by now i remember a great story that chris matthews told of his book. tip and the gipper i think it's called a couple of years ago where she talks about president reagan being in the what was essentially a green room a holding room before he gave the state of the union and he said to the president chris matthews did was a staffer to tip o'neill said how does it feel to be in the room where we plot against you. but the president said now chris it's after six o'clock or something like that we're all friends so if there really was a a different time and i was actually on the hill then a little bit was a pretty good time for working across the aisles and it seems controversial too controversial now let me ask you about that when you go back to the president's throughout history and you think about the divide with a congress that did divide with the other party has there been a time that you think really has been more polarized with presidents in the past i think it's a matter of context is a big thing we do have to look at the civil war because that was a p

the mandatory cuts. >> let me get to the chris matthews statement though.sident trump has said about nancy pelosi that she's a g.o.p. secret weapon because she is so bad. trump's comment has become popular lies. it chris matthews said, they are characterizing her as an ethnic -- >> what does that mean? >> that pelosi... >> that she's italian? >> didn't she say she had english, this, that, everything else? i don't know. i think it's ridiculous. >> native american. >> related to? >> it seems to me that christopher was suggesting that anybody other than w.a.s.p splitter list that republicans to insult. >> irish-americans... >> he remembers when i refuse to be discriminated against in our country. the turn of the center. >> wasn't that long ago. >> that irish half? >> to your point, greg, rand paul of the house and it said i ran to the -- by 2019, we will be running $1.2 trillion deficits. the only reasons conservatives voted for this bill is because they want to fund the defense department. he's been a little bit unequivocal on that as well. it's a serious pol

no by now i remember a great story that chris matthews told of his book. tip and the gipper i think it called a couple of years ago where she talks about president reagan being in the what was essentially a green room a holding room before he gave the state of the union and he said to the president chris matthews did was a staffer to tip o'neill said how does it feel to be in the room where we plot against you but the president said now chris it's after six o'clock or something like that we're all friends so if there really was a a different time and i was actually on the hill then a little bit was a pretty good time for working across the aisles and it seems controversial too controversial now let me ask you about that when you go back to the president's throughout history and you think about the divide with a congress that did divide with the other party has there been a time that you think really has been more polarized with presidents in the past i think it's a matter of context is a big thing we do have to look at the civil war because that was a peri

you know by now i remember a great story that chris matthews told of his book. tip and the gipper i think it called a couple of years ago where she talks about president reagan being in the what was essentially a green room a holding room before he gave the state of the union and he said to the president chris matthews did was a staffer to tip o'neill said how does it feel to be in the room where we plot against you but the president said now chris it's after six o'clock or something like that we're all friends so if there really was a a different time and i was actually on the hill then a little bit was a pretty good time for working across the aisles and it seems controversial too controversial now let me ask you about that when you go back to the president's throughout history and you think about the divide with a congress that did divide with the other party has there been a time that you think really has been more polarized with presidents in the past i think it's a matter of context is a big thing we do have to look at the civil war because that was a peri

chris matthews? >> you have to wonder if you look at this, how extraordinary it is that a member of congress has behaved like an operative. going down to the eob and picking up that material. who invited him down there? which staffers down there had that material to give to him? which staffers working for nunes are really working with hand and glove with the people down there the trump people. there's a trump party at work here. it's not the republican party, the democratic party or is it the legislative branch? >> it's blessed by paul ryan. this could not have happened if paul ryan had not let devin nunes run roughshod over these policies. >> you know how odd this is. the fact that the legislative leadership is, in fact, going along with what's really sort of a staff operation. somebody decided to use nunes to get this information out last spring. they did it again this time. i'm very suspicious about the authorship. the way it's written, it seems like it's almost they were hired guns to go after th

