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Members of congress could be the most serious allegations yet about donald trump and russia. buzzfeed news reports that president trump directed his then attorney, michael cohen, to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow, citing two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter. nbc news has not independently confirmed this report. buzzfeed sources go on to allege that the president and his children, ivanka and donald trump jr. received...

Of the state of the union to take advantage of the situation, be incredibly abusive toward the shutdown and use it toward feeding his base. i think she made a great decision pulling that platform away from him. we already saw what he did with the presidential address from the oval office. hes not trustworthy on this level. i think shes trying to deny him a platform he would abuse. thank you very much. theres a whole batch of new poll numbers. plus, a troubling new report on the trump administrat...

Just with michael cohen but multiple witnesses from the trump organization and internal company e-mails, text messages and a cache of other documents. bob mueller is not taking michael cohen at his word, hes conducting an investigation. >> and as ben pointed out, willie, the buzzfeed report is attributed to law enforcement sources. this is the first example of trump on the record being accused of telling a lie with something to do with russia. i would like to you play then and now. the then woul...

So thats where this gets sticky for those folks. again, i go back to the point was made the last segment. where is mitch mcconnell in this conversation is the most important player right now. not only does he play a role in getting the government open but he will also play a role in whether or not the senate moves in such a way to support whatever comes out of the house. >> what will mcconnells next move be? as it relates to the shutdown, he can point to donald trump. donald trump clowned him se...

President trumps been dogged by questions about what, if anything, russia had on him. the issue came up when he met with vladimir putin last year. joining us now to talk about this is john nickols, u.s. national affairs and sfoern policy expert at the harvard extension school. he wrote a column saying all signs pointed to putin having compromising information on the president. tom, thank you for being with us. what do you think this is about? >> i think the president has had a long history with ...

Dealings with russia during the presidential debate on october 9th in the presidential debate, he said i know nothing about russia, i know nothing about the inner working with russia, i have no businesses there, i have no loans with russia. he was clear there was no business between him and russia and now were learning thats not true. >> he doesnt even know where russia is but yet he was in the middle of this deal. i mean, we know from previous information, we know that he was deeply involved in...

Have turned 90 this month. that wraps up this hour. ill see you at 1:00 p.m. right now more news with hallie jackson. >> thank you very much. i am hallie jaxen ckson. the presidents lawyer tells us its not true. apparently the special counsel has the receipts to prove it. the reporter behind the story joins us live as we break it down. were live on capitol hill where some democrats want an investigation now and at least one dem wants impeachment or a resignation. lots of moving pieces this morni...

But a new buzzfeed report bolsters claims michael cohen made about the president. investigators telling buzzfeed trump knew about plans cohen was advancing for trump to visit russia and meet personally with vladimir putin during the 2016 campaign, all in the hope of moving a trump tower moscow project forward. the sources tell buzzfeed, trump told cohen, quote, make it happen. now, back in october of 2017, cohen testified before the house intelligence committee. in his testimony, cohen claimed t...

For impeachment. they all want the same thing. answers. joining me jim heyes, congressman, thank you for being here. >> hi katy. what do you think of this report and what do you think you should be doing about it? >> the report is shocking. lets stipulate right up front. it is a report in the media, we dont know what the sources are. there is the two individuals associated with the investigation and a lot of e-mails and documents and other stuff from the trump organization. so stipulating in the...

Silver lining and do good, tast extraordinary. >> i dont disagree. >> bad things will happen long before the government. >> let me look at my constitution. >> i mean talk about cool. do you want to talk to him at a restaurant? hey, what are you doing? reading the constitution? >> i am so into that. >> good-bye. >> it is friday. >> okay, lets do the news. donald trump is facing the most damming report to date for his presidency. a story that could lead to his impeachment, citing two federal law...