expected to appeal the decisions in colorado and maine to ban him from the 2024 primary ballot. the appeal in colorado set to be taken up by the supreme court. this, as the 2024 primary season will kick off on january 15th, with the iowa caucuses. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. hey anita. anita: hey, griff, good to see you, i m anita vogul. meanwhile, president biden spending the week vacationing in the virgin islands as the crisis at the southern border grows, leading to criticism from republicans. and another group is making its way for the record breaking levels. lucas is in san croix. a record number of migrants are appearing on the southern border in recent months and the republicans are outraged. there s a problem at the border and the reality is, the house republicans passed three pieces of legislation to address this issue and not only secure the border and go back to the policies of the previous administration, but to give cvp the tools and technolo
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
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
cedes control of the house the republicans. looming is the decision whether to run for president. mike memoli drew the tough reporting assignment live from st. croix. come on! you win. we lose. president biden should take rest because he is coming back to a lot. questions about the future but also a divided washington and house gop intent to make life very challenging for the president and his west wing. reporter: yeah. that s right. i take a backseat to nobody coming to the presidential vacation assignment. i had the duty to travel back and forth to waikiki in the obama administration and last year spent the week in a similar pa are dice. delaware. love it.
about what hoover knew and the political power and popularity. the new book is g-man getting rave reviews. i can t wait to read it. thank you so much for joining us this morning still ahead on morning joe, a live report from san croix where president biden is vacationing. plus, new signs pointing to potential charges for the former president after a federal judge said donald trump s speech on january 6 could have signaled to supporters that he wanted them to do something more than just protest. also ahead, joe s conversation with an american music i con. morning joe will be right back.