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>> this is "the chris matthews show". >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> take down this wall. >> i can hear you. >> the time for change has come! chris: leap of faith, four years ago, barack obama was the breakthrough candidate. mitt romney's mormon religion could be a threshold issue this time, but does it matter? of the 20% who resist romney over religion, how many will actually vote for barack obama? a newly discovered interview with jack kennedy about his religion shows him predicting the one day election of a mormon. and finally, victims, it's the anniversary of the lowest number in stock market history. it swept hoover out. what are the chanceses of another rip tide like that. hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, john harris, katty kay, s.e. cupp and joe klein. first up, the election will turn on the economy, of course, more on that later in the show. but also in play is how voters size up their comfort level with romney and obama. enough were decided to be comfortable with a president barack obama. they will face that decision again this nove

hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, nbc's pete williams. the bbc's katty kay. reuters' joan biskupic. and new york magazine john heilemann. first up until 10:00 thursday morning, barack obama was having a very bad month of june. but then despite most predictions, chief justice john roberts joined the supreme court's four liberals to let the president avert political disaster. without roberts, a george w. bush appointee himself, the landmark obama accomplishment would have been struck down by the court's conservatives. and the president's opponents would have been handed a battering ram for the coming campaign. any observer could see that a weight had been lifted off the president's shoulders. >> whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphold it. >> what an unusual pairing. barack obama, the liberal president, progressive president, and chief justice john roberts. they will be joined together in history. >> y

chris matthews. hey, chris. hey, chris. chris, chris, chris, chris, chris, chris, chris.ris. >> 61. 61 name drops for chris, when walsh was on "hardball." so he broke his own record with yesterday's interview. that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. ♪ [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] introducing zzzquil sleep-aid. [ snoring ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] because sleep is a beautiful thing. [ birds chirping ] introducing zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. ♪ i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids waving at me... giving me the thumbs up. it's always a gratifying experience. it makes me feel good about my car. i absolutely love my chevy volt. ♪ good afternoon. ch

chris matthews is off this week. welcome to the show. with us today, dan rather, gloria borger, kathleen parker and david ignatius. first up, the tragedy in denver came at the end of a week that was notable for how small and petty the campaign was getting and only seemed to highlight the smallness. dan, look, you have been through a lot of these rodeos. looking back at the last week of politics, it was awful. and then friday happens and all the campaigns started acting responsibly again. >> but that won't last long. this does perspective, this puts this into perspective. it signals to us once again just how bland and mostly irrelevant the campaign rhetoric has been. yes, the initial responses were on the news, that won't last very long. >> gloria, look, these are moments and sometimes they're outside and they have a long lasting impact. we think they will. the president has to play consoler and chief. mitt romney and the response to this. >> you look to presidents to be the national pastor at times like this. i mean, i remember bill clin

chris matthews. presidents, you and i are cordo. we read about how in 1953 in january you had ike and truman going to the inauguration and not talking to each other. the awkwardness between jfk and ike in '61. they always turn back to each other. barack obama and bill clinton. bill clinton complaining bitterly for a year that obama wasn't even calling. now look what's happening. it looks like he understands he needs bill clinton at this c conventi convention. what do we expect to see? >> i think bill clinton has become like that character in the best man i just saw for the third time yesterday in new york here, that great play about the former president, in this case played by james earl jones. and i think he wants to be that big man, and he is, the big man of the party who will last through each election whether you win or lose, and i think he wants to clear the field for secretary clinton for next time. part of it is destroying anybody who opposed her in any democratic primary this spring, especial

coming up on "hardball," chris matthew on why bain matters.ney. >>> next, are some republican doe nars already banking on a mitt romney loss? stay with us. >> but if you're a campaign contributor to barack obama, your business may stand to make, get billions of dollars or hundreds of millions of cash from the government. i think it's wrong. i think it stinks to high heaven. ♪ hello...rings ♪ what the... what the... what the... ♪ are you seein' this? ♪ ♪ uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... ♪ ♪ it kinda makes me miss the days when we ♪ ♪ used to rock the microphone ♪ back when our credit score couldn't get us a micro-loan ♪ ♪ so light it up! ♪ even better than we did before ♪ ♪ yeah prep yourself america we're back for more ♪ ♪ our look is slacker chic and our sound is hardcore ♪ ♪ and we're here to drop a rhyme about free-credit-score ♪ ♪ i'm singing free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ dot-com narrator: offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com. there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find i

