amy, matthew, chris. matthew, let me start with you. upporters today, i think they feel as if they have enough fuel to sort of make themselves feel better. what about that next ring of the republican party, matthew? they're not never trumpers. they're trump skeptics. i would say 80% of the congress in the u.s. senate, for instance. did trump help or hurt himself today? >> that i think group of republicans is worried. i think the president clearly is in a legal fight his personal attorney out there answering questions about what's happening and director comey's testimony. but there is also the political question to think about. we have a special election in georgia coming up very soon. if the democrats win that seat, tom price's former seat, i think it will send another shock wave through the political system and worry a lot of those republicans you're talking about. too, remember on theegislative schedule, we have health ce and the senate is still working on health care. and they have a very short window. basically this summer in order t

i'm chris matthews in aspen, colorado. after months of denying, side stepping or otherwise down playing russia's role in interfering in the 2016 election, president trump finally appears to accept at the kremlin's involvement. the president's about face had little to do with protecting our country from a future attack and everything in this case to do with knocking his predecessor, barack obama. on monday, president trump said without any basis that it was obama who colluded or obstructed on russia. not him of the until now the president had offered only limited recognition that russia might be responsible despite the consensus of the intelligence community. in january trump bepointed the russia. >> as far as hacking, i think it was russia but i think we get hacked by other countries and other people. we talk about the hacking. hacking is bad. and it shouldn't be done. but look at the things that were hacked. look at what was learned from that hacking. >> nearly four months later, the president again expressed his skeptici

even the left as you pointed out with chris matthews saying hey, guys, it's over. move on. let my father do his job. let him do with the american people elected him to do. >> sean: i would love to say that was going to happen. it's even deeper. when you think of the level of vitriol, hate, it's been directed at you, your brother. attacking your sisters and your 11-year-old brother. and the president's wife and anybody close to him or anybody that expresses a like towards him and agrees with him. to me this is about undermining the will of the american people. and so delegitimizing and damaging and distracting at the least he doesn't fulfilled the addendum of the people elected him for. that's a serious problem in the country. >> i think it is. the good thing is that the left has overplayed their hand so much, it's been so ridiculous. so over the top. so extreme. half the things that we are reporting -- even comey in his own words -- >> sean: she wanted to hire the guy. >> even he is saying it. all these things they tried to take him out with, i think it's pushed reasonable

thank you. >> i think i'm good. >> we want to go to chris matthews in washington. chris, i've wanted your reaction to this conversation and that appearance by the president's lawyer. >> i thought it was -- i got to be careful here. he's probably a bit letigious, this guy, but it seems like the kind of lawyer you would want to get if you're in trouble. he's very good, he wasn't under oath, he didn't take questions. you can't compare him apples to apples to the situation comey was in under all day, which was under oath with a lot of tough questioning. he read a lot of the obvious stuff we've been hearing the past couple hours as someone defensive of the president. i thought the statement -- he conjoins these two sentences which i thought somebody made a mistake here. he said the president also never told mr. comey, i need loyalty, i expect loyalty in form or substance. the sentence right after that, of course, the office of the president is entitled to expect loyalty from those serving in the administration. i'm sorry they wanted to do a transition, a segue to the que

throw up his leg, chris matthews, came to this stunning conclusion. i was even shocked.k. >> the assumption of the president's critics are that the president had something to do with colluding with the russians. a h helping hand, encouraging tm and feeding their desires. some role they played, some conversation he had with michael flynn or paul manafort but was came apart this morning was that theory -- >> sean: the black helicopter crowd, the tinfoil hat russial conspiracy theories, the destroy-trump-media has now come apart at thehe seams. they have been lying to you, the american people. msnbc was not the only outlet having to backtrack. hill is reporting that cnn issues correction after comey's statement contradicts their reporting. even abc was forced to update a story following comey's remarks and then of course, the so-called paper record, "the new york times" were singled out for being flat out wrong. i would argue again. take a look. >> that report by "the new york times" is not true. is that a fair statement? >> in the main, it was not true. >> they published a

