launched a major war against james comb yes. 4r5i9 today, details from that book began emerging, some revealing, some outright salacious, remarkal scenes with president obama and later president trump, at some of the most critical moments in recent history, including a russian attack on american democracy. randi kaye joins us with the latest. according to the washington post in his new book james comey set he brought up the dossier, that dossier alleged that russians had a so-called pee tape of prostitutes that trump had paid to urinate on each other and his bed in a hotel suite. comey writes that he wanted him, reportedly writesh adding that it bothered him if there was even a 1% chance his with wife melania thiol it was true the in
the president about it initially? well, comey and james clapper reportingly briefed president obama about it first, then according to the book obama asks, well, who plans to tell donald trump? clapper reportedly said that comey would. according to the paper, comey writes in the book that obama turned his left to his left and looked directly at me, he raised and lowered both of his eyebrows with emphasis and then looked away. coy wrote reportedly that grouch i don t marks eyebrow raise was subtle humor and expression of concern, almost as if he was saying, good luck with that. anderson, this is a 304-page tell-all, so this is really just scratching the surface. late word from pam brown and jeff zeleny, white house officials say there are no plans to respond to anything from the book tonight. people familiar with the matter say the white house and the rnc not plan to respond toach allegation, largely because they
suite. comey reportedly writes in the book that trump wanted comey to investigate the allegations. comey reportedly writes, he brought up what he called the golden showers thing. adding that it bothered him if there was even a 1% chance his wife melania thought it was true. the paper said that comey goes on to write, in an apparent play for my sympathy, trump said that he has a beautiful wife and the whole thing has been very painful for her, he asked what we could do to lift the cloud. the former fbi director reportedly writes that trump offered varying explanations and a phone call as to why there was no tape. i m a germaphobe. there s no way i would let anyone do that. i m not sure how to follow that up. reporter: sure. comey writes when he met trump, the 6 3 president-elect looked shorter than he did on
this one, to a former trump doorman who told a story about an affair mr. trump had with his housekeeper and allegations he fathered a child with her. also tonight, cnn exclusive reporting on white house preparations to undermine rod rosenstein, and the republican party has just laub ched a major war against fired fbi director james comey in response to his upcoming tell-all. then, late today, details from that book began emerging, some revealing, some outright salacious. remarkable scenes from meetings with president obama and president trump at some of the most critical moments in american history. randi kaye has all the latest. what have you learned about the details in this book? reporter: anderson, in the washington post, james comey says donald trump brought up the intelligence dossier. that dossier alleged that russians had a so-called pee tape of prostitutes that trump paid to urinate on each other and his bed in a russian hotel
bothered him if there was even a 1% chance his wife, melania, thought it was true. comey goes on to say the president told him he was thinking of asking the fbi to investigate the allegation to prove it was a lie. and there s more. the washington post reporting that comey writes, it is also wrong to stand idly by or worse to stay silent when you know better. while a president brazeningly seeks to undermine public confidence in law enforcement institutions that were established to keep our leaders in check. but in what may be the most explosive of all, comey writes, this president is unethical and untethered to truth and institutional values. his leadership is transactional. ego driven. and about personal loyalty. white house officials say there are no plans at this point to respond to the book tonight. but cnn has learned exclusively that the president s allies have already begun putting together an extensive campaign to fight back against comey, talking points including branding