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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...

That simplify your experience. my name is mike, im in product development at comcast. were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. welcome back to viewers in the u.s. and around the world, this is "cnn newsroom," im natalie allen. >> im george howell. special counsel robert mueller is disputing a story by buzzfeed news. it says michael cohen lied to congress at the direction of congress. he says the article is not accurate. documents the special counsel

Mischaracterizes the facts. or maybe the type that never respond to any inquiry, ever, then 20 hours after you issue the story, they put out a statement. do you have anything in that respect? >> i dont think it would be appropriate for me to say whether they have a habit of waving people off and on. what they did here is extremely confusing. >> confusing in what way? >> to all of us. you know, the day after a story is published, they come out with a very detailed and opaque statement. >> are you...

This. >> thanks. >> thanks. bottom line, at some point, muellers team will be finished. >> they are tight lipped for sure. it is rare to see them speak out. the other big story they are tracking, this is day 29. i think you know what we are talking about. the president says he is going to make a major announcement on it in the coming hours. officials say hes considering concessions to get democrats to the table, but likely wont budge on the southern border wall. >> we expect that at 3:00. he...

Correction is needed. he spoke with anderson cooper. >> obviously, we stand by the reporting in this story. as we described to federal law enforcement officials involved in the investigation, we are not playing a game. they told us the president directed cohen to lie to congress. >> do you know who the sources are? >> do i know? >> yeah. >> of course i know. >> okay. >> in the end, we have been reporting on the trump tower, moscow, at the heart of the investigation for months. we broke stories a...

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...

Special counsels office and characterization obtained by the office regarding michael cohens testimony are not accurate. its wrong to characterize this as knocking down the story, entirely, but theres certainly, its specifically worded statement from them. >> yeah, absolutely. they are some of the best lawyers in america. they are clearly referring to something. we hope they will tell us. at this point, we hope they clarify that. >> you know it is highly unlikely they would clarify a statement t...

Toward fbi, fdny, people on the case before mueller came. i think, again, that they are -- that the public reaction lurched in a direction in terms of contemplating impeachment on the assumption that trump issued direct orders on paper or something like that and that is more than they actually have as proof. thats what the new yorker is now suggesting and it might be that the basics of the story are true, but something as mild as cohen wasnt getting direct instructionses from trump but tailoring...

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...