i'm chris matthews in washington. we've got news tonight on the recent developments in the russia investigation as well as steve bannon's remarks about the firing of former fbi director james comey. >>> but first, just a word on hurricane irma. it has left a trail of destruction across much of the state of florida, as we know, triggering severe flooding now in jacksonville, florida, the state's largest

chris matthews here with us a few hours early, host of "hardball" of course. chris, what are you looking to hear from president trump? what do you think we'll hear from him? >> well, you know, craig, he's not going to change his mind. he doesn't do that. and so it's double down time, i expect. and he will continue to breathe fire about this issue. i think he made a big mistake. we always say that and then two or three weeks pass and he's back to what he started with, the dust settles and he's back with his usual 30 some percent support in the country. clearly i think he walked into something that americans have had a pretty good relationship in sports with regard to race issues. i mean, sports has always been even as early as the '40s when people began to integrate those leagues in baseball of course with jackie robinson, later of course the nba and the nfl, where people got -- even people that don't have good racial attitudes sort of put them aside. it's sports. they just do. it's the way people behave. you can be some tough customer in south philly and you'll

i'm chris matthews in washington. the special counsel probe is close in on the white house and with each turn of the vice robert mueller makes it more clear that the president is at risk. also today senator john mccain of arizona has dealt what could be a death blow to the republican plan to repeal oba obamaca obamacare. mccain announced that he can't vote for the republican plan which which was scheduled to come up with a vote next week. we'll get to that in a minute. >>> but today the president is showing what it feels like having investigators breathing down his neck. resulting to twitter. with former rival hillary clinton. most tellingly he's resumed his denials of russian interference in the 2016 election. this time casting doubt on the russian-linked propaganda campaign on facebook, something that facebook's own ceo confirmed. quote, the russian hoax continues. now it's ads on facebook. what about the total biassed and dishonest media coverage in favorite of crooked hillary. that was followed by another. quote,

that does it for our show tonight on "the beat" and up next is "hardball" with chris matthews. >>> caught on camera, let's play "hardball." good evening i'm chris matthews in washington in an exclusive report in the new york times we learned that it's taking on the president's legal team. we learned there was an ongoing debate in the west wing. we came from ken vogel who showed the lawyers at lunch loudly discussing details of the russia investigation at blt steak in washington while he sat at the next table. he was watching them and listening to them. anyway, you can see that restaurant is a block from the white house. it's next to also the new york times washington bureau. as vogel describes it the debate over legal strategy has bitted cob against mcbegin. kob appears to be more cooperative with muller's investigation, in hopes of quickly ending the investigation. but cobb is putting heads with mcgahn who is worried about weakening the white house. most notably they said he had documents locked in a safe. meanwhile, news reports, the trump's personal attorney, michael cohen will appear

good evening i'm chris matthews in washington in an exclusive report in the new york times we learneding on the president's legal team. we learned there was an ongoing debate in the west wing. we

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in boston. counsel robert mueller and his team of federal investigators are looking at all the president's men. but it's now clear that mueller has a bigger fish to try. he's zeroing in on the president himself. mueller's request for documents from the white house reveal he's keenly interes

hardball with chris matthews is next. >>> family ties.m chris matthews in washington. after a summer of anticipation, congressional investigators on capitol hill may be closing in. in an interview behind closed doors the senate judiciary committee will interview donald trump, jr., in that june 9th meeting at trump tower last year. donald trump, jr., first said that meeting was about adoptions. however, e-mails later showed he agreed to

i'm chris matthews in washington.al counsel probe is close in on the white house and with each turn of the vice robert mueller makes it more clear that the president is at risk. also today senator john mccain of arizona has dealt what could be a death blow to the republican plan to repeal oba obamaca obamacare. mccain announced that he can't vote for the republican plan which which was scheduled to come up with a vote next week.

, i'm chris matthews in washington. he promised to fight for the middle class against the elites. as president trump just released a tax plan that benefits the elites. in other words, the plan directly helps people like donald trump and his family. today the president and top aids insisted that wasn't the case. >> who is your tax plan intended to help? >> really the working people. we say the working people, middle class, the people that really haven't been treated right and have been treated wrong for a long time. >> our tax plan is purely aimed at middle-class families. a typical family of four earning $55,000 is going to have a substantial tax decrease. >> it's not a tax cut for the rich. as the president has said, he's focused on income taxes and the wealthy not going down. this is about giving people a middle income tax cut. >> the reality is the tax plan will help the wealthy in a number of ways from 39.6 down to 35%. about 5-point drop. tends the estate tax and a benefit that will save the wealthiest families. th

