>>> dick cheney by the way says sarah palin was a mistake. palin says cheney has been influenced by -- she's an original -- the lamestream media. by the way the lamestream media was influenced by cheney in the last war we got into. judy miller, you listening? a food fight now between two republicans whose best days are behind them? >>> finally up in the air. which mayor of one of the world's greatest cities got himself stuck in a zip line. hint, there will be no olympic medals for this event. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> so where's president obama the strongest right now? according to gallup 13 states and the district of columbia give him approval rates over 50%. the highest d.c. with 83% approval for the president, followed by his home state of hawaii, 63%, with rhode island, vermont, and new york rounding it in the top five. as for the states where he's least popular, utah takes the top spot at 26%. and that's where president obama has his lowest approval in the country, followed by cheney country, wyoming, and then alask

point cheney. keep it clean.ound two. >> this frisbee is mine now. >> the respect the vice president. he and i had strong disagreements as to whether we should torture people or not. i don't think we should have. [audience reacts] >> jon: oh, i'm sorry, did i pick the wrong president you torture (bleep)! mccain not only played the torture card he licked the bag with the card and stuck it on cheney's forehead so you could see him playing it. a knockout. what an old man fight before we go though, i just want to thank the good people at old man smell, smelly my friend. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight an international economist. she's also a best selling author with a book called winner take all. please welcome to the program dambisa moyo. [cheers and applause] hello. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> jon: nice to see you imnch to see you, thank you. >> jon: thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> jon: the book is called "winner takes

in just a minute, vice-president cheney will give me some fishing lessons.irst, we took time out to talk a little about about foreign policy. one of the things that the 9/11 commission report said is they were at war with us, we weren't at war with them. do you think they are still at war with us? do you think it's gotten worse? >> i think they are still at war with us. i think we have done a good job, we laid the groundwork, obviously, after 9/11, unfortunately. after 9/11, to put together an interrogation program and surveillance program president is patriot act and all of those things that were vital to keeping us safe and the remaining 7 1/2 years of our administration, the system with respect to drones and arming the drones, that was something tapresident bush decided on, right after 9/11 and we put weapons on the platforms. that has worked very well. it's produced significant results. and the obama administration has used the dronesesquively. you have to give him credit for that. i am really worried because it makes a big difference, whether you think

. >>> dick cheney by the way says sarah palin was a mistake. palin says cheney has been influenced by -- she's an original -- the lame stream media. by the way the lame stream media was influenced by cheney in the last war we got into. a food fight now between two republicans whose best days are behind them. >>> finally up in the air. which mayor of one of the world's greatest cities got himself stuck in a zip line. hint, there will be no "lockuol medals for this event. this is "hardball," the place for politics. then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's sm

point cheney. keep it clean.ound two. >> this frisbee is mine now. >> the respect the vice president. he and i had strong disagreements as to whether we should torture people or not. i don't think we should have. [audience reacts] >> jon: oh, i'm sorry, did i pick the wrong president you torture (bleep)! mccain not only played the torture card he licked the bag with the card and stuck it on cheney's forehead so you could see him playing it. a knockout. what an old man fight before we go though, i just want to thank the good people at old man smell, smelly my friend. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. e are projects. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them even better... ...that's a game-changer in itself. mo

daughter, liz cheney. not also wanting to, it seems, alienate sarah palin. it's just a crowd they don't have to be at odds with, isn't it? >> look, romney has shown throughout this, and i think this is what this reflects, that he will say anything, do anything, dot any "i," cross any "t" that the right wing demands in order to get the votes. she has appeal with a certain segment of the republican party. romney wants those votes. he's going to be forced to put her on the convention program unless she turns it down and declines herself. but, look, all you have to do is look at the polling. the country knows she wasn't qualified, and, in fact, she didn't run in 2012 for one reason. she couldn't have won the republican nomination for president. even in that narrow party she's not got majority support, but she's got a very loyal, devoted following. if you diss her, they're going to diss you. >> and if palin does get a substantial role at the convention, gets a lot of buzz with it, obviously, what kind of positi

never misfires -- >> dick cheney never apologized for shooting someone in the face. scared. >> it wasn't so much governor palin as it was a basic process being used. >> democratic strategist bob shrum will weigh in on the power of palin. >> another day, another lie. from the romney campaign. this time, it's about welfare. msnbc's jonathan alter is here with reaction. >>> governor, what did you buy? >> and mitt romney lets his true colors shine with another out of touch moment. you won't believe what the unemployed millionaire picked up at the hardware store. good to have you with us. thanks for watching. in this election cycle, every day is tax day in the 2012 presidential campaign. even when the conversation isn't about mitt romney's personal tax returns, it's about his tax policies. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romney hood. >> the president's latest nickname for his opponent has the right wi

took a shot at sarah palin. >> eric: in defense of cheney -- >> bob: in defense of cheney, he has beenen involved in two of them. the process of 2008 for mccain was not well done. that is the reality. a rush to get her in. it was a bad selection proces process. >> eric: we had interesting sound from last night from nancy pelosi. can you cue that up in take a listen. >> it was about that we had to deal with water that our kids drank. and the food that they ate. but this is the e. coli club. they don't want to spend money to do that. >> eric: greg? >> greg: she should know because she is constantly suffering from diarrhea of the brain. on the way to work, i spit on a homeless person. i gave three people hepatitis. republicans are evil and don't care about anything. if i lossfy of liberalism, to sit on a t-shirt. we're good. you're evil. >> eric: we're flat earthers, right? >> bob: that is a given. you can say you don't want republicans to be big. but every year they change the clean air and clean water act. in the last budget, they cut deeply in the food and drug administration. that is

