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There have been occasions macas that pattern but the statements made in this article are now under challenge by the special counsel. >> let me go to mimi first. the ronan farrow tweet, let me read them both. there were two. ronan, excellent reporter obviously, pulitzer prize winner, i cant speak to buzzfeeds source but for what its worth i declined to run with parts of the narrative repeatedly disputing the idea that trump directly ordered that. note that general thrust of cohens lying to congre...

Federal office who is trump, i and the ceo of a media company worked together to keep an individuals information, da, da, da. sometimes hes saying hes being directed by trump and sometimes hes saying hes not. >> so a couple of things. first of all, i just want to take a step back for a second. in the broad scheme of the russia investigation and whats going to come at the end of this for mueller and from the southern district of new york, what is important is the credibility of mueller, of the so...

Impeachment? joining me is barbara lee of california. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. glad to be with you. >> even before the buzzfeed story, there was a certain momentum in the house even when democrats werent in control of it, that donald trump had already done enough to be impeached. in your mind, putting aside and setting aside the buzzfeed story, do you believe that donald trump has committed high crimes and misdemeanors worthy of impeachment? >> thank you, joy. in fact, joy, last ye...

Apparently went out and procured to try to create these polls for donald trump to make him appear to be a top businessman. there are lots of instances in which he has been directed by donald trump to do some things that clearly have become what appears to be violation of criminal laws. in this case, it doesnt mean what we are hearing in this does not mean that we know that there wont in the future be corroborated evidence of donald trump having knowledge of and in some way being part of what cou...

Our own job of getting this information to the american public because its been two years. theres some very pressing issues that we need to get to the bottom of about whether this president is guilty of crimes and whether theres a count intelligence issue with this presidents. >> this whole episode has underscored the danger of democrats relying solely on mueller to be the only one whos doing this work. the oversight responsibility belongs to them. well talk about that later in the show. ken del...

A bombshell buzzfeed report claims president trump directed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about the trump tower moscow project. cnn has not independently confirmed this report. earlier on "new day" one of the journalists behind it told us he is certain his law enforcement sources on this story are, quote, rock solid. joining us is the author of "the threat matrix, inside muellers fbi and the war on global terror." garrett, you guide us every day through the matrix of robert ...

Perjury is clearly an impeachable offense because it has been used before in the articles against bill clinton and richard nixon. do you think in this case it should call for that process? >> we dont have to wonder if it is an impeachable offense. the incoming, likely attorney general acknowledged that as well. i think the sensement on the committee is we want to be in a position to have all of the facts and information. you have one opportunity to move forward on something so serious. i think i...

This report from buzzfeed from jason leopold and anthony cormier, these are two journalists who have been at the top of their game throughout the entire russia investigation. so we have sort of every reason to trust their sourcing and every reason to trust these two specific journalists. >> they nailed the trump tower moscow story. they had reports that the timeline was being fudged from the beginning. you know, months before michael cohen pleaded guilty to it. i want to ask because people may n...

To be discovered. >> david, it strikes me either buzzfeeds news is colossally wrong or the president is in a new type of big trouble this morning. >> no question about it. it sets up an extraordinary event on february 7th if michael cohen proceeds to testify before congress. it reminds me of 1973 when a fellow named alexander butterfield revealed to the watergate hearing that president nixon had been taping his conversations and that opened the door to the end of the nixon administration. if thi...

Is a little bit of string to pull that the special counsel perhaps has not revealed yet. >> okay. anthony cormier, thank you very much for sharing all of your reporting thats getting so much attention in the buzzfeed news story with us this morning in helping us understand how you have tried to piece it together. we appreciate it. >> thanks so much. >> lets bring in david axelrod, cnn senior political commentator and former senior consultant to trump. asha, i thought it was helpful. it was revea...