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.
teacher, the elementary school kids who now need to go through metal detectors carrying clear backpacks. we talked to parents as one father says his son is still having nightmares. deadly days in the middle east, the secretary of state arrives in israel to ease tensions. the dating app manhunt. police in oregon are looking for a man they call extremely dangerous, warning women he may be using alps to find his next victim. and renning the original wednesday adams, how she inspired the next generation. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. s we come on air tonight we are following the ace storm that is hitting the south. tonight 15 states are under winter weather storms and watches with millions of americans bracing for cold weather and dangerous ice there texas to pennsylvania. the other big headline is about the school in virginia where kids are back nearly a month after a first grader shot his teacher in virginia. see through
he was giving a speech on bail reform at a campaign stop yesterday when a man jumped on stage with a two-pronged blade and congressman zeldin just explained, it looked like he was going for his throat. zeldin grabbed the man s wrist and blocked him first but the man tried to lunge at him a second time and others had to jump in, including a former veteran at the event to finally put the guy down. here is a closer look at the suspect. remember i told you to coprongs come up at your fingers in there and hard to take away from somebody. if they come for the soft tissue around your esophagus, your throat, he could kill you instantly. thank the good lord that didn t happen and no one else was seriously hurt, let s be thankful for that too. the the congressman to treat this, his words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago were you re done. several attendees for new york quickly jumped into action and tackled the guy pure law enforcement was on the scene in a few minutes. the atta