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>> reporter: i don't 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 doesn't 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, i'm trying to make heads or tails of all this. i'm going to go to my guests. pamela levy and jeff jones, white house correspondent for reuters. welcome to you both. jeff, you now have an on-the-record statement from the president's lawyer, although you must...

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 don't know. what's been disclosed in the court filings that michael cohen pleaded guilty to. what he said...

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 mueller's response our colleague sarah murray has the latest from washington. >> reporter: the special counsel's 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-term personal attorney michael cohen to lie about the moscow deem. we very rarely hear from the spec...

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 about it before it was at the center of its own. the special counsel released this, honestly, this va...

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 it's a vague statement, i want to read what they said. they said buzzfeed's description are not accurate. we were pointing out earlier, it's wrong to characterize this as knocking down the story entirely. it's a very specifically worded statement from them. >> absolutely. they are some of the best lawyers in america. they are clearly referring to something. we hope they will tell us w...