patrick murphy is a fundamentally good person.issues here at msnbc. you may have seen it, "taking the hill." he's also been a frequent guest on this show. in may you might remember there was a terrible train derailment in philadelphia which killed eight people, wounded more than 200 people on that train. congressman patrick murphy was onboard that train when it derailed. he helped people out of the train. he kicked out emergency windows. he helped the first responders find the wounded. he then stayed there as on on scene correspondent through the night and into the next day helping people and helping explain what happened. he's just a great, great guy. and right before the senate went home for the weekend for the christmas break last order of business, they confirmed good old patrick murphy to be undersecretary of the united states army which brings us to the aforementioned best new thing in the world because whether or not you like patrick murphy as much as i do, and boy do i like that guy, whether or not you have any particular

patrick murphy.nd airborne combat veteran, winner of the bronze star me came back from baghdad in 2004, decided to run for congress in 2005. he beat a republican incumbent. went to washington as an anti-iraq war vet. he held on for two terms in a conservative district. ended up losing his seat in the big red republican wave of 2010. even though he knew he was from a tough district in democrat, patrick murphy led with his heart and made him the lead advocate of don't ask, don't tell. as a straight man and a combat veteran representing a conservative district. he did that even though he knew he would pay for it at home. patrick murphy is a fundamentally good person. he has done a show focused on veterans issues here at msnbc. you may have seen it, "taking the hill." he's also been a frequent guest on this show. in may you might remember there was a terrible train derailment in philadelphia which killed eight people, wounded more than 200 people on that train. congressman patrick murphy was onboard that

congratulations to congressman, now undersecretary patrick murphy. congratulations to your family, sir. may all of your achievements be this riveting for your kids. best new thing in the world. truly awesome. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. good evening, lawrence. >> rachel, i like patrick murphy more than you do. >> no. i'll fight you for it and i'll win. >> okay. we're going to go all high school on this. >> yes, indeed. >> thank you. >> take it easy. >>> so now the biggest liar and i mean biggest liar in the history of presidential campaigning is calling the candidate who beats him in the polls a liar. >> donald trump is a jerk. >> oh, really, jug head? >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. >> she should apologize. she lies about everything. >> when asked if clinton would apologize, her spokesman said, "hell no. >> if it gets too hard, just quit, who cares? >> i want to thank everyone who has taken this journey with me. >> i say there's little hope we'll survive the summer. >> he wasn't able to make it on to those main debat

((patrick walker)) police are describing this situation as a home invasion attempt. vanessa murphy was able to speak with the teen's family.. and learned that they lost two children in just 10-days. ((bobbie adams/grandmothe r: i'm gonna miss him. i'm gonna miss my granddaughter, too.)) ((vanessa murphy)) bobbie adams is mourning the loss of two grandchildren both killed by gunfire in separate events ten days apart. ((bobbie: he wasn't but 17. his life was cut down. murphy)) 17 year old manquise adams is dead after police say he and another teen broke into a home in the west valley and a resident inside shot and killed him. ((bobbie: they fearing for their life, you know i can understand that. i wasn't there. i don't know what went on. i can't say, all i know is that he's gone. he's gone, so i guess the authority have to find out what went on.)) ((erica adams/aunt: he was a kid, like i'm not saying he should have did what he did if he did whatever, i don't know what he did, but i know he was my nephew. ten days we lost two kids. )) ((vanessa murphy)) the adams family says they may