chris matthews, this is an incredible day. >> right.s or on ms. they experienced it, 187,000 kids, young people have been involved in schools, have been enrolled in schools during which there was a shooting. it's an incredible number. and that young kid from -- i said kid positively. from chicago, who said, who gave us that number today, which i will not forget. since 2006, 5,000 young people are shot dead, have been shot dead. since that time in just the city of chicago. 1600 have been wounded. it's not just school shootings. it's violence affecting young people in the school-age category. and i think they've always experienced it -- not all these kids here. thank god not all of them here. maybe a huge number here. but there are so many who have first experience, firsthand experience. they've been blooded. they're blooded people. they're veterans of this. i think that's what gives them their authority. >> to someone's great credit we are hearing a sound overhead we have not heard all day. that is a helicopter. they've not been ever pre

chris matthews, host of "hardball," is with here with me. chris, i'll start with you, before i get to everybody else. what do we think is happening? is this a president who is deciding he's going to do things his own way, no matter what? >> you know, he wants to have everyone understand that he's the boss, there's no one around him, there's no team of rivals, there's no negotiates or c consiglie consiglieres, it's him. he did it in the campaign. remember how he was upset that people were giving steve bannon credit for the campaign you covered. he didn't want anyone getting credit, his so-called strategists. same with economic policy, he didn't want gary cohn involved in it. get rid of cohn, he's gone. now he wants to be the leader of the free world, doesn't want to have anyone as a foreign minister or a secretary of state. it's all going to be him. i think the scary thing about this, of course, is he did campaign on a couple of things. and one of them was no stupid wars. what's the alternative to the iranian nuclear deal? what's the alternati

as the march in washington is wrapping up and there is still a lot going on in the country and chris matthews is taking over next and i'll be back as our live coverage continues. chris imagine you'v -- chris matthews is up next. >> voice of america, let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington it was here today that an estimated 800,000 people, decented on the our nation's capitol for the rally inspired by the families and students of marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, this is an emotional high point in the contentious debate over gun safety. i experienced it myself today in the hours i spent amidst that historic crowd out there. today showed the movement that began on that fateful day last month has spread across the country. we saw young people mobilize and take to the streets and in every state sending a clear signal to lawmakers that enough is enough. most important, we heard from the survivors of the gun violence from around the country and including many students from parkland who made impassioned speeches demanding action. among them

as the march in washington is wrapping up and there is still a lot going on in the country and chris matthews next and i'll be back as our live coverage continues. chris imagine you'v -- chris matthews is up next. >> voice of america, let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington it was here today that an estimated 800,000 people, decented on the our nation's capitol for the rally inspired by the families and students of marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, this is an emotional high point in the contentious debate over gun safety. i experienced it myself today in the hours i spent

and we've now been joined by chris matthews here onstage. heir tax dollars have purchased. but today takes on even more importance. >> yeah, i think -- i always say that working families and middle class families should come to washington on vacation, because you already paid for it. all these museums and monuments, it's a pretty inexpensive family trip and a great way to learn about your country. you also have a right under the constitution to petition, to go to congress and make your case. what i love about this today, my last big rally, by the way, brian, was 1967, the march on the pentagon, 51 years ago, pretty scary. it was anti-war. everybody jumped on to it and used it, everybody had their kiosks, their card tables. this one is really about guns. it's really not exploitive. these kids are concerned about safety and guns and it's a very pure, i think, demonstration of numbers. we may get a million people here today. i've never seen crowds pouring out of union station like i saw an hour ago. >> it's incredible, the sea of people. al shar

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.three stories donald trump didn't want to see today. first, adult film actress stormy daniels who is suing to get out of a secrecy agreement underwent a polygraph test back in 2011. she was asked about an alleged sexual relationship with trump. the

