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With linda farrenstein, the famed attorney by her side and another powerful attorney and with these folders of information and photographs that he wanted to use to smear his accusers and stop the story in the 11th hour. that was an off-the-record meeting that he kind of surprised us with, but in the book were able to bring it on to the record and show readers what it was like. >> how? >> we were able -- im not going to sort of provide my -- you know, all of my sources on this, but we were able t...

Right balance, you dont want to be so pesz missick, or you talk the economy down, you dont want to be too optimistic, but youve got to be realistic, when i see a politician with that kind of message, its music to my ears. i remember a wire guy, when king was a wire guy, you wouldnt write what bill clinton was saying, you wrote news and you covered up the s and you said if its not new, its not news, that was one of the john king journalism lessons that you caught me. >> if you were advising, woul...