. >> chris matthews, watching and listening with us, chris. >> i think the headlines in terms of wire service coverage he called the president a liar. i think that's a headline. the reason he memorialized everything, he thought the president would lie about it. he also said i'd like to see any tapes played. if there are any white house tapes he wants them played. the bigger story, nicolle touched on it there, the assumption of the president's critics, his pursuers, the president had something to do with colluding with the russians to feeding their desire to affect the election in some way. some role they played. some conversation with michael flynn or paul manafort. but yet what came apart was that theory. two regards, the president said according to the written tell me of mr. comey go ahead and give anybody satellite to my operation and nail them. i'm with you on that, that would mean manafort, carter, page, somebody like that. and then what was fascinating, comey said that basically flynn wasn't central to the russia investigation that he was touching on it. of course, flynn wasn't

drool away chris matthews. >> i was very impressed by that. what got you. what made you do that today? you find it, because you turn that service to the american people, people paid by american taxpayers to give us answers to questions. that's what everything is supposed to be. it's not supposed to be a p.r. campaign of trusting everyone who disagrees with the presiden president. >> greg: get a room. [laughs] i admit it was entertaining. especially as a reporter tries to ask a follow-up. >> i disagree completely. first of all, if anything has been inflamed, it's the dishonesty that often takes place by the news media. i think it is outrageous for you to accuse me of inflaming a story when i was totally trying to respond to the question. >> greg: factors, the media is a dog under new owners. they were so volatile under the previous owner, president obama. every day, he fed them from the table. scraps of eloquence that reminded them of their favorite professor, the one i had a crush on him, and thought maybe they had a chance with after finals. he probably dr

they love to push the trump collusion narrative, even chris matthews, he is talking about his colleagues next, a brand-new segment that we called the liberal conspiracy theorists, will get reaction from former governor mike huckabee, and then later tonight -- >> there is a level of viciousness that i was not expecting. i was not expecting the intensity of this experience. >> hannity: the first daughter, ivanka trump, reacting to the viciousness of the attacks against her and her family and what they are battling against, geraldo joins us, straight ahead. ♪ are you done yet? does it look like i'm done? shouldn't you be at work? [ mockingly ] "shouldn't you be at work?" todd. hold on. [ engine revs ] arcade game: fist pump! your real bike's all fixed. man, you guys are good! well, we are the number-one motorcycle insurer in the country. -wait. you have a real motorcycle? and real insurance, with 24-hour customer support. arcade game: wipeout! oh! well... i retire as champion. game hog! champion. >> live from america's news headquarters. attorney general jeff sessions is set to take the hot

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chris matthews is saying there's no rush inclusion here. to the written testimony of mr. comey, go ahead and mail them. then he also became a statement was fascinating -- comey said that flynn wasn't central to the russian investigation five will they ever admit that in drop this whole rush inclusion thing. >> what a fascinating question. it is now revealed, we knew, the press are more progressive than the general population and they certainly are a world away from republicans in his presence. they tend to be more critical of a republican president than they are of a democrat president. i don't think that can be disputed realistically. in the case of donald trump, there is a visceral nature to it, almost a hatred of trump as a person, everything he represents, the gaudy lifestyle, the accidental presidency and they seem out to get him. look at the two big glaring mistakes revealed by his testimony. number one, cnn, four of their best reporter saying over and over again that comey is not going to say president trump is not under investigatio

tingles up his leg msnbc's chris matthews. >> the assumption of the critics of the press, his pursuershat somewhere along the line in the last year, the president had something to do with colluding with the russians. what came apart is that theory with two regards, the president said according to the written testimony of mr. comey, go ahead and get satellites in my operation in the album -- and nail them. comey said that basically flynn wasn't central to the russian investigation, that he was touching on it. >> eric: tom, moving on there. chris matthews, to his credit, said that investigation -- i'm sorry, that testimony, he said maybe it's time to move on. >> i'm surprise he said that. strategically, you are going to see democrats move on that because they are going to move something they cannot prove, collusion, onto obstruction of justice. >> eboni: which they also probably can't prove. >> they know they cannot get to collusion, so matthews speaks the way a lot of democrats are speaking, let's move on, let's talk about speaking. >> do you know what's the problem? rachel maddow was g

i'm chris matthews in aspen, colorado.nths of denying, side stepping or otherwise down playing russia's role in interfering in the 2016 election, president trump finally appears to accept at the kremlin's involvement. the president's about face had little to do with protecting our country from a future attack a

