the "washington post" report goes on saying "over the next two weeks according to intervieinterview s eight officials he tuned into cable television segments about the memo, talked to friends and advisers about it. before he even read it, trump became absolutely convinced of one thing, the memo needed to come out. josh is one of the "post" reporters sharing the byline on this breaking story tonight. he joins us now by phone. so, josh, talk to us about the president's decisionmaking process when it came to this memo. >> right, anderson, at first, the president was told by conservativetriguing memo that abuses at the fbi that can help you. the president, as you said, was vaguely aware of it. as conservative lawmakers, his inner circle, called him. could show wrongdoing by rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general overseeing special counsel bob mueller's probe and