the choice that they are making here. yeah, yasmin. you know, there was a really interesting piece in foreign policy that was published just yesterday. it was my that s the mostly kurdish force that as i ve said has been, you know, the tip of the spear in the u.s. effort against isis. he mentioned something that s been a little bit off the headlines. you know, you really should read it because it s filled with righteous indignation about the, you know, the depth of the kurds and how they re feeling of betrayal by the u.s. and it s not just this years and years in which the kurds really felt as though they were kind of doing the dirty work of the fight against isis. not just for the u.s. but for the entire world. but only a couple of months before this all happened, the kurds entered into a deal with the u.s. by which the united states said that don t reach out to the russians and to the syrians. don t try to seek help from them. we ll be your supporters on the
sold millions of copies and garnered plenty of controversy. his followup book is also being criticized, largely about sourcing and once again has washington abuzz. it s out today and takes place just after his celebrated fire and fury. just before airtime, i spoke with michael wolff about the controversy surrounding his new book and the details in it. all right, so, your book, much like your previous book, is getting a lot of attention and creating a fair amount of controversy. one of the reasons this time is because of the sourcing. you told the new york times you don t reach out for comment for some of the people you write about, because, and i quote, i don t actually believe if you know the answer it is necessary to go through the motions of getting an answer that you are absolutely certain of. how is that responsible? let me give you a example, should i call up fox news and say, are you biased for donald trump? obviously, we know what they would say. they would say, in fact,
his celebrated fired and furry. just after air time i spoke to him surrounding his new book and the details in it. all right, your book much like your previous book is getting a lot of attention and creating fair amount of controversy. one of the reasons this time is because of the sourcing. you told the new york times you don t reach out for comment for some of the people you write about because and i quote i don t actually believe if you know the answer that you are going to get an answer you are absolutely certain of. let me give you a example, should i call up fox news and say are you bias towards donald trump? obviously, we know they would say, no, we re not bias towards donald trump. should you call fox news and ask them, did they provide the questions to brett kavanaugh in the interview with martha mccam lull? a i knew what they ve said.
didn t meet any soviet leaders. when asked about it, reagan said they keep dying on me. well, that was true, but he wasn t really making much of an effort, and there was a fear that if you don t reach out to the soviets, they are so afraid of us, they will do something stupid. president reagan had a change of heart. he is now much more eager to meet with the new leader of the soviet union and he has sent mikhail gorbachev a letter suggesting a summit. all previous summits had a communique worked out ahead of time by the two foreign ministries. here s what we say at the end, and there d be some gaps in it to be filled in during the meetings. reagan said we are not doing any
those first couple of years of the reagan first term, reagan didn t meet any soviet leaders. when asked about it, reagan said they keep dying on me. that was true, but he wasn t making much of an effort, and there was a fear that if you don t reach out to the soviets, they are so afraid of us, they ll do something stupid. president reagan has had a change of heart. he is now much more eager to meet with the new leader of the soviet union and he has sent mikhail gorbachev a letter suggesting a summit. all previous summits had had a communique worked out ahead of time by the two foreign ministries. here s what we re going to say at the end. and there would be some gaps to be filled in during the neetings. reagan said we are not doing any communiques. whatever comes from the summit will be what we develop while we re there. after 70 minutes with their advisers, mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll through the garden to the pool house where