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.y decided that his political livelihood depends on widening this country's racial divide. while he certainly didn't create it, he just as certainly wants to perpetuate and aggravate it. he cheers for division even in the one area besides the military where the most bitter americans have long honored a racial truce, the world of sports. why

i'm chris matthews in washington. we have big news on the russia investigation with donald trump jr. being interviewed before the senate judiciary committee. we have to begin that monster storm heading toward southern florida. residents are boarding up and getting out. the storm is expected to make landfall this weekend. and let me read to you the lead for the associated press. it puts it in perspective. they call at this time big one. a mythic massive murn would obliterate the densely populated southeast coast. it has long been the stuff of florida's nightmares. i recalla, it appears, could be it. it has triggered real panic among 6 million people. currently, the category 5 storm with winds up to 175 miles an hour is barreling toward the florida peninsula. >> we are working very hard. the people of florida are like the people of texas, louisiana, you're seeing how the people of our country have reacted under this tremendous pressure and these horrible things that we call hurricanes. this is something that is probably

i'm chris matthews in washington.is the city, the nation's capital where special council robert mueller seems to believe president trump committed major wrongdoing. did the new president obstruct justice in his attempt to

i'm chris matthews in washington.igation with donald trump jr. being interviewed before the senate judiciary committee. we have to begin that monster storm heading toward southern florida. residents are boarding up and getting out. the storm is expected to make landfall this weekend. and let me read to you the lead for the associated press. it puts it in perspective. they call at this time big one. a mythic mas m

, i'm chris matthews in washington.le class against the elites. as president trump just released a tax plan that benefits the elites. in other words, the plan directly helps people like donald trump and his family. today the president and top aids insisted that wasn't the case. >> who is your tax plan intended to help? >> really the working

i'm chris matthews in washington.is very land who faced moments of national horror and did all they could to unite us. there was birmingham in 1963 when people saw fire hoses and police dogs assaulting young african americans. it's when a young president went on nationwide television to say we had to do better. >> we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and as clear as the american constitution

let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews.ia nchgs. on indictment is possible even likely in the special counsel's probe and it's clear that paul manafort is in serious legal jap parody. in a report on the aggressive tactics used by robert mueller's prosecutors, new details about the search warrant executed this july atau

hardball with chris matthews is next. >>> family ties. let's play hardball. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. after a summer of anticipation, congressional investigators on capitol hill may be closing in. in an interview behind closed doors the senate judiciary committee will interview donald trump, jr., in that june 9th meeting at trump tower last year. donald trump, jr., first said that meeting was about adoptions. however, e-mails later showed he agreed to meet on the promise of information that would incriminate hillary, information from the russian government. his now famous response, if that's what you say, i love it. especially later in the summer. in an exclusive interview with nbc, the washington lawyer denied making good on that promise saying she passed no significant information about clinton incriminating or otherwise, and that she was not representing the russian government. yet the story notes, quote, intelligence experts have theorized that she may have been a pawn in the scheme by russian spy agencies to

chris matthews, he returns next week. join him tuesday. special guest al frank. . the rachel maddow show starts now. >> thanks to you at home for joining us at this hour. rachel will be back next week. now we have a ton and a half to tell you about this evening. the white house has spent the week hinting and signaling about an eminent decision from the president on the fate of 800,000 young immigrants in this country. and tonight we have some surprising news from that story which we did not see coming and we'll be getting to that news tonight. but tonight the chemical plant that we've been telling you about in crosby, texas, the arkema plant that had to be abandoned in the flood, tonight, towers of flame erupted from that plant. and we have an intriguing new glimpse into the trump-russia

let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews.aking news in the trump-russia nchgs. on indictment is possible even likely in the special counsel's probe and it's clear that paul manafort is in serious legal jap parody. in a report on the aggressive tactics used by robert mueller's prosecutors, new details about the search warrant executed this july at paul manafort's home, specifically that federal agents picked the lock on his front door. that means that prosecutors had to persuade a federal judge that mr. manafort was likely to destroy evidence. most significant however is that mueller's team issued an unambiguous warning at the raid. prosecutors told mr. manafort they plan to indict him. cnn is also reporting that federal investigators obtained two secret court ordered to conduct surveillance of paul manafort's communications. if true, that means a judge saw indications of criminal conduct and was convinced there was probable cause to believe that manafort was acting as an agent of a federal power. concerns that manafort encour

