host: our guest is chris matthews from msnbc. line for democrats, new york, good morning. so, two observations. i watch chris's show relatively often. cavett -- to cavett -- dick asked whaton and he it was like interviewing back then versus now and when dick ca vett finally got a word in, he said back then, we could get a word in. i was always waiting for the opportunity to say, i blame chris more than anyone else for trump's election because at 7:00 when the other tv shows were showing an empty podium waiting for donald trump -- bullbowl cracked, not asking why is my boss requiring me to keep his empty podium visible for a half hour to three quarters of an hour when the president has nothing to -- nothing intelligent to say. guest: we covered him and trump won the election. dick cavett apologized for that comment. people often think questions that aren't really questions, they are prompts. i want questions answered and i push them. i drift off and keep pushing. that is my style for 25 years and i will not change. host: mike, you with us? caller: yes. thank you for taking m

joining me chris matthews. thanks for joining us. >> syria. you had an interesting take on friday. >> when we are in combat out there risking their lives oil careful about politics. trump is really good at one thing, diversion. it is almost like an entertainer. he will shift from one thing to another. something going bad for comey. we all said it would be comey's week. he will own monday through friday coming up. he is not owning it right now. trump has a little of the action again. this thing with martin luther king, come on, he covers his bases. he was onto other side. it was like what i liked about him is he was a celebrity. >> which reduces away. >> yeah. trump showed his colors with the birtherism thing. he was lying. there was no evidence that barack obama was born in africa. this white woman from kansas has a relationship with a guy in kenya. she goes over there to have the kid, it's a whacky argument. >> you mentioned him in syria moments ago he tweeted. why did he lie to congress, why did the dnc refuse to give server to the fbi . i m

[applause] two live from the 16th annual annapolis book festival about robert kennedy with chris matthews. >> i want you to buy this book having written a book about a kennedy, this is a really good one. because chris is in and you can feel his presence and really this is very interesting i will start with that how he came to write this book and why. chris tell us how you got there. >> first of all we are lucky to be in the presence of the chairman of the democratic party of maryland. [applause] if you have any concerns of the democratic party shall help and how they will be trop but so you pick up little items of truth that are real and that tells me something i remember reading nixon's book and said someone like your dad very light and positive and upbeat. [laughter] and very attractive. she wrote about the time her father and mother hosted jacqueline kennedy, john junior and caroline to dinner with a relatively cap quiet secret dinner and showed her the portraits of kennedy and the first lady. then i interviewed john and john junior and how funny it was quiet and thinking there is a st

chris matthews needs no introduction but i want you to buy this book because having written books about body kennedy, this is a good one because chris is in it. you feel his presence and it is really interesting. i want to start with that. how he came to write this book, why he wrote this book, tell us how you got into this. >> we are lucky to be in the presence of the chairman of the democratic party of maryland, kathleen matthews. [applause] >> if you have any concerns about the democratic party, go to her, she will help. explain how they will beat trump and all that stuff. you were a journalist for a long time and you do string collection. you pick up items of truth and that tells me something interesting. i remember reading julie nixon's book, so unlike her dad, late, positive, upbeat, very attractive, beautiful woman and she wrote about the time her father and mother hosted jacqueline kennedy, john junior and caroline at dinner in a quiet, relatively secret dinner to show them the portraits of pres. kennedy and jacqueline, the first lady. a wonderful evening. i interviewed john jun

chris matthews of nbc news and msnbc.hank you for stopping by. 1968, america in turmoil, we will continue the conversation and focus on the role of the media. the assassination of dr. king and senator robert f kennedy, demonstrations in chicago, and the vietnam war. joining us is photographer david hume kennerly and journalist marvin kalb. our audience on c-span3 part of american history tv, we will take you back to summer of 1968, august of that year. walter cronkite. >> chicago, illinois, the convention of the democratic party, nominating tonight its candidate for the presidency. that man will be vice president hubert humphrey. right now, speeches are being made for senator mcgovern and then we will have nomination second speech for the reverend mr. channing phillips for washington, d.c., a favorite son candidate of the black caucus convention, 212 delegates here -- negro delegates here. here in the amphitheater, new york, holding a caucus right now discussing violence downtown. [applause] >> you are wasting valuable ti

