chris matthews among the many people watching that news conference with us. chris, here is what is extraordinary. on top of the departure of a national security adviser 24 days into the presidency, this is probably the earliest recusal of its kind of an a.g. in an administration. but respectfully, people shouldn't be that shocked in that this was the first presidential campaign in memory, in history, that had attempted to normalize, be charitable toward, a relationship with russia and its leader, vladimir putin. >> right. i thought there was a couple big stories besides the headline, which is the recusal. but i thought it was interesting. his defense, of course, of his answer to senator franken during his confirmation hearings where franken had asked a rather direct question about surrogates. did he have any knowledge of a surrogate, anyone dealing with the russians. his answer was i have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign. i did not have communications with the russians and i'm not able to comment on it. he said as a surrogate i never spo

it is not too early to announce that chris matthews has a broadcast plan for later tonight, which should probably violate anti-trust laws because it is the largest assembly of big-name guests really anywhere in the united states. >> i think colbert is worried. >> yeah. justifiably so. >> we've got bill maher on, michael moore will sit right here with us, kathy griffin. we'll have to be careful with some of the language. >> seven-second delay. >> it's going to be a hell of a group. >> all of those people are on live at midnight. >> all here. i wanted to do something a little more sparkling than the former governor of kentucky. i think they need some gritty, nasty even response to the st e address to the congress. >> that's the headline. >> here live. >> sharp-eyed viewers have noticed that steve schmidt has been remarkably replaced by nicole wallace is is here with us. the circle of life continues. nicole, this is our first chance to ask you what you made of the president's first speech before congress. >> so i was livid until i heard you talk about nasty and gritty and now i'm interested

it is not too early to announce that chris matthews has a broadcast planned for later tonight which should probably violent anti-trust laws because it's a largest assembly. >> i think colbert is worried. >> we have bill maher later. michael moore will be here. >> we've got all those people on at midnight? >> all live at midnight. >> you can stick around. there will be room here. i wanted to do something a little bit more sparkling than the governor of kentucky. you need a nasty response of the state of the union. another cup of coffee is in order tonight. >> former two-term governor of kentucky. sharp-eyed viewers noticed that remarkably replaced by nicole wallace who is back with us as the circle of life in news. >> right. >> nicole, this is our first chance to ask you what you made of the president's first speech before congress. i was loaded until i heard you talking about nasty and gritty and now i'm nervous. i thought in donald trump's short political career, i know this from working as a a communications director to a president to a candidate for the presidency, you don't erase your

. >> chris matthew was asking tonight, what if like eisenhower -- >> what's scary is this guy never admit to his mistakes. he's always doubling down on everything. >> jeremy, based on your experience in washington of a different cabinet departments, if i asked you both intelligence committee senate and the house speak with the united voice on this. this is both parties as well. do you think that's as good as it gets. is there a chance there missing out on something they have not briefed on something, is there a chance that donald trump is in receive of something they have not seen? >> no chance at all in my experience, brian. the senate intelligence committee is asking in a bipartisan fashion which is tradition. as the house intelligence committee and acting in a non partisan fashion. i thought the statement from the senator is very broad. there is no surveillance and no wiretapping. it is a term used that set up the surveillance regime in the united states. i actually think it is broader than just to find as a target, means there was no surveillance at trump tower at all but what i think

brian williams with r rachel maddow, chris matthews, our entire political team in one room. speaking of rooms, how interesting -- >> what if there's a survivor? >> it will be so interesting to see what he looks like in the room, in the context of the chamber surrounded by 535 give or take politicians. >> you have moments like that every once in a while where you see him on the colonnade walking towards the oval office or the east room, one of these places that is iconally and only and uniquely a presidential thing and it's like, oh, yeah, right, this really happened. for a country that did not expect him to win, i think up to including the president didn't expect him to winner with still, i think, mentally adjusting to the fact that it's him, he's going to be there for four years. so if you ask him, he'll be there for eight. tonight this is an unquestionably presidential environment. we'll have mike pence and paul ryan sitting behind him showing the republican -- basically unified control in washington but the backdrop is turning out to be an interesting and complex thing. w