>> chris matthews is right, barack obama is clean as a whistle if you listen to chris matthews becauseof his buddies refuse to report anything negative about him. >> sean: nbc news. >> he makes the point that you and i have been making for months about the campaign. when it comes to tony resco or jeremiah wright they refuse to cover it and he is clean as a whistle. when it comes to the corruption going on in washington they refuse to cover it. therefore, he is as clean as a whistle. if you are not going to cover anything negative, of course, he is clean as a whistle. >> sean: when i call the president the anointed one that is what i mean. those that think not that big a deal. brent, good to see you. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, buddy. >> sean: coming up, mitt romney leads president obama in the polls despite attempts by democrats to distort his record. we will check in with pollster frank luntz and he tells us why the attacks are not swaying you know what i love about this country? trick question. i love everything about this country! including prilosec otc. you know one pil

here now governor chris matthews of new jersey. governor, it's wonderful to see you.on't want to. i'm not going to put any words in your mouth. we love when you speak your mind though. >> that's what i do, joe, and we had a good session, pretty good day yesterday and we're working on cutting taxes for you in new jersey. >> you know you're the governor of new jersey, and i happen to look up and saw you in studio on some other, i don't know what it was, i've never seen it, actually i've been on that show as well, it's great, too. were you in new york? you didn't travel there just to do -- you could come here, right? you will next time. >> i could and i will but this time i was doing some other things in new york, editorial boards this morning in new york as well. >> they're still claiming everything we have over here is theirs. >> but joe nobody believes it. >> no one really does at this point. >> no, no one believes it. the jets train in new jersey, they play in new jersey, the giants train in new jersey, they play in new jersey. so it's really -- >> i love when do you

which one is it, chris matthews?> i do not know how these -- >> how does he do that ace straight face? >> you do great research. i don't know how they gone tv with a straight face. one of my favorite bits of leftest insanity was from cnn's brooke baldwin. listen. >> obamacare lives. republicans did everything they could to chip away at the law in the two years since it was passed, and many were confident the court would strike down the individual mandate. so for them today's ruling has to sting. senator roy blount is one of those republicans rooting for obamacare to fall. senator, yo welcome. you lost in 2010 when the law was passed, lost again today, yet would you pushing for the repeal of this law. doesn't that make you look like a sore loser? >> i'm so happy that brooke baldwin is there to tell me i'm a sore loser, how i feel about this decision. this is the creativity left wing editorializing, right? >> she's done a victory lap on this one. she's relishing the victory that she was a part of in fact. you know, you

. >> let's look what's ahead on "meet the press" and "chris matthews show." >> good morning.atthews show" we were reminded that the presidential campaigns were mired in small and petty back and forths. we'll talk about that and whether the race is going to be reset a bit. and then we'll turn to the obama campaign's effort to disqualify mitt romney as simply the rich guy who won't reveal just how rich he is doesn't get regular people and we won't know until november whether the strategy is working. but mitt romney is under increasing pressure even in his own party to release more tax returns and keep hitting obama harder. is romney figuring it's easier to survive the demand toss release more returns than the information contained in the years of 1040s. >>> we don't expect a break through veep pick from romney, no sarah palin, but will he miss a chance to excite his base or the voters in the center he will need. join me and tom brokaw and gloria borjer for a tremendous round table. for a look coming up on "meet the press," here's david gregory. >> good morning. coming up, a spe

we have the chris matthews show coming up next.ve a great evening. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> i can hear you. >> the time for change has come! >> it's happened again, the horror in aurora, colorado, at the end of a week when the presidential campaign seemed small and petty to most americans. will aurora possibly refocus the national conversation on bigger issues at least for a time. fierce urgency of now. president obama is below where history says he has got to be right now if he is going to win in

up next, "hardball" with chris matthews. >>> will the real outsourcer please stand up? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, consider the outsource. for about a monte now, mitt romney has been taking hits on bain capital and outsourcing. his team has released an ad saying president obama isn't telling the truth. romney says much of bain's outsourcing came after he left in 1999. today's boston globe may call this into question. this is complicated, but no matter who's right, this is a fight team obama is happy to have. also, when you think of veterans, you probably think older and conservative. but the obama team now thinks it's got a real shot at winning over veterans, especially younger vets from iraq and afghanistan. >>> plus, what did joe paterno know and when did he know it? now we know. louis freeh's investigation of the penn state abuse scandal is out. paterno chose to protect jerry sandusky over the children he victimized and richard engel is just back from syria with a chilling account of what

