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>> as far as i know, president trump did not have discussions with him. certainly had no discussions with him in which he told him or counseled him to lie. if he had any discussions with him, they would be about the version of the events that michael cohen gave them which they all believe was true. >> but you just acknowledged that it is possible that president trump talked to michael cohen about his testimony. >> which would be perfectly normal. >> so it is possible that it happened? >> i dont ...

Special counsel this information? thats one of the details mueller seems to be objecting to. you still both stand by that. >> were eager to understand which characterizations mueller is talking about there. we take that incredibly seriously. >> you challenged him on friday night to say whats wrong in the story. >> we really would like -- >> have you heard from the special counsel? >> we have not. we heard through "the washington post" a bit. we havent heard what -- where the gap is and where we ...

Dead wrong in every respect. they didnt do that. and i think the emphasis you put on those words, the specific descriptions, the characterizations, sort of is a window into the thinking of the mueller team. there are parts of the reporting that trouble them. i have no idea, rachel, by the way, why they decided on this occasion to push back on a story. im sure there are other stories that got other things wrong. but, again in the main, i come back to this point, it seems to me that the core of th...

Surprised. >> i was capable of it. not actually directing. and by the way if its true, cnn has not been to corroborate the story. >> specific statements to the special counsels office and the character zaigz of yaux u yaux yaukuments. okay. so a couple things here. theyre not saying the entire report is inaccurate. theyre saying the characterizations of the documents and the description of specific statements to the special counsels office. buten the you take intoob account what our colleague jo...

Want you to mean it. and i want you to show that caring and that meaning by actually making an effort to really do something rather than say, oh, my gosh. its like a hashtag. what does that really mean, right? thats how i feel about that. i got some big breaking news to get to. speaking of experiences, i cant wait for the dance-off because you know im going to kick your butt. >> whenever you want. that will be one of the few moments that dont bring us closer together because you are going to be ...

To. >> the big picture here is, and i appreciate, as i think about it, that we have been parsing out and questioning as the prior guest suggested what it is they agree with and what it is that they dont agree with and what i think may be very clear is that the special counsel is not being able to put forward an allegation that the president of the united states directed michael cohen to lie to congress because if they were, they were on the precipice of that and they felt they had the goods, the...

Of specific statements to the special counsels office and the characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohens congressional testimony are not accurate. okay? so, harry, a couple things here. theyre not saying the entire report is inaccurate. theyre saying the characterizations, right, of the documents and the description of specific statements to the special counsels office. but then you take into account what our colleague, josh, here is saying. for ...

Characterizations, doesnt then you throw out everything the buzzfeed article said. the truth is probably somewhere in between. you cant have this pendulum swing from one extreme to the other about what the truth is. >> the reporters have had some excellent work on trump tower moscow. they have led the way on stories about this deal involving trump tower moscow. it has been backed up. this -- i think for the audience at home, this is more frustrating than last night. this is more frustrating than...

Wordsmithed document, taking some issue with the characterizations, doesnt then mean you immediately you throw out everything the buzzfeed article said. the truth is probably somewhere in between. you cant have this pendulum swing from one extreme to the other about what the truth is. >> >> the reporters have had some excellent work on trump tower moscow. they have led the way on stories about this deal involving trump tower moscow. >> some of the stories were not able to be confirmed for a very...

Descriptions, the characterizations, sort of is a window into the thinking of the mueller team. there are parts of the reporting that trouble them. i have no idea, rachel, by the way, why they decided on this occasion to push back on the story. im sure there are other stories that got other things wrong. but, again, in the main, i come back to this point. it seems to me that the core of the story is correct and we can determine that from the mueller teams own court filing. thats really the best ...