a helicopter crash in ukraine killing top officials and some children. the maga king who falsely claimed fraud said he s the one behind the attacks. george santos qualified to serve on two house committees even though no one s sure what his real qualifications are. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with this breaking news. tragedy in ukraine. devastating helicopter crash. the chopper plunged to the ground near a kindergarten. the crash killing ukraine s interior minister and leadership team and killing some children on the ground being taken to the kindergarten by their parents. cnn s clarissa ward live on the ground. what more do we know about this rapidly developing story? reporter: well, christine, as if ukraine hasn t experienced enough horror and enough tragedy. this morning e s events are tru devastating. you can see the area behind me where the helicopter crashed in. the latest informatio
close up shop over the holidays, you are practically inundated with releases a material. there was the committee s final report which clocked in at over 800 pages. then there were just thousands of deposition peaches and transcripts, court documents and exhibits from the committees. hearings dozens of videos. it is hard to believe that there was anything the committee did not release. and yet today, we learned there was something. today the washington post published this draft memo. prepared by a team of committee staffers and focusing on social media and extremism. they were known as teen purple. the team apparently hoped that there 100 plus-page memo would be adapted into a chapter investigations final report. but the committee decided to leave most of it on the cutting room floor. among team purples most damning findings was that in the run up to january 6th, social media platforms like twitter and facebook bent over backwards, that their own rules to, allow donald trump
rush to close up shop for the holidays, we are practically in inundated fleeces a material. there was the committee s final report, the clocked in at over 800 pages, then there were just thousands of pages of deposition transcripts and court documents and exhibits from the committee s hearings, and dozens of videos. it s hard to believe that there was anything the committee did not release. and yet today we learned there was something. today the washington post published this draft memo, prepared by a team of committee staffers focused on social media and extremism. they were known as team purple. the team apparently hoped that there 100 plus-page memo would be adapted into a chapter in the investigation s final report. but the committee decided to leave most of it on the cutting room floor. among team purples most damning findings was in the run up to january six. social media platforms like twitter and facebook bent over backwards, they bench their own rules to allow donald
you know, this is a time for choosing. we choose democracy over hytocracy, love over hate. these are the questions of our time that i ran for president to try to help answer in dr. king s life and legacy and many i view shows the way forward. just have to look back. you have to be prepared. president biden marks the holiday with a look at his legacy and the work still to be done to ensure voting rights for all americans. meanwhile, house republicans spent that day upset that president biden doesn t have visitor logs for his private homes in delaware. information they never had any interest in when president trum health care plan hundreds of classified materials at his mar-a-lago country club. and from ridiculous lies to russian ties. the bizarre george santos saga takes another turn with new reporting that links him to the family of a sanctioned russian oligarch. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 17th. i m jonathan lemire. we begin on cap
right now on andrea mitchell reports, the white house on defense as republican house members escalate their demands about those classified documents found at president biden s former office and home. biden officials try to contain the damage. [ many speaking at once ] still not answering questions. the battle over the debt ceiling. opening rounds in what could become a global economic meltdown if the u.s. fails to pay its debts. republican congressman george santos mysterious background now includes possible ties to wealthy russians, adding to the legal and ethical questions swirling around the freshman as calls for him to resign mount. we will talk to one of the reporters on the case. good day. i m andra mitchell in washington. the white house is not answering questions about the classified documents from mr. biden s tenure as vice president now that a special council has been appointed to investigate. it s a gift for the new house republican majority. trying to ign