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.esident trump and his cabinet. attorney general jeff sessions telling congress he will not appoint a second special counsel to look into political bias in the fbi, something the president made clear he wanted. this comes after yesterday's shake-up with the president firing his veterans affairs secretary. early in his terp, trump promised his cabinet

i'm chris matthews in washington.hat the party of trump should hit the panic button. democrat conquer lamb pulled off a stunning upset in last night's special electioning in pennsylvania. deep in the heart of trump country. nbc news declared lamb the an apparent winner early this morning. an ominous sib for republicans in november. trump carried

hard ball with chris matthews of course starts right now. >>> unglued. let's play hardball. good evening. i'm chris matthews up in new york. we're witnesses the consequences of governing by chaos. p president is angry, isolated. depressed. slashing out in ways away have big repercussions. he became unglued. unglued. a tr a try if he can to of events set him off like they haven't seen before. trump, the two officials said was angry and gunning for a fight. he chose a trade war. that decision announced without any review by the state, treasury or defense departments and taking most of his own staff by surprise led the stock market to drop hundreds of points. the chaos in the white house might lead to a staff shakeup as well. chief of staff john kelly and own family seem locked in a battle right now. according to associated press, one kelly backer said the chief of staff standing remaining tenuo tenuous. in part because of clashes with kushner himself over policy, personnel and white house structure. "the washington post" reports the president's adult son, donald trump jr. and

i'm chris matthews in washington.aign, donald trump promised he would solve washington's problems. that he alone cop fix things. nobody knows the system better than me. which is why i alone can fix it. >> well, now trump seems to be putting that statement to the test. in the past few weeks, he's been emboldened to go it alone,

i'm chris matthews in washington.ump has unveiled a new, more combative approach towards the investigation of his presidential campaign. for the first time singling robert mueller by name. it all began late friday night when attorney general jeff session fired deputy fbi director andrew mccabe less than two days before mccabe would become eligible for

chris matthews, you're smarter than the rest of us. what is happening here?. they're up against a very professional force and a very strong membership, the national rifle associations, citizens like them with a different view, who are relentless and enduring. i think these young people are very much like the anti-vietnam-war protesters in the late '60s. it's the beginning of a protest. >> when in our lifetime did the secretary amendment start taking on a different meaning than when we were kids? >> it began with the fear that guns would be registered like cars. >> they're coming for your guns. >> then they'll come and get them, once they have the list, they'll come and get it. on the one hand it's a fairly legitimate american concern about the rise of too much government. it goes back to the british colonization of this country. and people don't like big government, don't like being told what to do. they want to be able to get on their motorcycle without a helmet. they want to be able to smoke. they want to buy big drinks of soda. they like freedom. the quest

everybody wants to be there. >> you know, mika, very excited because she has chris matthews here. >> stressed. >> last night, chris's opening was "screw loose". >> that was two nights ago. that's right. >> what was last night? >> i'll think of it. >> mika wanted to call you after the hope hicks resignation. >> i had some ideas. >> she wanted you to say. >> all hope is lost. >> that's an easy one. losing hope. there's so many -- >> oh, please. >> but i think it has been weird. how about having the chair there yesterday empty with his name on it, gary cohn at the press conference. what was the point of having the empty chair? >> so let me ask you a question, this is bad for the administration, this is bad for politics. >> i'm not sure about that yet. >> but that's the general talk. it's been the general talk. what about in pennsylvania 18? i think he's going to at least talk about this until after the special election pennsylvania 18. does this help him there? >> well, it should. that would be the purpose of it. >> right. >> and i think that i've noticed that sherrod brown of ohio and

i'm chris matthews in washington.the republican majority on the house intelligence committee has put out a one-sided draft report saying their investigation of russian interference is over and done for. they described the investigation as bipartisan, but not a single democrat on the committee was even made aware of the republicans' report. and no democrat on the committee is expected to back its conclusions.

i'm chris matthews in washington. throughout the campaign, donald trump promised he would solve washington's problems. that he alone cop fix things. nobody knows the system better than me. which is why i alone can fix it. >> well, now trump seems to be putting that statement to the test. in the past few weeks, he's been emboldened to go it alone, literally. the president parted ways with his chief economic adviser and booted his secretary of state via twitter. the two join a growing list of staffers chewed up and spit out by this presidency. and it's about to get worse. "the washington post" is reporting president trump has decided to remove his national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, a person with whom he never personally gelled. according to "the post," trump is discussing potential replace ps. the news of the departure was first reported by nbc news march 1st. for weeks the white house is on edge over who may be next and staffers are gripped by fear and uncertainty as they await the next move from an impulsive pre