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i'm chris matthews in washington. the heat is rising on donald trump.n friday, first son-in-law, he gets locked out of seeing anything top secret. yesterday, close aide hope hicks admitted she tells white lies for the president. today she announced she's quitting. special counsel robert mueller is drilling down on trump's russia business dealings and what he may have known in advance about the russian hacking into the democrats' e-mail, knowledge that could make him a

i'm chris matthews in washington.rt the zrafgs justice in this country, president trump today declassified the much hyped memo he believes will ultimately save him from the special counsel's russia probe. in doing so, the president ignored the warnings from the justice department which said its release is extremely reckless and the fbi which expressed grave concerns about his accuracy. as we already know, the memo is said to be the product of a

i'm chris matthews in washington.ates and the american justice system, this latest battle might reach a new height all together. president trump appears now to be ready for war with his own fbi director. it's over whether or not to release a partisan report dressed up as an intelligence document. it's authored by the staff of trump's chief congressional defender, devin nunes, the battle lines are as clear as they are astounding. on one side, the people who obviously want theem

i'm chris matthews in new york.cts of a face-to-face showdown between donald trump and special counsel robert mueller loomed like a dark cloud over the white house. as the president's lawyers attempt to get favorable terms for his testimony, "the new york

i'm chris matthews in washington. american presidency is grim and chaotic. the "new york times" is reporting the chief of staff is offering to resign. the communications chief is in danger. and the white house secretary is gone all together. president trump publicly addressed the growing west wing scandal for the first time today, defending the former aide who has been accused by two ex-wives of violent behavior. >> we certainly wish

chris matthews, ruth marcus and mike memly. chris? >> i'm overwhelmed by the interview.hasn't been giving interviews for months now. i think the word comes through that most people don't talk about him. respect. the respect he has for the office of the presidency. it's old world, it's ethnic, it's the neighborhoods talking. that's the way regular people talk about the president of the united states. and that sense of respect. i think if you see it and hear it in a public official, you say, well, that guy or that woman is more like me than some elitest because he has respect for the office. and i think it counters the resentment so many working class white people have towards the democratic party today. they don't seem to have respect at the top like we were taught to have. and biden has, with all his limitations, he does share that regular person's respect and awe for this country. i think people like it. they say, he's like me, he shares my values. if he gets into that office, however he gets there, i trust him. >> interesting that he didn't choose to slam mike pence. b

i'm chris matthews in washington. in chief donald trump has his way, that old world war ii slogan will become the motto for america's teachers, pass the ammunition. not only, that president trump let us know today that if he were at marjory douglas stoneman himself early this morn month when a gunman opened fire on students and faculty, he, donald trump would have rushed

they missed a great opportunity. >> chris matthews. catch him on "hardball" every night at 7:00 p.m. eastern. chris hayes is on the phone, host of "all in" on nbc. you've done a lot of interviews with him over time trying to get down to who exactly he was talking to, when he was talking to, why he was being cagey. i want to play some of your interviews with him to remind viewers of what they were like. >> i genuinely hope, carter, that you are innocent of everything because you're doing a lot of talking. >> i hope that -- >> it's either bold or reckless. >> it's been fun. >> thanks for coming by. >> in the interest of getting the truth out there -- because when the truth comes out, when speaker paul ryan says the fisa warrant, the details about the dodgy dossier and what happened and all those documents is going to be released, that's what i'm excited about and the truth will set a lot of people free. >> can carter page see into the future when the truth comes out when paul ryan gets in this? >> it's a pretty fascinating thing he mentio

i'm chris matthews in washington. as we meet, the mood in the office of the american presidency is grim and chaotic. the "new york times" is reporting the chief of staff is offering to resign. the communications chief is in danger. and the white house secretary is gone all together. president trump publicly addressed the growing west wing scandal for the first time today, defending the former aide who has been accused by two ex-wives of violent behavior. >> we certainly wish him well. it's a obviously tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house, and we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. but it was very sad when we heard about it, and certainly he's also very sad. now, he also, as you probably know, he says he's innocent. and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that he's innocent. so you'll have to talk to him about that, but we absolutely wish him well. did a very good job while he was at the white house. >

i'm chris matthews in washington. in a year of all-out war between the president of the united states and the american justice system, this latest battle might reach a new height all together. president trump appears now to be ready for war with his own fbi director. it's over whether or not to release a partisan report dressed up as an intelligence document. it's authored by the staff of trump's chief congressional defender, devin nunes, the battle lines are as clear as they are astounding. on one side, the people who obviously want the memo releases. have you congressman nunes, president trump and majority of congressional republicans, even leaders like speaker paul ryan. on the other side, nearly the country's entire national security establishment. the fbi yesterday put out an unprecedented public statement saying we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy. the fbi director christopher wray appointed by trump himself privately warning the white house again

"hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >>> who you gonna call?ening. i'm chris matthews in washington. for the record, this is what a white house in chaos looks like. the knives are out for the chief of staff. there are reports that the president is asking around for someone to replace the chief of staff. members of the president's own party are criticizing his response. staffers are unable to present a clear timeline of who knew what and when. the white house is still scrambling to put together a response right now to the revelation last week that one of the president's top aides was leaving the white house after accusations he abused two ex-wi ex-wives. the aide, rob porter, den

better book than chris matthews. >> tucker: let me ask you a question. >> better book than chris matthew's here's the question. you think people should have fewer kids because of global warming. high the highest birth rates are in africa. top 15. somalia, you are telling african women to have fewer kids? is that what you are saying? that is what you are saying? >> let me, yeah, this is going to put a if you are row in your brow, tucker i'm telling you right now. because although i think that article is legitimate in that it raises some legitimate concerns, it's really a dumb article that we're talking about. because what are we going to do stop reproducing the species? it's not going to happen. we're going to have children. i don't believe we should stop having children. i believe we should look to the future and look what the markets are telling us right now is that renumbers renewable, capacity is increasing. global capacity for renewables in electricity globally by 2020, 2025 is going to be increased by 40%. there is going to be. >> tucker: i mean, that's partly true. i mean wind is a j

i'm chris matthews in washington. to undermine and possibly subvert the zrafgs justice in this country, president trump today declassified the much hyped memo he believes will ultimately save him from the special counsel's russia probe. in doing so, the president ignored the warnings from the justice department which said its release is extremely reckless and the fbi which expressed grave concerns about his accuracy. as we already know, the memo is said to be the product of a cherry picked intelligence drafted by staffers to congressman devin nunes of the house intelligence committee. at the heart of it is the allegation that warranty was wrongfully obtained by the fbi and the justice department to surveil former trump adviser carter page. there he is, under the foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa. the authors of the memo claim that the dossier which was compiled by former british intelligence officer christopher steele "formed an essential part of the carter page fisa application that was used to obtain the

i'm chris matthews in new york.or weeks now, the prospects of a face-to-face showdown between donald trump and special counsel robert mueller loomed like a dark cloud over the white house. as the president's lawyers attempt to get favorable terms for his testimony, "the new york times" is now reporting that trump's legal team is telling the president to refuse the special counsel's request to question him. according to four people briefed on the matter "lawyers for president trump advised him against sitting down for a wide-ranging interview with the special counsel." their concern is the president who has a history of making false statements and contradicting himself could be charged with lying to investigators. however, refusing to cooperate with the special counsel's request for a voluntary interview carries the risk mueller could hit the president with a grand jury subpoena, a move that would quickly escalate the potential legal battle all the way to the supreme court. in january, nbc news reported the president

i'm chris matthews in washington. if commander in chief donald trump has his way, that old world war ii slogan will become the motto for america's teachers, pass the ammunition. not only, that president trump let us know today that if he were at marjory douglas stoneman himself early this morn month when a gunman opened fire on students and faculty, he, donald trump would have rushed heroically in to save lives in contrast to the sheriff's deputies who remained safely outside the building. let's watch him do it. >> i got to watch some deputy sheriffs performing this weekend. they weren't exactly medal of honor winners. all right. the way they performed was, frankly, disgusting. you know, i really believe you don't know until you test it. but i really believe i would run in even if i didn't have a weapon. and i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. >> even if i didn't have a weapon. more on that coming up. meanwhile, it was another weekend of frenzy for the president as he repeatedly tweeted a

eastern time hour has arrived which means it's time for us to toss to chris matthews in washington and chris, i've been thinking today about places like columbine and places like newtown and now parkland. great places to live but these names will always be associated with tragedy and that city you're in, washington, if but match it against public opinion polls of their constituents, lawmakers in that city are failing american people every day. >> thank you so much, brian. that is the question so much about american exceptionalism is wonderful. how different we are from the rest of the world is wonderful. the country of opportunity and true freedom. and in this part of the american exceptional story isn't so easy to sell to the rest of the world. we are the only country, brian, that has columbine and virginia tech and, of course, sandy hook. good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. we're following the latest on that horrific scene at a high school in florida where 17 people were shot and killed. broward county sheriff scott israel briefed reporters during the last hour. let's lis

"hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >>> who you gonna call? let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. for the record, this is what a white house in chaos looks like. the knives are out for the chief of staff. there are reports that the president is asking around for someone to replace the chief of staff. members of the president's own party are criticizing his response. staffers are unable to present a clear timeline of who knew what and when. the white house is still scrambling to put together a response right now to the revelation last week that one of the president's top aides was leaving the white house after accusations he abused two ex-wi ex-wives. the aide, rob porter, denied the charges. president trump didn't help matters with the response on friday that failed to mention anything about the two wives accusing porter of abuse. >> we certainly wish him well. it's obviously a tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. and we hope he has a wonderful career. and hopefully he w

"hardball's" chris matthews joins the table. >> and they were having roerb porter teaalk to reporterslso, "forbes" magazine talks about who's paying trent the president of the united states. some include law firms that lobby the federal government and banks controlled by foreign states. we'll have the reporter beiend that sto that story. also claire mccaskell, chris murphy and angus king join us on a very busy morning in washington. "morning joe" is back in a moment. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed do that? right now during the ultimate sleep number event, our queen c2 mattress with adjustable comfort on both sides is only $699, save $200. ends soon. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. this is the story of green

a frequent guest host for chris matthews and prior to returning to broadcast he practiced law ten years who is the namesake of the beasley school of law at temple university. please join me to welcome michael nutter the 17. >> good evening. [applause] the best job in politics. why is the mayor the best job in politics? to make you can see the value and impact of your work and changing people's lives. >> is it fair to say that looking at the periodic table you never would have pursued a career in politics? tell the story. [laughter] that is pretty likely that frankly did not give a damn with biomedical engineering and it became very clear in an auditorium like this only bigger that by mid semester you could sit wherever you wanted and failing the first three exams it was clear i was not passing the course and i also didn't give a damn about the table of element elements. >> how did you get to wharton? how did you achieve that? >> it was a long torturous path. 95% torture created by myself not necessarily being the most studious person impulse working 60 hours a week may be studying about

eastern time hour has arrived which means it's time for us to toss to chris matthews in washington and chris, i've been thinking today about places like columbine and places like newtown and now parkland. great places to live but these names will always be associated with tragedy and that city you're in, washington, if but match it against public opinion polls of their constituents, lawmakers in that city are failing american people every day. >> thank you so much, brian. that is the question so much about american exceptionalism is wonderful. how different we are from the rest of the world is wonderful. the country of opportunity

big huge anniversary for conspiracy they'rist chris matthews. kind of a good way.raighthannity t ahead. >> sean: big anniversary for conspiracy theory hosts. it was ten years ago tonight. i was proven absolutely right. a journalism in america is the data. it take a look. >> it is part of this case, of the selection, the feeling that most people feel when they hear barack obama speak. seriously. it is a dramatic event. he speaks in a way that has nothing to do with politics, it has to do with the feeling that we have with our country. that is objective. >> sean: you he got it right. calm down. all right, ten years ago. all right, time for the hannity hotline. hit me with your best shot. >> i am just wondering, do you work at being a [bleep]? or does it just comes naturally for you question my >> i am a retired military guy, i spent 23 years in the military. appreciate everything you are doing. keep peeling the onion back. i think things will finally get better if we finally have equal justice under the law. >> by the way, i think it comes naturally to me, whatever i

