0 continues for parts of colorado, through the central plains, up towards the great lakes, all of these areas, all of these big cities could see damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes. we will certainly keep you up to date. of course, where we have that large destructive wildfire, those conditions are going to continue to hinder wildfire efforts in some cases throughout the workweek as we are expecting the threat for dry thunderstorms over the workweek and that could mean more wildfire danger. so we ll keep you up to date. back to you, hetter and gregg. thank you very much. janis dean reporting for us. the burning glare on the spotlight is squarely now back on the attorney general, eric holder. he s fending off allegations that he misled congress. mr. holder will meet behind closed doors next week with a house judiciary committee looking to clarify earlier testimony on the justice department s surveillance of american journalists, including fox news reporter james rosen. moll
al misra, this group that is alive with al qaeda in iraq, the u.s. is set to designate that as a terror organization, but among the rebel leaders, they, like al misra because they are openly the al qaeda leaders are openly recruiting there among the rebels. how does this complicate hillary clinton s task this week going to mare concern and preparing to designate a rebel group as the new interim operational leaders. well, tough to sort through. i mean, secretary clinton is just a magnificent diplomat and will put a face on our policy that seems acceptable to our own principles. having said that, i have always thought we don t pick winners and losers very effectively in a situation like this. we should be supporting the insurgency and then sort out the next set of terrible problems that will eminate when assad goes down. barry mccaffrey, thanks so much. general, always good to see you.
i mean, personally i m the thought that we may have played a part in that is gut wrenching. and speaking of tears, saturday night live spoofed the fiscal cliff talks this week in that opening skit. president obama says he is giving in to republicans to save boehner face. you know what, republicans, you win, okay? you get what you want, but you lee had man alone. you leave this poor, orange man alone. you okay? yeah. i can t hear you. yes, yes. there he is. good day. i m andrea mitchell live in washington. well, there they were side-by-side, and for real they were in the white house this weekend. president obama taking his message of middle class tax cuts and tax increases for the rich to detroit today. just as michigan is facing a big vote against union organizing in a state long identified with the labor movement. joining me now for our daily fix, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com . good day to you. well, first of all, the labo