let's play hardball. >>> good eve wng, i'm chris matthews in washington. trump was sitting down to dinner with house democrat leader nancy pelosi and senate democrat leader chuck schumer. chuck and nancy as the president calls them. joined the president and a few members of his cabinet to discuss trade, china and protection for those called drooe drooemz. around 9:30 p.m. the white house put out a statement t

i'm chris matthews in washington. once upon a time there were leaders in this very land who faced moments of national horror and did all they could to unite us. there was birmingham in 1963 when people saw fire hoses and police dogs assaulting young african americans. it's when a young president went on nationwide television to say we had to do better. >> we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and as clear as the american constitution. the heart of the question is whether all americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities. >> there was the shooting of martin luther king five years later when a young senator went before a crowd of african americans to tell them the news and try to rescue hope. >> what we need in the united states is not division. what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness. but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another. and a feeling of justice toward those who st

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump has clearly decided that his political livelihood depends on widening this country's racial divide. while he certainly didn't create it, he just as certainly wants to perpetuate and aggravate it. he cheers for division even in the one area besides the military where the most bitter americans have long honored a racial truce, the world of sports. why does this man keep picking at the scab of ethnic anger. president trump stirred it up all last friday criticizing nfl players who kneeled during the national anthem. he's double down again and again since then. nbc news reports he told dinner guests at the white house just last night he won't back down and is confident he's on the winning side of this issue. well, today the president was asked whether he was preoccupied by this story at the expense of other important issues. let's watch him. >> i wasn't preoccupied with the nfl, i was ashamed of what was taking place because to me that was a very important moment. i don't t

i'm chris matthews in washington.his is the city, the nation's capital where special council robert mueller seems to believe president trump committed major wrongdoing. did the new president obstruct justice in his attempt to kill the russian investigation? did he use his office to keep the fbi from doing its job? did he throw his official influence behind efforts to bend justice from the truth? this is the quest that robert mueller per sues to see if the president obstructed justice. we start with breaking news from the "the new york times" that reveals new details about the materials that the special counsel has requested from the white house, requests that shed new light on the direction of the ongoing probe. we also tonight are following two natural disasters, of course in puerto rico, hurricane maria made landfall as a category 4 store, knocking out power already to the entire island. it may be months before it's back on. in mexico, more than 200 people are dead after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. the death toll is

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in boston. we know that special counsel robert mueller and his team of federal investigators are looking at all the president's men. but it's now clear that mueller has a bigger fish to try. he's zeroing in on the president himself. mueller's request for documents from the white house reveal he's keenly interested in the president's behavior in office, specifically what steps trump might have taken to derail, impede or otherwise obstruct an ongoing federal investigation. mueller has requested extensive records and correspondence as "the washington post" reports. white house lawyers are now working to turn over internal documents that span 13 categories that investigators for the special counsel have identified as critical to their probe. the requests indicate among other things that mueller is digging into the president's role, the president's role in crafting a misleading statement that was put out this june to defend his son. after it was discovered donald trump jr. arranged a meeting with rus

let's play hardball. >>> good eve wng, i'm chris matthews in washington. about 24 hours ago donald trump was sitting down to dinner with house democrat leader nancy pelosi and senate democrat leader chuck schumer. chuck and nancy as the president calls them. joined the president and a few members of his cabinet to discuss trade, china and protection for those called drooe drooemz. around 9:30 p.m. the white house put out a statement that the president had a constructive working din wer the senate and house minority leaders to discuss policy and legislative priorities. 15 minutes later pelosi and schumer's offices put out a statement of their own, that the president agreed to enshrine the protections of daca into law with a border security excluding the wall that's acceptable to both sides. shortly thereafter according to politico, the white house legislative office was in damage control, saying the president only agreed to work on fixing daca soon, conceding he wouldn't insist that wall funding be part of this particular deal. early this morning hours afte

already there they'd already exist wind solar title geothermal you to strap a car battery to chris matthews jalousie i'm pretty sure we. think the answers are already there it's the delay between proven solutions and their application in the real world gauges the ability of the socio economic system to adapt properly if the social order can incorporate them to further ecological balance improve public health solve problems and increase prosperity then there is a structural problem inherent let me rephrase that if we have the solutions to the destruction we're seeing and we don't use them they were out of our goddamn audience all right your voice is gone robert thank. you thank you. kanye west on a bad day look like deep octo pran pro football all right. we are switching bastien of to these solutions because we have abandoned the pursuit of a well functioning world for the pursuit of money meaningless dollar bills will kill all of us and only eight percent of the world's currency exists as physical and physical cash. so it's not even no physical thing it's a thought i can see it in your head

