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Canceled. buffalo also lifted its driving ban this morning. >> julie: a republican new york prosecutor opening an investigation into congressman elect george santos after the republican admitted to lying about his work experience and education. david lee miller has more from our newsroom in new york city. good morning, david. >> good morning. despite a media tour earlier this week to explain lying about his past, congressman elect george santos is under greater scrutiny especially for his financ...

Fabrications and inconsistencies associated with congressman-elect santos are nothing short of stunning. no one is above the law, and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it. this comes after tish james, the new york state attorney general already said she was looking into santos. what is undoubtedly of interest to both is how santos went from having no assets and a salary of $50,000 of being worth anywhere from 2.6 million to $11 million in the span of two years. im sure t...

Work at goldman sachs but there is no record of him appearing on the panel, but no record of him even attending the conference. there is false claims about his family history. santos claims that his mother immigrated from europe to brazil but cnn review found that she was born in brazil. and santos also said that his mother had a historically jewish flame, but genealogists found no evident of that name, no evident of jewish or ukrainian heritage at all in their family tree. now this all comes as...

Saying it is nothing short of stunning. while he pushes ahead to come to capitol hill next week and take his spot in congress the legal path ahead for him could potentially be a huge issue as well. >> and as you mentioned, next week, he could be sworn in, likely to be sworn in. but today cnn has uncovered even more lies which is really extraordinary considering. what are the new revelations from the kfile? >> reporter: theres three new big fabrications cnns kfile team uncovered. fabrications pre...

Money and the $700,000 he loaned to his 2022 campaign. locally, santos is facing another probe from the nassau county district attorneys office, calling the numerous fabrications and inconsistencies nothing short of stunning. >> did i embellish my resume, yes, i did, and im sorry. and it shouldnt be done. >> reporter: all this as a whole slew of new fabrications previously unreport ready emerging from cnns k file. santos once claiming to have attended an elite private school in new york. >> they...

Jewish heritage. a statement with tough language that said, quote, the numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with congressman-elect santos are nothing short of stunning. meanwhile, this comes as another congressman-elect from new york, a neighboring district, called a republican as well, called for a house ethics investigation into santos. and getting particular scrutiny tonight, tom, are his financial disclosures, both for a failed attempt at a congressional seat in 2020 and this...

There are no records of him working for goldman sachs either. theres 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...

Claims his mother had used a historically jewish name. that is something that genealogists working with cnn found theres no evidence of, no evidence of jewish or ukrainian heritage in his family tree. santos has not responded to these new allegations yet, jessica. its notable this is all coming as federal prosecutors, as you noted at the top, are investigating his finances. we also know from the county that they are looking into it as well. they are looking into these fabrications and they say, ...

Credentials. everything from his education to his employers to his charitable foundation, san stoes has since admitted to quote embellishing his resume. the d.a. saying in a statement that the alleged fabrications are quote nothing short of stunning. lets bring in of course former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glen kirschner. so talk to us about the objectives of this investigation by the d.a.s office here appears and what they are hoping to accomplish. >> its not necessarily the li...

Jackie, thanks. the toll taken by the deadly winter storm paralyzing western new york christmas weekend is still being measured tonight. the national guard there is now going door to door in parts of buffalo, checking on people who lost power. but the deadly death toll already more than 30. authorities face the possibility they say of finding more victims in dark homes and melting snow. new york republican representative elect george santos is now under investigation after he admitted to lying a...