i am ari melber in for chris hayes. today is equal pay day. pay parity is the subject of the very first bill president obama signed. and now today, two actions. >> i've got two daughters, and i expect them to be treated just like anybody's sons. and i think about my single mom, trying to raise two kids and work at the same time. and my grandmother, working and hitting the glass ceiling. they put up with stuff, and don't say anything. just take care of their family and don't complain a lot. but we have to power to change things, and this is a good place to start. >> and women make just 81% of what men make. and they've compared this to the antiquated norms of "mad men". >> it's your job. you give me ideas, i give you money. that's what the money is for! >> well, that message is usually this, you're not worth as much as men in your office. and discrimination is not the only cause of pay inequities. but women are still underpaid. women only outearn men in three categories. bakers, wholesale -- it's hard to know if you're being undervalued. and th

i'm chris hayes.ce we began, we brought you 234 shows which is over 10,000 minutes of television. we have a very fun show tonight. we've got a packed show tonight. an amazing, strange, weird fascinating news day. as the show went on, i got a tie, a new pair of glasses, changed my hair, and i even became what we in tv call relatable. i come from a good stock of repressed irish catholics who understand the way to deal with problems and sources of conflict is to push it deep, deep down. over the past year, we've strived to give you different perspectives. >> the point being that 2 cents of every federal dollar was cut from our budget. >> how many economists do you have on staff? >> the only reason this is a story -- >> how many economists do you have on staff? >> it's a good talking point. >> it's a good talking point. that's what it is. >> how many economists do you have on staff? >> i have a real problem when you talk about raising the poverty level. that's people making $94,000 a year. they're not poo

the host of this very show, chris hayes. man, i got to start by asking you, man, where are your priorities? >> i know. i know. i'm really disappointing, you know, the team that is going to play. let's just be clear. there's actually a pretty -- a nice type analogy here between cable news and baseball. they play 162 games. okay? so he's going to miss three games which is, by the way, in the collective bargaining agreement that the union negotiated, so he is within the three days that the union negotiated getting beat up for 162 days. and let me tell you. the mets are terrible and they have way bigger problems than murphy being out for the first three days. >> i got to play you sports radio host mike francesa. you know what, he really does understand the need for the paternity leave. i have to play you this from wfan yesterday and get your response. >> one day, i understand. in the old days, they didn't do that. one day, go see the baby be born then come back. you're a major league baseball player. you hire a nurse. i'm being

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oh, yes, chris hayes.brand new father and everybody think it's adorable and i do, too, but while you're away, i'm stealing your death spiral montage. >> the exchanges don't work and you wind up going into what they call sort of the insurance death

oh, yes, chris hayes. you may be a brand new father and everybody think it's adorable and i do, too, but >>> good evening from new york. i'm steve kornacki in for chris hayes tonight. we begin with news about the man who was identified as a key independent eyewitness into the investigation of chris christie that we saw last week. period of months now these confident no doubt claims of certainty that obamacare would die. that obamacare would become nonviable in numerical terms because americans would refuse to sign up for health insurance under the new guidelines under the affordable care act. when obamacare, therefore, died in a death spiral, fox news has been saying over and over and over again health reform would go down in history as not just a great policy failure but as a towering act of political foley. democrats would spiral to their political deaths, alongside the policy, itself. republicans would laugh all the way to the ballot box. that's been the story. that is not only the way that republicans

oh, yes, chris hayes. you may be a brand new father and everybody think it's adorable and i do, too, but while you're away, i'm stealing your death spiral montage. >> the exchanges don't work and you wind up going into what they call sort of the insurance death spiral. >> what would you call it, death spiral? >> insurance death spiral. >> obamacare is going toward a death spiral. >> this is that death spiral. >> death spiral. >> the death spiral. >> the death spiral. >> what's called an insurance death spiral. >> you get into the death spiral. >> this could be the beginning of the death spiral. >> it could potentially be the beginning of the death spiral. >> the architect of obamacare being interviewed by megyn kelly, she asked him, is this the beginning of the so-called death spiral? >> is that the beginning of the so-called death spiral? >> and he said, "that could be the beginning of a death spiral." >> that could be the beginning of a death spiral. >> that's the death spiral. spiral. >> ta-da. that is

