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Is exactly -- no, no, thats exactly what i had in mind to do. it was -- open your kimono, let me see. im willing to write -- im willing to write any story here. you are now doing the job of the white house, just so everybody knows that. >> well, wait a minute. i read the book. i took the time to read the book. there it is. thrilled to discuss the book. >> but lets go -- you have somebody -- >> i have questions. >> hope hicks -- >> i know this. >> i have questions as a reader. i have questions as...

>> okay. because from the paper trail that ive seen and ive tried to become more knowledgeable in anticipation of having you here, it doesnt seem like there was any interview you were afforded for the book per se. there is a hollywood reporter interview that you did. >> i think we should point out that im someone in the white house as obviously giving you e-mails that i sent which is perfectly fine. but, you know, the white house has been on a concerted attack on me since this book came out. by ...

>> dana: all today, wall street journal, whos written a lot about this issue, tweeted it is time to release absolutely everything related to that dossier that can be deemed legitimately classified. the spin has become silly. your reaction to what senator grassley said about concerns about people not coming forward? and is it possible to release more about the dossier? >> i think senator grassley is right on the chilling effect it has on other witnesses. i think the other point senator grassley w...

Going to yield to her and yield the stage to her. everybody has done something wrong. everybody has disappointed him. everybody is -- everybody is bad at what they do. everybody who works for him in the white house has to put up with this. and he spreads this. you know? he puts this out. he calls his billionaire friends at night and says, you know, you know, steve is -- steve is disloyal or kellyanne conway is whatever she is. all of this kind of stuff and then he goes back to them and he says, ...

>> you know, its within of two things. either -- either steve has the most remarkable big mouth in history or he has a strategy. and i tend to think that its a strategy. and i tend to think that his strategy was roy moore would win. that would mean steve bannon would win. donald trump would lose. that means steve bannon would hold the leverage. going into 2018. and steve bannon in part using this book would break with donald trump. >> how much of your interviewing with steve bannon occurred afte...

Vice presidents side. they cant keep anybody, even in their highest jobs. why is that? that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. now its time for "the last word" with lawrence odonnell. good evening, lawrence. of big guest we try to do everything we can to let the world know that we have a big guest? >> sure. >> everywhere i went this weekend people knew that i had michael wolff as a first guest on the show tonight. his book, of course, "fire and fury" disappearing from book s...

At what they do. everybody who works for him in the white house has to put up with this. and he spreads this. you know? he puts this out. he calls his billionaire friends at night and says, you know, you know, steve is -- steve is disloyal or kellyanne conway is whatever she is. all of this kind of stuff and then he goes back to them and he says, whoever he was talking to, who hes told this, he then reports they told him that. >> you have one of those phone calls almost word for word and it spec...

Guest? >> sure. >> everywhere i went this weekend people knew that i had michael wolff as a first guest on the show tonight. his book, of course, "fire and fury" disappearing from book stands -- bookstores, unprecedented sales and the word got out he would be here and i was on two flights, one on friday, one this morning, to, from, los wills people trying to grab the book out of hi hands. >> really? >> do not, do not get caught walking the streets carrying this book anywhere. people are just g...

Strategy was roy moore would win. that would mean steve bannon would win. donald trump would lose. that means steve bannon would hold the leverage. going into 2018. and steve bannon in part using this book would break with donald trump. >> how much of your interviewing with steve bannon occurred after he was fired from the white house? >> very little. >> so most of this is while hes in the white house and what we read is a roller coaster road for bannon. days he feels up and like hes the one in ...

Is it gossip, journalism? what is it? >> its what i saw and what i heard. in front of my face, in my ears. what is that? i mean, my goal in this book when i was thinking about how, what the effect should be, i sat on this couch in the west wing, im sort of part of the furniture, and i thought, if i do this right, the reeder will feel like -- reader will feel like theyre sitting on the couch here, hearing, seeing, the entire circus go by. >> how, how often did you sit on that couch? how many time...