i should say the buzz feed editor in speechief is going to here tonight. but this is what we got from the special counsel s office. quote, buzz feed s description of specific statements to the special counsel s office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding cohen s congressional testimony are not accurate. that s what we got from the special counsel s office. we are going to hear from buzz feed s editor tonight who has put out his own statement, quote, we stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it and we urge the special counsel, the special counsel to make clear what he s disputing. that s where we are tonight. you know, happy two years of the trump administration, right? this somehow we re celebrating the two-year jubilee in our country, with this week-long celebration of absolutely terrifying neck-snapping news. we re also in day 28 of a government shutdown. there s apparently not going to be a state of the union this year. the a
we begin our coverage right now, in this hour, with with david gregory. moderator of msnbc s meet the press. here with me at the library, jim and also republican strategist steve schmidt who ran john mccain s 2008 presidential campaign. he joins us from 30 rock in new york. i guess, david, if you had to pick right now, the new york times front page, top of the fold, right-hand side story, who would it focus on? as you put that together as an editor tonight? is it about romney? is it about perry? is it about bachmann? who is the story about? i think it is about governor perry. i think it s about the gop front-runner and whether he took some tough shots from his rivals trying to create some new opportunity for themselves in the race. this is a new dynamic. we have been watching these republican debates until now. we have been focused on romney and paw len lenty.