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i'm chris matthews in new york. what a night. coming up now, governor of virginia, director rob reiner, actor bradley whitford, joy reid, and ron reagan, all in this hour. and the president spoke about the optimism sweeping over our land, a man who spent the year dividing and conquering preached about unity, the lowest numbers in modern history boasted about the incredible progress and extraordinary success he has achieved personally.

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. >>> and coming up after a break, chris matthews is here. we'll talk about the news of the day tonight and preview the state of the union. get your bathroom super bowl ready with febreze. breathe happy. renein the caribbean.onder for a limited time enjoy two free perks like complimentary wifi and drinks, plus savings up to $300 when you book now during the celebrity cruises sail beyond event. renein the caribbean.onder for a limited time enjoy two free perks like complimentary wifi and drinks, plus savings up to $300 when you book now during the celebrity cruises sail beyond event. >>> it's not every day that our friend chris matthews is with us here in new york. so we naturally asked him to stop by and react to today's news and predict to some of tomorrow's. you know him as the host of "hardball," but also the author of the best-seller, "bobby kennedy: a raging spirit." joe kennedy iii, when we're back in this room tomorrow night, we'll be talking about joe kennedy iii, as my late mother would say, a face like the map of jirireland. he's go

i'm chris matthews in new york. what a night.oming up now, governor of virginia, director rob reiner, actor bradley whitford, joy reid, and ron reagan, all in this hour. and the president spoke about the optimism sweeping over our land, a man

i'm chris matthews in washington.or the past year, the country faced a spectacle of the commander in chief waging a war against the members of the press. and even the concept of a free press. he's turned fake news into his go-to punch line. anytime he sees a threat to his presidency, whether it's on the question of russian collusion or a poll number he dislikes. let's watch him. >> you see there's the fake news back there. look. fake news. >> i call it fake news, fake polls. >> look, the media's fake. we're doing so well in so many wanz nobody talks about it. >> i like real news, not fake news. if the press were not fake and if it was honest, the press would have said what i said was very nice. wait a minute. i'm not finished. i'm not finished, fake news. the press honestly is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. the public doesn't believe you people anymore. now, maybe i had something to do with that, i don't know. >> as you know i have a running war with the media. they are among the most disho

i'm chris matthews in new york.e're two hours from president trump's first official state of the union speech. the message will be about national unity he said tonight "unity is the what i'm stliving for to bring the country together." it is the president who obviously has done more to divide the country than just about anyone and he and his rallies are smoking resentment

. >> chris matthews? >> i thought it was a speech not aimed at the sean hannity crowd, the fox news crowd at all. i thought this was aimed at his sweet spot, somewhere between 39% and 50%. i think it was aimed at the "dancing with the stars" audience out there, the people that don't pay much attention to politics generally. i thought it was very police chief confected. it had a good about the flag and the tax cut to getting rid of the territorial mass of isis. it had a lot of particular things that weren't rough. and then it took a turn halfway through it. it almost got ugly. very tough about saying immigrants are basically killers. ms-13. beginning a discussion about immigration in a country of immigrants with crime. and that was his way of opening up the discussion like i'm protecting us from criminal elements. i thought that got very ugly about that point. but up until that time, i think it was brilliantly confected to reach the sort of center right audience tonight. it wasn't aimed at the fox audience

our coverage starts at 8:00, i'll be hosting here tomorrow night alongside brian williams and chris matthews. coverage starts at 8:00 we'll be live through midnight. then there's a special midnight live edition of "hardball." there's continued coverage after that starting at 1:00 a.m. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you tomorrow. now it's time for the "last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> good evening, rachel. the trump administration has more spelling mistakes in its first year than i think any other administration's total run of spelling mistakes. >> my favorite one was the first written statement put out when he got his first russia lawyers and the first statement me put out misspelled the world president. normway is pretty good, state of the uniom is pretty good. >> and not one firing. i was listening to your interview with congressman schiff, he said toward it is end when we see the transcript -- that's news you created i didn't know we were going to see the transcript -- when we see the transcript of this meeting in which they voted to release the republican memo. we'll be abl

