the 30th annual miami book fair international's closing author is chris matthews of msnbcs "hard ball" and "the kris matthews show. " as jimmy carter once said thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society. click matthews has fully embraced this notion through his work in the media, political commentary, and several best-selling books. as a speech writer for president jimmy carter and then chief of staff for the speaker of the house of representatives, tip o'neill, chris matthews has been on the front line of politics for several decades. his access provides an intimate glimpse into the personalities of some of the world's most influential players. his book chronicles the spirit of cooperation with. conflict that was the relationship of a tip opeel and ronald reagan. it is before 6:00, and as tip o'neill famously advised ronald reagan, after 6:00, we can be friends, but before 6:00, it's politics. so, without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen, let's talk politics and let's welcome chris

i think one of the most toxic is chris matthews, if you disagree with the president it is racist.on't think most of the media has picked up on this yet. >> the continual statement that gets you where you want to go in right-wing politics, is simply being against the president. how many people in the room that say he needs to be executed? yeah, he is an out law, anything that is nasty about this guy is now becoming the amen course of the republican party. >> if someone in a room says the president ought to be executed, you pile on and say yeah, he is an out law. i don't know any conservative that doesn't demand and want -- they have a tough job, the secret service, they have to protect our elected officials, disagree or agree, and starting on down with president obama. peter? >> it is factually incorrect as well as fanning the flames of racial discord in this country. he is referring to an incident that took place in the state of florida by an errant republican candidate for a statewide office. and the republican candidate in the next district condemned him and said you're an embar

chris matthews was an aide to the former speaker. he says despite the political differences both the speaker and president reagan were able to work toward a compromise. this is about 45 minutes. >> hi. the 30th annual miami bookmiam fair international closing auth author is orchris matthews of msnbc's hardball and in the sead syndicate the chris matthews show.. once saidarter 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 flashe

i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start tonight with the big new developments in the chris christie bridge scandal. number one, according to logs at the ft. lee police department, there is reason to believe that the scheme was to have the bridge block-up last a full month. not four days, four weeks. these guys nuts? number two, we know that a well placed police authority or bridge authority police officer, the one who drove david wildstein around that day knew exactly what was going on, knew it was some kind of bridge study or traffic study. a four-week jam-up of traffic of the busiest bridge anywhere and it was all a traffic study. what this adds is a plan to jam up the traffic and blame on it a month-long traffic study was known to the christie appointees, the union chief and the same port authority police officer chip michaels who told the ft. lee chief of police that day that the jam-up was going to last a month. every day we're learning that more and more people knew about this plot, including key people in

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i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start with this. as we go to press this week and a potential blockbuster in the chris christie bridge scandal. the attorney for david wildstein, christie's appointment to the bridge authority, has released a letter saying that his client, david wildstein says evidence exists linking christie, the governor, to knowledge of the lane closings on the bridge during the time of the deliberate traffic holdup. here is the key part of that letter. "it has also come to light that a person within the christie administration communicated the christie administration's order that certain lanes on the george washington bridge were to be closed, and evidence exists as well tying mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference he gave immediately before mr. wildstein was scheduled to appear before the transportation committee. mr. wildstein contests the accuracy of various statements that the

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this friday evening report from "the bergen record." quote, governor christie's administration orchestrated an extensive campaign over two years that involved gifts to ft. lee, including port authority funded shuttle buses, snowplowing, pothole repair and emergency radios to convince the borough's mayor to offer his endorsement of the governor during his reelection campaign. mayor mark sokolich said in his most extensive comments to date on the george washington bridge scandal. when sokolich did not offer his endorsement to the governor, he says he was punished by paralyzing traffic jams at the bridge that were ordered by christie's appointees at the port authority during five days last september. also late this friday evening, politico released the following story. he has done it again. the governor of new jersey has denied being the governor of new jersey. the trend of this conduct continues, even as i speak it. remember that memo that the governor's office release