i am ari melber filling in for chris hayes. tonight there's breaking news into the federal investigation into the lane closures on the george washington bridge at the center of the so-called bridge-gate scandal surrounding new jersey governor chris christie. we can report tonight for the first time that the attorney for christie's press secretary is confirming this evening that his client, michael druniak testified today before a federal grand jury at newark, new jersey's, federal courthouse. in addition, both abc news and the new jersey "star ledger" are reporting a grand jury, "is now hearing testimony in the federal criminal probe into the george washington bridge scandal." drunia's lawyer confirmed to abc news his client was, in fact, a witness today, and only a witness. the attorney emphasizing that, "i'm not going to get into the specifics as to what would be discussed in the grand jury. i would say, though, that mike is a witness and we have been assured that he continues to be a witness throughout these proceedings." ab

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm ari melber in for chris hayes. we begin with breaking news in new jersey tonight. a judge just dealt a setback, possibly temporary, to the democratic-led legislative investigation into the george washington bridge lane closings. yet the judge ruled against the legislative investigations' pursuit of documents because, because an ongoing federal investigation is reviewing potential criminal conduct by the same former aides to governor chris christie. we're going to report on that issue, the interplay between these two inquiries in a moment. but first, here's exactly what you need to know about today's ruling. it addresses two people you may have heard of, two people at the center of the bridgegate issues. former christie campaign manager, bill steppian, whom christie said he fired for his tone, not for involvement in these lane closings, and bridgette ann kelly, christie's former deputy chief of staff. kelly, of course, had a direct link to the lane closings, because of that infamous e-mail, quote, time for some traf

chris hayes is up next. >> view from the bridge, let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this developing picture in new jersey. chris christie first tried saar chasm. did people think he was the ones putting down the cones? then it turned to dismay. it mystified him that this is how people would think he would conduct business. now we know there was a mandatory directive coming from the governor's re-election campaign not to return phone calls from certain mayors' offices. quote, do not rush to return the mayor's phone call. that was the directive from the christy campaign, one aide told lawyers. this goes with the declaration there was to be radio silence just as there was with another mayor who failed to support christie in his re-election bid. and of course with michael drewniak's line that he could claw wildstein's eyes out. this team served christie right up until he decided to deny being the team leader, which is precisely the time this whole escapade went publicly. today, april 15, the picture becomes clearer. we s

i'm steve kornacki in for chris hayes tonight. we begin with news about the man who was identified as a key independent eyewitness into the investigation of chris christie that we saw last week. that was the investigation conduct by lawyers hired by chris christie and purportedly clears chris christie while simultaneously discrediting those who accused his administration of wrongdoing. this man, this witness, from a report, appeared on msnbc over the weekend at the suggestion of the christie administration. then offered on air an account i found confusing and self-contradictory in which i believe seriously calls into question the credibility of the report that would rely on him as a key witness. matt doherty, the man we're talking about, the democratic mayor of belmar, new jersey, a shore town ravaged by hurricane sandy. if you watched my show yesterday morning, you saw my interview with him. he reached out to us again with another statement, something that raises more questions, something we will get to in just a minute. >>> first

"all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening, from new york i'm chris hayes.eople outside of his immediate family knew who cliven bundy was. now all of america is getting to learn about his views. and boy are those views something el. >> what a beautiful day. and, you know, i'm all excited. all of these cameras, the media must have something to tell me.

chris hayes is up next. >>> bringing in the big guns. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm joy reid in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, a big new challenge to the national rifle association. it comes on the seven-year anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in american history. 32 people were gunned down at virginia tech by a killer who was able to buy two guns, even though a judge had declared him dangerously mentally ill. for years the debate about what to do about gun violence has remained completely one sided, with one group, the nra, always the loudest voice in the room, especially on capitol hill. simple, more guns, not fewer guns, and more places where you can carry and display them. their leaders frequently appeal to the paranoia on the far right that this president and his allies are going to try and take people's guns away. even with the full force of the white house behind it, an effort last year to close a simple loophole on background checks failed. well, today, advocates of stronger gun safety measures got