that was from chris matthews tonight. do you concur?sort of answer your first question if i'm being honest. i was a bit surprise the president stuck to script coming off this morning where he sent out a number of tweets that undermined his chief of staff that undermined the house republican plan to fund the government, the undermine the idea that this was not a campaign rally and then he was quite disciplined speaking from te teleprompter. i'll say two things, first of all, he made the appeal chris mentioned, he called out the forgotten men and women of america. it was very striking. it was exactly the right note for that district, but one thick we've also learned about this president, he needs a release valve. in someways he was off script inspect morning with tweets, you might expect him to be off script with the rally but if you followed him for awhile, the morning tweets and raging was his release. so by the time he got to the rally, he got out of his system, it seemed like he reconciled privately with general kelly and able to stay

i'm chris matthews in new york. we're two hours from president trump's first official state of the union speech. the message will be about national unity he said tonight "unity is the what i'm stliving for to bring the country together." it is the president who obviously has done more to divide the country than just about anyone and he and his rallies are smoking resentment against the fbi and justice department. the white house pressured the white house to fire his fbi director. trump verbally berated mccabe last summer and mocked his wife for losing a state election in virginia. bloomberg reports john kelly has told junior justice officials is the president is unhappy with that department. according to "the washington post" trump flaind complained about not being able to give orders to people at the justice department who obviously he calls my guys. then there was the decision yesterday by republicans on the house intelligence committee to release a politically charged memo that is meant to raise doubts about the

good evening i'm chris matthews. hours away from a government shutdown and the president of the united states is feuding with his chief of staff. it's not the first time this president has publically picked a fight with the top member of his team, but it may be the worst. yesterday according to "the washington post" white house chief of staff john kelly told democratic lawmakers that some of the hard line immigration policies president trump

i'm chris matthews in washington.sident trump's impromptu meeting with reporters last night at the white house shed new light on the request whether he's obstructed justice and maybe knows it himself. over the last year, he has reportedly taken numerous steps to slow, disrupt or otherwise impede the russian investigation. among them, he asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation of michael flynn. he demanded loyalty from comey, as w

i'm chris matthews back in washington. the weekend defending his mental stability. and look, i've been away for two weeks and ucome back to that kind of news. and perhaps more telling, his defense of his military -- or mental stability only raised more questions about, you guessed it, his mental stability. and then there is the new hope of the resistance. like other heroic figures, she goes by one

good evening i'm chris matthews. in washington we're hours away from a government shutdown and the president of the united states is feuding with his chief of staff. it's not the first time this president has publically picked a fight with the top member of his team, but it may be the worst. yesterday according to "the washington post" white house chief of staff john kelly told democratic lawmakers that some of the hard line immigration policies president trump advocated during the campaign were uninformed. kelly was asked about those very comments during an interview with fox. here's what he said. >> this president, if you've seen what he's done, he has changed the way he's looked at a number of things. he's very definitely changed his attitude toward the daca issue and even the wall once we briefed him. he has evolved in the way he's looked at things. campaign to governing are two different things and this president is very flexible in terms of what is in the realm of possible. >> so mexico is not going to pay. >>

i'm chris matthews in washington.al big developments in the trump russia investigation tonight. first, there's brand-new reporting from are the "washington post" that special counsel robert mueller is seeking to question president trump in the coming weeks about his decisions to oust national security adviser michael flynn and fbi director james comey. according to two people familiar with his plans. it suggests mueller's investigation is intensifying focus on possible efforts

i'm chris matthews in washington.t year, the country faced a spectacle of the commander in chief waging a war against the members of the press. and even the concept of a free press. he's turned fake news into his go-to punch line. anytime he sees a threat to his presidency, whether it's on the question of russian collusion or a poll number he dislikes. let's watch him. >> you see there's the fake news back there. look. fake news. >> i call it fake news, fake polls. >> look, the media's fake. we're doing so well in so many wanz nobody talks about it. >> i like real news, n

