it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following
news obtained this remarkable video from security cameras at a dance hall in alhambra, california. this is from saturday night, this weekend. you see the man in the knit cap there. this is saturday night. it is just after that man you saw there in the knit cap. this is just after he s believed to have walked into a ballroom dancing studio in monterey park, california and opened fire. he shot at least 20 people, 11 of whom now died, 9 of whom are still hospitalized with their injuries. the suspected gunman got away after that massacre in monterey park. he then grove to this facility you see here in alhambra, california. this appears to be a foyer at another ballroom dancing facility a few miles away from the monterey park massacre in the city of alhambra, california. can we drop the cyron there. brandon tsay did not know when this man walked in the door of his workplace carrying this gun that that man just committed a massacre minutes before at a different facility. he was at
victims families, and the entire monterey park community tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of mbs nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. thanks at-home for joining us this hour. really happy to have you with us tonight. we ve got a lot of news to get to tonight, including some late breaking news that i m gonna give you in just a second as we re trying to get details. i ve to tell you, just tonight, nbc news has obtained this remarkable video from security cameras at a dance hall and i ll hamburg, california. this is from saturday night, this weekend. you see the man in the knit cap there. this is that man you saw there in the knit cap this is just after he is believed to have walked into a dance hall, a ballroom dancing studio in monterey park, california and opened fire. at that dance hall in monterey park, he shot at least 20 people, 11 of who
this is just after he s believed to have walked into a ballroom dancing studio in monterey park, california and opened fire. he shot at least 20 people, 11 of whom now died, 9 of whom are still hospitalized with their injuries. the suspected gunman got away after that massacre in monterey park. he then grove to this facility you see here in alhambra, california. this appears to be a foyer at another ballroom dancing facility a few miles away from the monterey park massacre in the city of alhambra, california. can we drop the chiron there. brandon tsay did not know when this man walked in the door of his workplace carrying this gun that that man just committed a massacre minutes before at a different facility. he was at work. he was unarmed himself. but he saw that man walk into this workplace holding this gun. and mr. tsay wrestled with him. he fought with him. he single handedly as an unarmed person got this gun away from the man in this. you can see here with his back to th
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.