let's play "hardball." >>> i'm chris matthews in san francisco. let me start with why the republicans might just blow in election. this guy romney ea's and he's g in real answers to the charge he's killed american jobs, got no answer to the demand to release tax returns. tonight, back from vacation, i want to know why. what is this guy hiding? why did he do something that can't pass the smell test? did he refuse to call them -- to let them go. is this the campaign he wants to run? he hides who he is while the nasty right make six accusations with rush limbaugh saying today that barack obama was indoctrinated with hatred and that hillary clinton's closest aide is of the muslim brotherhood. wow. is this what it's going to to be until november? the looney right attacking the enemies within. joining me now, howard fineman, also with us is msnbc's political analyst, david corn. also the author of a great book. let's talk about this show down right now. howard, it's good to be back with you. it seems now this campaign on the surface is about romney havi

catch the chris matthews show at 12:30 this morning.he news4 at 6:00 after golf. >>> the time right now is 6:27. coming up in the next half hour -- why a brand of frozen beef is being pulled off. >>> and how a virginia woman helped sound the alarm in some of the little drink containers. you're watching news4 today. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel go

up next, "hardball" with chris matthews. >>> will the real outsourcer please stand up?vening. i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, consider the outsource. for about a monte now, mitt romney has been taking hits on bain capital and outsourcing. his team has released an ad saying president obama isn't telling the truth. romney says much of bain's outsourcing came after he left in 1999. today's boston globe may call this into question. this is complicated, but no matter who's right, this is a fight team obama is happy to have. also, when you think of veterans, you probably think older and conservative. but the obama team now thinks it's got a real shot at winning over veterans, especially younger vets from iraq and afghanistan. >>> plus, what did joe paterno know and when did he know it? now we know. louis freeh's investigation of the penn state abuse scandal is out. paterno chose to protect jerry sandusky over the children he victimized and richard engel is just back from syria with a chilling account of what he saw in that country torn by ci

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.with what someone can do with a semiautomatic rifle. a clip containing 100 bullets, shoot a person a second without reloading. he can walk into a movie theater and start shooting human beings like they were plastic ducks in a shooting gallery. he can do it for no other reason he feels like it. has the confidence to carry out that and the lack of a conscious. today we got the tiers good look at james holmes, the man in custody for this hard crime. two questions, could we spot it ahead of time. you know the saying guns don't kill people do. second question, did ben franklin and others with all their foresight imagine anyone would tote around a weapon like this or were they thinking someone from the neighborhood carrying a musket. was the original intent of founding fathers have people stroll into theaters carrying the kind of firepower this one did. can anyone argue that. penn state's happy valley isn't happy for a while. first the staut statue of jo paterno jo pa as we called him. open

chris matthews picks things up right now. >> bugle boy.l." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with general mitt romney. i use that term sarcastically because general in this case is an armchair general. the gentleman who spoke to the veterans of foreign wars could be no more foreign with foreign wars, no match in his resume, only his plans. how many countries does he want it fight in the next four years. does he want to outdo bush one with one war or bush two with two. there he was reading a speech by the same neo-kinds that took us into iraq and always seem to have the next war on his agenda. does this guy have any idea the words of war have meaning and dead and wounded, no meaning stupidity and deceit through bush and cheney, backed up by chaens in this election speak of leagues, national security as we never heard by w. and cheney and libby did when they had their hands there. chairman of republican national committee and msnbc political analyst and editor in chief of national memo.com. let's take a look at

>> this is the chris matthews show. >> ask not what your country can do for you. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: secret club. who knew a top secret club an adam sight clubhouse for a very select and highly influential group of americans, sole requirement for admission, service as president of the united states. club rule, help each other out especially in the clutch. bill and barack. what's their story? why are they charmed more by the bushes than by barack obama? is it about rivalry? are these both set the one who captures the american center? and finally scorpions in a bottle. richard nixon wanted to be president but johnson wanted to stop them. how they connived against each other in vietnam. with us today michael duffy, nbc's andrea mitchell, casey hunt and howard fineman. first up here we find ourselves in the midst of a presidential election. and thanks to our panelists we're learning about the men who have been american presidents. this was a sleepover at the white house complete with jamies i suppose that bill clinton held for the club. f

