woodward when it was too late to speak to him on the record for his book but did get the message out, gee, i wanted to talk to you. so sorry i got to you after the deadline. i think that's a message trump wanted the readers of woodward's book to hear and he spoke very calmly. admitted that lindsey graham did convey the message. ultimately if the president did want to talk to bob woodward about this book, he would have. i think that's the take away from that conversation. >> maybe fits him into the category of the staff trying to protect the president from himself. john, as jamie mentioned earlier, the book opens with this dramatic scene she describes painting a picture of the staff thinking the president is a danger to himself, the country, he's a national security risk. what gary cohen said according to woodward about how woodward describes in the book about stealing the document off the president's desk is this. i wouldn't let him see it. he's never going to see that document. got to protect the country. a country that needs protecting