shooting on christmas eve say her family needs answers about her death. and more than 20 years in the making, how a group of retired aviation enthusiasts built a first world war plane from scratch. we begin in the us, where a congressional committee has released former president trump s tax returns, covering a six year period. donald trump had battled for years to keep the documents secret, taking the case to the supreme court, which last month approved their disclosure to the democrat controlled house of representatives. i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary o donoghue. just correspondent gary o donoghue. tell us more abol release, just tell us more about this release, because this is something, as we say, that donald trump had fought against for a long time. yeah, he had been fighting against this particular mover by this congressional committee since 2019. but of course, it goes back much further, right from 2015 when he announced his candidacy, he refused to
we begin in the us where a congressional committee has released the tax returns, covering a six year period, for the former president donald trump. some 2,700 pages of documentation, which mr trump had battled for years to keep secret, stretch from 2015 through 2020, covering mr trump s candidacy and time in the white house. the fight went all the way to the us supreme court this year, and last month the justices refused to block the release of the tax returns to the committee, thereby paving the way for their release. i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary 0 donoghue. this is the end of one long road but there is a huge amount of documentation, this is not a straightforward case of having a look and making a judgment i presume. m0 look and making a “udgment i resume. ., , ., ., ., presume. no it is not although the committee presume. no it is not although the committee has done presume. no it is not although the committee has done some - presume. no it is
Tonight, the news coming in late today, Reports Pfizer is now in talks with the u. S. Government to provide tens of millions of additional doses of the vaccine. And that new variant of the virus. Theyre now testing for it here in new york. All of this as the nation now marks the deadliest year in american history. Were now seeing an average of more than 2,600 american lives lost every day. As concerns mount tonight over that new variant of covid. The testing in new york and the new steps from some airlines to test passengers for flights from the uk to the u. S. But tonight, dr. Anthony fauci saying we must assume its already here in the u. S. , as he gets his own vaccine shot before the cameras. And that news tonight, pfizer reportedly nearing a deal with the Trump Administration for more doses and what we know so far. Hospitals tonight under growing pressure. We have an alarming look inside. And now, the fears that the millions traveling for christmas will lead to another deadly surge
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