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.
the emergency declarations. according to the administration, the abrupt end to the emergencies would, quote, create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system. this comes as congress has failed for months to pass a white house request for an additional$22.5 billion in covid response funding. meanwhile, the u.s. government may have issued more than $5 billion in potentially fraudulent pandemic-related loans. that s according to the federal watchdog overseeing coronavirus relief spending. the pandemic response accountability committee says more than 69,000 questionable social security numbers may have been used in the successful federal emergency loan applications. the suspected applications targeted two of the government s most generous emergency initiatives, the paycheck protection program and the economic injury disaster loan. the announcement comes as the
friends. new numbers showing unemployment now, 9.6% and while president obama is set to announce emergency initiatives this week to try to jump start the economy, some day dems are at a loss when it comes to solving political problems and on the radio, democratic strategist and a senior fellow project 21en and a fox news contributor. nice to see you. good morning. we said at the intro, at a loss. are democrats at a loss. we have two months until the election to hang their hat on a project. a lot of these aren t popular with the american people. well, here is the ash here, the democrats are very much in a tight spot as it relates to the economy and a devastatingly deep hole and there are no magic bullets. will they solve all the problems, no, because we re in a deep recession, but they will help. the small business bill, lending bill that s waiting in