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continues to spawn violence across the country. meanwhile on capitol hill, the stalemate over the debt ceiling continues as the country hits its borrowing limit. we'll have the latest on efforts by the white house to find some sort of compromise. plus, the george santos saga takes another really strange turn. now there are questions about where his mother was on 9/11. also ahead, we are hours away from a decision on criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of "rust." remember that? we'll get you caught up on the case that could come to a major development this morning. an...

days before republicans assume the majority in the house and likely dissolve the january 6th committee, members released a new batch of testimony involving efforts of those closest to the former president and their attempts to overturn the election. i'm pamela brown in for anderson tonight. and included in the new transcripts is testimony by donald trump jr. and remarks about what he believed was a, quote, sophisticated legal rationale to overturn the election, as in overturn the will of the people. one nearly identical to what his fathers allies would soon attempt. and there is also...

it up. >> you got to do what you got to do. thank you. and thank you at home for joining us. i'm whitney wild, christine romans coming back on monday. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ good morning, everyone. it is friday, december 30th, don is off today. recovery, though is in sight. we'll see. i think a lot of people will be skeptical, but that is what southwest airlines is saying this morning as they hope to resume regular service today with, quote, minimal disruptions. and airports are still trying to figure out what to do with the piles of unclaimed luggage. we're live ...

On september 11 when the horrific events unfolded. she survived the tragic events but passed away a few years later when she lost her battle to cancer. in a separate tweet from santos commemorating his mother's death, he writes that she passed in 2016. santos denied the allegations. in a text message. but has not re34r50ied to a request for comment from nbc news. not really allegations. just statements of fact that is hard to dispute. i mean, pick your lie, but this one is particularly appalling to sort of make 9/11 a part of your personal story. >> also to like make your mother's death part o...

In a tweet last year, he writes 9/11 claim my mother's life. >> she was in the south tower. she made it out. she got caught up in the ash cloud. my mom fought cancer until she died. >> his mom died in 2016. santos' campaign says she passed away when she lost her battle with cancer. many first responders and survivors developed health conditions after the terror attack. but it is not clear if his mother was in the world trade center during the attack, and representatives for santos have not yet clarified. this just adding to the whole slew of new fabrications unearthed by cnn's k file. >> they ...