they laughed, they joked, they smiled. that was nice to see. but what proceeded all that is the number of tweets from the president, in particular, i bring your attention no this one about the witch hunt. you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in american political history. this from the president. led by some here s the key, very bad and conflicted people, presumably talking about bob mueller s counsel team. how do we achieve unity with tweets like that, josh? yeah. it s a good sign and a good thing that nancy pelosi and paul ryan have decided to put aside their differences in order to mark this sort of horrible and sad event. you know, it doesn t seem like there s going to be a lot of follow-up, it doesn t seem like it s going to stick and that s a shame because, you know, there s this references an opportunity to sort of take a step back and take a deep breath and realize that there should be
question directly of him, if he believes he s under investigation. he was asked that question after a signing an executive order earlier today. but anderson, you are right, he was venting throughout the day on social media, as he likes to do. the white house won t answer questions about the russia investigation investigation, referring them to his lawyer. but this is a sampling of what the president said. this afternoon, he was focused on hillary clinton. we are 219 days since the election. this is what he said about hillary clinton this afternoon. he said this. so, why is it that the hillary clinton s family and dems de dealings with russia are not looked at, but my nondealings are. he also said, you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in american political history. led by some very bad and conflicted people. he also said this. they made up a phony collusion with the russians story. found zero proof, so, now that
him around in the neighborhood on park benches, in restaurants, always by himself, not being chatty with the other folks in the neighborhood. i suspect all of those people will probably have to speak to the fbi at some point as they try to piece together what he s been doing the last month and a half leading up to the shooting. all right. garret, gosh, this continues to unfold. what a tragic story. up next we will turn back to the ongoing obstruction of justice investigation of president trump. how much could his latest tweets come back to haunt him. first, late night comedians have had some fun with the president s tweet calling it the investigation the single greatest witch hunt in american political history. we ve been talking about that all morning. yes, yes, it s just like the salem witch trials. when those young women were accused of witchcraft and then said, we did witchcraft in an interview with lester holt. ek.) ready or not, here i come.
probe. kristen welker has all the details for us. reporter: a major bombshell in the russia probe. special counsel robert mueller is launching a criminal investigation into president trump for possible obstruction of justice, according to a former senior intelligence official. the president ignoring shouted questions today. do you belief you are under investigation now? reporter: but not holding back on twitter, calling it the single greatest witch hunt in american political history. and in a rare afternoon tweet storm, trying to shift the focus to his former rifval, hillary clinton. crooked h. destroyed phones with hammer, bleached e-mails and had husband meet with ag days before she was cleared and they want to talk about obstruction? last week ousted fbi director james comey was asked whether he believed the president s request to back off the investigation into national security adviser michael flynn amounted to obstruction. that s a conclusion i m sure the special counsel
report from the washington post that president trump is now being investigated for obstruction of justice. the white house saying very little, being careful with what they said today. the president, meanwhile, tweeting all day. here s abc s cecilia vega. reporter: inside the white house today, president trump ignored questions about that bombshell report he s under investigation for obstruction of justice. mr. president, do you believe that you are under investigation now? reporter: but he lashed out on twitter, calling it a phony story saying, you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in american political history led by some very bad and conflicted people. the white house tightlipped, refusing to say who those bad and conflicted people are. but the washington post s report that the president himself is now the subject of special counsel robert mueller s investigation comes as a major turning point in the russia probe. a key question, did the president fire forme