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we are watching several stories developing at this hour. its a moment of sadness for millions of catholics around the world. pope emeritus benedict xvi has died at the age of 95. the former pontiff passing away after what the church calls a period of ill health. benedict was the first pope to resign as the leader of the church this nearly 600 years, stepping down in 2013. also this morning, mourning the loss of a tv legend. >> good evening, im hugh downs. >> im barbara walters and this...

Eliminated his tax burden and claims questionable loan agreements with his children. some republicans dismissing the release as political, while trump argues that the documents should not have been released at all. the disclosures are raising scrutiny about his wealth and income. thats important to remember that president trump vowed to follow precedent and release his tax returns well before declaring for his 2016 candidacy. since then he has consistently cited an ongoing audit for the reason f...

Conspiracy theorists who believe trump is secretly saving the world from an evil, liberal group of devil worshiping pedophiles. we can laugh at them but seriously it is no laughing matter. hard core qanon believers say a storm is coming that will kill all democrats. qanon linked people have been involved in violent crimes. the fbi regards qanon as domestic terror threat. it should worry us just how many republican officials are attending this conference of loons and extremists. in las vegas one ...

Of testify and congress, he spent that time he was supposed to be in congress, instead doing a conspiracy theory podcast hosted by the guy who started the conspiracy theory that dominion voting machines were a secret antifa plot. thats where he spent his time doing instead of finding congress, because it was very, very busy with the antifa plot dominion voting guy. but this ridiculous audit thing, i laughable and as increasingly incoherent as it is to the rest of us. it is still picking up steam...

I should note now that the guy who is the head cyber ninja, the qanon promoter who is the ceo of the cyber ninjas company that carried out this audit, he was also asked to testify at this hearing this week. he refused to testify. instead of testifying to congress, he spent that time he was supposed to be in congress instead doing a conspiracy theory podcast hosted by the guy who started the conspiracy theory that dominion voting machines were a secret antifa plot. thats what he spent his time do...

Tonight that one of the republican state senators in arizona whos been promoting the audit thing in arizona all along, hes now selling t-shirts promoting his cause. the cost of his t-shirts, its a sliding scale by size. theyre $35 to $45 for a t-shirt. wow, order yours today. its $35 for a small or $45 for a double extra large, which frankly just seems rude. the "washington post" reports tonight former president trump seemed to have found a tidy path through the wreckage to pay his living expens...

Republican policy now? >> i think thats right, garrett. we see this going on in a number of states. georgia, and the effort you mentioned in texas and theres another effort in florida where republicans control legislators and including restricting the way they can obtain absentee ballots and giving more powerto poll watchers. apologies for my puppy barking in the background. im sorry about that. >> axel furious about voting restrictions. >> he sure is. >> the ostensible purpose for this audit ot...

Here he is defending the president. >> as far as im aware, the president says hes still under audit. [ booing ] >> hes the central issue of the campaign. hillary clinton and her campaign repeatedly criticized. >> so you would think that senator cotton and other politicians, especially republican politicians, they have made the calculation that its not going to hurt them to defend the president with this audit thing, because the president still won. but do you think thats a good political calcula...

>> really -- >> really. >> shannon: white house getting grilled again on the presidents taxes. they say he cant release them because he is still under audit. tax protests across the country calling on the president to make that information public. rich lowry a fox news contributor. rich, why not release them? just put this thing to bed. do you think he will be open to the argument? >> he should have released them long ago and move beyond this. i doubt he will ever release them. the audit thing f...

Option out there. >> it wasnt just -- it wasnt just about the audit that prevented the campaign from releasing his tax returns? >> i think the president wants to maintain that position it was related to the audit because, again -- i literally -- i heard him say this on the campaign trail. i heard him say it in front of an open mike. he didnt want 500 people looking at it, questioning every single thing in the return and having that be cannon fire or powder for the auditors. for me, you have to r...