jarrett, 8 valerie years in the west wing, as top counsel to president barack obama. and she gave me that advice, also yourselfhave to steel and not worry what other people are saying when you are focused on serving the president of the united states and the people of this great country, and i agree with her. host: when did you first meet donald trump? ms. conway: in the late 1990's. i grew up not far from atlantic city. and atlantic city, people forget, if you grew up 40 miles to atlantic city and 20 miles to philadelphia, working-class, blue-collar, high whenol educated area, donald trump and others built the casinos and tried to revitalize atlantic city, it area.t a lot adjusted the my mother worked in a donald trump casino for 21 years. it is how she supported us. it has brought a lot of economic growth and vitality and certainly jobs and benefits to the area. i knew who he was firsthand. i probably met him sometime in the late 1990's, early 2000's. him better once i sat on the condo board of the trump tower 10 or 11 years ago. i showed up at a condo board meeting