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Mueller said it was false. do you worry thats going to damage all of us? >> i mean, you know, we are like most of our colleagues, doing reporting and getting it right. >> now, right now, you have reporters out there trying to go back to sources, follow up on this, i assume you have everybody trying to follow up on this? >> yes, absolutely. >> ben smith, i appreciate talking to you. thank you very much. >> ever since robert mueller was appointed special counsel, hes been on the receiving end of c...

Speak about this. it is important to point out the statement did not say theres nothing to the story, but rather takes a very specific response in describing it. lets talk about the statement. buzz feeds description of specific statements to the special counsels office and characterization of testimony obtained are not accurate. so, when you see the way mueller responded here, do you get a sense they are not entirely denying the greater story thats being alleged here? >> thats exactly right. its...

Mueller gang and my best guess is theres some way which -- i dont think they are trying to show themselves, they follow the rules, everybody knows that. i think they are concerned that the great reaction that the buzzfeed story is off base and people are galloping ahead in an imprudent direction. >> daniel, your thoughts on that from a reporters perspective. >> i think they wanted to fix certain details of the story without discussing them in specifics. so, buzzfeed is under pressure to try to a...

News room starts now. at 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. coast, we start with the report by buzz feed news. talks of possible impeachment and abinstruction of justice by robert mueller. >> that surprised many people when the office did that. cnn had not coroborated the report. president trump directed his attorney, michael cohen to lie to congress about a trump tower project in moscow. >> it is important to point out, the statement did not say the buzz feed story was entirely wrong. >> here is what it say...

They have seized over the last year or two. >> to your point, when cohen testifies, it is important to point out there will be restrictions on what he is able to talk about. at the same time, it is interesting what he had to say. harry, this question to you touching on what daniel pointed out here. it is incredibly rare to hear muellers team respond. they weighed in that the president directly told michael cohen to lie. why did they feel the need to speak out? >> you are right, it is incredibly ...

For trump, even republicans say that it could lead to some consequences, if proven accurate. these reporters have done very good work in the past on this issue of the trump tower in moscow. >> daniel, lets push forward on that a bit. you point out the reporters history, their background. the reporter made it clear in the report, it was based on evidence including but beyond what cohen had to say. two officials involved in the matter. buzzfeed continuing to back the accuracy of reporting, but loo...

The story on thursday, leopold has a checkered past, his own words by his own admission. hes broken huge stories with buzzfeed. back about 15 years ago, he was involved in scandals, accused of plagiarism and ousted from a job. he admitted he has a checkered past. now the republican committee is saying he has a history of falsz reporting. the cries get louder and louder. americans and the world want to know what happened. for now, robert mueller is not saying. >> lets talk more about this with ha...

Gathered regarding cohen. buzzfeed says they stand by the report. the white house says the second summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-un will be held late next month. no specific date or location was announced. the shutdown of the u.s. government lingers on. the president says hes going to make a major announcement on the shutdown in the coming hours. officials telling cnn, he will offer democrats concessions to get them to the negotiating table but li...

Not clear. parts of the story were not accurate, but not saying what part, specifically. its caused frustration at buzzfeed. they have been around for years. they have a big newsroom and broke big stories including some about trump and the russia investigation. thats why this thursday night story was taken so seriously and others tried to follow up on it. now that the story has been challenged and disputed, this is a test for buzzfeeds credibility and the national media. obviously, there are con...

The office regarding the congressional testimony are not accurate. >> buzzfeed said its been puzzled by muellers pushback given the story was published almost 24 hours and muellers team didnt say specifically, which part was inaccurate. the editor-in-chief says we stand by our reporting and the sources who inform it and urge the special counsel to make clear what he was disputing. they spoke about it with cnns anderson cooper. >> we spoke to federal law enforcement officials in the investigation...