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is "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.e intelligence committee questions former fbi director james comey on what the president said to him about loyalty, about general michael flynn, and about whether the fbi was investigating the president. it's all about the russians and what they were up to in 2016 and what role, if any, donald trump's people may have played in encouraging them. as our guests tonig

i'm chris matthews in washington.d today he's pulling america out of the landmark paris climate agreement, joining two great powers, syria and nicaragua as the only countries on earth not to take part in the agreement. also tonight, former fbi director james comey will break his silence one week from today in a hearing before the senate intelligence committee. comey has been cleared to testify by the special counsel overseeing the investigation. and according to "the wall street journal," he's expected to tell con

i'm chris matthews in washington.oday in the defendant's box, accused of lying, of abusing power, of attempting to manipulate the fbi to protect himself and his people from justice. former fbi director james comey under oath today testified that president trump fired him to disrupt the russian investigation. >> take the president at his word that i was fired

i'm chris matthews in washington.ent the last -- or the past 48 hours trying to convince the country the president didn't say something he the actually said. president trump tweeted friday, "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director." according to the president's lawyer, however, jay sekulow, the president is not under investigation, and today he continued to push back against the reports from "the washington post," nbc news, and others that special counsel, robert mueller, is

i'm chris matthews up in new york. donald trump's attorney general faced tough questions on capitol hill today. jeff sessions was grilled by the senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of james comey. comey's testimony last week and sessions' own meetings with the russian ambassador, meetings he didn't initially even admit. well, sessions' testimony comes nearly a week after comey testified that the president spread lies about his firing and questioned the attorney general's role in his dismissal. president trump has said the fbi was in virtual turmoil under comey's leadership. well, today sessions, the attorney general, said he never discussed performance concerns with comey before his firing. let's watch him on that. >> the fact that you'd worked with director comey for some time, did you ever have a conversation as a superior of director comey with his failure to perform or some of these accusations that he wasn't running the fbi in a good way or that somehow the fbi is in turmoil? did you have an

i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump said today he's pulling america out of the landmark paris climate agreement, joining two great powers, syria and nicaragua as the only countries on earth not to take part in the agreement. also tonight, former fbi director james comey will break his silence one week from today in a hearing before the senate intelligence committee. comey has been cleared to testify by the special counsel overseeing the investigation. and according to "the wall street journal," he's expected to tell congress that the president asked him to his face to back off the flynn investigation, a claim that could bolster allegations that the president tried to obstruct justice. well, the explosive hearing is set for next thursday, as i said. that is if president trump doesn't try to block comey from talking. as "the new york times" reported late last night, quote, putting the highly anticipated hearing on the calendar would force mr. trump to decide whether to invoke executive privilege and try to

is "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.his thursday the senate intelligence committee questions former fbi director james comey on what the president said to him about loyalty, about general michael flynn, and about whether the fbi was investigating the president. it's all about the russians and what they were up to in 2016 and what role, if any, donald trump's people may have played in encouraging them. as our guests tonight we have the associated press has called a key figure in the controversy, carter page. page will join us shortly. first in the news breaking late today. the intercept is reporting that the russian military intelligence group executed a cyber attack on at least one u.s. software supplier. the report indicates that russian hacking may have penetrated further into the u.s. voting systems than was previously understood. in fact, just an hour after the story was posted authorities announced the arrest of the contractor who allegedly leaked that report, according to nbc news. joining me is ken delaney, intell

i'm chris matthews up in new york.d trump's attorney general faced tough questions on capitol hill today. jeff sessions was grilled by the senate intelligence committee about his role in the firing of james comey. comey's testimony last week and sessions' own meetings with the russian ambassador, meetings he didn't initially even admit. well, sessions' testimony comes nearly a week after comey testified that the president spread lies about his firing and questioned the attorney general's role in his dismissal. president trump has said the fbi was in virtual turmoil under comey's leadership. well, today

itself in the face and yes a brain could punch itself in the face our eyes mind does it every time chris matthews speaks. in our culture we are now almost incapable of taking multiple ideas into our brains with when those ideas are condensed into one topic or one story for example i recently talked about how trump's withdrawal from the paris climate agreement is both exceedingly awful for humanity and also not that big a deal it's awful it's awful because of what it means for our ability to cooperate and ability to think intelligently. it's not a big deal because the paris agreement was all laughable sure ain't broke out again anger. when you have everyone from oil tycoons to war criminals clinking champagne glasses when the thing is signed you've got yourself in a corner. we want everything we discussed to break down to either good or bad right either important or completely on important either on fleet or exceedingly off clique. i'm not sure what the opposite of conflict is i have no idea because i don't actually know what on fleet means know the opera kid could very well be off putting cops. o

i'm chris matthews up in boston.esterday about a president who lies, abuses power, and can't be trusted. and today president trump responded, defying and denying comey's written sworn account of what his then fbi director said he did, saying he would do so under oath. >> he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation, he could let go. >>

