chris matthews joins us from texas where trump's hardline immigration message is usually a sure thing with beto o'rourke, who you're sitting down with tonight, i can't wait to see that, is he rejects this whole frame. he doesn't get trapped eped in old debates. gillum does that in florida, too. how is that -- what do you think that race really looks like on the ground there in texas? >> reporter: well, it's clearly wa you said in the setup, it's clearly an amazing strategy to go head to head with trump. i mean, basically saying, okay, you can talk about the caravan and now today you're talking about the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship. you can go all the way with that. i'm going the other way, we're a better country that than. we are a welcoming country. we are a country which includes and always included people of hispanic background from mexico especially. it's always been part of our country especially in texas and i'm going to challenge you on the morality of this thing. i mean, it really is not a carving election, it's not one side hedging and moving toward the center a

chris matthews, your thoughts? >> well, i think there was a lot of thought in the fact that she spoke for almost an hour and asked for the time and dramatized it by setting it at 3:00 in the afternoon and voting for cloture but not saying she'd vote for final passage. two women on the republican side who were for confirmation behind her as supporters. i think the fact she showed due diligence in her preparation for her decision was, in a way, to build up a case that she will be able to make against the pressure groups on the left who will go after her now starting at this moment. and she has to fight them off. and so i think she made the best effort she can to prepare that fight, to prepare the battlefield because she'll have to face the battlefield now of coming up now against the pro-choice women who will say that she betrayed her commitment on that front. this is a real battle she's going to face in maine. and by the way, garrett haake who pointed out there's no more republicans except her in new england in the

for now "hardball" with chris matthews begins right now. >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in new yorkeast coast right now and hurricane michael, a king kong of a storm has battled the panhandles of florida. at the same time, president trump is starring in a political fund-raiser and rally in erie, pennsylvania. it's a devastating split screen if you will. michael i

he just wasn't. >> and chris matthews and margaret carlson and of course, peter alex sander and chuck tod and kasie hunt, and join chris matthews this evening for "hardball" and tomorrow the evening for the final vote to confirm or not judge kavanaugh for the final vote. and join chuck for the 2018 "meet the press" film festival, and i will be there with afi here in washington featuring the documentaries on the most press ing issues facing the country. tickets are on sale right now at nbc.com/mtpfi nbc.com/mtpfilm. senator, we have been through some supreme court battles before this, and you certainly and i have been a correspondent covering you and the judiciary committee and i have not seen anything like this, and not even the thomas hill hearings. >> no, i have been here for 19 supreme court justices, and ironically beginning with john paul stevens, a republican nominee by a republican president. seen as a conservative nominee, and i was really struck by what he said about judicial temperament, because i had voted for him as i did for most republicans. but i was struck by what he s

we'll be joined on the other side by chris matthews. please stay with us. by chris ms plea ssetay with us. this isn't just any moving day. this is moving day with the best in-home wifi experience and millions of wifi hotspots to help you stay connected. and this is moving day with reliable service appointments in a two-hour window so you're up and running in no time. show me decorating shows. this is staying connected with xfinity to make moving... simple. easy. awesome. stay connected while you move with the best wifi experience and two-hour appointment windows. click, call or visit a store today. look one final time for me at the scene there in washington. we've had the u.s. senate awaiting that final debate. you see chuck schumer, democratic leader closing out his remarks. that vote expected in a few minutes. there have been protests going on outside the capitol all day with the vote imminent, i'm going to turn things over to my colleague chris math matthews in washington picking up live coverage of this final vote. >> thank you very much. my author frien

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i'm chris matthews in washington. everyone assumes i love politics. the personal contest of it, the courage that it demands. there's one part of politics that i truly detest is the corrupting, corrosively, humanly destructive deceit that the ends justify the means which brings me to donald trump and what happened today. to say there's no connection between what trump has said about hillary clinton, barack obama, eric holder, john brennan and cnn and the thinking of the person who sent those bombs are fool hearty. we're about to mark halloween. it's all about saying boo. giving someone a little fright so they can enjoy the moment of relief. sending pipe bombs isn't saying boo. it's political terrorism. saying that people are evil isn't saying you disagree with them, it's saying we would better off. the means don't just if the ends if it's stirring up pipe bombings. nbc news is reporting the devices were sent to five public figures. the similarity of the pipe bombings as well as the packaging containing them indicate carefully planned but, fortunately,

i'm chris matthews in boston.assacre at the polls next month, donald trump's republicans are concentrating their forces, cutting off outposts they see as lost causes. the goal is to save their majority in the house, if only by a single seat. to do so, republican groups are cutting funding to roughly a dozen members, members of congress incumbents who are deep underwater, in effect

i'm chris matthews in washington. everyone assumes i love politics.st of it, the courage that it demands. there's one part of politics that i truly detest is the corrupting, corrosively, humanly destructive deceit that the ends justify

