okay. liz cheney. very good catching up with you. there grow, two very different directions for the gop. and apparently the republican party has made its choice. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 6th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. co-founder and ceo of axios, jim vandehei is with us. and member of the new york times editorial board, mara gay joins me this morning. we may as well dive right in. this morning, republicans are another step closer to pushing out congresswoman liz cheney from her role as gop conference chair. house minority whip steve scalise now publicly backing congresswoman elise stefanick to replace cheney in the position. a spokesperson for scalise said, quote, house republicans needs to be solely focused on taking back the house in 2022 and fighting against speaker pelosi and president biden s radical, socialist agenda. and elise stefanick is strongly committed to doing that. a spok
officers that murdered my son, you also disgraced your own families when you did this. but you know what? i m going to pray for you and your families, because at the end of the day, this shouldn t have happened. that s right. this just shouldn t have happened. rowvaughn wells, the mother of tyre nichols, showing her grief while showing grace for the families of the men accused of killing her son. the video showing some of nichols final moments was released on friday. nichols crying out for his mother, just down the block from her house. it has sparked outrage and protests around the country. more action from the memphis police department, as well. we also got our first look at what happened the night paul pelosi, the husband of nancy pelosi, was attacked. it comes as the man accused in the attack makes some bizarre and disturbing comments in a phone call about that night. and what more he wanted to do. the brutal beating pelosi sustained was often mocked and question
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.
thank you. thank you. and cnn this morning continues right now. our first look at the results from cnn s new 2024 presidential poll. donald trump has a narrow lead among registered voters. the president has to do things that show people he can engage, he can handle the combat and debate. do you think the bidens policies helped you or hurt you? the bestning in the poll for joe biden is the date on it. 2024 top of mind this morning after yesterday s elections. big wins for democrats and for abortion rights. ohio voters decided to make abortion a right under the state constitution. in virginia, cnn projects democrats will gain full control of the state legislature and a major setback for republican governor glenn youngkin in virginia who had been pushing to restrict abortions after 15 weeks. and in the deep red state of kentucky, democrat andy beshear won re-election. donald trump won kentucky by 26 points in 2020. last night s results have left us with som