boris, thank you for the reporting. now for context, let's bring in peter matthews, a political analyst joining us this hour from los angeles. a pleasure, peter. >> good to hear from you, georgeident's attorney, rudy giuliani, essentially saying there is nothing wrong with taking information from russians. he says it all just depends on where it came from. what do you make of that assessment? >> i think it's absolutely wrong because the united states democracy means that the american people choose the leaders that will choose our policies, not some foreign government's influence. that's against principle, for sure, and it certainly becomes an in-kind contribution, it's totally illegal. he was way off. i think giuliani is striking out wildly, calling people hit men, investigators for the mueller team. calling andrew weisman a hit-man. what kind of counterattack is this? they should accept what happens and let regular procedures of the house of representatives go through, in my view. >> boris did point out in his report that mr. trump is angry about former staffers, according to sources, describe a white house that is in chaos, with some of his own people refuelling to carry ou