tv Andrea Mitchell Reports MSNBC December 27, 2022 9:00am-10:00am PST
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good day i'm cory kaufman at msnbc headquarters in new york our top stories, millions of americans begin to dig out in the areas hardest hit by deadly winter weather. >> and southwest airlines cancellations continue to pile up as the carrier tries to reset after a disastrous holiday. >> also this hour, ukraine's leaders make a push for peace as vladimir putin's faltering invasion enters a new year. >> and we'll discuss house democrats' plans for life in the
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minority as an incoming republican lawmaker confesses to a laundry list of fabrications on his resumé. today the travel nightmare continues for thousands of southwest customers, wondering why the airline can't keep up with competitors southwest will operate at one-third of its flight schedule today. they've had more than 2,000 domestic cancellations while the problems persist, we're monitoring the deadly conditions in the northeast as well the white house with an emergency declaration as buffalo and the surrounding communities try to get back on track we will get a live report on the airlines in just a moment. joining me are nbc's jesse kirsch and marissa parra we just heard from buffalo's mayor this morning fill us in on what he's saying >> reporter: first of all, i'm standing on a mound of snow.
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this should be the middle of a side street in a neighborhood in buffalo. you can see there are shovels and snow blowers out here. these men are worried that without clearing this away that the plows may not be able to get down their street. we are seeing conditions improving on the main roads, but, again, this morning officials asking people in buffalo to stay off the roads so they can continue with the cleanup effort and i actually just a little bit ago saw a car abandoned in the middle of a street that gives you an idea of what's going on out here. when you look down the street you can see some cars and what looks like a snowdrift look at that red that is the side view mirror of a car, almost entirely submerged in snow days after this deadly storm began. the numbers in terms of the number of deaths that have been reported here is fluctuating, obviously in these kinds of incidents it's not uncommon to see those numbers evolve as reports are checked on what we know from officials is at this point they're reporting more than two dozen people are
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confirmed dead in western new york this is now the deadliest storm in the history of this community, and a reminder this is an area of the country that is familiar with bad winter weather. so that puts in context how severe the weather was here. we're talking about more than 24 hours straight of whiteout blizzard conditions that were experienced here in buffalo, and it's something that is taking a while to get back on track we know the national guard has been deployed here there's all kinds of help and strain on first responders that we've been hearing about, and there are also inspiring moments of communities coming together when you look at the neighborhood here, this is days after this all began and they are clearly nowhere near done. they've been shoveling and using the blower for more than three hours and still a lot to be done here. >> we see a lot of residents behind you more than expected, i guess i would say, trying to do that manual shoveling any other residents, have they
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mentioned if they've heard from first responders or the city on whether they'll get plows out there soon i know that will probably be a massive delay because the first deal is to deal with all the emergencies they haven't been able to get to yet >> reporter: well, we know that first responders themselves have become stuck in the snow and we also have seen firefighters, images of firefighters being challenged as they're trying to get up to the property and hose it down. so i think it's going to be a while. a short time ago the mayor of buffalo saying that no community could handle in a timely manner what they've been dealt. so it doesn't matter how good you are at snow preparation. this is tough to deal with and this is a place that is probably as prepared as any community in the country for this kind of condition. >> that's a really good point. jesse kirsch, stay safe and stay warm. a lot of people are on the highways trying to get back because they can't get back
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through the air. what have you seen and what is your reporting telling you >> reporter: right so we are about an hour and a half from buffalo along i-90, just so you know, and just to give you a little bit of perspective, a little peek behind the curtain, there's no getting into buffalo by air. the airport is not even expected to open until tomorrow this is kind of something that i think so many people across the country can relate to right now. they're either having flights canceled or something, people trying to get back to buffalo are unable to do so by air, so a lot of people are taking to the roads. i'm going to use my producer will as an example i know he had long lines at the rental car facility he was at. i took a scan of twitter, so many people are talking about these long lines cars are sold out at their local facility people who had their southwest flights canceled taking now to the roads. i know that there were no four-wheel drive cars available at his rental car facility and we're driving through -- let's see, we went through cleveland,
