it was a total phony story. and i appreciate the special counsel coming out with a statement last night. i think also that the coverage by the mainstream media was disgraceful. and i think it s going to take a long time for the mainstream media to recover its credibility. that was part of the president s response to the buzzfeed report earlier today. joining me laura bassett from the huffing post and john harwood. john, before getting your reaction to what the president was saying there, i want to play what white house aides had to say. here it is. you are saying the president did not tell michael cohen to do that. right now, this is exactly why the president refuses to give any credence or creditability to news outlegs because they have no ability to corroborate anything they re putting out there. they re using innuendo and shady sources. that was not a denial of my
will cost about half a billion dollars in a one-time investment. the center for american progress said it would cost about a billion dollars and $10 million which is tiny. $10 million a year. even a billion dollars in the kind of budget we have to protect our democratic system is rather tiny. we should do that, clearly. jerry nadler, thank you for joining us. thank you. russian interference in the election worked so well because the presidential campaign the russians, they ve done it for a long time across europe. why now. i think this answer is very simple and is what no one is really saying in this room, which is part of the reason active measures have worked in this u.s. election is because the commander in chief has used russian active measures at time against his upons. he claimed that the election could be rigged. that was the number one theme pushed by rt sputnik news
kind of budget we have to protect our democratic system is rather tiny. we should do that, clearly. jerry nadler, thank you for joining us. thank you. russian interference in the election worked so well because the presidential campaign the russians, they ve done it for a long time across europe. why now. i think this answer is very simple and is what no one is really saying in this room, which is part of the reason active measures have worked in this u.s. election is because the commander in chief has used russian active measures at time against his upons. he claimed that the election could be rigged. that was the number one theme pushed by rt sputnik news outlegs all the way up till the election. candidate trump s cries of voter fraud, the campaign s bragging about voter suppression, the ongoing theme of hillary in prison lock her up all mirrored today s indictment.