the speech, not surprisingly you can bet those that he will get more tough questions about it throughout the day. >> for folks who didn't see or hear the president, what did he say with regards to this controversy and the phone call to the president of ukraine? >> reporter: he said that the phone call was completely appropriate. he was pressed on reports overnight that he had ordered just one week before that call to suspend aid to ukraine. he didn't deny those reports. instead, simply saying that the aid was paid. notably he was also pressed directly on impeachment, not surprisingly he called it all a witch hunt. and i want to just take a step back and note why that is so remark only. this is the same language we have heard for three years talking about the russia investigation last year when we were covering the united nations.