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
i think hunter biden is small potatoes, i think they are protecting joe biden, they have no interest in him and neither do the media. carley: brooke singman has details. brooke: the fbi may be closing on on charges against hunter biden. hunter has been under federal investigation since 2018. fox news reported prosecutors are investigating him for several charges. hunter biden s attorney says it is federal felony to leak information about a grand jury information such as this one. we expect the doj will investigate and prosecute such bad actors. many say it is about time the public is made aware of what the biden family has been up to. listen. our democracy was stolen in 2020. we saw former heads of intelligence ages, fbi, colluding with big tech, social media and mainstream media decided we don t want the american voter to know the contents of hunter biden s laptop. brooke: timoth tebow says there are allegations that mr. tebow suppressed information provided by bobul
elected a con man. and you write, how did george santos, a republican newly elected to new york s third congressional district on long island get away with running for office with an almost completely fictitious resume. the answer is a combination of democratic complacency, republican extremeively and media decline in a house district that i know intimately. we shouldn t let the republican party off the hook. republicans accepted santos narrative without due diligence because they prioritized extreme ideology over actual qualifications. santos was at the ellipse on january 6, and has even claimed that he helped arrest insurrectionists with their legal fees. politicians embellish resumes. if that was a crime, every candidate in america would be in prison. but santos lies are an sought on democratic norms. the republicans should have
available, wages are not keeping up with inflation, according to federal reserve bank of dallas, we find majority of employed workers real, inflation adjusted wages have failed to keep up, the media decline wages more than 8.5%, dein cloo, guys. this as we wait for the jobs report, 8:30 east other than time. the unemployment rating staying at 3.7%. todd: joe biden, congratulations, historic pay cut. cheryl: right. within this report we get, they do a waging breakdown, hourly and weekly earnings. according to federal reserve bank of dallas, media decline is more as i referenced 8.5%. americans saw most severe pay cut in 25 years under period biden according to the bank.