i'm chris matthews in new york. let me start tonight with this. president obama lays down the law. he is doing what critics on the left have urged him to do for five years. he is saying what he wants. his new budget says no to austerity, no cuts in social security. he says yes again to a big hike in the federal minimum wage, right up there to $10.10. message to the democratic base, barack obama is with you all the way. message to the republicans, you guys had your chance when i was talking deal over entitlements. you said no to taxes. now i'm saying no. the president's political message could be not hardly any sharper. this is going to be one tough election year. he is saying november is going to turn on who brings out their base. now hear this. president obama is going to do nothing between now and then, meaning november, that causes anything but joy for the democratic base. he is going to try to juice the base. social security, you've never had a better friend than me, he is saying. higher minimum wage? same deal. well, tonight we take a bold new look at a bold new president. ric

i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start with this. go to press this week and a potential blockbuster in the chris christie bridge scandal. the attorney for david wildstein, christie's appointment to the bridge authority, has released a letter saying that his client, david wildstein says evidence exists linking christie, the governor, to knowledge of the lane closings on the bridge during the time of the deliberate traffic holdup. here is the key part of that letter. "it has also come to light that a person within the christie

chris matthews was there to get some answers of his own. >> it has not been easy to get timely answersmv director had to answer the questions. and then after, she answered some of hours. wednesday a report about a computer glitch causing thousands of dollars in refunds, some dating back five years to go unpaid, had everyone looking for answers. 400 tickets are being refunded. >> you do not know if there's a office, theess your staff, the media, unless something brings it to our attention. >> during the meeting, frustrated motorists discussed long delays in trying to get tickets resolved. these issues we have been reporting on for over one year. there's is a backlog of over two years. the director stood by the waitm, insisting people tha out the process. >> it is too long to wait. ticketed for does a being a street sweeping sign in november. it says it is not in effect in november. his initial challenge was denied by a dmv examiner. i am not going to stand in front of you and say that i know what every street sign says. i do not make blanket statements. >> do all stop signs say stop. kn

. >> chris matthews knows all those guys.t's one of him and those beautiful things. >> they put him in prison. that's love, isn't it? >> unfortunately. they felt great heartbreak about it. you're asking me about the women and the transformation. wife of irving, many people did transform. her character struggled for a few years in real life and had an unstable ending and i've known people who have committed suicide. >> did you think about suicide? >> yes, yes i have. i remember the beginning of my career when i was first starting tell stories. i was living at home at 25. i called some guy from my high school and he said it was really bad and he handed me my butt. it was terrible. it means you can look anybody in the eye and say just have a nice to somemeal and listen duke ellington. jennifer is such a spirit of life. they were going to do the rope and everything for her. it just felt wrong. >> tell me how you've seen him grow as an actor. to me. exciting i've seen it with amy adams, jennifer lawrence, all of the people. it's j

i'm chris matthews in washington i'm going to get to the latest christie development, the huge rise in the people who don't believe him right after the incredible development on the right. for whatever reason, strange brain soup, the hard right in the u.s. congress is in the early stage of insurrection against house speaker john boehner. they find what he did yesterday avoiding a fault on national debt unacceptable. some are speaking treason saying boehner is secretly pushing what they call the liberal obama agenda. this mutiny may represent a cheap way to raise money or may be the beginning wave of the real move to unseat the relatively sane man in the speaker's chair because he dared to put country first. howard fineman, the editorial director and the washington bureau chief. both are prized msnbc political analysts. i thought boehner had basically avoided a big problem yesterday for the whole country. we didn't need another debt default and another government shutdown. what we needed is smooth sailing on while the economy begins to pick up again. >> why does the right wing want to g

