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
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.
am arthel neville. president biden is hitting the road to sell his economic plans during a campaign swing on the west coast. the president argued its republicans who are cost inflations to rise if they win in november. lucas tomlinson is live on the north lawn of the white house with more on this. hey lucas. arthel, while eating ice to import lynn prison the economy is strong. fox news boy just referenced a majority of voters think they are doing worse than they were two years ago. about 51% to be exact say they are doing worse financial than they were when president biden took office. only 15% said it was a better, 33% said it was the same. caution steve scalise offered this explanation why. they are furious with biden and pelosi s socialist agenda that has led to increased spending, increase inflation, this the cost of everything to buy would grow gorgeous or if you can afford to put gas in your car and you get there. the election were present was held today only 33% of
capitol police officers weren t monitoring surveillance at the pelosi residence. there was no capitol police. there was no private security present at the time. gas prices now rising to $3.76. president biden claims his policies are driving prices down. gas prices are coming down. the oil industry is not doing the right thing. flies it to center field. mccormick is going back. he is at the track, he is at the the wall. gone. wow. monstrous blast. steve: sixth days until the voting starts. as you look live at capitol hill where the balance of power for the house of representatives, senate and the congress hangs in the balance. we should know in about seven days, maybe. currently on it is 57 degrees. going for a daytime high of 70 degrees. and sunrise, by the way, is going to be at 7:37 this morning. ainsley: i can t believe it s november 2nd. brian: i know outside i came n a tank top and shorts. that s how hot it feels like august. i fully screwed up.