the syndicated chris mathews show. as jimmy carter once said, thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny about government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society. chris mathews has fully embraced the notion through his work in the media, political commentary and several best-selling books as a speechwriter for president jimmy carter and serving as chief of staff for the speaker of the house of representatives, tip o'neill, chris mathews has been on the front lines of for several decades. his access provides an intimate glimpse into the personalities of some of the world's most influential power players. his newest held, "tip and the gipper" chronicles cooperation with flashes of conflict that was the relationship of tip o'neill and ronald reagan. it is before 6:00 and two bonifay mislaid his ronald reagan, after 6:00, we can be friends. before 6:00, it's politics. so without further ado ladies and gentlemen, let's talk politics and let's welcome chris mathews. [applause] [chee

bill ayers, representative debbie wasserman schultz, chris mathews are some of the authors you can findhe entire schedule at the tv guide oracle. we look forward to seeing you tomorrow. >> next, elizabeth varon recalls robert e. lee's surrender to the ulysses s. grant led union forces said the mclean house on october 9th 101865. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much for that very, very kind introduction. it's a pleasure to be here. property surrendered u.s. grant in 1865 which is for most americans a familiar tableau. the two men met your mama central virginia at appomattox courthouse. lee wore a fine dress uniform and vow gentility of the southeasterly. create test crack early and represented the hardscrabble farmers and wage earners had molded in to so formidable a fighting machine. after awkwardly exchanging pleasantries about service in the mexican war, the two men agree to the surrender terms and ended the civil war. in essence, grants term salve for the army of north virginia on there aren't. the promise that they would never again take up arms against the unit

the syndicated chris mathews show.iticism and close scrutiny about government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society. chris mathews has fully embraced the notion through his work in the media, political commentary and several best-selling books as a speechwriter for president jimmy carter and serving as chief of staff for the speaker of the house of representatives, tip o'neill, chris mathews has been on the front lines of for several decades. his access provides an intimate glimpse into the personalities of some of the world's most influential power players. his newest held, "tip and the gipper" chronicles cooperation with flashes of conflict that was the relationship of tip o'neill and ronald reagan. it is before 6:00 and two bonifay mislaid his ronald reagan, after 6:00, we can be friends. before 6:00, it's politics. so without further ado ladies and gentlemen, let's talk politics and let's welcome chris mathews. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> must be women. [laugh

. >> for msnbc, i'm chris mathews. thanks for watching. >>> hello.msnbc to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the president john f. kennedy. november 22nd, 1963, was undeniably a day that changed america, but when it comes to the issue of guns, did the killing of a popular president lead to real change any more than so many other days in which gun violence struck this country? up next on our all new documentary, "50 years of guns" reverend al sharpton reflects on that history and travels around the country talking to gang members, second amendment advocates, and victims of mass shootings. reverend sharpton finds a common loss in the suffering and a tighter grasp on the anger surrounding the issue of

." -- created our world followed via chris mathews at 5:00 p.m. in between those two panelists will have to call and opportunities. you'll be able to talk to jeremy scahill of "dirty wars" and representative debbie wasserman shultz. that is what coming up in our coverage. if you'd like to see this casual, go to book tv.org. you can also get updates from miami are twitter feed at time but tv is are twitter handle. you can also go to face the.com/booktv. blake is there to get the updates all week long for but tv. well, we are going to go to the room. debbie wasserman schultz should be there in just a minute. she will be introduced. this is live coverage from the miami book fair. [inaudible conversations] >> nocturne, everyone. these teachers to. we're about to begin. good afternoon and welcome. my name is mel malou harrison. happy anniversary to miami book fair international. 30 years in this community. a round of applause indeed. [applause] are thanks to miami dade college for all of its leadership and efforts. all of the volunteers to students, fa

. >>> here this morning tom brokaw, koathleeparker, chris mathews and mike murphy. the press." >> we're here with our roundtable. a bi deal to see the president co into the white house briefing om and to lay it all out about t mistakes thawere made. here' a compilation of it. >> clearly we, and i, did not have enough awarenessbout the prblems in the website. ultimely i'm the prident of the united state and they expe me to do something about it. that's on me. we fumed the rollut on this health ca an. we shod have done a better job getting that right on day one. >> tom brokaw, is this the low pot of the presidey? >> well, there have be several low points, but this is certaly a low point at a criticaltime coming into the 2014 electis, and a l of democrats beginng to bail on the id of obama care. what is striking to me abt that statement, we ould have been aware. i would think,given the portance of obama carer the affordable care act, eight months ago the president would have started evry meeting with, how we doing? is that going to be ready? at's going to be our big pa

that would be chris mathews of hardball and he's written several books. his most recent, tipping the giver when politics works. how will all be light this afternoon on booktv on c-span2 from miami. 15 years we've been covering this festival and we want to show you right now just a little bit of our past coverage. >> those of us intimidated by science, as should those of us who are. come all-star but the good news, which is that einstein was no einstein when he was a kid. he was serious low in learning how to talk, so it's low that they called him the dopey one in the family. they even can alter the doctor because of the slow verbal learning ability. i think the slow, verbal learning ability was one reason he was so visual and imaginative and creative. he would think visually. he would always try to think of what he called the tory offer visual thought it weirdness. every great advance he doesn't science is done through a visualized statics bierman. a visualized thought experiment is what you and i called daydreaming. but if you were einstein can eat get t

i see them as the rights equivalent to the chris mathews and al sharpton on msnbc. that's what they should be. that's okay. they cannot be there. in terms of the bullying and talking about, the name-calling. not only that name-calling, for holding a certain political beliefs. i don't think rush and bill o'reilly are bullies. if you have instances, i'd be happy to talk about that. >> host: >> caller: is ann coulter a bully? i agree with you, but some people on the left are bullies. the right-wingers are bullies. >> host: can you give an example of where you see ben shapiro being a bully? >> caller: i don't know up enough about it. but the three people i cited are bullies to the republican party as well as to liberals. they're just simply bullies. they've been bullies for many years. for him to not note that, i don't know. >> guest: i truly believe that character attacks have to be mutually assured destruction. the right is losing for specifically that reason. the left started this war and character. if the right refuses to engage in wonkette for that is folks like ru