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Irresponsible to drop highly salacious and flat-out false information on the internet just days before he takes the oath of office. >> welcome back. those were some of president-elects closest allies condemning buzzfeed for their decision to release that 35 page document about donald trump. they came under harsh criticism. were back now with katie, andrew and hugh and were joined by rick stagle. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> once said to edit is to choose. it seems to me when you a...

He will in one moment say he believes russia did hack into the dnc and literally less than a minute later -- >> say i dont know. >> maybe not, maybe it was some other country. fortunately the 400 pound guy sitting on the bed has been left out of the discussion but it could be other countries. it could be other countries. so this is crazy time but its so important. were laughing about this but the media. >> they said this story has been floating around, did you hear it? >> i had heard word of it....

Didnt trust her, there were open to a trump message. if you look at the number of people that supported bernie sanders. so sure, we had to be prepared. we put no money down on the platform. we reserve time that no matter where those voters were, and when you look at the breath and depth of the vote and the movement, it wasnt just republicans and conservatives. it was independence, liberals that were ready for change. we did the same thing back then. >> tucker: fair point. putting a plea to you. ...

Journal found the investigator that was with mi5 that did the report, released back to mysterious vendor who happened to be an opponent of donald trump sometime between june and december and he was so concerned about the results he handed over to the fbi, john mccain got a hand over to fbi and thats how the unverified report was given to in some way shape or form to donald trump. >> look, buzz feed never should have printed it because it was wrong, inaccurate and cnn got in trouble because some ...

Let me be very clear. this budget resolution is not repeal and replace. it is one thing and one thing only. the first step of repealing the affordable care act, ripping health care away from 10s of millions of americans and throwing our health care system into chaos. >> joining us now ana marie cox, kurt andersen the host of 360. chuck schumer said in his first interview it was done in this building with rachel maddow, the republicans just might get stuck, and they might not get anywhere. and no...

Universal is an investor in buzzfeed. any time thats mentioned it should be said. >> yes. they are. so we should say here, though, that that the -- youre getting at the pay dirt here, what is the term he used? they appropriate this term, fake news. fake news is this term -- >> hes one of the founders of in the the obama era. he created the fake news of the -- >> barack obama is not a citizen. >> and he said that there was intelligence. >> thats right. he was called by a reputable source that the...

>> i think its a disgrace that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public. as far as buzzfeed, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, i think they are going to suffer the consequences. they already are. as far as cnn going out of their way to build it up, it is a disgrace, and i think they ought to apologize to start with. >> since youre -- mr. president elect -- mr. president elect, since you are attacking our news organization. >> not you. your o...

Days before he takes the oath of office. according to buzzfeeds own editor, there are some serious reasons to doubt the allegations in the report. the executive editor of "the new york times" also dismissed the report by saying it was, quote, "totally unsubstantiated," echoing the concerns that many other reporters expressed on the internet. the fact that buzzfeed and cnn made the decision to run with this unsubstantiated claim is a sad effort to get clicks. the report is not an intelligence rep...

Going to have to take it in the neck in health care reform. he came up with a position thats much closer to the democrats. the drug stocks were just tanking and that was practically ignored. >> you know, i think whats interesting, assuming the story remains as it is tonight that its been pretty much debunked, i think, i think president-elect trump now has more ammunition against the media that -- >> thats right. the media -- >> any time this story comes out, he goes, well, really? the media -- >...

Talking about. >> i think its important, steve, to notice that buzzfeed is on an island. right. we have thousands of of news organizations and hundreds really in the mainstream media, and buzzfeed is the only one to drop this entire dossier, at least the first one to do it. and they were alone. and they remain sort of isolated here. trump himself in the news conference today before he started attacking cnn, he commended many news organizations. he didnt mention them by name, but commended many n...