he's in hong kong but taped this question for chris matthews before he left. >> chris, cable news channels have not had ratings success putting news shows on in prime time. you're very good at opinion. you're very good at the show that you do, but why do you think cable news channels have so much trouble doing news in prime time? >> well, i think, to answer frank's question, i think by a certain time of the night, people have the basic facts. i sort of think around--i'm on at 5:00 east coast time, and by 5:00, they have picked up pieces throughout the day of the story that broke that afternoon, and i'm always--we're always worried that we'll miss that 4:00 story at 5:00. and so they know the story, they know the headline, and they may want to know some attitude about it or what the argument's about or why is this important or so what? answer the "so what" question. so they don't really need to have it taught to them again. now, there's still a big market for nightly news and world news and the evening news. there are some people that don't know what's going on all day or they want it produ

such a community effort, unbelievable. >> thank you. >> felicia, how are chris and matthew? ris is now in his two months of working and as a matter of fact, yesterday he told me he is supervising a young teen-ager as a summer employee on locd he's feeling ro be a mentor. he's super excited about that. >> okay. that's excellent. and dan, you must be thrilled with the temporary progress. >> we're definitely thrilled. this is a very pragmatic, nonbureaucrattic, face-to-face program and we're seeing some lives changed one at a time. so we're really just thrilled with the results. it changed a little during -- become more of an employment program, but it's a prevention program. >> we want [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care... by unleashing a complete killing force against... ...fleas and ticks. and not st grown fas. unlike other products from your vet, ...frontline plus also kills flea eggs and larvae, ...and keeps killing for 30 days -- on dogs and cats. that's why it's... .the #1 choice of vets for their pets, and yours. there's killing, and thers co

hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome. with us, "new york magazine"'s john heilemann. "the hotline"'s amy walter, the atlanta braves, cynthia tucker and "newsweek"'s howard fineman. just two years ago millions of americans were excited by the promise of barack obama. >> i am certain that generations from now we'll be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless. this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our product began to heal. this was moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last best hope on earth. chris: wow. obama excited higher turnout in that than most presidential elections. he got 69% of first-time rsvote, 66% of voters under 30. 95% of african americans and 67% of hispanics. john heilemann, most midterm election are 15 to 20 points lower in turnout than presidential elections. how does he get the new buys, all those people -- new bies, all those people, to get out in november. >> i think it might be too l