i am in the west. i m mehdi hassan filling in for my good friend ali velshi. i want to start this morning with a little bit of a quiz for you. do you know where and when he went to college? do you know if you attended college? do you know where he worked? do you know if you are jewish or not? of course, you know all the answers to those questions. for republican congressman elect george santos, there have been tough questions, we really tough questions. over the past couple of weeks, he s been caught lying in spectacular and fantastical fashion about each and every one of those things and more. george santos did not attend or graduate from any institute of higher education. he did not previously work for citigroup or goldman sachs. he did not found an animal rights charity. he tweeted that, quote, 9/11 claimed my mother s life. five months later he, tweeted a conflicting statement saying his mother died only five years ago in 2016. we don t know when exactly george santos s m
now, an interesting fact is that the prefect of rome today, italian media expects during those days between that and the future, tearing the, fifth next thursday, he expects about 60,000 people to come down for that occasion. compare that to the more than 4 million pilgrims who came down for the funeral of the last pope who died, who was, of course, john paul the second. then on thursday, the vatican said that the funeral wouldn t be held in the morning, in st. peters square. you will be presided by pope francis, again, the first time in modern times we know that a pope has presided over another. then, the body will be buried in the vatican grotto, which is a tumult near st. peters to me, below st. peters basilica, and an interesting fact about that is that is where john paul the second was buried before he was moved to the final resting place inside st. peters basilica. claudio, i want to ask you here. have you been able to chat with anybody? what is the lasting legacy you
i worked with firms. is it debatable or just falls? it s not false at all. it s debatable. as prosecutors open an investigation to the lies of republican congressman elect george santos, kevin mccarthy is facing a caucus in chaos just six days before the house votes on a new speaker and meanwhile serious questions are being raised about where santos got the money to run his campaign. also tonight, that ll rising after a winter storm dumped more than three feet of snow on buffalo. we will check and see how the city is digging out and getting up and running. good evening everyone, i m jonathan capehart in for joy reid and we begin tonight just six days from the start of the new congress. republican leader kevin mccarthy facing a vote for speaker of the house next tuesday with a razor thin republican majority. the very real prospect of a open fight over the gavel. it is a predicament underscored by the saga of incoming republican congressman george santos of new york. who
fire. a gunman opening fire inside one of the offices, people running for cover. video surfacing online showing another recruitment center firebombed. and tonight, the new drone video showing the wait. up to 50 hours to cross the border to get out of russia into georgia. will russia now crack down on those border crossings? and vladimir putin s new move tonight involved edward snowden. ian pannell on it all from ukraine. also, from inside russia, the death toll rising after a horrific school shooting there. at least 17 people killed, including 11 children and two teachers. tonight, also the images coming out of iran. authorities cracking down now on protesters across that country. dozens killed. police reportedly firing tear gas and stun grenades into the crowds of protesters showing their support for a 22-year-old woman who died while in the custody of iran s morality police. martha raddatz with late reporting tonight. and iran s new warning for the u.s. and the west. in
draft. more than 2,000 people arrested across dozens of cities. thousands fleeing the country. many of them young men hoping to avoid the horrors of the battlefield. president zelenskyy s message to the russians who may be forced to fight and the u.s. now warning of catastrophic consequences if russia turns to nuclear weapons. tom soufi burridge on the ground in ukraine. 44 days away from the midterms, the battle for control of congress is intensifying. abortion weighing heavily on the minds of many voters. as arizona enacts a near total ban. what a new abc news/ washington post poll says about where americans stand on abortion. and what democrats think about whether president joe biden should run for a second term. the deadly protests in iran spreading to more cities. dozens killed in violent clashes after the death of a young woman in police custody. arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. the urgent manhunt for a killer in philadelphia. after a recent c