all right, let s get this over with. switch to xfinity mobile and save big on the new samsung galaxy s23 series. i should get paid more for this. you get paid when you win. from xfinity. home of the 10g network. hello everyone. i am alicia menendez. we begin tonight with devastation and destruction from the deadly tornadoes in mississippi and alabama. 26 people died in the storms. dozens more are injured. the entire county of roads for, mississippians essentially flattened. today, federal s officials toured the damage after president biden issued a new emergency declaration and homeland security is closed for better preparation. we see extreme weather events increasing. only increasing and gravity, and severity and in frequency. and we have to build our communities to be best prepared for them, to prevent the devastation to the extent possible, to be able to quickly respond and recover we cannot do that alone. we need one another. you will be bringing you the latest f
money payments to stormy daniels. remember that? now, that could come back to haunt him. his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, says trump can t hide from the paper trail. calling the new grand jury convened by the manhattan d.a. his biggest legal threat yet. and there are many. meanwhile, the former president is suing journalist bob woodward for $50 million. we ll explain what that is all about. plus, more fallout and firings in the aftermath of tyre nichols death. we ll go live to memphis for the latest in that case. for the second time in three years, lawmakers on capitol hill are talking about police reform following a high-profile murder case involving officers. we ll look at whether these discussions have a real chance at being successful. and president joe biden announces a major policy shift on covid in response to strong opposition from house republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 31st. joe will be back tomorrow.
may have we may lose the ability to leave. the agents text each other afterwards about what they went through? were they texting before the fact about their concerns about what happened that day or what the president was saying or doing? we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight, multiple sources familiar with the matter, tell cnn that the inspector general first learned of the missing messages back in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general, joseph ka far ri, knew in december of 2021. and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. the secret service, as you know, says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three w
we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight multiple sources familiar with the matter tell cnn that the inspector general for the department of homeland security which oversees the secret service first learned of the missing messages in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general joseph kafari knew in december of 2021, and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. now, the secret service as you know says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three weeks after the capitol attack. it s also a week after several house committees directed dhs to produce all documents or materials relevant to it so they knew congress wanted to
That im on. And im kind of looking forward to it because, again, cant be finished with something unless you start it. Michael cohen is set to take the stand monday in trumps criminal trial. Trumps lawyers will call him a liar, but cohens story has been consistent. And corroborated by the other prosecution witnesses. Also tonight, trump is getting the old band back together. A rogues gallery of crooks including Convicted Felon turned pardon bad guy for hire, Paul Manafort, who used to do the dirty work for putins russia and congo among other autocrats. And more recently, has reportedly been shaking his tin cup for china. Plus, trump used to call rfk jr. A very smart person, but now, hes in a state of panic that junior is winning over some of his antivacc maga base. We begin tonight with a man best summarized by the great robert nesta marley. Your best enemy could be your best friend and your best friend your worst enemy, which brings us to one of Donald Trumps most important hires. A hi