received a letter directly? >> i don't actually. that's something that his publisher would probably receive. >> okay. so can you talk to us about the fact-checking process that went into all of this? >> well, that's a question for the book publisher, but i do know that when i've edited michael wolff for "the hollywood reporter" and he interviewed trump he got the trump interview on tape, so we understand there are tapes that have been made from his time in the white house. the other thing is, i know the president issued a lengthy statement but as we know and cnn has reported, a lot of times this white house's reputation for pushing out the truth is not stellar. >> you talk about the book, but there was also this article posted this morning in the "hollywood reporter" written by michael wolff a summary of what we're about to see in the book that comes out. talk not about the fact-checking process but how he got in there. he was inside the west wing as he says it, sitting comfortably on a couch for much of a year