` why do n't we let me explain instead of talking over me , ok ? ' he asked today 's savannah guthrie as she tried to corner him wednesday morning .
paul unleashed on on a female cnbc anchor during a line of questioning he considered ` slanted ' ; he shushed her and told to ` calm down a bit '
` i think i have been universally short-tempered and testy with both male and female reporters . i 'll own up to that , ' he now concedes .
admission summed up the freshman lawmaker 's second day as an official 2016 contestant - a day that also included a confrontation with the chairwoman of the democratic party over late-term abortion .
paul declared that she seems to be ` ok with killing a 7-pound baby '