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Alisyn. this is a big step towards congress getting those tax returns, not quite all the way but right on the brink. so basically, the administration has now reversed position. under the trump administration, not surprisingly, the position was, we are not turning over these returns to congress unless the courts force us to. today, that's been reversed. now the administration's position is, we are turning these returns over to congress unless the courts step in and force us. if donald trump does nothing here, the returns are going over to congress. if donald trump, he still does have the abilit...

Really interesting side debate in federal law enforcement and media about whether law enforcement ought to prosecute leaks. sometimes to prosecute leaks we need to get records from journalists, not journalists who are targets of the investigation but journalists who spoke to the leaker. the leaker is the person who is under investigation. the leaker is the one who either violated grand jury secrecy rules or disclosed classified information. so, i would say this and i would say it kindly and respectfully the media can't have it both ways. they can't always report on leaks and then object when l...

>> yes, and of course, what about the families who already had the money withdrawn? we're going to stay on this with your help, marcus. thank you again tonight. in the meantime, the news from the supreme court today. it's now rejected former president trump's last ditch request to shield his tax records from the manhattan district attorney. the former president had tried to keep his taxes secret for years. so let's get right to our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega. cecilia, what have you learned tonight? >> reporter: david, that manhattan d.a. could see the documents in a matter ...

Attorney's office who's involved in this case, they don't want to be in a position where they have to answer to a state judge why documents that were received under grand jury secrecy rules, why those documents came out in public. as chuck rightly put it for folks that somehow this goes to the supreme court, if it does, and it doesn't go in the president's favor, that, you know, a couple of days later we're going to be on tv talking about and looking at the president's tax returns, that's not going to happen. those documents have to be turned over under grand jury secrecy rules. to put a bow u...

About iphone design tonight, but not this yet. phil mattingly, thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it. for analysis of a decision that upholds a precedent the judge and others call the watergate roadmap, which helped lead to the downfall of richard nixon, we have former nixon white house counsel and watergate whistle-blower john dean, legal analyst elliot williams and adviser to four former presidents, david gergen, elliot, there are two separate things that happened here, and, yes, this was specifically about the mueller documents, but put that aside because legally speaking, i ...