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>> absolutely everything in the book. >> this is definitely a moment for michael wolff but it's not his first rodeo. randi kaye tonight has more on that. >> this is the most extraordinary story of our time. >> reporter: once a copy boy for "the new york times," michael wolff is now media's favorite bad boy. at 64, wolff is immersed in a world of media and money, power and politics. >> he has always been very up front about the fact that that's who he wanted to be. he doesn't have an interest in being kind of a shoe leather reporter. he uses media reporting or in this case political reporting a...

>> mr. president, have you ever read the book? >> reporter: mr. trump said i authorized zero access to the white house. i actually turned him down many times for author of phony book. and look at what happens to sloppy steve, a new nickname for steve bannon. >> according to your reporting, everyone around the president, senior advisers, family members, every single one of them questions his intelligence and fitness for office. >> let me put a marker in the sand here. 100% of the people around him. >> reporter: and wolff thanked the president for driving up interest in his book which was releas...

Book. my credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has ever walked on earth at this point. i've written many books. i've written millions upon millions of words. i don't think there has ever been one correction. >> so you stand by everything in the book, nothing made up? >> absolutely. everything in the book. >> this is definitely a moment for michael wolff but it's not his first rodeo. randi kaye tonight as more on that. >> this is the most extraordinary story of our time. >> reporter: once a copy boy for "the new york times," michael wolff is n...

Personal observations about the rich and famous about their wives and children. he once send his child to steve ratner's house and people were appalled, but he knows that readers love that stuff and controversy is his friend. >> reporter: and that means he's in friendly confines now. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> with me now, cnn political analyst and "new york times" white house correspondent maggie haganman and back with us jim sciutto. magge maggie, you've read the book. do you have a sense of how much the book is accurate? i mean, can you put a figure on it? >> i couldn't weight it to scal...

Randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> with me now, cnn political analyst and "new york times" white house correspondent maggie haberman and back with us jim sciutto. maggie, you've read the book. do you have a sense of how much of the book is accurate? i mean, can you put a figure on it? >> i couldn't weight it to scale. >> right. >> it was funny, though, listening to the michelle cottle interview and thinking about who else we can think of that likes to issue what is described as convention and make personally cutting remarks, it sounds a lot like the person this book is about. there is a similarity ...