here is the introduction and the conversation with chris paul. >> chris paul. >> chris paul is here growing up in rural north carolina. he had the common dream of one day reaching the nba in his sophomore year in high school being less than five feet tall, left little hope that he would even make the varsity team. today he is widely coidered to be the best point guard in the nba. in 2008 was runner-up to kobe bryant as the league's mvp. he writes about his improbable journalee in long shot, never too small to dream big. i am pleased to have chris paul at the show for the first time. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> what town are you from in north carolina. >> winston-salem. i'm from louisville north carolina but everyone knows win stole salem. >> do you get home much. >> during the summer. as soon as the season is over i'm back but never during the season. >> both parent as live. >> yes. >> they must love having -- having the opportunity to stay in the neighborhood. >> my parents are huge sports fanatics and this he are my biggest fans and i love them to death. >> how many brothers and

chris paul is up next. come on back!ie of the year in 2006. and he's the point guard on the gold medal winning usa basketball team in the beijing olympics. and he's currently team captain of the new orleans hornets, say hello to chris paul, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you're the man. wow. he's done a lot of stuff. >> just a little bit not too much. >> jimmy: i mean, our heights are kind of similar. i mean, we're almost the same -- >> hold on, hold on, hold on, now. >> jimmy: i'm wearing heels, too. [ laughter ] but i mean, look at this. these are the guys you play against. can we zoom in? look at this. >> yao ming. >> jimmy: yao ming. i mean, what are you? 6' -- >> 6'. 6'1" on a good day. >> jimmy: 6'1" on a good day. and yao ming is what? >> 7'6." >> jimmy: 7'6" and you just still -- you don't care 'cause you're still an all-star and you're just -- you're just good. >> you can't. you can't care. you still got to play the game. >> jimmy: yeah. >> as long as they don't change that goal from ten foot, i th

up next hornets all-star point guard chris paul will join me. don't go anywhere. >> to paul. paul with a long three, yes. paul, alley-oop to chandler. those two work that well. >> from los angeles it is alone with rome with your host jeff chadiha. welcome back. my guest author of a book "longshot, never too small to dream big," chris paul joins me. we will get to the book at the end of the segment. i want to start first with what happened to you guys last year. you were heavily favored or a strong favorite to be players in the western conference but lost in the first round to the denver nuggets. i want to find out what you have been doing during the off-season to avoid that disappointment again. >> just working hard. i think it left a very bitter taste in our mouth last year after that embarrassing series against a really good denver nuggets team. but this year i am just trying to get back to the basics. i worked out with the trainers i worked out with before my rookie year and try to get in tiptop shape and get ready for the season. >> i know you added about 10-15 pounds sin

nba all-star and point guard for the new orleans hornets, chris paul will be joining us!heers and applause ] he is great. and we've got a performance from landon pigg, everybody. that's a lot of show. [ cheers and applause ] that'll be fun. landon pigg is good. he's -- he's a talented musician. but i know him from this movie "whip it." this is the last movie i did before i started the talk show. and it's a movie -- drew barrymore directed it. and she kind of picked landon out of -- i don't know how they cast him in this movie. but this guy is a musician, totally established, he's great. she asked him to be in the movie. it's about roller derby and ellen page's boyfriend is landon. so, he actually has to act in the movie. and it's really good. it's getting crazy good reviews in toronto. and i'm getting pretty good reviews, too. which is just -- yeah. [ cheers and applause ] you didn't even clap. higgins, you didn't even clap for me. >> steve: you're number one in my book, bro. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: anyways, guys, once again, it's time for us to do something that no other

you have to do something. >> i have to do an interview with chris paul. so finish up. >> okay. as a kid paved the way to pro basketball success, he shares his inspiring story in long shot, never too small to dream big and chris paul joins me with 6th graders from a middle school in new york. thanks for being here, chris. a two time all star, i know the kids are ready for you to read along. >> thanks for having me, i'm happy to be here. >> my little emmerson is tuned in as well, right. >> go ahead. this story is called long shot and never too small to dream big and it's about me overcoming obstacles with, you know, i was a 9th grader at high school, probably some of you guys height, and every one and my brother and friends told me that i wouldn't be much of anything and look at where i'm at now. so, here is the story. all right. my brother cj and his friends were just getting back from the playground. they loved to tease me about my game. you're too small to play football, said one friend. and tiny, said another. did we mention small added the third. they all laughed. a picture o

