that was how great adlai stevenson sought to describe the love we have for this country. the freedom we feel deep within us, being able to get up each day and go to bed each night distanced from the power of the state. so we come to the case of edward snowden. 3/4 of the american people now believe the nsa surveillance system he exposed intrudes on our privacy rights. rarely do we get this kind of verdict on political matters, but we've got one here. as patriotic as we are, as loyal to the republic, we don't like it penetrating into that inner life we lead, that inner light where we can think, feel, speak to others of our most intimate views of life, love, politics, all the way from the affairs of the heart to the grandest affairs of the nation. so it doesn't surprise me that we've got mixed views of edward snowden now about to begin a year living in russia. the important point to me is not what putin thinks of what this guy did, but what we americans think of what he told us our government is doing to us. the latest verdict is that by adlai stevenson's definition of thin

the latest verdict is that by adlai stevenson's detectivenition of things, the government has gottentoo much into our space. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm chris jansing tuning in for al sharpton, who will be joining us shortly. tonight's lead, face-to-face with her captor. remarkable drama unfolded inside the cleveland courtroom today. the cleveland kidnapper ariel castro stood just feet away from one of his captives as he was sentenced to life in prison plus one thousand years. in a chilling scene, castro appeared to turn around and look directly at michelle knight, the first woman he abducted. but she didn't waver. after years of imprisonment, she would not be silenced. >> never got shorted, days turned into nights, nights turned into days. years turned

. >> do we expect an adlai stevenson presentation to the u.n., for example, something on television? >> i was told earlier in the week to expect there would be a roll-out of the intelligence community's findings that would then back up the president's announcement of what he was going to do. that's been delayed by political reality. president obama is finding the difficulties of being a politically weak and vulnerable president. and also, i have to say advertising, telegraphing all of your policy decisions before they've been made, talking about options before you have the political support is a mistake. and he is now caught in that. it's poignant to see this president wanted to get out of iraq and afghanistan, now caught in this syria dilemma. >> let me ask you a question about consequences. it does seem to be highly unlikely that we can get away with just whacking them, if you will. and everything will be okay and he said oh, i get the message. i'm not going do it again. it seems to me that our history shows when we whack people, whether we did wit saddam hussein or anyone else, th

i remember, actually, it was my birthday, and it was a button of adlai stevenson and robert wagner--but the mayor of new york, who was running for the senate in 1956-- and i think they wanted $600 for it, and they let me have it for $350. - so as a political junkie, has ken ever thought about a career in politics? - i think, knowing what i know about politics and knowing how the media covers politics and politicians, i would never submit myself to that kind of humiliation, but i would have a button, somehow. - you know, i told my mom not to throw those baseball cards away. 75,000 political buttons? priceless. i wonder what my baseball collection would be worth today. hmm. - this is the year that baby boomers can start collecting social security. if we are like every other generation, most of us will start claiming at 62. now, is that too soon? will i lose out if i wait? our guest today is nancy altman, author of "the battle for social security," and she's here to tell us what to consider before cashing those checks. nancy, it's nice to have you. - thank you so much for having me. - y

adlai stevenson's detectivenition of things, the government has gotten a little too much into our space. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm chris jansing tuning in for al sharpton, who will be joining us shortly. tonight's lead, face-to-face with her captor. remarkable drama unfolded inside the cleveland courtroom today. the cleveland kidnapper ariel castro stood just feet away from one of his captives as he was sentenced to life in prison plus one thousand years. in a chilling scene, castro appeared to turn around and look directly at michelle knight, the first woman he abducted. but she didn't waver. after years of imprisonment, she would not be silenced. >> never got shorted, days turned into nights, nights turned into days. years turned into eternity. i knew nobody cared about me. he told me that my family didn't care. i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. i will overcome all this that happened, but you will face hell for eternity. from t

the latest verdict is that by adlai stevenson's definition of things, the government has gotten a little too much into our space. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening, from new york. i'm chris hayes. tonight on "all in" nsa leaker edward snowden leaves the moscow airport behind and enters russia with temporary asylum. what does it mean for his future? and for the already tense, fraught relationship between the united states and russia? >>> also tonight, you probably know who this tony bennett is, but there's another tony bennett who should be way more famous than he already is. thanks to an outrageous story of apparent corruption that you need to know about. >>> plus, mitch mcconnell has long lived by the old adage, slow and steady wins the race, but news out of kentucky should make the republican senate leader, too slow and very, very unsteady. >>> we begin tonight with a story that i honestly and frankly did not think would be topping our broadcast. today ariel castro was was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000

c-span: but we learn in the book that you had some suitors like adlai stevenson at one point. >> guest: well, i--you know, i had friends. let's put it that way. c-span: has it been hard to be in a job like yours and resist the--you know, the attention you can get from men? >> guest: actually, no, because i really work terribly hard and i moved around where i had to and i led a life that was, really, essentially, work; even if i went out in the evening, it was either something i had to do or really did want to do, or i stayed home. and i--i don't think there was room in that life to get married to anybody that is very strong and wanted me to be there more than i was. so it really never came up as a practical fact. c-span: a--after your husband shot himself, how long was it before you took over the post? >> guest: i went away for a month and came back and went to work, but that wasn't to say i took over the post. i went to work to learn the issues. i didn't really see myself as taking over the post, but i did go to work right away. and gradually i learned that you couldn't sit there stud