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>> reporter: i dont know about you but that seems like a contradiction to me. rudy giuliani on the one hand saying donald trump kouncounsel michael cohen to tell the truth, on the other hand he doesnt know at all. rudy giuliani saying a lot about a lot but not offering much in the way of clarity. alex. >> perfectly said. i was like, wait, im trying to make heads or tails of all this. im going to go to my guests. pamela levy and jeff jones, white house correspondent for reuters. welcome to you bo...

This entire team is a very cautious and careful team. the notion they felt the need to put out this statement disputing at least portions of the buzzfeed account are something we should all take very seriously. i understand buzzfeed is continuing to stand by its story, and says its original sources are standing by the story. the notion the special counsel put out this statement should give everyone pause and an opportunity to sit down, take a moment and think about what we know and what we dont ...

With ewho ten special counsel released this vague statement disputing the piece and we really urge the special counsel to make clear what he is disputing. >> as to a lot of questions certainly have been raids for more, though, on muellers response our colleague sarah murray has the latest from washington. >> reporter: the special counsels office open friday, taking an extraordinary step and disputing a report in buzzfeed news, that report has said president donald trump has convinced his long-te...

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 cohen indictment. that was jason and anthony. we hope to release this honestly, this vague statement disputing the piece, and we urge the special counsel to make it clear what he is disputing. >> when you say its a vague statement, i want to read what they said. they said buzzfeeds description are not accurate. we were pointing out earlier, its wrong to characterize this as knocking down the story entirely. its a very specifically worded statement from them. >> absolutely. they are some of t...

We broke the stories about it before it was at the center of the cohen indictment. that was jason and anthony. we hope -- when the special counsel released this honestly, this vague statement disputing the piece, and we urge the special counsel to make it clear what he is disputing. >> when you say its a vague statement, i want to read what they said. they said buzzfeeds description of specific statements to the special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by ...

>> in what way? and to who. >> to all of us. a day after a story is published they come out with a very very detailed and very opaque statement disputing it. >> are you concerned -- im concerned, frankly, that when you -- over the next few months, whenever theres a hot story, a big scoop that comes out, you are going to hear from the president and his supporters, its another buzzfeed story, its another story like buzzfeed where even robert mueller said it was false. do you worry thats going to d...

Redetailed and very opaque statement disputing it. >> are you concerned -- im concerned, frankly, that when you -- over the next few months, whenever theres a hot story, a big scoop that comes out, you are going to hear from the president and his supporters, its another buzzfeed story, its another story like buzzfeed where even robert mueller said it was false. do you worry thats going to damage all of us? >> you know, we are like most of our colleagues, very focused on doing the reporting and g...

We act as if its true. no, it validates donald trumps story about fake news all the time. this is what it looks like when you run with the story so eager to criminalize donald trump that you dont give it a second to maintain your own personal credibility. its astonishing. pete: speak of fake news. the father of fox news documentary on fox nation right now. dan rather, so he quickly, immediately, without any discretion jumped to twitter and tweeted. this he said special counsel has issued a state...

On companies associated with the russian oligarch who was sanctioned for election interference. how is your family celebrating the anniversary? because thats what were doing as a country. the editor in chief at buzz feed has put out his own statement responding to the special counsel after the special counsel put out a rare statement disputing the reporting from buzz feed today. were joined now by ben smith, the editor and chief of buzz feed news. i know its short notice. >> sorry i couldnt make...