cohost juan gonzales and i visited wayne barrett, considered the preeminent journalist on donald trumpyne has been tracking trump for decades. his 1991 biography of trump was just republished as an ebook with the title of "trump: the greatest show on earth -- the deals, the downfall, the reinvention. we spoke" 2 -- we spoke to wayne barrett at his home in brooklyn, where he is confined due to his battle with lung cancer. i began by asking barrett why he has tracked donald trump for so long. mr. barrett: when i started in the 1970's, he was this golden boy. he had not had much press, but it had all been very supportive because he was doing the grand hyatt, his first project in manhattan, and the city was down in the dumps, near broke duringg ththe 1970's, and he looked like the embodiment of a rising city, and he was getting that kind of press, though not much of it. soas at "the village voice," i took on -- i was a rookie, he was a rookie. we are about the same age. i'm a little older. notionook on this whole of, well, let's take a look at this guy who appears to be the answer to the c

we speak to joururnalist wayne barrett who began covering trump and his millionaire father fred trumpthe 1970's.