we three kings of orient are bearing gifts we traveled so far field and fountain moor and mountain following i don t know der star. carley: welcome to fox & friends. you are looking live at our beautiful all-american christmas tree. it is upon us, guys. christmas is just what s today s date? the 22nd. three days from now. lawrence: i m so excited? carley: kids are getting excited and parents getting excited perfect time of year. brian: saturday warm-up. monday christmas. people got to decide your office or not goes back to work 26th through the 30th. perfect way for it to break. meanwhile also perfect is cardinal dolan. is he going to be here with the christmas message. i believe it s going to be positive and upbeat because i have never seen him in a bad mood. he is my vote for pope. lawrence: we get to vote? brian: we should. carley: we should. world should vote. brian: they would love him new york would miss him certainly. cardinal dolan is
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
anita vogel. remember title 42, the supreme court weighs what comes next. those numbers are expected to surge if the policy is lifted. art del cueto says drugs and criminal cartels will explode as well. correspondent jeff paul. hi, jeff. anita, with title 42 set to expire last week, many went to the border hoping for a better chance to get in. but the supreme court announcing a hold until it hears the case, it s leaving thousands in the cold not knowing what to do next. we turned ourselves into immigration authorities, immigration expelled us because what they told us is that everything from central america is closed off. we are waiting for title 42 to be nullified. even with the frigid weather, the number is not slowing down. from friday to sunday, 16,476 encounters over the span of those three days. roughly 2100 were expelled under title 42, the remaining 14,000 were released. busiest sector was del rio, more than 4,000, followed by el paso, more than 3,000, and yuma,