right now on andrea mitchell reports, a christmas surprise. ukraine s president zelenskyy flying at this hour to washington. the first time he left ukraine since putin invaded his country. seen switching trains in poland as he heads to the white house to meet with president biden later this afternoon. in a dramatic wartime appearance, reminiscent of churchill, zelenskyy will address a joint session of congress, a joint meeting of congress tonight at 7:30 eastern. bringing with him a flag he received from front line soldiers yesterday to present to the president and congress. also here in washington, january 6 committee releasing its final report today as we learn the committee is fully cooperating with the justice department. we are expecting new details about alleged pressure on key witnesses to withhold information and the slow emergency response in deploying the national guard.
basic xs and os of protecting the capitol and why that was not done better on that day and in the lead-up to january 6. that will be delved into more deeply in the report. i think we will learn more about the process by which the committee gathered their information. whether that includes efforts to obstruct or to lean on witnesses and their testimony. we might get more on why the committee said in the summary version that they felt that some witnesses were less than candid. hoping they can show their work here a little bit about how they gathered the information that they got and where they ran into roadblocks. whether it comes to roadblocks specifically, i think the one incident that s not adequately described in the summary report, that we have not gotten sufficient answers to, where does the committee fall on cassidy hutchinson s testimony on the efforts of the secret service to maybe bring trump to the capitol on the 6th, maybe not? that was one of the few areas that was a bit con
this just moments ago. we see the ukrainian president zelenskyy arriving in his motorcade in washington. the ukrainian flag now flying over blair house where presidential guests historically stay. the capitol today is practically the center of the diplomatic universe as we await president zelenskyy s speech tonight and the release of the january 6th final report. donald trump s tax records and the omnibus spending bill. so let s just get right to capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, normally the days leading up to christmas are quiet. it s been known that people kind of sneak out to do some last-minute shopping. not so today. no shopping being done today. i feel bad for my colleagues who have long christmas and holiday lists ahead. it s remarkable how much is
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mandatory requirement and failed to audit former president trump s taxes. he was president at the time. only began auditing on the very day that house democrats first asked to see an audit. the long awaited revelations which trump fought all the way to the supreme court also show that he paid no federal income tax at all in 2020 and included thousands of dollars in write-offs made in cash without any documentation. democrats will be releasing six years of trump s tax returns in the coming days after removing social security numbers and other private details. joining us now is jimmy gomez who helped write the report and was in the meetings yesterday. i want to dig into details with you. trump started his presidency in the red. his fortunes turned in 2018 and 2019 and he reported big losses during the pandemic. he paid zero dollars in federal tax in 2020.