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this tonight.ng about this presidential election between barack obama and mitt romney. it's not just about them, it's about the armies behind them. the people who share in their victory also in their defeat. look at the army of the night riding behind the presumptive republican nominee. it's an army of war hawks, of neo-cons for lack of a better word. they bring war with them in every election. an agenda of a country they want us to fight. people voted for w, they got iraq. why? because the army poised behind the uninformed ill-read w knew what he didn't. when 9/11 struck, they struck. this time it's iran. but don't think they're going to end it there. these old cold warrers haven't been happy since the berlin wall fell. they want another big one with russia, with china. listen to romney's words. he didn't write them himself. he'll say what it takes to get the right wing behind him. but the right wing will follow him right to the white house. they will grab the levers of military power like rumsfel

chris matthews picks things up right now. >> bugle boy. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with general mitt romney. i use that term sarcastically because general in this case is an armchair general. the gentleman who spoke to the veterans of foreign wars could be no more foreign with foreign wars, no match in his resume, only his plans. how many countries does he want it fight in the next four years. does he want to outdo bush one with one war or bush two with two. there he was reading a speech by the same neo-kinds that took us into iraq and always seem to have the next war on his agenda. does this guy have any idea the words of war have meaning and dead and wounded, no meaning stupidity and deceit through bush and cheney, backed up by chaens in this election speak of leagues, national security as we never heard by w. and cheney and libby did when they had their hands there. chairman of republican national committee and msnbc political analyst and editor in chief of national memo.com.

>> i'm an avid reader, and this summer i'm focused on chris matthews' new book, a personal presidential favorite of mine, john kennedy, and i have the book here. it's jack kennedy, elusive hero, and one of the great things about being chairman of the caucus is that we get to bring people in to talk about their books and we have had chris matthews in, and also came and spoke at the library of congress with all of the spouses, in what was an incredible evening, where people got to ask questions, et cetera, and see the personal side of jack kennedy, and matthews has done such incredible research and interviews, and it's a book you can read over and over again, and so very appropriate for summer reading, especially with president kennedy's affinitiy and love for the sea as well. all you need to do is read it on honey fitz and we'd be okay. so that's one ofhe books i'm reading. another person who has been in our caucus has been roy -- who writ the assassin office the -- assassins of the turquoise palace. her only personal story as someone who grew up in iran, a woman of jewish descent who gr

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with what someone can do with a semiautomatic rifle. a clip containing 100 bullets, shoot a person a second without reloading. he can walk into a movie theater and start shooting human beings like they were plastic ducks in a shooting gallery. he can do it for no other reason he feels like it. has the confidence to carry out that and the lack of a conscious. today we got the tiers good look at james holmes, the man in custody for this hard crime. two questions, could we spot it ahead of time. you know the saying guns don't kill people do. second question, did ben franklin and others with all their foresight imagine anyone would tote around a weapon like this or were they thinking someone from the neighborhood carrying a musket. was the original intent of founding fathers have people stroll into theaters carrying the kind of firepower this one did. can anyone argue that. penn state's happy valley isn't happy for a while. first the staut statue of jo paterno jo pa as we cal

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this tonight. i have this feeling about this presidential election between barack obama and mitt romney. it's not just about them, it's about the armies behind them. the people who share in their victory also in their defeat. look at the army of the night riding behind the presumptive republican nominee. it's an army of war hawks, of neo-cons for lack of a better word. they bring war with them in every election. an agenda of a country they want us to fight. people voted for w, they got iraq. why? because the army poised behind the uninformed ill-read w knew what he didn't. when 9/11 struck, they struck. this time it's iran. but don't think they're going to end it there. these old cold warrers haven't been happy since the berlin wall fell. they want another big one with russia, with china. listen to romney's words. he didn't write them himself. he'll say what it takes to get the right wing behind him. but the right wing will follow him right to the white house. they will grab the levers of military

