also tonight, after more than 15,000 cancellations, southwest now vowing to return to normal operations within hours. the airline s chief personally apologizing for the chaos. what the airline is now saying about reimbursing passengers, some finally being reunited with their lost luggage. alex perez with important information for travelers. and that breaking news from brazil. global soccer superstar pele, the three-time world cup champion and arguably the world s most famous athlete, dead at 82. matt rivers on his lasting legacy. a new and deadly wave of russian missile strikes rocking ukraine. the biggest barrage in weeks. further crippling the country s damaged infrastructure. firefighters battling this fire at a critical substation. britt clennett on the ground in kyiv. for congressman-elect george - santos to resign. the republican now under scrutiny by multiple prosecutors, but santos tonight refusing to step down. this, as a new alleged fabrication emerges about his
telling us tonight. more trouble for congressman elect george santos, federal prosecutors already probing his finances. and now this, did he lie about his mother dying on 9/11? new video of a chinese fighter jet buzzing an u.s. air force plane, the pentagon s response tonight. a new law is set to cap the price of insulin, so why are tens of thousands of americans left out? this family pays $20,000 a year. get ready for massive post-christmas discounts, why the weather and supply chain issues will mean unprecedented sales, how about 80% off? and we remember the greatest of all time, the king of the pitch, soccer legend pele passed away today. good evening. i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight. that long holiday travel nightmare is not over for the thousands still struggling to get home, but tonight southwest says it s finally getting back on track. even though it cancelled another 2300 flights today, the airline says it expects normal operations with minimal disru
chaos and dysfunction within the white house during trump s time in office. plus, transportation secretary pete buttigieg is threatening major penalties for southwest airlines amid a massive number of cancellations and delays. we ll have the latest on the seemingly never-ending travel troubles. and president biden signs a massive $1.7 trillion government spending bill into law. capping off a year of big wins for the white house. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, december 30th. the penultimate day of 2022. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us with. we ll begin with a newly-released batch of deposition transcripts from the january 6th house committee from some key witnesses, including members of former president donald trump s inner circle. and that includes former white house communications director alyssa farah griffin, she spoke to the january 6th house panel back on april 15th, describing her tenure at the white house as quo
we ll have the latest reporting and analysis in moments for you. also this hour, new covid concerns on multiple fronts with another spike in china and a new sub variant here at home. we continue to cover that major development. the arrest in connection to the murder case involving four university of idaho students. nbc news can confirm the person in custody is that man right there. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. this is according to court records and four law enforcement officials confirming that to nbc news. he s being held in pennsylvania. he s at the prison there. police in moscow, idaho v announced a 4:00 p.m. eastern press conference to provide apt update on this case, but the moscow police department is not yet confirming the arrest. let s bring in correspondent steve patterson for the latest. it s been an hour since we have been getting this. anything new in the last hour? reporter: just the timeline. we ll have that press conference from moscow police later on today.
mother is under scrutiny after he linked her death to 9/11. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight we have a new window into the previously unseen testimony in the january 6th investigation. the house select committee going public with a significant new batch of transcripts including the panel s interview with donald trump jr. cnn political correspondent sara murray is here with me in the situation room. she has been going through all this new material. sara, this round of transcripts involve some members of trump s inner circle. what have you learned? we ve reported on how important mark meadows texts were for this committee. and we see it again in the committee s interview with donald trump jr. he is texting mark meadows during the riot while it s infurling, saying we need an oval address. we need to leave now, talking about his father. it s gone too far and gotten out of hand. th