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In general over its coverage of it. this is something of a victory lap of vindication for president trump. alex? >> geoff bennett, thank you. joining me now, legal contribute ker katie phang with a welcome to you, katie. i want to read that statement one more time. 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. are you able to f...

>> may i also ask you about the special counsel disputing the buzzfeed report that the president directed michael cohen to lie to congress. does the rebuttal from the special counsel at all change your view whether or not you and your house colleagues should start impeachment proceedings? >> im sorry. say that last part again. >> with regard to the buzzfeed article and the fact that the special counsel has refuted that, put out an extraordinary statement, does it change your opinion whether or n...

Very same president who has not had the common decency to sit down with any federal workers and listen to their stories. >> also happening today, a rare but very significant move by the special counsel, the office of robert mueller disputing an explosive story from buzzfeed that report stated that the president directed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. lets go to the white house. geoff bennett with the latest reaction from th...

Not have statements refuting them? >> yes, so the opposite being the situation which is if the robert mueller team hasnt taken the effort to come out every single time to correct or not correct other you know, developments that have come from are the mueller investigation or other reports that have come and other articles, that is noteworthy. from what we know the robert mueller investigation has only come out on three prior occasions to basically make some type of statement about the status of ...

President trump who has found all sorts of creative ways to criticize robert mueller, his team and work over the past two years today said he was gratifies that the special counsel saw fit to step in and correct the record. >> i thought that the buzzfeed piece and maybe equally as bad, the coverage of the buzzfeed phony story, it was a total phony story, and i appreciate the special counsel coming out with a statement last night. i think it was very appropriate that they did so. i very much appr...

Could have won and in which case i would have gotten back into the business and why should i lose the opportunity. cnn has not yet independently confirm this reporting. josh campbell and phillip mud is back with us. welcome to the program. it is the same thing that rudy giuliani did. collusion is not a crime and even if he did it is a long time ago. he said even if i did it, it was not illegal. what the hell is going on here? >> i have no reason to doubt this when it comes to buzzfeed. if you ar...

And look here is the fundamental point, this is not just nefarious behavior, it is a federal crime to order someone to lie in their testimony to congress. thats what the buzzfeed article says and it says the mueller corroborated that with e-mails and text messages and electronic information. again, we dont know that. if it is true, it is a block buster, don. it is the president himself committed felonies and did not direct somebody but he did it himself. >> a democratic congressman who sits on t...

Dangerous issue for him. this was testimony to the fbi. we have richard nixon on tape s suborning perjury. the point is, can we prove he said it. if it is a text message that says the big man wants you to do this, many would say that is hearsay. >> rudy giuliani has said that michael cohen has no credibility whatsoever. >> and he doesnt. he is a terrible witness. >> yeah, i could sell you the brooklyn bridge. >> surprised he didnt say the tappan zee. >> but remember the reporting says documents....

Feet of snow. good morning, welcome to "early start." im dave briggs. >> i had herbs growing in my garden because it was so warm. good by. im christine romans. lets begin with breaking news. buzzfeed reporting that president trump personally directed michael cohen to lie to congress about a proposed trump tower moscow project. buzzfeeds sources, two law enforcement officials, say the president instructed cohen to say negotiations to build the tower ended months before they actually did. the sour...

The buzzfeed story, lets assume it is true, you still have to lay out the evidence. we might be there in six months, but were not there right now. >> and who leads that effort given the shutdown, hard to imagine mitch mcconnell, mitt romney now a senator, ben sasse, a few others, but very few. tim, great to have you here. and speaking of that record long shutdown, it is now king kong versus godzilla, that is how one adviser describes the shutdown battle. the president denying nancy pelosi a mi...