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President. what are you hearing? >> obviously michael cohen sdruz a bit of a credibility problem. we have seen his stance shift over time. one of the keys about the reported claim that donald trump did know is he, according to sources, says it occurred in a room with other people. one of interesting things and rudy giuliani touched on this, the idea of trump sitting down for an interview with robert mueller, stakes for that just went up. obviously what we have is if michael cohen is saying one t...

Back out and didnt tell me but i go ahead and rob the bank, youre still in the game. >> don, i would just add too, in effect were talking about two meetings here. were talking about that famous trump tower meeting in june where the russians got the meeting claiming to have this evidence. in our reporting, we are told of a previous meeting which is the meeting that michael cohen claims when the president was informed about the russians offer and this upcoming russian meeting in trump tower. cruci...

Ash a, what do you have? >> that was quite a trip you took with rudy giuliani but im going to bring it back with the facts. so one of the things he mentioned about cohen was he has a credibility problem which i think is true. but with regard to the content of what happened with the notification of the trump tower meeting. remember that don junior according to senate judiciary committee transcripts, made three calls to a blocked number before and after that trump tower meeting was offered to him....

Youre still in the game. >> don, i would just add too, in effect were talking about two meetings here. were talking about that famous trump tower meeting in june where the russians got the meeting claiming to have this evidence. in our reporting, we are told of a previous meeting which is the meeting that michael cohen claims when the president was informed about the russians offer and this upcoming russian meeting in trump tower. crucially, there were other people in that room besides president...

Useless. you dont know when hes telling the truth. you dont even know if hes telling the truth on tape because he lies on tape. the man is what we call in the legal profession incredible. >> you dont think the president has a similar credibility problem? >> the he dohe does not. the president doesnt go around taping and lying to people. >> rudy, be careful. he said he did exactly that with jim comey. thats what he suggested and no tapes ever came out. >> he did it as a test of comey. >> did he t...

Your tell is required by law to be truthful and in another environment, you know, what does that do to his legal situation but also to his credibility? >> well, thats exactly the word i was going to use. theres a credibility problem here when youre telling one story to one group of people who have a legal reason to expect you to tell the truth and another story when your back is more up against the wall because youre the subject of an investigation yourself. michael cohen is not the first person...

She is going to lay out what could be part of a prosecution theory here. and recognition garber with the potential defense understanding of this. asha, what have you got? >> that was quite a trip you took with mr. giuliani, chris. but im going to bring it back to earth here with the facts. so one of the things that he mentioned about cohen was that he has a credibility problem, and i think thats true. but with regard to the content of what happened with the notification of the trump tower meetin...

Think donald trump had no idea that this meeting -- tell me his son is not going to go to him and say, hey, dad, this is a meeting were about to have with some russians. just wanted to you know. this is how it plays out. what struck me about all of this is giuliani going out last evening and saying that, you know, michael cohen is a liar. you go to the president telling us from the ginger only hires the best, he only hires the best people. so hes hiring the best liars to lie for him. they are no...

>> she has a credibility problem or hasnt? i just want to be clear. weve had lot of problems with apostrophes in the last couple days. >> i would say she has a credibility problem, and i would not say that she doesnt -- >> okay. >> -- anderson. that doesnt muddy the waters too much, i hope. but in all seriousness, the press secretary boxed the president on a very critical question. if he comes out tomorrow and says "i dont believe the russians are targeting us in the upcoming midterm elections,"...

Yes, i believe he heard me clearly. he answered two of my questions. he answered two of her questions. and he answered them with the word no. cnns jim acosta was also in the room on hand for the moment you just watched. he joins us now. so, jim, was there any doubt from people in the room the president was looking at the abc reporter and answering her question? >> anderson, do i believe the press secretarys explanation of all this? no, i dont. that would be my response to all of this. >> now whe...