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
tonight on the readout tonight on the readout and we fight like hell, and if you do not fight like hell you re not gonna have a country anymore. we are going to walk down pennsylvania avenue, i love pennsylvania avenue. and we are going to the capitol. a judge ruling about those comments from donald trump, which seemed to open up the possibility of lawsuits against the former president by victims of the january six insurrection. meanwhile, transcripts just released from the january six committee, revealing a whole lot of trump insiders with convenient memory lapses. also tonight, more of george santos lives are uncovered. we are going to look closely at his finances, which highlight the glaring need for campaign finance reform. and, in state after state, it may turn voters rejected election deniers and how democrats of a golden opportunity to safeguard voting rights. one of the governors leading that fight joins me tonight. good evening everyone, i m in for joy reid. we beg
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
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.
effect there, and although a driving ban has now been lifted, local officials are urging people to stay off the roads, unless they absolutely have to. i m asking people to still be cautious, and if you don t need to drive, please don t. and the winter travel nightmare continues for thousands of americans still stranded in airports across the country. almost every airline in the nation has bounced back from the storm, except southwest airlines. at this hour, southwest has canceled almost 60% of its flights for today. now, giving a new update this afternoon, on when they plan to be running normally again. we re live from l.a.x. with the latest. and the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of interview and deposition transcripts, among them some of the biggest names from trump world, including don jr., kimberly gulfoyle and steven miller. what we re learning from them, coming up. we begin with the chaos still unfolding in airports across the country. with tho