marc fisher, senior editor for the washington post and michael kranish, part of the team to put together this new book, "trump revealed: an american journey of ambition, ego, money, and power." cassie is joining us from colorado. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i had a couple of things -- first off, i think our nation, as a whole, should take a strong the mobile labs on computers and we should update our capitalistic government to puts us into the space age. a terribly cold, calculating, everything has its price. i always have. within that, you have people limiting a president to a total of eight years to get elected, get used to the country and have them get used to them and then start different programs, which president obama did and with great skill. i'm a big fan of his. but then, at the end of eight years, obamacare has glitches. it has problems that it needs to work out. he can't do that if he is kicked out. after eight years. you need time to be able to put those into practice and say, this works and that doesn't. throw out what doesn't work. host

journey of ambition, ego, money, and power," an and joining us now the table is marc fisher and michael kranish. what kind of reaction did you get from donald trump? guest: for this book, donald trump was gracious with this time. he spent 20 hours with a team of reporters doing interviews. the day before the book came out he tweeted, don't buy the book, it is boring. he cannot have read it because he did not receive a copy. people will see this is a thorough biography. let me beginsher, where you begin, his life story. he knew how to be famous, he knew how to win numbers, to get ratings. he made a lifelong study of how to create buzz. let's was one level up from flash. can you explain? guest: he has a hierarchy of reaction he can get from the media and he has made a lifelong study of manipulating the media and using the media. he learned at a early age that all publicity is good publicity and he genuinely believes that getting his name out there in all of these different ways through his entire life, from being seen with the prettiest models and celebrities in the 1970's although we up to his r

washington post" staffers for the work involved and the two who wrote it already here with us michael kranish invest gaytive reporter and marc fisher the senior editor. michael, let me start with you. is it possible to know the essential donald trump? >> well, i think ha biographer helps put in context the patterns. really try to tell right from his ancestor the story of donald trump, how he developed thinks thought patterns, which is very contraditions in his personality, for example, changed party registration seven times as republican, democrat, reform, then republican. also changed positions quite a bit. this week he has said he doesn't want to pivot people, see exactly who he is, we show clearly that this is a man who has been a pivot, is that for convenience or is that today the person who he really is? core trump elite, he's talked about art of the deal, and setting, creating an image what are his core believess a pivot part of the core belief? >> absolutely. he's an improvise or, someone who jumps out tries to provoke and tries to connect with people by speaking plainly. he truly beli

. >> and with that this morning for a new look at donald trump's life "the washington post" michael kranish and senior editor marc fisher, co-authors of the new book "trump revealed." it compiles the work of more than two dozen "the washington post" reporters, fact-checkers and editors. together they examine trump's childhood, his beginnings in real estate and the international exp o branded empire. trump revealed is published by scrivener, an imprint of simon and shoouser, division of cbs. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> i should point out you spoke with mr. trump and interviewed him, right? >> yes, we spent as a group more than 20 hours with him. he was extremely generous and gracious with his time despite all of his bluster against the media and against "the washington post." he was quite forthcoming. >> you go all the way back to his childhood to help reveal once said he hasn't changed since second grade. keep that in mind as you hear about some of the things that he did, such as throwing rocks at a toddler in the yard right across from his own home, pulling the pigtail

the co-authors, michael kranish and marc fisher.he book is titled "trump revealed: an american journey of ambition, ego, money, and power ." back in a moment. >> coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, the abraham lincoln presidential library foundation published a book of musings by public figures and ordinary americans, celebrating or responding to lincoln's gettysburg address. -- reads passages from the book. saturday night at 8:50. >> his presence still resonates from the words he has written and the artifacts and documents he has left behind for our posterity. he was a simple yet deeply complex man. who looked at complex issues plainly and purely. he accepted and spoke the truth. many believe lincoln transcended all other presidents to have served before him and since. his great american story has reached and continues to reach , racesborders and oceans and religions, politics and party lines. then, at 10:00 p.m., the u.s. information agency filmed the march on washington for jobs and freedom and produced a do

which is rather unique in the history of american presidential candidates. >> marc fisher and michael kranishtomorrow. >>> boston says no to olympics but the l.a. is ready to play. ben tracy has that report coming up. city of announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by nutella. spread the happy! >>> every day is a cruise for an 88-year-old retiree. peter greenberg met her on board her ship. >> i want your life. >> that is you and a lot of other people. i have people 80 years old who say, i want to be like you when i grow up. and i don't argue with them, because it's -- i don't know that i could ever readjust to the real life. >> such a fun story. ahead, the woman who found a permanent home afloat. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ rock the boat don't tip the boat ♪ ♪ rock the boat don't tip the boat over ♪ who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections an

