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And we need to have a light shined on the process by which these -- certainly by which these mandatory presidential audits are done. >> i want to bring russ back into this conversation. russ, the hurdles put in front of congress have an echo i think in some of the hurdles that you all faced, investigating his taxes. this was something that almost more than anything else donald trump did not want into the public arena. what do you think the next phase of accountability is now that we have this in...

Are you thanking yourself right now? >> julie: they will hate you later. >> doug: you may not have an issue but they will thank you in counseling with you later. gifts is gift giving, christmas is a gift, its the gift of christ and we express by giving gifts to others but not by giving, this is about the parents not the kids. >> julie: molly, there is a growing transfer kids birthdays they say dont bring gifts, they dont need them but did anyone consult with the child on this? [laughter] >> moll...

Moments may take days to get more information so i am wondering what do you think so far of what we have learned just tonight alone about these new developments? i >> found it starkly alarming that the presidential audit that was supposed to happen appears to have not happened with this president for the first couple of years he was in office. -- saying correctly. it is really alarming, we have never had a president with more complicated financial situations than donald trump, he has to be the b...

100 year old law that says the treasury shall release to the ways and means committee any tax return they request. shall. he floated that and litigated it. but i am with jonah, i am worried about the precedent. now, im old enough to recall the obama presidency, republicans -- they did release private tax returns, not obamas because he put them out, but he had iris arrest conspiracy theory, they released private formation that. it was wrong then. it is a tougher call here. because, if this allega...

We shouldnt have to be fighting this and wondering gee wiz, in five minutes the republicans are going to control the committee and whose tacks are they going to put out? >> standby. i want to bring in russ on this point as well and get your take. just the agreement here on the one hand theres the precedent it could set of having given out information and a precedent that would be set if you didnt have the modern precedents followed from prior presidents. but one of the questions is theres a cloc...

They are losing. if this injustice can happen to president trump it can happen to all americans without cause. but very little they can do here given they lost that battle for years in court, ultimately democrats one which is why they have the returns, -- taking action to release them. >> laura. >> manu what a night. and what a beginning we know a couple -- thank you so much for reporting always insightful. i want to bring in and turn to our political commentators here at cnn, jonah goldberg and...

Something, and its unlikely they will hand over every single bit of the tax returns that they acquired from the former president, and but we should get some sort of a picture of what his business dealers looked like before he was president and how good of a businessman he was during that period of time and if there was any conflicts of interest. >> getting some sort of picture of what that will look like, what the details will look like, still up in the air. russ, so much of what we know so far ...

Kwarteng told the Financial Times his biggest regret was being

He maintains that the fight against inflation is far from over. we also know this week that despite inflation, and those higher interest rates, the u.s. economy grew at a faster rate between july and september. thats the third quarter. faster than economists have expected. that growth was driven primarily by gains and exports, and consumer spending. recently revised numbers show that u.s. gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 2.9% during the third. quarter -- this is yet another d...

Democratic countries that value freedom and human dignity. this is an effort that would be ripe for this administration. they should be doing it. >> martha: that has been the clear message of these freedom fighters and activists here in the united states. they dont want that deal to ever to come together again. they see it as the antithesis of what the direction that the relationship needs to go in between the u.s. and iran. general jack keane, thank you. good to speak with you, sir. thank you. ...