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
accountable, and the legislation that might serve you, it all goes away. joining me now is current florida congresswoman and candidate for u.s. senate, congresswoman val demings. she is a former impeachment manager and trump s first impeachment trial. we are both in the beautiful city of new orleans celebrating before we get into, that i want to ask you, because you served as a house impeachment manager, i have been riveted by the testimony each week but something else more shocking happens every week. i want to hear your, thoughts you ve more intimate view, what was the most shocking thing you heard out of the january 6th hearings so far? tiffany, it s great to be back with you. let me just say, during the first impeachment trial, there was no doubt in my mind that the president used his power to try to coerce a foreign power. it isn t interesting that it s ukraine to interfere in the united states election? i knew that we would be at this point, because i knew number on
deaths week over week, mid-january onwards. covid cases and hospitalizations i think the worst unfortunately is ahead of us for the winter. flu and rsv have plateaued at the very high level. going, piggybacking off that video intro that we saw about children s hospitals being overwhelmed in terms of their infrastructure, do you have similar concerns, with shortages in nursing in this country, especially as you say, heading into the surge in covid cases for the winter? you know, sam, i m in an icu in seattle. most of the nurses i work with here in the icu are traveling nurses. it s proved that the nursing field, such as ic nurses, pediatric or adult, there s always been a chronic shortage. covid has really shined a light on that. we had about a 20% nursing shortage. it s gotten worse and going to continue to get worse. to your point, where are we
night because i love my crosscut actually are some much i was in my hotel prepping for the show. so i just could not sling last night. i know, why that s why when i ask. you because a lot of people were tweeting about nikki minaj s performance last night that essence fast. and the tweets were not kind. so i m just curious, since you were there what was your take on her performance? okay, listen. i like him to saint nick images music. i was there. the video intro was fantastic. i left after ten minutes. and again, nikki i love you. but when i come to a concert, i ain t trying to hear you sing to records. i need to hear using. and that was part of the deal. great presentation, great visuals, but boo. when you hit the superdome acing. niles came out before, her and somebody asked if she lip thinking, i said no no. my man is actually singing.