msnbc's chris matthews served as mc. this is just under two hours. >> i'm a junior journalism student if the college. >> i'm a reporter in charlotte. >> i am liberty, a reporter at nbc 7. >> i would like to send my utmost gratitude to the radio television digital foundation. i cannot begin to tell you how much it means to me. my passion and love for stories drive everything. >> i found my passion is television news. >> since joining this team, i have grown leaps and bounds, but my journey has just begun, and i want to thank the radio and television digital news foundation for helping me. >> i would like to say thank you to all the donors, members, and everybody else associated with the radio television and digital news association foundation. >> i'm very thankful to rtdnf for this fellowship. i hope their spirit and sense of duty to about this country and the field of journalism always reflect in my work. >> please welcome the executive director of the radio television digital news foundation, mike cavender. mr. cavender

announcer: msnbc's chris matthews at the first amendment awards dinner. >> the truth contained in hard news, the truth that arrives on the front news and industry news broadcast, that is what contains the politicians. that is what stops the overreach in power. that is what the country take seriously, and that is what matters this hour, this week, this time in our lives. announcer: treasury secretary steve mnuchin on conference of tax reform. >> the goals of tax reform, which are about creating a middle income tax cut, about creating personal tax simplification and making u.s. businesses competitive, where we have a very high business tax rate and worldwide income, we're able to take the tax code and redesign things. announcer: pfizer ceo ian reid. >> no one is using our medicines in the exchanges, because the exchanges don't provide them access. i think we do need to reform the health care, the way it is delivered, and the consequences will be with patients. announcer: and scott pruitt on environmental policy. >> there are exciting things going on with technology across the globe. ther

. >> in this nbc's chris matthews. >> the truth is contained in hard news. contains the politicians. that is what stops the overreach and power. that is what the country takes seriously and what matters at this hour, this week, this time in our lives. >> reform whichof tax are about creating middle income tax cuts, about creating personal tax implication and making u.s. businesses competitive where we have a very high business tax rate. we are able to take the tax code and redesign things. ian read: pfizer ceo on pharmaceutical cost. >> we do need to reform the health care, the way it is delivered and the consequences will be re-patients. and scott pruitt on environmental policy. >> there are some exciting things going on with respect to clean coal technology and in the nuclear space. most of that is happening in europe because of the disincentives we put into place in this country with respect to nuclear. if you hear about these environmental concerns, nuclear should be in the next. these are available at c-span.org y

>>> up next, an msnbc special report, the trump putin power play hosted by brian williams and chris matthews. a two-hour special and it starts right now. >> wouldn't it be great if we actually did get along great with russia? i think i'd get along very well with vladimir putin. we were both on "60 minutes," we were stable mates, we did very well that night. if he says great things about me, i'm going to say great things about him. russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. wikileaks. i love wikileaks. she doesn't know if it's the russians doing the hacking. maybe there is no hacking. it could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay? putin, from everything i see, has no respect for this person. >> well, that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president. >> no puppet. no puppet. >> it's pretty clear -- >> you're the puppet. >> the trump election and the new administration is a gift for putin. >> putin is a killer. >> there are a lot of killers, a lot of killers, you think our country so innocent? >> did you direct mich

now "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> caught. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington, where i've never seen anything like this amateur hour at work now. remember how i talk about rolling disclosure where you only get the truth from a politician when it leaks out through the press, how you can't believe their initial stories because they won't tell you the truth unless they're forced to? well, here we go with the latest buffoonery from the trump operation. remember how sean spicer, the president's press secretary said that if congressman nun res got that info he brought to the white house from the white house, it wouldn't pass the smell test. well, let's watch that exchange. >> when you rule out that the white house or anyone in the trump administration gave chairman nunes that information? >> i don't know what he actually briefed the president on, but i n'ow why he would come up to brief the presidentn something we gave hi i'm not aware of it, but it doesn't really pass the smell test. >> hold y

"hardball" with chris matthews starts now. >>> opening bid. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. tonight press will deliver first speech to congress. the president will layout plans and priorities for his administration. both sides have been divided country. expectation are indicated immigration is on the table and the president expected to make announcement on that issue. the president told anchors at the white house the time is right for immigration bill as long as there's compromise on both sides. according to senior white house officials, the serious crimes. those individual would not leave to leave the country first. this could constitute major shift in policy. could this be overture of unity from donald trump. meanwhile it's a big night for democrats as well. joining me is the new led leader, the first to hold that position. and former rival, minnesota u.s. congressman keith ellison. first of all, congressman ellison, was this election rigged. your thoughts? >> with a guy getting help were the russians for him to

