and i don't like cheetos. >> right now there's a new story about josh green. till tomorrow, we say to you sayanora. >> hard ball with chris matthews is next. democrats demand action on guns. let's play hardball. >> we were elected to lead, mr. speaker. we must be highlights and not taillights. we cannot continue to stick our heads in the sand and ignore the reality of mass gun violence in our nation. >> good evening. what you just heard was the start of a remarkable scene that continues to unfold at this

hour. shortly after making those statements earlier today, georgia congressman, john lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement led his democrats in a sit-in. it's still going on as we speak. the goal is to force a vote on gun legislation. just as democrats sat down, the cameras that feed c-span that provides gavel to gavel coverage were shut off. they don't televise proceedings when the house is not in session. paul ryan's press secretary depending the move. saying the house cannot operate without members following the rules of the institution so the house has recessed to the call of the chair. members began to tweet and live stream the unprecedented ska ee. the house was gavelled back into session. that was opened up by no bill,

no break. >> the proceedings of the house. >> house republicans are meeting to try to figure out how to respond. here is what paul ryan said within the last hour. >> first, i would tell you this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. that's point number one. point number two, is this bill was already defeated in the united states senate. number three, we're not doing to take away a citizen's due process rights. we're not going to take away a citizen's institutional rights. this is not a way to try to bring up legislation. >> congressman, thanks for taking a few minutes. let's start with what the house

speaker just said. he said this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. >> i believe the speaker is a bit mistaken. that was not voted on by the senate. we are pursuing no fly, no by. that's something we're interested in and that was dp t defeated. we're interested in expanding the background checks. my bill is to close the charleston loophole. those souls that lost their lives at emmanuel ame church were all murdered by someone who was not qualified to have a gun. he bought that gun because of a loophole that says if the background check is not completed in three days, the

sale can be consummated. we're saying it shouldn't be done. i would say bring my legislation to the floor. then we don't have my legislation being dealt with. >> let me just be clear on this. is that your demands specifically, congressman jim cly burn's demand or is that the demand correctively that the democrats who are sitting in right now are making to vote on the bill you just outlined in this sit-this ends or is there any other legislation.

what is the specific demand. >> there are four different bills. no fly, tho by is one of them. i'm one of the co-sponsors of that bill. that's a bipartisan bill. mr. king is on that bill. mr. thompson. i'm on that bill. we also want to vote on expanded background checks because we believe if we had expanded background checks, the murder in orlando would have shown up on the list and may not have been able to purchase his gun. that's on the list. also, my bill to close that charleston loophole, i've been talking about that since the week after those poor souls lost their lives. yes, i'm concerned about that.

you've not had an effective background check. that's what we're talking about. >> has there been any communication between yourself, paul ryan or democratic leadership and paul ryan. >> are you aware of any direction communication? >> a week ago mr. ryan shouted me down on the floor when i was trying to seek recognition to parliamentary inquiry to find out when he would allow my bill to come to the floor. i was shouted down. that was pretty direct to me. >> i'm specifically, tonight. since this sit-in began, no direct communication between

democratic leaders and paul ryan? >> if so, i've not been a part of it. i am prepared just as i was with john lewis back in 1960, i'm prepared to stay on this floor all night and tomorrow if necessary. i did it for three days one time before. i believe my body can take two days. >> all right. thanks for the time. >> thank you so much for having me. >> we're joined by congressman jim hines from connecticut. you're on the same page, are you, as congressman clyburn. you are here demanding with this sit-in, votes on three pieces of legislation on background check, on this so-called no fly, no buy

and the charleston loophole. you want three votes? >> that's where all of us are. what those three things share is dramatic public support. what you're seeing happening here led by john lewis, icon of the civil rights movement, beaten almost to death on the edmond pettis bridge is being called a publicity stunt by the speaker. what you're seeing is us standing up and saying the house of representatives exist for one purpose and that is to work the will of the people. here you have a package of things that's supported by a majority of republicans and democrats and gun owners. what we're saying to the speaker is let the house do what it was designed by mr. madison and mr. jefferson and mr. adams to do, which is to reflect the will of the american people. he says no. >> is this the way, he mentioned this, we played paul ryan'

reaction. he said this is no way to bring legislation up. to occupy the house floor and say the house can't do any other business. we won't move unless you do x. you're trying to hold up the speaker here. >> in the ordinary course of business i would agree with the speaker. this is not a business model that works every single day. there's some unique characteristics about what we're fighting for here. number someone the dramatic public support that these measures that we're asking for enjoy. at bottom, it's 80% of the american public. that's point one. this is not a 50/50. this is not an affordable care act where people don't get it. this is the will of the people. point two, this is not something that's really an abstraction. 50 dead people in orlando, several more shootings, including in my constituency in stanford, connecticut.

