it's the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." thank you for sticking with me. i'm sara sidner. we're now get a look at even more witness transcripts from the january 6th investigation, 19 to be exact. the january 6th committee released key interviews from members of former president donald trump's family and staff, and conversations with people involved in the state level effort to overturn the 2020 election. in one interview, donald trump jr. gave more context around texts that he sent to mark meadows about plans to keep his father in office days after the election that he lost, and trump

lawyer christina baub detailed something with lindsey graham in which he pledged to become a, quote, champion of election fraud claims. sara murray with me now. i know there's a lot to go through, and there's a team of people going through them, but what else stands out to you? >> reporter: there is a team that is diligently going through these transcripts, but the don jr. transcript is tfascinating because he's the son of the former president and he lays out a little bit more about his text messages with mark meadows as the riot was unfolding. at one point, he texted meadows saying he has to condemn this. he said, he has to condemn this asap. condemn what, he said, and he said, the violence that's going on. i think i made it pretty clear in my speech we can do this peacefully. use your first amendment rights, do it that way, but violence has no place in this situation. you know, the other thing that

was really notable from this don jr. transcript, obviously he wanted his father to condemn the violence of the capitol that day. there was a whole lot that don jr. could not remember that the committee asked about, you know, when it came to his conversations directly with his father. a lot of i do not recall or i don't exactly remember. >> it it's interesting because you heard from cassidy hutchinson in her testimony that the lawyer that she had was telling her to do just that, say, like, maybe just, you know, i don't remember, that sort of thing. i wonder what happened there, or if it's really he didn't remember. the testimony from christina baub about lindsey graham seemed to stand out. what more did she say? >> reporter: she makes the south carolina republican out as somebody who wanted to help the trump team parrot these claims of voter fraud. she's recalling conversations she had with a senator, and he's saying, you know, give me an example of what he calls illegal

voting. give me a snapshot that i can take and champion. just give me five dead voters. lindsey graham essentially saying to her, give me anything. give me any examples of fraud that i can take and talk about publicly. you know, lindsey graham would go on and speak in the chamber and say, you know, enough is enough. he would vote to certify the election after the riot had unfolded, but earlier on in this process, it was very clear that he was on team trump, and of course, we know since then, he remains a close ally, sara. >> i remember him saying, trump has not lost. it was a moment. the january 6th committee withdrawing its subpoena of former president trump? what does that mean? >> reporter: yeah. this is something that donald trump is claiming is a victory. in reality, it's a little bit more like housekeeping. we've seen the committee drop a number of their subpoenas now that their work is winding down. last night chairman of the committee, bennie thompson notified trump's attorneys they were withdrawing the subpoena for testimony and documenting the former president saying, our

work here is done. our ability to get this information from you has expired. the trump team takes it as a victory. they wanted to block this subpoena and they did keep the committee from getting records and testimony from the former president, but the committee didn't end by saying, you know, donald trump did nothing wrong. they ended by referring the former president to the department of justice for a potential criminal prosecution. >> sara murray, always great to have you on. thank you for all of that. let's discuss with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger and former deputy assistant attorney general, harry lipmann. im start with you, harry. what stands out to you from all of this? >> i'm just rushing through it like everyone else, but the dialogue that sara scunderscore with lindsey graham was eyebrow-raising. find me five votes. that's not someone who wants to

figure out the truth and be a warrior. it's a little reminiscent of trump saying to georgia, i just need 17,980 votes. just give me a little bit and i'll be out there working for alls the worth. in other words, plying the big lie, whether or not it's there. that's one, and then second we have a team trump here and that means glossing down the page and there's a lot of, i don't r recall, i don't recall, i don't recall. we'll see if they are called into the grand jury by the department of justice, and if that serves to sharpen their memories. >> that will be interesting, and as i mentioned to sara murray, we did hear one of the attorneys sort of pushing the idea of maybe that's what you can say to cassidy hutchinson, and then she got a new attorney and that changed. gloria, we're hearing more about don jr.'s efforts to keep the president in office. tell us about that. >> well, you know, as sara was just saying, this is someone who

