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Significant. i think on the hill, there was also a pressure coming because you had some members, and i want to say that they were not leadership and they were not the committee chairs, but you had some democrats starting to use the "i" word and starting to say, mueller, if youve got this evidence, you have to bring it forward now. so there were those two confluences of events happening that i think compelled him to say something. we dont know, though i dont think we should get ahead of our skis ...

>> despite a one sentence statement saying, quote, buzz feeds description to the special counsels office regarding the testimony are not accurate. when the article broke, democrats took to the airways to respond. >> if the president of the united states, if the report is true, the president of the united states violated the law. if he told michael cohen to commit perjury, that goes to the discussion about whether or not he the president should continue in office. >> this is obstruction of justic...

Room visit, from savings. others said they would need to pay with a credit card, borrow from family or friends, or simply take out a personal loan. the broader impact on the economy is starting to become apparent as well. bloomberg estimates federal contractors could be losing as much as $200 million a day in lost or delayed revenue. delta airlines says its already lost $25 million in revenue due to lost government flights. a month in, this shutdown is having a real impact both inside and outsid...

Were tired. this is like the slowest, longest, most drawn-out drama. and whatever story is going to make this end, i think a lot of people are kind of eager for. the buzzfeed story kind of has that patina. its the smoke from the smoking gun. and if, indeed, it leads to the gun from whence the smoke ori n originated, boom, we can start this story and time to start "game of thrones" in april and we only have one drama to deal with. first of all, its a good thing the larger media establishment was ...

Lot of it has to do with trust. i dont trust a lot of our politicians anymore. >> and hanging over the nation and mr. trumps presidency, "the new york times" report that the fbi opened an inquiry in 2017 into whether or not mr. trump was working as a russian agent as president. "the washington post" report that president trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal his conversations with russian president vladimir putin. the acknowledgment by the presidents lawyer that someone on his campa...

Kerfuffle over the last 48 hours with buzzfeed. there were a lot of questions about what happened between michael cohen and donald trump, the special counsels office obviously pushed back on the buzzfeed story. so lets clear it up. on the record, once and for all, are you a hundred percent confident that the president never once asked michael cohen to do anything but tell the truth to congress? >> 100% certain of that. and also, i should add the buzzfeed story was a story that the president had ...

Special prosecutors office to actually say no, a story is wrong. a lot of people now know this story but let me pum the special counsels statement up one more time from pete carr -- the special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office recording michael cohens congressional testimony are not accurate. saturday, buzzfeed is still sticking by their story. heres their statement. as weve reconfirmed our reporting, weve seen no indication that any specifi...

>> now to this new bombshell report -- >> explosive new report. >> bombshell new report about the president. >> the special counsels office shoots down a story claiming president trump ordered michael cohen to lie to congress about the moscow/trump tower project. >> i think that the buzzfeed piece was a disgrace to our country. >> were journalists too willing to report a story they cannot confirm? joining me for insight and analysis, joshua johnson, host of npr. peter baker. and nbc news nationa...

Tonight, looking at what cohen as the previously said and seeing if its similar to this "buzzfeed" report and it is in a way and not onway. >> what to you think of the whole situation? >> weve been saying throughout the day this story creates more questions than answers. there are so many questions as far as how were corroborating what michael cohen actually said, they mention emails, other documents and weve been saying we dig out that >> i also know having worked for bob mueller. getting thum ...

In december, michael cohen pleaded guilty to plyilying to congress about the trump tower moscow project. he had testified that the talks about the project ended in january 2016, when in fact, they went on until at least june 2016, well into the presidential campaign. and the court documents cited that cohen had had conversations with officials connected to the white house. what the buzzfeed story did is take it a step further and alleged that the president himself had asked cohen to lie. if true...