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. the special counsel's probe have raised serious questions whether he president trump or his attorneys considered an attempt to pardon witnesses in a possible effort to silence them. this comes as the president announced his latest cabinet shake-up, firing

i'm chris matthews in washington. it's the latest sign that the party of trump should hit the panic button. democrat conquer lamb pulled off a stunning upset in last night's special electioning in pennsylvania. deep in the heart of trump country. nbc news declared lamb the an apparent winner early this morning. an ominous sib for republicans in november. trump carried that same district by 20 points in 2016. overall democratsage overperformed in the eight special elections since 2016 by an average of more than 12 points compared to the presidential race in '16. last night's contest became a litmus test of sorts for the president and his party. today some republicans expressed a sense of dread. >> if you're a republican in a safe seat, you'd better be ready. >> i don't think you need to be alarmed but certainly need to be reflective on what happened. >> every race is a wake-up call. see what we did right and what we did wrong. >> the president who travelled to the district twice dispatched two of his children there, hi

i'll chris matthews in washington.g at 8:44, president trump fired his secretary of state. can you imagine george washington doing that to thomas jefferson? even if he could tweet? it came a mere hours after tillerson touched down at joint base andrews back from cut short five-country tou

i'm chris matthews up in new york. we're witnesses the consequences of governing by chaos. depressed. slashing out in ways away have big repercussions. he became unglued. unglued. a tr a try if he can to of events set him off like they haven't seen before.

chris matthews will be back monday and "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >> tonight on "all>> we're going to end the government corruption and we're going to drain the swamp in washington, d.c. >> new allegations of corruption from the swamp of donald trump's creation. >> you're right about the swamp. say it again. >> tonight, what looks like the most egregious abuse to date from a member of trump's cabinet. plus, why robert mueller's investigators detained a mystery trump ally at an airport this week. new reporting on the drinking games inside the white house personnel office. >>> examining the trump fence. in thing 1 thing 2. >> it's not a fence. it's a wall. >>> as

i'm chris matthews in washington.nning details of president trump's phone call yesterday with russian leader vladimir putin have once again stirred intrigue and outrage over trump's apparent unwillingness to hold putin accountable for anything. "the washington post" was first to report last night that president trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers tuesday when he congratulated

i'm chris matthews in washington.stigation led by robert mueller has approached the white house gates. "the new york times" reports that robert mueller has subpoenaed the trump organization to turn over documents including some related to russia. according to the report, it is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding documents directly related to trump's businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president. while theco

i'm chris matthews in washington. even as president trump tries to convince the world there is no chaos at the white house and everybody wants to work there, his top economic adviser just quit. gary cohn's decision seems to be a rebellion against trump's decision last week to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, something many in the president's own party have warned could lead to a trade war. cohn was one of several white house advisers who strongly urged the president to relent on that decision. it's a dramatic end for a man reportedly considered in recent times to be a candidate for chief of staff. as trump spoke this afternoon, a joint press conference with the swedish prime minister, there was an ominous sign in the room, gary cohn's seat, there it is, was empty. nbc news reported friday donald trump became unglued over the stories about hope hicks, jeff sessions and jared kushner. according to two officials he was angry and gunning for a fight. he chose a trade war. well, early this morning, donald trum

i'm chris matthews in washington.is more isolated than ever and the white house is dealing with so many headlines over the past day, it's hard to know where to begin. according to axios, sources close to president trump say he's in a bad place, mad as hell about the internal chaos around him and the sent that thing are unrav unraveling. yesterday's news that a communications director hope hicks was stepping down came

i'm chris matthews in an unsettled washington.ers on multiple fronts, president trump seems desperate enough to go it alone. consider what he is up against now. first and foremost, there is the special counsel's russia probe which shows signs of escalating. charges have already been filed against the president's close associates michael flynn and paul manafort. we could see indictments against members of the president's own family or even the president himself. then there are the three lawsuits involving the president that were recently filed by stormy daniels, by karen

