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That said, a note explaining how the book came to be, the author conducted interviews, many with the president, spoke to over 200 people, many of the president's top aides -- >> he never sat down with the president, just to be clear. >> did they -- >> there was one brief conversation that had nothing to do originally with the book. it was i think around five to seven minutes in total since the president has taken off. that's the only interaction that he's had. >> were there any phone calls -- >> that's the only interaction that the president has had with michael wolf since he took office. >> c...

Not true. so i can't speak to what the author's comments were. i can only speak to the white house. >> does the white house have a copy of the book now? >> i believe there may be some individuals that do. jim? >> sarah, the president's statements that steve bannon had very little influence in the white house. the president elevated him to the same level as the chief of staff and put him on the national security counsel. how do you reconcile that? >> i wouldn't say he elevated him to the same level as chief of staff. in the actions that steve took, the president was clear he didn't have a lot o...

Investigation is going to focus on the money laundering trail left behind by some members of the president's inner circle. let's get live to peter doocy in washington. trace? >> bannon's death is that the mueller probe will turn up some financial crimes convictions before anything about collusion with russian. he's quoted as telling the author michael wolf this. "you realize where this is going. it's about money laundering. their path to expletive trump goes through paul manafort and jared kushner. it's as plain as a hair on your face. bannon continues with this. it goes through deutsche bank ...