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and some of the most extreme far right members of the gop will have real power in the house thanks to kevin mccarthy's desperate deal making to become speaker. and also ahead, another tragic scene in ukraine. we'll have the latest on a deadly helicopter crash outside kyiv. good morning, and welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, january 18th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in washington where the white house is making efforts to tamp down criticism about a perceived lack of transparency in the classified documents case involving preside...

Previously confirmed that santos would serve on at least one committee but ruled out powerful seats like intelligence or oversight. having santos on a committee with classified information could be a national security risk since, you know, he's lied about everything in his life. joining me now on set at 30 rock. great to see you. as detailed santos didn't get any key, big committees but still got two. give is a sense briefly what the committees do and what's the reaction on the hill he got a spot at all? >> george santos got two, you mentioned. lower-level committees and weren't what he wanted...

But how do you stop these people? you can't. there's no -- that's only in the panhandle you can get away with that statement. if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> and he might be old news but just last week, the republican party was forced to go on the record about a member in their own ranks now who posted an animated video of himself killing another member of congress. the gop with the teensiest number of exceptions, two, stood behind the inciter of violence, paul gosar, and even indicated there would be a reward for that behavior. kevin mccarthy, the ...