my friend, chris matthews, is going to take us the rest of the way. thank you, partner. >> thank you, brian. and we're still here. we'll be here. i have to say that this crowd isn't going anywhere for a while. anyway, good afternoon from washington. i'm chris matthews. what a day. we're down in the throng of this. hundreds of thousands of students and parents, people who have done so much to make their point today, to say we're not going to have the same old debate that's paralyzed this city of washington, d.c. when it comes to gun violence. we're here to watch and learn what a new generation can do. it's not just happening here in washington, as brian has said. we've watched tens of thousands of students join in, in places like raleigh, tampa, st. paul, minnesota, and across the country. joining me in washington, nbc news kerry sanders. what are your thoughts and what you're going to carry away from this as a journalist? >> reporter: perhaps the thing that strikes me the most, and i've been covering this, really, since this happened. we heard the ind

i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight the investigation led by robert mueller has approached the white house gates. "the new york times" reports that robert mueller has subpoenaed the trump organization to turn over documents including some related to russia. according to the report, it is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding documents directly related to trump's businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president. while the scope of mueller's order is unclear, the subpoena could relate to two areas of the probe that might ultimately lead to trump's impeachment. potential financial improprieties related to russia and possible collusion during the campaign. mueller subpoenaed his trump's business records and comes after the president warned the special counsel last summer any investigation of his personal finances would cross a red line. let's listen. >> mueller was looking at your finances, or your family's finances unrelated to russia, is that a red line? >> i would say yes. i woul

i'm chris matthews in an unsettled washington. facing dangers on multiple fronts, president trump seems desperate enough to go it alone. consider what he is up against now. first and foremost, there is the special counsel's russia probe which shows signs of escalating. charges have already been filed against the president's close associates michael flynn and paul manafort. we could see indictments against members of the president's own family or even the president himself. then there are the three lawsuits involving the president that were recently filed by stormy daniels, by karen mcdougal and summer zervos, each with their own lawyers. there is the looming threat of impeachment proceedings which grows by the day by the likelihood of a democratic house of representatives. but while the president's legal jeopardy is drawing his legal team as we're seeing is shrinking. after the announcement last week of two additions to the president's defense team for the russia probe, we're now learning that near joseph digenova nor his wife vic

i'm chris matthews in washington. the president is more isolated than ever and the white house is dealing with so many headlines over the past day, it's hard to know where to begin. according to axios, sources close to president trump say he's in a bad place, mad as hell about the internal chaos around him and the sent that thing are unrav unraveling. yesterday's news that a communications director hope hicks was stepping down came as a shock to people in and out of the white house. according to nbc news, hicks only informed president trump of her decision to resign earlier yesterday. it came a day after she acknowledged to members of the house intelligence committee she sometimes tells white lies for the president. but it's one of many level five storms facing the white house right now. the president's family is reportedly fighting with his chief of staff according to axios, jared, ivanka and don junior let it be known to friends they are furious with kelly and his allies adding gasoline to that fire, former white ho

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. new revelations receipting to the special counsel's probe have raised serious questions whether he president trump or his attorneys considered an attempt to pardon witnesses in a possible effort to silence them. this comes as the president announced his latest cabinet shake-up, firing his veterans affairs secretary and promoting the white house doctor in a tweet. much more on that in a minute. but the breaking news first tonight. "the new york times" is reporting trump's now former lawyer john dowd discussed the prospect that the president could pardon two of his former top advisers. michael flynn and paul manafort. those discussions last summer with the attorneys representing flynn and manafort "came as the special counsel was building cases against both men." they raised questions whether the lawyer john dowd was offering pardons to influence their decisions whether to cooperate in the investigation and plead guilty. times adds that "the talks suggest mr. trump's lawyers were concer