i'm chris matthews in washington with breaking news tonight.nt trump reportedly told lawmakers what he really thinks about immigrants from other countries. "the washington post" was first to report on a meeting today in the oval office. lawmakers pushed to restore protections for immigrants from haiti, el salvador, and african countries. and according to "the post," trump responded, "why are we having all these people from --" you see ithe

i'm chris matthews in washington.t 1:30 this morning, back from that most wonderful upset victory anyone in philadelphia will ever want to recall. no one wanted to leave the stadium. no one wants to forget it today. i'm talking about the feeling that last night came to south philadelphia. more on that later. >>> but first, the government shutdown is almost over. now comes the hard part, governing. democrats in the.s

i'm chris matthews in washington. there are several big developments in the trump russia investigation tonight. first, there's brand-new reporting from are the "washington post" that special counsel robert mueller is seeking to question president trump in the coming weeks about his decisions to oust national security adviser michael flynn and fbi director james comey. according to two people familiar with his plans. it suggests mueller's investigation is intensifying focus on possible efforts by the president or others to obstruct or blunt the special counsel's probe. meanwhile, nbc news has confirmed reporting from the "new york times" that the special counsel questioned jeff sessions last week and also interviewed james comey late last year. the highest profile figures to join a growing list of witnesses called to speak to the special counsel's team. among them, former campaign adviser george papadopoulos and michael flynn are both cooperating with investigators. . the probe proceeded on three fronts, looking at pos

i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump faced a barrage of anger from democrats today for his explosive comments about african countries with the threat of a government shutdown growing by the day. on thursday, last thursday, the president reportedly told several lawmakers the country should have more people coming from places like norway and he referred to countries in africa as s-holes. that's how he phrased it here. he brushed aside a question about his comment. here he is. >> mr. president, did you say that you want more people to come in from norway? >> thank you very much. >> is that true, mr. president? >> thank you very much. i want them to come in from everywhere. everywhere. thank you very much, everybody. >> well, the president's secretary of hope land security defended him in testimony before the senate judiciary committee. years sten nielsen said she didn't hear trump call african-american countries s-holes but a new report from the "washington post" tells a different story "the meeting was shor

i'm chris matthews in washington. barrage of anger from democrats today for his explosive comments about african countries with the threat of a government shutdown growing by the day. on thursday, last thursday, the president reportedly told several lawmakers the country should have more people coming from places like norway and he referred to countries in africa as s-holes. that's how he phrased it here. he brushed aside a question about his comment. here he

they don't have the filter of chris matthews.ve the filter of cnn to try to spin it the way they want to spend it. and rob reiner, he makes good movies but i really don't care what he has to say. >> shannon: all right. that's it from him then. thank you for coming in. last we heard from former white house aide alma omarosa,e said she has a story to tell about the white house. now she has a brand-new gig. is she getting ready to spill the beans? that is next. sfx: muffled whistle text alert. i'm your phone, stuck down here between your seat and your console, playing a little hide-n-seek. cold... warmer... warmer... ah boiling. jackpot. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, you could be picking up these charges yourself. so get allstate, where agents help keep you protected from mayhem... ...like me. mayhem is everywhere. are you in good hands? if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic develope

chris matthews has called into us. obviously the host of "hardball." chris, we're walking tom cotton walk around on his phone. there's a little caucus going on of sanders, durbin and warren just one step up off the floor. i said this last week, i don't mean to insult a bunch of drunks, but this is government by seemingly a bunch of drunks. >> well, it's not the way they used to do it. and not to be the old guy here, but, brian, i remember when i was working for the senate budget committee back in the '70s, and we had a bipartisan budget. they would work out every one of the 13 functions of the federal government, they would work out a fiscal policy. they would agree on it and get it through the senate. those were the days where you actually compromised, and you came to the office in the morning with the idea you'd find a way to compromise. it's been often said tonight on your network that the republican party controls both houses of congress and the presidency. well, they don't actually control the u.s. senate. because today you can't get oa vote on any

