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
washington, d.c. this comes as u.s. attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation. for the latest, let s bring in cnn s saenz siarlette saenz at e house. tell us about the statement the white house is sharing. reporter: we re starting to get a better picture of exactly how many documents have been found between the president s residence in wilmington, delaware, as well as a former office that he used here when he had left the vice presidency. and based on cnn reporting as well as the disclosures that have come from the white house office, it appears there are approximately 20 documents with classified markings that had been found between those two locations. now, one of those documents was found in an adjacent room to the president s garage in wilmington, delaware. the white house had initially said that included one page. but it is now revealed that there were actually an additional five pages that were found on thursday ni
really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an american society, that it s okay to disagree. san francisco s district attorney makes a plea for decency in the national discourse following the politically motivated attack on nancy pelosi s husband and now we re learning more about what the suspect had planned for the speaker of the house. meanwhile, that disturbing attack is becoming a punch line for more and more republicans. the latest coming from the far right nominee for governor of arizona. and also ahead, affirmative action goes before the supreme court with justices hearing arguments in two cases tied to college admissions. good morning, and welcome to way too early, tuesday, november 1st. we are exactly one week from election day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. the man accused of breaking into nancy pelosi s home and brutally attacking her husband has been set wit
over a million people are without power from texas to the east coast as bone chilling temperatures kick in. more than two hundred million americans are currently under warnings or advisories. this massive winter storm is causing holiday travel chaos. transportation secretary buda jen says it is going to be days before this gets sorted out. yesterday, about 10% of flights canceled. now, of course, that means 90% of flights were not canceled, but, you know, if it goes above two percent, we consider that a lot. so 10% means just a lot of disruption for a lot of passengers now getting back to normal. but we re seeing, again, over the middle of the country that extreme cold and then the east that that wind and snow coming. it s going to be rough for certainly the next couple of days. when it comes to aviation. so far , over twenty six thousand flights have been delayed and nearly 9000 canceled since wednesday. mike tobin is at o hare airport in chicago with the latest. hi, m
highest level in more than 40 years, but there are some signs in the report things could be turning around, at least a little. senate democrats will move to protect access to abortion, and this preliminary vote expected to fail. more from capitol hill ahead. the house also just approved $40 billion in aid to ukraine. right now ukraine says it s making progress in the northern city of kharkiv and we will go there live. but we will begin with our team covering today s inflation report, and joining us is our panelist, and stephanie, let me start with you. people are getting excited saying it s slowing and not going up as quick as it could, and it s a positive, and it is positive and just because it s not going up it s not going down. as we head into the summer and the conflict with ukraine continues we could see gas prices go back up and that s going to hurt again. people need to be ready for that. carol, the president is on his way to illinois to talk high prices. what