several more shootings since orlando. americans are being cut down and bleeding in the street for ever minute of inaction that the house of representatives refuses to do something that the people want to do. i would say, we couldn't operate if every time we wanted to move something we staged a sit-in. people are dying and these are measures supported by the american people. >> i want to press you this. you're citing polls saying this is the will of the people. you can get into the details here, the republicans and the senate say they don't want terrorists buying guns either. they have a different way to bring that about. if you're talking about the will of the people, the people are the runs who elected this house that the republican party leads right now. republicans who say they don't want this legislation. if the people didn't want republicans blocking this, why p did they put them in charge of the house? >> elections happen every two years. we don't have the opportunity to speak about these issues.

to examine arguments like the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. an absurdity. there was a good guy with a gun in orlando. we think it's important that we have this conversation and air this for the reason you're talking about here. constituents of all 435 of us deserve to know when we're acting in their interest and when we refuse to. this is an example o where any congressional district you look at, these measures will enjoy majority support. it's important that people know the house majority has decided that even though that support is widespread, this conversation will not happen. >> all right. congressman, thanks for joining us. hillary clinton tweeting in solidarity with the members participating in this sit-in. she wrote house republicans may have cut the cameras but they can't cut off our voices. we have the act on gun violence.

signed by clinton with the initial h. that means she personally wrote that tweet. trying to get there what paul ryan said. he talked specifically about this no fly, no buy provision. he said denies due process. hoo he's saying if the proposal is to take people on this no fly list, they ended up on that list without due process. >> with all do respect to my friend and speaker, that's

hogwash. if this was about due process, we could sit down and get a bill to the floor. the speaker knows he's refused in regular order as he likes to point to, to bring a bill to the floor that the overwhelming majority of american people, republican, democrats, independents support. he's forced us to take action on behalf of the american people and say we will hold up the business of the house until the speaker does the will of the people. >> what polls well is this idea of should terrorist, should those on the terror watch list be able the buy guns and people general lly say no to that. there was a democratic bill, a republican bill. the republican bill from john corning said nobody on that list can buy a gun if the government can prove in a court of law that they belong on that list. would you be okay with that

being voted on in the house? >> look, we're not even discussing that. what i want to be very clear about is this were a point of negotiation, we could sit down leadership to leadership. this is not about due process. this is about the process of national rifle association and the refusal of house democrats and senate republicans and house republicans with their willingness to do the low hanging fruit that the american people are calling for. let's not get distracted by the idea of due process. i'm a civil libertarian. i believe in due process. we can figure that out. surely, terrorists on the watch list should not be able to go in and buy a gun. domestic abusers shouldn't be able to evade the background check by getting a gun at a gun show that they couldn't get in walmart. this is absurd. it's low hanging fruit and it's time for republicans to get to

the business before we continue to lose american lives. 89 of them every single day. >> let me ask you about the precedent. paul ryan saying this is no way to stage a sit in to force the agenda. say democrats ran the house. say it's a year from now and democrats ran the house and republicans sit-in and say we're not going to let anything else happen in here until and less obama care is repealed. would that be okay? >> you know what, here's the truth. we're in a different place where the american people are concerned about gun violence and guns getting into the hands of terrorists and felons and domestic abusers. that's what we're talking about here today. we have tried over and over again to have the speaker and democrats and republicans handle this and they have not. now, we are going to handle it by occupying the floor until we can get a guarantee from speaker ryan that we can put these bills

on the floor and vote for them. let them cast the vote against it so they can be accountable to their constituents. across this country, people are telling us, don't give up this fight on behalf of the american people. >> all right. congresswoman from maryland, thanks for the time. appreciate it. >> coming up, donald trump throws the kitchen sink at hillary clinton. he calls her corrupt and a word class liar. his words there. trumps attacks and clinton's response. a short list seems to be emerging of her possible vice presidential picks. which could help clinton over the top in her race for the white house. marco rubio going back on his decision not to run for re-election. he jumps into a re-election campaign with a lead in the polls. we'll talk to one of his potential democratic opponents.

