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At every level. we see it now, weve seen it over the last two years. my guess is we are going to seed in the future. speak about republicans, including people from the white house and on capitol hill, say that the idea that nancy pelosi was going to leave the country for a week was nothing short of ridiculous. heres kevin mccarthy. >> im just shocked shes even thinking that she could leave the country. why would you leave the country when the government shutdown and you are speaker of the house....

Back it up and confirm the reporting. theres no confirmation reporting yet. >> yeah, i think thats exactly the right point. at this point. you know, buzz feed is out there with a story. buzz feed is not the most reliable respected trustworthy editorial sound media outlet in this new world of internet and blogs and websites. a thousand flowers bloom but some are stronger and been around longer than others. it is note worthy, as you say. this came out very early today. maybe it was late last night...

Havent seen it. the buzzfeed article quotes a couple of law enforcement sources as saying that michael cohen was told from the president to lie to congress about plans to build in moscow. the timeline, it appeared that president supported a plane during the campaign to travel to russia to meet with vladimir putin to try to jump-start the trump tower project. "make it happen." heres what hogan gidley said in your interview this morning. >> this is absolutely ludicrous that we are getting any type...

The land. our reporting begins now. >> shepard: first from the fox news deck this afternoon, if its true, it could have huge implications for the trump presidency. buzz feed reports that president trump districted michael cohen to lie to congress about a trump tower project in moscow. that is perjury and its a crime. neither fox news nor any other major news organization to our knowledge has confirmed this story. according to buzz feed, two federal law enforcement officials told reporters jason ...

Security of any american at risk is a flat out lie." meantime, the white house trying to discredit the article from buzz feed that reports that president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress about the negotiations to build a trump tower, potentially in moscow. buzz feed said cohen told as much to bob muellers special counsel. heres sarah sanders a little while ago. >> thats absolutely ridiculous. i think that the presidents outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement e...

Between president trump and speaker nancy pelosi as he grounds her war zone trip after she asks him to deliver the state of the union. should he pick a fight with someone who could make things difficult for him? i will talk with the always outspoken republican senator, john kennedy of louisiana. the president also going after buzzfeed report with sensational claims involving his former lawyer, michael cohen, saying that cohen is just lying to reduce his sentence. i will ask you former doj prosec...

The democrats. a number of observers thought if the democrats continue to be intransigent, perhaps the numbers would even up. democrats, i dont think they would be acting this way unless they had the polls showing them that so far, they are winning this standoff. >> shannon: just before our 11:00 show last night, we had headlines about buzz feed saying, president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress with the moscow tower project. today, we have folks saying, listen, we believe our sou...

Democrats said disclosing the initial frip was reckless. >> the presidents decision to disclose a trip a speaker was making to a war zone was completely and utterly responsibility. >> reporter: white house officials said what is responsible is that the speaker of the house would go out of the cun tri for a week in the midst of a government shutdown z this trip would all but guarantee those 800,000 employees were not going to receive a paycheck for the second pay period. that is unacceptable. >> ...

Tearful moment in the oval office informing his white house colleagues he was about to be indicted and none of that was true. no other news outlet matched this story. if these two officials exist, they are not talking to any other reporters. >> and both reporters have different stories. leibolt said he has seen it and the other guy says he hasnt. its one of those what if stories. the business model these days for buzz feed. its fred sanford from sanford and son. every week, he would grab his hea...

Today, though, rudy giuliani calling it categorically false and lies all from cohen. but the reporter who broke the story says cohen wasnt his source. >> so, rudy giuliani, he is already trying to suggest that this report is not true because michael cohens a liar. >> has he read it? because its not based on michael cohen. hes not one of the sources. >> and white house officials slammed cohen, but interestingly enough, they didnt quite deny the story. >> youre saying the president did not tell mi...