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Nature. >> i see it differently now. >> youre being nice. and a spokesman for the special counsel just put out a statement in response to the "buzzfeed" report saying the description of specific elements to social counsels office, are not accurate. jonathan, im not sure how you read that? do you read it as complete denial that michael cohen was told to lie to congress by this story? >> ive read the statement now about five or six times and two wor jump out at me. description and accurate. theyre...

Theyll release the report, theres a precedent. and the reason for the hearings is the american people need be brought along to understand what happened. i remember my father talking about watching john dean testifying on television every day, slowly revealing the criminal activity of the president. thats where they moved from place where there was hyperpartisanship to a place where they understood what understooded to happen. >> i agree with it in good time. whats happened here is weve gotten ov...

Memorandum, the core of the b z buzzfeed story is accurate. >> in terms of the way they are pushing back, we heard from ben smith whos the editor at buzzfeed, very early on in the show tonight, plainly frustrated with trying to parse the special counsels statement, trying to understand what exactly was in dispute. i mean what the statement says is that -- whats not accurate is buzzfeeds description of specific statements to the special counsels office and buzzfeeds characterization of documents ...

>> reporter: tonight president trumps former attorney and confidante, michael cohen arriving home from shoulder surgery as democrats vow to investigate the new report claiming the president directed him to lie to congress. >> the recent articles are quite disturbing, if mr. trump instructed him to lie repeatedly. >> reporter: the new "buzzfeed" report, which abc news has not confirmed, alleges that according to two law enforcement sources president trump directed cohen to lie about plans to buil...

Service agents. writing its time for leaders on both sides to put politics aside, come together and end the shutdown. >> lets get right back to jonathan karl live at the white house. as you reported at the top there we still dont know what the president plans to say. its clear the president has been feeling the pressure on this as well. >> reporter: its clear hes feeling the pressure. its also clear hes deeply frustrated, david. but it is also the case that he has shown no indication whatsoever ...

Lets bring in ken delaney on that one. >> well, crhris, the special counsels office has issued an unprecedented statement. "buzzfeed"s description is 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. i cannot remember a statement like that coming from muellers office about any news report, pro or con, in the history of the special counsels office. lets be cl...

>> yeah, yeah it was. and what else they were lying about is also interesting. it turns out not only was donald trump lying, donald trump jr.ent with to russia many times trying to get a deal and said this place is kind of scary and corrupt and i dont really understand it. and the "new york times" did corroborate this part of the "buzzfeed" story that donald trump jr. was briefed on this ongoing deal and he sounds like he lied to congress about this as well. when he said that he was only pu peri...

Requirement such as you have tothal truth when you testify, noyou cant organize conspiracies to lie to congress or the courts. >> thank you very much. still ahead as the special counsels office disputes the "buzzfeed" reporting. "buzzfeed" reporting its absolute confidence in 30,000 precision parts. or it isnt. its inspected by mercedes-benz factory-trained technicians. or it isnt. its backed by an unlimited mileage warranty, or it isnt. for those who never settle, its either mercedes-benz cer...

The entire scandal surrounding this presidency from the outset. that "if true" caveat tonight itself blew up when the special counsels office made this exceedingly rare public statement in response to the "buzzfeed" reporting. ""buzzfeeds" description of special statements -- excuse me. "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 accur...

Seize it because it has dangerous information. but thats why this is so significant if the "buzzfeed" story has legs. and it may not but if it does, even barr agrees that is squarely a crime by the president of the united states. >> and whats the significance of that in the scheme of things? because the president has already been names essentially individual one in a federal court filing in which he is nomed named as the person who directsed michael con to commit a felony. so thats already hangi...