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Mueller said it was false. do you worry that's 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, he's been on the receiving end of countless twitter attacks from president trump. that's not the case now. >> the president's attorne...

Speak about this. it is important to point out the statement did not say there's nothing to the story, but rather takes a very specific response in describing it. let's talk about the statement. buzz feed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's 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 that's being alleged here? >> that's exactly right. it's cryptic, but much less than a whole denial, indeed. it seems like the core of the story, not...

Mueller gang and my best guess is there's some way which -- i don't 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 reporter's 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 adjust their reporting, if anything is incorrect. the special counsel was not very clear in saying...

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 says. buzzfeed's deskripgs of the specific statements obtained by

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 mueller's 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 rare. they have been the most tight lipped operation of their sort in history. that's why i think t...