"hardball with chris matthews" is up next. >>> trash talk. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington with just three weeks to go until the midterm elections, president trump is once again making himself the focus of our national conversation. with a schoolyard personal attack against a woman who said he had an extramarital affair with her. denied having relations with stormy daniels, saying federal judge throws out stormy daniels lawsuit versus trump. trump is entitled to full legal fees. now i can go after horse face and her 3rd rate lawyer in the great state of texas. she will confirm the letter she signed. she knows nothing about me, a total con! horse face. trump was spiking the football after a federal judge dismissed daniels' defamation suit against him. daniels fired back in a tweet of her own writing, in part, ladies and gentlemen, may i present your president. he has demonstrated his incompetent, hater -- hatred of women. in 2016 trump retweeted an account that wrote, a picture is worth a thousand words and included a photo comparing trump ri

for now "hardball" with chris matthews begins right now. >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in new york. it's 7:00 p.m. on the east coast right now and hurricane michael, a king kong of a storm has battled the panhandles of florida. at the same time, president trump is starring in a political fund-raiser and rally in erie, pennsylvania. it's a devastating split screen if you will. michael is the hardest to make landfall and the third most powerful storm to hit florida. aware of the optics tonight, the president defended his decision to travel to the fund-raiser and rally. let's watch him on that. >> we have thousands of people lined up, so we wanted to make this stop. it would be very unfair, you have thousands of people that started coming last night. so we're going to do that and we have a lot of happy people. >> the president didn't say before the rally this evening he hosted a $250,000 fund-raiser up in erie. what's dodgy about tonight's schedule, of course, is that the same donald trump ridiculed his predecessor, barack obama for doing pretty much what he's doing tonight. back in 2

i'm chris matthews in washington.tics, president trump fails a key test of his leadership. he is unable to grasp that he, as the president of the country, must lead by example. over the past 24 hours, several more explosive devices have been discovered by law enforcement authorities. two packages containing pipe bombs in delaware are addressed to former vice president joe biden. an additional bomb sent to congresswoman maxine waters has been found at an l.a.

"hard ball" with chris matthews is next. >>> stoking the fires. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i am chris matthews in new york with 26 days to the midterms, president trump has gone on a rampage today, using every weapon, hitting every target to shape the battlefield to come, trying to stoke the outrage that fueled his own election two years ago, trump fired up his base in an interview this morning on fox. delivered a wide assault not just on democrats but all his enemies, the fbi, media, and hillary clinton. for instance, attacking former fbi director james comey, he said clinton, hillary clinton, should have been hauled off the campaign trail in 2016 and thrown in jail. >> i did a great service for this country when i fired comey. he was a bad guy with bad intentions. you know, the democrats hated comey more than any human being. he actually did hillary clinton a big favor because she should be in jail, they should have taken her right off the campaign. so he did her a big favor. >> that's a rant, a rampage. by shifting the debate to

"hard ball" with chris matthews is next. >>> stoking the fires. play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i am chris matthews in new york with 26 days to the midterms, president trump has gone on a rampage today, using every weapon, hitting every target to

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in washington.s ago. >> i say it on this 5th day of april with all the possibilities looming this summer and early fall, i believe the democrats will carry the house. history suggest and the level of this president's popularity suggests they'll pick up more than the 29 seats the party opposing the president gets in the midterm elections. i say they'll do better.

i'm chris matthews in washington.today, and, of course, there is gloating on the other side. the outrage see a miscarriage of justice, a man raced into the supreme court, despite witnesses ready but not allowed to testify against him. the gloating is what we're about to witness at the white house. we're just minutes away from president trump holding a ceremonial swearing in at the white house for the newest supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. after a bruising nomination battle that inflamed passions on capitol hill and, of course, across the country, kavanaugh was officially sworn in after saturday's confirmation vote itself. but that didn't stop president trump from once again attacking democrat democrats early today about the fight. >> i thought the way they behaved was absolutely atrocious. i've never seen anything like it. the way they conducted themselves, the way they dealt with a high-level, brilliant, going to be a great justice of the supreme court, the way they really tortured him and his family, i though

