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Report. cohen has admitted that he falsely told lawmakers that talks about the moscow project ended months earlier than they actually did. buzzfeed says according to its sources, the president personally instructed cohen to lie. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on this reporting. so walk us through what we need to know about this report. >> brianna, this is an explosive report with several significant revelations all attributed to two law enforcement officials to back it up. ...

Thing. lets listen. >> if there was reason to believe that the president tried to coach somebody not to testify or testify falsely, that could be obstruction of justice? >> yes, under an obstruction, yes. >> you wrote on page one that the president directing someone to commit perjury would be obstruction, is that right? >> yes. >> carrie, when you look at bill barr saying that, why is this report something that could be a game changer? >> because this particular allegation thats being alleged in...

So its possible obviously he has learned and changed. i would have felt better, and i want to ask you, garrett, they didnt see the texts. they didnt see the e-mails. they didnt see the transcripts of the other interviews with the other trump organization people they say their law enforcement sources are relying on. so its not just michael cohens word against trump. its not just he said/he said. there is a mound of evidence. i wish the reporters had said it but they say their sources are rock sol...

Enforcement sources that matter. they are his, but should that cause us corn and take a step back and take the report with a grain of salt? >> i dont think necessarily in this specific case. buzzfeed, as you said, has been one of the news outlets that has led the way on this story start to finish. you know, right from the start really with the steel dossier through reporting. jason and anthony have done some incredible work on some of the financial movements that the treasury department has been...

Moments ago the white house responded to that bombshell buzzfeed report that president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress. the press secretary calling it categorically false but potential 2020 democratic contenders have been mostly quiet about it. vermont senator bernie sanders definitely tweeted about it writing if this report is true, donald trump committed obstruction of justice, a felony and a potentially impeachable offense, but we havent heard from any other 2020 contenders. i...

With the presidential administration and explained that we have nothing to do with construction issues in the city of moscow. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >> that is the moscow story. the story today as reported by buzzfeed is that the president of the united states directed his attorney michael cohen to lie about that project during testimony to congress. we have democratic congressman raja wirth with us. hes on the foreign relations committee. sir, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank...

Tried to coach somebody not to testify or testify falsely, that could be obstruction of justice? >> yes, under an obstruction statute, yes. >> so if there is some evidence that the president tried to conceal evidence, that would be obstruction of justice potentially, right? >> obstruction of justice and lying, both highlighted in the bombshell buzz feed report that claims president trump personally instructed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress. if the allegations are true, it is ...

Trump was involved in these trump tower moscow negotiations that did stretch through at least june 2016 after trump secured the republican nomination. buzzfeed now reporting law enforcement sources saying that trump had ten face-to-face meetings with michael cohen to discuss this project throughout the campaign. and then, of course, the biggest bombshell, that the president directed michael cohen to lie to congress about the negotiations to build trump tower moscow and the fact that those talks ...

That were taking the task of missile defense seriously and the threat they pose. i dont know if the timing was specifically set for this. it certainly is conspicuous but it was an important message for the defense department to send not just to the north koreans but to the russians and the chinese. we didnt get a lot of time to go through that review. its sobering stuff but its important stuff. im glad to see the pentagon did that review. it was long overdue and the fact that theyre adapting now...

Its impacting people. irs, faa, other departments, its impacting people. so reopen those, you know, fund at least for a temporary time, fund dhs, and then have the discussion. because i mean, this is a bigger problem than what were going to be able to fix during a couple of weeks during a shutdown. we need to have an actual discussion and we need people around the table to do that. >> thank you so much for sharing your stories. >> thank you. coming up, the "i" word, calls for the presidents im...