russian thing. he's made it clear he didn't know about the meeting beforehand. >> president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani commenting on a "new york times" report saying special counsel robert mueller is examining mr. trump's tweets for a possible obstruction case. let's bring in democratic leader john car ro way and chief correspondent for bloomberg news. carrie, to you first here. do you think rudy giuliani really believes the president's tweets are helpful? after all the swipes he's made at intel, are they helpful? >> i think they are because it is the president speak to ing t, the people, without having to go through a third party where it can get distorted. also on obstruction which rudy has hit on in interviews, says