chris matthews, not the junior, the senior, is chris matthews right?ict he won't predict rand paul in the near future. i'll give chris matthews credit. it is the number one principle if you bet on the horse race, you don't go for the favorite. you go to the long shot, the big payoff. so maybe he is going for the long shot here. so i give him credit here on that. the problem with rand paul, i see a few problems, alex points to the degree that the elections enter into the primaries, i think there will be an over-crowded field on the right. you have ted cruz, rand paul, scott walker. it is a long way of saying i put my money on chris christie, but there is not going to be a payoff there. >> all right, i'm going to take all of that under advisement and review my view later in the show. i got to think about it a little bit more. alex wagner, host of "now" and steve kornacki, thank you both for joining me. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, on this night in history, the president of the united states resigned from office. you will get to see him do it on

(cheers and applause) so off the top of my head, who did chris matthews see going all the way to the white house in 2008? >> let me ask you about rudy giuliani. i believe he's not only running, i think he's going to win this whole thing come around the next election. >> jon: that's right, yeah. you remember him? current president rudy giuliani? (laughter) you remember the formidable contender in the 2008 election who won in the primaries only one more delegate than i did. (laughter) but look, let's be fair. that was a whole presidential election ago. everyone is allowed a mulligan and matthews made up for that by completely nailing his prediction for who would win the republican primaries in 2012. >> you watch bachmann. she's got the action this time. she stands for something -- she's going all the way. she's going to win this thing. >> really? >> i tell you right now. i predict she beats trump. >> john: it's what he does for a living. (laughter) is he a psychic or a time traveler? either way, we must burn him as a witch. chris matthews doesn't just routinely have egg on his face, he

i'm here of course with "hardball" anchor and reporter today chris matthews., we've been listening to the speeches and watching and thinking about what happened here

helping to kick off our special coverage, chris matthews, host of msnbc "hardball" is live in washington, d.c. at the lincoln memorial and where all of today's event will take place. chris, good morning. let's set the scene for everybody. as we understand the program for today, we have three presidents, a host and current and former future civil rights and leaders and politicians taking the stage. truly a diverse program but we all look back 50 years ago to those vivid images that still inspire today. >> thomas, this is going to be a hot day. it's not that hot. it's sweltering today but not as bad as it could get in washington. it's drizzling and may clear up. i expect there is heated rhetoric today. this country is divideded right now, heavily and sharply divided between the one reject an african-american president and rejected him from the day he was elected and the day they heard he might be elected. the other half of the country almost pouting with this illusion right now. gee whiz. why isn't this greater? pef an african-american president and things not happening and almost dull wit

wh takes chris matthews could go all theay to the white house in 2008?> let me ask you about rudy giuliani. i believe he's not only running, but you will when this whole thing, around the next election. >> that'sight, yeah. lou: for years ago, predicted congressman michele bachmann would it be to mitt romney for the republican nomination. we are more than three years away from the 2016 presidential ection that is 11,802 days, if you are keeping close track. do you want to know how dumb it is t be speculating about who is going to do what in 2016 right now? let's go back to august of 2005. the front runners inhe decrat nomination in one gallup poll were hillary clinton, 40 percent support, followed by john kerry with 16, john edwards had mustered 50 percent sport. that pull at eight democrats on theist. not one of them was named barack obama. the front runners from the republican race, reachuliani, do well. 27 percent of followed by john mccain who had 24 percent. connelly's aice, 19%. so wha does all of the 2016 talk me right now? as you can tell, it doe

[laughter] who does chris matthews seagoing all the way to the white house in 2008? >> i believe ready guiliani will win the whole thing. >> that's right. [laughter] netanyahu also predicted congressman michelle bachman would be to meet -- romney we are more than three years away from the ection 1,182 days sandy want to know how dumb it is to speculate who will do what in 2016? let's go back to augustof 2005 the front runners of one gallup poll for hillary clinton had 40 percent support followed by john kerry john edwards had mastered 16% they had eight democrats of the list but not one was named barack obama. the front runner from the republican race, rudy guiliani was doing well with 27 percent followed by john mccain that had 24 percent and condoleezza rice, rice, 19 percent so what does that 2016 talk mean right now? it does not mean much in is not that significant but at&t because when a preacher talking begins usually signifies the onset of the lame-duck status. the good news is, mr. president leaves even more time for golf. >> been nation still does not know w