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itself. in return, hillary clinton got rich. she gets rich making you poor. hillary clinton's try out for the presidency has produced one deadly foreign policy disaster after another. she's virtually done nothing right. she's done nothing good. hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person, ever, to seek the presidency of the united states. >> this afternoon, clinton responded. >> he's going afterme person me personally because he has no answers on the substance. that's why he's attacking my faith. sigh. and of course attacking a

philanthropic foundation that saves and improves lives around the world. it's no surprise he doesn't understand these things. the clinton foundation helps poor people around the world get access to life saving aids medicine. donald trump uses poor people to produce his line of suits and ties. >> the idea this is a new donald trump, a little more scripted and packaged, more formal speech today. some very intentional there. >> trump 2.0. they aring loe looking at this f

wearily that he was able to stay on message. this is deja vu. we have been here before. trump has said something that's gotten him in hot water with fellow members of his own party. given he has a new campaign infrastructure in place, will he be able to sustain this through unscripted rallies. that will be the key. there does seem to be an acknowledgement that trump does understand it's time to do some things different in his campaign as he acknowledges. >> it's trump 2.0, 6.0 at this point. >> 9.10. >> critics pointing to a number of factual issues with trump's speech. here is trump contrasting his views on iraq with clinton. >> it all started with her bad

judgment in supporting the war in iraq in the first place. i was not in government service, i was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war and, yes, even before the war ever started. >> the problem with that is there evidence trump criticized the war to invasion. we didn't findfully examples of trump denouncing the war until a year after the war began. trump alleged clinton would let in refugees without any screening. >> no way to screen who they are, what they are, what they believe, where they come from. >> according to politifact that's not true. there's a screening process in place.

it includes numerous rounds of security checks. there's that critique of the speech. the only thing i noticed him doing here, we played a clip of it. it felt like he was very intentionally taking criticisms that have been levelled at him and just, when he says, she gets rich making you poor, that's what she said about him yesterday. >> that's exactly right. there was a lot of projection going on here. i think you can't minimize those types of takes when trumps makes them on hillary clinton. what the democrats fear most is donald trump's abilities to stand next to her on stage and say, this is how politics has always been done. this is business as usual. if you're happy with the direction of the country, vote for her. i'll change things. i'll shake things up. that was the core message of this speech. getting to the misstatements, that's a whole other issue.

the clinton campaign, along with the numerous news organizations that were fact checking this in realtime, that shows you what kind of problem donald trump will be facing in the coming months the way his statements are being put under a microscope of scrutiny. >> we're getting a preview of what a debate would look like. we saw hillary clinton go yesterday. donald trump go today. we won't see the two of them on stage until the fall and hold up she reacts. what her reaction is. i don't think she or any politician has been p in that position. >> the split screen comparison for her, if he stays on the prompter will be a lot harder for her to make the kinds of arguments she's been making about him being reckless and erratic and temperamentally ill

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perspective candidates. he chaired that meeting that clinton held with house democrats. i'm joined by congressman. let me start with you. hillary clinton made it to capitol hill today. met with democrats. what was her message to house democrats? what was their message to her? >> steve, thanks for having me. i'd say that i'm not sure if she energized us or we energized her. it was a spirited conversation. we walked out of there feeling good about the work she will do and make sure come noef, we not only elect her president but also have a congress that will work with her and try to get things done. it was a good meeting. she talked about her agenda and how she was heeding to north carolina to talk to folks there. it's clear contrast between she and donald trump. we're looking forward to that. >> we talk about the issue of the veepstakes starting to come

up. you see those names we put out there. what's your sense of what hillary clinton is looking for in this pick? >> she's got several things that are her main priority. she's got several other things that are very top of mind second only to that. one is personal chemistry and comfort with the person. the other is the proven ability to rally democrats, work across the aisle, work with congress, have some demonstrated legislative ability and also to rally the base, raise money. do a lot of party building that she wants a vice president to do. >> your name, it comes up frequently when you have these conversations about veepstakes.

the top criteria not sprieurpri, somebody who could be president in a heartbeat. elizabeth warren said, yes, i could. could you be president in heartbeat? >> i'd be honored to continue to serve my country in whatever way possible. i believe someone like me, the son of immigrants who was the first to get a college education, for me, the sky's the limit. the glass is half full. we'll see where things go. i feel really good about what we're doing here in congress. i'm going to do as much as i can for my country because my country has done so much for me. >> when you look at the matchup hillary clinton versus donald trump, the sort of voters he's tapped into and the type of voters, politically speaking, what does hillary clinton need to be looking for in a running mate? >> the great thing about hillary clinton is she's so established. she's probably the best tested

