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.
right now. the united states has been to be ready for putin to use a tactically nuclear weapons. in the u.s., fears of a more dangerous covid variants. we are in force meyers. finally people are able to come back, take a look at the damage. i was stunned. this is the kind of thing that is catastrophic. mold is starting to grow and accumulate on everything. this is what makes is so unlivable and unsafe. over the weekend in iran, we have seen antiregime protests continue across the country. another public show of defiance. iran state broadcaster appears to have been momentarily hacked. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. two men shots outside the home of new york congressman lee zeldin. the republican lawmakers said his twin 16-year-old daughters were at home at the time of the shooting. we are gathering the latest information here. polo, what do we know? in a statement, he says he a okay and they re working with investigators to
florida governor, ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected prosecutor just last year, why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis and now a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but, as a federal judge he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming, i know that we talked when this first happened so i ve been curiously following this particular suit, and the federal judge did take governor desantis word for the suspension, but, he upheld it, why do you think that was in your opinion? thank you for having me back. as you said, the judge took the governor s to task. the governor violated federal and state law in suspending me. he said that t
tapes that prosecutors played during day it woutwo of the sed trial from an alleged 2020 oath keepers meeting. members were secretly recorded by a meeting attendee. they talked about bringing weapons to washington and being prepared to fight for former president trump. whitney? reporter: a new recording released by the department of justice by an alleged november 2020 planning meeting of the far right military were group the oath keepers. if you re going to attack people, don t be afraid. go there in large numbers. that s why we need to be there. reporter: federal prosecutors played the seek cretly recorded trial of the five oath keepers. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. this is the first major piece of evidence that prosecutors have used to support their allegation the group planned to descend on washington to prevent the peaceful transfer of power if the fight comes, let the fight come. i m willing to sacrifice myself for that. let the fight start ther
fame quarterback and one badly broken state tonight the other believable claps of conservative government in mississippi. and chuck robbins burke what could be the end of the mar-a-lago special master fight. plus, fanning the flames of extremism at a pro coup vigil. it s so horrible what happened to her. the and genuine danger from the ex president s danger attempt to murder insurrectionists. i want republicans are losing by nominating even more candidates in new hampshire and beyond. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. with less than two months before these midterm elections, people all over the country as documented are mobilizing to protect abortion rights. while republican politicians across the country are pledging to ban abortion anywhere they can. in mississippi, the republican house speaker there said his state, quote has an opportunity to lead the nation in protecting, promoting and supporting life. it s a pretty remarkabl