the reidout is up next. tonight on the reidout we fight. we fight like hell. and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country anymore. we re going to walk down pennsylvania avenue, i love pennsylvania avenue. and we re going to the capitol. a ruling about those comments from donald trump would seem to open up the possibility of lawsuits against the former president by victims of the january 6th insurrection. meanwhile, more transcripps were released from the january 6th committee revealing a whole lot of trump insiders with very convenient memory lapses. also tonight, more of george santos lies are uncovered. we ll look closely at his finances which highlight the glaring need for campaign finance reform. and in state after state, midterm voters rejected election deniers. and now democrats have a golden opportunity to safeguard voting rights. one of the governors leading that fight joins me tonight. good evening, everyone. i m maria ter
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 katie phang. we start today s show with more new evidence from the january 6th committee. they ve released more transcripts today, including interviews with critical players like donald trump s son don junior and top adviser stephen miller. miller admitted being told of a march to the capitol, telling the committee, quote, i think there might be, like, a plan for there to be a, you know, a peaceful walk to the capitol. the transcripts also revealing don junior was perturbed by the capitol insurrection. the committee questioning him about a text he wrote to meadows advise them to consemithis s stuff, don junior saying he was referring to the violence that s going on. even noting the hypocrisy of it all, saying, i spent the last 18 months call out violence and looting. but the committee alleges trump knew about the violence and didn t want to stop it. remember this critical testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. i overheard the president say somethin
you. i m jim sciutto. a busy day on this monday. the first day of the new year. new details about the 19-year-old suspect who is accused of attacking three nypd officers in times square on new year s eve. we re learning he was interviewed by the fbi and also on a terrorist watch list. officials say in his diary he detailed a desire to join the taliban and to die a martyr. and the man arrested in connection with those brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students set to make his first court appearance. now his family is speaking out for the first time. i ve been in touch with his family. as you can imagine, the holidays brutal for them. the january 6th committee releasing a trove of new documents overnight detailing calls by president trump ahead of the insurrection. what sort of payment rudy giuliani requested for his post-election legal services and what the committee wanted to ask former chief of staff mark meadows in a deposition. more on that in a moment.
placed on a terrorist watch list. all of this after his family became increasingly concerned about his desire to travel to afghanistan and join the taliban. what this could all mean, particularly as he awaits charges. we re also learning more about the man arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students. his family underscoring his presumption of innocence in their first statement. he s set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. just ahead, we ll take a closer look at what the seals criminal complaint could tell us. let s begin with the latest in the investigation into the new year s eve machete attack here in nypd on three officers. gloria pass partlmeano joining live. and what more do we know? reporter: that is right, erica. we re learning more about trevor bicford, the 19-year-old man from maine who law enforcement tells us is believed to be behind this attack on three police officers on new year s eve as you mentioned. rig