the united states and all around the world, it is monday, january 31st. that went by fast. i m john berman with brianna keilar. prosecutors in georgia are asking the fbi for protection this morning because of things that donald trump said. speaking to supporters in texas, trump essentially called for people to take to the streets if charges are filed in the multiple investigations against him. if these radical, vicious, racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, i hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in washington, d.c., in new york, in atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt. they re corrupt. as a result of that statement overnight, the fulton county district attorney, one of the prosecutors preferred to by trump there who is investigating
(music) so i think to myself oh what a wonderful world i m stephanie ruhle live at bs msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is monday, january 31st, and there s a lot going on so let s get smarter. we start this morning with a standoff with russia. one hour from now, members of the u.n. security council including the u.s. and russia will come face-to-face. the u.s. ambassador insisting the russians should explain themselves to the world even as
rams at home? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early, the show that misses tom brady already. i m jonathan le mire on this monday, january 31st. we ll start with the news. former president donald trump is providing new evidence to those investigating his efforts to overturn the election. in a statement released last night, trump offered a rather stunning admission about what he expected from his vice president mike pence, on january 6th of last year. trump wrote this, if the vice president had absolutely no right to change the presidential election results in the senate, despite fraud and many other irregularities, how come the democrats and rino republicans, like whacky susan collins, are desperately trying to pass legislation that will not allow the vice president to change the results of the election?
this morning on world news now, the crisis in egypt enters its seventh day. anti-government protesters not showing any signs of relenting. this as the u.s. government starts evacuating thousands of american citizens, saying it is time to get out. it s monday, january 31st. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. and good morning, everyone. i m rob nelson. and i m vinita nair. for the seventh day now, all eyes are once again on cairo where demonstrators have taken to the streets and tourists are seeking refuge in the airports. we will have the latest from the area. thousands of americans told to get out of there. on top of that, another week and yet another snowstorm, believe it or not. this one is expected to impact three-quarters of the country. would you believe on top of that, there are people happy to
what the word resident or reside means. and the majority in this case said that even though he still votes in chicago, he doesn t count as a resident because he was working in washington for president obama. as of now, they re going to start printing the ballot without his name on it. and send it out to folks for early voting. that would be a huge setback for rahm emanuel if his name isn t on the ballot, at least the early ballots going out. the elections board has already delayed printing ballots and said they have to start tonight. so early ballot voting starts monday, january 31st. there are a lot of moving pieces here and time is not on emmanuel s side. he s got to get the supreme court, the state supreme court to issue some sort of stay to overturn this or at least stop the printing of the ballots. i think his lawyers as early as tonight are filing an appeal with the state supreme dourt,