of trump's personal and corporate tax return, it is a move of the d.a.'s criminal investigation into the trump organization and hush money payments to women who have claimed to have had affairs with the president. the president has strongly denied those relationships. in california, president trump has scored a legal victory in his fight with officials there over his tax returns, a federal judge announced that he intends to side with the president's re-election campaign, and the republican party in their bid to stop a law requiring candidates to release their tax returns who appear on the state's 2020 primary ballot. lawyers for the president and gop argue the law signed by governor newsom in july violates the u.s. constitution by adding an additional requirement to run for president and added that a federal law requiring presidents to disclose financial information overrules state law and the judge says he will issue a formal ruling by october 1. california is expected to appeal the decision. joining us once again from washington, d.c., senior staff