calls for vengeance against more innocent victims are not the answer and acts of retaliatory violence are never justified. i ll make that clear throughout my time in israel on the west bank with everyone i meet. and steve kornacki will join us to discuss our new poll highlighting national concerns over president biden and former president trump s handling of classified materials. even though they had very different circumstances as mr. trump makes a low energy return to the campaign trial. a sixth police officer has been relieved from duty. they re declining to say if hees on paid or unpaid leave, when the decision was put into effect. the police chief has disbanded the scorpian unit in respond to demand from the civil rights community. more charges could be coming for those involved and other who is responded to the scene and did not intervene. joining me now, elson barber in memphis. what can you tell us about the sixth officer, about the growing concerns about why nich
highly classified and damaging pentagon memos. 21 year old massachusetts air national guardsman jack to shira was identified after a cascade of shocking news reporting reports in the washington post, new york times and belling cat show that tachira allegedly led a small online chat group on the encrypted platform discord often used by gamers. members of that group that tachira reportedly dubbed thug shaker central. seems to mostly be teenage boys who share a love of guns and military gear, and they described to shira as the quote undisputed leader of that chat group. the post also reviewed a video posted by teixeira, who members of the chat group call o g that seemed to show him yelling anti semitic and racial slurs and showing off his gun. those who know to share a say he was just trying to impress his friends and keep them in the loop on classified intelligence , which he then allegedly swiped from highly sensitive briefing emails and apparently leaked to his small group ov
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.