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Now, to new headlines in the impeachment showdown. and more questions for president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. tonight, two new reports claim giuliani was negotiating potential personal business deals with ukrainian officials worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, at the same time he was pushing ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals. the president just 24 hours ago appearing to distance himself from giuliani. here's abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: as rudy giuliani pushed president trump's political agenda in ukraine, he was also reportedly pursuing lucrative bu...

>> you know, i've watched a lot of clips for giuliani for videos we've done at "the wall street journal," and he has a slightly different story every time. he's maintained this effort started last november. in some cases he said ukrainians dropped some information in his lap, in other cases he said some americans brought it to his attention. things really started picking up in january and february where he actually sat down and met with these ukrainians to talk about the biden investigation and the investigation in 2016. you heard say he's doing this to come up with an alternative explanation ...

Bus. >> have you talked with the president in the last week or two? >> i do not discuss my conversations with my client. you can assume i talked to him early and often and have a very, very good relationship with him. and all of these comments which are totally insulting -- i mean i've seen things written like he's going to throw me under the bus. when i say that i say he isn't, but i have insurance. >> now reuters is reporting giuliani's lawyer made him call the president to emphasize he was not serious. his attorney told reuters you shouldn't joke, he's not a funny guy. what do you make of w...

To put someday light between himself and giuliani with fox news host bill o'reilly. what was rudy giuliani doing in ukraine on your behalf? >> well, you'd have to ask that to rudy. i know he was going to go to ukraine and i think he canceled a trip, but rudy has other clients other than me. >> you didn't direct him to go there on your behalf? >> no. but you have to understand rudy is a great corruption fighter. >> giuliani is your personal lawyer. so you didn't direct him to go to ukraine or anything? >> rudy's a warrior. rudy went. he possibly saw -- you have to understand. rudy has other peo...

London live this hour in our london bureau. good to have you with us. let's start with rudy giuliani. his activities digging up dirt on the bidens. "new york times" reporting giuliani is facing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors into whether he broke lobbying laws with two of his associates arrested for campaign finance violations. we even see the president of the united states distancing himself from his own attorney. watch this. >> well, i don't know. i haven't spoken to rudy. i spoke to him yesterday briefly. he is a very good attorney, and he has been my attorney. >> we do und...