terry mcauliff is going to take a swing at donald trump to get chris matthews to laugh. if you have noticed but on the other channels and a lot of shows around the world, donald trump is a pin i can't tell attachment and that's one of the channels where that happens, in fact it's happening over there right now. i'm just guessing. >> good guess. steve: 25 minutes before the top of the hour. we have a busy friday and jillian joins us with a fox news alert. jillian: we are following breaking news right now. let's get right to this fox news alert and get you caught up on what you need to know. grow a pair of ovaries that's the message from congresswoman martha mcsally to the g.o.p. telling them to double down on better secured. that's why i told washington republicans to grow a pair of ovaries and get the job done. mcsally making a statement in video launching her campaign for the u.s. senate seat to replace arizona's retiring g.o.p. senator jeff flake. well, detectives say the last person believed to have seen an ivy league student alive had scratches on his hand and dirt u

the governor made a statement during hardball with chris matthews.ing how he would react during a hypothetical debate with the president. the governor said if the president tried to loom over him like he did with hillary clinton, he would "have to pick him up off the floor." >> locally deputies in charles county need your help identifying a woman whose body was found last night. detectives overnight tweeted out these pictures of the victim's tattoos. they're asking anyone who recognizes these tattoos to please contact them. the woman's body was found in old washington road near smallwood drive. that's in waldorf. the case is being investigated as a homicide. >> today the prince georges county public schools grade fixing scandal will be the subject of testimony in annapolis. schools ceo kevin maxwell set to testify. fox5 was the first to break this story. maxwell has denied any wrongdoing o wrongdoing when it came to graduating seniors. maryland governor larry hogan announced plans to investigate the wrongdoings at schools. >> time right now is 5:33.

i'm chris matthews in washington. this year in politics a series of explosive headlines, most of which have been generate order at least fuelled by president donald trump. like many politician, trump was elected on the promise he would shake up washington. yet none of his predecessor have delivered such a steady stream of controversy and chaos in their first year in office. we begin tonight with the biggest story of 2017 so far, or by far, the investigation into russian meddling, potential collusion, and possible obstruction of justice. we've seen an ever growing mosaic of trump associates, there they are, advisers and affiliates who have been drawn into the unfolding congressional and federal russia probes. piece by piece, investigators have been connecting the dots between them and their possible links to russia over the course of the last year. among those with the most clearly defined russian contacts are some of the highest ranking former campaign officials, many of whom currently serve or previously served in th

i'm chris matthews in washington. i got home at 1:30 this morning, back from that most wonderful upset victory anyone in philadelphia will ever want to recall. no one wanted to leave the stadium. no one wants to forget it today. i'm talking about the feeling that last night came to south philadelphia. more on that later. >>> but first, the government shutdown is almost over. now comes the hard part, governing. democrats in the u.s. senate backed away from their call to reject a temporary funding bill without a law to help the so-called dreamers. well, the bill passed today will fund the government through february 8th in exchange for a commitment from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to take up the immigration debate, including the dreamers. well, this morning mcconnell gave this assurance on the senate floor. >> as long as the government remains open, it would be my intention to take up legislation here in the senate that would address daca, border security, and related issues. >> well, a few hours later senato