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in washington. here's what i predicted six months ago. >> i say it on this 5th day of april with all the possibilities looming this summer and early fall, i believe the democrats will carry the house. history suggest and the level of this president's popularity suggests they'll pick up more than the 29 seats the party opposing the president gets in the midterm elections. i say they'll do better. so hold me to that. >> tonight that prediction is stronger than ever, 30 to 40 seats the democrats will pick up in the house of representatives. it's four weeks exactly before the fall midterm election. and that's what the democrats are headed for, 30 to 40 seats. politico's latest ratings suggest the republicans in the house is crumbling now. there are now 209 seats either firmly or leaning in the democratic column. just nine shy of the 218 the party needs to wrest away control of the chamber. president trump and republican leaders have bragged the nomination battle over justice brett kavanaugh has revved u

i'm chris matthews. after weeks of controversy and a brutal political debate, a short time ago the u.s. senate voted to confirm brett kavanaugh to become the next associate justice of the united states supreme court. >> on this vote, the ayes are 50, the nays are 48. the nomination of brett m. kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirme confirmed. >> you think elections don't matter, keep that picture of mike pence there at the senate president's desk there. deep in your mind. it does matter. this all happening by the way just ahead of what will be a big victory lap for president trump tonight as he heads to a rally out in topeka, kansas tonight. let's bring in garrett haake up on the hill on capitol hill. give us a sense, if you will, you've been out there with people. we're here in a studio. what's the smell of the crowd? it seems to me they're not quitting. >> reporter: no, chris, they're not quitting. but there is a sense of at least a tempor

i'm chris matthews in washington. it's hardly been two weeks since jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul and never came out. turkish officials say mr. khashoggi was murdered moments after he entered the consulate and his body dismembered. looks like president trump is more interested in helping the saudis cover up than get to the truth. let's watch. >> the saudis are investigating themselves essentially. what do you think of -- >> they're a great, very talented people. they're not investigating themselves. >> president trump was asked today about khashoggi and an alleged recording, recordings nbc hasn't been able to corroborate. here he is. >> we're talking about a man who lived across the river in virginia. >> he wasn't a citizen of this country. >> you asked for this audio, video? >> if it exists, we have asked for it. i'm not sure yet it exists, probably does, possibly does. >> according to the state department, a spokesman there, secretary of state mike pompeo who just wrapped up a trip to ri

and with us at the table, my colleague chris matthews, host of "hardball" on msnbc. chairman michael steele, former rnc chairman. and rick stangle, former undersecretary of state. chris? >> you know, just to set my bona fides on the table. >> you don't have to do that. >> i was substituting on night watch in the middle of the night show on cbs and had to do a whole interview program on something called hip hop. and i managed to carry out the entire time without having any idea what i was talking about. i didn't know if it was music or what it was. i just said things like, so what is hip hop? how does it work? it was the most primitive thing in the world. here i go not having made much progress except i do understand president trump. as much as any of us do. he always shoots the moon. he does the thing in the context of ideas and politics that the other people don't do. here he is sitting with a hip-hop guy who apparently has got some bizarre politics that, fine. i think it's also -- it runs against the idea that he's a racist. it runs against the idea that trump doesn

i'm chris matthews in boston. fearing a massacre at the polls next month, donald trump's republicans are concentrating their forces, cutting off outposts they see as lost causes. the goal is to save their majority in the house, if only by a single seat. to do so, republican groups are cutting funding to roughly a dozen members, members of congress incumbents who are deep underwater, in effect turning off their lights. according to "the new york times," the embattled incumbents are mainly in suburbs where trump is vastly unpopular, including suburban colorado, northeast iowa and a district near pittsburgh. it's a far cry from the confidence coming from the party's leader, mr. trump himself, in recent weeks. >> they keep talking about a blue wave. i don't see it. we have the greatest economy we've ever had. what's going on, they have been driven so far left, i don't know why they don't talk about red waves. they're talking about this blue wave. i don't think so. i don't think so. >> just you wait, mr. trump. the non

