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santos is facing scrutiny after admitting he lied. and now federal prosecutors are getting involved. plus, more troubles for southwest airlines. the airline cancelled thousands of flights again today. also this morning, a new round of russian missile strikes targeting ukraines energy grid, officials say it appears to be one of moscows largest attacks to date. ♪♪ good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this thursday, december 29th. im sam stein in for jonathan lemire....

That axios and others have reported on is an expansion of a parole policy that is currently defined for venezuelans. what this policy would do is allow nicaraguans, cubans and haitians to fight for a legal parole process to enter the country. but if they decide to cross the border unlawfully without going through that legal process, the administration very quickly would take them back, using title 42 or other mechanism to send them back to mexico. >> in your reporting, you referenced administrat...

Court is not exactly angered, lets put it that way, my question to you, stef, in theory could they -- could they just say were not going to utilize this anymore? and if they dont stop utilizing it, what does it say about what they really feel about the public health authority? >> reporter: well, first of all, obviously, the biden administration will continue using this policy for a long time after biden took office so there certainly were people within the administration who wanted to use this p...

Time while they are processed and should be operational next month. the state of texas, meanwhile is placing a dozen shipping containers in a mile around el paso. people in position of emergency management tells nbc news it will remain, quote, as long as necessary to impede the flow of migrants into texas communities. joining us projects report for axios stef kight. stef, were seeing adaptations and what else can we see from the biden administration in the next two months? >> reporter: you kno...