january 6th insurrection, the full extent of donald trump s misdeeds including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, are coming to light. in remarkable detail that is thanks to that long awaited report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on the show, they highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of trump s particular misconduct. his, work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman, to corruptly pushed the bogus and illegal theory that then vice president mike pence could unilaterally throughout the results of the election and install trump as the winner, even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now the committee referred to that a coup in search of a legal theory. that alone, frankly, should be enough to pardon trump from american politics permanently, if not charge him criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focus on last night, we just one of a chapters dealing all aspects of the attempted coup. the 845-
january 6th insurrection, the full extent of donald trump s misdeeds, including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, or coming to life in remarkable detail. that is thanks to that long-awaited final report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on this show we highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of his particular misconduct. his work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman to corruptly pushed the bogus and legal theory that then by s president mike pence could unilaterally throw out the results of the election and install trump as a winner. even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now, the committee referred to that plot in chapter five as, quote, a coup in search of a legal theory. now, that alone frankly should be enough to american politics permanently if not true trump criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focused on last night was just one of eight chapters detailing all aspects of the attempted
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
majority in the house. so, it s understandable that and almost justified that mccarthy is not wanting to ruffle any feathers before this important vote on january 3rd. all right. nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie raffa thank you so much. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. and there it is, the u.s. capitol. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 29th. and we re going to get right to the news. prosecutors are turning up the heat on congressman-elect george santos, after the revelations he lied about his resume. we re going to have more on the investigation by a fellow republican district attorney. plus, the very latest on the weather emergency in buffalo, new york. first, the snow, and now concerns about flooding and questions about the response to the deadly blizzard. and we re following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays
hello, everyone. at this hour departure boards bringing post-christmas misery to travelers everywhere. one major u.s. carrier is the big source of a nationwide headache. plus, incoming congressman george santos says he should get a pass for lying about virtually every single detail of his resume because not telling the truth is not a crime. and new cnn exclusive reporting about why you ll pay less at the pump now, but should be preparing for more pain in the spring. this is what we re watching at this hour. we begin this hour with the blame game playing out at southwest airlines. thousands of stranded travelers just want to get where they are going but bad weather, bad planning and bad systems mean more than 25 hundred southwest flights grounded today so far. that s around 90% of all flights canceled in the u.s. southwest passengers can t get through to customer service and its employees are struggling to speak to the people in charge. it s just it s frustrating for pil