p>Acosta: pardon me ma'am, I'm<p>[end incident over microphone]<p>Trump: that's enough<p>Acosta: regarding the Russia investigation, are you concerned...<p>Trump: I'm not concerned about anything with the Russia investigation, because it's a hoax. That's enough, put down the mike.<p>Acosta: ...are you worried about indictments coming down...<p>[trump walks away from the podium, Acosta hands microphone to intern and sits down]<p>[nbc reporter Peter Alexander gets mike, trump returns to podium]<p>Trump: I'll tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person, you shouldn't be working for CNN.<p>Alexander: I think that's unfair...<p>Trump: the way you treat Sarah Huckabee is horrible, the way you treat other people are horrible. You shouldn't treat people that way.<p>Peter Alexander: in Jim's defense, I've travelled with him, he's a diligent reporter...<p>Trump: well I'm not a big fan of yours either.<p>Alexander: I understand.