couldn't text his father. he had to text on november 5th, the chief of staff, and what was remarkable to me in reading the transcript of this is that he said, well, these weren't his ideas, but he considered these ideas what he called the most sophi sophisticated, and the ideas that, quote, sounded plausible. so this is the son of the president of the united states texting ideas to keep his father illegally in office because they sounded plausible, and what he was talking about was what the trump people ended up doing, of course, which was filing lawsuits and advocating for recounts, and on and on and on, but right after the election, the notion was stay in office at all costs. >> harry, i want to talk to you quickly and gloria about mark meadows. it seems that, you know, all roads seem to lead at least through him, which i suppose

would be the normal thing because he is the chief of staff, but what kind of culpability -- i mean, does he have any kind of executive privilege? >> well, so the congress referred him for a -- contempt, and i think the department of justice stayed its hand because they were worried he would have executive privilege. that's finished now. there's no more claim that he can try to ply. that just had to do with his testimony to congress. you are 100% right, all roads seem to lead to him and through him. he communicates with some 34 members of the congress around these days. he's neck-deep in the phony elector scheme, and so yeah. i think he is key and the number one investigative move, not to say the first, because they probably want to build towards it, but the number one investigative decision for the department of justice is how to handle meadows.

in particular, do you even consider giving someone of his culpability immunization and force him to testify? he's been very -- i would say fortunate today, and he's also had very fine counsel in, you know, running through the rain drops and not having to talk, but that has ended now that his -- the motion with the congress just to talk during their hearing is finished and it's now back at the department of justice. >> in many ways, sara, mark meadows was the trump enabler. he was there at every turn in this story, and we learned in these transcripts about even burning papers in his fireplace more times than we even knew. she, cassidy hutchinson, testified maybe a dozen times right around the time of january 6th. so he's everywhere in this story, and he's on every side of every story. he's telling some people one thing and trying to placate donald trump, trying to deal with rudy giuliani, and on and

on and on. going to georgia and getting involved in that whole issue with the question of fake electors and where can they find the votes, et cetera, et cetera. so i think he's everywhere, and if harry says, you know, i don't know what the special counsel is thinking. i don't know what prosecutors in georgia are thinking, but mark meadows' name comes up all the time. >> yeah. seems like he is the name in everyone's mouth. >> yep. >> thank you both, gloria borger and harry litman, and stay with us. i think we'll be coming back to you in a bit with all these new details. embattled congressman-elect jarge santos is facing scrutiny over his finances. after waving a face of criticism about lying about everything from his work history, heritage, and education, federal prosecutors in new york have looking into claims that include loans totaling more than $700,000 that he made to his own

campaign. we're joined with more. give us a sense of where things stand because every day there's another lie that has been uncovered. >> reporter: that's right, sara, and this controversy for him just keeps growing. there are new fabrications that were uncovered from cnn's case file team, advocations that were unreported. at first, santos said he at attended a new york private school and said he had to leave when his family's real estate assets fell on hard times. that is false. that school has no evidence he attended that school. santos says he represented goldman sachs at a financial conference where he says he spoke out against the company during that panel about investing in renewables. there's no record of him appearing on a panel, and there's no record of him even attending the conference he claims he did, and of course,

there are no records of him working for goldman sachs either. there's also a new additional false claims he made about his family history. kfile finding that he said his mother had a historically jewish name, but genealogists who work with cnn say quite the opposite. as you referenced, santos is facing investigations on the federal and local level, and specifically federally. prosecutors in new york are looking into santos' finances. big questions here over how and where he got his money. $700,000 he loaned to his campaign, and the district county's office has launched an investigation and called the fabrications nothing short of stunning. there was a conference in his district where the democrats slammed the incoming

congressman. >> to allow george santos to be seated as a member of congress would be a further knife in the heart of this community. >> yeah. >> yes. >> and i am urging congressional republican leadership to stop that from happening while investigations are ongoing. >> reporter: it's still been complete silence from republican leaders on capitol hill as santos tries to push ahead and he is scheduled to be sworn into congress next week. >> sunlen, thank you for putting it all back together for us again. harry and gloria are back with me. i want to start with you, gloria because you heard the demand that republicans have him resigned, but that's not going to happen, is it? >> no, no, no, no. it is not going to happen. first of all, you have an election for speaker coming up early next week.