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we're on our way through pennsylvania and there is a thin dusting of snow, maybe just a little bit of icy road conditions, depending on where you're driving through you can probably see the tops of some snowy trees passing by. but i will say the roads where we are are looking good, but just pack your patience, as they say. it's a cliche for a reason take it easy and obey local orders we know in buffalo there is a driving ban in place part of that is not just for your safety, but also to allow crews to do what they need to do we know there are so many cars that were just left abandoned on the streets. they need to figure out how to get those cars out of the way. so let the crews do what they need to do in your local areas drive safe and stay safe >> it is a real live case of planes, trains and automobiles thank you so much. and just pointing out something that marissa mentioned about staying off the roads, absolutely because you hear about these
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heart-breaking cases of people who have died in their vehicles because they tried to be out on the roads during the height of the storm, which now we have passed but you've still got to get those rescue crews through thank you both. let's focus back to airlines and turn to blayne alexander at hartfield jackson international airport. are travelers deterred from getting to the what they're try do we've seen this southwest line behind me, cory, nonstop as it stands, southwest has already made it clear they are going to be operating at only one-third of their normal flight schedule for the days ahead as they try to get back on track. yesterday the numbers really told the story of how widespread these issues are more than 70% of all canceled flights across the country were from southwest flights so we're talking about a wide number of flights there. today alone, already, more than
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2,500 flights have been canceled this is something that even the ceo is acknowledging is unprecedented. now, in a statement, southwest is apologizing to customers saying this is unacceptable, but they're also pointing to the weather, saying that they did everything in their power trying to put personnel where they could, but saying it's something that was out of their hands when you talk about a winter storm. but it's worth pointing out that both the flight attendants union and the pilots union are pushing back on that saying, no, southwest actually bears a lot of blame in this as well, and the department of transportation is weighing in saying they're going to look into whether these were controllable or uncontrollable factors, and that could determine what sort of compensation or reimbursement travelers are allocated. now, as for the many thousands of people who have been inconvenienced, who are still stuck by all of this, there's no telling when this is going to be fixed, when they're going to get back on the right track. for travelers with canceled flights, southwest says they're
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going to reimburse thel, they're going to get a full refund or a travel voucher for some time in the future. >> nbc's blayne alexander for us, thank you. let's turn to michelle grossman for a check on that forecast we just saw tough the situation continues to be in cities like buffalo. is there any relief around the corner >> so good to see you. i feel so much for the people who are trying to travel this week the good news is today -- we do have good news in spots. the west we're looking at a mess and that's going to continue over the next several days let's start with buffalo the good news there is we're starting to see the lake bands less intense and that's going to continue as the winds switch around we could still see 3 to 6 inches downwind of lake erie, but much, much better. the rest of the country, really quiet in the middle of the country, down to the southeast, into the eastern parts of the country. still chilly today, although the story will change over the next several days it's the west that will be a big story over the next several
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days we have an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture that moves onland, pacific moisture, and it's bringing heavy rain from washington all the way to southern california. the mountain snow really is going to take hold tomorrow in the rockies, but we have heavy snow falling in the cascades, the sierra mountains we're looking at hub impacts really on the west coast the east coast is looking good from boston to philly, charlotte, miami hopefully getting back on track today. minneapolis, chicago, dallas, houston also looking good. denver, you're included in that. seattle, san francisco, we're seeing red because we're expecting major impacts. that is today. tomorrow, same story, wednesday, major impacts in seattle, salt lake city, las vegas, los angeles, phoenix the east coast still looking really good. we're looking at boston, philly, charlotte, miami looking really good on wednesday. that is the same story on thursday before things begin to
