office in new york is now looking into lies told by republican congressman elect george santos. this as cnn is uncovering even more false claims that he s made. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. one of the biggest airline debacles in recent memory has stranded even more passengers this hour. we re following all the new cancellations and the delays by southwest airlines and efforts to get the airline back on track. cnn s reporter is over at bwi airport. this meltdown appears to be far from over, gabe. give us the latest, what are you learning? reporter: look, wolf, just another brutal day for these travelers. southwest canceling 2500 flights, more than 60% of its schedule. as you mentioned, it looks like tomorrow is just going to be more of the same. behind me, just a few of the passengers still searching for their lost luggage. some of them never got out for the holidays. others are
Margorie taylor greene is defending him by saying what about all the democrats that lied about donald trump committing an insurrection. so the silence is revealing about the speakership he may struggle through if he can secure the votes. you make a very important point, where is the democrat opposition research going into this election? very important point indeed. eva, let s talk about the nassau county district attorney who is looking into his fabrications. do you think that will change the political calculation for republicans in general? wolf, what we are seeing is a different response from republicans in that region in long island. and republicans here in washington. i don t know how much this changes the overall calculation, but, you know, as ron alluded to, because mccarthy has will have such a thin majority next year, he really just has to listen to his conference. so ultimately, if there is a change in sentiment among republicans, maybe we ll hear something different fro
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Announcement? reporter: the probe of the fabrications appear to be growing, with the district attorney looking into the many false claims santos made. in a statement, a republican says no one is above a law. if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it. and we know new york state attorney general tish james, a democrat, is looking into santos, as well. this amounts to more problems for the embattled congressman-elect. these are blatant lies. my question is, do you have no shame? reporter: incoming republican congressman george santos tries to explain lies he told about his life while campaigning for congress. look, i agree with what you re saying. as i stated and i continue, we can debate my resume and how i worked with firms such as goldman sachs. is it debatable or just false? no, it s not false at all. it s debatable. reporter: santos trying to
When you have a plan. this just in to cnn. the nassau county district attorney s office says it s looking into fabrications from new york congressman-elect george santos. this comes as cnn is uncovering more falsehoods from santos, including claims he was forced to leave a new york city private school and represented goldman za sacks. so eva, what are you hearing from the d.istrict attorney s