david fahrenthold called 320 charities david fahrenthold called 320 charities in the course of this investigation and said, "hey, have you ever gotten any money "from donald trump?" i mean, 320. how would you have liked it, he was given this assignment in the elevator at the washington post. martin baron, the editor, said, "you know, why don't you just check in "to donald trump's charities. "find out if he's really contributed all this money." how would you like to get that assignment. how would you like to get that assignment. - he took to it with incredible enthusiasm. - well, my god. - it's amazing. - and the way he did it is really an example of how reporting works, and how it can be so effective. - well, the stories in this book are so hopeful, from my perspective, as somebody who loves journalism and wants the next generation to see not only a way in, but a reason to pursue this as a career. i think this book is, it's immensely hopeful. i've resisted as much as i can asking you about trump, i've gotta now pivot to, you know. - he's the president. - he is. - he is. in your lifetime, would yo

and david fahrenthold continues to write sentences that no one ever thought would be written about a serving american president. such as, quote, the white house didn't respond when asked whether the president had been briefed on this fight at one of his company's 12 luxury hotels. joining suss david fahrenthold, pulitzer prize winning "washington post" reporter and as of today, yay, msnbc political analyst. congratulations on this new reporting. and thank you for joining us here at msnbc. we're so glad to have you here. >> thank you. it is great to be here. >> great. tell me about this panamanian dispute. what are they fighting about? >> basically, there is a guy who owns the hotel. the hotel is as you said not owned by trump, it's run by trump. the owner of the hotel has decided it's losing too much money and he blames mismanagement by the trump organization and also blames the trump brand which is toxic in latin america for the fact that the rooms are basically empty. he is trying to fire the organization, even though the contract as far as i can tell didn't allow them to fire them

washington, investigative reporter for "the washington post" and msnbc's newest political analyst, david fahrenthold a pulitzer prize for his reporting on the trump foundation and here on a new reporting on a standoff at a trump hotel many panama. welcome. we've been trying to get you over here for a while. >> it's act time. >> thank you. >> since you had your three ring binder and pad with what trumps claim they gave to charity on one side and what they hadn't given on the other side. let's talk about this panama hotel. walk us through the story. >> president trump his company has a hotel down in panama city. they don't own it. they operate it. they have a contract to operate into 2031. it's in hotel shape. they've been losing customers and revenue. the trump brand is not that great in latin america right now, as you might imagine. so the guy who owns the hotel has decided he's going to kick the trumps out. showed up in panama with a bunch of people and tried to get them to leave and the trump organization is not leaving. so now he's the guy who owns the hotel has enlisted the police in the panama