came out an hour ago and there is say lot of data here and how the former president is responding. so as as you said, we have team combing through hundreds of pages but trump paid a very low amount of income tax in the first and last year of presidency. we re talking about 2017 he paid $750. 2018 and 2019, it was combined $1.1 million in income tax and in 2020 it was $0 and that is important and here is why. we hope the tax returns will show the raw data of the numbers but it is looking at the detailed documents that were providing to give us insight into his businesses. are they really as successful as he has said. and i talked to a number of tax experts who say that $0, that indicates that there might be been some faltering business. he said in 2016 it was smart not to pay taxes when he was talking with hillary clinton about why he wouldn t release them. but is it actually business losses? which is important when you think about the political ramifications of a man who ra
we are only a matter of hours away now from in the house is gonna be back in session tomorrow at noon, and they will do what they did today all over again, after they failed to elect a speaker on three consecutive ballots today, leaving kevin mccarthy fighting for his political life. but there is a lot going on behind the scene as we speak, including an effort by the so-called cover never kevin republicans to turn things in their direction. that as kevin mccarthy tells cnn he spoke to former president trump tonight and he, quote, reiterated support. trump to come out and reiterate his support for you? trump has also already reiterated support. i was a call a trump? what did you guys discuss? what was the nature of it? i mean, look from my perspective all republicans get together it does not look good for republicans stronger what we went through today then becomes a focus, united this actually stay he wants you to stay in the race? meanwhile, t
look, we re only a matter of hours away now from when the house is going to be back in session tomorrow at noon when they ll do what they did today all over again after they failed to elect a speaker on three consecutive ballots today. leaving kevin mccarthy fighting for his political life. there is a lot going on behind the scenes, as we speak, including an effort by the so-called never kevin republicans to turn things in their direction. that is kevin mccarthy tells cnn he spoke to former president trump tonight, and he, quote, reiterated support. do you need trump to come out and reiterate his support for you? trump has already reiterated his support. how was your call with trump? what did you guys discuss? what was the nature of it? i mean, look, from that perspective, he thinks it s better that all the republicans get together and solve this. it doesn t look good for republicans, but we want to be able to solve it where we re stronger in the long run. what we wen
i think there s a lot of things we can do and we will deal, but the bottom line is ultimately the reason why gas prices are up is because of russia. russia, russia, russia. the reason the food crisis exists is because of russia. russia not allowing grain to get out of ukraine. so that is the way in which i think we should move and i think we have a positive impact on the price at the pump, as well. dagen: peter doocy was at that news conference in madrid. unfortunately he was overlooked by president biden, but he was listening. hey, peter. i don t think i was overlooked. he saw me sitting there right in the front, but only took questions from five different people, which is fine. he s on his way back home right now and he doesn t have anything aboard air force one that s going to lower gas prices for american consumers back home, but he likes the idea of a cap on the cost of russian oil imports for the countries on this continent that are still buying. here s the deal
he considers a sex addiction and sees these locations as something that allows him to go to these places and it s a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate. you heard him, a temptation he wanted to eliminate. but the atlanta mayor is praising police for acting so quickly because they say this could have been so much worse. the suspect indicated that he was heading down to florida perhaps to carry out similar crimes. we have much more on that. other top stories this afternoon, president joe biden is defending the administration s handling of the thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the border, urging anyone considering migrating to the united states to stay home. i can say quite clearly don t come over. and in the process of getting set up, don t leave your town or city or community. and exciting news in the fight against the pandemic. access to covid vaccines is expanding to any person 16 or older in multiple states. as of now, all 50 states have fully va