insurrectionists across the capitol while being called the most violent, racist names. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy is finally speaker of the house. but, what comes next for the new speaker depends on what he had to give away to win the gavel. it was chaos and drama friday when mccarthy thought he had the vote in the bag on the 14th round, only to be thwarted by congressman matt gaetz, a never kevin who voted present instead of four mccarthy, which is strange, because gaetz had already crowed that mccarthy had already agreed to every concession that gaetz had asked for. i am excited and encouraged, i am grateful that speaker doesn t give mccarthy receptive to each and every change we have demanded. and shawn, without the stage right now where i am running out of stuff to ask for. stuff like allowing one member to call for the removal of the speaker and giving seats on the rules comm
represented delaware from 1973 to 2009. this, according to his lawyer bob hour. and some of the documents were from his tenure at the obama administration. now, doj also took some notes that biden had personally handwritten as vice president. this, again, according to his lawyer. neither the president nor the first lady were president during the search. the documents are part of a group of other classified documents previously discovered this month at biden s wilmington residents. also in november at a private office that he maintained out of washington d.c., after ending his tenure as vice president. the documents discovered before friday s search, by the doj, were all found by biden s lawyers according to the white house. we have a lot to break down, let s bring in our panel that will help us make sense of this. lisa rubin, legal analyst for the rachel maddow show. charles m. blow, and charles coleman. lisa, i will start with you. you have been following the in and outs of
and now a lot more people can. so let s go. the digital age is waiting. new reporting as we come on the wear from washington, a key court appearance, a new white house statement, and more questions for the administration. let s start with what is happening right now this hour. the new mexico suspect solomon pena getting ready to go before a judge, just about 30 minutes from now. arrested on conspiracy charges. among others. for the shooting attacks, the ring leader, police say allegedly targeting democratic officials, in albuquerque. our team is live on the ground with new reporting and what to expect. also this hour, president biden s first reaction to the deadly helicopter crash in ukraine. the interior minister and more than a dozen others killed. we have a live report from kyiv and the pentagon with more on just what happened. plus, any minute, the white house getting ready for you name it, inevitably nor questions on how president biden handled classified documents,
continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former of a firefighter s household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you start, it is how you finish. and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leaders jeffries, there will be times we agree and many times we will defer. i promise our debate will be passionate, but they will never be personal. that is my commitment to you. so after taking his own oath of office, the speaker then foreign members of the 118 congress, and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes, too short of a majority of the h
santos is facing scrutiny after admitting he lied. and now federal prosecutors are getting involved. plus, more troubles for southwest airlines. the airline cancelled thousands of flights again today. also this morning, a new round of russian missile strikes targeting ukraine s energy grid, officials say it appears to be one of moscow s largest attacks to date. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, december 29th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. congressman-elect george santos is now under investigation by law enforcement for the lies he told regarding his background and experience. an essex county district attorney who is a fellow republican called revelations about santos is nothing short of stunning, quote, if a crime is committed in this county, we will prosecute it. santos lied about his college or personal life that could land santos in hot water. dan coleman is calling for investigation into campaign fraud after a business that s