>> jonathan karl for us. thank you so much, jon. >>> now to the incoming republican congressman from new york under fire before even taking office. the state attorney general is now looking into allegations that george santos lied about his past during his campaign, everything from his education to his work on wall street to claims that his grandparents survived the holocaust. here's abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott. >> appreciate you guys. >> reporter: tonight, the new york attorney general is looking into explosive allegations surrounding incoming congressman george santos. >> i hope i can earn your support. >> reporter: after a "new york times" investigation revealed the long island republican may have misrepresented substantial parts of his resume and back ground. he ran on the promise of the american dream, telling voters his grandparents survived the holocaust and fled to brazil. >> my grandparents survived the holocaust, so these regimes of socialism, marxism, they don't work. >> reporter

jonathan karl standing by. >>> congress passing a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding a governmenthutdown. funds for natural disaster relief, additional aid for ukraine. and what it also includes to protect future elections. rachel scott on capitol hill. >>> covid cases on the rise again. the cdc tonight warning americans to be cautious at holiday gatherings. and for parents to be on the lookout for an invasive form of strep throat. high rates of flu infections. >>> overseas tonight. for the first time, vladimir putin publicly referring to . >>> we're learning more about that off campus home in the idaho student murders investigation. we're hearing from someone who lived there. tonight, the newly surfaced police body camera video. >>> a consumer alert tonight. target stores recalling a popular blanket following the deaths of two children. >>> america strong tonight, the 12-year-old cancer survivor who is paying it forward this holiday season. >>> from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight with david muir." >> good evening. it's great to have you with

jonathan karl standing by. >>> the embattled congressman-elect in the hot seat. new questions about his past, from his education to his work on wall street. a new report even calling into question his claim that his grandparents survived the low low cost. rachel scott with new reporting. >>> and a mother's wish for christmas comes true. with the greatest surprise she never imagined. >>> good evening, everyone. thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday. i'm linsey davis, in for david. we begin with the major christmas storm and life-threatening cold sweeping across the country. it's being called a once in a generation storm, crippling holiday travel for millions of americans, and what could be the coldest christmas in decades. 45 states are now under winter alerts for snow, wind chill and floods. blizzard warnings are now in effect for ten states. the system pushing its way into the northeast through christmas day. whiteout conditions in several states, roughly 200 miles of interstate 90 remain closed in south dakota. people had to be rescued after be

jonathan karl standing by tonight. >>> the major storm now bearing down that could make holiday travel treacherous. 18 states already under wind chill and winter storm alerts tonight. this is expected to grow. blizzard conditions and life-threate exct to slow holiday could be christmars across this country. rob marciano timing out the storm as it moves across the u.s. >>> late wordg in tonight about the crisis at the southern border. with the deadline 36 hours away, supreme court chief justice john roberts temporarily pausing the expiration of title 42. the trump-era policy allowing the government to turn away asylum seekers because of the pandemic. so, what does this mean? as the mayor of el paso, texas, tonight, declares a state of emergency. mireya villarreal at the border. >>> two terrifying midair scares and what we've learned tonight after that video showing chaos onboard a flight from phoenix to hawaii, rocked by severe turbulence. at least 13 people hospitalized. many with serious injuries. and a separate flight tonight to houston also hitting turbulence. gio benitez covers avi

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jonathan karl joins us now.jonathan , those potential criminal referrals from the january ethics committee, any sense what we can expect a decision we don't know exactly when that decision would call or went to several referrals would be made when he told lindsay , but we did this. it has to be soon because this committee ceases to exist when the republicans take over congress on january 3rd. i would assume that this action would happen just before congress convenes for the christmas recess and only a few more weeks to make that happen. jonathan . from the capitol. thanks so much, john . thank you. it be big and next to new details as officials continue to look into the power grid. sabotage that may have taken place in north carolina. this is one person has been found dead in a home without electricity. abc's surrounding reports once again from north carolina. >> released supplement makes losing tonight. officials in moore county, north carolina, say one person has died in a house with no power. so you are going

here's our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: today, january 6th chairman benny thompson said his committee would recommend the justice department pursue criminal prosecutions based on evidence uncovered during the committee's investigation. chairman thompson later said no final decisions had been made over who the committee would recommend be prosecuted or for what crimes. the doj already has a sprawling criminal investigation under way. and today, congress recognized the bravery and sacrifice of the officers who defended the capitol with its highest honor -- the congressional gold medal. >> we thank those heroes for their service and sacrifice. >> reporter: the two top republicans in congress also paid tribute. >> these brave men and women in uniform stood strong in the line of duty for our country, and we're forever grateful for that. >> when an unhinged mob tried to come between the congress and our constitutional duty, the capitol police fought to defend not just this institution, but our system of self government. >> reporter: but some of the officers

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so, let's get right to jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: tonight, boxes apparently containing donald trump's tax returns were wheeled in to the house ways and means committee room, expected to soon be released to the public after a years-long court battle. major presidential candidates have traditionally released their tax returns, but not tump. >> they've been under audit for a long time. the irs does not treat me well. >> reporter: democrats argued they needed to see the returns to inform legislation and new guidelines around presidential ethics. just last month, the supreme court ruled against trump's efforts to keep them secret. but with only a few weeks before republicans take over congress, democrats had little time to review the documents. >> i firmly believe that it is in the public interest to have as much transparency as possible. so, yes. >> reporter: the top republican on the committee warned this would set a dangerous precedent, giving future congresses, democrat or republican -- >> nearly unlimited power to target and make public the tax returns of private citizens, and