mccarthy, kevin mccarthy who wants to be the speaker needs his vote. if he would, we're not going to seat him, then you would have a special election. that's a swing district. santos flipped a seat for them, you know? turned it republican. so they're just not going to do that right now. what they might do is eventually refer this to the ethics committee. it's not even clear what the jurisdiction of the ethics committee would be. so this is a total mess, but the reason you're not hearing from mccarthy is because he doesn't want to say anything before this election. maybe not even after. >> this is sort of politics over the many lies. >> yeah. >> harry, we now know that the local district attorney in nassau county who is a republican herself has come out and said, this has to be looked into. there's federal investigation now looking into santos' finances. is that the place where the lies meet the law?

>> that or nowhere. as dplogloria says, it's a tota mess. people can lie, hall of famers even like this guy, and to find them, you need to get the pieces of paper. the campaign finance or the campaign -- the financial disclosure or those things, if they're false, there may be criminal exposure and that may force him out, but not before the speaker election. >> i remember a campaign finance issue with donald trump and a woman named stormy daniels at the very dwbeginning of this. i'm sure you all remember that too. we'll see what happens. >> all the mess. >> all the mess there. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> donald trump's lawyer went to jail. he was fine. >> him too. thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> great insight. this just into cnn, the pentagon says a chinese jet made an unsafe maneuver while intercepting a u.s. aircraft. a live report just ahead.

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everything we are is thanks to you. we love you endlessly. rest in peace. cnn sports anchor and correspondent patrick snell is here with the latest. patrick, sao paolo hospital has leased pele's cause of death. tell us what it is. >> reporter: they have absolutely, and it is -- what i'm taking from this, sara, is this is extremely, trextremely d news. condolences to the family first and foremost. we have been keeping pele and his family in our thoughts and prayers, but the hospital ea earlier confirming he passed away peacefully. i think that's the biggest takeaway for his fans that, you know, we have been hanging on updates. we have been awaiting updates all over the christmas period and we have been getting them from his family, most notably one of his daughters kelly as well, but just for context, you said it. this is the only player ever in the history of the sport to win three world cups. just imagine winning your first ever world cup at the age of 17

years of age. the 1958 tournament in sweden and he would win it with brazil four years later, and then one more time in 1970 in mexico. three world cups. he played in four in total and won three of them, but his life story is so incredible. it is so powerful. this is someone who transcended sports, a global icon who made an impact not just during his storied career, but off the field of play as well, after retirement. he cared so much. he grew up in poverty. he played the game with socks molded into a football that were boots. when they had boots, his youth team didn't have boots to play in initially. it is no wonder we have been getting reaction coming in, such a storied global icon. i want to get to something. a really emotional post from pele's official twitter account within the last few minutes if i can get to that. these words resonating very powerfully indeed. inspiration and love mark the

journey of king pele who peacefully passed away today. love, love, and love forever. and also he was so generous in his praise of others, sara. i want to tap into something, the special bond he had with mbappe from 2018. these two formed a special bond in the last few months of pele's life, and mbappe taking to social media saying, the king of football has left us, but his legacy will never be forgotten. r.i.p., king. rest in peace, king. emotional day, absolutely, but a celebration of an incredible life as well. such a powerful and impactful one as well. no question. back to. >> you absolutely. we certainly saw him at the world cup, but saying good-bye to pele will be so hard for many. patrick snell, thank you. appreciate it. all right. this just into cnn. the defense department says that a chinese fighter jet

intercepted a u.s. reconnaissance aircraft over the south china sea last week. cnn's oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. i hear this encounter was disturbingly close. >> reporter: sara, we're looking at video of that incident in just one second put out by indo-pacific command. a u.s. reconnaissance aircraft was operating in the south china sea over international waters, international territory according to indo-pacifica, when a fighter jet from the people's liberation army navy, a j-11 approached an intercept. this was conducted in a safe way. this one they say was not. this chinese jet came within 20 feet of the nose of the rc-135, and it was 30 people that can't maneuver quickly. it was close enough they had to take a basic maneuvers joint. you can see how this played out. the video itself, only a few

