the lead starts right now. new witness tran scripts released from the january 6th committee, including one from donald trump s own son, and an unusual request from one sitting gop senator. then, officials are calling it the largest russian missile strike since the war began. ukrainians say it could have been so much worse. plus, some signs of relief on the horizon for tens of thousands of southwest pas passengers who have been stuck in the airline s meltdown for now eight days. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. and we begin with our politics lead and new insight into the january 6th investigation. the committee released more testimony transcripts from 19 witnesses, including trump s son donald trump jr., trump attorney christina bobb, kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller and former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. there s one key thing that sticks out, and that s the role of mark meadows. he was, of course, trump s chief of staff on january 6th an
entry into the united states due to public health concerns. it was set to expire last week which the biden administration had supported but asked for a brief delay. 19 attorneys generals from gop-led states requested the policy remain in place for fear of adding to the influx at the southern border. in the 5-3 rule, neil gorsuch joins sotomayor and jackson. gorsuch suggested that the court decision to intervene was more related to the crisis at the border, rather than the legal issues in the case. those issues concern whether states can intervene in defense of a pandemic-era policy. gorsuch noted that the states, quote, do not seriously dispute that the public held justification undergirding the title 42 orders has lapsed. gorsuch also said while states may have valid concerns, quote, the current border crisis is not a covid crisis. the supreme court s order says that while it prevents title 42 from being set aside, it does not prevent the federal government from taking up,
citigroup and goldman sachs, no record. graduated from universities, no record of that. blatant lies and calls into question how your constituents and the american people can believe anything you may say when you are standing on the floor of the house of representatives supposedly fighting for them? that s the real issue here. well, look, and i agree with what you re saying, and as i stated and i continue, we can debate my resume and how i worked with firms such as goldman is it debatable or just false? is it debatable or just false? it s not false at all. it s debatable. congressman-elect santos given you a lot of time. i think the time owed is to the people of new york. it 3rd. it s hard to imagine how they could possibly trust your explanations when you re not even willing to admit the depth of your deception to them. thank you so much for being here and joining us. thank you, tulsi. congressman-elect george santos confronted for lying about his resume by tulsi
we re back with more in our politics lead. cnn has learned federal prosecutors are investigating congressman elect george santos finances amid growing questions over loans he gave his campaign, totaling over $700,000. this comes as nassau s republican district attorney announced another investigation in the wake of santos admission that he lied about key parts of his background and resume, along with this stark warning. quote, no one is above the law, and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it. as cnn reports, these probes come as cnn has uncovered even more lies from the congressman-elected. shame! shame! reporter: scrutiny is intensifying around congressman elect george santos. watching this slow george santos trainwreck take place. reporter: federal prosecutors in new york opening an
coming from the former head of the d.c. national guard, a man now house sergeant-at-arms is pretty remarkable, and really makes you recognize just what an odd response it was, and that the capitol wasn t as prepared as it would have been had there been a different set of circumstances in place. yeah. key details that continue to be released by the january 6th committee. we ll see if any other additional ones come out in these last few days of 2022 or into 2023. nbc s ryan riley, thank you. and thank you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. this is, i think, one of the biggest concern, congressman-elected, that you don t really seem to be taking this seriously. apologized said you made mistakes but outright lied. a lie is not embellishment on a resume. you said you worked for