. >> chris matthew, it's really something to hear it all together back to back there. and what a portrait it paints of jim comey and trump. >> it's a character difference. the president is imaginative in how he portrays reality. he will come up with references that don't make any sense, but he gets around with it politically. doem iscomey is a man of neat ne taking and honesty and who tried to trim his relationship with with the president there. he wouldn't really challenge him as so many people have said, why didn't you challenge him, try to take himle do down. he was trying to finesse the meeting and i understand that. once you've been inside the politics, you know the need to finesse relationships. you can't just confront people all the time even though you know you were right. and i think comey believes he was right in every case. but i go back to the missing piece.russian investigation, it seems like comey was excusing the president from at least technically saying he wasn't a target of the investigation although he said my lead investigation gait toor thought ins

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> battle stations. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. 39 hours from now, james comey will testify on what donald trump said to him about the fbi/russian investigation. tonight we discuss the fear this has driven into trump world. like the triple-a fire from a defending city, the president expected to use all of his fire power to shoot down anything comey says. according to "the washington post's" robert costa, president trump does not plan to put down twitter, for example, on thursday. he may live tweet has he feels

i'm chris matthews in washington.ew indications the trump/russia probe could reach deeper into the white house. vice president mike pence has retained outside counsel now to represent him for the course of the investigation. it comes as nbc news today confirmed "the washington post" scoop that president trump is under criminal investigation by the special counsel, robert mueller, for possible obstruction of justice. three of the country's top

i'm chris matthews in washington. donald trump's lawyer spent the last -- or the past 48 hours trying to convince the country the president didn't say something he the actually said. president trump tweeted friday, "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director." according to the president's lawyer, however, jay sekulow, the president is not under investigation, and today he continued to push back against the reports from "the washington post," nbc news, and others that special counsel, robert mueller, is investigating whether president trump obstructed justice. according to sekulow, that's just a narrative being pushed by the media and james comey. >> the only reason we're talking about this is because of what? a leak from "the washington post" -- >> that is absolutely not true. that's not why i'm asking you -- >> you didn't let me finish my sentence! >> go ahead. >> and because james comey raised it up in his testimony. he said, i'm sure the special ko counsel is going to do it. i wouldn't exactly call james c

i'm chris matthews up in boston. james comey delivered powerful testimony yesterday about a president who lies, abuses power, and can't be trusted. and today president trump responded, defying and denying comey's written sworn account of what his then fbi director said he did, saying he would do so under oath. >> he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation, he could let go. >> i didn't say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didn't say that. i mean i will tell you i didn't say that. >> and did he ask you to pledge his loyal -- >> and there would be nothing wrong if i did say it according to everybody i read today but i did not say that. >> did he ask for a pledge of loyalty to you? >> no, he did not. >> he said those things under oath. would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of those events? >> 100%. i didn't say under oath. i hardly know the man. i'm not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance. who would do that? who would a

i'm chris matthews in washington. the president spent today in the defendant's box, accused of lying, of abusing power, of attempting to manipulate the fbi to protect himself and his people from justice. former fbi director james comey under oath today testified that president trump fired him to disrupt the russian investigation. >> take the president at his word that i was fired because of the russia investigation, something about the way i was conducting it, the president felt created pressure on him that he wanted to relieve. and it's my judgment that i was fired because of the russia investigation. i was fired in some way to change -- or the endeavor was to change the way the russia investigation was being conducted. that is a -- that is a very big deal and not just because it involves me. >> it involves the president. comey said president trump made clear that he wanted him to drop the investigation of general michael flynn. he quoted the president as telling him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this

i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight, there are new indications the trump/russia probe could reach deeper into the white house. vice president mike pence has retained outside counsel now to represent him for the course of the investigation. it comes as nbc news today confirmed "the washington post" scoop that president trump is under criminal investigation by the special counsel, robert mueller, for possible obstruction of justice. three of the country's top intelligence officials have now agreed to speak to investigators, led by special counsel mueller. director of national intelligence dan coats, direct over of the nsa mike rogers, and his former deputy richard ledgett. while coats and rogers refused to say publicly whether the president asked them to influence the investigation, "the wall street journal" rep t reports ledgett drafted a memo, quote, while mr. ledgett was still in office, he wrote a memo documenting a phone call that mr. rogers had with mr. trump. during that call the president questioned the ve

