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And slowly the pot was boiling and boiling and boiling. and then we got towards the tail end of the deposition, and that's when the pot boiled over. >> reporter: attorney zblen glez is talking about donald trump. he deposed him long before he was president in an eminent domain case in the '90s. trump was claiming eminent domain to take possession of a widow's home so he could use it to park his apartment's limousines. overall, how would you describe him during the deposition? >> self-deprecating is not donald. donald was the donald that you see now, you know. he walks in. he wants to take over...

Was president in a case involving eminent domain back in the 1990s. trump was claiming eminent domain to take possession of a an elderly widow's home in atlantic city so he could use it as a parking lot for his casino's limousines. overall, how would you describe him during the deposition? >> self-deprecating is not donald. donald was the donald that you see now, you know. he walks in. he wants to take over. he wants to make the deposition his deposition, even though it's mine. he tries to control the questioning. >> reporter: zeitz says trump tried to come off confident, but that his emotions...

Me and say, take off your clothes. >> those days, so much of comedy was just straight up sexist. my wife is a battle ax. phyllis diller switched it around. now it was about her horrible husband. >> fang, that's my husband. he went to the dentist the other day, the dentist told him, he's got the worst set of tooth he's ever saw in his life. >> for a woman to go on stage and complain about that, it was emancipation, in a way. >> you sure you're a marriage counselor? >> of course, don't i have a sympathetic face? >> well, your face has my sympathy. >> the self-deprecating woman was very popular i...

They were really great self-deprecating jokes that would have just -- >> very funny. >> would have warmed him up to a very cold washington and he didn't crack a smile and the words he said after they read him all the jokes, which were hilarious because they were read to us and we were rolling were "i don't get it." he didn't get it. >> he said i don't get. >> it i don't think he was joking. >> you know what's fascinating, though, walter, we've been talking about the tariffs, donald trump attacking canada. this, of course, comes a day or two after we celebrated the anniversary of d-day where ou...

Didn't bring. >> the word is swagger. this is pompeo coming in and getting a big welcome from the hundreds of state department employees that were gathered here. coming in with an upbeat energy, making the self-deprecating jokes, and as you would expect, saying all the right things. basically that he's humbled to be here, that america can't achieve its goals without all of you, that i have a lot to learn from you, i'm not going to lock myself away in the executive suite on the seventh floor, that he's going to turn things around here. listen. >> i talked about getting back our swagger, and i'l...