out to nbc's hans nichols at the white house. tell us about the new calls for impeachment and how the white >> reporter: the new calls center on what some writers of these op-eds are saying is a material distinction between what trump did in 2016 as a private citizen and alleged to have done, as president of the united states. read a little from it for you here. the current whistle-blowing allegations are even worse. worse than the russian allegations. unlike conspiracy with russia before the 2016 election these concerns trump's actions as president not as a private citizen and his exercise of presidential power over foreign policy in ukraine. one of the signatory to that op-ed, george connelly, of course, husband of kellyanne conway who works here at the white house and at the state dinner last night. the trump administration, the president himself, talking how it's all fake news. you read the tweets. this is a standard defense from