i'm chris matthews in washington. breaking news tonight in the case of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. 17 days after his mysterious disappearance, saudi arabia has just conceded that khashoggi died while in that saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month. the saudi press agency reports that the general prosecutor in that country has issued a carefully worded statement, the saudi prosecutor. it says that, quote, the discussions which occurred between mr. khashoggi and the persons who met him while he was present at the kingdom's consulate in istanbul led to a quarrel and fighting by hand with the citizen jamal khashoggi whiched throw his death. this comes after mounting evidence emerged over the last several weeks to implicate saudi arabia in khashoggi's disappearance. now 18 saudis are reportedly being held as suspects in the death. joining me right now is nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel, josh lederman of nbc news and eli stoke. s who covers the white house for the los angeles times a

i'm chris matthews in washington. as a national bomb scare rocks american politics, president trump fails a key test of his leadership. he is unable to grasp that he, as the president of the country, must lead by example. over the past 24 hours, several more explosive devices have been discovered by law enforcement authorities. two packages containing pipe bombs in delaware are addressed to former vice president joe biden. an additional bomb sent to congresswoman maxine waters has been found at an l.a. postal facility, and tonight, or overnight, a bomb intended for actor and trump critic robert de niro was found in new york. as of tonight, eight targets have been sent to a total of ten pipe bombs. all of the intended recipients of those packages have also been the targets of the president's attacks. and despite his remarks yesterday condemning violence and calling for unity, the president doesn't appear to be willing to practice what he is now preaching. at the risk of inspiring further attacks, in fact, trump today b

"hardball with chris matthews" is up next. >>> trash talk. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening.is matthews in washington with just three weeks to go until the midterm elections, president trump is once again making himself the focus of our national conversation. with a schoolyard personal attack against a woman who said he had an extramarital affair with her. denied having relations with stormy daniels, saying federal judge throws out stormy daniels lawsuit versus trump. trump is entitled to full legal fees. now i can go after horse face and her 3rd rate lawyer in the

i'm chris matthews in washington. there are just two weeks now until the midterm elections and president trump's pitch to voters now includes a full-throated embrace of a loaded phrase increasingly associated with the alt right. the president rolled out his new self characterization at last night's rally in houston. >> a globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well, frankly, not caring about our country so much. and, you know what? we can't have that. they have a word. it sort of became old fashioned. it's called a nationalist. and i say, really, we're not supposed to use that word. do you know what i am? i'm a nationalist. okay? i'm a nationalist. >> new name for the republican party at the white house today. trump defended his use of that term and rejected the notion it was code for white nationalist. >> i'm somebody that loves our country when i say nationalist. i'm proud of our country. i am a nationalist. it's a word that hasn't been used too much. i'm very proud. i think it should be brought back. >> de

i'm chris matthews in washington.he midterm elections and president trump's pitch to voters now includes a full-throated embrace of a loaded phrase increasingly associated with the alt right. the president rolled out his new self characterization at last night's rally in houston. >> a globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well, frankly, not caring about our country so much. and, you know what? we can't have that. th

i'm chris matthews in washington.news tonight in the case of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. 17 days after his mysterious disappearance, saudi arabia has just conceded that khashoggi died while in that saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month. the saudi press agency reports that the g

i'm chris matthews in washington. walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul and never came out. turkish officials say mr. khashoggi was murdered moments after he entered the consulate and

. >> that was the senator speaking last night with chris matthews, sir. do you understand week democrats might be concerned? i a guest what called the roe v. wade a red herring. >> in my meeting with judge kavanaugh, what he expressed to susan collins as well, she's fairly confident the supreme court will not overturn roe v. wade, but i think it's entirely the exact way of doing this is going to the states. some of those laws may come before the court, but that's really the way the entire abortion issue should have been handled with in the first place. it wouldn't be such a divisive issue 40, 50 years after the initial court judgment. >>> senator johnson, thank you very much for joining me. i look forward to seeing you again. >> have a good day. >> in the meantime i'll get reaction from adam schiff in california. you were sitting here the whole time. >> well, my reaction is this, for senator johnson or any of the gop senators to say they treated dr. ford with respect, that's not what i saw from the president mocking her at a political rally. that's not wh