joining us is paul miller, group head of financial service at sbr capital market, and chris wailer. gentlemen, great to have you both with us. paul, i do want to start off with you. is it an investment risk looming financial reform? >> with financial reform, depends on what the details are. the consumer of financial protection agency could have a lot of problems for the simple fact you're going to have a regulator regulating products. what type of products can be -- we're afraid of is they could come up with products that are not safety and soundnesswise for the banks to own. i think this financial reform package is important and how it's going to play out and how much capital it's going to have to hold. these stocks have run really well over the last six months. some of them probably greater than anybody would have anticipated. very rich, relatively speaking. and you have this over-regulation risk that's coming down the pipe. >> chris, paul mentioned certain products might be the product of regulatory reform. can you break it down in terms of the most likely product that could be th

what a look away by chris paul! >> rose: has every part of the dream been realized for you? >> i'm almost there. >> rose: one big thing. >> one more dream. >> rose: n.b.a. championship? >> absolutely. you got it. >> rose: and last year when you didn't get it, how did that hit you? >> it hurt. any time i set out a goal and, you know, i feel like it's... i can reach it and it's like right there and it doesn't happen, it hurts. it hurts. >> rose: but tell me more. >> we've got another season and we're looking forward to this one now. i've got a teammate that's going to help me get there. >> rose: by the name of shaq? >> by the name of shaq. >> rose: what does he add? >> he adds a low pulse presence that i haven't had. >> rose: so you go down the paint, you've got a place you can drop it off? >> absolutely. >> rose: and even if i don't go down the paint, i can also give him the ball and let him go to work also. >> rose: and you're not worried about him being pushed out of the way. >> if anyone can push shaq out of the way, find him for me. (laughs) >> competition is amazing. peo

. >> paul: chris caldwell, thanks for coming. >> thank you paul. >> paul: when we come back our hits of the week! welcome to the now network. right now five coworkers are working from the road using a mifi-- a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wi-fi connections. two are downloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an email. - woman: what?! hmph. it's being revised again. the copilot is on mapquest. and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music - from meltedmetal.com. - ( heavy metal music playing ) that's happening now with the new mifi from sprint-- the mobile hotspot that fits in your pocket. sprint. the now network. deaf, hard-of-hearing, and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. >> >> paul: time for our hits and misses of the week. dan first you. >> hit to really big oil. bp announced a tremendous find in the gulf of mexico this week china's company investing 1.7 billion dollars in canadian -- we know about the tremendous finds off the coast of brazil all of which suggests that the peak oil theories are wrong and carbon i

what a look away by chris paul! >> rose: has every part of the dream been realized for you? >> i'm almosthere. >> rose: one big thing. >> one more drea >> rose: n.b.a. championship? >> absolutely. yogot it. rose: and lastear when you dn't get it,ow did that hit you? >> it hurt. any ti i set ou aoal and, you know, i feel like it's. i careach it and it's like right there and it doesn't happen, it hus. it hurts. >> ros but tell me me. >> we've got another sson and we're loing forward to thi e now. i've got a tmmate that'sgoing help me get there. >> rose: by the name of shaq? >>y the name of shaq. >> rose: what does he add? >> he adds a low pulse presence that i haven'tad. >> rose: so you go down t paint, you've got a place yo cadrop it off? >> absolutely. >> rose: and even if i don'to down the paint, i can al give him the ball and let him go to work also. >> ros and you'reot woied out him being shed out of the way. >> if anyon c pushhaq out of the way, find him for me. (laughs) competition is amazing. people always ask me what is it like to ay in the n.b.a. and yoknow everyone