>> chris matthews is not the president of the united states. >> i understand that. but that is the kind of question -- i'm not giving a false comparison. >> and rudy giuliani should know the difference between a sunni and shia. if he is running for president. he has to deal with that in the middle east. donald trump is president now. is president right now today. there are questions by people on capitol hill, people who have been elected to office. there are questions by the american public about donald trump's fitness. how do you convince them sitting here right now and the way that you know him, how do you convince them that he is okay and that he's not going to do something rash? i ask that question specifically because "the new york times" is out with a report that came out last night, i'm sure you saw it, which says that one of the white house lawyers had to fib to the president about what his executive powers were and firing the fbi director because the lawyer was afraid that the president would do something that was not in only his best interests, but the bes

i'm chris matthews in washington. he's out.bart announced today that steve bannon, president trump's number one -- or number -- actually, one-time adviser and top champion is stepping down from his post at the right-wing website. bannon quickly fell out of favor, of course, last weak aft week of the publication of the new book, "fire and fury" by michael wolff. in the book, ban

we're going to start with chris matthews, my colleague here.is, you know capitol hill very well. you've seen consequential votes before. in the next few minutes, we saw on friday night they were nine votes short of having the government reopen. we've just had the democrats and republicans meet. what do you think is going to happen? >> well, you know, it's all about daca. it's about the dreamers. the democrats have committed to these young people. they want them to stay in the country. they want the law to leave them alone and give them a path to citizenship. and the republicans don't agree. you know, i was up at a big football game in philadelphia last night. little bit of conversation there was about politics was about at

i'm chris matthews back in washington. well, the president spent the weekend defending his mental stability. and look, i've been away for two weeks and ucome back to that kind of news. and perhaps more telling, his defense of his military -- or mental stability only raised more questions about, you guessed it, his mental stability. and then there is the new hope of the resistance. like other heroic figures, she goes by one name and one name only, oprah. >> what i know for sure is speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. i want all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is on the horizon! >> well, the tv legend received the cecil b. demille award last night at the golden globes. and last night oprah 2020 began trending. she seems to be everything the current occupant of 1600 pennsylvania avenue is not inclusive. she includes everyone. calm, always grown up and nice. she seems to care. and that brings us to donald trump and his formidable new adversary michael wolff, the big bad wolf of journali

when asked by chris matthews how he'd react to president trump possibly trying to intimidate him duringmcauliffe said he'd punch him in the face. he jokingly said -- ralph northam will be sworn into office tomorrow. >>> a local youth leader and the son of a mega church pastor in prince william county is sentenced to five months in jail. >> jason baird is convicted of exposing himself to and touching an underage girl. she told jurors it happened from 2014 to 2015 multiple times. we spoke to a jur he misused his position as a youth pastor. but his lack of any prior record was a factor in his sentence. >>> here at the live desk, we're following breaking news in charles county where detectives are asking for your help to solve a homicide. take a look at your screen. detectives say a woman's body was found last night near smallwood drive in waldorf. the only sort of identification are very distinct tattoos. one is an angel, the other a design. the angel is on her left shoulder blade, the design on her inner right wrist. if you think you know who this is or anything about her murder, police a

i'm chris matthews in washington with breaking news tonight. president trump reportedly told lawmakers what he really thinks about immigrants from other countries. "the washington post" was first to report on a meeting today in the oval office. lawmakers pushed to restore protections for immigrants from haiti, el salvador, and african countries. and according to "the post," trump responded, "why are we having all these people from --" you see it there on the screen, blank hole countries. he was referring to haiti and african countries. he then suggested that the united states should instead bring more people from countries like norway. if the president is trying to play down the idea that he's unfit for his office, it's not working. i'm joined by "the new york times" chief white house correspondent, peter baker, teresa maria khurumar, and mich steele. michael, i want to start with the president. he had a 50-minute meeting in front of the cameras. he's trying to show he's reasonable on things like daca and then drops this bomb, basically trashin