for a moment i forgot he was black, chris matthews. that's the video version of groupthink. >> you can watch this and all other booktv programs from the past 20 years at booktv.org. type the author's name and the word book in the search bar at the top of the page. >> host: so louis rossetto, when did you found "wired" magazine? >> guest: my partner and i started "wired" project in 1991 and launched into the american market january 1993 as bill clinton was taking over as president of the united states, and notably al gore was talking about the information superhighway. so it was a generational change that was occurring at a political level and on a larger scale, on the cultural technological level it was a massive revolution going on. >> host: do you remember in that first issue with some of the articles were, what some of the products work that you were talking about? >> guest: we had camille talking, in an interview with stuart brand talking about technology, talking about culture. we had a story about japanese otaku you are obsessive

earlier today, we reached out to rebecca to get the latest on chris matthew's condition. so far we have not received a response. allen? >> no word on motive either, ken, thanks. >>> new evidence in the fatal shooting of san jose. what body cam footage reveals. >>> when the old world meets the new world in wine making, how tech is taking a major role. i'll have that story next. >>> a network of active faults found near oregon's mt. hood. researchers reveal the catastrophic impact of a major quake could have. california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent. >>> drop it. >>> new video shows the deadly confrontation between san jose police officer and a man ar

she talked back to chris matthews, yelled at these guys, she said sexism. it's the first time she acknowledged sexism. the women who went out and voted for her, positive then were voting for her but not because they love a lady who cries but they recognize in her frustration, something they were mad about. this woman being written off whether or not they left her -- if you were mad, i didn't think the press saw that. one of the reasons tears are so misunderstood is they are read automatically as a sign of vulnerability and this is of course especially true if you are a white woman. the ability to conform traditionally white ideas of what it is can resnick. for those white women, and of course for some women of color, here is a path toward, to be able to be read synthetically. in a moment in which you are furious, that can be a valuable tool and a stop at that we're thinking about it but it's sometimes how it comes out. i want to talk. >> to talk about who gets the cry, who gets to be vulnerable. who gets to be angry. reading your book made me think, no one

jillian: speaking to chris matthews, o'rourke claims donald trump is stroking paranoia after announcingissue an executive order ending birthright citizenship. >> interesting he drops this proposal with a week until the november 6th election. interesting he tries to stoke paranoia and fear about a group of migrants who are hundreds of miles, weeks from the us-mexico border if they even make it this far. >> reporter: a new taxi strategy cbs poll shows or work trailing ted cruz by 10 points. rob: let's check the forecast. wandering around with little kids tonight and -- jillian: very nice. >> very nice, good spirits right there. everyone is out there in their festive gear. east coast looks good but we have stormy weather across the central us. we will warm up very nicely across the east coast. 45 in new york, we will hit 60s today, good night for trick or treating. the central us, the rockies dealing with stormy weather. snow across portions of the rockies, colorado getting hit hard and in the northwest a storm system moving in. there is your snow in new mexico and colorado. that will hook

she had actually gotten mad at t him to talk back to chris matthews and yelled at these guys get held up in the iron my shirt sign. then she didn't really cry that shbutshe got kind of congested. women who went out and voted for her were voting for her not because we love a lady that cry is thacries but we recognized ir frustration something they were mad about which is a woman being written off not whether they loved her but they were mad and that is the power of the vote. they are read automatically a ra sign of vulnerability. this vulnerability and ability to conform to the traditionally white patriarchal ideas of femininity cameras made but for those white women and of course some of color, tears are a path towards being able to be read sympathetically. sometimes that is how it comes out. >> host: reading your book made me think no women really get to be angry in public and yet i wonder about the difference in costs that we can see. >> guest: this is so complicated teasing out the differences in how the is received. there are costs for every kind of woman who gets angry. it's abou

i'm chris matthews.er weeks of controversy and a brutal political debate, a short time ago the u.s. senate voted to confirm brett kavanaugh to become the next associate justice of the united states supreme court. >> on this vote, the ayes are 50, the nays are 48. the nomination of brett m. kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirme confirmed. >> you think elections don't matter, keep that picture of mike pence there at the senate president's desk there. deep in your mind. it does matter. this all happening by the way just ahead of what will be a big victory lap

