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W. bush. glen, let me get to you about all this. how much does mueller know in all this? the interesting part of the buzzfeed reporting is that cohen is not the source. at one point, its cited there are two law enforcement officials but if we were to assume that the report is true, which we havent independently verified, but they have access to trump organization e-mails, text memssages and other documents, it would make me think surely the president in the position of being the president would ...

But that overlooks the fact that the buzzfeed reporting is not based on the word of michael cohen. its based on, you know, documents and other pieces of evidence as you were just -- you and the guests were just explaining a few minutes ago. but clearly, the white house, or the presidents legal team, rather, is trying to downplay the significance of this but its a very important development, and it directly, you know, if its true, it directly implicates the president in a crime. >> barbara, lets ...

Charged with lying to congress. its long been i think feared in his own circles -- i think sometimes about once every six weeks a rumor comes out of donald trump jr.s peer group he expects to be charged withing some. the buzzfeed also reports that even as trump told the public he no business deals with russia, the source said trump and his children ivanka and donald trump jr., received regular e-mail updates about the real estate development from cohen, who they put in charge of the project. the...

For the directive for cohen to lie to congress from interviews from multiple witnesses in the trump organization and internal company ee-mails and a cache of other documents. cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office. it will be fascinating to hear him testify before congress on february 7th. nbc news has not confirmed this reporting but buzz feed is talking about two federal law enforcement officials involved in the matter. so many implications here to co...

Concerning the russia investigation. a late report in buzzfeed news that the president, himself, told his personal attorney to lie to congress about the moscow tower project. plus, with the government shutdown now nearly a month long, the president grounds the speaker of the house. critics from both parties say canceling her trip to afghanistan after she suggested he postpone the state of the union is petty, childish, and inappropriate. and with officials now unsure how many thousands of chi...

Back right now saying this is a problem of the governance of the country. >> you heard it there. the senator saying cardi b. is right. she actually picked up on the segment, posting it on her instagram to her nearly 4 million followers. she knows making people work without pay is a bad look for the american government. afterall it was cardy who once said you in the club just to party. im there i get a fee. that was for ari. just moments ago president trump tweeting hell have an announcement on...

Then you go back and you see, oh, we should have known this was coming, maybe, because of the words that he said in the past. >> so, howard, let me ask you about "the new york times" report that the fbi opened a counterintelligence investigation into the president shortly after he fired james comey to determine whether he was a threat to national security or not. you look at the news today, again, similar question to you. does this strengthen the case that some security officials within our nati...

Washington post." shannon pettypiece. weve seen lots of developments on the story. why is this different? >> it feels different because the president actually directing -- if its true, actually directing his lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress, that is a federal crime and, you know, thats also something where trump could be held for a crime. im not a lawyer, but this certainly looks perilous for the president and were already hearing from democratic members of congress, you know, talking abo...

In mexico. they talk about the fact that it will run against international law and refugee treaties. they knew that before they moved forward. its enlightening to see them go back and forth. they knew the risks from a humanitarian perspective and the legal risk, but they pushed forward anyway. >> its enlightening and distressing. i encourage you to go to nbcnews.com and read julias piece. its important. coming up, weve got to get back to that shocking report from buzz feed that came out last n...

Platform in cleveland in 2016? and so, yes, theyre all related. this is all of a piece. as for impeachment specifically, yes, if this buzzfeed story is correct, and by the way, i talked to ben smith, the editor of buzzfeed just minutes ago, they not only stand by the story but they say they have sources that are out of the usual that are going to be difficult for other people to check, but theyre very solid about this story. that goes to the -- one count of possible impeachment, which is obstruc...