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the thunder on the right. one leader compared it to 9/11. an attack out of the sky. one conservative branded the chief justice of the united states a traitor. rush limbaugh called it a death panel. listen to the souls screaming from the star board side. the lunatic right feels burnt. they could not destroy the country's only health care plan. this fury on the right is not looking for aç better health ce plan, they are looking to destroy the only one that has been. our guests are with us. gentlemen, thank you for being on tonight. we need true believers. this reaction from the screw ball right, is that a precursor that romney will fight this in november? >> if you look at the poll numbers, the country is split on the health care. >> the gallup polls yesterday. 46% disagree. 46% agree. and the independents, a three point split. this favoring the president, 45% to 42%. >> it is a toss up. it doesn't give advantage. i think a lot of voters are kind of done and don't want to hear more. the other thing, this is the

keep it here, where wall street meets main s >> this is the chris matthews show. >> ask not what yourcaptioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: secret club. who knew a top secret club an adam sight clubhouse for a very select and highly influential group of americans, sole requirement for admission, service as president of the united states. club rule, help each other out especially in the clutch. bill and barack. what's their story? why are they charmed more by the bushes than by barack obama? is it about rivalry? are these both set the one who captures the american center? are these both set the one who captures the american center? and finally

thank you to my >> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >>his wall. >> i can hear you. >> the time for change has come! >> it's happened again, the horror in aurora, colorado, at the end of a week when the presidential campaign seemed small and petty to most americans. will aurora possibly refocus the national conversation on bigger issues at least for a time. fierce urgency of now. president obama is below where history says he has got to be right now if he is going to win in new year's eve. but he may be right on time to use some summer to try to disqualify mitt romney as a

we go to "hardball with chris matthews" next. > london bridges falling down. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start tonight with the latest romney gaffe. did you hear the one about the big shot american who visits other countries and gets everybody mad about the guy who complains about the french waiters, who says it smells in venice. i could go on. but what about that guy who just told the british people that the london olympics look a bit dodgy? who got everybody over there so angry at him and us that they're more united than ever as a country. who is this clod, you must be asking. well, his name is mitt romney. and he has gotten the worst press in landon since george w. mitt the twit invited the sun. who invited pae ed party popper asks "the daily mail?" how should we react to this kerfuffle? it seems this man who has trouble speaking earthling here at home, who talks of flying on an aircraft of marvelous budgets, of being a severe conservative can be just as awkward when acting the diplomat abroad. here is

." >>> good evening, i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia for chris matthews. leading off tonight, when you're explaining, you're losing. right now, mitt romney is explaining. did he really leave bain in 1999? why does his name appear on bain documents subsequent to that? and why does it matter? because accurate or not, the bain mess casts doubt on romney's principle argument that it's his business experience that most qualifies him to be president. the obama campaign has dented rom northeast' strength, karl rove couldn't have done a better job. perhaps it was because the romney camp was so eager to change that subject that they let slip to drudge that condoleeza rice emerged as a top vp pick. there are lots of reasons to believe this is nothing more than a shiny bright object to take our attention off of bain. but she would probably help romney plug a number of holes. plus, president obama says his biggest mistake is putting policy over storytelling. i talked about that two nights ago here. why doesn't the president do a better job of telling people what he's

good evening, i'm chris matthews in san francisco. leading off tonight, dirt ball. if you want to get down in the mud and show how much dirt you get your hands into you start calling people spies and traders. that's if your desperate and sleazy enough to go after a quiet deputy to hillary clinton. someone who can't defend herself. better yet, you sing out a chorus of sleaze. people like john saying the president himself aught to learn how to be an american. but the republican candidate himself saying how far in the president is. then to put the chart at the top of this sunday from held you have michele bachmann with help from glenn beck do her dandest to charge that the whole government, including john mccain himself, are part of the crowd taking orders from the muslim brotherhood. tonight we hear the first whistles being blown. republicanslike john mccain and lindsey graham, people who served the country in uniform. people like ronald reagan are standing up for this un-american talk. god save mccain and say i say and all the left, right and center who say enough's

be sure to watch "hardball with chris matthews" 5:00 and 7:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today there. were two separate scuffles that erupted inside a pennsylvania theater and it caused movie goers to just panic. surveillance cameras rolled on a fight between patrons that was sparked bay dispute over a bathroom stall. later a fight inside a theater showing "the dark knight rises" led to a stampede toward the exits. two people were injured and one person was arrested. >>> homeowners in one miami residential area received quite the wake-up call by that little guy. big guy, actually. he's a ten-foot crocodile and he was spotted lounging near two homes before an animal control officer was called in. the animal hissed and snapped, but was eventually captured and taken away. >>> one north carolina woman got quite a steal at the thrift store. she bought two large paintings for $20 with plans to just paint over them. but after doing a little research, she learned the artwork was by a famous russian abstract artist. good thing