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change friday and saturday in the east it's the west still on thursday. we're watching major impacts from seattle to salt lake city, san francisco, los angeles in phoenix we could see some big problems on the roadways and also in the air. we're expecting heavy snow and also some rain in addition, we could see winds gusting to 70 miles an hour at times. the great lakes, i wanted to show you a radar the snow bands are becoming less intense. you can see some white showing up that's heavy snow just south of watertown, so we're still seeing snow falling we're going to continue to see it falling for the next few hours. we have winter advisories for the next few hours this is where we're going to focus our attention this week. we're looking at lots of moisture, heavy rain where you see the brighter colors, the reds, yellows, oranges, seattle, san francisco, even down to los angeles later today. heavy rain falling we could see up to 6 inches in
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some spots and as far as snow, 3 feet in some spots. >> messy for the west coast now. thank you. still ahead, he was just elected to congress with an impressive resumé but now he's admitting that resumé wasn't al true but he still wants a seat. what george santos is now saying. >> first, what could happen today in the supreme court that could make the migrant crisis at the border even worse. for the first time after the shooting, it was crippling, but it had to be preserved. if you are an ally of this community, speak out. there are more of us together than apart. it is the power of love in its rawest form. (classical piano music) i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance
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today the supreme court could announce a decision on what will happen with title 42 that's a trump-era covid policy that allows most asylum seekers to be turned away at the border. that policy was supposed to expire last week when the supreme court stepped in the biden administration ultimately wants it to be lifted, but doesn't want the rug pulled out under them overnight. meanwhile, thousands of people are stuck in limbo along the southern border, camping out on streets in frigid temperatures joining me now from el paso,
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texas, nbc's sam brock, and in washington, nbc's julie tsirkin. thank you for being here sam, let's begin with you. tell me what you're hearing from migrants who are awaiting this decision. >> reporter: it's a waiting game, cory i don't mean days or hours or even weeks, but months so many of these people have been planning a trip here really since the early fall, with the idea of december 21st in their head where did that come from in november that's when a federal judge decided that title 42 could be lifted, december 21st was supposed to be the date that title 42 would go away before the supreme court stepped in with the temporary stay the question is, are they going to opine today and debate the merits of this case which would extend it or lift it from the application it's being used for now. there's families stuck in the middle this sidewalk six or seven hours ago was covered with people wrapped in blankets, families
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trying to stay warm. they were walking over to the bus to try to get brief respites of warmth. i spoke with a family a couple of hours ago they came from honduras, five kids, 8, 5, 3, 2 and 1-year-old. you looked at these blankets they were in and ton of the children you couldn't see. these are the people that are staying out on the streets trying to deal with these temperatures you see the conversation we had earlier today. they were telling me about the fact that people might accuse them of endangering their children they said it was more dangerous where they were there than they are on the mexican border or now on the streets in the united states that's how these parents are feeling. all they want is a chance to be able to make money to provide for their family members i asked the blankets, is that enough to keep them warm the response is, yes, we do have enough blankets, but with the frost in the morning it gets wet and cold the kids are crying. they all have the flu. you think about the fact of
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families around the country that have young children in school or daycare, these kids are just hoping for medicine to be provided so they can feel a little better as they stay out in temperatures that a week ago were dipping into the low teens and 20s. now 30 degrees this morning. that's one sample of the things i'm seeing on the streets in el paso. >> it's horrific to witness. the u.s. reporting the largest number of asylum applications ever recorded with 1.6 currently pending. it's anticipated that tens of thousands will enter el paso where you are. what are local officials doing to prepare if title 42 is lifted what sort of federal and state help do they need? >> reporter: certainly they're still lobbying for federal dollars, but as far as what el paso is doing, it's expanding its capability of processing asylum requests from 600 to 1,400. they're currently funding beds
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around the city. the convention center was converted for a place for people to stay, but 1,000 beds already filled i'm standing next to a church. they don't have capacity here either this is an ongoing process between the city and ngos to make sure they're giving them the resources people need on the streets. housing is a big part and chartering buses to get them to the cities where they ultimately want to end up, whether that's houston or dallas or somewhere else in the country. there's a whole constellation of services they're examining but the reality is nobody knows whether or not title 42 is or is not going to be lifted. >> let's bring in julie. the biden administration trying to lift title 42 for months now. what is their plan if it is lifted >> reporter: the white house has been working on this for weeks, bracing for the end of title 42, which they've been calling for for the last several months, but also sighing a breath of relief for this temporary stay from the supreme court, at least over the
