msnbc contributor chris matthews calling out democrat lawmakers by name demanding the party push backmp. >> the big problem is that trump came in this time, this second time with a machine gun. and he fired so many shots. it's very hard to take on a firing squad nobody in the democratic party can say schumer can't do t he's a good leader. chris murphy is trying. i keep waiting, who's going to stand up? who's going to take a shot back at this guy? why isn't cory booker doing it? stuart: ben, who is the leader of the democrat party right four? do you know? >> the leader of the democratic party doesn't exist right now. they have a de-crept faction and far long in the tooth and incapable of leading them and nancy pelosi is running for reelection and this is one of the situations where the party needed to move toward a younger generation of leaders. which party did did that and has been is donald trump's party and you see that in the form of jd vance and pete hegseth and tulsi gabbard and people gone through the experience of the last couple of decades and emerged with a lot of experience

my first television appearance ever was on msnbc hardball with chris matthews. [laughter] i had never done tv before in my life and i had a buddy who had done tv twice so he was an expert. [laughter] he said lean forward that his first to. it makes you look better stature better posture. [laughter] lean forward and don't let the host cut you off. 46 times chris matthews cut me off. i was a newbie. i didn't anticipate i would go into tv. i read a couple of events organizations when i came back from iraq and afghanistan supporting in the battlefield then fighting for reform at the v.a.. through that, and it up doing appearances on tv in different places. a lot of ended up being fox and fox and friends. i will never forget, one day they said have you ever thought about asking questions instead of answering them? i said i'm happy to try anything one time. the worst i can do is make a full of myself. it went ok and that was in 2015 early 2016 then took her carlsen who was the fox and friends weekend host took the primetime gig thank goodness. because he is amazing. t

chris matthews wants democrats to fight, fight, fight. >> i watch the democrats in the media too.ing squad. a lot of bullets coming your way all aiming at you and you have to shoot back in all directions at the same time. nobody in the democratic party can say -- schumer can't do it, he's a good leader, pelosi was a fabulous later, but the ability to take on aldershot that once, that's interesting. why can't a democratic leader stand up? who's going to stand up? who's going to take a shot back at this guy? >> jesse: sorry chris, democrats are busy shooting inside the tent. right now new york power brokers are working on cooing eric eric adams. for those keeping track at home, democrats stood by adams when he was facing charges but now that they are dropped, they want him gone. the left is all over the place. they need a little introspection. first up, stop being so racist. >> i just want to make an observation. i think these people, the most racist thing that i hear is when people say communities of color or people of color, because that assumes that everybody that is not white is

york times editorial board, mara gay, former msnbc host and contributor to washington monthly, chris matthewsarly this morning. >> i think it's. >> the. >> craziest idea i've ever. >> heard in. >> my life. >> 2 million. people living in gaza. >> a problem that israel has. and now. >> we're going to have. >> we want to own gaza. >> we want to. >> take those 2 million. >> people and somehow lure. >> them to go to. >> jordan or to egypt. >> neither of those. countries want them. >> imagine jordan. >> it's already overwhelmed with 60% of its country. >> are are meds have come from. >> the palestinian areas. >> they don't. >> need any more trouble. >> they don't need. >> hamas in. >> their country. hamas. >> hamas is not going to move to egypt. >> and to. >> jordan and destroy. >> those countries. >> oh, by the way, it's also going to offer. a new hospitality center along the mediterranean. >> i mean. >> give me a break. hamas is not going to be good. wherever he goes. it's going. >> to continue. >> to be trouble. wherever it goes and wherever it goes, it's going to probably topple. >> the governm

lean forward and don't let the host cut you off. 46 times chris matthews cut me off. i was a newbie. i didn't anticipate i'd go into tv. i ran a couple of vets organizations when i cam back from iraq and afghanistan, one supporting the war fight neither battlefield and then another one fighting for reform at the v.a., which is still an ongoing issue. through that, i ended up doing appearances on tv in different places. a lot of it ended up being fox, fox&f friends. and one day they said, have you ever thought about asking questions instead of answering them. i said i'm happy to try anything one time. the worst i can do is make a fool of myself. it went ok, and that was in early 2015, and then tucker carlson, who was the fox & friends weekend host, took the prime time host, and thank goodness, and then i took his spot on the weekend, and that's where i've been ever since. >> and the rest is history. david, i'm not sure if it was your pen that wrote these words or pete's in the book, because it's co-authored. but in the forward, there was a note about the fact that when

