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And not by the way i agree being a southerner, it is awesome. >> of course he has to say that and all these people have to deny it. but the truth is, shannon, nobody comes out well from this book. the people outside the white house, the people around the president, his closest team have shown themselves time after time with the wolf book ended now this book as being a bunch of veiny, disloyal, incompetent egomaniacs frankly who are running around gossiping and backstabbing and talking to people ...

President who nominated you. whats his test when he gets a chance to speak? >> right. hes going to present himself as someone whos a team player, both trying to build consensus there in that room, trying to warm himself up a little bit to the democrats, and then hes going to talk about building consensus on the supreme court, being part of a team of nine. hes going to want to try to seem as moderate, as humble, as nonthreatening to individual rights as possible. >> and the democrats hope that he...

Had -- >> other than that it was favorable. >> but kellys response to all of that is, i never said hes an idiot. >> very precise in his denial. i think this book obviously carries a fair amount of liability here, the difference in having bob woodward report things and having wolf and others as weve seen over the course of the last year -- >> michael wolff. >> yeah, theres a significant stature gap there. i dont think weve all seen bob woodward report on the obama administration very unflattering...

Poor paid of his presidency. its not something that happened in the last few weeks. wolf, you and i go back long way with woodward. we know on many of his books there are small mistakes, but the essence of the book always turns out to be correct. thats what is devastating about this. i want to go back to this whole episode of mueller. that is extraordinary to me, that they would go and make a case to him why the president of the united states is unfit to give testimony because he does not unders...

Ever had. that quote in the woodward book from john kelly, the white house chief of staff. whats the reaction youre getting over there? this book is supposed to be released on september 11th, but obviously a lot of excerpts are already out there. >> reporter: well, wolf, we knew in recent days our sources have been telling us that president trump was complaining that he never had the chance to sit down with bob woodward for an interview for this book, even though woodward made several attempts t...

Different. not only does he have first-hand accounts, but e-mail exchanges that back up what his claims are. we know that after that michael wolf fire and fury book came out, john kelly implemented this no interview policy for books here in the white house. they didnt want any staffers talking to people for upcoming books. we know before and after john kelly implemented that rule, at least a dozen white house officials here, current and former, spoke with bob woodward for this book, telling him ...

>> senator graham actually mention it had quickly on one meeting and, you know, that is true. >> reporter: president trump sat down with the conservative daily caller website to call the woodward book a bad book and to accuse the author of having credibility problems. the presidents former outside lawyer john dowd pushed back on parts of the book saying, quote, that there was no so-called practice session of a mock interview at the special counsels office saying he did not refer to the president...

>> the hearse and the casket will head over to the naval academy for a private ceremony, a private burial, tomorrow in annapolis, maryland. ma maeve you were finishing your thought. >> "danny boy" is a song john mccain could never hear without a tear in his eye, his aides would say. for that to be a moment for cindy mccain really mourning this long and intense marriage that she had. but i do think that meghan mccain, her eulogy today was just remarkable in the sense that passing on that lesson t...

And so what was going through my mind was probably her memories of standing with hill, listening to that song. and it was just something that -- it always will get people but particularly at that moment, particularly with this man, wolf. >> yes, and dan, i want you and i want everywaone to listen. im going to play that excerpt from meghan mccains eulogy of her dad when she referenced the current politics of washington. >> we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness. the real thing,...

Classmate and best friend, admiral chuck larsen. his wife telling cnn that her husband has his wingman back now. and to go back to that moment when the senators casket was carried up the steps into the capitol, its important to keep in mind today was a very hot and sunny day in washington for almost the entire day. but that moment when the cass debt made its way out of the hearse, it seemed as though the skies opened and the rain started falling. wolf, that was certainly something that senator m...