david k. johnson weighs in. the only journalist to publish part of hisetur in the past two deces and david corn back with us. you think you can do something that the congress is less likely to do with its republican control. >> absolutely, ari. we have a special role as donald trump's home state because he files his personal income taxes here in new york. and the state department of taxation and finance can actually release his taxes at our request if we change the law. and we plan on doing that. >> at a minimum you'd get the state returns. would that tell you his total income for those years? >> it would indeed. everyone knows that a state return often reflects the federal return. wouldn't show us everything, probably, but we do know it would tell us a lot about tax shelters, how much income he reports, whether he has pass-through entities. most importantly, have some of the federal tax reform that his administration is proposing will benefit him and his family permly. >> -- personally. >> do you see this a loca