what about janice min, she was at the table and at the roger ailes/bannon dinner and verified everythingherself. thank you very much. thank you. michael wolff said today that he stands by "everything reported in the book". we asked him for an interview, but he wasn't available. janice min is part—owner of the hollywood reporter and was invited to the dinner party attended by steve bannon and roger ailes that is recounted in the book. shejoins me now from la. thank you forjoining us. tell us what went on that night — you were one of a very small select group, just six guests at the dinner with roger ailes, steve bannon. what do you remember of it? i remember almost every detail. this was a small party of six guests at michael wolff's house and listening to dr gorka, i think that the position from trump loyalists is that michael wolff is an outsider. it is from my experience with michael, i don't see that. he was such an intimate and a so warmly received by steve bannon and roger ailes and roger's wife and had such a level of trust with them that the conversation we had was stunning. it wa

and political analyst for nbc news phillip rubbing kerr, and strategist at eldridge industries, janice mind the steve bannon and roger ailes dinner party detailed in michael wolff's book. let's begin with you, janice. i love the correspondence you had with michael wolff when michael was rubbing around the west wing and you were asking him, what exactly do they think you're doing there, michael, to which he responded what? >> he said i don't know what they think i'm doing. different answers at different times would be, but i'm going to keep doing it until they tell me not to. i remember there was a key moment when kelly was brought in as chief of staff, who is supposed to bring law and order to the west wing. i said to michael, so is the jig up now that kelly is there. michael responded to me, there is so much chaos, i think i'm last on the totem pole of the concerns. he did proceed to be in there for many, many, many more weeks even with kelly in the house. >> tell us about the dinner that's detailed in the book. first of all, is it accurate, and what were the surprises? >> everything was

janice min is part—owner of the hollywood reporter, and was invited to the dinner party attended by steveat is recounted in michael wolff's book. she told the bbc‘s newsnight programme about the evening. i think that the position from trump loyalists is that michael wolff is an outsider. it's just — from my experience with michael, i don't see that. he was such an intimate and a — so warmly received by steve bannon and roger ailes, and also roger ailes's wife, and had such a level of trust and intimacy with them that the conversation we had that night was stunning. it was — the thing from start to finish went for five hours. they poured their hearts out about the republican party, and how they were going to — who they were going to put into cabinet. roger ailes offered to coach candidates in their congressional testimony. they talked of rudy giuliani, who wanted to be secretary of state and was disappointed not to get the position. steve bannon said they owed him something, because he had come out forcefully and spoke on the shows in the united states, when no—one else would, after the ac

janice min, welcome to "power lunch. >> hi. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> i saw your sbrinterview on "morning joe." i appreciate you coming on "power leverage. credibility of michael wolff, you worked with, part owner of the publication that largely employs michael wolff, the "hollywood reporter. people are now attacking his credibility. does he need to be defended? >> this is my concern about all of this, is that oftentimes, you know, i would call this the technique, you don't attack the message, you attack the messenger. and this is a famous strategy that roy cone used and trump has used for -- it is, you know, from the time way back when he started using cohn to now the administration i think, i can't speak to any of the specific details because i only know the one from the dinner which are entirely accurate i've seen before, though, where subjects who say things in the comfort of a conversation with the reporter, often regret those things because they take on a life of their own when they're in print i'm not -- >> but i'm sure you know michael wo

those witnesses include janice min, the editor of "the hollywood reporter" who hpz has been on several shows saying that, yes, michael wolff reported those accounts exactly as they were. what we are seeing, perhaps, is mr. bannon's indeed regret that he has caused this great public furor and by bringing into the open what almost every reporter -- and again, i go back to fox news, including fox news -- knows is and has been the real story for a long time here and that is, those in the military, in the congress, in the intelligence community who are republicans questioning the stability and competence and fitness of the united states to serve in the office of the presidency. >> so this statement does not deny the quotes are accurate. it simply spins, i would say. brian karem, your reaction? >> and i haven't read it in full. >> i'm going to bet that he might get an offer to work at the white house again. they are kind of short-staffed. i really don't -- nothing like this would surprise anybody. as carl said, he doesn't -- i have seen parts of the statement and, again, i don't think he's d

janice min of the hollywood reporter recalls a candid dinner that she says was reported accurately in the book. >> one of the things that was just mind blowing to me was both the level of trust they had in michael wolff, that they were saying all this in front of two people who had the ability to put this out in the world. >> this morn, wolff refuted the white house, saying he absolutely spoke to the president. >> the president reportedly told his top white house lawyer to stop attorney general jeff sessions from withdrawing from the russia investigation. "the new york times" and associated press say the white house counsel spoke to sessions but failed to change his mind. special counsel robert mueller is investigating whether that and other actions could be obstruction of justice. jeff pegues is tracking the mueller probe. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. overnight, responding to report, that also alleges sessions sent an aide to capitol hill to dig up dirt on then fbi director james comey. four days before fbi director james comey was abruptly fired by the president la