soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
iowa as he works to cement his hold over republican primary voters trump s comes just after his lates nemesis, florida governor ro desantis make stops in the first caucus state on friday desantis has yet to announce a official white house run but h pointed to his administratio in florida as a quote, blueprint for the rest of th nation we will talk about tha blueprint later in the show. meantime, trump s vice president mike pence is callin out his former boss for januar 6th. at a dinner in washington just last night, pence said trump was wrong when he asked penc to overturn the 2020 election, so that trump is just part of a series o legal wars with the former president, overshadowing the upcoming gop primary battle. tomorrow afternoon trump s former lawyer michael cohe will testify before a gran jury in new york the investigation over alleged hush money play to adult fil star stormy daniels before the 2016 election. should be just around th corner and this morning, chu
culpability for the first time. in this new legally binding document cites evidence to show why trump must, they say, legally cooperate. setting deadlines for evidence, november 4th. deadlines for testifying, november 14th. and this new material puts trump at the center of the coup plot to overturn the election. the committee writing that he maliciously disseminated false allegations of voter fraud, corrupted the justice department, ran the effort to transmit false electoral certificates, that may yet yield more indictments. it s basically saying he committed crimes, and pressured pence to help the coup even though according to the committee, trump knew at the time in advance that the pence plot was illegal. and then of course summoning supporters who trump knew were armed, according to the committee s investigation to that d.c. rally, and the storming of the capitol. now, what happens if you defy a subpoena like this. trump aide steve bannon found out today. it s a coinciden
i know my sister would ve fought. we used to tell each other that if someone ever tried to hurt us that we would do everything we can to leave something behind, so the other one can figure it out. i believe that she was murdered. this is a very bizarre death. it was baffling from the start. a young woman dead at her millionaire boyfriend s mansion. 9-1-1 what are you reporting? i got a girl, hung herself. my heart started racing. you found her. i did. detectives ruled it a suicide, but was it? at the scene knives, rose, a cryptic phrase. her hands were tied, she was naked. this was sending a message. that wasn t the only suspicious death here. no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of a homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. you thought you had nothing to hide? i knew i had nothing to hide. the worst shock in probabl
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.