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chris matthews is here, the host of msnbc hardball with chris matthews. he also has his own weekly news program on nbc called the chris matthews show. his latest project is a documentary about former president bill clinton. it is called president of the world, the bill clinton phenomenon. here is a look at the documentary. >> bill clinton's post presidency is unlike any before. >> i had always said that bill clinton would run for president for the rest of his life. not literally but figurively. and i think i underestimated him. i think he has been running for president of the world for the rest of his life. >> following the former president is a little like going on a concert tour. >> oh pie god. >> different cities, different country, exuberant crowds. always the same feeling. that wherever bill clinton arrives it is an event. a happening, to be experienced and remembered. >> he is i superstar, isn't he. >> you can do it here, i can figure out how to put it everywhere and get it funded for you. i will really help you. >> did you ever have a pause where i

>> this is the chris matthews show. >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> the time for change has come! >> jumping off the cliff. both the president and the republicans are hinting they may take the leap this year, but just one side cannot do alone they may do together. cut made care, medicaid, maybe even social security. but will the wingers in both parties let it happen? hey, big spender. president obama used to point to big spender george bush but after putting down his third straight trillion dollar deficit, the president is the one stuck with the big spender label. why would republicans help him lose it? finally, playing hard to get. new jersey governor chris christie is the only republican who beat barack owe baba in the polls but he insists he's just not ready. was he born to run? hi, i'm norah o'donnell. chris matthews is off today. his msnbc special on bill clinton's post presidency airs monday night. we're all looking forward to that. welcome to today. and with us "the washington post"'s howard fineman, kelly o'donnell, constitution cynthia tucker and politico's jon

>> this is the "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> i can hear you. >> time for change has come. >> making the cut. suddenly the spending cutters are the all-star team. a week ago jobs were the buzz, now it is cuts. some governors are making big rely takeses for this. can republicans ride this push for austerity to victory? slamming the doors. when newt said it in the 190 -- 1990's,. if they shut down the government, could it be a big win for speaker boehner. could the spike in oil prices added to the food price hike smack the recovery. >> we have dan rather, trish regan, nbc's savannah guthrie and john heilemann. first off, is cuts replacing jobs as the winning four-letter word in application? the fight for the middle-class is joined, and republican governors clearly think the middle-class is cheering for cuts. in a prank call from a blogger, wisconsin's governor thought he was talking to one of his big conservative contributors and was candid about the unions. >> this is about public sector unions, having taxpayer money used. it is absolutely r

i'm chris matthews w us bob woodward, bbc's katty kay, ann kornblut and "time" magazine's joe klein. first up, if egypt turns from strong moderate ally to a difficult, hostile islamic state, that might remind many of us how iran turnford ally to threat. back in 1997 when the shaw fell, president carter displayed washington's confidence in that western ally. >> iran because othe great leadership of the shaw is an island of stability and one of the more troubled areas of the world. chris: as to egypt, the island of stability language, was echoed just three months ago by secretary of state hillary clinton. >> the partnership between the united states and egypt is a corner stone of stability and security in the middle east and beyond. chris: to the great investigative reporter of our time, bob woodward, tchow we not know what was going on in egypt before this happened to us a week or so ago? >> well, we're not sure how much we did know. there's a lot of intelligence that's not out. but i think one of the defense in the process is the egyptian intelligence service is a wholly owned subarr

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. >> chris matthews, host of "hard ball with chris matthews" is responsible for the documentary. >> thanks> let's talk about the title. president of the world. >> he is. we documented this. nobody knows it in america. you leave the country, go to northern ireland, africa, south asia, he's bigger than the host country president. he is president of the world. it's something we show with the film and the tape. it's astounding when he walks into a marketplace in africa. they start yelling "peacemaker." >> i have to ask you over the years you were tough on president clinton. you didn't spare him harsh words from time to time. >> this is a different -- >> people ask if you have gone soft on him. >> that's nice of you to bring that up. i love criticism from a colleague. you have a right to. it's been ten years. another perspective people have lost. ten years outside the white house. a big story. i have to tell you how i got a look at it. four years ago my son got out of brown and went to work in africa making sure aids drugs got to people from the donors. somebody has to make sure that happens. t

thanks to his hard work it will now run on a tangle that goes up chris matthews leg every time he hears the president's speech. great work. now, speaking of innovative ideas, i have my own. i know how we will secure the border with mexico. what we do is dig a longboat and fill it by having the speaker talk about the american dream. after 7i have to tell you, on a more serious note i want to taks time and tell you why my friends in the republican aisle and i are not going to support our democratic colleagues in their initiative to improve airline security. this is going to be a $35 billion bill, and it doesn't do anything to upgrade the training of tsa agents who will continue to go after their own pets. >> jake, how are you doing? i want to thank you for hosting tonight's events. nice job. we appreciate you are filling in you are a great journalist, but you are no christina. the bottom line is for me she is one who truly embodies the diversity that is america. you may now she is have british and half iranian, which means that with her afternoon tea she likes a little yellowcake. now, li

kinds of relevant shows like the daily show with jon stewart and, more important, hardball with chris matthewsmy second -- [cheers and applause] my second speaker today is amy kremer. [cheers and applause] amy is one of the original founders of the atlanta tea party. she is chairman of the tea party express, and she is an active founder of the twitter movement within the liberty and tea party movement more general. she's an activist, a mom and a regular informed citizen. [applause] finally, our third speaker of the evening is grover norquist, grover -- [cheers and applause] perhaps -- he's president of americans for tax reform. he's on the board of the national rifle association, the american conservative union and author of two books including "rock the house" and "leave us alone." [cheers and applause] welcome. all right. john will speak first. >> thank you very much, emily. are there any tea partiers here snodgrass. [cheers and applause] how many of you have ever been to maybe an organizing meeting or a rally? [cheers and applause] that's a wonderful thing. you know, you guys show and are r