chris matthews.l that tape you're talking about. >> i said it before, i'm saying it again. there are too many people in the american right who hate the notion of barack obama in the white house. have haters ever stopped hating him? when we got bin laden, when the stock market doubling. doubling every 401k. making all the haters richer, twice as rich as when bush left us stranded with a drooping scary economy. did they ever look up and say well, i'll give him this one? no, no, no. you can discount it all. say it's not about race or whatever. you can say it, but think about this. all the criticisms from the haters about african-americans generally, all the years of your life and think about this man's life, about how hardest worked, how he's achieved so highly in school, how he's married so well and so faithfully. how he's fathered two great daughters and protected them. been a truly great father to them, a true partner in his marriage. treated his office with respect and dignity, never once let us dow

just a little tip to chris matthews, when you say you shouldn't talk about something, why not not actuallytalk about it? that way everyone wins. but look, i guess we have no choice. if the 2016 election is really getting launched, we're going have to cover it i can't believe i'm going to say this, let's go right out to jessica williams who is koferk hillary clinton's campaign tonight in new hampshire. jessica, jessica,. >> john, i do not want to be here! not at all. >> no one wants this, jess, that's why it's journalism. but how are the people of new hampshire reacting? >> well, mainly they seem confused to see a black person up here in a nonelection year. >> that's understandable. that's understandable, jess ka. i've got to ask, have you been able to ask any voters there about 2016. >> oh, yeah. and their reactions are all over the map from what is your problem? to why can't the media just leave me alone? i'm just trying to live my life for 10 minutes. but overall john there is a solid majority going for [bleep] you. >> okay. those are good results. thanks, jessica. >> thank you. >> you s

and we're joined to you by my msnbc chris matthews host, of course, of "hardball." the president seems to be focusing not on the great society, but on the individual units in a great society. and they are people who need jobs and need a home. >> well, of course, you know, all we've been able to figure what caused the financial crisis was housing. housing, housing. the balloon he talked about, the fact that the prices went up so high that nobody wanted to buy the properties. people couldn't pay their mortgages. that will people ended up abandoning their homes because their mortgages were so much more higher in price than the value of the home. they ended up running away from them. it was the worst thing in the world. everybody said till that had been solved, the economy was not going to come back. you've been hearing it has been solved. i think he wants to be part of making it go faster. housing was the source of the collapse. i think he's trying to make it the happy warrior of bringing back the economy. >> absolutely. now, the president pressed congress saying that

i'm here of course with "hardball" anchor and reporter today chris matthews. chris, we've been listening to the speeches and watching and thinking about what happened here 50 years ago. it resonates for you? >> i have to tell you so far today the best part has been andrew young. andrew young is an older guy. like me, maybe. he brought some joy to the occasion today. i think -- what's remarkable about today, the "new york times" wrote the most extraordinary -- >> it was the best explanation of what the speech itself meant. she wrote about the fact that reverend king was son, the grandson and great-grandson of a baptist preacher. the i have a dream is in response from mahalia jackson. >> and all of that is a continuity going all the way back to the declaration of independence through the proclamation proclam ation -- proclamation emancipation and the sweltering summer of discontent. the poetry of martin luther king. >> the speech started as prose and was an economic message, jobs. and then it moved to poetry with the church records, with the response, the song an

(cheers and applause) so off the top of my head, who did chris matthews see going all the way to theouse in 2008? >> let me ask you about rudy giuliani. i believe he's not only running, i think he's going to win this whole thing come around the next election. >> jon: that's right, yeah. you remember him? current president rudy giuliani? (laughter) you remember the formidable contender in the 2008 election who won in the primaries only one more delegate than i did. (laughter) but look, let's be fair. that was a whole presidential election ago. everyone is allowed a mulligan and matthews made up for that by completely nailing his prediction for who would win the republican primaries in 2012. >> you watch bachmann. she's got the action this time. she stands for something -- she's going all the way. she's going to win this thing. >> really? >> i tell you right now. i predict

