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Fascinating. >> this book is about me at 16 getting the best seat. i was with my classmate goldie hawn, we had the same drama teacher. she went further with the drama. but i was lucky enough to get a job as a copy boy at what was the greatest afternoon paper in america, the "washington evening star." he was mentored by the greaest journalists of my day. and everything that i know about reporting pretty much i learned in my age of 16 to 25. i had been at the paper for about four weeks when the he...

Was dead. what is it about the newsrooms about that era that we should be learning from at this point in our history? >> let me first say something about this book, "chasing history," because its really about this kid, me, who got the best seat in the country at age 16. i went to work as a copy boy at "the washington evening star," the greatest afternoon paper in america at the time, the opposition better and a better paper than "the washington post" in those days. what this memoir is about is t...

A big player the white house says none of this has to do with the president. these are all people he barely new, copy boy or whatever it was. i repeatedly asked the white house about roger stone before we knew a lot about this maybe not who the campaign official was, but we knew the narrative story line he thought he was going to be indicted he was quite surprised that he hadnt he had robert mueller knocking down at his door and, so, as far as the narrative itself goes, the white house has told ...

Me. and please treat this person more harshly. now, there is a difference between michael cohen and, of course, president donald trump and the word president is the difference here. >> right. >> and who you can actually indict and who you cannot. there was never an issue about indicting michael cohen. but the president, we got that olc memo that says listen, you , we dont want to do this. but having said that, it plays into donald trump saying, look, i was directed by my attorney, michael cohen,...

Thing here. i want to the press conferences as a copy boy, and i dictated them back at the newspaper that i worked for. watching kennedy engage with the press, to understand the engagement was a thing to be hold. it started to decesinagrate. i said to him at the time i think we need to rethink how we cover these press conferences. >> are the answers worth it? that is the what were getting toe, maybe it is not worth it. >> we need to be able to get the truth out.

No, for the public we serve and were going to keep on. >> i went to jack kennedys press conferences as a copy boy and i dictated a text back to the washington star where i worked for an afternoon newspaper. to watch kennedy engage with the press, to tell the truth, to have a kind off in his answers o understand this national engagement of the press was a thing to behold. with successive presidents also did this. it began to break down. and i said to sam at the time, i think we need to rethink ho...

Presidency and this white house has no -- no interest in the truth as we have known it in every other presidency. this president and this presidency has an interest only in its own propaganda, its own lies, its own version of events that have nothing to do with real existing information. you know, i went to jack kennedys press conferences, starting with his third one. i was copy boy at the time. and if you were to go back and watch him and every successive president of the united states, includi...

Lack of press briefings. you know, the president himself still hasnt directly answered questions about why his campaign lied about their involvement in trying to buy karen mcdougals rights -- the rights to her story from a.m.i., which the campaign claim they had no knowledge of, they knew nothing about the deal, nor has he answered any questions about your reporting that he allegedly knew about the trump tower meeting in advance. >> this president and this presidency and this white house has no ...

I dont know, sorks l, if you c hang out. weve received the charging document just now. this is the deputy campaign chairman of the trump campaign. hes not the campaign for the entire campaign but he was at the campaign for big moments. so you have the adviser they want to call the copy boy. george papadopoulos has flipped. rick gates, we dont know if he has anything to do with the campaign or knows of anything bad that happened during the campaign. but hes about to enter a plea deal which at lea...

President. whether he realized it was an interview or not, i dont know, but it certainly was not off the record. >> and did you flatter your way in? >> i certainly said what was ever necessary to get the story. >> so who exactly is michael wolff? heres cnns randy kay. >> reporter: this is the most extraordinary story of our time -- >> once a copy boy, hes now the favorite bad boy. at 64, wolff is immersed in a world of media and money, power, and politics. >> hes always been very up front about ...