To book your free consultation. All right. Good morning, everyone. It is the top of the hour. Were so glad youre with us on this monday and a busy one already. New polling, new arraignment. Polls, polls, polls, and they all the same thing. Thats the most important. Theyre not focused on one poll. Ill die on this hill. Its a good hill to die on. To the law this morning, a second trump employee scheduled to be arraigned in the classified documents probe, as the former president says he did not direct anyone to delete Security Footage at maralago. And will thousands of smalldollar donors to trumps Political Action committee care all the that their donations are being spent on legal fees. Theyve already spent 40 million this year and thats double what they spent last year and its only july. And theres a giant x at twitters headquarters. San francisco are investigating whether the sign is a permit violation. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. This morning, the Property Manager who al
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
54% in the past few weeks. but what s significant is how much desantis has slipped since last july. the quinnipiac poll had him at 22%. and it s been dropping. trump has been rising. joining us now, white house correspondent at bloomberg news, kala gardner. also a buckeye, get excited, poppy. and cnn political analyst and white house correspondent at pbs newshour, she s cool too, laura barone lopez, one of the best in the business. laura, i want to start with you on kind of the i think we have similar views in terms of one poll does not make everything. it s the consistency of these numbers and the kind of, at some point, we have to stop repeating over and over again, it s reheearly, it s early, it s early. we re getting there at this point. what s your read in the current state of the race? look, trump has a really strong grip on the republican base. and even a recent pbs/npr/marist poll we just had come out on friday said the exact same
cases. also on the schedule, however is a case that fits lgbtq rights against conservative christians and in an elections case in north carolina that could have a major impact on the 2024 presidential election. the case being argued on february 21st. the court will take up another divisive question whether tech and social media companies should be immune over content posted by users that could be considered problematic. president biden, meanwhile, is in st. kroix where he s with his family. joining us is white house reporter for bloomberg news, kala gardner. thank you, you are in st. croix, a tough assignment where