thanks to his hard work it will now run on a tangle that goes up chris matthews leg every time he hears the president's speech. great work. now, speaking of innovative ideas, i have my own. i know how we will secure the border with mexico. what we do is dig a longboat and fill it by having the speaker talk about the american dream. after 7i have to tell you, on a more serious note i want to taks time and tell you why my friends in the republican aisle and i are not going to support our democratic colleagues in their initiative to improve airline security. this is going to be a $35 billion bill, and it doesn't do anything to upgrade the training of tsa agents who will continue to go after their own pets. >> jake, how are you doing? i want to thank you for hosting tonight's events. nice job. we appreciate you are filling in you are a great journalist, but you are no christina. the bottom line is for me she is one who truly embodies the diversity that is america. you may now she is have british and half iranian, which means that with her afternoon tea she likes a little yellowcake. now, li

thanks to his hard work it will now run on a tangle that goes up chris matthews leg every time he hears the president's speech. great work. now, speaking of innovative ideas, i have my own. i know how we will secure the border with mexico. what we do is dig a longboat and fill it by having the speaker talk about the american dream. after 7i have to tell you, on a more serious note i want to taks time and tell you why my friends in the republican aisle and i are not going to support our democratic colleagues in their initiative to improve airline security. this is going to be a $35 billion bill, and it doesn't do anything to upgrade the training of tsa agents who will continue to go after their own pets. >> jake, how are you doing? i want to thank you for hosting tonight's events. nice job. we appreciate you are filling in you are a great journalist, but you are no christina. the bottom line is for me she is one who truly embodies the diversity that is america. you may now she is have british and half iranian, which means that with her afternoon tea she likes a little yellowcake. now, li

well, the tea party are also our neighbors and friends but they are compared -- chris matthews compared them to the muslim brotherhood last week. i did not sit -- understand this double standard. the tea party is not as close to as enraged as these people and i think it is unfair about the media. they should be more consistent. host: this tweet from -- >> is a comment from pontiac, michigan. jackie is a democrat. caller: good morning. i am totally with of the union people. i am totally with them. in the first place, none of these people marching out here today is responsible for what happened to the budget. pennsylvania and michigan -- everyday workers, we are not responsible for what happened. if that's got guy had not given -- that scott guy didn't give top 2% a tax break, they would not be in the shape they're in and now all of a sudden he needs working people's attention. what about his pension? is he trying to give up his pension or anybody who sits on the bench with him? he is not trying to do that. all they are trying to do is hurt the average working class people. everybody else

relevant shows like the daily show with jon stewart and more important msnbc's hardball with chris matthews [cheering] my second speaker today is amy. one of the original founders of the atlanta lt party, chairman of the tea party express, and an active founder of the twittered movement within the liberty and tea party movement more general. she's an activist, and a regular informed citizen. [applause] finally, our third speaker of the evening is grover norquist. [applause] he is president of americans for tax reform, on the board of the national rifle was a station, the american conservative union, and the author to books including rock the house and leave us alone. [applause] >> john will speak first. >> thank you very much, emily. are there any tea partiers here today? [applause] [cheering] how many of you have ever been to medium organized a meeting or a rally? [cheering] that's a wonderful thing. when you guys are really part of a totally transformed of political landscape today really making a significant impact. most recently of course in the november election. [cheering] while this

shows like "the daily show with jon stewart" and perhaps more important msnbc's hardball with chris matthews. [inaudible] [applause] >> my second speaker today is amy trimmer. [applause] >> amy is one of the original founders of the atlantic tea party. she is chairman of the tea party express and she is an active and founder of the twitter movement within the delivery and tea party movement more general. she's an activist, a mom and a regular informed citizen. [applause] >> finally, after speaker is grover norquist. grover perhaps -- [applause] >> he is president of american tax reform. is on the board of the national rifle association. the american conservative union, and author of two books including rock the house and leave us alone. welcome. [applause] >> all right. john will speak first. >> thank you very much, emily. are there any tea partiers here today? [applause] >> how many of you have ever been to made an organizing meeting or a rally? [applause] >> that's a wonderful thing. you guys show and a really part of a really totally transformative political landscape today. it's making a

chris, you've d >>> good tuesday morning to you. 8:26 right now. students in a walnut creek high school back in the classroom this morning after tragically losing two of their classmates over the weekend. matthewwell died in a tragic rafting accident on saturday. today in the bay's marla is outside las lomas high school with reaction from i'm sure devastated students. >> reporter: that's right. the boys were juniors at this high school. the classmates are in the midst of first period right now. i can tell you, the whole campus is overwhelmed with sadness. the principal tells me grief counselors and at least one psychologist are on hand for students and staff. it's a very tight-knit high school, with just under 1,500 high schools here. many classmates since grade school. they all had nothing but nice things to say about matthew and gavin. >> they were great people. so giving. they were just great. >> reporter: a memorial is growing at the site where the boys launched their raft not far from the high school. a press conference is scheduled for 9:00 this morning, with both the principal and superintendent, they'll be there for that. laura? >> so sad. thank you very much, marla. >>> we're going to