. >> and here's chris matthews of performing the very same time warp trip. >> they cast democrats ismob. noisy, angry and vengeful crowds are shutting down members of congress. >> the clear message is, when the g.o.p. crowd shows up, definitely a mob, even if they are wearing. garb. but one liberal activist scream and cuss folks out of restaurants, they are just forcing their opinion very forcefully. joining me now, my friend richard goodstein and byron york, fox news contributor and correspondent at the examiner. richard, let's start with you. did you at least admit this is a massive double standard? >> i think what was happening -- what was happening with the tea party was, we heard about the spitting incident and whether it happened or not. we were objecting to having more people get health care, and now what people are objecting to is babies in cages. the fact that women were being degraded by the president in his own rally, feeling kind of assaulted by rick cavanaugh. someone standing up for the first amendment rights, and i guess the question is, people get into public life sen

. >> laura: and here's chris matthews of msnbc performing the same time warp trip. >> they were protestingt it as an angry mob. town hall meetings on health care are turning into mob scenes, noisy, angry, vengeful crowds are shutting down members of congress. >> laura: the clear messages when a g.o.p. crowd shows up. definitely a mob, even if they were wearing like. garbage. but when an activist screams at folks at a restaurant, they are forcing their opinion very forcefully. joining me now, my friend richard goodstein, democraticauy strategist, and byron york, fox news correspondent at the washington example, examiner. do you at least admit this is a massive double standard? >> i think what was happening -- >> laura: yes, laura, i do. >> we heard about the spitting incident, and whether it happened or not they were objecting to have more people get health care and now what people are objecting to is babies in cages.bi they are objecting to the fact that women were being degraded by the president in his own rally. degrading somebody who came forward and said that she was assaulted by a bre

chris matthews and doris kearns goodwin. let's go first to bill karins. is my home area, and they had a storm hit. the strongest in a long time. what's it looking like this morning? >> we'll see some pictures. the panama city area, that's where the eye came on shore and we haven't seen the worst of the video. we don't have a good head count where everyone was located in those areas. some buildings were washed away out to sea. they don't exist any more. we've seen the before and after pictures already. 120 to 150 mile-per-hour winds. that's what came on shore. especially areas that were in the eye. this is a bowling ball of a hurricane to come on shore. panama city beach wasn't half as bad as in the city of panama. they are 15 miles apart from each other. further down the coast into mexico beach those are the communities that were just destroyed in these winds. besides that, it's going to look like match sticks all the way up through southern georgia, that eye still held its own for six hours as it went into southern georgia, you know the trees. pine trees

. >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.day of dread emotion on capitol hill today as the senate pushed forward on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh. protester's voices could be heard outside the capitol, inside buildings working to sway th

"hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >> see no evil. let's play "hardball." ." >>> there are reports the fbi background investigation into judge brett kavanaugh could be wrapped up as early as tonight. but what will be in the package? will it be the truth about kavanaugh. the fbi has only two days to complete the probe sparked by christine blasey ford's sexual assault allegation and while the investigation may be winding down, major questions remain about its scope. the fbi has spoken to six individuals in connection with the investigation, mark judge, brett kavanaugh's friend who dr. ford identified as being in the room when she was allegedly assaulted. leland keyser and patrick smith who ford identified as being present at the assault allegedly occurred. deborah ramirez who alleged kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were at yale and two of kavanaugh's high school friends, tim gaudette and chris garrett. however, more than 40 potential corroborators or character witnesses haven't been contacted including more than 20 individual

>>chris: matthew wendell is talking about heads of state visiting blair house.he presidential guest mansion across from the white house. the general manager gave us a rare look the high thescenes there . mr. wendell. >> welcome to blair house, come on in chris. >>chris: since 1942, blair house has hosted hundreds of foreign delegations. wendell brought out the first of a dozen guest books. >> i will show you the signature of charles de gaulle in 1944. >>chris: the height of world war ii. >> yes. >>chris: over seven decades, the blair house has been washington headquarters for visitors like winston churchill and queen elizabeth. and vladimir putin. benjamin netanyahu and emmanuel macron. >> told the rooms is about 119. this where footage is close to 70,000 square feet. full-time staff of 15. >>chris: in effect, it's a hotel. >> we consider it a home, bed-and-breakfast. >>chris: - - bought the house in 1836 four $6500. that's just the start of its place in history. >> this is the lincoln room. it's called that because when lincoln was president, he often came over

