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It seems to be a clear rebuttal. >> right. this is not just based on these peoples perceptions. they are aware of the documents. the special counsel saying this is not accurate of sort of the information, the testimony that the special counsel has at their disposal. weve all been in a difficult position with this report. no one else has been able to confirm it. we have been saying that on the air over and over again that cnn couldnt confirm it. even the buzzfeed reporter said they havent seen th...

Documents and witnesses. if its true, would have been obstruction of the justice. would have been the president trying to get a witness to commit perjury. i think thats why youre seeing the special counsels office take this step of issuing a statement like this. they dont want to be in the habit of saying this is right and this is wrong because theyre not supposed to be commenting but this was a different kind of story. >> thats right. we heard the congress may san now that this is out there, mu...

>> all right. thank you very much. well update you as we get more. we have that very important rebuttal from the special couns counsels office this hour. next, the president accused of tweeting a racist story about prayer rugs at the border. well tell you what that means. why was mike pompeos office traveling with him on an official trip to the middle east with extra staff in the middle of a government shutdown? coaching means making tough choices. jim! youre in! but when you have high blood...

Are sneaking across the border. thats literally a plot point from an action movie. what is that saying? oh, terrorists. were going to get into all of those stories tonight. lots to talk about including our breaking news that roberts mueller office is disputing the buzzfeed report that president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress. were going to dig into it with josh campbell, harry lippman and ryan lizza. california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org.

Buzzfeed? >> it sounds very terrible for buzzfeed. i have a lot of faith in the fact that mueller never puts out statements or rarely. the other thing is, i looked at the reporters who were behind the story. i only know one of them. hes a careful reporter. i cant believe he would put out a bogus story. the other one is a pulitzer prize winner which makes it even more confusing. they are invest gaigative reporters. they must have been mislead by their sources. >> its hard to understand what would...

Video of donald trump speaking to oprah in 1988. he retweeted that basically saying, just a son who loves his dad. unclear what prompted that tweet. certainly, white house has stayed mum. they are letting the president tweet, speak about this and just letting this play out. there is an attitude here of vindication and i told you so. white house officials throughout the day have been knocking this down or attempting to knock down the buzzfeed report, which was unusual for the white house to do. n...

Michael cohen to lie under oath to congress. buzzfeed reporting the bombshell details. they are saying a reporter has seen documentation proving that the president committed a felony crime. chairman of the house int intelligence committee and the judiciary committee is where impeachment proceedings would begin are both calling for investigation. the white house response to the report. they took 16 hours to refute it. >> thats absolutely ridiculous. i think that the presidents outside counsel add...

Primary. they continued months after that. cnn has not independently confirmed buzzfeeds report. its the talk of the day and theres congressional investigations about to start as a result. if true, the report implicates the president in federal crime. up until sanders categorical denial 16 hours after that report. all we heard were attacks on michael cohen himself. not denials of the facts but attacks. >> im not going to give any credence to michael cohen so who is a convicted felony and admitte...

Documents were. what do you make of this? where they lied to? >> certainly. theres always the possibility someone was lied to but theres the possibility that whoever these federal law enforcement officials were, they saw some subset of these documents and drew conclusions that maybe took leaps that are not backed up by the documentation. maybe they drew different conclusions than what the special counsels office drew. its difficult know without know wh knowing what was included. this is the kind...

It aint over. lets get after it. >> they put out a statement just a moment ago about what they hear in this buzz feed report, and they knock it down in part. now buzz feed reported that michael cohen, the presidents former lawyer told the special counsel that president trump directed him to lie to congress about a massive business deal he was seeking with moscow. they cited two law enforcement sources investigating it. they said they had corroborating effort. muellers team put out a statement th...