i spoke to abc reporter john santucci who covers the president.what stands out as most surprising to you? >> there's a lot, mona. the fact that donald trump for the year he was on the campaign trail and the first year in the white house according to "the times" only paid $750 in federal income tax. from "the times'" records they obtained 15 years of documents. they claim 10 out of those 15 years the president paid no federal income tax whatsoever. we learned about the audit the president has been talking about for years. it's based off a $73 million return he received. the irs is saying it was too much. trump has been fighting it. what's interesting is, if the president loses the audit, he could have to pay the federal government $100 million in penalties and fines. >> you've covered the president since he first launch his campaign. how do you think he will fight this and do you think it will hurt president trump in the long run? >> you saw what the president did sunday night in the briefing room. anything he wants to knock down is given the stamp

." >>> we are now joined by abc's senior editorial producer john santucci who's covered the trump campaign john, let's jump right into it. what stands out as most surprising to you in this "new york times" story? >> there's a lot in here, mona. first, the fact that donald trump for the year that he was on the campaign trail and the first year he entered the white house, according to the "times," only paid $750 in federal income tax. second, that from the "times" records, they obtained about 15 years of documents, they claim. 10 of those 15 years, according to the "times," the president paid no federal income tax whatsoever. and for the first time, mona, we actually learned something about that audit that donald trump has talked about for years. and it's based off of a nearly $73 million return he received. the irs is saying it was too much, trump's been fighting it. and what's interesting is that if he loses the outcome of that audit, he could have to pay the federal government nearly $100 million in penalties and fines. >> and john, you've covered the president since he first launched his