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Changes that and maybe we should -- >> why would there be that discrepancy? if they both have access to michael cohen. >> it sounds like in one case they had clear proof it was at the direction of and they credited it. in the other case, they didn't, which is maybe why we have this clarification, because -- i'm prepared to believe -- i'm not saying this is true. i'm prepared to believe the president of the united states did some things, said things or people suggested to michael cohen, your testimony better be good and it should not cause problems for the president. that's very different from ...

>> just one -- from a reporting perspective, i have not been able to substantiate that anyone from the trump organization went to speak with mueller's people. we know that members of the trump organization have spoken with congress and not that many of them, but some have. the president's son would be one of them. i believe that mueller has -- you might know this better than i do. i believe that mueller has access to those transcripts. we know the cfo of the trump organization has been interviewed by the southern district. that's the only person i'm aware of who has been interviewed by the sou...

Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the election. they'll be pushing very hard for the democrats. they definitely don't want trump. a week ago, live on television, in front of hundreds, in a room full of hundreds of reporters, president putin said, i want trump. you know that to be true. you will know it to be true as long as you can remember. but if the official record says it never happened, if it is not in the transcript, how fast does it disappear? a week fast enough? like i can, i don't usually report on stuff the president says on twitter. other presidents from a repor...

Long as you can remember it. but if the official record never says that happened, if it's not there on the tape, if it's not there in the transcripts, how fast before that disappears from what is supposed to be recorded history? is a week fast enough? i mean, like i said i don't usually report on stuff the president says on twitter unlike other presidents i feel like from a reporting perspective, from a news perspective, it's sort of okay to mostly ignore things that this president says at least to the extent that you're looking to the president for any indication of factual things that happen...

As a battlefield for propaganda. they've been intentionally developing this capability. >> from a reporting perspective, or from an investigatory perspective, do you think this is a jumping-off point for figuring out if there were people on the american side who may have helped russia with any of its social media influence operations against clinton during the campaign? i can see what you just explained in terms of if you sort of knew what to watch for, if you had seen russia do this in other countries, you could recognize them start to do that in the united states. from that previous understa...