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.
i m bret baier. breaking tonight. the u.s. supreme court issued a landmark ruling that presidents have some immunity from prosecution. it is a newanced decision that hinges on what is and is not considered an official act the immediate after effect the issues may delay push them past the november election. fox news chief legal correspondent, anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream starts us off with all of this tonight. good evening, shannon. good evening, bret it. is a win for the trump legal team today in the sense that it delays special counsel jack smith s case against him it. does not completely extinguish very real three threats. writing for the majority, chief justice roberts said no president is above the law. but that, quote: the president may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers. and he is entitled at a minute pump to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. that immunity applies equally to all occupants of