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It was health care. it was the economy. so i can understand why theyre going that way. and i think it is fair. i think it is smart to have an oversight because that is what they were elected for, to be an oversight. to be a check and to talk about issues that really matter to the folks that theyre representing. >> carol, as our investigative reporter at the table, a lot of people at the end of this day and at the end of this week where we learned about a counterintelligence investigation to dete...

Statement that some people think is very carefully parsed and some people interpret as a complete knock-down of the story. >> well, wouldnt a better article have managed to include some response or discouragement from the special counsels office had they had a more full discussion of what the claim was going to be? >> so weve now because of "washington post" reporting actually seen the e-mail that was sent to the special counsels office from jason leopold, one of the buzzfeed reporters. and, you...

>> joining me now in new york is staff writer for "the atlantic." what we heard as part of that conversation, ill start with, the simple question. are we supposed to pretend the buzzfeed story never happened or is there still something in there? >> one of the things the buzzfeed report did was revived the conversation about the trump tower moscow deal and how the president was pursuing this throughout 2016 and the way it did that, of course, that rudy guiliani, the presidents lawyer, was out on ...

Conversation surrounding the buzzfeed report and not enough on the implications that while russia was attacking the election the president was pursuing a deal and hiding it from voters. i have spoken to many, many counterintelligence experts, national security experts, who say thats perhaps the most concerning part of all of this. that russia knew that trump was trying to pursue this deal in russia, and the american people did not. so at any moment if russia wanted to pull that out of their pock...

President, then candidate, to lie to them about what he was doing. >> more morale, a lot of questions, few answers. waiting impatiently for robert muellers report to it be completed and questions after william barrs testimony, the likely new attorney general whether well actually see that full report. but is it sort of the risk for democrats that they focus so heavily on impeachment? is that the message from americans in the midterms? whats the message to democratic lawmakers? >> what americans ...

So were going to welcome all of these candidates. were going to show them around the state. were going to introduce them to anybody they want to meet. we will not be making any official endorsements prior to the primary. >> congressman jim clyburn, always good to see you, my friend. thank you for your time. please give my regards to the girls and emily, as well. >> thank you so much. i appreciate that. youre so kind. president trumps tv lawyer complicated his own 2020 path in two big ways. rud...

Congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. in an extraordinary response by robert muellers office, spokesman peter carr released a statement that says -- buzzfeeds description of specific statements to the special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohens congressional testimony are not accurate. buzzfeeds reporters said one more today they stand by their reporting. but when buzzfeeds leopold reached out to...

Of people who are still going to try to find it out before its actually leaked and/or shared with us as a result at the department of justice. i would like to go back to the buzzfeed item for one more moment. >> yes. >> theres still a mystery out there we have not gotten to the bottom of, which is michael cohen, who drives the president to distraction every time he meets with a prosecutor or gets on a stage, somehow alludes that he shaped his story to congress, who helped him shape his story. di...

About it. >> lets just summarize again here. giuliani said that if they did talk, it was about the version of events they both believe is true. danny, when you hear that, and you hear what buzzfeed says, that theyve reconfirmed their reporting, but muellers office of the report is not accurate, where does this leave us? >> rudy knows what he said isnt accurate. number one, he is a former, decorated u.s. attorney. number two, because paul manafort gotexactly the same th. one thing a defendant can...

But ill tell you what, as a member of the judiciary commity and now the intelligence committee, we are committed to getting to the bottom of it and getting to the truth. and we will be relentless in our efforts to do that. the american people who have entrusted this responsibility in us as members of congress working on these committees expect it and were going to keep working until get to the bottom of it. >> and congresswoman, democrats, as you witnessed in the last 48 or so hours, were quick ...