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christmas holiday and the surge that we saw this weekend where sam is in el paso some of the plans they're proposing might anger immigration activists. one of the plans they are mulling is potentially if migrants pass through other countries and cannot prove that they were rejected to seek asylum there, then the u.s. would be able to then turn them away at the u.s.-mexico border that's in style with the trump-era policies at the border for having a less humane approach that president biden has been calling for, and the other piece of this, of course, is congress. they can't get on the same page. they haven't been able to when democrats controlled the house and senate due to slim mar majorities i was talking to senator thom tillis who had offered a plan with kyrsten sinema, and he told me he can't get something get
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through in the next two years at least, and in '24 you're looking at potentially a change of party. but in the meantime, the administration continuing to press congress for billions of dollars, not having received that in the latest am any bus package. it's certainly a mess all around. >> monstrous gridlock that we could see in the next congress thank you, both of you guys, for your reporting. up next, a christmas message ukraine just sent russia amid a still raging war
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christmas, because here it's representing a literal war in which hundreds of thousands of people have already been killed, and for ukrainians this is also about claiming a new identity, pitching their tent on the other side of the divide that is, again, already erupted into a horrific war that is in its 11th month. i've been spending christmas with some ukrainians who say they don't want to celebrate, necessarily, on january 7th. some of them say they'll have two holidays for them, this is about deciding whether they're with moscow or whether they're with the west. here's our report. this orthodox christmas mass might look and sound like it's 1,000 years old, but one thing about it is very new this is the first time st. michael's monestary in kyiv is celebrating christmas mass on december 25th, the date it's celebrated in the west, as well as january 7th when most russians celebrate it. >> isn't going to church on
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december 25th, isn't that an act of defiance? isn't that saying i am ukrainian? >> i think for many people it will be a chance civilization, e are europeans, we choose this civilization. >> reporter: it's more than a war over christmas, it's a fight between two churches with almost identical names and theologies clerics like this father insists they're ukrainian patriots, even if they still keep christmas on january 7th. >> translator: it's been suggested to change the calendar according to political slogans we support all the patriotic moves, but at the same time reserve our right to have our own world view on the issues of celebrating calendar and so on. >> reporter: it came to blows at
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a soldier's orlthodox funeral >> some call clergy russian spies in robes accusations father sergey denies. >> translator: the ukrainian orthodox church supports the defense of the moreland. >> russian attacks have left many families without electricity, this week's celebrations were a way to reclaim their power. for the first time this year this family is celebrating an early christmas. cooking over a gas camper stove and eating by candlelight. >> one of the key reasons for us, because it's culturally closer to what we want to celebrate, and also that we feel closer culturally to the western world than the orthodox world.
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>> is this an embrace of the west >> it's partly we feel for ourselves that we want to move on. >> reporter: declaring a spiritual independence and keeping faith under fire so this is st. michael's cathedral where we did part of the story behind me. they offered this december 25th mass that was the first time ever they've done that, and then on january 7th they're going to be offering the main mass. that's the main orthodox christian mass so they're offering both, just like a lot of churches here, just like a lot of families will be celebrating both christmases. for so many people, this is just a question, again, of identity there's no real theological difference it's just do we pitch our tent with the east, with moscow, or do we side with the west and their celebration. >> matt, thank you for your reporting. matt bradley in kyiv for us.
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i just never cease to be astounded by the spirit of the ukrainian people thank you, matt. ukraine is pushing for u.n. brokered peace talks but only after russia is prosecuted for war crimes ukraine's foreign minister spoke to the ap in kyiv on monday. >> the idea is twofold on the one hand, not to allow russia to manipulate the issue of peace, because they regularly say they want negotiations, which is not true because everything they do on the battlefield proves the opposite, the contrary they are not seeking peace. >> joining me now is former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor welcome in thank you for your time today. both sides suggesting these peace talks. on its face that sounds nice, but it seems to be more complicated than that.