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm ari melber in for chris hayes. there is some important new survey data out today from gallup. it's not about politics but it could have some major implications for politics and the public interest. the data is about how many people have health care in the u.s., and it's good news. gallup is reporting today that the percentage of americans who do not have health insurance has fallen to its lowest rate since 2008. it fell from a high of 18% to about 15.6%. in the first three months of this year, the countdown to the aca deadline, the rate of the uninsured fell 1.5 points. gallup measures in points but let's look in terms of people. that's 3.5 million people getting health care. back in washington, you may remember president obama just announced that more than seven million americans signed up for health care before the aca's march 31st deadline. that took a while and included plenty of mistakes, but the ultimate number surpassed the obama administration's goal and that's just the ne

. >>> the advice chris hayes that he says served him well.s doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. can help your kids' school get extra stuff. they're the only cereals with box tops for education. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo. only on big g cereals. you can make a difference. every cereal box counts. youcan you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up. because tomorow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. when csx trains move forward, so does the rest of the economy. csx. how tomorrow moves. >>> in today's office politics, my colleague and host of "all in" chris hayes explains the bottles of booze in his office and why they remain unopened. first, i asked

and with -- all in with chris hayes is up next. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the standoff between the nevada rancher and the federal government is not over yet. bundy still refuses to pay the million dollars in grazing fees he owes the federal government and now, after an aborted attempt by the bureau of land management to impound his cattle he tells conspiracy theirie ises while he's not looking for a civil war he is, quote, not in a negotiating mood. >> we're not going to negotiate with big government. we're not going to negotiate with blm. only going to back up and strengthen our county sheriff and hope he does his job. >> the county sheriffs john, according to one di, involved disarming federal agents. on friday i brought you an interview with nevada councilwoman michelle fiore who came on this show to express her solidarity with the bundy family and his supporters. >> do you recognize the authority of the federal government? >> i recognize the authority that they believe they have. i just question it. i'm here with guns and expect the american people not

and with -- all in with chris hayes is up next. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the nevada rancher and the federal government is not over yet. bundy still refuses to pay the million dollars in grazing fees he owes the federal government and now, after an aborted attempt by the bureau of land management to impound his cattle he tells conspiracy theirie ises while he's not looking for a civil war he is, quote, not in a negotiating mood. >> we're not going to negotiate with big government. we're not going to negotiate with blm. only going to back up and

," chris hayes. s will tell me how long he thinks it will take for obamacare to become part of the fabric of society. i asked him about this week's "new york times" article examining the middle class in america. >> the most remarkable statistic in that i think was that the median after tax income for middle class had gone up in the last 14 years, since 2000, had gone up .3%. that's 14 years without a raise. it had gone up in canada around 20%. in britain, around 20%. i mean, this is the brute fact at the center of american political and economic life is that there is terrifying degree of stagnation in the broad middle of the economy. people's real wages aren't improving. their prospects aren't improving. that discontent is the driving force for a lot of our politics, left and right. >> what's surprising as well, the poor in much of europe appear to earn more than in the u.s. i mean, how can that be reversed? >> the answer there is that in europe, all of this is after tax. so europe taxes people a lot

i am ari melber in for chris hayes. today is equal pay day.y is the subject of the very first bill president obama signed. and now today, two actions. >> i've got two daughters, and i expect them to be treated just like anybody's sons. and i think about my single mom, trying to raise two kids and

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. standoff in nevada might be over, but armed militia members remain on site. and today senate majority leader harry reid called those supporters of rancher and conservative hero cliven bundy domestic terrorists. an event sponsored by the las vegas review journal, reid had this to say about the armed supporters who rallied in support of bundy's right to not pay federal grazing fees for his cattle. "they're nothing more than domestic terrorists. i repeat, what happened there was domestic terrorism." those comments mark an

