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good day, im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. more inside information on the fulton county, georgia, grand jury investigation looking into possible election interference by donald trump and his allies. in her first television interview, the grand jury forewoman talks to nbc news about what happened behind the scenes and whether that list of recommended indictments includes the former president. bracing for a major winter wallop, 42 million people from califo...

President having to defend his national security adviser when maybe hes not that thrilled with him. >> tending your base is about tending it with the actual base and voters but also about the sort of people -- >> conservative media. >> thats right, conservative activist types. and you need to do both. and this is one of those warnings that maybe hes letting part of that slip away or at least theres some frustration. >> and they were already upset about his targeting of jeff sessions. >> thats ri...

I think they know that now. they just made it harder on themselves. >> and obviously it led to this renewed focus on somehow -- and youve got some big republican donor types, activist types who have been pining for chris christie for a year but think that this is their one last chance and that did perry give an opening to make this real. christie, you know, on one hand, they want us to take him at his word, but then you have tom caine saying one thing, giving a speech at the reagan library. i kn...

here. >> im a low achiever in the facebook and twitter thing. >> no. >> i proudly boast. ill get there. >> you have a good show. >> thanks, t.j., so much. you wont have to walk out doing this with your hands over your head, because that defunct satellite has made its way down to earth. weve been talking about it all week long. it crashed in tiny pieces somewhere over the pacific around midnight. the space agency hasnt pinpointed the exact location. there have been lots of reports from ...

But his policies are up for referendum. >> and bob shrum, what may contribute to that thinking is among seniors and other activist types, the enthusiasm gap between republicans and democrats is in the republicans favor. >> i think thats likely to this change, although not certain. i agree with mike, by the way,that if if election were held today there would be a problem. theres a new ap pole that shows democrats suddenly backed with a lead in the congressional race. thats because people may be b...

>> tucker:h its funny though. so much of the attacks you hear from the left strike me as transference. in a sense they accuse their opponents of the things of which they are personally guilty. your violent! your racist! its always things that are so obvious about them. othey seem obsessed with violence. not all of them, a lot of good liberals out there. but you know what i mean. these activist types who think about violence a lot. >> thats true. it was true eight years ago. at the t dawn of the ...

Representatives. >> msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com, chris cillizza joins us with the daily fix. hey, chris. the president seems to be pointedly ignoring the republican charllengers in the presidential race, but going by name after these house leaders. he really is taking them on. >> no question, andrea. i think its part of a broader, fire up the base strategy. most people dont know who eric cantor is, but many people in the democratic base, activist types, do know who ...