public function makeRequest($query, $count)
	{

		try { 
 			
 			$response = $this->client->request('GET', self::$api_base.'1.1/search/tweets.json', [
			    'query' => ['q' => $query, 'count' => $count],
			    'headers' => [
			        'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $this->bearer_token
			    ]
			]);
  			
			$this->setStatusCode($response->getStatusCode());

			$response_body = json_decode($response->getBody());
 			$this->response = $response_body->statuses;
 
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {

			$this->setStatusCode($e->getCode());
			$this->setResponse($e->getMessage());

		}
	}