. >> msnbc's chris matthews at the first amendment awards dinner. >> the truth contained in hard news, the truth that arrives on the front page or straight news broadcasts. that's what contains the politicians. that's what stops the overreach in power. and that's what the country takes seriously. that's what matters this hour, this week, this time in our lives. >> treasury secretary steve mnuchin on comprehensive tax reform. >> the goals of tax reform, ok, which are about creating a middle income tax cut, about creating personal tax simplification, and making u.s. businesses competitive. where we have a very high business tax rate and worldwide income. you know, we're able to take the tax code and redesign things. >> pfizer c.e.o. ian reed on pharmaceutical costs. >> no no one's using our medicines in the exchanges because the exchanges don't provide them access. so i think we do need to reform the health care the way it's delivered. and the consequences will be with patients. >> and e.p.a. administrator, scott pruitt, on environmental policy. >> there's some exciting things going on

i'm chris matthews from washington. undisclosed meeting that took place between key trump official and the russian ambassador. the attorney general jeff sessions met russian ambassador twice during 2016 and did divulge that. here is how he said he came to that decision after consulting with his staff. >> they said since i had involvement with the campaign i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and considered their comments and evaluation. i believe those recommendation are right and just. therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> late today the "new york times" reports jared kushner janed michael flynn at meeting at trump tower. taking together the reporting shows disturbing pattern of rolling disclosure with the president inner circle. here what he know. during the republican national convention the week of july 18, senator sessions spoke with the russian ambassador. early september, the news meddle was established. "the washington po

i'm chris matthews in washington. this is more like doing guard duty in a jungle. there are strange noises in the night. dawn brings really danger in the morning. donald trump is roaring about -- intelligence committee will confirm it ever happened. he, trump tweeted there is the president of the united states some vindictive crap about arno arno arno arnold schwarzenegger losing his job. -- released before obama ever came to the white house. fact, this is gotten so haywire, his people with no longer play ditto heads. they don't believe the guy. sean spicer refuses to lip sync what trump said about wiretapping. fixing his math trying to fix what trump said. here is how sean spicer explained the tweet on gitmo who asked about it today. >> obviously, the president meant in totalitily released since the individuals have been released. >> the president said the prisone prisoners were released -- tweet fest in which he accused president obama of tapping his phone. it was allegation that or nated asked spicer for hard evidence. >> we said on sunday we have no further com

the >> chris matthews of the first amendment awards dinner. the >> the truth that arrives at a news broadcast. that is what h contains the politician and overreaching power and that is what the country takes seriously and what matters this hour, this weekend this time in our lives. >> the goal of the tax reform is about creating a middle-income tax cuts and creating a tax simplification making the business is competitive where we have a high tax rate. >> the exchanges don't provide access so we do need to reform the health care in the way that it's delivered. >> and scott pruett on environmental policy. >> there are things going on with clean coal technology across the globe, but not here. most of the tub and presently because of the disincentives that we put in play in this country. if you care about some of these concerns, it ought to be in the mix. >> programs are available on the homepage and bhome page and by e video library. >> next, food and agricultural experts discussed the genetically modified organisms and their effect on the enviro

i'm chris matthews in washington. last 24 hours revealed trump administration officials and the russia ambassador to the united states. last night they broke the story that the jeff sessions met with the russian during 2016 campaign. that story pushed the attorney general to recuse himself. here is how he said he came to that decision after consulting with his staff. >> they said since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and considered their comment and evaluation. i believe those recommendation are right and just. therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> late today, the "new york times" reported president trump's son-in-law taking together this shows disturbing pattern of rolling disclosure among the president's inner circle. here what we know. during convention week of july 18, then senator sessions spoke with the russian ambassador. the news of meddling was established. the washington most

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. >> msnbc chris matthews at first dinner.nt award >> truth contained in hard news, truth arrives on the front payabling or straight news broadcast. that is what contains the politicians. overreachat stops the in power. and that is what the country what seriously and that is matters this hour, this week, this time in our lives. >> treasury secretary steve tax reform. >> the goals of tax reform, reating middle income tax cut, about creating personal tax simplification and making u.s. competitive, where we have a very high business tax income.rldwide you know, we're able to take the tax code and redesign things. c.e.o., ian read on pharmaceutical cost. our medicine sing in the exchanges because exchanges don't provide them access. to reform the healthcare, the way it is deliverd and consequences will be for patients. >> epa administration scott on environmental policy. >> there are exciting things oing on with clean coal technology across the globe, in the nuclear space, not here, happen nothing europe because of disincentive we put into play with respect to nuclear. if you care about

i'm chris matthews in washington.ast 24 hours revealed trump administration officials and the russia ambassador to the united states. last night they broke the story that the jeff sessions met with the russian during 2016 campaign. that story pushed the attorney general to recuse himself.