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes.undreds of armed demonstrators faced off with the federal government in southern nevada over the weekend, and the federal government blinked. just another reminder that whether or not the law is enforced depends on who you are and whether or not you have the right wing media on your side. >> battle of big government versus the rancher. >> it's big government versus the rancher and mr. bundy is not backing down. >> when push comes to the shove when it comes to the constitution, folks aren't going to back down. >> i'll be honest, we saw what happened at waco, i'm concerned. >> right now the biggest story in the right-wing media is the face-off between federal agents and than

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes.earth day is being celebrated here in the u.s. today. because it's earth day, i want to talk this evening for a second about money. because the things we know about earth in this current moment and the things we know about what earth might look like in the future all comes back to money. here's what i mean. the inter-governmental panel on climate change, united nations body, basically says we really, really have to try to not warm the planet in this century more than 2 degrees celsius. if that sounds like not that

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes.ional basketball association is promising an announcement tomorrow afternoon in its investigation into donald sterling, the owner of the nba's los angeles clippers. this after an audio recording was made public in which a man, alleged to be sterling, is heard saying some, well, really jaw-droppingly racist stuff. since the audio was released friday night, corporate sponsors have been rushing to sever or suspend their ties in the team. donald sterling's own public record has come under new scrutiny as a scandal becomes a machining crisis not only for

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes.brand-new set of polls out today, possibly the most significant of the 2014 cycle, and it shows something that many political observers would have never anticipated just one month ago. not only is obamacare working, there is mounting evidence it is winning. and it's winning in the hardest place for it to win, the hardest place for democratic candidates. it is winning in what could be considered the geographical epicenter of the tea party. it is winning in the heart of red america in the deepest recesses of anti-obama politics. in four southern states, "the new york times" polled

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. am chris hayes, and it is great to be back. breaking news tonight from washington. nbc news has confirmed that after five years the rocky but ultimately successful implementation of obamacare health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will announce her resignation tomorrow. the white house is already putting out the name of her replacement and the responses from the right are coming fast and furious. we will have a full report ahead. meanwhile today ma

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. hundreds of armed demonstrators faced off with the federal government in southern nevada over the weekend, and the federal government blinked. just another reminder that whether or not the law is enforced depends on who you are and whether or not you have the right wing media on your side. >> battle of big government versus the rancher. >> it's big government versus the rancher and mr. bundy is not backing down. >> when push comes to the shove when it comes to the constitution, folks aren't going to back down. >> i'll be honest, we saw what happened at waco, i'm concerned. >> right now the biggest story in the right-wing media is the face-off between federal agents and this man, nevada rancher cliven bundy. >> america better wake up if we're going to live in this country with any kind of freedom and liberty. >> mr. bundy owns around 500 head of cattle. they've grazed on this plot of land in southern nevada for decades. but bundy doesn't own the land. the federal government does. and i

joining me now is the host of msnbc's "all in," chris hayes. gentlemen, thanks for joining me. >> thanks, alex. >> i thought that mention of the word lifetime of past behavior is the closest indication we have that the nba really, truly is considering all of donald sterling's life, all of donald sterling's racist maneuvers in meeting this out. >> i think donald sterling is a special case. he's objectively the worst pro sports owner of any franchise. just terrible at his job. forget everything. forget how horrendous the comments were. horrible at his job. horrible at running a team. has been for years. then there's the fact that there is a long track record. you look back and start looking at the allegations that surfaced in other lawsuits about horribly offensive things he said, lawsuits that were settled for undisclosed ams. you hear this, then you look back, the probability that those things were uttered has just skyrocketed in everyone's estimation. i think you're right. i think for awful the invective that will come from some corners, the t

chris hayes is up next. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes.rmed demonstrators faced off with the federal government in southern nevada over the weekend, and the federal government blinked. just another reminder that whether or not the law is enforced depends on who you are and whether or not you have the right wing media on your side. >> battle of big government versus the rancher. >> it's big government versus

i am ari mel ber in for chris hayes. today is equal payd day.esident obama signed. and now today, two actions. >> i've got two daughters, and i expect them to be treated just

chris hayes is up next. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes.ched a truly dangerous and equally bizarre tipping point. pro-russian separatists rolled through the streets of eastern ukraine after having taken over ukrainian tanks. mass soldiers of unknown origin posed for pictures with residents as the lines of authority continue to blur in a region of ukraine where the loyalties are complex and where the flame of civil war might catch fire at any moment. president obama tonight ratcheted up the pressure on russia. >> is he mocking you and the u.s. military? >> they're not interested in any kind of military confrontation with us. understanding that our conventional forcee