. >> it's a good -- its me, chris paul and it's you. that's a good lineup. >> oh, yeah.eed to take it to the stage. >> i like that. that's a great idea. >> that's not a bad idea. >> danny's side kicks. >> you can't afford me as host either, by the way. >> that's true. that's an idea. that's right. and america's next top jock, it's been a big contest. 1,000 people entered the contest. you've narrowd it down to five. let's go through them right now. >> number one, we have tasha mckiea, we have la hea, we have angie coraly, we have shelley wade and we have boochie vegas. >> that's a great name. and these are the fox finalists out of the 1,000 people who entered the contest and they all had a chance to host a show with donnie last week and people got to see -- i was not here but people saw it in public. you did it live? >> yeah. we did it at the at&t store next to the verizon center. it was weird. >> not far from the t-mobile restaurant. >> take the elevator upstairs. >> hit all of the spots in there. so everyone got to vote. voting ended yesterday. and you selected a winner

stan, chris and paul. by the way, they're all in the hall of fame. the o's lost the game, 7-5.y got three games in new york, starting tomorrow night. >>> more on the ravens. and we'll speak with their new kicker ahead on eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> and we are following some breaking news for you right now. sky eye chopper 13 is live over a fatal accident in howard county. captain mike perry with more. mike, what happened? >> reporter: we are in west friendship off route 32. three vehicles involved in a very severe accident. one, the operator was heavily entrapped. the operator of that vehicle you're looking at has passenger died at the scene. we do have significant traffic issues along route 32. this is just about a half a mile from where we had another fatal accident just several months ago. the people in the other vehicles have been transported to a local area hospital. there have been a total of three transported here in less- than life-threatening situations now. and you can see maryland state police and howard county police on the scene, conducting the investigation. >> t

stan usual, chris speaker and paul laner. all of those guys are in the hall of fame. o's lost that. >>> u.s. open tennis. the williams' sisters advance. great point here. venus serving from the near court. a series of volleys will be coming hour -- coming her way. she is merely a spectator for this rally. and she will merely put it away for the winner. and the sisters will go for the title next. serena plays in the women's singles semifinal tomorrow. >> that was personal. >> always does. we'll be right back.

paul, chris kohlman, is in the house.heers and applause] your attorney general, lori swanson, is in the house. [cheers and applause] your state auditor, rebecca pottow is here. [cheers and applause] and one of the finest public servants in the country, my secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, is here. [cheers and applause] also, the biggest obama fan in the country is in the house. [cheers] that is it. i love this guy. michelle has a picture. she looks like sasha next to [laughter] the sky] he is a great supporter -- next to this guy. [laughter] he is a great supporter. i do not know if any of you caught it on television. you may have been watching "so you think you can dance?" but michelle of the show, by the way. [laughter] but the other night i gave a speech about health care to the congress. [cheers and applause] and i can say that i can already see that this crowd is a lot more fun. [cheers] listen, i did not go to congress just to speak to senators or representatives. i went to speak on behalf o

chris: will it appeal pale? >> no. >> will it cool? >> before we break, mary traverse died this week, the dazzling part of peter, paul and mary. in the 1960's they were the upbeat soundtrack of our time. ♪ >> ♪ i'll hammer in the danger i'd hammer in between all over this land ♪ chris: they brought joy to folk music we loved in the 19 0's, the limelighters and the kingston trios, peter, paul and mary brought us together in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement. here the 1971 moratorium in washington. >> ♪ how did he die and we think that he just doesn't see the answer my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind ♪ chris: the anthem spread well beyond the people who were simply listening to pop music. ♪ >> ♪ where have all the flowers gone where have all the flowers gone ♪ ♪ chris: they always kept us feeling good and actually enjoying the times. you always think of them in concert. >> ♪ tell me that you'll wait for me hold me like you'll never let me go but i'm leaving others force on a jet plane don't know when i'll be back again leaving on a jet plane don't know when i'll be back again leav

predicted, watching "hardball" last night with chris matthews, exactly what chris predicted would happen in this, it would be paul kirk selected there? >> i think kelly makes an important point, too, he is, in many ways, going to keep some of the staff on board, provide this transition, of course, what the democrats want, another solid democratic vote that may bring them to 60 if they finally get this health care stuff done and ready to vote on. >> up next, how school officials are explaining, norah, this tape that shows children in a classroom behind that blur you see there. can't see the kids but you can hear the song and it's about president obama. >> yes, important to look at the words about what they are singing. you are watching "the big picture" right here on msnbc. ♪ bicycle, what are we waiting for? the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the fastest... 24-hour allergy medicine, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. zyrtec® works fast, so i can