i'm chris matthews in washington. stunning details of president trump's phone call yesterday with russian leader vladimir putin have once again stirred intrigue and outrage over trump's apparent unwillingness to hold putin accountable for anything. "the washington post" was first to report last night that president trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers tuesday when he congratulated russi russian president vladimir putin in his reelection. in all capital letters, saying "do not congratulate." that advice went ignored by the president. and as the president said himself in the oval office just yesterday, he did congratulate putin on his recent election victory. >> i had a call with president putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. the call had to do also with the fact that we will probably get together in the not too distant future. >> without a credible opposition candidate, of course, vladimir putin won a fourth six-year term on sunday with almost 77% of t

i'm chris matthews in washington. in a stunning whitewash, the republican majority on the house intelligence committee has put out a one-sided draft report saying their investigation of russian interference is over and done for. they described the investigation as bipartisan, but not a single democrat on the committee was even made aware of the republicans' report. and no democrat on the committee is expected to back its conclusions. this marks an abrupt yet predictable end led by trump's most ardent defender, u.s. congressman devin nunes who is best known for his midnight ride to the white house last year to coordinate his defense of president trump, which itself had the appearance of collusion. in fact, house republicans never even questioned president trump or any other key witnesses in their investigation. it's no surprise that the report appears tailored to protect the president from the credible investigation now under way by the special counsel robert mueller. not only do these house republicans say they have f

i'm chris matthews in washington. the heat is rising on donald trump. on 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 co-conspirator. new heat on trump. with the students heading for washington, can he get away with doing nothing? nbc has confirmed the news that hope things someone who has been with donald trump since the early days of his campaigning is leaving. the timing certainly raises questions. just yesterday, hicks testified for eight hours before the house intelligence committee about russia. according to "the new york times," she made an admission, especially for a communications director for the white house. she told house investigators that her work for president trump had occasionally requi

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. another day, another drama for president trump and his cabinet. attorney general jeff sessions telling congress he will not appoint a second special counsel to look into political bias in the fbi, something the president made clear he wanted. this comes after yesterday's shake-up with the president firing his veterans affairs secretary. early in his terp, trump promised his cabinet would be the finest group of people ever assembled. >> we have a lot of smart people. i tell you what, one thing we've learned, we have by far the highest iq of any cabinet ever. >> there are those that are saying it's one of the finest group of people ever assembled as a cabinet. we're very proud of it. we have a phenomenal team of people, a great group of talent. >> since then though, the president has fired or forced out more than half a dozen of those people he was including in that praise. yesterday, president trump announced the firing of va secretary david shulkin. he did this through a tweet. "i am

i'm chris matthews in washington.he world there is no chaos at the white house and everybody wants to work there, his top economic adviser just quit. gary cohn's decision seems to be a rebellion against trump's decision last week to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, something many in the president's own party have warned could lead to a trade war. cohn was one of several white house advisers who strongly

i'll chris matthews in washington. it's been a wild day with a tweet this morning at 8:44, president trump fired his secretary of state. can you imagine george washington doing that to thomas jefferson? even if he could tweet? it came a mere hours after tillerson touched down at joint base andrews back from cut short five-country tour of africa. after the tweet, those reaching out to tillerson himself, trump spoke to reporters and made clear he wanted someone in the state department who the wouldn't disagree with him. he found his man in cia direct ker mike pompeo. let's watch. >> rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. we got along actually quite well. but we disagreed on things. when you look at the iran deal, i think it's terrible. i guess he thought it was okay. i wanted to either break it or do something. and he felt a little bit differently. so we were not really thinking the same. with mike pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. i think it's going to go very well. i got along well with r

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. here are three stories donald trump didn't want to see today. first, adult film actress stormy daniels who is suing to get out of a secrecy agreement underwent a polygraph test back in 2011. she was asked about an alleged sexual relationship with trump. the white house denied the allegation but the person who administered the polygraph test concluded daniels was telling the truth about having unprotected intercourse with donald trump in july of 20 -- actually 2006. according to the report, the probability of deception was measured to be less than 1%. meanwhile as first reported by "the new york times," a former playboy model who claims she had an affair with donald trump, on tuesday, to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence. karen mcdougal was paid $150,000 by the "national enquirer" in h 2016 according to the lawsuit. donald trump is friend with the chief executive of the " "enguirer's" parent company. the "washington post" reports a new york judge said tuesda