i'm chris matthews in washington. he's out. breitbart announced today that steve bannon, president trump's number one -- or number -- actually, one-time adviser and top champion is stepping down from his post at the right-wing website. bannon quickly fell out of favor, of course, last weak aft week of the publication of the new book, "fire and fury" by michael wolff. in the book, bannon is quoted bad mouthing members of trump's own family. he called donald jr. and his meeting with the russians treasonous and unpatriotic. he later tried to backtrack, bannon did, saying he wasn't talking about the president's son, but the damage was done. his main financial backers publicly distanced themselves and by this past weekend, the president bestowed the trumpian version of the kiss of death. a nickname. >> just so you know, i never interviewed with him in the white house at all. he was never in the oval office. i don't know this man. i guess sloppy steve brought him into the white house quite a bit and it was one of those things. that's

the governor made the statement during an appearance on msnbc's hardball with chris matthews. mcauliffe was describing how he would react during a hypothetical debate with the president. the governor said if the president tried to loom over him like he did with hillary clinton you "have to pick him up off the floor." >> time now is 4:32. the senate will now take up a bill on whether to reauthorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa. the house voted yesterday to renew it. it's a controversial law that's let the government spy on the text as well as e-mail of foreigners even those in communication with americans. president trump tweeted early yesterday morning questioning the program saying fisa may have been used to snoop on the trump campaign. that set off confusion on capitol hill as lawmakers asked why the president was undermining a bill the white house had been pushing for. his support for fisa. >> ♪ >>> new this morning turkey issued a travel warning to its citizens planning to travel to the u.s. it advises them to act with caution or revise their plans. >>

we're going to start with chris matthews, my colleague here. chris, you know capitol hill very well. you've seen consequential votes before. in the next few minutes, we saw on friday night they were nine votes short of having the government reopen. we've just had the democrats and republicans meet. what do you think is going to happen? >> well, you know, it's all about daca. it's about the dreamers. the democrats have committed to these young people. they want them to stay in the country. they want the law to leave them alone and give them a path to citizenship. and the republicans don't agree. you know, i was up at a big football game in philadelphia last night. little bit of conversation there was about politics was about that. i think that it's about choosing sides. the democrats are going to stick to this fight. they're going to try to get a commitment from mcconnell, the republican leader. they give them a vote in the next couple weeks on daca. they want to get a commitment from him. can they trust him? can chuck schumer trust him? can eno

. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington for a special saturday edition of "hardball" onset east coast. 19 hours into a government shutdown, and the only thing both sides agree on, it is the other side's fault. >> negotiating with president trump is like negotiating with jello. that's why this compromise will be called a trump shutdown

laura: chris matthews said since when do republicans have such a problem with law enforcement? they could save since when do they have such a problem with conservatives >> i have a military background and law enforcement and could tell you the reason why i support law enforcement is the same reason i am upset about what i have seen because it is not representative of law enforcement. these are people not doing the job the way it is supposed to be done and to have confidence of people are not behaving p roperly, you need oversight and people need to be held accountable and to act like they should go on with no oversight, no accountability >> that is not something i want to sign up for laura: professor of them want to go to scott. >> he recused himself and knew before anyone else did about his own biases and should be fired now with no person in the fbi fbi or justice department official should not recuse themselves when they have written those kind of e-mails and text messages and the failure to recuse himself from the investigation to me is a fireable oaf at. >> what is bothers

i'm chris matthews in baltimore.nst the president for obstruction of justice gross stronger by the day, president trump is attempting to beat the rap before it's too late. he and his republican allies are preparing a frontal assault on this country's law enforcement institutions. the motive is to taint the government's investigation and there be undermine its administration of justice. the trump attack hinges on a mo

and chris matthews is going to be here with us tonight to talk about the dynamic of a speech that could be successful. also "the new york times" reporting on melania trump. we have a lot. we have enough to fill an hour. enough to fill 90 minutes without even breaking a sweat. >> a bunch of stuff we didn't cover. tonight's "last word" is next. breathe freely fast with vicks sinex. my congestion's gone. i can breathe again! i can breathe again! vicks sinex... breathe on. >>> congressman john luce, congress woman frederica wilson and eight other democrats so far, possibly more will be boycotting the state of the union address tomorrow night. that is an announcement that i have never made before any other state of the union address. but such as it is in the canal of trump, that's tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. a party line vote by republicans to release a controversial memo even though justice warned it was reckless. tonight we'll get live reaction

