viewers watching from around the world, i m laila harrak, and ahead on cnn newsroom former president donald trump s tax information is finally about to go public after his years-long fight to keep it secret. what we can expect to find out in the coming hours plus one of russia s largest strikes yet. that s ten months into the war, russia launches dozens of missiles into ukraine, just days before the new year. and remembering a football legend. tributes pour in from around the world for pelé. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we have laila harrak. we begin with the latest chapter of a legal battle that has been playing out in washington for years. in the coming hours, u.s. house lawmakers will release some of former president donald trump s tax returns. he refused to make them public when he ran for the white house, breaking with a presidential tradition going back decades. and he fought every effort to get them released, calling it an abuse of power and a
everyone knows who you are talking about the world over, it does not matter where you are. it does not matter if you have zero interest in sports, you know who pelé is. the sports first global megastar you know, wherever he played in the world, they would just roll out the red carpet for him, i think the beatles, the pope, that kind of impact. people just celebrated him as if he was one of their own, part of the family. and i love the promise, laila harrak, that he made to his dad when, day as a youngster, that he would one day win the world cup. boy, he did not disappoint. in fact, why when when when he could go on to win 3, right? it s a joy when i think of pelé, i think of the joy, the elation, and the expression that he really coined for me, the beautiful game. he played with such passion, such joy, a smile on his face, and that iconic yellow brazilian shirt. i think of that 1970 world cup-winning team, an amazing dribbling, the overhead kicks, trying to score from halfway al