i'm chris matthews in san francisco. president trump finds himself tonight in a two-front war trying to kill off the notion he's been in bed with putin all the way to the white house and two, trying to convince his hard right supporters he's really out to stop illegal immigration wall or no wall. but we begin with the break news of that shooting at the headquarters of youtube just to the south of me in san bruno, california. police responded to reports of a shooting at 12:48 this afternoon pacific time. aerial footage showed employees walking out of the building with their hands up. police describe a scene of chaos when they arrived. authorities confirm that a female suspect a woman in her 30s was deceased at the scene. san bruno police chief ed barberini briefed reporters a short time ago. >> we did encounter one victim with a gunshot toward the front of the business as we arrived. several minutes later while conducting a search of the premises will, officers located a second individual with a gunshot wound that appears

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews.ew signs tonight that the already strained relation shich between the united states and russia is reaching a combustible new phase. those commences are now it issing president trump and the man he's steadily refused to criticize. after the u.s. expelled 60 diplomats on sunday, russian retaliated. then hours later in a conspicuous show of force, the kremlin test launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile this morning. it is said to be capable of delivering up to 15 nuclear warheads. putin claims the weapons is impervious to american defenses. all of this sparked by the unprecedented chemical attack by a former russian spy and his daughter on british soil, an attack the u.s. and uk blame on russia. despite russia's prove kags that date black to the russian election, the new ambassador says that both countries are to blame. >> why do you think the relationship between our two countries has deteriorated to this point. and what part of it -- what responsibility is russia willing toak

watching along with us all morning long, chris matthews in washington. rful liturgy. apparently all worked out from the guidance of barbara bush herself. the weeks before. reverend cheney said it was about three weeks ago they worked on this, perhaps other days as well. i thought the notes struck by jon meachem who wrote the book on george bush senior and susan baker, the life of james baker. very close friend to the president. and her very close friendship with barbara was honored there. i thought it was great to here doro bush from that rendition from romeo and juliet, i know a lot of people thought that's exactly what bobby kennedy said, and perhaps a reference to lyndon johnson, some will take this to a reference to the current president in terms of garishness. i thought that was an interesting note to strike, the subtlety of it. the whole service was joyous. the last hymn was joyous. and it had this -- it had a wonderful sublimity, if you will. there was a happiness to it. it was not funeral at all. that's what the reverend said. reverend cheney said

i'm chris matthews in washington.rump is flaupting his anger before the country and the world. fueled by rage over the special counsel's probe and taunting russia while on the precipice of a military strike against syria. amid all this came the announcement today that the republican speaker of the house is jumping ship. paul ryan said today he won't run for re-election in 2018, a move sure to

robert kennedy the perpetual underdog, he needs to head out to do his show, i want to recognize chris matthews, the host of hard ball. >> thank you. it's great to be part of this, in this amazing room with so much history. 50 years ago tomorrow is march 15th, 1968. senator robert kennedy gave an instructions to his aid, reserve the senate caucus room for tomorrow. he would have preferred to have run for president four years later in 1972 when johnson would have finished his second full term. he did not want to challenge a democratic president, he was a good plugs and he knew this was not good politics, he had just gotten a scare in mccarthy but johnson beat him in a write in. he was still a strong favorite for renomination, he tried an 11th hour maneuver to change johnson's position on vietnam and a special commission to review the policy. the day before he reserved this room, he and said sorenson went to talk over the commission idea with johnson's defense secretary. he wanted to end the war rather than running for president but johnson shot the idea downing, he said it was like admitting def

chris matthews "hardball" starts now. >> trump's people. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. matthews in washington where we're awaiting the arrival of french president macron and his wife for the first state din ker of the trump presidency. earlier today they held a joi

