the airline is still canceling thousands of flights, passengers are still outraged, and we learned the southwest airlines got a seven billion dollar bail out during the pandemic, so what did they use all that money for? but let s begin with joy santos and more of his lies getting exposed. the republican congressman elect just cannot seem to get his own story straight. he lied about going to college. he lied about graduating from college. he lied about who he s worked for. he lied about being jewish, and cnn s kate file just up new lies will bring to you in a moment. now, federal prosecutors are looking into is duke s finances. a source tells cnn that they are investigating the congressman elect s financial situation that seems to rapidly swing from being too broke to pay rent to being a multi millionaire. the district attorney of nassau county new york also says that she has sent us on her radar, but wait, there is more, cnn has confirmed that was charged with embezzlement an
just maybe things in this country would snap back into something resembling a pre-trump normal. dangerous elements of the far right would crawl back into their dark caves and corners that want harm done to the foundations of our most prized institutions, relentlessly maligned for years under donald trump would repair themselves. maybe even overnight. simply because trump is no longer the person sitting behind the resolute desk. sadly it appears that any of those hopes were in vain. more proof this afternoon that the destruction he left in his unhinged wake, the moral wrought he spread quietly continues to spread to this day inside some of our most important and revered institutions. considering chilling new reporting in today s the new york times, cataloging attacks on the fbi. the piece centers in part on a somewhat dishonest effort by a group of former agents calling themselves the suspendables. they wrote a letter earlier this month of accusing the fbi from discriminatin
sought to intervene in this case and block the termination of title 42. now, the white house responded to this order saying that they will comply with it. but they also pointed the finger at congress, saying it is on them to pass immigration reform. they also made their position quite clear, saying that, quote, title 42 is a public health measure not a immigration enforcement measure. and it should not be instead it indefinitely. since this has come down, there is already confusion around the border. immigrant advocates and groups have been disseminating information to migrants on both side of the border to try to convey what this means, which is ultimately that this public health authority that was invoked at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic will continue to remain in effect. meaning that officials can continue to expel migrants who they encounter at the u.s. mexico border. now legal alert, the attorney of the american civil liberties union said it is, quote, deeply d
hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
issue for all families. the governor and mayor pointing finishes about who is at fault, but a lot of residents want to know when will it get fixed. mikhail gorbachev is credited with bringing down the iron curtain and bringing together unity in europe. after 12 years under putin, gorbachev was in charge. he wasn t alone. welcome, it is wednesday, august 31, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and palm beach where donald trump s legal team has until tonight to respond to some explosive new allegations from the justice department. federal prosecutors claim government documents were likely concealed and removed from storage at mar-a-lago s resort as part of an effort to obstruct their investigation. the justice department was responding to trump s request for a special master to review materials seized from mar-a-lago. the department also says the former president lacks legal standing to intervene in its investigation since the documents belong to the gover