seconds long, you. you can see that's the j-11 right there at a small distance from the rc-135. it begins drifting closer towards the end of the video here. you'll see that distance opening up. that's when officials say that rc-135 rivet joint, the reconnaissance aircraft don't have away to open up space and avoid the continuation of an unsafe maneuver. this comes as there are increased tensions between u.s. and china. sara, this will certainly add to those tensions between washington and beijing. >> has washington -- any of the officials there have said this was a message or something from the chinese government? >> reporter: we haven't seen too many stamtements about this jus yesterday. keep in mind it happened last wednesday and the statement came out today, but we've seen interactions that are in this vein before. china claims most of the sea as its territorial waters. the u.s. does not recognize

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over, southwest's epic systems meltdown. finally some relief potentially tomorrow. passengers are receiving emails saying they are expected to return to full schedule tomorrow. nick valencia is at the airport. southwest has issued a couple apologies. another one today, offering for customers to get reimbursed. how is this going? >> reporter: this is a major concern from passengers we've spoken to, and in some cases they have been having to cough up money the last eight days while dealing with this all during the holiday, and in some cases it's money they don't have. earlier this week i spoke to a woman who said she had been sleeping in the atlanta airport for the last two days because she was broke, she said. she didn't have money to buy a new ticket to get her back to columbus, ohio, and she told us that she wasn't getting a refund from southwest, but today we're hearing that southwest is laying out new options online for passengers like that to put in for full reimbursement for their expenses, reimbursement for

canceled flights as well as putting in missing baggage info. that has been a huge issue throughout this ordeal. listen to what the chief commercial officer for southwest airlines said in a twitter video he posted on wednesday night. >> you can submit a full refund request for any canceled flights, and if you have any travel expenses due to the disruption, you can submit those receipts directly on our website. my personal apology is the first step of making things right after many plans changed and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. we're continuing to work to make this up to you. >> reporter: for the second straight day in a row, there was virtually no line here at the southwest ticket counter. a reflection of how few flights are taking off here from atlanta, and officials with the airline telling passengers to just bear with them for just a little bit longer, saying that normal operations will continue with minimal disruptions, they claim, as early as tomorrow. passengers here say they will

believe it when they see it. sara? >> proof is in the pudding. nick valencia, thank you so much. >> yeah. joining me now is tom nicoy. he's the second vice president of the southwest airlines pilot association. southwest airlines planning to operate under a full schedule tomorrow. do you see that happening? >> hi, sara. thanks for having me on. as of about an hour ago, we had a phone call, our analyst did, our scheduling analyst and that seems to be their plan, to restore the schedule to a full schedule tomorrow. >> what is that going to mean because there are all these people that have the issues of, they have been canceled, they're trying to rearrange flights? has that all been sorted out now and they can run their regular schedule or is there still a whole bunch of backup, people that need to get on those planes? >> well, i can tell you that we've canceled over 16,000 flights in the week that this

has been going on, and i don't know what the company plans on doing. to be honest with you, the flight ops, the management who we deal with has been completely silent. we haven't really talked to them. we've tried to reach out b, bute don't know where the backlog is, and what's going on with the passengers. we're kind of in the dark, but we're monitoring what's going on with cancellations and just kind of monitoring what the crew aspect of it is, and that's what caused this entire thing last week was being able to connect pilots and flight attendants to airplanes. >> we heard that some of the employees were having to do that by hand because the i.t. systems weren't up to snuff. i want to ask you, just on behalf of the passengers, i mean, do you think passengers should expect that they will be able to take their flights, whatever flights that they are supposed to be on, tomorrow? >> i would hope so.

