republicans the united states senate so they are fighting about this. a kemp ally is willing to make david perdue's life a living hell thoef hell over there and our colleague gabby orr is being told trump will endorse perdue sometime soon. all of this is happening. democrats in georgia, stacey abrams who just announced her candidacy last week, they are all smiling at this. the chaos can only help them, they think. it's going to be a race to watch, kate. >> even more so as of this morning. thanks so much, michael. good to see you. now to this. the trifle former "empire" actor jussie smollett just resumed in chicago a short time ago. the defense team started calling witnesses and the big question, of course, is smollett take the stand in his own defense? he's accused of staging a fake hate crime in an attempt to get media attention, if you'll remember. omar jimenez is in chicago and has been tracking this from the