. >> chris matthews knows all those guys. >> rose: chris grew up in philadelphia which is next door.s. so the f.b.i. loved him, the irving character loved him and that's one of the beautiful things. >> rose: look what they did to him, they put him in prison. that's will you have, isn't it. >> they felt great heart back about it. you were asking me about the women in the transformation. the jennifer character as the wife of irving. people did transform from this and were reborn. her character struggled for a couple years and had a sadnding, unstable ending. i know people who have committed suicide and people who have awe tempted to commit suicide. >> rose: did you think about suicide in your worst -- >> yes. i remember at the beginning of my career when i first started telling stories, i was writing a script, i was at my parents house i couldn't afford to live elsewhere. i was 25. i'm saying am i crazy. i called some guy up from high school who knew stories and said it was really bad. i remember laying in bed thinking i could just go downstairs and turn the car o terrible. that means

i'm chris matthews in new york. let me start tonight with this. president obama lays down the law.is doing what critics on the left have urged him to do for five years. he is saying what he wants. his new budget says no to austerity, no cuts in social security. he says yes again to a big hike in the federal minimum wage, right up there to $10.10. message to the democratic base, barack obama is with you all the way. message to the republicans, you guys had your chance when i was talking deal over entitlements.

i'm chris matthews in washington. me start with this friday evening report from "the bergen record." quote, governor christie's administration orchestrated an extensive campaign over two years that involved gifts to ft. lee, including port authority funded shuttle buses, snowplowing, pothole repair and emergency radios to convince the borough's mayor to offer his endorsement of the governor during his reelection campaign. mayor mark sokolich said in his most extensive comments to date on the george washington bridge

. >> chris matthews. >> compare to this interview it was a left fest and the --ist was a love fest and the media have the responsibility to challenge authority. so what if we are asking a mill times about benghazi. there are still real questions no one has been fired or answered to. >> i didn't have a problem with the interview as a liberal, as a democrat, i thought o'reilly did a good job. he was obnoxious but he was pushing and that is what he has to do. >> you are hardly the first person to use that adjective. >> you said the media and the washington press corps, "new york times" ran a straight story on the interview but the a.p. had a head lean i could not believe, president obama defends himself from republican charges. >> that is the problem, it is just a republican issue that we didn't have coverage in benghazi, we had security problems, no one has been fired, all of these are considered republican problems. that is where most people get outraged. >> would your friends on the left clear if an aggressive anchor pressed president obama on iraq and katrina? it can look very differe

." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. american demaekeracy has rested on the people's changing loyalties between two major political parties, like two teams taking their turns at bat. for a century and a half we have chosen either a democrat or republican to be our president. what if one of the two parties goes ballistic heading so far off the spectrum it is no longer competing for the must just of the voters' loyalty? what if the republicans get hijacked? if the republican party becomes a torpedo headed for the u.s. capitol and becomes a missile targeted at the government itself. smirks publicly t at the trouble he has created. ted cruz in texas government shutdowns and debt ceiling defaults are all in a day's work. for him compromise is a curse word. and republican senators spend their days running from fights as he puts it. today we hear news that he is forming a group that wants to topple a whole slate of leaders and veterans. can he explode the party leaving it unable to compete, for example, with hillary clinton nex

i'm chris matthews in washington i'm going to get to the latest christie development, the huge

. >> chris matthews knows all those guys. so the f.b.i. loved him. the irving character loved him.s one of the beautiful things. >> look what they did to him, they put him in prison. that's love isn't it? >> unfortunately. they felt great heartbreak about it. you were asking me about the women and the transformation. the jennifer character is the wife of irving. many people did transform from this and were reborn. her character struggled for a couple years in real live and had a saddeneding and an unstable ending, and i've known people who have committed suicide and people who have attempted suicide. >> did you think about suicide at your worst? >> yes, i have. i remember at the beginning of my career when i was first starting to write stories. i was staying at my parents -- i and i was first called some guy from my high school, and he said it was ally bad and he handed me my rear, and it was terrible. it means you can look anybody in the eye and stay just have a nice italian meal and listen to ome duke ellington, life's not so bad. so jennifer is such a spirit of life. we had wher