chris matthews hosts a special hour coming up next. for now, good night from washington. >>> i'm chris matthews. a war of words is dominating the headlines. on one side, a hotly anticipated tell-all book. on the other, a president's tweet storm. as a prosecutor and director of the fbi, james comey says he held himself to the highest standard of integrity, only to be attacked by a president and by both sides of the aisle. now he is finally responding in his own words, and on his own terms. >> so comey's book is out. they can't shut him up. >> comey says the president lives in a cocoon of alternative reality. >> he's a washington insider with inside information. >> before the president fired him from the fbi last year, fbi director james comey made a habit of writing down, in detail, what happened between him and the president. >> an embattled public servant with a principled streak. >> i know already that this is the best job i have ever had and will ever have. a front row seat to watch the work of a remarkable group of people who serve

i'm chris matthews in washington. attorney firmly in the sights of federal prosecutors, president trump appears to be readying himself for a dramatic confrontation with special counsel robert mueller. as multiple news organizations have now reported the fbi yesterday conducted raids of michael cohen's office, his home and his hotel room and seized his computer, his phone and financial records as well as his correspondence with donald trump. the move h

i'm chris matthews back in washington.on delivered by the special counsel to the president's legal team is fueling intense speculation now about donald trump's legal exposure in the russian probe. according to a report late last night in the "washington post," special counsel robert mueller informed president trump's attorneys last month he is continuing to investigate the president. but does not consider him a criminal target at this

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york.ising poll numbers and spurred on by fox news, donald trump is raising the heat, in the past week he's picked a fight are china over tariffs, told reporters he wanted to pull u.s. troops from syria and announced he was sending national guard troops to the mexican border. >> we have to have strong borders, we're going to have the wall. the military is going to be

chris matthews "hardball" starts now. >> trump's people. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington where we're awaiting the arrival of french president macron and his wife for the first state din ker of the trump presidency. earlier today they held a joint press conference where they seemed far apart on the iran nuclear deal. ma kron is for it, trump isn't so sure. >> what we have to work on obviously with iran and the different, the p5 and our allies is to find a fair deal where we can fix the overall situation. >> there is a chance and nobody knows what i'm going to do on the 12th although mr. president, you have a pretty good idea, but we'll see. but we'll see also if i do what some people expect whether or not it will be possible to do a new deal with solid foundations because this is a deal with decayed foundations. >> we begin with the latest turmoil in the administration. the president today seemed to offer an off-ramp or a plank to walk on top admiral ronnie jackson, his nominee for secretary for veterans affairs. >> i said to dr. jackson, w

i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump is flaupting his anger before the country and the world. fueled by rage over the special counsel's probe and taunting russia while on the precipice of a military strike against syria. amid all this came the announcement today that the republican speaker of the house is jumping ship. paul ryan said today he won't run for re-election in 2018, a move sure to deepen leadership crisis facing the party under trump. it's trump's erratic response to multiple events that have.many people on edge tonight. after russia threatened to shoot downy u.s. missile launched against syria, trump responded get ready, russia, because they will be coming nice and new and smart. shouldn't be partner with a gas killing animal. even as he deals with the growing conflict in syria, he appears preoccupied with the mueller probe threatening the people who oversee the investigation. "much of the bad blood with russia is caused by the fake and corrupt russia investigation headed up by the loyalists o

we turn now to "hardball" with chris matthews. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. the latest on president trump and michael cohen we have breaking news to report. we learned just minutes ago that former president george herbert walker bush has been hospitalize with an infection that has spread to his blood. the former president was admitted to houston methodist hospital yesterday morning just one day after the funeral for his wife, former first lady barbara bush. former bush president, president bush 43, a white house

i'm chris matthews in san francisco tonight.en vladimir putin and donald trump at the white house. a kremlin aide today told russian media that president trump made the invitation to president putin during their phone conversation in march. it was in that same call that trump congratulated the russian strongman for his reelection victory, even though trump's staff specifically advised him not to do so. >> i had a call with president putin and conat