i'm chris matthews in washington. on capitol hill as we await now a showdown over the vote to confirm supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. senators spent the morning reviewing the fbi background investigation into kavanaugh, such as it was, after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell set in motion the process of voting for his confirmation. nbc news has learned the fbi spoke with just nine people in its probe, into allegations of sexual misconduct against kavanaugh. six have been identified, including one of his accusers,

hard ball with chris matthews starts right now. >>> the midnight special? let's play hardball. ♪ >>> good evening. the fbi is just three more days to complete its background investigation to president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. nbc news has learned that the investigation could wrap up as early as tonight. it's tuesday night according to sources familiar with the matter. even as the fbi continued their work today, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he is full speed ahead on the vote. >> one thing for sure, the senate will vote on judge kavanaugh here on this floor this week. >> as for the investigation itself, today attorneys for christine blasey ford's whose allegation of sexual assault against kavanaugh sparked the entire background probe told nbc news the fbi has not contacted her. dr. ford has not even heard from the fbi. the fbi has completed its interview on mark judge, kavanaugh's friend who ford identified as being in the room when she was allegedly assaulted. an attorney for deborah ramirez who alleged kavanaugh exposed

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"ha "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >> one week from today americans head to the polls for an historic election that will determine the balance of power in congress. >> i'm not on the ballot but in a certain way i'm on the ballot. >> it will either create a check on president trump's power or embolden him. >> i'm really looking to make america great again. >> and it could all come down to texas. >> do we defend freedom or do we give in to tyranny? >> ted cruz has the backing of his former bitter rival. >> he's not lying ted anymore, he's beautiful ted. >> but beto o'rourke has caught fire. >> i cannot think of anything anymore american than to peacefully stand up or take a knee. >> raising tons of cash. >> he's dishonest. that's why the president called him lying ted and it's why the nickname stuck. >> in a state that hasn't elected a democratic senator for a quarter century, tonight the rising star of the party takes center stage. >> you have inspired me. >> what are his plans for texas? >> the least insured state in the country could take the lead on guaranteed high quali

chris matthews sums up the mood.ill attack the leadership if they allow it to happen, and they should because this is time for vengeance on what happened two years ago. >> yes indeed. nowhere does it say it has to be made up of nine justices, not in any amendment. that makes the idea possible. it means adding extra judges to the high court to add a new ideological majority. it goes along with all the other ideas to change the rules of the game when there losing and reducing the number of red state senators but believe me, court packing will be a mainstream idea on the left. in fact, michael evan oddi. [inaudible] he is off author of its time to fight dirty, how they can build a lasting impact in america. you've made this argument you want the democratic president as you hope it will be in 2020, you would be all right with a republican president in 2024 or 2028, boosting up to 13, you'd be okay with that, right. >> one thing i want to say, i said this and everything i've written about the subject, what i really want a

. >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. it was a day of dread emotion on capitol hill today as the senate pushed forward on the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh. protester's voices could be heard outside the capitol, inside buildings working to sway the last few undecided senators. this morning they voted 51-59 on a key procedural vote setting the states on a final vote to confirm kavanaugh tomorrow evening. in true profile and courage, senator lisa murkowski of alaska voted against kavanaugh's nomination to the floor. the lone republican to do so. murkowski told reporters she had been wrestling with the decision. >> i did not come to a decision on this until walking into the floor this morning. i believe we are dealing with issues right now that are bigger than a nominee. i believe that brett kavanaugh is a good man. i believe he is a good man, it just may be that in my view he's not the right man for the court at this time. >> in a very different decision, jeff flake who had forced the one-week delay to allow an fbi in

, the guy wholaden attacked us and kill thousands of americans threatens america msnbc with chris matthews and tucker carlson, that is an occasion to pile on ted kennedy. tucker: i like her so much. to debate. she is fast and genuinely smart and nimble. there are people who have a script. you can pick a name out of the phone book and throw it at her .nd she is cap like -- cat like she is a great pleasure to do shows with. i don't agree with her conclusions, obviously, but i have always liked rachael mad dow. she got my spot when i left and has done amazing things with it. good for her. i never begrudge her success. you start to realize that it is a combination of good decisions, but also good luck. or bad decisions and bad but, were a combination of the two. but the people who have it more deserve it than anybody else is insane. generations of rich people, of our ruling class understood that. ,t was tempered by christianity or whatever their faith was. it was tempered by the understanding that they are not fully responsible so they have a debt to the less fortunate. less fortunate. people