chris matthews has a great book between the relationship between ronald reagan an tip o'neill, that's all great if you can get the opposition party to sign up. that's not what's happening here. donald trump is actually negotiating with the democrats against their own leadership and he'sals also doing flat footed and leaving them with not knowing what to say to the press. again, it's great to work with democrats when you are the leadership when you are president. make sure they are signing up to your ideas, not theirs. from the beginning, it's and i told you so moment. those of us who have been reporting on donald trump, throughout his candidacy was telling you he has no governing philosophy. he's not a democrat or a republican. he mostly identified with democrats. so why should we be surprised? >> so, joe, the "new york times" article this week -- that's really going to put republicans in a bierngsd it's going to shake up their agenda, could potentially cause problems for the mid-terms next year, do you agree with na? >> yeah, yeah, it could, indeed, it's a good thing we can find a co

good evening i'm chris matthews in washington they're dropping like flies. donald trump has shed almost all of his senior staff. the result of one of the most chaotic west wings in recent history. look at this photograph, the only one that is remain in that picture are president trump and vice president pence. there was the firing of james comey in may, the russian thing was on the president's mind. and then there was the implosion of the mooch. what does it all mean for the trump white house? chaos paralleled the governing chaos. we have a panel to talk about that tonight. we begin with donald trump's first national security advisor, remember him, general michael flynn was an attack dog during the campaign. let's watch and listen. >> we do not need a reckless president who believes she is above the law. lock her up. that's right. yep, that's right. lock her up. i'm going to tell you what, if i, a guy who knows this business, if i did a tenth of what she did, i would be in jail today. >> well, the irony must have been lost on him. hours after flynn was canne

right now hard ball with chris matthews right now. >> the art of the deal. ay hardba"hardball." >> and good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthewsm. did donald trump strike a deal with the democrats on daca and the answer you get, it depends on who you ask. yesterday than so pelosi says yes. here she is a day after dining with the president. >> we had an agreement to move

i'm chris matthews in washington.al counsel's probe is close in on the white house and with each turn of the vice robert mueller makes it more clear that the president is at risk. also today senator john mccain of arizona has dealt what could be a death blow to the republican plan to repeal obamacare. mccain announced that he can't in good conscience vote for the republican plan which was scheduled to come up for a vote ne

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. did president trump strike a deal with democrats on daca? that's the question everyone keeps asking, and the answer you get, it depends on who you ask. yesterday nancy pelosi said yes. here she is a day after deaning with the president. >> we had an agreement to move forward. in our view with the d.r.e.a.m. act for the basis for how we

i'm chris matthews in washington.ng to his brand and didn't like how it looked to the country, including the trump people. more maybe just maybe it was the smell of the swamp as well. the smell of the rot at the top. a big shot using private and military jets to ease their official trips. maybe it was that, too, that led him to what he's just done. tonight president trump fired health and human services secretary tom price after price was unable

chris matthews returns next week. join us tuesday. now. >>> tonight, i said if it is possible, would you let me know? am i under investigation? he said you are not under investigation. >> a potentially huge piece of new evidence. the original letter that trump wanted to send to fire his fbi director now in the hands of the special counsel. >> i think he is worried that i was fired because of the russia investigation. >> the growing case for obstruction of justice. then the deadline for dakota la. >> sometime -- for daca. >> the latest will be monday. >> we'll

so as we unite to face these threats, i feel for the critics, but as rachel maddow said to chris matthews, darling, we'll always have russia. all right, dana, i think donald trump acted in good faith to keep the government going while dealing the disasters, but the conservatives, they go on twitter, they're ticked off, feel they were proven correct, that he's not really a conservative. do theyn have a reason to be upset? >> partly, yes. he wants to clear the debt to do other things he wants to do. i actually don't think you don't need debt ceilings anymore, because it always gets raised. they're supposed to be used in order to cut spending. that's what the republicans actually wanted to do. thato wasn't going to happen wn you have the hurricane relief happening at the same time. so i can see the frustration, though, because it was the treasury secretary that wanted the 18 months, and president trump didn't make a deal. he just took the first offer that was made. so three months from now, we'll be sitting back here. the reason i think there's also frustration, if you go in a plan, because

and good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews in what has turned out to be a busy fridayght. the white house announced president trump will give us his decision about young people brought here illegally as children to remain in the united states. there is also new reporting on the russia investigation. special counsel robert mueller obtaining