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welcome back. florida senator marco rubio said repeatedly that win or lose in his race for president in 2016, one thing he was sure of is he would not run for re-election to the u.s. senate. he tweeted just a few weeks ago, he said i've only said like 10,000 times i will be a private citizen in january. today, rubio changed his mind. he said in statement that quote, in politics, admitting you've changed your mind is not something most people like to do. he said that quote, control of the senate may very welcome down to the race in florida. with that, marco rubio went back on his promise not to run for re-election and said he is in the race for senate from florida in 2016 running for a second

term. let's take you through numbers what rubio is up against. there's a good news, bad situation for marco rubio as he tries to win another term. here's the good news. there's two democrats who are duking it out for their party's nomination for the chance to run against rubio. this is brand new poll out of florida. rubio is up eight points over alan grayson. he's one of the democrats running. seven points against patrick murphy. that's the other democrat running in that primary. against either of his likely democrat opponents, rubio starts out ahead. what is the bad news? it's this. this is the race that's going to be at the top of the ticket in florida, obviously every other state in the country, the presidential race. hillary clinton in florida, brand new poll up eight points in florida over donald trump. remember, barack obama did win florida in 2012 but it was razor thin. you're talk less than one point. hillary clinton right now, a

solid eight-point lead over donald trump. that raises the question, if hillary clinton wins florida and wins it big, how realistic that the same voters voting for the democrat for president will turn around in the senate race and vote for the republican, vote for rubio. here is what rubio is up against. this is what's happening. it's the trend of what they call split ticket voting. that's what rubio will be relying on. people voting for one party for president. the other party's candidate for u.s. senate. that used to be common. in 1988, a generation ago, more than half the states that had presidential and senate elections that year different party won each of them. split ticket voting. go to the year 2000, the number was down to 30%. fast forward to the last presidential election. in 2012, split ticket results where one party won the city race. the other party won the presidential race. just 18% in 2012. this is one of trends in american politics. people are showing up and voting

democrat straight down the line or they're voting republican straight down the line. they are not splitting their tickets the way they used to. that could be a problem for marco rubio if donald trump, the republican candidate, is running far behind hillary clinton. we're joined by one of rubio's potential democratic opponents, congressman patrick murphy. thanks for taking a few minutes. >> thank you. >> let me get your reaction, marco rubio said he wasn't running. today he said i've changed my mind. i'm in. what's your reaction? >> this is what voters hate about washington, d.c. and politicians like marco rubio. he's clearly putting his sel selfishness in front of the people. he's said time after time, he hates it. why would they want him again. he's flip-flopped on key issues like immigration reform. he's missed a historic amount of votes. he's missed more votes than any

senator in florida in nearly 50 years. if that's not bad enough, he uses this tragedy in orlando to decide he wants to be a senator again. he should be more focused with trying to take care of the lgbt community and trying to close the loophole. just yesterday and today he have asked are you going to commit to serving a six-year term if elected. he wouldn't answer the question. he's already planning this 2020 presidential bid. >> what does that say to you when it's been known that marco rubio has missed fair number of senate votes. obviously well known he's said he wuasn't going to run for re-election. more voters in florida say they would vote for him than you. what does that say? >> there are two polls that showed us beating marco rubio.

we already had a poll and it's called an election. marco rubio lost by 20 points to donald trump. his own party rejected him much less the independents and the democrats that are not going to support him. it's pretty clear there's a sharp contrast. i have to introduce myself to the state. i look forward to introducing myself making sure everyone knows i'm a small business guy. i'm a cpa. i want to solve problems. i like showing up to work, showing up to committee compared to marco rubio who hates the job and using this as a platform to run for a higher office. floridans don't want that, no american wants that. an pro toemployee told me for a and a half they hated their job and would look for a new job, they don't get the new job and come back to me and say, patrick, i didn't get that job. can i really have it back? of course not.