i'm chris matthews in washington.rom about his conversations with president trump are out there now for all to see. they document in realtime the accounts the former fbi director gave in his public testimony under oath and his recently published book. the justice department turned over the comey memos last night ironically under the threat of subpoena by house republicans. well, those

i'm chris matthews in washington.re learning new details about that infamous meeting in june of 2016, between members of the trump campaign and the russians at trump tower. that meeting brought together three top officials from the trump campaign, donald trump jr., paul manafort, and jared kushner, with an entourage of russians, and their associates. and now nbc news is reporting that a key figure in that meeting,

i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight we're learning new details about that infamous meeting in june of 2016, between members of the trump campaign and the russians at trump tower. that meeting brought together three top officials from the trump campaign, donald trump jr., paul manafort, and jared kushner, with an entourage of russians, and their associates. and now nbc news is reporting that a key figure in that meeting, russian lawyer natalia vessel na veselnitskaya has a relationship with a top official previously unknown. she's been in league with the prosecutor general in russia since at least 2014. up until now, she's maintained she's just a private attorney, telling the senate judiciary committee, i operated independently of any governmental bodies. but when confronted with those e-mails, in an interview with nbc's richard engel, she described herself as an informant, in other words, a spy for the top kremlin prosecutor. she's working for the kremlin. here's how engle pressed her about the nature of her kre

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i'm chris matthews in washington. james comey's memos from about his conversations with president trump are out there now for all to see. they document in realtime the accounts the former fbi director gave in his public testimony under oath and his recently published book. the justice department turned over the comey memos last night ironically under the threat of subpoena by house republicans. well, those memos which represent key evidence the ongoing criminal investigation of the president were promptly leaked to the press. among other things, the memos back up comey's assertion that the president never once asked him about protecting the country from russian interference. what they do show is that the president was obsessed with the most salacious allegation in the dossier compiled by former british intelligence officer christopher steele. in one exchange in the oval office, the president denied any impropriety but appeared to suggest he had talked about, catch this about prostitutes with russian president putin. t

"hardball" with chris matthews starts now. >> who do we pardon next?ris matthews up in new york. it feels like we are finally at a tipping point. the walls are closing in on president trump. his lawyer is under criminal investigation. he's considering firing deputy attorney general rod rosen tine who he blames for the mez he's in. james comey new book landed like a bomb on the doorstep of the white house last night. undeterred by the risk of obstructing the special counsel probe, h

we turn now to "hardball" with chris matthews. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. before we get to the latest on president trump and michael cohen we have breaking news to report. we learned just minutes ago that former president george herbert walker bush has been hospitalize with an infection that has spread to his blood. the former president was admitted to houston methodist hospital yesterday morning just one day after the funeral for his wife, former first lady barbara bush. former bush president, president bush 43, a white house communications director nicolle wallace joins us by phone right now. nicolle, this is amaze. we didn't know what had happened until now, that he was in serious situation at the hospital. >> yeah, listen, for those of us who know and love the bush family, it's another heartbreak. but in some ways the conversation we've all been having since we learned about this yesterday is that it's sort of beautiful. i mean, you can still die of a broken heart. you think about the week that this man had. he held his wife's hand while she died. he we

i'm chris matthews up in new york. from the confines of his florida retreat at mar-a-lago tonight, president trump is touting his missile strike on syria and raising expectations for his sum plit with kim jong-un of north korea which he says will happen in the coming weeks. he's also lashing out at the russia investigation calling it again a democratic hoax. here's how he answered a question just minutes ago about whether he'll attempt top fire special counsel robert mueller or deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. this was really a hoax created largely by the democrats. there has been no collusion. they won't find any collusion. it doesn't exist. >> well. >> the two gentlemen you told me about, they've been saying i'm going to get rid of them for the last three months. four months, five months. and they're still herer. >> recent reporting suggests that amid all of this, the president is preoccupied as you can tell from that with the threat posed by the fbi' raid on michael cohen. "the washington post" is now reporti

i'm chris matthews in san francisco.mp finds himself tonight in a two-front war trying to kill off the notion he's been in bed with putin all the way to the white house and two, trying to convince his hard right supporters he's really out to stop illegal immigration wall or no wall. but we begin with the break news