marc fisher, senior editor for the washington post and michael kranish, part of the team to put together this new book, "trump revealed: an american journey of ambition, ego, money, and power." cassie is joining us from colorado. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i had a couple of things -- first off, i think our nation, as a whole, should take a strong the mobile labs on computers and we should update our capitalistic government to puts us into the space age. a terribly cold, calculating, everything has its price. i always have. within that, you have people limiting a president to a total of eight years to get elected, get used to the country and have them get used to them and then start different programs, which president obama did and with great skill. i'm a big fan of his. but then, at the end of eight years, obamacare has glitches. it has problems that it needs to work out. he can't do that if he is kicked out. after eight years. you need time to be able to put those into practice and say, this works and that doesn't. throw out what doesn't work. host

which is rather unique in the history of american presidential candidates. >> marc fisher and michael kranish, thank you so much. their book goes on sale tomorrow. >>> boston says no to olympics but the l.a. is ready to play. ben tracy has that report coming up. city of >> samantha: it is a cool morning, 50s and 60s out there, almost like a fall feel this morning. i hope that you like how nice it is out there. we have some showers moving through cuyahoga county, also out into geauga and trumbull any rain we have around will be qianed to the morning hours midday and into the afternoon. we should be totally done with showers. cool today and not just this morning but this afternoon we're only in the mid-70s, announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by nutella. spread the happy! >>> every day is a cruise for an 88-year-old retiree. her ship. >> i want your life. >> that is you and a lot of other people. i have people 80 years old who say, i want to be like you when i grow up. and i don't argue with them, because it's -- i don't know that i could ever readjust to the real life. >> s

nation" on cbs, john dickerson's guests include jeff sessions republican of laem and michael kranish and marc fisher, author of "trump revealed." in fact,tions fections to two the miami area. >> pregnant women were warned to stay away from the zika zones and the virus known to cause severe birth defects. david begnaud is in miami with the latest on the difficulties in fighting the virus in that area. >> reporter: good morning. the sun rises over the beach, it is nice and quiet. but give it a few hours. this is one of the best known tourist hot spot in the world. not only are pregnant women being advised to stay away from here but now the cdc has gone far as to say if you're pregnant and you have a sexual partner and both of you are worried about contracting the zika virus, you should avoid miami-dade altogether. that, officials will tell you, is not good for business. health officials are more concerned about a tourist coming here to miami beach, contracting the virus and then taking it somewhere else. >> the real concern that we have is that we could see zika continuing to spread fo

senator jeff sessions from alabama plus the authors of a new book called "trump revealed with michael kranishnd marc fisher and they will also join us on sunday on cbs. >>> donald trump plans to visit the area devastated by historic flooding in louisiana. more than 86,000 people have registered with fema and 20 parishes declared disaster areas and more 4,000 people are staying in shelters. president obama is faced with criticism for not cutting short his vacation from martha's vineyard to visit the disaster zone. manuel bojorquez is in louisiana. >> reporter: despite calls for president obama to come here to louisiana to this area and survey the damage for himself, he is unlikely to cut short his new england vacation to see all these floodwaters affecting communities like this one. he is getting some support in that regard from the governor of louisiana, as people here work to rebuild. >> we washed the floors and bleached the house. >> reporter: family and neighbors have been helping janice harold clean up. her home was filled with flood water just days ago. harold is an insurance agent so sh

with us this morning for a new look at donald trump's life, "the washington post" with reporter michael kranish and marc fisher. the author of the book that compiles the work of more than two dozen "the washington post" reporters and fact checkers and editors. together, they examined trump's childhood and his beginnings in real estate and the international expansn trump revealed is published by simon and shuster, a division of cbs. you spoke with mr. trump and interviewed him, right? >> yes. we spent, as a group, more than 20 hours with him. he was extremely generous and gracious with his time, despite his bluster against the media and "the washington post." he was quite forthcoming. what did you learn? >> we learned as he once said, he hasn't changed since second grade. keep that in mind as you hear about some of the things that he did, such as throwing rocks at a toddler in the yard right across from his own home, pulling the pigtails of one of his classmates, getting into a physical altercation with a teacher that led to his father removing him from school and sending him off to a military b

and mark fischer and michael kranish are the co-authors of the book.nvestigator with "the washington post." and this was candidate trump's response to your book, gentleman. "the washington post" quickly put together a hit job book on me, comprised of copies of some of their inaccurate stories. don't buy, boring! have you heard from him directly? >> just that one tweet and we're more than grateful for that. we asked our publisher to send him the most huge fruit basket possible. >> tell us how this book came about. because interestingly enough, he has not been that cooperative with "the washington post." and yet, behind the scenes, what we didn't know until recently, is that he had been you. >> yeah, there's a huge difference between what he does for public consumption, because bashing the media is a great applause line at rallies. and what he actually did with us in private, which was to be gracious and generous with his time. he gave us, as you said, more than 20 hours of interviews. cooperated with the book, in almost every regard. there were some peo