he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that peopl
good evening, everyone. welcome to cnn tonight. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump to testify about his former boss. a special counsel seeking information from pence about his interactions with donald trump leading up to the election and what happened on january 6th. [ chanting ] nothing like that or like this has ever happened before. plus, the latest installment of the george santos soap on that raffle we have new info involving puppies, amish dog breeders and $15,000 worth of bad checks. and what liberals can learn from ron desantis. there s a piece in the new york time that warns liberals not to underestimate desantis. he may resemble trump but not in his intellect or resolve. right to the news. with me in studio, we have natasha, former assistant special watergate prosecutor nick ackerman and john berman. seamless, people. seamless. you walked all the way over here. across a bridge, everyone. gre
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.
there is no one quite like republican candidate for governor of pennsylvania mr. doug mastriano. he insists the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump, which, of course, it was not. he supports a draconian ban on abortion. peddles vaccine disinformation. we could go on and on and on. but right now, the contest between mastriano and democratic candidate josh shapiro is being defined by hate and anti-semitism in its final days and weeks. new york times is out with a piece of reporting that says this, quote, mr. mastriano, who promotes christian power and disdains the separation of church and state, has repeatedly lashed mr. shapiro for attending and sending his children to what mastriano calls a privileged, exclusive, elite school, suggesting to one audience that it e vinced mr. shapiro s distan for people like us. it is a jewish day school where students are given both secular and religious instruction, but mastriano s language in portraying it as an elitist reserve seem
greg: feds are hot. imagine if they did this to hillary s closet. what do you think they would find there? true. she s killed more people than alec baldwin. oh, stop it. of course, the new angle for the media is the president raids his opponent s home but it s the republicans who pounce. so it s now you who s the threat. forget people trying to kill supreme court justices or killing cops, they forget the culprit to their fancy stereotypes which often look like this. that s actually, that s not photo shopped tyrus. until they face possibilities of violence based on words of everyday people reacting to a news event that takes up their lives, arresting them for thought crimes can t be far behind which is something that s literally impossible for our president to be charged with. but remember to them words are the same as violence. meanwhile real violence burning down a couple city blocks is something you had coming. calls of nbc actually combed through pro trump message boa