good evening, everybody. andrew davis out here in hampton county right now with a story that really everybody is talking about. we now know officially that alex murdaugh was shot. alex murdaugh was changing a tire on the side of the road in rural hampton county saturday when a car passed him, turned around, and someone shot him in the head. this is when you wonder if they just started making things up or it was a soap opera somewhere. it seems like it s a tv show more than it seemed like real life, because in this case, how does this get more unusual? and then was it the same person that shot maggie and paul or what may happen as you spin through your mind? murdaugh called 9-1-1 shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon to report he d been shot. he was airlifted to a hospital in savannah for treatment. there was an entry and exit wound. murdaugh s skull was fractured and there was minor brain bleeding as well. when i first got that call, i was fearing for the worst, lik
payloads with final information on the capabilities. todd: alexandria hoff joins us with the latest, alex. todd, ashley, good morning. the payload where the evidence was found, the fbi official says that remains underwater. what has been recovered at this point the wiring and small electronics. the u.s. officials believe the u.s. surveillance within tan is the intercept and listen in on american conversations. according to the pentagon for we know the people s republic of china gives these balloons for surveillance. high-resolution imagery the fly altitude balloons with intelligence operations. senates briefing, jon tester pushed for answers from the biden administration. i want to know if we knew what the chinese were trying to collect with that balloon come up with that reconnaissance ballooned. senator, thank you for the question. what we can probably get into details and a classified setting. you can say yes or no. you don t have to get into specifics, do we kno
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.
murder charge. we re going to take you there live inside the courtroom as soon as it begins. there on the left-hand side of your screen, live pictures from inside that courtroom. we are also following devastating scenes outside the ukrainian capital this morning. at least 17 people are dead and dozens more hurt after a helicopter carrying the ukrainian interior minister and his team crashed near a kindergarten. officials say eight victims were locales. children and their parents on the way to school. and let s begin there this morning. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is on the ground outside of kyiv. tell us more about what you re learning, clarissa. reporter: well, we ve just seen very tragically what appears to be another body bag being carried out from this area behind me by emergency services. they ve been there for hours combing through the wreckage of that kindergarten looking to see whether there might be more bodies under the rubble that was
is going to join us with more on the states and zero laws that are now putting everybody in the state in danger i know you might not, there s a chance the republican me live. we ll begin with the new record for the biden administration. this year, i guess it s time to celebrate if you re pro-open borders we have now reported over 2 million illegal crossings at our southern border, breaking last year s record high of 1.7 million. in other words, after vowing to address the root causes of mass illegal immigration, the crisis has become even worse than you can believe. apparently, was only trip to the southern border which was an early were things were happening, quick trip to el paso last year was not enough, more illegal immigrants are not pouring across this border than at the time of this video. take a look at the video. remember the video? that shows thousands in the makeshift camps under a bridge in del rio, maybe martha s vineyard could set up some stations, they believe