elections. thank you for setting up the story. we'll analyze in a moment. before this the president was asked what rudy giuliani was doing in ukraine on trump's behalf. >> well, you have to ask that to rudy, but rudy, i don't even know -- i know he was going to go to ukraine and i think he canceled the trip, but rudy has other clients other than me. that he directed, but he is -- he is a warrior. rudy's warrior. rudy went, he possibly -- you have to understand. rudy has other people. >> cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins with me from florida where the president is on his holiday and so kaitlan, that answer, you have to? rudy. i didn't direct him. sounds awfully pfa lly familiar. heard that from the president before regarding another attorney. haven't we? >> reporter: yes. sounds a lot about what he said about michael cohen asked on air force one a clip played hundreds if not thousands of times, if he had directed michael cohen ho