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i spoke to the president of relations this morning and he told me that has zero chance of happening. what are your thoughts on that >> sorry, i thought you were going to quote richard haas. you were up way too early, cory. >> that's right. >> way too early so i agree with richard that both sides -- that neither side is ready for real negotiations the russians clearly are not, because they say the only thigh they're going to negotiate is if the ukrainians give up their territory. and the ukrainians say they are defending our own territory. we're defending our land and we're not prepared to negotiate in particular while we, the ukrainians, while we're driving the russians out of our country. so while they're driving the russians out of their land, they're not going to go for a
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cease-fire a scease-fire would just leave n place the russians where they're occupying ukrainian territory. so neither side is ready for negotiations. >> you have argued that longer-range weapons for ukraine are needed the biden administration has approved the defense system and congress approved $45 billion more in aid. you're saying more is needed, right? >> i am, cory. negotiations are one option for peace, as i just described, that time is not now. what the time now is for the ukrainians to be able to fire deep into russian-occupied territory. the russians occupy a lot of ukraine, 20%, and the ukrainians want to be able to fire at those rear areas they're still ukraine, they want to fire into those rear areas to enable the ukrainian military to push back. the united states and other nato allies have provided great
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weapons and the ukrainians are very appreciative. president zelenskyy couldn't be clearer about how appreciative he was when he was here last week they want to be able to fire deeper that means longer-range weapons. >> they need to be able to not just hold off the russians' invasion, but be able to turn the tables in this next year reuters is reporting that putin is banning oil that would start in february is this a scare tactic can russian afford to not sell its oil? >> the only way the russians can continue to prosecute this war is if they have the revenues coming in from oil and gas and the europeans have already made it clear they don't want to buy the russian oil and gas and they are moving to reduce their dependence, their unwise dependence on oil and gas. that's already in progress so president putin can make these threats, but this is
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behind the curve. >> ambassador taylor, we will leave it there thank you so much for your time this morning we'll have to bring you back in, because we've got obviously developments continuing to happen with the new congress, the new republican-led congress and what that means for any continued aid for ukraine. still ahead, we're talking about the changeover with that new congress and with the change of majority in the house, could we see a lot of drama ahead? we'll talk to congresswoman debbie dingell about what she is expecting next
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anticipating >> well, happy week between christmas and new year's and happy hanukkah, happy kwanzaa. i think it's going to be a very interesting two years. i think we obviously are going to see a lot of drama the first week we return as we watch the drama of electing a speaker. and remember that the rest of the members cannot be sworn in until republicans pick a speaker. there have been a lot of comments made by republican leadership of the kind of action and oversight they plan on doing. but i think the american people want to see us continue to address problems and we still have a lot of them out there, starting with covid is back, today we're hearing about outbreaks of measles, the flu is out there, we have a lot of health care things we're going to have to worry about i could go on with a whole list of other issues. and the american people aren't going to want to see us fighting all the time they're going to want to see us get some things done that make
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their lives better >> what do you think can get done in this split congress? >> first of all, remember, i'm somebody that will always work across the aisle i think we were sent here to get things done and i will work with -- a lot of my best friends are not returning that were on the other side, several of them. fred upton was one of my best friends and he is not returning. but i work with republicans very closely on the chemical toxin that's impacting many areas. i did a bill on telehealth with liz cheney telehealth is something that i think american people want to see stay rural areas have a shortage of doctors, and i could go on with any number of people who want to get ladyead out of the waters. if you're a senior and a spouse taking care of a loved one, you're not republican or
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democrat you need help. child care is a crisis many women can't get back into the workforce because of child care i could go on and on. >> you sure are right, when you get going with that list, it really does continue on and on lawmakers on both sides really have their work cut out for them house republicans, you alluded to this, they have announced their intention to say investigate any and all things, both real and imagined does that concern you? do you think they'll be able to make headway there >> look, i'm somebody that believes inoversight i think that a lot of the purposes of their oversight hearings are political and i think the american people -- if that's all they do, they're not going to win their majority back in 2024, which vof course i don' want to see them do. i want to see democrats. i don't think there's going to be a tolerance, if that's all they do. the american people are going to make it known this is not what
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they want to see we've got a close senate there's some things people want to see it's interesting to look at the bills, like the infrastructure bill that a few republicans voted for. but republicans across the country are taking credit for it now because it's going to districts where it needs to get lead out of pipes. there are some real problems facing this country and this world. i'm very concerned where a small number of republicans are not in support of ukraine, which is funding for democracy. i do believe there will be a select committee on climate. i would like to see people work together on that bringing our supply chain home, which is an economic and a national security issue. i think there's a lot of room to do things if they allow us to work together.
