chris hayes, editor at large for the nation and host of msnbc's up with chris hayes. and samstein, political reporter who joins you from orlando. was there a sense of a winner tonight? >> very difficult to predict winners. it seemed clear just from the atmosphere of the debate itself. mitt romney came out very strongly, rick santorum came out strong along with him. it continues to amaze people how poor perry does. he consistently struggles in the second half. you saw it again tonight. specially on immigration reform where he tried to defend the texas dream act and ended up being bombarded from accusations from the other candidates. and ended up in a sparring match with rick santorum. when you're the front runner, you shouldn't be punching down. i got the sense governor perry didn't want to do that either. >> let's listen to his defense of the texas dream act. >> there is nobody on this stage who has spent more time working board security than i have. for a decade, i've been the governor of a state with a 1,200 mile border with mexico. we put $400 million of our taxpay

chris hayes, ertd at large of "the nation" and the host of "up with chris hayes," which is an excellent show, and i would say that even if you weren't my friend. congratulations on your success. it's great. >> awesome to have you. i really enjoyed it. >> thanks, chris. the key, the heart, the catalyst of the best new thing in the world today coming up at the end of the show is acting. the imitation of life. thespians. all in the name of social equality. that's just ahead. >>> fair warning because my girlfriend susan is here watching the show tonight and i know she's very concerned about the fate of puppies as seen on television. i'm here to tell you that tonight's show, best new thing in the world, includes a dramatic puppy rescue. the rescue also connects to other larger important socioeconomic, political, and even global issues. but right now what you need to know is dramatic puppy rescue minutes away. and i swear the puppy is fine. i just want you to know that before we get to the puppy rescue. that's coming up. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my

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in november 2012 by the change in the oval office we've been waiting for. >>> joining me now is chris hayesnbc political analyst and editor at large for "the nation." his new weekend show premieres here on msnbc later this fall. thank you for joining me tonight, chris. >> thank you, lawrence. great to be here. >> chris, i now have a new favorite fdr tape, which we have already played once in the show. >> i love it. >> i love it so much, i really want to see it again. this is fdr. a warning, warning against electing republicans, and doing it with a kind of charm, with this smile, with this attitude, that i hadn't seen before in the limited amount of fdr speaking stuff that i've seen. let's just watch it and glory in it once again. >> let me warn you and let me warn the nation against the smooth evasion that says, of course we believe these things. we believe in social security. we believe in work for the unemployed. we believe in saving homes. cross our hearts and hope to die. we believe in all these things. but we do not like the way the present administration is doing them. just turn them

joining me now, chris hayes, editor at large for "the nation" and host of "up with chris hayes." weekend mornings here on msnbc. and maggie haberman, senior writer for "politico." thank you both for joining me tonight. >> good to be here. >> thank you. >> chris, this twilight zone, how can this happen? here's their favorite killer, state sanctioned killer up there. they boo him after he calls them heartless. >> it was such a moment of cognitive dissidence for a liberal such as myself watching and saying, you know, i was tweeting, rick perry is right on this. not only was he right, i thought it was so interesting he clearly chose the wrong vocabulary to defend the decision. right? first of all, the way that you defend that policy to that crowd which is essentially indefensible, in that context, is to talk in a hard headed practical way. i mean, he sort of got to it in the end, they're going to be a drag on our society. that's the kind of language he used. you do not defend a policy in this context by pointing to the policy's basic compassion. because compassion, the ethos of compa

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joining us now is chris hayes, msnbc's newest show, which is called "up with chris hayes." it's debuting this saturday morning. chris is starting out with a major guest, house minority speaker nancy pelosi. >> i have another amazing guest on sunday. >> who? >> rachel maddow, host "the rachel maddow show" on msnbc. >> now i will take that as an invitation. that's excellent. thank you. >> that would be great. >> i have to tell you, chris, that i have done 2/3 of this segment with no teleprompter tonight. >> no. >> which is i have been looking, not making eye contact with anybody. >> that is amazing. >> so i am warming up the technical failures for you. >> that was a long read without a prompter. >> exactly. i'm getting all of the technical failures out of the system so that by the time you roll in on saturday stuff is going to be clean. >> that is kind of you. on the other hand, you have now seeded a new nightmare for me to have in the next 48 hours. >> ta-da. all right. john boehner's speech today. a lot of people are reacting to john boehner's speech today by saying he's be