i would hope that based on the conversation that we had, that they do fully plan on getting those passengers that are on those flights on those flights and running a full schedule tomorrow. i can tell you that today we canceled over 2,500 flights just to get everybody situated. i don't know if those passengers are the ones that were booked on those flights originally or if there's a backlog of passengers. like i said, this was all caused by an outdated i.t. system and not enough infrastructure to be able to get those pilots and flight attendants on. the impetus was weather, but what happened afterwards was i.t. and infrastructure related. i'm not sure, or people that booked originally on those days to travel. >> got you. i want to talk to you quickly, you know, southwest airlines has apologized. they're saying they're going to reimburse people. that's going to cost a pretty penny, but also fixing the problem from ever happening again as well. what do you make of what

happened to the airline that you fly for? >> sure. i can tell you that we pointed this out very analytically back in 2016, and dating all the way back to 2014 actually. back then, gary kelly. we pinpointed the problem that the i.t. infrastructure and specifically the scheduling software that they were using is not up to snuff if you will. it does not -- it's inadequate in doing what they would like to do, and you can see that with the increase in meltdowns and then how severe the meltdowns have become. we had one in october of 2021 with 2,000 cancellations that cost the company $75 million, and now they've recovered from these meltdowns, and they're becoming more and more cumb cumbersome. i'm glad our chief operating officer is finally specifically talking about that program which is that sky solver program. he said we have a solver that

would be able to do that quickly and accurately. our system today cannot do that. so it's the lack of infrastructure spending and reinvesting back into the company that's gotten us there. whether or not this is going to be an impetus for them to turn around and do a very rapid and expeditious reinvestment back into the company with a new program or better program, and not be assigned pilots and flightattendants, that's not problem. any time there are regular oerngss, they start massively re-signing -- >> i mean, it sounds like what you are saying is unless those systems are fixed, this could happen again. captain, thank you so much for sharing that. it is stark to me that 2,000 flights cost them $75 million i think that you said that were canceled? i cannot imagine the number with 16,000 flights. we appreciate your time. beginning in the new year,

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containing sesame will be subject to new regulations. cnn's elizabeth cohen joins us with more. i'm going to tell you right now that we are lamenting in the newsroom here. why is sesame dangerous for some people? >> you know, people are allergic to sesame just like people are allergic to peanuts or to other kinds of foods. it's not as well known, but it really is a problem for some people. first of all, it's not labeled, and so you don't have to put sesame on a label all the time. it can just be, like, natural flavorings or spice or something. so you don't even know that it's in there. it's like this hidden ingredient in many different foods, and here' here's what can happen, sara, if you are allergic to sesame. it can bring on wheezing, throat tightness, certain g.i. symptoms. there are nearly 2 million people who have sesame allergies. that's a lot of people. it will be added to the list of

eight other food ingredients where there has to be label ing so people can see it's in there. it's milk, eggs, fish, like shrimp, crab, lobster, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soybeans and sesame. people with allergies need to beware. they're going to be products on the shelf that haven't had to label. so it's not as if you're going to wave a magic wand and it changes quickly. people need to keep that in mind. sara? >> things i didn't know. you always bring us good, new information. appreciate you. the january 6th committee is releasing more transcripts of their witness interviews, including donald trump jr., and kimberly guilfoyle. details ahead on that just ahead. .. y your gut has good and bad bacteria. and when you get offff balance, you may feel it. the e bloating, the gas - but align helps me trust my gut again.

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♪ >> reporter: in 2022, we saw records fall, an epic world cup, and many sports legends say good bye, but the story garnering most attention was one athlete's battle for her freedom. number ten -- aaron judge, homering his way to a historying season. the yankee slugger becoming the all-time american king home run. he broke roger maris' record. >> having my name next to those guys is incredible. >> reporter: before the season, judge bet on himself, turning down a contract extension in december. the gamble paid off as he received the richest deal ever, a reported $963 million to return to new york. they were swept by the astros in the alcs. they went on to win their second world series title in six years.

number nine -- steph curry and the warriors also becoming champions once again. steph with an all-time performance in game four of the finals against the celtics, scoring 43 points in boston. the warriors would take the serious 4-2 with steph winning his first ever nba finals mvp. >> every once in awhile, you have to remind yourself. >> you have to remind yourself. >> we got four. >> reporter: in the wnba, the las vegas aces claimed their first championship in franchise history, beating the connecticut sun in four games, crowning coach becky hammond the first female coach to win the wnba title. >> reporter: the nfl playoffs in 2022 was one of the best we've ever seen. patrick mahomes who they would eventually beat in an overtime thriller. the chiefs, though, upset by the bengals who made it to the super bowl for the first time since

