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For her security? i dont know that everyone would sign on to that. >> everybody has the right to criticize and they will criticize. >> this is criticism of the pences doing this, its not a blind criticism of christian education. thank you for joining us on "inside politics." i hope you have a great weekend. brianna keilar starts right now. im brianna keilar live from cnns washington headquarters underway right now. we begin with a stunning report that if true it raises serious questions abou...

Horrible stories about their personal lives, about whats happening with employment. i would urge the president to meet with federal workers and government workers and understand the magnitude of this problem. government needs to be open. the president needs to allow the government to be open and let us then negotiate as we should on border security issues. you cant do that while the president has us held hostage by the tactics hes using and he keeps on undermining his own negotiators. we need to...

>> good to be here. >> can you share withous your reaction to this buzzfeed report? do you agree with congressman castro that if true the president must resign or be impeached? >> well, this information is extremely serious. theres no question about the definitions of what is criminal activity, thats what mr. cohen is talking about. but i think what congress really needs to do is protect the mueller investigation and get all of the mueller investigation. we have to make sure that its transmitted...

I will say that to his credit. >> congressman kinzinger, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> up next, a look at the trump tower moscow project. how far did it go or not? it is the one at the center of the explosive buzzfeed report. ♪ it is such a good time to dance ♪ ♪ it is such a good time to [ laughing ] ♪ scoobidoo doobidoo ♪ scoobidoo doobidoo [ goose honking ] ♪ [ laughing ] a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it. ♪ progressive helps keep you out...

Questions. the question is can he respond to these questions about the trump tower moscow project because we have learned he cannot talk about things about the russia investigation. does this pertain to the russia investigation? can he say this in open testimony or in classified testimony behind closed doors? we dont have an answer yet. >> it would be a lot of pressure to ask and answer those questions. >> lets talk about the legal and political ramifications of this report. joining us michael m...

Watching all of that testimony earlier this week. we are told by three people familiar with the matter that the president was caught offguard by some of the testimony. of course, this testimony this morning in the wake of that buzz feed report is coming under much sharper scrutiny here particularly the questions there. we know the president was surprised and taken aback a bit, we are told, by the friendship that william barr described between him, his family and the special counsel robert muelle...

Pliek l michael cohen said and we have to see what coother documents a other peoples testimony, that could be the most important thing of all. >> and neither cnn or other news organization is yet to confirm this buzz feed report. if true it is a crime. ask richard nixon. he had to resign as a result. bill clinton was impeached in the house of representatives. he was convicted in the senate. >> absolutely. it is is not coming out of left field. i think part of what makes this story of a different...

Vlgs the white house denied a bomb shell a report from buzz feed news which as saying president trump dregted his personal attorney to lie to congress about negotiations to built a trump tower in moscow. lets bring there our legal experts to discuss all of this. if true this would be perhaps the biggest break in this investigation so far. >> i think thats right. the behavior described in the buzz feed story is a crime. is president trump or -- its unclear when this took place, whether it was aft...

Very serious crime. and by the way, forget about whether it is a democrat or republican talking, the president here, richard nixon and clinton, the articles of impeachment including encouraging people to lie. cohen himself who may come before the congress soon will be spending time in prison for lying to congress. >> i know you have spent the last 18 months looking into all of this. have you seen personally independent evidence to back up this buzz feed report? >> well, the buzz feed report, wol...

He hasnt quite settled on it. he may be getting advice from his daughter on this issue. they may be telling him, dont do it. as tempted as you are, you are going to make things worse if you give her an awful nickname. >> reporter: despite indications that nancy pelosi is winning this battle of public perception, members of congress and political analysts are warning this could turn on a dime. now, about a month in the shutdown, it might. both trumps and pelosis base supporters will have had enou...