she worked with chris matthews for a while. she and chris parted company around 2008. tammy reinvented herself as a for a purpose -- full purpose convener. she does a lot of consulting for media companies. it's not entirely clear what she does. she does seem to have a video component. she produces things. she is everywhere. she is someone who has made washington work for her. she would say that she is an insider, she just likes to bring people together. she has been a very successful business woman. >> have you heard from her in how you portrayed her in this book? >> i portray her accurately, i think. everyone is entitled to their own story about themselves. i have not heard from tammy. >> kirk gardella. the chapter was adapted for the "new york times" magazine a couple of weeks ago. who is he? >> the former press secretary to darrell issa. issa was about to be the chairman of the house oversight committee -- government reform committee. kurt was this incredibly transparent operator, someone whose ambitions he wore on his sleeve. 17,oined the workforce at didn't go to

and chris matthews.s speech happened in washington, the march happened in washington for a reason, which was, washington was where the movement wanted to see action on civil rights legislation. that was the predicate, the first demand is comprehensive and official civil rights legislation to guarantee all americans, and they list different things they wanted. kennedy had announced his intentions. his support for such an act. what was the dynamics here politically of showing up with 200,000 people on the mall? >> he was, woulding his way, you get the tapes. you can get some tapes. kennedy was working with his through the judiciary committee in the house. he was working him to get some of the liberal members who are being a little too perfecto. they wouldn't push the liberal health care, the civil rights bill. this is public accommodations and fair employment practices. you can go to the restrooms, hotels, restaurants. these are the doors closed for african-americ african-americans. and he was pushing that

"hardball with chris matthews" is next. >>> shutdown warning.y "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews. washington, let me start tonight with this. the wild right is readying its attack. the ted cruz wing is about to make its run for an historic takeover in the party in which it has made its home. each day, the far right is building his strength

chris matthews thinks the gop is about to make a major shift. i want to play what he said last night. >> they put up with george bush, i, bob dole. we are disappointed with george w. and then by mitt romney. now coming loaded for bear for 2016. i predict the hard right will take over the republican party in 2016 and the nomination is going to -- rand paul. the. >> what do you think about that, cheryl? rand paul with 16% behind chris christie at 21. is he h the won to watch that has the structure, grassroots structure that a republican party nominee needs? >> i don't think so. with george w. bush you had an idealogue who successfully pretended to be a prague mattist to get into office. with romney you have a pragmatist who tried to convert himself into an idealogue. with chris christie you have the pragmatist versus paul the idealogue. i think republicans are desperate for someone who's tacking more to the center to policies that, in fact, most americans prefer. >> steve, you were smiling. what's your take? >> i was smiling because with all due r

chris matthews is at 7:00. stick around to watch his show. bill o'reilly makes a lot of money in new york city. he's a guy who is the mayor of cable. he has bu cue ratings, better than anybody else no doubt about it and he has it all wrong. if you will think that racism in america is dead, i'm here to tell you tonight, no. it's very much alive. this has been a very important week for america. this is only tuesday. we've got a big day tomorrow. it's a day of recognition. it's a day of understanding. it's a day for us as a nation to move forward. now, on saturday we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. we've made great progress socially when it comes to civil rights over the last 50 years. how many announcers have you heard say unfortunately we have a long way to go? how many cable heads have said we've got a long way to go. okay. i want to hear what the people have to say. i want to hear the people say that we have a long way to go through their personal experiences about what kind of america they're living in. sitting o

she worked with chris matthews for a while. afterwards, she and chris parted company i think around 2008. tammy sort of reinvented herself as a full purpose convener of the washington a-list. she posts parties, she does a lot of consulting for media companies in which it's not entirely clear what she does. she has a video component, she produces things, frankly, she's everywhere. and she's sort of, again, someone who made washington work for her and has become -- she would say she's an insider who just likes to bring people together. and she's been a successful businesswoman. >> have you heard from her and how you portrayed her in this book. >> i have not heard from her. i portray her, i think, accurately. i mean obviously everyone is entitled to the own story about themselves. no, i haven't heard from tammy. >> curt bardella, the charter here was adapted for "the new york times" magazine a couple of weeks ago. what's the message? >> he was the former press secretary to daryl icen. i found kurt, i was going be the chairman of th