"hardball i" with chris matthews starts now. >> tap dance.ay hardball. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews from washington. dooms day for his claim that president obama ordered a wiretap on him. today the ranking member of the senate intelligence committee said it never happened. richard burr and mark warner said, we say no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the u.s. government. even before or after

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i'm chris matthews in washington. this isn't like covering politics anymore. it is more like doing guard duty in a jungle. there are strange noises but dawn brings the real danger when the large animals come out to feed. donald trump likes the get up early and roar. since getting up saturday morning, he's roared about president obama wiretapping him during the campaign, though no one around him from his press secretary to the head of the house intelligence committee will confirm it ever happened. he, trump, tweeted, now this is the president of the united states. some vindictive crap about arnold schwarzenegger losing his job on the apresent sxis then still on dawn patrol, he tweeted about president obama releasing 122 terrorists frommer guantanamo bay who then rejoined the cause. it turns out nine out of ten were released before obama ever came to the white house. fact. what is happening is that this has gotten so hay wire is that his peel, his very spokesman in the white house and his republicans will no longer play ditto heads. they won't say this believe t

." ♪ >>> good evening, i am chris matthews in washington.or donald trump today, march 16th 2017 is doomsday for his claim that president obama ordered a wiretap on him. >> today, we have seen no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any elements of the u.s. government. yesterday the leaders of the house intelligence committee they do say they heard no evidence. here is devin nunes. >> we don't have any evidence that took place. i don't believe the last week of time of people we talked to, i don't think there is a tap of trump tower. are you going to take the tweets literally and if you are, clearly the president is wrong. >> speaker of the house paul ryan also weighed in today. he, too, says he sees no evidence. >> this is something that i am unaware of. the point is the intelligence committees and their widen ongoing investigation of all things russia got to the bottom at least so far with respect to our intelligence committee that no wiretapping instance. >> president trump says he had evidence that he will reveal

"hardball i" with chris matthews starts now. >> tap dance. let's play hardball. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews from washington. dooms day for his claim that president obama ordered a wiretap on him. today the ranking member of the senate intelligence committee said it never happened. richard burr and mark warner said, we say no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the u.s. government. even before or after election day 2016. yesterday the leaders of the house intelligence committee held a press conference. they see no evidence. here's the republican chair devin muniz. >> the people we talked to, i don't think there was an actual tap of trump tower, you have to decide, as i mentioned to you last week, are you going to take the tweets literally? if you are, then clearly the president was wrong. >> paul ryan weighed in today, he too said he sees no evidence. >> this is something i was unaware of, until we saw a few press courts on this, the intelligence committees in their continuing widening ongoin

>> good evening from headquarters in new york, i'm brian williams along with chris matthews, andrea mitchell, other assorted guests. rachel has this evening off, she'll be back tomorrow. tonight we wanted to bring you a special broadcast about donald trump and vladimir putin, the alleged connections between russia and this new administration and what they may mean and while much of the talk today admittedly has been surrounding the president's speech last night this remains an unprecedented moment in american politics. never before have there been such widespread calls for investigations into such serious allegations so early in a presidential term. we are not yet six weeks into the trump presidency and the questions being raised could not be more unsettling. to what extent did the russian government meddle in america's presidential election? did anyone from the trump campaign know about or assist in that effort? does the president have financial ties to russia that he failed to disclose or that we weren't allowed to see in his tax returns? or, as some sources have darkly hinted, does the kr

"hardball with chris matthews" starts right now. >>> investigation of a president.all." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. blockbuster news tonight. double barrelled headlines. both very bad for president trump. first the federal bureau of investigation is actively probing trump's possible coordination with russia to influence the 2016 election campaign. here's director james comey as he delivers the bombshell. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part