no one will give them that job back. flori floridans will see through that. >> thanks for the time. >> thank you. >> marco rubio also said in statement that quote, no matter who is elected president, there is reason for worry. even the prospect of a trump presidency is worried to him, to rubio. how does he plan to run for re-election in a swing state where he has such little faith in his own party standard there? if the polls are a precursor to november, if hillary clinton wins solidly, could marco rubio still win the senate election? >> of course he can. it's florida. it's a competitive state. it's always been a competitive state. this fall's election will be a competitive race. as every viewer saw, congressman murphy is very afraid of senator

rub rubio. he enters this race with a big advantage. floridans know him. they know he's done great job fight for the issues. fighting for human rights around the world. he's led on these issue. he's delivered for florida. he enters the race in a strong position. that's why congressman murphy went on the rant and ignores the fact he missed his own votes and spends his time attacking marco because he can't run on his on ineffective record as a congressman. >> the idea that he didn't really want the job anymore. he was missing votes. he was missing more votes than some of the other senators running for president and talking about the job like it was not a place where you went to get things done. he said that about the senate at one point. what about that perception that will be out there? >> a couple of things. he missed votes because he was running for president. i don't think bernie sanders has cast a vote for months.

voters understand you will miss some votes. marco said he was going to leave the senate and spend more time with his family. he's foregoing all that because there's so much at stake in this election. i don't think anybody wants to give her a blank slate. he will stand up to hillary clinton and he will stand up to donald trump when he disagrees with donald trump. those disagreements are very well known. more so by florida voters than anybody else. when he disagrees with trump, he will stand up to him. he's proven that time and time again. >> all right. thanks for the time. >> thank, steve. >> hardball is back after this. ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the framework... wire...

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and expect a pretty chaotic situation. republicans feel they that they believe the house should be going forward with the business of the people, they don't want it to be delayed any longer. they're going to try to enforce the democrats' hands. the democrats say we are not moving until we get our gun votes. the republicans say if you want your gun votes you have go through the regular rules of the house. expect the standoff to come to a head in the next few hours. >> what a scene shaping up there. i'm sure we'll be seeing a lot from you tonight and as long as as this lasts. ♪ one coat, yes! ♪ there is a day, for every number. ♪

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political campaign management for nyu and senior political reporter and the correspondent for rioters. let's talk about the trump speech today. fallout from the shake up this week. the trump position as a candidate looking ahead to the general election is he in stronger position now than he was at the start of the week or does all this stuff not matter. >> he's stronger but he was so far down that's not saying much. he did need to make this speech. he needed to make it six weeks ago and he made it today. he stayed on script and used the teleprompter. he got in attacks on hillary clinton, that's what this campaign is about on both sides. he let this be too much about him and he has to define her negatively and he did that today. >> is this a natural fit, trump from the teleprompter. >> no, this is not how he became a reality tv star but he did lay out arguments that you're going

to hear later on about immigration and about the trade agreements, hillary clinton benefitting herself and his phrase on i'm with you compared to i'm with her which is a strong contrast. >> that was a pretty savvy. >> that was effective but the substance of the speech was very classic trump. the way he delivered it was not and the question will be can he be that focussed going forward. >> i say that was savvy because i have not seen that many moves from the campaign that are more conventionally crafty like that. >> this was a way for him to say i can be presidential. i'm not going to just be that guy out there having people chant and beat up protesters so this was a chance for him to prove that but i think the question is can he stick with us because he's the kind of guy who we you push him a little he responds and as we saw with hillary clinton today she's willing to push him. her line about chapter 11.

she said chapter 11 today and yesterday. she has her hooks on that and she's going to keep going for it. >> it's easy to get him off message. that concludes the lightening round. i'm sorry. i wish we had more time. a lot of news breaking from capitol hill. thanks for joining us. please come back. we'll be back after this. life insurance automobile insurance i spent 20 years active duty they still refer to me as "gunnery sergeant" when i call being a usaa member because of my service in the military to pass that on to my kids something that makes me happy my name is roger zapata and i'm a usaa member for life. usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. when a moment turns romantic why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night.

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live video footage from the house floor. democrats are continuing their sit in demanding action on gun control. they're pushing house leadership to hold a series of votes on stricter gun control measures. paul ryan calling it a publicity stunt. we're going to cover that sit in throughout the night. thapgs for being with us this hour. all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in. >> there comes a time when you have to make a little noise. >> a historic protest in the house to break the nra grip on congress. >> now is the time to get in the way. >> republicans cut the cameras, democrats move to periscope. >> this microphone doesn't belong to the nra. >> tonight what the democrats want and what they're willing to do to get it. then. >> amers,