chris matthews, thank you very much for coming on this morning. we'll see you soon. of the other stories making headlines this morning. mexico is threatening to take. google to court over its gulf of america name change on maps for users in the us. mexico's president said the policy violates mexican sovereignty because the us only has jurisdiction over 46% of the gulf of mexico and cuba combined control 54%. she has asked google to restore the name gulf of mexico, arguing trump's executive order only renames the part of the gulf that's under u.s. jurisdiction, not the body of water as a whole. southwest airlines plans to eliminate 15% of its corporate workforce. the first major layoffs in the company's 53 year history. the dallas based airline said the layoffs would be focused on senior leadership and directors, and will be completed by the end of june. the moves will save the company about $210 million this year, and 300 in 2026. and as we mentioned, saturday night live, the 50th anniversary celebration was watched by nearly. 15 million viewers. nbc's most watched p

and, you know, chris matthews, jimmy carter's speechwriter, and ted sorensen was their jfk speechwriter. and there is a kind of so as bipartisan to it was and know some of us got to know george w bush actually had some excellent speechwriters a guy named michael gerson who's passed away was a great speechwriter and he was you know so it's you know, there's a professional it's a small number of people that have had to be white house speechwriters and i can't say i've gotten to know stephen miller. so but but speaking there is a kind of, you know, desire to kind of pass the torch, you know. and i think what's really cause we were all given this incredible opportunity i think everyone of us appreciated that you know if we weren't up for the job or were didn't have our heart in it anymore, there are a hundred people behind us out there who would take our place in a heartbeat. and so we were, i think, every grateful to be there. and there's there's a saying when you work at the white house that the day you walk through those gates and, you don't feel the honor and the privilege of being ther

opinion columnist david french, also former msnbc host and contributor to washington monthly, chris matthews shots were fired there between liz cheney and elon musk. for those of us who are cold warriors, we understood the importance of hard power, the military. and yes, we understood the importance of soft power. we understood the importance of ideas. we understood the importance of aid. i will repeat it for the thousandth time this week, since u.s. aid became an issue on this show. there's a reason why harry truman, after attacking herbert hoover his entire political life, called in herbert hoover after world war two, ended and said, we've got a refugee crisis in europe. if those people aren't taken care of, we're going to have communism in western europe, go get to work. and now all across africa. yes, we i'm extraordinarily proud of what george w bush did with pepfar. i'm extraordinarily proud that his evangelical faith pushed him to start a program. and it was his evangelical faith that pushed him to start a program that has saved 25 million lives in africa right now, as of today, that

chris and dana did a really good job, clearly, because now these children aren't children anymore, and look at what they're doing. alexandra reeve givens: 56.5 million americans living with disabilities. matthewin funding to labs around the globe. will reeve: what's happening right now is the beginning of the end of paralysis. laurie hawkins: people who became disabled after chris are literally walking because of him. speaker: a man paralyzed from the neck down, walking again. steve kirshblum: he wanted to push everybody to think bigger. whoopi goldberg: that's the fire you want to put under people. and nobody did it better than christopher reeve. nobody. brooke ellison: he helped to say there are lives to lead. people with disabilities have an integral role to play in society. michael manganiello: chris wanted to change the world, and we did. barack obama: christopher and dana reeve paralysis act is the first piece of comprehensive legislation specifically aimed at addressing the challenges faced by americans living with paralysis. matthew, come on up here. [applause] christopher reeve (voiceover): when the first superman movie came out the most frequently asked question was, what is a hero?

chris wanted to change the world, and we did. >> christopher and dana reeve. paralysis act is the first piece of comprehensive legislation specifically aimed at addressing the challenges faced by americans living with paralysis. matthew, come on up here. he looks like a better. >> on the first superman movie came out, the most frequently asked question was, what is a hero? and my answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. now, my definition is completely different. i think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. >> the last thing you think is someone's going to pass away. >> everybody watched. >> him become this force. >> none of us is perfect. kobe lived it in. >> a way that the world watched. >> the finale of kobe the making of a legend saturday at nine on cnn. >> cookbooks. corporate fat cats. >> swindling socialites. >> doped up cyclists. >> and yes, more. >> crooked politicians. >> i have a feeling we won't be running out. >> of those anyt

chris billam—smith. >> thank you very much for that. my >> thank you very much for that. my name is michelle dewberry. this is dewbs& co nye bevan alongside me tonight. a new face on this show. matthewthe former labour adviser alongside him, kelvin mackenzie, the former editor of the sun. good evening gents, you're both very welcome tonight. we like a new face. good. i'll tell you at the end whether or not we still like your new face. the viewers will be the judge of that. you guys can join the conversation in all the usual ways. email me at gb views at gbnews.com/win. go to the website gbnews.com/advent. or of course you can tweet or you can text me. of course you can take me out with you as well. stick me on in your car or wherever quite frankly, because of course we're on dab+ radio. i always say it's a treat for your ears, isn't it? there's no escaping us and that's just the way we like it. look, very serious matters that we've got to start the show with tonight. very tragic, infuriating, frustrating. despair. i mean, what words do we now use to describe the scenes that we've seen unfold again on european soil today? i'm speaking, of course, of the fact that nearly 30 people hav