>> jonathan karl on a friday night. thank you, jon. >>> overseas to the war in ukraine, russia's new attacks leaving ukrainians in the dark and in the cold. and tonight, 24 hours after president biden said he would be willing to talk with vladimir putin under certain conditions, if russia is ready to end the war, well, tonight, the kremlin's response. marcus moore in ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, a new round of russian airstrikes in eastern ukraine obliterating an apartment block in the kharkiv region. this man conceding, it is hard to stay alive here. as the war grinds into a bloody stalemate in the east, relentless russian strikes have crippled the country's power grid. in the southern city of kherson, heartbreaking images of civilians fleeing the bombardment. some people there forced to chop wood to cook their food. [ speaking non-english ] this woman calling the russians beasts. may putin die with them, she says. and in ukrainian-controlled odesa, a disturbing video now circulating online. police say they stopped a

but first, what we've already learned tonight, what these charges could include, and jonathan karl leading us off. >> reporter: after more than a year of closed-door investigations and dramatic public hearings, abc news has learned the january 6th committee plans to recommend criminal charges for former president donald trump. sources familiar with the committee's deliberations say the recommended charges will include conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction of an official proceeding. the committee is also considering recommending trump be charged with insurrection. over the course of ten public hearings, the committee has methodically made the case donald trump was singularly responsible for the attack on the capitol. not just that day -- >> we're going to walk down to the capitol! because you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength, and you have to be strong. >> reporter: but in the weeks and months after the election leading up to january 6th. >> those who invaded our capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what pres

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jonathan karl, this place gotten so yeah stoke place has gotten so yeah stoke on trent north mp has puter a letter to the jeremy hunt asking and he's got the support of some big names. he got about 30 signatures, a very quickly calling on a pump quickly took calling on a pump watch body. we need to actually find out how pump pricing place what is this magic that when oil goes up it comes down, goes up when it comes down, what's on? as you know, it what's going on? as you know, it goes a rocket comes down goes up like a rocket comes down like a feather. you've like a feather. yeah. you've heard the many times, heard the adage many times, fundamentally, put fundamentally, he's put that letter we need get letter in and we need to get pump watching process plus that cutting year. it cutting duty next year. how it works you. well, works as ever. thank you. well, sorry, folks . you're picking up sorry, folks. you're picking up the tab for this the course of the tab for this the course of the couple of you the next couple of days, as you your cars and travel off to your cars up and travel off

our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl has the latest on all of this.ood morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. the court's decision clears a significant hurdle for federal prosecutors into the criminal investigation into the documents that trump allegedly took with him from the white house. after federal investigators executed their search warrant at mar-a-lago back in august, trump had prevented to delay access to those documents by insisting that a special master first review them. a lengthy process. a lower court judge went along with that, but now the appellate court says that the prosecutors can get access to all of the documents immediately. they flatly rejected the idea that a search warrant of a former president should be treated any differently than any other search warrant writing, quote, the law is clear, we cannot write a rule that allows the subject of a search warrant to block government investigations, nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so. the three judges on this panel, by the way, were all appo

chief washington correspondent jonathan karl has more on this.rning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. the dramatic final act of the january 6th committee comes after one of the most sweeping investigations of a president by congress ever. it was a moment for history. >> those in favor say aye. >> all: aye. >> reporter: the january 6th committee wrapping up its 18-month investigation in dramatic fashion urging the justice department to prosecute donald trump for multiple crimes related to the attack on the u.s. capitol. the committee brought forward new evidence even in its final hour, never-before-seen testimony from hope hicks, one of trump's longest serving and most loyal aides, who testified she told him she didn't see any evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election. >> he said something along the lines of, you know, nobody will care about my legacy if i lose. so that won't matter. the only thing that matters is winning. >> reporter: the committee also referred to the justice department evidence of witness tampering, saying a lawyer w

could karl the fog be disappearing from san francisco? still ahead, jonathan bloom will join us live with how scientists around the world are actually trying to catch fog, literally, while he's still around. >>> and mourning the death of one of the greatest athletes of all time. all time. brazilian world cup legend pele. i haveve somethingng for you. ♪ hi ♪ i haveve somethingng for you t. ♪ ♪ ♪ just annnnounced in n time for r the holidaday, get t 1.9 % aprr for 5 yeyears on allll 20-2 just annnnounced in n time for r the holidaday, gmc c sierra lilight duty c crew cab momod. just annnnounced in n time for r the holidaday, vivisit your l local dealeler . just annnnounced in n time for r the holidaday, ♪ >>> welcome back. turning now to our climate in crisis. you may have heard by now climate change is threatening one of san francisco's most iconic residents. yes, you guessed right. we're talking about karl the fog. that's actually only half the story. even as fog changes, it could now become the next untapped water source for a drought-stricken future in calif

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