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
deaths week over week, mid-january onwards. covid cases and hospitalizations i think the worst unfortunately is ahead of us for the winter. flu and rsv have plateaued at the very high level. going, piggybacking off that video intro that we saw about children s hospitals being overwhelmed in terms of their infrastructure, do you have similar concerns, with shortages in nursing in this country, especially as you say, heading into the surge in covid cases for the winter? you know, sam, i m in an icu in seattle. most of the nurses i work with here in the icu are traveling nurses. it s proved that the nursing field, such as ic nurses, pediatric or adult, there s always been a chronic shortage. covid has really shined a light on that. we had about a 20% nursing shortage. it s gotten worse and going to continue to get worse. to your point, where are we