Might take questions, if he does, we imagine they will largely focus instead on his taxes. The New York Times reports it got ahold of more than two decades of the president s federal tax returns. Nbc news has not seen the documents. According to the times, in 2017, his first year in office, the president of the United States and selfproclaimed billionaire, paid 750 in federal income taxes. 750. In 11 of the last 18 years, the paper examined, the president paid no federal income tax at all. Nothing. The times says he reduced his tax bill with questionable measures, including a 72. 9 million tax refund. That refund is currently under audit. The reporting also shows the president wrote off personal lifestyle expenses as business expenses. Including 70,000 for hairstyling, the use of his private jet, and 100,000 to a hair and maikel artist for his daughter ivanka trump. There are details as well about the president appearing to pay ivanka trump consulting fees while she was an employee of
Speaker pelosis high one visit. First of all, dean chang, how did you view the choice by Speaker Pelosi to go to taiwan . Guest she was originally scheduled ago last fall. While coming down with covid, sort of ironically. This was a rescheduling of the visit, this is part of ironically why the chinese are reacting as strongly. They had several months to suade her from coming, and they failed. It is probably about as wellmanaged as it could be. She arrived in the evening, had meetings, but was promptly finished and flute onwards. Needless to say, beijing was not happy about it. It sent the message the u. S. Wanted. Host outwardly, the white house was not happy about it. What do you think, behind the scenes, the guidance they gave to the speaker and the potential flaw fall out it may contribute to the Biden White House . Guest i was disappointed in the white houses hesitancy and opposition to the visit. In this period, i think it is important for the u. S. To signal beijing that we conti
Republicans and democrats alike, especially that are watching this and understand the humanitarian crisis, unparalleled Health Crisis coming to new york city, when they hear the governor of that state begging for help for their residents, this is war. And, again, more people could die from this that have died everywhere combined according to a study the white house was at least concerned about last week. This is like a general under fire knowing that the enemy is approaching from all sides and begging for help for the sake of American People, for the sake of seniors. And the president s again, in that moment there seemed dismissive, almost contemptuous of that. And make no mistake were were going to show some schwartz from Johns Hopkins and Financial Times that show the crisis coming to america is going its going to be on an Unprecedented Health care crisis and its going to look much worse than china, much worse than italy, much worse than spain, much worse than france. We are going to
That does it for us. Cnn with don lemon starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. We begin this broadcast with breaking news. Cnn has the first photo and the name of one of the possible brussels terror attackers. Its unknown if he was probably involved in the attacks at the subway station or the airport. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Also the two brothers who detonated explosives. One at the airport, the other on the subway were on the u. S. Counterterrorism watchlist. Those developments as Police Across europe cracking down on alleged terrorists. In brussels staging antiterror assaults and arresting at least nine people. Near paris, a police raid disrupting an alleged terror plot that Officials Say was in an advanced stage of planning. Arresting a suspect they say is linked to the deadly paris attacks last fall. In germany, what could be a stroke of luck for officials during a routine Security Check at a train station. Police came across moroccan man whose cell phone contains
Right now. Hi everyone, im Hallie Jackson in washington in for chuck who is back tomorrow. Welcome to mtp daily. We begin tonight, the first show of the new year with a strange question. When the president elect speaks on a matter of National Security, do you take him seriously or literally . What about the u. S. Intelligence community . Do they take him seriously or literally . What about congress . And what about voters . Trump is meeting with members of the Intelligence Community this week where hell be briefed on the most sensitive elements of russias interference in the u. S. Election, ahead of that meeting, heres what he said this weekend on the topic. I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. And i also know things that other people dont know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation. What dhooun other people dont know . Youll find out on tuesday or wednesday. So what does donald trump know . Theres one guy who youd t