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Book, they see now the thing that he says. >> michael -- >> so your indication is he was polite. >> the questions ive raised two subjects thus far. i have more, but ive raised two subjects thus far that i think are legitimate areas of inquiry. wait a minute. >> i dont know what are they -- shall. >> the first is -- >> tell me. >> -- did you misrepresent yourself in an effort to gain access? and the email trail that i have seen thus far i think raises that as a legitimate question. i like donald ...

The president? >> never once, never in any way. i went into the white house, and i told them i want to write this book from your point of view. i dont want to be someone looking in. i want you to tell me what you think, and thats really what the book is. the book is not my impressions of this white house or the president. it is in the voices of the people in the white house. >> did you tell them that your objective was to humanize the president, that nobody was doing that, that you personally li...

Book, except unlike the overwhelming majority of them, i have access to the author to be able to ask some questions. and i had really two lines of inquiry that i think were entirely appropriate. one was, how did you bill yourself? did you misrepresent yourself in order to get into the white house? and, yes, i was looking at communications that he had sent to the white house where he said let me humanize the president. i like the president. let me help change perceptions of the president. there w...

I do want to change perceptions which i might have succeeded at. yes, go on. >> in other words, when you said i might be able to change perceptions of him, you meant, you meant to the negative? >> this is what a writer does. it would be of no value if i went in to this and i did not change perceptions. i might -- >> i dont see -- i dont know. >> i was willing to change perceptions. in a positive way. >> youre a far more successful writer than i will ever be. i know that when i write emails, seek...

Inquire as to my point of view or where i was going or what this book was going to be. to be perfectly honest, nobody was that interested. >> what im really after is not so much a policy or position interview with the president but an opportunity to humanize him. honestly, i dont think there is anybody out there who is doing this or it seems who cares about doing this. but i think you know that i like him and i believe i can show him in a way that might actually change perceptions of him. chatte...

Let me finish. i promise youll finish. >> lets itemize this. >> and the second area of inquiry -- >> i have liked donald trump. i was interested in humanizing him. i was -- i do set out to change perceptions which actually i might have succeeded at. but, yes, go on. >> in other words, when you said i might be able to change perceptions of him, you meant to the negative? >> this is what a writer does. it would be of no value if i went in to this and i did not change perceptions. i might -- i was ...

Me humanize. you know like the person. im the one who can change the perceptions. i just found it unusual. you get the final word. >> this is -- read my book. thats all i have. that is my final word. >> okay. and i did and i just think it bigs interesting questions as to on what grounds were you able to pull up that sofa in the west wing. >> i thought you were just giving me the final word. >> okay. >> anyway. so now let me take the final word. >> go ahead. >> its just the book. i have written t...

>> what im really after is not so much a policy or position interview with the president, but an opportunity to humanize him, honestly, i dont think there is anybody out there who is doing this, or it seems who cares about doing this, but i think you know that i like him, and i believe i can show him in a way that might actually change perceptions of him, chatted about this yesterday with bannon, who suggested doing something in the residence. im open to anything. but the more relaxed, the bette...

He confronted the president directly and dick durbin, his democratic colleague praising him for that. but republicans are in a mode right now of attempting to look away from things that this president is doing that embarrasses them without alienating his base by going directly at him. and its an uncomfortable situation. right now, the early polling tells us voters dont like it very much, because republicans are in big trouble for the midterm elections in the fall. but i dont see any reason to ex...

Nightmare of political correctness. >> well, my winner is dick durbin. he went to the white house to have a serious conversation about the bipartisan immigration deal and came out and spoke up about the presidents language. what is strikeing to me when the president said, i didnt use those words and dick said yes, he did. all of washington believed durbin and not the president. >> bret: dont you think its durbin who put out that was what was used? >> yes, he is the obvious source but not the onl...