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Assuming you will do that. if you can add to your reporting in a way that pushes the special counsel on this dispute, i imagine we will hear that from your reporters as well? >> yes, continuing to, you know, obviously tonight report very, very hard on this. one thing worth noting, this is a specific line of the russia investigation. the trump tower moscow story. which these reporters were way, way out in front of, broke the elements of, that did sit out there for a while last year. so this isnt ...

Starting late last night and continuing till now weve been unpacking the story published by buzz feed news reporting the president directed his attorney to lie to congress about the trump tower moscow project and reporting that the special counsel learned this both from cohen but also from other witnesses and from other documents. then suddenly late tonight, the special counsels office issued a statement disputing at least the part of the story that has to do with the special counsel. muellers o...

But the president can fire any executive branch employee so therefore no crime is committed. i have the righting to walk around and destroy my laptop anytime. i have the constitutional right to throw it in the river but i dont if the fbi is coming to 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 si...

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. quote, 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 accurate. that is from the spokesman for the special counsels office. now...

Feed is reporting which now the special counsel put out their statement refuting that report that he was instructed by president trump. i can tell you the base of sources i talked to at the white house, this is a president who has an e-mail, he text messages. this is a democratic landscape where you have people like senator mark warner of the intelligence committee who want to hear more from michael cohen and would also suggest that -- ill keep this quick, it would also suggest why michael cohen...

People who dont have power are generally subject to criminal control but the magic of the rule law is youre going to be subject to constitutional 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. cvs pharmacy.

It was a total phony story. and i appreciate the special counsel coming out with a statement last night. i think also that the coverage by the mainstream media was disgraceful. and i think its going to take a long time for the mainstream media to recover its credibility. >> that was part of the presidents response to the buzzfeed report earlier today. joining me laura bassett from the huffing post and john harwood. john, before getting your reaction to what the president was saying there, i want...

He would not be cooperating and would not have pled guilty. regardless of what the spokesperson said from the mueller team, we know theres an investigation that has hard facts and evidence and that is why that mueller report must be made public when attorney general, maybe its bill barr, maybe its not, we need toe know what the findings are from robert mueller. >> do you think its possible the buzzfeed report accurately reflects things that michael cohen has told the southern district of new yor...

Completely wrong. it just said that there was some not accurate portions of the buzzfeed article. whats amazing is suddenly trump has now taken this position that robert mueller, the robert mueller who has been the king, the marshall of the witch hundred parade suddenly hes an american hero to donald trump. donald trump cant have it both ways though. if robert mueller is leading some crazy witch hunt investigation, ultimately when his findings are that there was collusion, there was obstruction ...

Damning and this moment could be mort mort taly threatening to this administration if there is obstruction of justice. >> if the president did what he is being accused of, then he will be held accountable. >> does that illustrate, laura, the possibility that democrats may overplay their hand when it comes to impeachment talk? >> i think were going to find out soon enough. cohen is about to testify before congress. im sure because of the buzzfeed story even though its been walked back a little bi...