midnight. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 30th. new year s eve on this final morning, joe, of the year. and this morning, there is more heat on new york congressman-elect george santos, who also now is under federal investigation after it was revealed that he lied about his resume while campaigning for congress. we ll have new reporting on what these charges could be. plus, newly released transcripts from the january 6th committee, showing the struggle within the trump white house to keep bad information, conspiracy theories, away from the president and the failure to do that in many cases. we ll take a closer look at former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in his failed role as presidential gatekeeper. plus, after thousands of canceled flights and a reputation now in tarts, southwest airline says it finally expects to resume normal operations today. we ll tell you what the company is saying it plans to do to somehow make things right.
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mbappe, but pele had every skill in the game. and every kid in brazil wanted to do the things that he could do. they wanted to do his bicycle kicks and his headers and his amazing dribbling through entire teams, as if they weren t there. and he was a great ambassador for brazil, too. around the world, he met kings and queens. he met presidents and prime ministers. he was brazil. he was for a long time, the most famous athlete in the world. and that distinction was well deserved. and there ll probably never be another like him. gene writes, it s not likely he s the greatest soccer player of all time, but on that short list of famous athletes, it s wayne gretzky, it s pele.
gitmo what do we so they can practice bicycle kicks? we see how ridiculous spending has gotten and we are wondering what is going on with it. this isn t a democratic issue or republican issue this is an american issue. we can t let soldiers slip through the cracks. is there money, is there places where you can make responsible cuts without affecting your day-to-day lives? sure. i think that there are places in our defense infrastructure where we can cut. with our cutting now, it effects the soldier first, last and hardest. our warriors are suffering now. shawn parnell thank you for being here. outlaw platoon. thank you for your service as well. 27 minutes after the hour. coming up nudging newt out of the race? the calls for newt gingrich to