"hardball" with chris matthews starts now. >> who do we pardon next? let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews up in new york. it feels like we are finally at a tipping point. the walls are closing in on president trump. his lawyer is under criminal investigation. he's considering firing deputy attorney general rod rosen tine who he blames for the mez he's in. james comey new book landed like a bomb on the doorstep of the white house last night. undeterred by the risk of obstructing the special counsel probe, he appears ready to protect those willing to remain loyal to him opposed to the rule of law. in a surprise move, he issued a pardon to the former top aide to vice president dick cheney, scooter libby convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 2007. speaking before the pardon this morning, white house adviser kellyanne conway insisted the move was not intended to send a message. howeversley did draw a clear parallel to robert mueller suggesting libby was the victim of an overzealous special counsel. >> critics say this is s

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> comey throws the book at trump. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. huge news on the investigation of the president. nbc news is reporting tonight that special counsel robert mueller is now moving more speedily toward a report that could show that president trump obstructed justice. what opened the way is the realization that the president will refuse to answer mueller's questions. the other breaking story tonight is we're seeing the first excerpts from james comey's explosive new memoir and the former fbi director didn't hold anything back. "the washington post" has obtained a copy ahead of publication next week and reporting that it includes new details about the alleged incident in that moscow hotel room. comey reveals when the allegations came up, "trump told him to consider having the fbi investigate the prostitutes' allegation to prove it was a lie." comey says "in an apparent play for my sympathy he added he has a beautiful wife and the whole thing has been very painful f

i'm chris matthews in washington.ear this morning on his favorite show, "fox & friends." for nearly 30 minutes he ranned about his enemies. gave his performance as president an a plus grade. and admitted for the first time that michael cohen has in fact been helping him with the stormy daniels matter when he paid her $130,000 to keep quiet.

i'm chris matthews back in washington. new information delivered by the special counsel to the president's legal team is fueling intense speculation now about donald trump's legal exposure in the russian probe. according to a report late last night in the "washington post," special counsel robert mueller informed president trump's attorneys last month he is continuing to investigate the president. but does not consider him a criminal target at this point. instead, mueller described trump as a subject of his investigation. as legal experts say, there can be a fine line however between a target and subject of an investigation. a target is at immediate risk of being indicted. i subject is someone whose conduct is colorliened investigation. saying trump is not a target makes sense for two potential reasons. one, robert mueller isn't ready to indict him or two, mueller doesn't believe he can indict a president while in office. it does not say he's not investigating trump either for purposes of triggering or supporting impeachme

i'm chris matthews in san francisco tonight. there is talk of a summit between vladimir putin and donald trump at the white house. a kremlin aide today told russian media that president trump made the invitation to president putin during their phone conversation in march. it was in that same call that trump congratulated the russian strongman for his reelection victory, even though trump's staff specifically advised him not to do so. >> 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. >> in his statement this morning, press secretary sarah huckabee sanders tried to downplay this revelation, saying that a white house meeting was always on the table. quote, as the president himself confirmed on march 20th, the two had discussed a bilateral meeting in the not too distant future in a number of potential venues, including the white house. when asked about it last month, sanders specific