i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump has unveiled a new, more combative approach towards the investigation of his presidential campaign. for the first time singling robert mueller by name. it all began late friday night when attorney general jeff session fired deputy fbi director andrew mccabe less than two days before mccabe would become eligible for full pension benefits. president trump, who has publicly attacked mccabe since last summer celebrated mccabe's abrupt termination saying on twitter, andrew mccabe fired, a great day for the hardworking men and women of the fbi, a great day for democracy. sanctimonious james comey was his boss and made mccabe look like a choir boy. he knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the fbi. hmm. then on saturday morning, trump attorney john dowd seized on mccabe's firing to call for an end to the special counsel's probe. as he told the daily beast, i pray that act attorney general rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous ex

stocks and all of this and school shootings and then one minute on the morning shows, morning joe, chris matthews and whatever and they're behind us and they switch gears and the fellow when pulled off this upset, but basically, as far as i can see, he's a -- he voted republican. he's a young republican fellow. so i'm confused and i'm an independent and i generally vote democrat, but i'm confused on the message that they're sending. >> let me ask you about an article in "the washington post," tying in the obama administration headline, and this is a paul kaine piece in the washington post. the obama history lesson that trump may be doomed to repeat. he says barack obama and donald trump have at least one thing in common. they both built unique coalitions that are proven difficult to replicate when they aren't on the ballot and obama won two presidential campaigns by relatively comfortable margins and helping boost democrats those years and he watched helplessly as they sustained big losses in 2010 and the midterm elections and our caller talking about the loss yesterday in the republican seat in

serious xm a newspaper columnist and an author msnbc contributor and frequent guest host with chris matthews prior to turning to broadcasting full-time he practiced law ten years with the namesake of the beasley school of law at temple university please join me to welcome michael and mike nutter. [applause] >> good evening good evening. mayor, the best job in politics. why is that? >> you can see the value and impact of your work to change people's lives and it's a lot of fun. >> is it fair to say if you could master the periodic table you never would have pursued a career in politics? [laughter] >> it is but there is at one point i did not give a damn i went to penn with a biomedical engineering major at med school and it became very clear and much like an auditorium like this but bigger that that you could sit really wanted now the first three exams it was clear i was not passing the course and really i did not give a damn about the table of elements and you will not be a doctor. >> but then you had to go to wharton so how do you achieve that? >> this is being recorded. [laughter] so it wa

you're coming on right after chris matthews. ing i'm about to talk about, or are you pretending everyone clicks on your tv the moment chris hayes comes on and you're going to tell them about all this stuff? >> there are a bunch of meetings to coshed nate so we're not all doing the same show. at the same time, on the day michael flynn is indicted, you can't be just 7:00, the michael flynn indictment. you have to build in through guesting, the way you approach a topic distinctively, but when big stories are happening, everyone will cover the big stories. >> stephen: so big stories, as a newsman, is the stormy daniels lawsuit important or just, like, news candy? >> i think it actually is important. two reasons. one, i think it's important because we're watching a coverup come unraveled in realtime and it's a microcosm of what i expect is something they have done a lot of. this is one instance of one n.d.a. that was signed that locked an inconvenient set of facts away from prying eyes. we found out about it after initial denials and

i'm chris matthews again in washington. summoned by anger and frustration by gun violence in america, hundreds of thousands of teenager rally through the streets of atlanta, dallas, los angeles, new york and washington, d.c. there's more than 800 scheduled around the globe. here in washington it was an estimated 800,000 people in the shadow of the capital to press for gun control from a congress and president who were absent. >> i'm here for every person who has died at the hands of gun violence. >> ooici'm here to acknowledge african-american girls whose stories don't make the front girls -- page of every national newspaper. whose stories don't lead on the evening news. >> for me, i would like to not worry about dying and focus on math and science and playing basketball with my friends. >> i have a dream that enough is enough. this should be a gun free world. period. >> we all got a purpose and we all want what? we want change. >> fight for your lives before it's someone else's job. thank you. ♪ no matter what they tell yo

