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And we're following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays are expected today as the unions speak out to say this disaster could have been avoid. i'm jonathan lemire we're in for joe, mika and willie who all have a well-deserved day off. thanks for tuning in. we have white house editor sam stein taking the helm at "way too early" just now, and ed luce, and the bbc's katty kay will be with us in just a moment. it has been days since that winter storm paralyzed much of the country yet there is little relief expected anytime soon for southwest airlines custom...

Airline, no, we can't book you for four days. your job can be endangered by this mistake from the company. one of the things it points to is the role that government has to play here. and yes, after the fact there is going to be scrutiny on southwest. pete buttigieg, of course, needs to step in more aggressively. what is in the tool shed, i'm not entirely clear. but going forward, you know, we've seen calls from, among others, elizabeth warren, that federal regulators need to look at airline regulation here. you have just too few airlines and manned too many flights. if there were more competi...

Horror, whether it's literal in the sense of the terrorist attacks, figurative in the constitution being shredded, she understands that. the other thing to think about is what's on trial here, this is the winter in 1776 when thomas payne wrote common sense and then later the american crisis, these pamphlets that really crystallized the american revolution, gave us the system that we want to defend, he wrote that people say where is the king of america, and payne answered, in america, the law is king. and that's the test we have now. is the law still the king? >> yeah. >> by the way, we should ...

The southern border. we'll explain what is next in this immigration crisis. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, december 20th. with us, we have u.s. national editor at the financial times, ed luce, pulitzer prize winning columnist at "the washington post," eugene robinson, and presidential historian, jon meacham joins us this morning. and we'll begin right there. what a day on capitol hill. historic criminal referrals against former president donald trump from the january 6th committee. it is the first time congress has ever referred a former president for prosecution. a...

Home? >> i am. no need to apologize, i was just thinking as jon was talking about thomas payne and "common sense" in 1776. thomas payne lived and did taxes. he was a tax collector about 15 miles from where i'm sitting now, and there's a pub called "the age of reason" that he used to go to that's still thriving. >> that is color you can't get anywhere else, absolutely. ed, thank you. at yesterday's hearing, the committee played new never before seen testimony from some of trump's closest advisers. listen to former white house communications director hope hicks as she describes debunked claims o...