developing overnight, president donald trump's 2005 income taxes revealed. how much he paid. supporters cheer vindication. >> rachel maddow breaking the news. >> what can you tell us about how you got these pages? >> digging out from a nor'easter that could have been a whole lot worse. and ben affleck gets personal, revealing his battle with alcohol. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. >> i am francis rivera.

a bombshell. the country getting its first glimpse from donald trump's taxes. billionaire, donald trump, reported about $152 million in income that year and paid the alternative minimum tax of $38 million, and the news broke on msnbc's rachel maddow's show. >> what can you tell us about how you got these pages? >> came in the mail, and there's nothing improper about journalist getting it over the transfer, and donald trump has leaked all sorts of things, and the very sleazy girl on girl pictures of the first lady in the new yo"new york post" may h come from donald, and donald has

a long history of leaking material about himself when he thinks it's in his interest. >> now we are hearing from the president via twister saying does anybody ever believe a reporter who nobody heard of went to his mailbox and found my tax returns. fake news. that same reporter referred to said his wife and child had received harassing calls since he reported the taxes. trump said the dishonest media will continue to make this part of their agenda, and it's totally illegal to stack, steal

and public tax returns, and you know you are desperate for ratings when you are willing to push stolen tax returns from over a decade ago. and msnbc said it's protected by the amendments. and then the dnc putting out this press release saying, white house releasing tax information torpedos fake audit excuse, and only reason to not release tax returns is to hide something, and then this was tweeted, this major caution, and not getting distracted by two pages from '05 tax returns. >> trump supporters are looking at the 2005 tax release showing

that trump paid taxes. developing overnight a seattle-based federal judge announced a last-minute hearing about the travel restriction, and that hearing challenges the executive order less than 24 hours before it is set to go into affect. this afternoon president trump will visit detroit before heading to tennessee for what is being build as a campaign rally, all this while he continues to grapple over his own wiretapping allegations, and the new poll shows his approval rating dropping ten points in the last four days. tracie potts, what can we expect from the president? >> well, first of all you can expect the president to be in his element from the campaign. he really likes these rallies

where he gets the feedback from the crowd and that's what we will see in nashville tonight. his campaign is paying for this rally, and originally officials said it was the economy and jobs and they added health care, and the president promised millions would be able to keep their health insurance and the congressional budget office came out and said 24 million over the next decade could lose their coverage, and here on capitol hill some republicans are not -- today vice president pence will be on the hill trying to get some consensus behind the republican health plan. >> will he be addressing the release of his tax returns? >> we'll see what more he has to say. from behind where tracie

potts was standing, a hearing happening. tough questions about how something so shocking could happen under their command, and we have the details. >> reporter: the most powerful marines on capitol hill. >> dei can tell you, your answe today are unsatistisfirunsatisf. >> nude photos circulating online without their consent and the photos posted to a group and roughly 500 numbers access these sexual images. >> our marines are marines. >> and facing a skeptical audience. >> when you say to us, it's got

to be different, that rings hollow. >> i don't have a good answer for you. i am not going to sit here and duck around this thing, i'm not. i'm responsible. >> senators kwacalling for more discipline. >> fear the degrading a fellow marine -- >> victim blaming and the excuse some are giving that boys will be boys needs to stop. >> a cultural change that is necessary and nonnegotiable. >> courageous woman there to speak out. and then the northeast digging out on this frigid morning after dodging a brutal blizzard. winds up to 70 miles per hour slammed the region blowing three feet of snow over some areas, and the storm being blamed for three deaths after a teenager lost control and crash spwaoded

tree, and a man was struck by a plow, and 6,000 flights canceled, and now the worst appears to be over as states of emergency are being here, and that's not necessarily news for these guys that look like they are having a fantastic time in the storm. and ben affleck reveals he had an abuse of alcohol. and this was the first of many steps being taken towards a positive recovery. it's the second time he has sought help for alcohol addiction after checking himself into treatment in 2001. >> good for him for getting help. a cold blast is coming, and nbc meteorologist, bill karins, has all the good details, bad details, however you see it. >> good news in the southwest

and that's about it. the snowfall totals were so impressive. bridgewater, new york, almost 3 1/2 feet of snow. a lot of areas were one to two feet. and didn't hit d.c. and new york as hard as the interior sections. we have snow-melt, and there are flood watches posted in the pacific northwest, and the rainfall is in the seattle area, and you don't see a lot of snow on the map, the blue, because the snow elevations are pretty high and temperatures are mild in the west. the cold front will cool things off a little bit and maybe a possibility of river flooding and as it drifts to the south we will take that with us, and we will have showers in seattle. the desert southwest continues to be the

palm springs today at 95 degrees, and phoenix not far behind at 92. this florida couple had an unexpected encounter while on a fishing trip. they came across a rare whale shark. this woman went in for a dive to get a little closer, and their dog decided to stay put on the boat, and whale sharks are harmless to humans and grow up to 40 feet long. she must have known that or would not have jumped in. >> when you throw in shark with anything, harmless or not, i am sticking with the dog on the boat. >> maybe put me in a cage, far far away. and then it was the fastest

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