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>> reporter: if this is all true, this congress mman says is obstruction of justice and an indictment of the president should not be off the table, saying it would be preposterous to block indictment based on doj policy without a federal court having ruled on the question. republicans on the flip side are so far reacting cautiously or keeping quiet in response to the buzzfeed report. most saying they want to see if this is verified. >> stand sara murray is working her sources. if the report is t...

Applying it to what we just have learned from buzzfeed. it may be the interpretation of the memo that is the worst thing for the president of the united states. but bill mar -- bill mar -- bill barr is absolutely on record as youve just stated. text messages not complicated stuff. theres no other interpretation here except that the president would have committed a crime, and a serious crime, if this report is accurate. >> i think bill mar is on record also with his thoughts. his feelings about a...

A second summit between president trump and the north korean dictator kim jong-un. lets go live to pamela brown. in the midst of this new buzzfeed report, the government shutdown, the administration is now eager to tout this second summit. >> reporter: thats right. the white house saying today that the second summit with kim jong-un and president trump is planned to happen late february. this news following a nearly two hour meeting today between president trump and north koreas envoy. this happ...

It is a crime that michael cohen has pled to. it is to break campaign finance law and there had been repeated lies from trump and members of the trump world about when discussi discussions ended. there has been a pattern of misleading the public and prosecutors about this. court documents seem to row vied some clues related to this report. >> thats right. there are some clues. the court documents dont go as far as this buzz feed report. i should know. they have been ahead of everyone on parts of...

The transcripts have been made public that there was anything but hesitancy on the part of the witnesses that we interviewed to mislead the congress. >> well, let me rephrase the question. based on everything you know and based on what you can say can you confirm the buzz feed report? >> i cant confirm the buzz feed report. remember, that report was based on two sources who were inside the investigation and apparently refer back to materials. this is according to the buzz feed report that the sp...

Administration of endangering by leaking air travel plans. president trumps bitter feud is escalating by the day as the powerful washington veteran for a border wall. as the shutdown grinds on who is winning? kwour in the situation room. breaking news, the white house is finally denying an earth shattering report which if true could threaten donald trumps presidency. buzz feed reports that he directed michael cohen to lie to congress about a trump tower project in moscow. buzz feed sites two...

Shutdown but i wanted to ask you about something else. a story leading a lot of news today. its widespread reaction to that buzz feed report and writers were citing two unnamed federal law enforcement officials that something candidate trump asked his personal attorney to do during the presidential campaign. the respect reporting president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. trump also support add plan to visit russia during the pr...

>> dana: the president and top members of congress weighing in on the buzz feed report that candidate trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress about a trump tower in moscow. adds dam schiff and squarery nather say they will investigate. joining me, former federal prosecutor is here with me to enexplain this. can you take a listen to kellyanne conway, the presidentss adviser on fox business network about this story. >> im very dismayed that the sourcing in this particular article are two l...

The president said come on. he said no. he closed down the government. thats what happened. he can reopen it tomorrow just like he closed it down. its all on him, isnt it? >> well, he got elected too. he has a point of view. the fact is that at this point a bill that would reopen the government without some funding for the wall wouldnt get through the senate. if it did, the president would veto it. just as a practical matter, theres three steps. it has to get through the house of representatives...

Over and over. >> sure. the take-away message for me, this week, is that some of had with he was saying was anticipatory. they were bracing for things to happen, which clearly did during the course of the week. which are not in and of themselves good news. i think more about political bad news as much as necessarily legal jeopardy. i mean, i still -- most of the media seems to completely miss the point of this. its nice that michael cohen said that the president directed him to lie to congress. ...