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And steve bannon that happened a couple weeks before the inauguration at a dinner that was hosted by the author, by michael wolf, in which roger ailes asks steve bannon about russia. he says, what has he gotten himself into with the russians, pressed ailes? he went to russia but thought he was going to meet putin. putin couldnt give an splitive about him, so hes kept trying. that struck me, kimberly, its present tense. its two weeks before the inauguration. he kept trying. i dont know what ban...

Candidness with which people apparently spoke to michael wolf, the candidness with which they spoke over dinner and the reality is those conversations either contradict or confirm statements made to bob mueller by some of the same people in interviews during his investigation, upping the likelihood at least the percentage of perjury of white house officials. >> only one of the parties involved has to consent to the recording. the other person doesnt even need to know about it. also pretty notabl...

Did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? >> thank you. >> any words about steve bannon? >> i dont know. he called me a great man last night. so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. i dont talk to him. i dont talk to him. i dont talk to him. thats just a misnomer. thank you. >> the president speaking today about his one-time chief strategist steve bannon. the key source for a controversial new book which paints a...

Commenting to nbc news now. we dont have a lot coming out of muellers office. but this story sounds like it is coming directly from muellers office. >> well, i cant say anything about that. i actually dont know michaels sources so it wouldnt be right for me to comment even if i did. youre right, robert mueller has been very disciplined about leaks from his office, much more so than many prosecutors weve seen in the past in these politically charged investigations. that doesnt mean hes the only...

Satisfaction, they resulted in another round of trumps dissing bannon. author michael wolf f will be a guest on the today show tomorrow morning. lets bring in jonathan la mere associated press, and david jolly, former republican congressman from florida. gentlemen, welcome. >> good to be with you, katie. >> about 20 minutes ago the president tweeted about this book, obviously going to make michael wolf pretty happy with the continuing book sales. i authorize zero access to white house. actually ...

This is all great news. the fact that were getting pulled into kardashians on the potomac. >> its not quite that, when you have steve bannon who is as close to the president -- >> i was disappointed he didnt come out and say anything about this, or apologize. >> and the direct quotes in the book are bannon quotes, bannon is the guy that was bringing michael wolf into the white house. its troubling that he didnt come out and apologize or say those things. this book is an atrack on the presidency,...

Was sent, i think hes spot on, but as far as -- >> come on -- >> you guys -- >> your attorney general. >> if president 3w5u78 in the same situation, and this was being said about president obama, you would be saying, no big deal, no problem, you have -- its complete -- i dont understand how you guys can have a completely different set of standards for one president versus the other. >> hey, the way that loretta lynch and eric holder defended president -- >> no, not in a criminal investigation, o...

That was the worst political decision ever made, at least in recent political history. you get a sense of why they were angry, or worried too about what comey could be looking for and finding. >> trump himself, in talking about a red line might be in terms of moore has talked about finances as well. he said that on the record. in some ways, we talk about the ways in which a lot of this book, well figure out if its corroborated, who his sources were. all of this reporting has been out there, this...

Building. i think hes probably lost it by now anyway. >> not necessarily, i think he may have stayed. he should have gone on as long as he could have. >> he acted on the guidance by the career lawyers, whose job it is to give suggestions in these scenarios, what has he done despite that? >> he didnt recuse himself, but hes gone about trying to please trump in every other way. sessions aide, according to the new york times report. im sorry, but the spokesperson at the justice department whos deny...

By his own admission. >> he has the language of trump down pat. >> he was in the communications shop. totally known quantity michael wolf. they have known donald trump for decades and produced books like this before. somehow trumps inner circle decided it was a great idea. he had access and an appointment badge that got him into the office area. one quick thing. this is not consistent with what we heard off the record. this is two years of reporting on the trump campaign and the white house. one...