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.vacation this week, and he will be back next week. we begin tonight with a new calendar year, but the same president. 20128 beginning for donald trump and his presidency just as 2017 ended. a combative president, going after the press, going after his opponents, his enemies, going after his defeated opponent from the 2016 election, and of course continuing his attacks on the justice system and what he

." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in washington one day after yesterday's now infamous oval office trump's expletive of choice is reverberating around the world. as "the washington post" was the first to report, t

program, the destroy trip media is becoming unhinged, including conspiracy theorists over at msnbc, chris matthews night compared president trump's family to saddam hussein's kids. here are the reaction news contributor jessica tarlov, the cohost of "the five" ," and jesse watters. >> it is my world, sean, but nw i'm being hannitized soon i'm worried. >> sean: i was on your show so it works out. jessica, here is a level of vitriol and hate that even you should be uncomfortable with and as a liberal, you might be embarrassed about. >> i'm not really that embarrassed when you think about how people, including the president, talked about barack obama. he said he found that isis. he was a birther. not that obama is an american, hillary clinton has parkinson's disease, she should be in jail. that is coming from someone who ended up with the president of the united states of america.a. >> sean: i think hillary should be in jail. >> he called him a subhuman mongrel and said that his machine gun should be in his mouth or he should suck on his machine gun.a >> sean: very nicely done -- >> i try to forget t

." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews.in a defiant press conference, president trump called the special counsel's russia probe a democratic hoax. he insists that no evidence of

i'm chris matthews in washington.n politics a series of explosive headlines, most of which have been generate order at least fuelled by president donald trump. like many politician, trump was elected on the promise he would shake up washington. yet none of his predecessor have delivered such a steady stream of controversy and chaos in their first year in office.

i'm chris matthews in new york. what a night. coming up now, governor of virginia, director rob reiner, actor bradley whitford, joy reid, and ron reagan, all in this hour. and the president spoke about the optimism sweeping over our land, a man who spent the year dividing and conquering preached about unity, the lowest numbers in modern history boasted about the incredible progress and extraordinary success he has achieved personally. he faced audible groans at times from people in their seats, especially when he spoke of the threat of chain migration. >> under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. under our plan, we focus on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children. >> major parts of trump's speech were aimed at the center right. but it took an ugly turn as he moved to the section on ma immigration where he stoked fears of open borders. he spoke of two girls murdered by the m-13 game. >> these two girls were murdered while w

our coverage starts at 8:00, i'll be hosting here tomorrow night alongside brian williams and chris matthewsge starts at 8:00 we'll be live through midnight. then there's a special midnight live edition of "hardball." there's continued coverage after that starting at 1:00 a.m. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you tomorrow. now it's time for the "last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> good evening, rachel. the trump administration has more spelling mistakes in its first year than i think any other administration's total run of spelling mistakes. >> my favorite one w

program the destroy trump media is becoming unhinged including conspiracy theorists at msnbc chris matthewsast night compared president trump's family to saddam husain's kids. jessica tarlov the host of waters world and his world we live in. it's your world. >> it is my world. >> sean: you're good. i was on your show. jessica, there is a level of vitriol and hate that even you should be uncomfortable with. as a liberal you might be embarrassed about. >> i'm not really that embarrassed when you think how people including the president talked about barack obama. he said he founded isis. he was a birther. hillary clinton has parkinson's disease, she should be in jail. that's coming from someone who ended up as the president of the united states of america. talk about ted nudgeent invited to the white house calling him a sub human hmong real. >> >> sean: nicely done. >> sean: i wrote them out because i didn't want to forget. >> the president said phony investigation has hurt the country and there is still no evidence. >> it's an emotion bar'sment to the country and the left continued to embarra