they knew this was something that should not get out. >> we just have breaking news from the washington times. maggie haberman is on the phone announcing that president trump said to his staff he wants to know who provided information to the whistleblower and also remarked that, quote, in the old days, spies were dealt with differently. maggie haberman, what can you tell us? >> reporter: thanks for having me. the president spoke this morning at an event at the intercontinental hotel. it was for admission to the u.n. the president from the outset was hot about the whistleblower, hot about the bidens, hot about the media, referred to the media as scum, said other things about the biden family and then said there was nothing wrong with his phone call before he was several minutes into his remarks and said the whistleblower didn't hear the call and he wanted to know who the whistleblower had heard things from.