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And i think it is fair. i think it is smart to have an oversight because that is what they were elected for, to be an oversight. to be a check and to talk about issues that really matter to the folks that they're representing. >> carol, as our investigative reporter at the table, a lot of people at the end of this day and at the end of this week where we learned about a counterintelligence investigation to determine whether in fact the president was working on behalf of the russians, this was an insane wheek you sort of back up seven days and think how we got here in spite of the buzzfeed stor...

Quote, appreciates the statement from the special counsel's office, but as we mentioned, buzzfeed stands by its reporting. here is one of the story's co-authors speaking to cnn yesterday. >> anthony, doo you have any why you evidence since thursday night that supports your story? >> i have further confirmation that this is right, we're being told to stand our ground. our reporting is going to be borne out to be accurate and we're 100% behind it. >> who is telling you that? >> i'm not going to talk about my sources. i can tell you that, yes, indeed, the same sources we used in that story are st...

Had i'm to lie, or that the special counsel was said to have learned this through interviews with the trump organization witnesses, internal company e-mails and text messages. >> there is a little irony in hearing president trump say that the statement coming out of the mueller's team is correct after bashing mueller consistently. joining us now editor and chief of plit toe magazine blake hall southeast shall. everybody i assume in washington and here they are talking about this buzzfeed debacle, if you want to call it that. what do you make of it? >> i think there's a debate about whether the...

He gave congressional testimony? >> as far as i know president trump did not have discussions with him, certainly had no discussions with him in which he told him or counseled him to lie. if he had any discussions with him, they would be about the version of the events that michael cohen gave then which they all believe was true. >> but you just ak nongd that it's possible that president trump talked to michael cohen about his testimony. >> which would be perfectly no recall al. which the president believed was true. >> so it's possible that pd that, that president trump talked to michael cohe...

About this up until he became the nominee, republican nominee, which could have been summer of 2016. i'd like to stick with what's in the actual court record. i think that's a good place to be. >> and we also heard from rudy giuliani today on this topic saying he wouldn't rule out the idea that the president and michael cohen had spoken in some form about the testimony. while it's been disputed now that he said he told michael cohen to lie before congress, of course, rudy giuliani says that's not true. special counsel's office said the buzzfeed article is not accurate. but giuliani couldn't ru...