let's bring in chris hayes. the host of "up with chris hayes." what is your reaction?ience response, especially last night, on the heels of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. bravely, courageously, this person fighting in iraq submits that question. publicly asks it of the panelists. you know, the gop hopefuls, and s santorum nets his response. >> first, i would like to know -- she jacked. overwhelmed, when i was watching. seriously, i don't think -- i don't want to be unfair. hard to tell pap crowd of 1,000 people. how many in that room. how many are booing. didn't sound like a ton. the more disturbing thing, the applause to rick santorum's answer, a defense of the policy. fundamentally, of the policy repeal ed repealed. the defense of a discriminatory policy. because he realized how oesous odious it could be he said i wouldn't kick them out. >> grandfathered them in now. >> it was a missed opportunity for a lot of people to stand up because they love to stand up and support their military support and funding for the military. this was a missed opportunity. >> i abs

joining me now are howard fineman, "the huffington post" editorial director and msnbc analyst and chris hayes, editor in large of "the nation." chris' new show launches next weekend, next saturday morning. thank you both for joining me tonight. howard, in the excerpt of the president speaking today, the line that got applause was, "i'm an eternal optimist, i'm an optimistic person." it wasn't any of the policy points, and he certainly has proven himself politically to be the great eternal optimist, possibly of any recent memory of washington, but that is, it seems, what the focus group is referring to. that does seem to be what appeals to people, and that's -- isn't that why that applause was spontaneous in that moment? >> yeah, i think so, also given the surround last night, given the dismal economic numbers, given the problems in the united states and europe, given the unemployment rate, given the president's own low job approval numbers, coming into the lion's den so to speak, into congress in a joint session and deliver what i thought and wrote on "the huffington post" was arguably the be

joining me now are howard fineman, "the huffington post" editorial director and msnbc analyst and chris hayes, editor in large of "the nation." chris' new show launches next weekend, next saturday morning. thank you both for joining me tonight. howard, in the excerpt of the president speaking today, the line that got applause was, "i'm an eternal optimist, i'm an optimistic person." it wasn't any of the policy points, and he certainly has proven himself politically to be the great eternal optimist, possibly of any recent memory of washington, but that is, it seems, what the focus group is referring to. that does seem to be what appeals to people, and that's -- isn't that why that applause was spontaneous in that moment? >> yeah, i think so, also given the surround last night, given the dismal economic numbers, given the problems in the united states and europe, given the unemployment rate, given the president's own low job approval numbers, coming into the lion's den so to speak, into congress in a joint session and deliver what i thought and wrote on "the huffington post" was arguably the be

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the place and while you're covering it and i'm somebody sees been covering it dylan ratigan and chris hayes and i think that it's it's if anything good is going to come out of this it's going to be increased awareness of this really beautiful operation that they've got going on down on wall street. you know it's i was just talking to a friend of mine who was in jail for a couple of days who was saying that they were subjected to terrible conditions that were rats feces on the wall and roaches and all sorts of horrible things the light was always on so you can never get you sleep but in the jail cell what they did was had teaches about student debt forgiveness and i.m.f. and reclaiming public space so the impulse toward democracy and social solidarity is pretty much indomitable and i think that probably fury infuriates the powers that be are there any organizations that are driving this a bit or opportunistically trying to seize this or that are plaid parading in a positive way with this group i mean where did this come from where is ago. this. a number of organizations get brought up when t

. >> his handler is officer chris hayes, who works with the tsa. >> we concentrate on being down in theation systems within san francisco. >> the bay area is probably one of the better secured locations on the west coast. >> reporter: the bomb squad commander showed us the newest equipment to rep render explosive devices safe. >> this ball is capable of holding a specific explosive amount to where we detonate it inside,ing in escapes. >> they have a special evidence recovery system to draw in vapors, fumes, and misting liquid. >> we can close the cylinder, send this to a laboratory and have it analyzed. >> he says his team has the equipment needed to protect. thes in a variety of situations where the air is contaminated. >> if there's large scale collapse in the tunnel, and the b.a.r.t. tunnel, we can go into that environment and work if necessary on recovery or rescue missions. >> reporter: he shows us the new armored vehicle that can rescue hostages and get his people in and out of dangerous situations. he fights for the homeland security dollars for the most current resources. >> the

>> his handler is officer chris hayes, who works with the transportation security administration. >>the mass transit system and all the transportation systems within san francisco, which include train stations, bus facilities and all other transportation facilities. >> the bay area is probably one of the better-secured locations on the west coast. >> bomb squad commander sergeant john sime showed us the newest equipment to render explosive devices safe. a total containment vessel. >> this ball is capable of holding a specific explosive amount to where when we detonate it inside, nothing escapes. >> they have a special evidence recovery system to draw on vapors and fumes and misting liquid. >> we can close the sil inder, release it at a certain couple of giants, and send this to a laboratory and have it analyzed. >> the sergeant said his team has the equipment need today protect themselves in a variety of situations where the air is contaminated. >> if there's a large-scale collapse in the tunnel and the bart tunnel, we can go into that environment and work, if necessary, on recovery

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