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. frustrated by the realities of governing, emboldened by rising poll numbers and spurred on by fox news, donald trump is raising the heat, in the past week he's picked a fight are china over tariffs, told reporters he wanted to pull u.s. troops from syria and announced he was sending national guard troops to the mexican border. >> we have to have strong borders, we're going to have the wall. the military is going to be building some of it but we'll have very strong borders and we have to change our laws and we're working on doing that. we had a trade deficit of almost $500 billion last year with china. we can't continue to allow this to happen where hundreds of billions of dollars is taken out of our country and our system. i want to get out, i want to bring our troops back home. i want to start rebuilding our nation. we will have as of three months ago $7 trillion in the middle east over the last 17 years we get nothing, nothing out of it. >> talk about going back to campaign mode. to

i'm chris matthews in miami. president trump's relationship with his chief of staff seems to have downgraded to a point a new low point. nbc news's exclusive reporting according to eight current and former white house officials, chief of staff john kelly has eroded morale in the west wing by insulting the president's intelligence, and casting himself as the savior of the country. according to four forces who say the witness kelly has called the president an idiot. multiple times. in conversations with lawmakers, kelly made fun of what he sees as trump's lack of knowledge about policy and government. he also reportedly denigrated the president's understanding of the daca program, telling people during one meeting he doesn't even understand what a daca is, what daca is, he is an idiot. wow. nbc is also reporting that current and former white house officials said kelly has at times made remarks that have rattled female staffers. he has told aides multiple times that women are more emotional than men. well, the retir

i'm chris matthews in washington. donald trump went on a tear this morning on his favorite show, "fox & friends." for nearly 30 minutes he ranned about his enemies. gave his performance as president an a plus grade. and admitted for the first time that michael cohen has in fact been helping him with the stormy daniels matter when he paid her $130,000 to keep quiet. throughout the interview this morning, the president was especially animated as he railed against the fbi and his former director james comey. most notably he suggested at some point he could intervene with the justice department and direct them to investigation the fbi. instead of the alleged russia collusion. the top people in the fbi headed by comey were crooked. you look at the corruption at the top of the fbi, it's a disgrace. and our justice department which i try and stay away from but at some point i won't, our justice department should be looking at that kind of stuff, not the nonsense of collusion with russia. there is no collusionings with me and

i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight with his personal attorney firmly in the sights of federal prosecutors, president trump appears to be readying himself for a dramatic confrontation with special counsel robert mueller. as multiple news organizations have now reported the fbi yesterday conducted raids of michael cohen's office, his home and his hotel room and seized his computer, his phone and financial records as well as his correspondence with donald trump. the move has sent the president into a rage making a volatile, already volatile situation worse. in and ominous press briefing today it, sarah huckabee sanders today said multiple times that the president does have the power to fire robert mueller. >> do you believe he has the power to fire special counsel robert mueller. >> certainly believes he has the power to do so. i know a number of individuals in the legal community including at the department of justice said he has the power to do so but i don't have any further announcements. >> they've said it's

i'm chris matthews up in new york. from the confines of his florida retreat at mar-a-lago tonight, president trump is touting his missile strike on syria and raising expectations for his sum plit with kim jong-un of north korea which he says will happen in the coming weeks. he's also lashing out at the russia investigation calling it again a democratic hoax. here's how he answered a question just minutes ago about whether he'll attempt top fire

i'm chris matthews in washington. huge news on the investigation of the president.orting tonight that special counsel robert mueller is now moving more speedily toward a report that could show that president trump obstructed justice. what opened the way is the realization that the president will refuse to answer mueller's questions. the other breaking story tonight is we're seeing the first excerpts from james comey's explosive new memoir and the former fbi director didn't hold anything back. "the washington post" has obtained a copy ahead of

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i'm chris matthews in washington with a staggering, even historic event. the fbi today raided the office of the lawyer to the president of the united states. who knows what will be found there? a president so secretive, he has refused to let the public see his tax returns now stands naked to his prosecutors. all matter of paper could be in what the fbi agents grabbed today, payments to whomever. fixes of whatever relations, payments to politicians or other dark figures. the "new york times" was the first to report the story. meanwhile, "vanity fair" first to report the fbi also raided michael cohen's hotel room. law enforcement officials confirmed that the search of cohen's office was not the work of mueller's prosecutors. it involves a matter the mueller team came across, claim it did not fall under their mandate, and passed on to the u.s. attorney's office in new york. illegal -- or legal sources familiar with the nature of the search said it involved $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels. cohen said he used his personal funds to pay dani