. >> by chris matthews compared to this interview -- >> it was a love fest. >> yeah. and i think the media have a responsibility to say we want to challenge authority. we want to speak truth to power. so what if we're asking a million times about benghazi. there are still real questions. no one has been fired. no one has been fired. >> i'm not going to do it because i've been there and i've done it. i didn't have a problem with the interview. as a liberal, as a democrat, i thought o'reiley did a good job. i do think he was object northboundus, but he was pushing and that is what he's going to do. >> you're hardly the first person to aim that description at bill o'reiley. the "new york times," for example, ran a very straight story on the interview, but the ap had a headline that i could not believe. president obama defends himself from republican charges. >> that's been the problem all along is that it is just a republican issue that we didn't have coverage in benghazi, that we had security problems, no one has been fired. all of these are just considered republican p

there is no question chris matthews had asked a question about whether troops would respect a woman, for instance, if she was commander and chief. sarah palin had to answer the question as vice president if she could also be a mother. these aren't questions that a man has to deal with i think all of this has to work its way out. people are coming comfortable with seeing women in these positions. >> finally real quick, do you think that hillary clinton is going to use the so-called war on women in they're campaign? is she going to run and use gender politics? do you think she will? >> nannies pelosi has and we have seen male liberals use this war on women. whether she will, i think will be a mistake if she does. but we will see. she will have to make that. >> you don't want to make a prediction whether she will or not? >> i would say if i had to say, i would say she probably will. but i think it would be a mistake. >> i agree with you. i think she will. maybe we are both wrong always good sty. >> always good to he see. >> you child molester getting probation. carol kennedy drunk drivi

i'm chris matthews in washington. this friday evening report from "the bergen record." quote, governor christie's administration orchestrated an extensive campaign over two years that

be that or people are afraid of getting audited or spied on or still have a little bit of that chris matthewsstill go easy on obama? yes, i think so. most of the jokes about the president are policy flaws. you know, the economy, benghazi, obamacare but with bill clinton it was more physical -- >> bush was his intellect, more personal. >> bush was stupid. and president obama you've had the comments of 57 states, the navy corpsmen. you had the savannah and charleston around the gulf coast. the other day it was alex and you don't hear much about that. and plus the president, he's kind of -- he's got big ears. talk about physical flaws. chris christie gets it. he's also a little bit hen pecked. he's got a wandering eye for the ladies. the florida attorney general -- >> i don't believe he has any wandering eye. i want the female point of view on this. go ahead. >> siller blames it on race that they're scared to make fun of him because he's afraid they'll be deemed racist. i think that's a copout. i actually don't believe that they really narc on president obama's policies that much because i belie

i'm chris matthews up in new york. hris christie bridge scandal. number one, according to logs at the ft. lee police department, there is reason to believe that the scheme was to have the bridge block-up last a full month. not four days, four weeks. these guys nuts? number two, we know that a well placed police authority or bridge authority police officer, the one who drove david wildstein around that day knew exactly what was going on, knew it was some kind of bridge study or traffic study. a four-week jam-up of traffic of

." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this.acy has rested on the people's changing loyalties between two major political parties, like two teams taking their turns at bat. for a century and a half we have chosen either a democrat or republican t

i'm chris matthews in washington. let's start tonight with this report out of new jersey that says the christie administration will keep the governor's staff from testifying before legislative committees. does this mean governor christie is claiming some sort of executive privilege, that he is asserting the right to have his staff refuse to testify before committees, even those digging into the scandal involving the deliberate jamming up of traffic on the george washington bridge? while a spokesman for christie denies this is his claim, would this be christie's ultimate move to protect himself, by claiming his right to keep his top staff people, especially his chief of staff and counsel from answering questions from the democrats investigating him in trenton, to resort to richard nixon's defense that even in a case involving possible criminal charges that the papers and communications of top government officials are beyond the reach of the law. well, tonight we look at chris christie's latest gambit. his administratio

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. the republican indictment of new jersey governor chris christie is in. their indictment is stark and clear. few want to be seen near him. wherever he goes, when he does, we see the political verdict hanging in the air, swung out there by every curtain that is dropped over his very presence. if christie is there raising money, the behavior of his guests is to let him into the