itself in the face and yes a brain can punch itself in the face our eyes mind does it every time chris matthews speaks. in our culture we are now almost incapable of taking multiple ideas into our brains when when those ideas are condensed into one topic or one story for example i recently talked about how trumps with drawl from the paris climate agreement is both exceedingly awful for humanity and also not that big a deal it's awful it's awful because of what it means for our ability to cooperate and ability to think intelligently. it's not a big deal because the paris agreement was all laughable sure ain't brought it up again anger. when you have everyone from oil tycoons to war criminals clinking champagne glasses when the thing is timed you've got your selfish climate accord. we want everything we discussed to break down to either good or bad right either important or completely on important either on fleak or exceedingly off clique. i'm not sure what the opposite of on fleak is i have no idea because i don't actually know what on flick means. the opera kid could very well be off putting cu

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> battle stations. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. 39 hours from now, james comey will testify on what donald trump said to him about the fbi/russian investigation. tonight we discuss the fear this has driven into trump world. like the triple-a fire from a defending city, the president expected to use all of his fire power to shoot down anything comey says. according to "the washington post's" robert costa, president trump does not plan to put down twitter, for example, on thursday. he may live tweet has he feels the need to respond. and you bet he will. white house spokesman sean spicer refused to say whether the president will watch comey's testimony. i behe does and let's watch right now. >> is he going to watch former director comey's testimony up on capitol hill? >> the president has got a full day on thursday. there's an infrastructure meeting with mayors and governors to talk about what we just -- some of the projects that need to get out, that public/pr

jesse: even chris matthews said this about collusion. >> the assumption of the critics of the president of his pursuit you might say is somewhere along the line in the last year the president had something to do with colluding with the russians. what came apart this morning was that theory. jesse: is it any wonder the n the mainstream media. 65% of voters believe there is a lot of fake news in the media. so as the media loses credibility, the democrats conspiratorial agenda blew up that their face. obama official susan rice, james clapper and samantha power have all been slapped with subpoenas on the unmasking and we learn that two of the highest level leakers are james i'm and reality winner. then the comey testimony boom aranged on loretta lynch and the hillary clinton campaign. here is what the former f.b.i. director said. >> the attorney general directed me not to call it an investigation, but to call it a matter which confused me and concerned me. jesse: testimony shows there was no undue influence by the trump people on the f.b.i. investigation but there was undue influence by the

even chris matthews after comey testified said that it's dead.his has gone on for nearly 11 months. what's your reaction to what's being said now after all that bad reporting? >> i think rachel maddow must be riddled wrapped because the tinfoil had is through the roof. it's not going to convince conspiracy theorists like her to stop. her number one goal is to bash and obstruct the trump administration. it has been from day one. and they're going to beat that dead horse until they can't do it anymore. i think it's especially ironic that this interview she gave that you quoted from his in "rolling stone" magazine which apparently is billing her on a trump cover as the most trusted name in news. could there be a bigger joke? the fake news purveyor. we talked about this so many times, you and i are always transparent about what our biases are, what our ideology is, what our perspective is. we put it all on the table, and we asked people to do their own homework and verify their own facts. anybody can commit journalism. there are double standards of t

itself in the face and yes a brain could punch itself in the face our eyes mind does it every time chris matthews speaks. in our culture we are now almost incapable of taking multiple ideas into our brains with when those ideas are condensed into one topic or one story for example i recently talked about how trump's withdrawal from the paris climate agreement is both exceedingly awful for humanity and also not that big a deal it's awful it's because awful.

. >> jesse: chris matthews also agrees that this trump-russia conspiracy theory is dead and that shouldell you a lot. >> kimberly: the tinkler. >> jesse: trump is now floating the idea there may be tapes. what is the strategy there? >> greg: it's interesting, it's an interesting strategy. it's time we show some compassion. he is now a stay-at-home dad, jim comey. we value our stay-at-home dads. don't we? >> jesse: we do. >> greg: the same kind of mentality, if the russians know anything about hillary's in meals, let us know. everything is being recorded -- doing something or another. it's kind of just a joke on his part. i think that's what it is. that's why when he said i think you're going to be really disappointed when you find out. how the story is shifting is really interesting right now. i read a headline from "the washington post" that said there's no indication comey violated the law. the story has shifted and now everybody is looking at comey because they realize that straight-a student that was jim comey is now -- when all the other students went to play hooky and swim at the