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liz cheney and lane davis. we have two cheneys on the same night. lanny, i appreciate this.l not give the details. we have had private e-mails. we have a obama member that called him racist and nothing said by the president'sability to lecture the country . harry reid calling him a tax cheat and stephanie cutter suggesting he was a felon. you say the other side is just as bad;ie don't remember anybody calling him a murderer, criminal or tax cheat or felon or racist. snuwill have to ask newt gingrich and santorum. i apply the same standard. when mitt romney used a quote by barack obama that he didn't understand the economy and obama was talking about mccain. you know what his response. sauce for the goose and gander. >> but is that okay to accuse him for killing a woman for cancer. >> they are deceptive and mitt romney is dirty on that basis. the cancer adhurts barack obama because his greatest asset is the decency and likeability he convey. i am supporting obama for reelection and this adhurts him. he needs to repudiate it because it is false and mr. burton who is behind it

liz cheney and lane davis. we have two cheneys on the same night. lanny, i appreciate this.give the details. we have had private e-mails. we have a obama member that called him racist and nothing said by the president'sability to lecture the country . harry reid calling him a tax cheat and stephanie cutter suggesting he was a felon. you say the other side is just as bad;ie don't remember anybody calling him a murderer, criminal or tax cheat or felon or racist. snuwill have to ask newt gingrich and santorum. i apply the same standard. when mitt romney used a quote by barack obama that he didn't understand the economy and obama was talking about mccain. you know what his response. sauce for the goose and gander. >> but is that okay to accuse him for killing a woman for cancer. >> they are deceptive and mitt romney is dirty on that basis. the cancer adhurts barack obama because his greatest asset is the decency and likeability he convey. i am supporting obama for reelection and this adhurts him. he needs to repudiate it because it is false and mr. burton who is behind it should

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but your response to dick cheney? >> well, seeing as how dick -- excuse me, vice president cheney never misfires, then evidently he's convinced that what he evidently read about me by the lame stream media having written what i believe is a false narrative the last four years, evidently dick cheney believed that stuff and that's a shame so he characterized me as being a mistake. here's where the mistake would have been, greta. i believe, had i not answered the call, i was honored to get to run for vice president of the united states alongside senator john mccain. i was honored to accept the nomination from the g.o.p. and i think that the mistake would have been me just deciding that, hey, i love my 86, 87% approval rating in alaska as the governor and moving and shaking and watching corrupt politicians and businessmen go to prison nor crony capitalism, and work on 16 to 20% of domestic energy supplies being increased via alaska's development. and ethnics reform i was working on that led to the 86% approval rating. i c

cheney made a harsh criticism of palin saying she wasn't ready.ab at cheney on the fact he shot his friend during a hunting accident. they are at odds in the prime minister -- republican party. sarah palin the tea party aligned republican. one thing i wanted to point out, reverend al, is that sarah palin was on the ballot last time. she was on the ballot with john mccain. what we haven't seen yet was firing up the tea party can win a presidential election. we've seen it in primaries but haven't yet seen that. it'll be interesting to see how that plays out now to november. >> well, she can bring the match, but you've got to have the wood. jonathan, sophia, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> gun violence in america. a crisis we must stop. that's next. what's more beautiful than a covgirl? two covergirls! that's right, get two miracles in one product. covergirl makeup, and olay advanced hydring serum. it's tone rehab 2-in-1 foundation. one pump, covers spots, lines, d wrinkles. and one bottle helps improve skin tone over time. that's wha

we'll call that guy vice president dick cheney. [laughter] the administration would leak that information about the nuclear reconstitution to a high-ranking "new york times" reporter. let's call that person, mmm, judy miller. [laughter] judy miller would then report that information in the "new york times." at which point the vice president cheney would go on "meet the press." >> there's a story in the "new york times" this morning. i want to attribute the "times." "he now is trying through his illicit procurement network to acquire the equipment he needs to enrich uranium." >> jon: do you see what this [bleeped] just did. you see what thisson of a bitch just did. this guy with the huge... the story that cheney is citing about this reconstituted program is the one his administration planted through judy miller in the "new york times." and now to bring the whole thing full circle she's on the tv as the expert on why other people doing it is not good when in reality the move she's describing should be called "pulling a miller." hey,