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>> the action all gets started next week with a vote on kevin mccarthy as potential speaker of the house. congresswoman debbie dingell in for us this afternoon. thank you. ending a week-long silence, embattled senate-elect george santos has admitted to do lying about his work and college history. he said, quote, my sins here are embellishing my resumé an investigation by "the new york times" found those embellishments include games that he graduated from college and worked at goldman sachs. then he said his parents fled persecution in ukraine he said he never claimed to be jewish but learned his maternal family had a jewish background nbc news attempted to reach santos overnight but didn't receive a response i would like to bring in former chief communications adviser to house speaker paul ryan and an
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msnbc political analyst, as well as editor at large of the bull work and an msnbc contributor. brendan, what kind of kblik ka implications does this have and could it affect his future in congress, despite the fact he's saying he will join the next congress >> oh, i think he's in a lot of trouble. i think he will end up being seated i think he'll get sworn in and get off to a start, but the trouble is just beginning for him. we focused a loton some of these claims about his bio, his work history, his college. those are weird and strange to begin with, but i think what's ultimately the biggest problem for him is his finances. this is a person who ran for congress a couple years ago and filed a financial disclosure where he showed he had almost no assets and then two years later filed another financial disclosure showing him to be a multi millionaire. he apparently loaned his campaign $700,000. a lot of questions about where that money comes from.
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but also filing a false financial disclosure to the house is against the law so there's clearly going to be an ethics violation they're going to need to look into, also potentially a criminal investigation. when things get criminal, that's when folks don't last very long. i think he'll get sworn in, be there on opening day but after that, how long he's there is an open question. >> charlie, that brings up, what brendan is talking about brings up the potential investigations, the house ethics committee, the house which is going into republican control how successful can democrats be in calling for santos to step down or calling for an investigation or oversight without the support of republicans? >> look, the republican majority is so slim, they need george santos so i wouldn't expect they would be very aggressive but brendan is absolutely right, you do have criminal exposure here it's also going to be just another embarrassment. when you have just over a half
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dozen seats, five, six-seat majority, you look at the kind of pen nell that are now going to have a very high profile, and here you have george santos, who seems to be this perfect icon of our post-truth age of grift where everything turns out to be a lie. i guess one of the questions i have is, how far will kevin mccarthy or any other leaders of the republican party go in essentially enabling him because they need his vote, because they're afraid of losing it. but this is certainly another embarrassment for the republican majority coming in i also would say that this is the kind of information that should have been revealed before the election by media watchdogs and i think that there's reason to look at this and say, you know, is this one of the con questions of the death of local media, and how did the democratic campaigns drop the ball and not digging this out
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before november. >> that begs the question, brendan. democrats have faced a lot of criticism about not having vetted santos as a candidate have there been discussions around the fact that the gop wasn't completely aware of what santos' background was >> i don't know how far up in the republican circles they were aware of this. you hear rumor that they figured something was wrong with this guy and didn't want to be too close to him but, absolutely, charlie is right. this is what elections are for you're supposed to scrub people through a primary and through a general election it's obviously a failure of george santos, but it's a failure of our entire system that something like this could go this long egregiously out of control and nobody bothered to look into it it's very strange. the other thing is i think we're going to hear a lot more to come i imagine there's more we're going to learn as we keep going. >> let's get into a couple of other topics
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kevin mccarthy needs the votes to churn support do you think he can get the 218 votes he needs before the vote >> i don't think anybody knows that i think brendan probably has a better take on that. the five holdouts have been pretty adamant and i have to say that i didn't have on my card that you would have open warfare and sniping between lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene this is going to leave some bruises, some hard feelings. and so i don't know whether he's going to get it. but if he does get it, he's going to be a very weakened speaker. >> brendan, what's your take on that since charlie thinks maybe you might have a little more information? >> so we may have a situation where on the first vote he doesn't get it that hasn't happened in congress in 100 years i think kevin mccarthy will ultimately get there it may take three, four, five
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ballots. but the overwhelming majority wants them there's a small number in the way that seem dug in but i imagine there's some kind of give he can give to them to give them a fig leaf, whatever it is. it may be a historic vote that fails but i think he'll get there in the end. >> charlie mentioned the age of grift. is that the new version of fake it until you make it thank you, both. we appreciate you being in this afternoon. up next, startling statistics showing half of teens have felt sad or hopeless in the past year. we've got an exclusive with the u.s. surgeon general about what's being done to help. i'm down with rybelsus®. my a1c is down with rybelsus®. in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill. in the same study, people taking rybelsus® lost more weight. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family
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