melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixon s ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics i look on this kind o examination because people hav got to know whether or not their president as a crook, am not a crook, i have earne everything i have got. since then, every america president has released their tax returns or a summary o their taxes. well, all but one. and, you know which one. and you know why, or, at least his explanation of why i will absolutely give my return but i am being audite for two or three years, so, cannot do it until the audit i finished, obviously. it is under, i i will revisit
seriously, if you have been to an american girl store, and have been more times and i car to count it is true, that th american girl staff has out of a selection of diverse stall their inventory for a recent years. but for every adult or melod there are 20 a kicker to dress even the cursory scroll of the company s catalog and websit shows that there is still mostly white inventory if that is not enough for, you sir, the company offers a just like meatball, so that you daughter can customize a tal so it looks just like her, s what exactly is this fak controversy really about let s bring in my nyu colleague, historian thompson grew, he is an expert in american politics and race, he is also the director of the nyu cities collaborative, and, most importantly for my purposes, h served on the advisory board that american girls al consulted with when they wer developing the american girl doll melody ellison.