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Courtesy calls, that was a courtesy call and the president-elect was returning the call. the washington post today tells a different story with some trump aides indicating that this was a long planned call. this is part of a broader strategic effort. its unclear exactly what the strategic effort is, what the aim of the strategic effort is. its unclear exactly what potential benefit could be experienced by the united states, china or taiwan. >> joining me now for the daily fix, jeremy peters and ...

Economically strong. alliance is part of our destiny as a nation. this is what guides me in my policy, what guides my government as a whole. secondly, this wave of populism that seems to engulf us. well, look at the -- seems in your words to come from the united states. look at the european parliament. we -- there are a lot of people who are looking for simplistic solutions. who are sort of preaching policies of -- well, very unfriendly policies. we have them here in europe too. we have them her...

Were not precise and mistaken in key points. >> joining me is paul rothstein, professor at the georgetown university law school, and prof professor, thank you for joining us. ap i want to pick up where mike taibbi left off, and perhaps the openings in the testimony given by oscar pistorius today, and specifical specifically, the calling out of reeva once he determined or believed he said that an intruder was in the home. let me play a little of what he said recalling calling out our name. >> i k...

Contracts with the federal government. and so i think the question is how many people, mr. president, will this executive action actually help? i suspect the answer is somewhere close to zero. >> democratic congressman jim clyburn from my home state, south carolina, always good to see you, sir. >> thank you very much for having me. >> lets starts with where the speaker left off. does he have have a point? is the presidents plan too narrow in focus? >> well, thank you for having me, melvin. i don...

>> first, i think what obviously bill is referring to, the failure of obama care has been a gift for us republicans as we head into the midterm elections. i believe hes hoping we dont take away from that. what speaker boehner is doing is meeting with the conference this week and laying out a series of principles and trying to get consensus. but thats what governing is all about, were seeing getting people together and putting ideas together and seeing what comes out of it. but i applaud the spea...

Ago? >> i think in some cases they are and some cases this arent. if you look along areas of arizona and texas, officials down there would beg to differ. i agree, certain areas have gotten better, yeah. >> quickly here, i want to talk about your fearless leader house speaker john boehner, tomorrow republicans kick off the three-day retreat on the eastern shore of maryland. lets listen to him on our network here on nbc just last week. >> people that hear the speaker, youre the leader and dont rea...

L l liz. thank you for being with us. our thoughts are with you as you mark this grim anniversary. i want to pick up where the president left off. he called for strong legislation, strong legislative push. newtown, a lot of members of your community fought for stiffer gun legislation. it didnt happen. do you have confidence you can see stiffer gun legislation, passed expanded background checks within president obamas second term. >> we should see action. whether we do or not will depend on polit...

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Follow the click. just a guy surfing the web and he has a camera there and every now and then he looks like this and he is like this. >> or a reality show where you look at peoples search history. that would be a good reality show. >> that would be horrifying. but you try to predict who the person is based on their history? >> can we make this? you have three people and go through the search history and try to guess who it is. >> or they can do the hunting shows where the husband goes and then t...

>> andrea: her nickname could be propaganda. >> greg: coming up, take a look at the terrifying video. >> oh, my gosh! oh! [ screaming ] oh! >> greg: in the next block, bob will discuss the tape and the effect on the election and the devastating impact on the political climate worldwide. we pick up where "special report" left off. ♪ ♪