[Baldwin:] We are going to get your tax returns. That is the vow California Democrat Maxine Waters made to President Trump this year after Democrats regained control of the House. And today the congresswoman who is now in charge of the House financial services committee pressed treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin on a request made by one of her fellow Democrats for six years of Trump's tax returns. And whether secretary Mnuchin will stand in the way of the IRS meeting tomorrow's deadline to provide them.
[Rep. Maxine Waters , Chairwoman, Financial Services Committee:] Yesterday, President Trump forcibly ousted Secretary Nielsen adding to a long list of cabinet level officials that he forced out, including chief of staff John Kelly, secretary of state Rex Tillerson and attorney general Jeff Sessions. Secretary Mnuchin, will you comply with the law by the deadline tomorrow and furnish the tax returns even if it means you may be fired by this President for doing so?
[Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary:] As I have previously said, I want to acknowledge we have received the request. As I said before we will follow the law. We are reviewing it with our internal legal department and I would leave it at that.
[Waters:] What you are basically saying, you follow the law and you are not afraid that you will be fired if in fact release the returns.
[Mnuchin:] Well, I'm not afraid of being fired at all.
[Waters:] Very good.
[Baldwin:] CNN politics and business correspondent Cristina Alesci is live on Capitol Hill today. And so, Secretary Mnuchin had these back-to-back hearings in the House today. And both times he stressed that he has not personally talked to anyone in the White House about releasing the President's tax returns, but he did say that others in treasury have. Give me the details.
[Cristina Alesci, Cnn Money Correspondent:] Well, that's the problem, there aren't many details. Mnuchin is being very artful about the way he answers a lot of questions. And the Democrats keep pressing him on this idea about any communications whatsoever between the White House in treasury over how it's going to handle turning over, possibly turning over, or how it's going to reject turning over the President's tax returns. And on this particular point, the lawmakers here are basically not giving him an inch on it. They are saying that any communication is inappropriate. Representative Carolyn Maloney from New York saying that it violates the spirit of the law just to have any discussions whatsoever, even though Mnuchin clarified that that particular discussion between the legal department at treasury and the White House actually happened before the congressional request came through. Still, they are trying to push this narrative that he may be under political pressure. Look, to a certain extent, Mnuchin is one of Trump's longest serving cabinet secretaries, extremely loyal, and has managed to stay in the President's good graces for a very long time, gets along with a lot of people. So there are legitimate questions about what kind of pressure he may feel. And earlier this morning, when he was asked about that, the question was, is he even the right person to determine whether or not how the IRS responds. And there are some questions around that that lawmakers want answers to, as well. And he is not providing any clarity into the internal workings of how the IRS is handling this, Brooke.
[Baldwin:] Keep pushing for the answers. Cristina Alesci, thank you so much. Back to our breaking news out of Israel this afternoon, where President Trump's close ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is trying to hold on to power. His main opponent, also claim victory. We are live as the election results roll in. Plus, the breaking news in the massive college admissions scandal. More than a dozen parents including actress Lori Loughlin now facing more charges. This time they include money laundering.