i'm chris matthews in miami.eems to have downgraded to a point a new low point. nbc news's exclusive reporting according to eight current and former white house officials, chief of staff john kelly has eroded morale in the west wing by insulting the presiden

eastern and includes msnbc's chris matthews with his book.te house correspondent april ryan will also be there. tech entrepreneur with the "17th achine -- sentiment -- "sentient machine." watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. sunday night on afterwards, this journalist with his book "the trump white house: changing the rules of the game." >> he is like a boxer, always bobbing and weaving, counterpunching. it is all an act. i interviewed his top aide for 26 years when she joined the organization there were only seven other employees. she knew him better than anybody on both the business and social site. she said there are two donald trumps, one is the one that you see on tv, who makes these outrageous comments to get attention for his brand. even if it creates negative publicity, he is still the center of attention everyday in conversation, for the media. then there is the other donald trump, who is opposite, he is --, he listens, he is very careful about making decisi

and includes msnbc's chris matthews with his book bobby kennedy:a raging spirit.

i'm chris matthews in washington with a staggering, even historic event. the fbi today raided the office of the lawyer to the president of the united states. who knows what will be found there? a president so secretive, he has refused to let the public see his tax returns now stands naked to his prosecutors. all matter of paper could be in what the fbi agents grabbed today, payments to whomever. fixes of whatever relations, payments to politicians or other dark figures. the "new york times" was the first to report the story. meanwhile,

that annapolis book festival in maryland to hear from southborough-- several authors including chris matthewsril ryan, amy siskind, and more. that's a look at some events book tv will cover this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on the tv on c-span2. >> when i start to talk about my book "invisible no more" one of the first questions is what is the first name that comes to mind when i say police brutality. times have changed, but usually it's been sort of different across generations, but almost universally male, so rodney king, oscar grant, it's been mike brown, eric gardner, freddy gray and the list goes on and even this week i think if we ask the question the first name that came to mind this week in terms of police violence we would hear stephon clark cannot cynthia clements who was killed by police outside of chicago last week also. i'm often then asked why is that the case and i think my answer always focuses on the power of the story and the narrative. the story that is so deeply entrenched that racial profiling and police violen

coverage of the 16th annual annapolis book festival starts at 10:00 eastern and includes msnbc's chris matthews with his book bobby kennedy, a raging spirit. white house correspondent april ryan with her book the presidency in black and white. my up-close view of four pres.s and race in america. tech entrepreneur a mere hussein with the sentient machine, the coming age of artificial intelligence. amy siskind with her book the list, a week by week reckoning of trump's first year. and raven rock, the story of the us government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die. watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival rd

eastern and includes msnbc's chris matthews with his book "bobby kennedy: a raging spirit," april ryan with , a techdency entrepreneur with "the sentient machine: the coming age of artificial intelligence." list: a her book "the week by week reckoning of trump's first year," and jared with his book -- watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span's book tv. q&a -- n >> the news spreads through more papers throughout the country and seems to be swaying voters. lillian cunningham, host and creator of the washington post's presidential and constitutional podcast. >> the first few episodes are all -- in my head, they all hang around the concept of we the people. it was an exploration of gender, nationality, ancestry and we sort of move into the idea of there arect union and a couple of episodes about justice and defense and it ends sort of with a culmination with the blessings of liberty. announcer: lillian cunningham sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> connect with c-span to personalize the information you get from us. c

coverage of the 16th annual and apple's book festival starts at 10:00 eastern and includes msnbc's chris matthews with his book bobby kennedy, a raging spirit. with light coverage of the annapolis book festival, beginning at 10:00 eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> good evening, everyone. take your seats. i am a member of the event staff. i welcome you to politics and prose at the wharf. thank you for coming out on this dreary evening. we are here to listen to sarah snyder,