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Trump white house was one of the first inside accounts to portray chaos inside the administration. wolff claimed the president himself authorized his access. among other revelations, wolff portrayed the white house staff as doubtful of trump's ability to lead the country, with close advisers calling him an idiot and a deep. trump said the book was full of lies, writing on twitter, "i authorized zero access to white house for author of phony book." >> it's what i saw and what i heard. in front of my, in a my ears. >> reporter: famed watergate journalist bob woodward's book "fear: trump in the w...

Tweets. i haven't seen any -- i haven't been sent anything on that. just kind of wait and see on that. >> why do you think the president is so upset? >> i think it probably has honestly more to do with the coverage of the book than it does the book itself. >> because he hasn't read -- >> he hasn't read it. he won't read it. and that's okay. i think that it's a point for him of frustration, the portrayal of the white house as being chaotic. and i do portray that in certain scenes. i think actually if he read the book he wouldn't be as mad. >> although let me just say, reading this paragraph -- ...

>> reporter: the trump campaign later filed arbitration against manigault newman for breaching that contract. well, again, this new book is "team of vipers." the author cliff sims joins me now. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> i've got a lot of questions for you. we've got a good amount of time. you -- in the book you write about how you sometimes drafted possible tweets for the president. did you ever expect that you would be on the receiving end of one of his tweets? >> definitely not when i was there. but you know, when you approach doing a book like this, especially if...

Ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. get started for free at ancestry.com another former member of the trump white house is speaking out tonight, telling the story of what he saw, and the boss isn't happy about it. the book is called "team of vipers: my 500 extraordinary days in the trump white house." author cliff sims is here with me now. we'll be talking to him shortly. earlier today as he was being interviewed on cnn's "new day" the president was weighing in about the book as well, tweeting about him and the book in real time, quoting now. the president said, "a low-level s...

Woodward who wrote this book, which is all next. >> reporter: the abrupt firing of fbi director james comey four months after trump took office was featured in both woodward and wolff's books. but comey told his own version in his memoir, "a higher loyalty: truth, lies, and leadership," which published in april of last year. it was the first inside account from a former administration official. comey didn't hold back, calling the president "unethical and untethered to the truth." another insider, former trump aide omarosa manigault newman's book "unhinged: an insider's account of the trump whi...