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committee dropping a brand-new batch of key testimony and for the first time we are now seeing interview transcripts from 19 additional witnesses and they include some of the closest people inside former president trump s inner circle. his son, donald trump jr., former fox news anchor kirsten gillibrand as w kimberly guile so let s get right to cnn s sara murray looking through all of these documents. sara, thousands of pages of transcripts. some we ve seen through the january 6th committee hearings and you ve been reading through donald trump jr. s transcripts. what are you finding in there? reporter: you know, this is obviously interesting because he s the former president s son, proximity to the former president and asking him about what was happening as the riot unfolded on january 6th and they re reading back text messages he exchanged with mark meadows. at one point don junior tells mark meadows, the former president trump, his dad has got to condemn this then says a
good afternoon. i m sara sidner in for victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. the january 6th committee just released yet another big batch of witness interview transcripts from their investigation into the capitol insurrection. the new list includes interviews with 19 witnesses including the former president donald trump jr. and kimberly guilfoyle, christina baab, stephen miller and those to try to overturn the election like doug mastriano. cnn s paula reid is joining me now. you re going through this. i know it s a lot. there are hundreds of people with many, many pages of transcripts. what has stood out to you so far? reporter: well, we have the support of a big team combing over this. sara, i want to start with some of the revelations in the transcript from donald trump jr. specifically, the transcript reveals new details about text messages that the former president exchanged with then white house chief of staff mark meadows. we ve reported on some of these t
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
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