"hard ball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> deception, let's play hardball. >>> i'm chris matthews in washington. imagine u.s. president caught in a false charge against his pred s -- edecessor. first he says he's willing to be judged and charged with oversight. he arranges to hand over helpful evidence to the chairman one night at the white house. he has that chairman show up the white house the next day excited with what he calls "alarming information." information he's just been given the night before at the white house itself. what if we learned he had changed cars on the way to the white house that night before when he got there in a way that evaded detection. what the if the president's press secretary wasn't told, would the president who went through this trouble to deceive them? here is what we know for sure, five days ago, nunez has said he had seen classified information that led him to conclude that members of the president's own transition team were swept up in incidental surveillance of foreigners. after discovering that, he was so alarmed that he rush today the white

chris matthews, you were talking about sourcing. the ambassador raised the same thing. these anonymous sources can only last so long. >> yeah, and i think it's always fascinating to try to figure out whose giving us the information. and i was taken with this, because -- >> it jumps out. >> the attorney general's office is basically the justice department's heavily laden with civil servants, of course. but they wouldn't know about his contacts prior to becoming attorney general. the people that would know and would actually offer this up to a report worry be people who had come to the justice department with him. and that's extraordinary. and we're hearing a lot more about political appointees as sources. andrea knows more about this. but political sources, political appointees ratting out, if you want to put it in this vernacular, their own people is pretty extraordinary at this point early in the administration. >> i'm just going to -- we're going to point out that wherever kislyak went, he was being listened to by our counter intelligence officials from the fbi. >> ri

. >> chris matthews at the first amendment awards dinner. matthews: the truth contained in hard news, the truth that arrives on the front page or the straight news broadcast, is what contains the politicians. that is what stops the overreach in power. and that is what the country takes seriously, and that is what matters this hour, this week, this time in our lives. >> treasury secretary steve mnuchin on conference of tax reform. : the goals oftion tax reform, about trading a middle income tax cut, about creating personal tax simplification, and making u.s. businesses competitive, where we have a very high business tax rate, worldwide income -- we are able to take the tax code and redesign things. >> ceo ian read on pharmaceutical costs. using the exchanges because the exchanges do not provide them access. i think we do need to reform the health care, the way it is delivered, and the comfort to patients. >> and epa administrator scott pruitt on environmental policy. prewitt: there are exciting things going on in technology across the globe a

chris matthews. for six days donald trump has let the charge hang out that president wiretapped him. smeared the predecessor and let the smear stick without a sled of evidence. includes any evidence from the fbi. after going to capitol hill yesterday the fib director himself appears to have no evidence that what tremp said is true. today the prosecute refused to apps a question about that charge. >>> earlier this week, reporter director comey asked the department itself to reject the president's claim. last night on the hill meeting with house and senate leaders and according to nbc the topic was matters related to trump tower. he too refused to answer questions. >> people wiretap the trump tour tower. >> house minority leader nancy both in the meeting yesterday. both declined to comment what was said. continue to reject the charge from president afterwards. here was nancy my pelosi this morning. do i know the director of fbi who knows for a fact something is misology, but misleading to american peop

chris matthews, you were talking about sourcing. the ambassador raised the same thing. these anonymous sources can only last so long. >> yeah, and i think it's always fascinating to try to figure out whose giving us the information. and i was taken with this, because -- >> it jumps out. >> the attorney general's office is basically the justice department's heavily laden with civil servants, of course. but they wouldn't know about his contacts prior to becoming attorney general. the people that would know and would actually offer this up to a report worry be people who had come to the justice department with him. and that's extraordinary. and we're hearing a lot more about political appointees as sources. andrea knows more about this. but political sources, political appointees ratting out, if you want to put it in this vernacular, their own people is pretty extraordinary at this point early in the administration. >> i'm just going to -- we're going to point out that wherever kislyak went, he was being listened to by our counter intelligence officials from the fbi. >> ri

i'm chris matthews.ington at the republican convention last summer, michael flynn picking up on the spirit of the trump crowd goaded the audience into exuberant chants of lock her up. they wanted hillary clinton put in jail. they sure did. [ chanting "lock her up" ] lock her up. that's right.

>> good evening from headquarters in new york, i'm brian williams along with chris matthews, andrea mitchell, other assorted guests. rachel has this evening off, she'll be back tomorrow. tonight we wanted to bring you a special broadcast about donald trump and vladimir putin, the alleged connections between russia and this new administration and what they may mean and while much of the talk today admittedly has been surrounding the president's speech last night this remains an unprecedented moment in american politics. never before have there been such widespread calls for investigations into such serious allegations so early in a presidential term. we are not yet six weeks into the trump presidency and the questions being raised could not be more unsettling. to what extent did the russian government meddle in america's presidential election? did anyone from the trump campaign know about or assist in that effort? does the president have financial ties to russia that he failed to disclose or that we weren't allowed to see in his tax returns? or, as some sources have darkly hinted, does the kr