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' show you know how chris matthews doesn't deal with it and he kept going at me but that being said. i'm not commenting on the mayor's race my race is my race i'll let them have their direction how should the public view. hypothetically the private life of a public person should we do we measure it do we think of it do we consider it in the vote do we put it aside. to the voting age it's a great question and yet it is you always do it and here's i thought of that a little bit obviously i think that there need to be boundary lines there needs to be some zone of privacy that we do respect now having said that the public is entitled to pass judgment upon people based upon how they comport themselves but i think it's fair i've never said to the public to you know to be self-referential i've never said to the public you're not entitled to look at what led to my resignation it's not relevant i'm not never said that what i've said is look at it in the totality of others i don't think i think there are precious few people who are as we say without without some blemish and the question then b

chris matthews has his head -- how do i say this? so far inserted. i won't go any further.n of an obamagasm. just listen to this. it's all because you're racist. >> you've got people talking about nullification of the law of the land. you've got people talking impeachment like coburn. they never say that their problem with obama is that he's black. but look at the pattern. at least the daughters of the american revolution knew what they were saying, and they said it out loud. she's black, she can't sing here. these guys here use all the techniques of funullification a accusing the president of being a crook because he's here illegally. today they're not. >> he has lost his mind. >> yeah. >> let's, let's try to follow the logic dr. mat usthews. if you're opposed to any policy of barack obama you're a racist. second, if you can't find any evidence of any republican or conservative saying anything racist, that means they're not being honest about their racism. let's not forget, sean hannity, this is the man who's also given lectures to republican denouncing their words of ethn

chris matthews has his head. how do i say this? so far inserted, i won't go any further.efinition of an obama gasm. listen to this if you're against this and deficits of foreign policy, bad economy, it's all because you're racist. watch. >> you've got people talking about nullification of the law of the land. you got people talking impeachment like coburn. tom crews out there. they never say the problem with him is black. look at the pattern. the daughters of the american revolution knew what they were saying and said it out loud. she's black, she can't sing here. these guys today use all the techniques of nullification and talking about i will legitimacy and accusing the president of being a crook. they talk about impeaching him on grounds that he can't come up with. at least, in the old days, they were honest about it. today, they're not. >>> he has lost his mind. >> yeah. >> let's try to follow the logic of dr. matthews here. first he says if you're a republican or a conservative opposed to any policy of barack obama, ergo you're a racist. second, if you can't find any

. >> i'm chris matthews. so anchoring with -- -- we want to begin tied with the ongoing crisis in egypt. enter islamic militants are on the ground taking responsibility for the execution style killing of egyptian police in the north si sinai peninsula. the lawyers for hosni mubarak says their client should be released from custody in the next few days until any court proceedings begin against the former president. >> reporter: chris, a lot of moving pieces here, showing how volatile this situation has become. you mentioned the killing of 25 police soldiers, police conscripts in the northern sinai happening this morning after they were taking off a bus and shot execution style. they were simply on vacation. but it gives you a sense of the increased lawlessness in the northern sinai. the concern in cairo and elsewhere is that violence could spread across the country. also late last night there was a deadly incident involving the police force here and that was as the minister of interior was transporting 36 pris

we can't do this segment without a chris matthews blooper.c literally an extension of the obama press office, but he's saying, no, no, there's a relationship with obama. he hasn't been a guest so they don't have a tight relationship. really. roll the tape. >> by the way, those who talk about the tight relationship between msnbc and barack obama, count the number of times he's been on this network. zero. michael steele, thank you. he agrees with us and we agree with him sometimes. i actually have my views and they tend to coincide with them. >> no tight relationship. they just meet in the oval office of the president. none at all, right? >> no, sean. what this tells us first and foremost that the chum gang is alive and well. chris has to be smoking something to make that statement. any time msnbc does an interview with barack obama, and matt lauer does a flattering interview, it's rebroadcast on m msnbc. so, look, why wouldn't barack obama want to go on msnbc with chris matthews calling you perfect. >> he's never done anything wrong. he's a pe