here is president trump in 1998 talking to chris matthews about bill clinton's tryst with monica lewinsky. >> it's so embarrassing. you really have to say, where does it stop. i like this guy but you really have to say, where does it stop. why do they keep revealing the details? he had sex but now they talk about the kind of sex, where it took place, where it was, on the desk, off the desk. it's so out of control. it's such an embarrassment to him. i see him walking around, it's like a terrible embarrassment. he has been a teflon guy. they compared him with reagan. that teflon is exploded all over the place. >> believe it or not, polling at the time indicated that president clinton actually became more popular during the lewinsky scandal. a poll taken one day after he was impeached had clinton's job approval at 72%. susan, does it seem that the lesson that donald trump learned here was just make sure everybody signs a non-disclosure agreement so they can't detail what was done? >> donald trump has shown no respect -- to go to the previous part of the conversation, has shown no respect for

. >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in washington. throughout the campaign donald trump promised that he would solve washington's problems. that he alone could fix things. >> nobody knows the system better than me, which is why i alone can fix it. >> well, now trump seems to be putting that statement to the test. in the past few weeks he's been emboldened to go it alone. literally president has parted ways with economic adviser and boot booted secretary by twitter. and about to get worse trump is said to get rid of mcmaster. pot post is discussing replacements. first reported by nbc news on march 1st. over edge who may be next. and an according to "washington post" staffers are gripped with fear over a president who enjoys stoking conflict. the president has been consuming the news with amusement. even jokingly asking whose next. according to the news organization axios, publicly his press secretaries had to put the kabash on reports of white house turmoil. >> actually, just spoke to a number of staff this morning reassuring them that

we have to get one to chris matthews asap. he can get thrills up his leg. rst joining us to react to the top story. the house intel member chris stewart and fox news contributor jason chaffetz. congressman, stewart, i look at the revelations and it is spectacular stunning. 14 months. no evidence of collusion. no evidence of collusion, coordination, conspiracy between the trump campaign and the russians. none. zero. zip. >> it has been a long time. 15 months. we inteviewed like 73 witnesses and looked at 310,000 documents. you know, this can't surprise anyone. it can't. how long have you been saying that? how long have i and others been saying it? dianne feinstein said this. james clapper said this. i challenge mr. schiff who seems to think that there is a secret evidence that he can't reveal. two things on that. does anyone in the world believe if there was evidence of collusion that it would not have been leaked under the circumstances that we have seen? of course it would. you would already know about it. the second thing, this is an important point, sean,

chris matthews will be back monday and "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >> tonight on "all in." >> we're going to end the government corruption and we're going to drain the swamp in washington, d.c. >> new allegations of corruption from the swamp of donald trump's creation. >> you're right about the swamp. say it again. >> tonight, what looks like the most egregious abuse to date from a member of trump's cabinet. plus, why robert mueller's investigators detained a mystery trump ally at an airport this week. new reporting on the drinking games inside the white house personnel office. >>> examining the trump fence. in thing 1 thing 2. >> it's not a fence. it's a wall. >>> as advertisers pull away from a fox news show. >> they believe the bully and must be held account credible. >> what is with all the vitt vitriol aimed at parkland shooting survivors. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it looks like the climate change skeptic that donald trump installed to lead the epa scott pruitt, took a bribe from the wife of a top energy lobby

. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews again in washington. summoned by anger and frustration about gun violence in america. hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied through the streets of atlanta, dallas, los angeles, new york and washington, d.c.. there are more than 800 events scheduled around the globe today. 800. it was an estimated 800,000 people in the shadow of the capitol, to press for gun control from a congress and a president who were absent. >> i am here for every person that was changed by gun violence. >> i'm here for every african-american child's stories who don't make the front page of the national newspaper. these stories don't lead on the evening news. >> for me i would like to not worry about dying, and focus on science and math and playing with my friends. >> i have a dream that enough is enough. and that this should be a gun free world periods. >> we all have a purpose and we all want what? >> fight for your lives before it's someone else's job. >> the fight begins today, and it will not end until

i'll chris matthews in washington. a lawsuit by a porn star and a threat of trade war.er day at the white house. meanwhile, the west wing is becoming emptiyer by the day. >> the latest --