1989. super bowl lvi was another home game for the nfc champion. the rams playing at sofi stadium, made a comeback led by matthew stafford and cooper kupp to beat cincinnati, giving the city of los angeles their fist super bowl title since 1984. city of l.a. would get to celebrate another title in november, as lafc won the mls cup in dramatic fashion in just their fifth season. actor and part owner will ferrell enjoying the team's first title. >> greatest game in mls history. and if you don't agree with me, i will fight you in the parking lot right now. >> number seven, despite covid concerns and lockouts in china, the beijing olympics were held in february. figure skating under the spotlight once again after it was discovered after a 15-year-old tested positive for a banned substance before the games. she helped the russians win gold in the team event, but no medal ceremony was held. nathan chen, meanwhile, shining for team usa, winning the men's

gold. >> tonight, novak djokovic, the world's top ranked men's tennis player, has been ordered to leave australia. >> if you're not double vaccinated and you're not an australian resident or citizen, well, you can't come. >> reporter: djokovic, who said he'd rather miss tournaments than get tvaccinated, only competed in two grand slams in 202 2, winning wimbledon. >> historic agreement for women's soccer and equal pay. both will receive equal pay and equal prize money. >> reporter: with the u.s. men's team reaching the knockout phase in qatar, the u.s. women's team received more money in 2022 than it did in its previous two world cups combined, netting $6.5 million. >> there was a lot of behind the scenes work for years now to get to where we are. >> reporter: number four, less

than 15 months after his severe car crash that required multiple surgeries on his right leg, tiger woods was back at the masters. tiger coming through with what he called the most impressive performance of his career, making the cut. he finished 47th, which would be his best finish in a major in 2022. tiger only competed in three events this year, but he fought for the p ga tour off the court. the new saudi-pasaudi-backed li luring massive multimillion dollar contracts in their first year. >> to play there, i disagree with it. they turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position. >> my dad said to me a long time ago, once you make your bed, you lie in it. and they've made their bed. >> reporter: number three, 2022 was a banner year for sports stars retiring and unretiring. >> tom brady seen by so many as the greatest nfl quarterback of

all time, is retiring after 22 seasons. >> reporter: well, less than two months later, brady changed his mind. >> breaking news right now, just into cnn, a surprise word from the nfl that the g.o.a.t. is coming back. tom brady had only stepped away from the nfl for a month and a half before announcing his return. >> reporter: brady did come back, but others did ride off into the sunset. coach mike skrzyzewski retiring. >> i want to be in this moment. the team has given me so much joy. >> reporter: and in tennis, after battling injuries the last few years, 20-time grand slam champion roger federer decided to call it a career. >> i love tennis, everything about it. i will miss the competition, the fans cheering for or against me. they have usually been with me all the way, so, it's been great. >> reporter: serena williams, meanwhile, declared that she was going to be evolving away from

tennis, leading to one of the most anticipated u.s. opens ever. the 23-time grand slam winner wowing the crowd one more time, advancing to the third round before saying good-bye. >> honestly, i'm so grateful that -- that i had this moment and that i'm serena. >> reporter: number two -- >> usa! usa! usa! >> reporter: the first ever winter world cup in qatar ending in what is being called the greatest sporting event in history. arguably the best ever, argentina's lionel messi going head-to-head against the game's brightest young star in killian mbappe. after more than 120 minutes of thrilling back and forth action, the final went to penalty kicks tied at three. and in his fifth and last world cup, messi getting the one trophy that alluded him for so long, winkning it all for ar

arge argentina. and at number one -- >> reporter: this is breaking news right now. we are getting news that brittney griner is free. >> brittney griner out of a russian bpenal colony. >> reporter: griner was arrested in february in moscow and sentenced to nine years in prison. athletes across sports advocated for months, encouraging the biden administration to find a way to bring griner home. and two weeks before christmas, it happened. >> she's safe. she's on her way home. after months of being unjustly detained in russia, held under intolerable circumstances, she will soon be home in the arms of her loved ones and she should have been there all along. >> can't help but mentioning we lost one of the greatest soccer players, pele died during this hour. he was 82 years old. "the lead with jake tapper"

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