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A bombshell buzzfeed report claims president trump directed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about the trump tower moscow project. cnn has not independently confirmed this report. earlier on "new day" one of the journalists behind it told us he is certain his law enforcement sources on this story are, quote, rock solid. joining us is the author of "the threat matrix, inside mueller's fbi and the war on global terror." garrett, you guide us every day through the matrix of robert mueller's investigation. if this report is true is today a game changer? >> it absolutely is. it is...

Perjury is clearly an impeachable offense because it has been used before in the articles against bill clinton and richard nixon. do you think in this case it should call for that process? >> we don't have to wonder if it is an impeachable offense. the incoming, likely attorney general acknowledged that as well. i think the sensement on the committee is we want to be in a position to have all of the facts and information. you have one opportunity to move forward on something so serious. i think it is important that we receive the report. on the other hand, this is a very, very serious developm...

This report from buzzfeed from jason leopold and anthony cormier, these are two journalists who have been at the top of their game throughout the entire russia investigation. so we have sort of every reason to trust their sourcing and every reason to trust these two specific journalists. >> they nailed the trump tower moscow story. they had reports that the timeline was being fudged from the beginning. you know, months before michael cohen pleaded guilty to it. i want to ask because people may not know this. you ran the washingtonian for a while. you ran the magazine. journalism is in your blo...

To be discovered. >> david, it strikes me either buzzfeed's news is colossally wrong or the president is in a new type of big trouble this morning. >> no question about it. it sets up an extraordinary event on february 7th if michael cohen proceeds to testify before congress. it reminds me of 1973 when a fellow named alexander butterfield revealed to the watergate hearing that president nixon had been taping his conversations and that opened the door to the end of the nixon administration. if this turns out to be true and the reporter seemed confident of it. but if michael cohen testifies to i...

Is a little bit of string to pull that the special counsel perhaps has not revealed yet. >> okay. anthony cormier, thank you very much for sharing all of your reporting that's getting so much attention in the buzzfeed news story with us this morning in helping us understand how you have tried to piece it together. we appreciate it. >> thanks so much. >> let's bring in david axelrod, cnn senior political commentator and former senior consultant to trump. asha, i thought it was helpful. it was revealing to know that what anthony said, the reporter from buzzfeed, is he has complete confidence, 10...