mueller chose andrew whiteman first. he is a money laundering guy. their path to trump goes right through paul manafort, don jr. and jared kushner. we just got a sharp tongued response from president trump himself to all this. he said in part, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. steve was a staffer who worked for me, and after i had already won the nomination by defeating 17 candidates often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the republican party. the president goes on to accuse bannon of leaking false information to the press while he was working here at the white house. dana? >> dana: what are others who are quoted in this new book saying about the comments that are in it? >> reporter: not everybody is standing by the things they are quoted as saying including the charge of the inaugural committee here about this time last year. he is quoted by wolf as calling