it is tuesday, december 27th. don is off. we are glad to be here. what a day. you got home okay yesterday. yeah. but airports are insane so i feel for people like that passenger there, on hold over six hours. unbelievable. plans unravelled for airlines. more than 60% of flights already canceled today. the death toll is rising in buffalo, new york, after a blizzard crippled the area and residents are still digging themselves out of the snowstorm this morning. we re live on the ground where officials say conditions remain dangerous. and china taking a big step reopening its borders after shutting out much of the world nearly three years. the other covid restrictions they plan to lose ahead, plus this i m not a criminal. not here. not abroad, in any jurisdiction in the world have i ever committed any crimes, but he is admitting to embellishes his resume. congressman santos is admitted to lying about parts of his past but will still take office next week, though. an
he s continued to be short of votes, white house officials are watching. not getting involved or put their thumb on the scale in any way, shape or form but using it as an illustration what a house majority will look like and how to interact with that majority. you know this building as well as anybody right now. they are planning how to operate in a new legislative environment, in a new political environment and, of course, hanging over everything is president biden s decision about whether or not to run for re-election, but doing so with a clear momentum in their view behind him in the wake of legislative victories including that $1.7 trillion spending bill and a real sense president biden s theory laid out in the campaign and into the first couple months of his time in office essentially has come to pass. that should kind of define how things operate in the next two years. yeah. we ll see what that looks like when it comes to those it investigations as well. phil mattingly, thank y