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in new york.s first address to congress last night, president donald trump made a rare attempt to build a wider consensus around his economic nationalist agenda, taking a notably different approach in terms of his delivery and tone. while his policy proposals have not changed, he made several overtures to democrats whom he called upon to work together. >> solving these and so many other pressing problems will require us to work past the differences of party. if we are guided by the wellbeing of

this is "hardball" with chris matthews. at bp's cooper river plant, employees take safety personally - down to each piece of equipment, so they can protect their teammates and the surrounding wetlands, too. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. u.s. congressman of texas is under for for telling a vote tore shut up. ask when a constituent asks him about the violence against women act. >> given your voting record, opposing legislation protecting women from violence, will you make a commitment to us today, make a promise, that you will reach out to congress woman jackie spear and work with her as to see this bill successfully through congress. [ applause ] zblmpbls . >> >> i will comment on a number of things here. top first bill, that's a true statement. and i think that's an issue. >> no. >> boo. >> , it's violence against women. that's a national issue. >> that is an issue that impacts everyone, everywhere, not only in this country but everywhere. >> civil rights. >> it's the face of texa

now "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> caught.ball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington, where i've never seen anything like this amateur hour at work now. remember how i talk about rolling disclosure where you only get the truth from a politician when it leaks out through the press, how you can't believe their initial stories because they won't tell you the truth unless they're forced to? well, here we go with the latest buffoonery from the trump operation. remember how sean spicer, the president's press secretary said that if congressman nun res got that info he brought to the white house from the white house, it wouldn't pass the smell test. well, let's watch that exchange. >> when you rule out that the

chris matthews in ug what. this is a city sacked by barbarians right now, nothing stands where it did before t. chairman of the house intelligence committee has a political commitment of a first aid trying desperately to pannish the president's first inflicted wound. he claimed his predecessor hijacked him, nunes turns out not to be a big enough bandage, nothing comes back clean, a sick president obama wiretapped him during the campaign, by the way that trump claim obama was sick was in quotes. it wasn't in quotes, really, he maents it. still hasn't taken it back, much less apologize for it. meanwhile, the president's health care bill, trumpcare lies in frav condition, pulled from the schedule. a youeuthanasia, there was no w it was going to survive this gang of obamalisionists is going to suffer. they will plot the way forward? maybe, he came into office with a pre existing condition, himself, he had no idea of how to replace obamacare, the schedule proves that, we gin with fallout from devon nunes' mad dash f

chris matthews in ug what.rbarians right now, nothing stands where it did before t. chairman of the house intelligence committee has a political commitment of a first aid trying desperately to pannish the president's first inflicted wound. he claimed his predecessor hijacked him, nunes turns out

"hardball with chris matthews" starts right now. >>> investigation of a president. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. blockbuster news tonight. double barrelled headlines. both very bad for president trump. first the federal bureau of investigation is actively probing trump's possible coordination with russia to influence the 2016 election campaign. here's director james comey as he delivers the bombshell. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. as with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. >> criminal investigation of a president. director comey said the inve

"hard ball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> deception, let's play hardball. >>> i'm chris matthewsresident caught in a false charge against his pred

." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. two big developments today on the trump russian front. jim comey let with lawmakers today on trump's charge that he was wiretapped by president obama. also this today, donald trump brazenly refused to criticize the organization that worked with russia to tilt the 2016 election in his favor. the organization that has been helping in an attack on the cia. president donald trump, who was elected in november, but helped by wikileaks, and declined the opportunity to criticize them, even as they released more documents stolen from the cia. that material, which was acquired in a major security breach, threatens to reveal the cia's digital hacking operation around the world, which could compromise the cia's ability to get information. but when asked to comment today, president trump smiled and said nothing. >> okay, thank you very much. >> document dump from wikileaks, any comment? >> whatever that means, wikileaks says the information was gotten from a former contractor. the kremlin's princi

i'm chris matthews in washington. for six days president trump let charge hang out there that president obama wiretapped him. he smeared his predecessor and let the smears stick without a stick of evidence. that includes any evidence from the fbi. after going up to capitol hill, the director has no evidence that what trump said is true. today the president refused to answer questions about that charge. >> mr. president -- >> earlier this week, fbi director asked the justice department to reject the president's claim. last night, comey was on the hill, meeting with house and senate leaders. according to nbc, the topic was matters related to trump tower. he, too, refused to answer questions. here is that. >> illegal wiretap -- >> white house leader nancy pelosi and adam schiff were both in that meeting with comey. both declined to comment on what was said. here is nancy pelosi this morning. >> theoretically, do i think that the director of the fbi who knows for a fact that something is mythology but misleading to the am