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dangerous rhetoric. were talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, thats because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight...

midnight. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, december 30th. new years eve on this final morning, joe, of the year. and this morning, there is more heat on new york congressman-elect george santos, who also now is under federal investigation after it was revealed that he lied about his resume while campaigning for congress. well have new reporting on what these charges could be. plus, newly released transcripts from the january 6th committee, showing the struggle with...

very good day to all of you. im alex witt in new york. here are the top stories in the final days of 2022. we have breaking news from law enforcement officials. a person in pennsylvania has been taken into custody in connection to the gruesome murders of four idaho college students back in november. this is huge news. we will get to that. former president trumps federal tax returns made public with redactions by house democrats days before losing their majority. we will have the late...

southwest now vowing to return to normal operations within hours. the airlines chief personally apologizing for the chaos. what the airline is now saying about reimbursing passengers, some finally being reunited with their lost luggage. alex perez with important information for travelers. and that breaking news from brazil. global soccer superstar pele, the three-time world cup champion and arguably the worlds most famous athlete, dead at 82. matt rivers on his lasting legacy. a ne...

president spending the weekend at his vacation home in delaware as many questions remain unanswered with george washington university law professor jonathan turley is standing back with analysis but we can with lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the latest. >> the president chief of staff expected to resign in the coming days according to multiple reports including the new york times who first reported the story. this comes as democrats want to see the investigation into pres...

james says the investigation uncovered some 200 examples of false valuations of trumps assets. she thinks this civil case will have serious criminal fallout. >> we show that they violated several state criminal laws, including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud, and engaging in a conspiracy to commit each of these state law violations. we believe the conduct alleged in this action also violates federal criminal law. >> cnns kara scannell wa...

is a monster move again, and they have signaled that they are not done and project nag the interest rates are going to be going significantly higher from here, and the message that the fed is trying to convey is clear. they are serious about trying to get stubbornly high inflation back down, but the moves they are making here have lifted the interest rates to the highest level since 2008, and now the fed was late to this inflation fight. they did not start raising interest rates until ...

>> the gentleman from the state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after 15 rounds of voting. it was the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite sometimes contentions and negotiations with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise -- ill never give up for you, the american people. and i wi...

the artist formerly known as kanye west, who today announced he is going to purchase parlor. do you know what por lor is? the word might invoke the image of a fancy room or cute little lady sit and sip their tea from good china. but parlor is decidedly not that. parlor is a far right fringe social media platform. and you first might have heard of it around the time of the capitol insurrection, january 6, 2021, because many of the violent rioters organized on parlor. podcast host kara s...

the most recent of whom is he a, the artist formerly known as kanye west, who today announced he was going to purchase parlor. do you know what parlor is the word might invoked the image of a fancy room or a cute little lady sitting in sitting there too from china. but parler is decidedly not that. parler its a far right fringe, social media platform. and you first might have heard of it around the time of the capital insurrection, january 6th, 2021, because many of the violent rioters...