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. this weekend i came across a scene of outright chris christie bullying. his victim? 2012 presidential candidate mitt romney. we catch the new jersey governor threatening romney that if he tried raising campaign cash in jersey, he could kiss his, chris christie's support goodbye. he was not to collect a nick federal the garden state fat cats until christie himself gave the okay. well, the moment that warning was issued in the back room of the new jersey governor's mansion, it seared itself into mitt romney's head. it struck him, according to mark halperin and john heilemann as an outrageous strong arm move, like, quote, something out of "the sopranos." today the current presidential wanna-be is hitting christie with the same charge, of being a bull hi. quote, it's important that people think that their government not be used to bully them, rand paul said this weekend. nobody wants to think their government would shut down a bridge just because you're a democrat and i'm a republican. nob

i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start tonight with this. , the dragnet is closing. the iron grip of subpoenas now ensnaring chris christie's political army, from trenton to the hudson river. the people who stopped traffic across the country's busiest bridge are now among those caught in a web of investigations that threaten trouble to them and the governor for whom they serve. two nets now extend across the garden state. the first grabbing into its midst all those mentioned in the closing of the george washington bridge last september.

i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start tonight with this. up in new jersey tonight, the dragnet is closing. the iron grip of subpoenas now ensnaring chris christie's political army, from trenton to the hudson river. the people who stopped traffic across the country's busiest bridge are now among those caught in a web of investigations that threaten trouble to them and the governor for whom they serve. two nets now extend across the garden state. the first grabbing into its midst all those mentioned in the closing of the george washington bridge last september. the second net, the group of those engaged in what appears to be the cover-up, the alibi about the whole matter being caused by a traffic study. what is now clear there was no such thing, only the urgent need to find cover by those forced to now testify. and probes in new jersey and washington, the road is filled ahead with menace far worse than traffic cones. the investigators are calling witnesses, demanding evidence, capturing the truth by coming at it from all sides, forcing people

." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this.ople's changing loyalties between two major political parties, like two teams taking their turns at bat. for a century and a half we have chosen either a democrat or republican to be our president. what if one of the two parties goes ballistic heading so far off the spectrum it is no longer competing for the must just of

funny to see somebody like joy reid saying you were scolding obama when she was telling this to chris matthewsn matthews presidential interview made no news because it was such love fest. >> you made the "the washington post" on page 2, the big picture of me and the president with this milbank guy totally distorting the conversation. i believe the far left does this to play to their crew who didn't watch and doesn't know and they tell them what happened and then they believe it. i got a whole bunch of emails with no town and what do i say every night? name and town, name and town. no town, same thing and it was directed lie a left wing web site. and this is what it is. they want their own to despise me and fox news. go. >> right. well, the best part of when you hear people criticizing fox news and you in particular you ask them what show they watch and they can't even name the show. joy went on this tirade about your interview saying that you only covered topics that were far right conspiracy theories. if you break down the main topics you covered. benghazi, the irs, obamacare, obamacare and t

i'm chris matthews in new york. let me start tonight with this. president obama lays down the law.rged him to do for five years. he is saying what he wants. his new budget says no to austerity, no cuts in social security. he says yes again to a big hike in the federal minimum wage, right up there to $10.10. message to the democratic base, barack obama is with you all the way. message to the republicans,

when obama sat down with chris matthews such a love fest disappeared without a trace.you push him and he pushes back and he has to lift the level of his game that generates headlines. >> i don't know about that maybe you are right. i think they would just like to get through. this i think the president is respectful of what we do here on the factor. i hope he is. i think we have given him a fair shot, michelle. i'm not out to injure the man. i just want what's best for the country. how do you see it? >> yeah, i mean, tapper got a lot of coverage for landing the interview with obama. i think it's telling that there hasn't been that many headlines about the content of the interview. he didn't press him on a lot of the issues that people care about. we didn't learn anything from it he didn't press him really on obamacare, on benghazi, on the irs tea party scandal. so i do hope that you press him more on othose issues. and not sort of throw softball questions that i think tapper did. >> what about the younger folks? what are they concerned about in the country, michelle? >

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this.rdball," i've spoken of joe