majority in the house. so, it s understandable that and almost justified that mccarthy is not wanting to ruffle any feathers before this important vote on january 3rd. all right. nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie raffa thank you so much. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. and there it is, the u.s. capitol. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 29th. and we re going to get right to the news. prosecutors are turning up the heat on congressman-elect george santos, after the revelations he lied about his resume. we re going to have more on the investigation by a fellow republican district attorney. plus, the very latest on the weather emergency in buffalo, new york. first, the snow, and now concerns about flooding and questions about the response to the deadly blizzard. and we re following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays
cirrhosis and dysfunction has actually had a season of legislating. i think when you look back on this year as some distance, i think the inflation reduction act which people had to really celebrate it s quite a big deal than it actually is, will be seen as a turning point moment in the history of climate policy. it s something that we probably underestimated as we described what it will do for the climate, in that the tax credits and the inflation reduction act are untapped. so it starts to push the economy which is already moving in the direction of alternative energies more radically in the direction, it will just keep spending to reinforcing that cycle. and frank, president biden also has said the next century will be defined by the competition between democracies and autocracies. let me ask you about china and
counters. experts say it s important to know what you are entitled to. you have a right for a refund of any ticket where the airline cancels it. reporter: coming to reimbursements there s not always a guarantee. may have to extend the money and hope the airline will honor it. blayne alexander with that report. i m looking forward to report to show if the people got the money back. there s going to be a lot of government oversight into what happened. president biden is in st. croix this morning. he got there not on southwest. he s scheduled to return to washington on january 2, the day before the democratic party
judges. nbc s mike memoli, the first man to wear a suit on the beach on a presidential trip since nixon himself did it in the 1970s. history made this morning on morning joe. put sunscreen on. thank you for joining us this morning. republicans have been hitting the president about how prices are still high. inflation cooled but higher. there s an area where things are cheap jer that s the pump. experts say the cost of gas expected to be cheaper overall in 2023. correspondent kerry sanders has the latest on that story. reporter: positive news at the pump this morning. estimates for 2023 predict gas prices cheaper overall next year. i think i would be happy.
they look at the new republican majority as potentially a good political foyle for the president. they will be focused on the successful legislative track record over two years with a democratic congress and while they focus on cutting ribbons, more jobs announcements, the new provisions of the inflation reduction act, they re happy to let republicans send a flurry of lotters and launch investigations they think the public will not be receptive to. the president made clear. he does see some hope for legislating and a faction of that new republican majority in biden districts and more than anything looking to confirm more