when the nra, you were talking about the nra earlier in the broadcast with chris matthews, and when the nra -- when the deputy governor of the russia central bank was looking for an entrance at the nra convention to have dinner with donald trump in may, he settled for second place but rick gates was on the e-mails. at the same time that's happening, george papadopoulos is also sending messages to manafort, who's passing them onto gates about russians want to meet with trump. and papadopoulos at that point knows they have dirt on trump. so there are a series of dots that are going to connect, and barbara can speak to this at length i'm sure, but if it works out, gates can provide you the continuity that takes you through a lot of events. >> let's go through what of these are crimes. it appears in the indictment that the motivation is money. manafort and gaits want to have lots of money. they're doing this with associated entities, raking in money and hiding it from the government. but they're also looking for ways to bring the trump campaign closer to russia. you have gates on the nra me

good evening, i'm chris matthews. in washington we begin tonight with bombshell news that special counsel robert mueller's probe of russian interference. putting in black and white something president trump has denied for more than a year, that a group of russians interfered in the 2016 election to help his campaign and hurt hillary clinton's. it came in a federal grand jury indiekt of 13 russians and three russian companies. the defendant's operations included supporting the presidential campaign of then candidate donald j. trump and disparaging hillary clinton. among the charges, conspiracy to defraud the united states. the indictment provides a comprehensive blueprint of that conspiracy, detailing exactly how the russians conducted information warfare against this country starting back in 2014. those methods were described today by the justice department official who oversees the special counsel's probe, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> the defendants allegedly conducted what they call information warfare

i'm chris matthews in washington.ve wanted for months to see the star quitnesses to appear against donald trump. witnesses whose testimony could lead to his impeachment perhaps. today special counsel robert mueller dropped several charges against former deputy campaign chairman rick gates in what was part of a deal for him to become a star witness. he is

i'm chris matthews in washington, d.c. occupied territory of the american gun lobby. here we go again. once again a mass shooting and mass inaction by our politicians. once again, someone's taken a battlefield weapon into an american school and opened fire. once again, we are asked not to -- we're not to do ask why this battlefield weapon designed for the single person of killing lots of humans quickly as once again been about put to its designed purpose of killing lots of humans fast. this is no time for politics those in the pocket of the national rifle association tell us. we are not to mention this to teenagers. here tonight, like last night, we are going to talk about it. it's been a little over 24 hours since nikolas cruz barged into his old high school in florida opening fire on hundreds of students and teachers, utley murdering 17 and wounding 14 others. since sandy hook by the way, where 20 children were murdered, there have been roughly 1600 mass shootings in this country. so far 1 school shootings in this new year alone. with all the grief and chaos, it's b

i'm chris matthews in washington. on a day that's seen some win share on wall street, the dow jones plunged 1600 points before recovering slightly to close down by almost 1200 points. more on that coming up tonight. meanwhile, in washington, the battle between donald trump and the prosecution rolls on. trump's republican defenders continue to hold up a deceptively crafted memo to unfairly smear the fbi and the justice department. they argue that trump's former campaign adviser carter page was strongly -- wrongly, rather, surveilled even though a federal judge found probable cause to suspect him of being a foreign agent. and now the president has effectively confirmed what we already knew, that the whole charade is, in fact, intended to defend him from the special counsel's probe. as trump tweeted on saturday, quote, this memo totally vindicates trump in probe. he's like caesar now. he refers to himself in the third person. but the russian witch hunt goes on and on. there was no could he clugs and no obstruction. the w

but given that here, robert, and happen tip to chris matthews here, is this a slow motion saturday nightassacre because jerry nadler was bringing up rosenstein again. >> well i don't know about that. what i do know about rosenstein is he is the last man standing between he and mueller. if the president fires rosenstein we'll have a constitutional moment that will be asaturday night massacre and then what do republicans do and speaker ryan and leader mcconnell and so forth. because there are many republicans that have put their line in the sand a couple of months ago by saying there is a berlin wall between special prosecutor robert mueller who by the way is a republican, who by the way is champion as a constant professional and puts country before party. a lot of republicans are saying that he is a stellar individual. a lost rkz said to let his do his job. so i'm interested to see what will happen and where does lindsey graham or vice president pence stand on this if rosenstein gets fired. >> what we want to ask and who we want to talk to here, charlie, and robert, are the very fisa judg

i'm chris matthews in washington, d.c. occupied territory of the american gun lobby.ng and mass inaction by our politicians. once again, someone's taken a battlefield weapon into an american school and opened fire. once again, we are asked not to -- we're not to do ask why this battlefield weapon designed

