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It's friday, january 5. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we start with a highly anticipated book about president trump's first months in the white house. goes on sale today. michael wolff's fooir and fury comes out days ahead of schedule. defying legal threats from mr. trump's lawyers. cnn has obtained a copy. wolff was given extraordinary access to the west wing early in the add administration. the more than two00 interviews. >> we should note some of the reporting has been corroborated, there are errors identified. some of the details stunning portray the president as erratic easily distracted. over n...

>> laura: before we go, the president reacting minutes ago to the latest revelations from michael wolfe's book. specifically what we talked about a few minutes ago. the idea that wolff had unfettered access to the president's staff trump tweetin tweeting: "i authorized zero access to white house actually turned him down many times for author of phony book! i never spoke to him for book. full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve!" well, let me say, according to multiple reports and wolff himself, he sat ...

Impression of talking to them and observing them through much of the first year of the presidency is that they all, 100% came to believe he was incapable of functioning in his job. he's talking about the people around the president. the he's talking about white house aides. that is really a remarkable position to be operating from. what do you make of that? >> couple thinkings jump out. first, it seems extremely entertaining. i can't stop reading it. i would be a liar it i said otherwise, but my concerns aren't so much with the credible of wolff. he was been criticized and he's -- but my bigge...

Lot of questions from people, including the author, about the president's mental fitness. rex tillerson infamously and allegedly referred to the president as a moron. what did he have to say about the president's fitness? >> well, he said, listen, i spend more time than almost any cabinet secretary along with secretary mattis with the president and he said that the man that's described in the book is not the caricature that is portrayed and he said that the president is engaged and, you know, really pays attention. he's not, you know, bored or walking out of meetings with world leaders. take a...

I got their couple name stuck in my head. whether any of that is true, how much is accurate or a lot of back stabbing that again, we already knew about this. this is just confirmation. that's why i want to add the caveat about being careful. so much of this book feels like confirmation of priors. you want to be cynical and skeptical -- not cynical. it's almost too good to check. i can't deny it. it's the most enter p taining fascinating stuff i've read in a long time. >> number one on amazon and why they're releasing it early on sale. >> this is the leader of the free world. we're all like oh ...