here's how ron suskind describes his sources for that scary reporting.onth interviewing some two dozen officials and aides. the central sources in the story are or were senior officials mainly in jobs that require senate confirmation. they have had regular access to the president and to briefings at the highest level. joining us now is the reporter who got those high-ranking trump administration officials to confide these worries. investigative journalist ron suskind. ron, it's really nice to see you. it's been a long time, my friend. >> it's good to see you, rachel. >> you wrote that you can't know the motives that all these people had for speaking to you today, but what they told you not just about what they're worried about but what they're preparing for is stark and worrying. what is your sense of why they wanted you to know this? >> well, you know, it's interesting because these are public servants in all parts of the government, and they hear what's happening on high from the white house, and they want the american people to know that they're doing