i'm chris matthews in washington. we're following major breaking news on multiple fronts tonight. personnel crisis after chief of staff john kelly released two very different statements in the same day about a white house official

i'm chris matthews in washington. there's been a big development today in mueller's investigation. in a plea deal, another trump campaign initial agreed to cooperate with the mueller team. rick gates served as deputy chairman of the trump presidential campaign. he also worked for trump's transition team. in court today, gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the united states and making a false statement to investigators. that false statement was made in february 1st, this month, when gates was already negotiating a deal. at the heart of his deal, he admits he conspired with his business associate paul manafort in a variety of criminal schemes related to their work with the ukrainian political party. manafort maintains his innocence though gates deal now puts the pressure on him to make a deal of his own within mueller. the agreement requires gates to cooperate in all matters with investigators including answering all questions, turning over all documents, and testifying at any proceeding requested by mueller's team. gates is the third trump campaign associate to strike a coope

i'm chris matthews in washington.share on wall street, the dow jones plunged 1600 points before recovering slightly to close down by almost 1200 points. more on that coming up tonight. meanwhile, in washington, the battle between donald trump and the prosecution rolls on. trump's republican defenders continue to hold up a deceptively crafted memo to un

i'm chris matthews in washington as the indictments and plea deals in the mueller investigation mounth increasing speed, the president of the united states has entered an almost frenzied state of response trying everything he can to deflect away from himself. there were 14 tweets from him over the weekend about russia calling out the fake news, democrats, and the fbi. there were nine tweets including five today trying to blame russian interference on his predecessor barack obama. 'accused obama of f

i'll chris matthews in washington.hell news out of special counsel robert mueller's probe of russian interference. putting in black and white something president trump has denied for more than a year, that a group of russians interfered in the 2016 election to help his cam

i'm chris matthews in washington as the indictments and plea deals in the mueller investigation mount with increasing speed, the president of the united states has entered an almost frenzied state of response trying everything he can to deflect away from himself. there were 14 tweets from him over the weekend about russia calling out the fake news, democrats, and the fbi. there were nine tweets including five today trying to blame russian interference on his predecessor barack obama. 'accused obama of failing to confront russia, apparently side stepping the past 18 months of his own denials that russia even me met dld in the election. he thought crooked hillary was going to win and he didn't want to the rock the boat when i won the electrol college account whole game changed and the russian excuse became the narrative of the democrats. he left out the fact that russia interfered to help him, donald trump and hurt hillary clinton. according to trump, obama didn't do enough to stop russian involvement. again, this line of attack is remarkable considering before the election, donald trum

i'm chris matthews in washington.ite house late today, real people talked about the real horror of mass school shootings. for the first time, the question of what to could about this continuing catastrophe was taken away from the paidup politicians and taken back by the people. it was an extraordinary meeting and at times a gut wrenching and painfully raw experience

i'm chris matthews in washington. there's been a big development today in mueller's investigation.er trump campaign initial agreed to cooperate with the mueller team. rick gates served as deputy chairman of the trump presidential campaign. he also worked for

i'm chris matthews in washington we are now seven days into a crisis the white house can't pull itselfvery day brings new self-inflicted wounds. testifying on captain hill today, trump

he's been on msnbc contributor and guest host of hardball for chris matthews and prior to returning to broadcasting he practiced law for 10 years of the namesake of the university school of law here please join me in welcoming michael nutter. [applause]. >> could evening, ladies and john. mayor, good evening. "mayor: the best job in politics", why is that the best job in politics? >> as you get stuff done. you see the value and impact of your work and you could help to change people's lives and it's a whole lot of fun. >> is it fair to say that if you had been able to master the periodic table when you're 10 that you would never have pursued a career in politics? tell the story. [laughter] >> it is pretty likely, but there came a point where i really didn't give a damn about the table of elements. i went to pen premed, a biomedical engineering major and made it to the engineering school and it became very clear and much like an auditorium like this only bigger that by midsemester you could pretty much sit wherever you wanted and i think after pretty much failing the first three exams i