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The credibility of buzzfeed, talking about michael cohen saying a proven liar, saying this is another example of leakers. that's the attitude here at the white house. we should note -- you did point out in the lead to me that buzzfeed has come out basically asking the special counsel to identify what exactly it is disputing. ben smith, the editor in chief said in response to the statement, he is saying we stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it and we urge the special counsel to make clear what he is disputing. make no mistake extraordinarily special counsel do this unless they ...

He knows. what the reaction here may be, the press screwed up. they should apologize. the media isn't as great as it thinks it is. this is a bad day for the news media. let's not kid ourselves. that statement is at least a partial repudiation of an enormously important story. >> also, it's a very bad day for buzzfeed regardless of where this story goes. to the credit of other news organizations, everybody didn't jump on the bandwagon saying this is true. >> we ran with it saying if true. that was not that huge an asterisk. frankly. >> true. >> i think i would love to think that the press -- th...

Buzzfeed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and documentation obtained by this office in terms of michael cohen's testimony are not accurate. >> right. this story, if true, would have directionally changed what is happening in terms of the white house. you saw the pressure come from lawmakers who were concerned about it, not just democrats but republicans. you saw that pressure applied and grow on the special counsel throughout the day. it's very rare that they issue any statement at all, let alone something of this nature. it probably would have been more hel...

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 ...

Thing. she was echoing the sentiment from what we heard from giuliani. now in an extraordinary move, the special counsel spokesman is coming out and essentially saying that there is nothing to back up this buzzfeed report that the president directed michael cohen, his former attorney, to lie to congress and that there are trump organization documents to back it up. again as sarah pointed out, that is extremely rare for the special counsel to do. but also, this story from buzzfeed certainly caught a lot of attention because of the implications for possible impeachment. suborning perjury, that's...