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm ari melber in for chris hayes.begin with breaking news in new jersey tonight. a judge just dealt a setback, possibly temporary, to the democratic-led legislative investigation into the george washington bridge lane closings. yet the judge ruled against the legislative investigations' pursuit of documents because, because an ongoing federal investigation is reviewing potential criminal conduct by the same former aides to governor chris christie. we're going to report on that issue, the interplay between these two inquiries in a moment. but first, here's exactly what you need to know about today's ruling. it addresses two people you may

chris hayes is up next. >>> i'm joy reid in for chris hayes, who's doing exactly what he should be doing

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the 44th earth day is being celebrated here in the u.s. today. because it's earth day, i want to talk this evening for a second about money. because the things we know about earth in this current moment and the things we know about what earth might look like in the future all comes back to money. here's what i mean. the inter-governmental panel on climate change, united nations body, basically says we really, really have to try to not warm the planet in this century more than 2 degrees celsius. if that sounds like not that much to you, think about the complicated system of the human body and the difference between being 98.6 degrees and 102.6 degrees. adding just four degrees doesn't seem like a lot but if you're running a 102.6 fever, how are you feeling? what if it lasts for several weeks? for earth no one knows exactly what happens if we add more than 2 degrees celsius. but the consensus is it's much more than melting glaciers. it is bad. very bad. phrases like uninhabitable planet

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. there is a brand-new set of polls out today, possibly the most significant of the 2014 cycle, and it shows something that many political observers would have never anticipated just one month ago. not only is obamacare working, there is mounting evidence it is winning. and it's winning in the hardest place for it to win, the hardest place for democratic candidates. it is winning in what could be considered the geographical epicenter of the tea party. it is winning in the heart of red america in the deepest recesses of anti-obama politics. in four southern states, "the new york times" polled high-profile senate races. in north carolina, kentucky, arkansas, and louisiana, all four democratic senate candidates are either in the lead or in the case of the democrat trying to unseat senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a statistical dead heat. in arkansas, the political obituary had already been written for senator mark pryor, running for re-election in a state that president obama lo

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i am chris hayes, and it is great to be back. breaking news tonight from washington. nbc news has confirmed that after five years the rocky but ultimately successful implementation of obamacare health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will announce her resignation tomorrow. the white house is already putting out the name of her replacement and the responses from the right are coming fast and furious. we will have a full report ahead. meanwhile today many of the country's top political figures continue to congregate in austin, texas, at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. everyone from john lewis to haley barbour to george w. bush has gathered to commemorate the landmark legislation. the star attraction was, of course, the nation's first black president, barack obama. >> in a time when cynicism is too often passed off as wisdom, it's perhaps easy to conclude there are limits to change. that we are trapped by our

i'm steve kornacki in for chris hayes tonight.president obama went before a cheering crowd of lawmakers and supporters in the white house rose garden and he declared a victory in what has been and continues to be a very long battle over the affordable care act. >> last night, the first open enrollment period under this law

"all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york.is hayes. there is some important new survey data out today from gallup. it's not about politics but it could have some major implications for politics and the public interest. the data is about how many people have health care in the u.s., and it's good news. gallup is reporting today that the percentage of americans who do not have health insurance has fallen to its lowest rate since 2008. it fell from a high of 18% to about 15.6%. in the first three months of this year, the countdown to the aca deadline, the rate of the uninsured fell 1.5 points. gallup measures in points but let's look in terms of people.

a "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes.tional action network, a group founded by my colleague, the reverend al sharpton. for the second day in a row, the president was giving a speech on civil rights at a moment in his presidency when the discussion of race in the obama era has reached an intense crescendo. if yesterday, the president was solemn and diplomatic at the lbj memorial in lbj memorial library in texas, today he was frank and clear and pointed as he took aim at one of the more disturbing political and racial trends of his tenure. a full frontal assault on a