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paul, chris coleman is in the house.n the house. shards your state auditor, rebekah otto is here. >> and one of the finest public servants in the country, my secretary of health and human services, kathleen sibelius is here. [cheers and applause] also, the biggest obama fan in the country is in the house. [cheers and applause] >> i love this guy! michelle has a picture where she looks like sasha next to this guy. a great supporter and it's great to see you again. you know, i don't know if any of you caught it on television. you may have been watching "so you think you can dance." [laughter] >> but -- michelle loves that show, by the way. but the other night i gave a speech to congress about healthcare. [cheers and applause] >> and i can already see that this crowd is a lot more fun. [cheers and applause] >> but listen. i didn't go to congress just to speak to senators or representatives. i went to speak on behalf of the american people. [cheers and applause] >> because you see, i ran for this troughs because i believed i

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paul kirk goes to the united states senate. 60 votes. let's get back to what chris have any role to play, do you think, in talking with incumbent senators right now? people like susan collins and olympia snowe in maine. >> president clinton, mean. >> he has clout as a former president. he has clout, not only in the united states but worldwide is very great. he has clout who most american look back to as a president who governed the country in a sometime that was better for all of them. he has that kind of clout. he also has fundraising and campaigning clout. i don't think any democrat and very view republicans would want bill clinton to come in and campaign against them. but he also has credibility. he is able to explain thing to people in ways that they understand. i think a lot of these politicians would have trouble arguing with him. >> thanks very much. join us again tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for more "hardball." countdown with keith ownman starts right now. snoop >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? health wars. what do y

chris matthews. leading off tonight, filibuster proof. the democrats got their 60th senator today. massachusetts governor deval patrick named paul kirk, chief ally and former chairman of the democratic national committee to temporarily fill ted kennedy's seat until next year's special election. kirk is expected to be a reliable vote for the democrats' health care reform plan, which was ted kennedy's long-fought mission. and the man who appointed him, governor deval patrick, will be here tonight. >>> next, president obama told the united nations general assembly that he is seeking a new era of engagement with the world, but can an extended hand prompt world leaders to solve the same international problems that vexed the bush administration, like iran's nuclear ambitions, middle east peace and afghanistan? >>> and playing the victim. new york governor david paterson sure has a strange way of pushing back on president obama's suggestion that he not run. first, his wife said it was, quote, very unfair, unquote, of the white house to discourage the first african-american governor of new york from running. and then governor paterson h

chris matthews. leading off tonight, filibuster proof. the democrats got their 60th senator today. massachusetts governor deval patrick named paulhe democratic national committee to temporarily fill ted kennedy's seat until next year's special election. kirk is expected to be a reliable vote for the democrats' health care reform plan, which was ted kennedy's long-fought mission. and the man who appointed him, governor deval patrick, will be here tonight. >>> next, president obama told the united nations general assembly that he is seeking a new era of engagement with the world, but can an extended hand prompt world leaders to solve the name international problems that vexed the bush administration, like iran's nuclear ambitions, middle east peace and afghanistan? >>> and playing the victim. new york governor david paterson sure has a strange way of pushing back on president obama's suggestion that he not run. first, his wife said it was, quote, very unfair, unquote, of the white house to discourage the first african-american governor of new york from running. and then governor paterson himself said he never really wanted this jo

chris brown began his community service in virginia. he was sentenced to want 80 days of service and five years probation for assaulting his ex-girlfriend's pop star rihanna. and mary from apparent pauler battling cancer. she was sfa years old. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." another former bush staffer, white house staffer for president george w. bush has a book coming out next week. we have sot excerpts from "gq" magazine. they're pretty amazing. joining me to talk about it, pat buchanan, msnbc analyst and former adviser to mike feldman. you are going to enjoy this. both guys have been on the inside, pat forever. let's catch this. this is an excerpt from president george w. bush's reaction about the idea of sarah palin tapped as john mccain's vice presidential running mate. "i'm trying to remember if i ever met her before. i'm sure i must have. his eyes twinkled. then he asked, what is she, the governor of guam? the excerpt continues, quote, this person is being put into a position she's not even remotely prepared for. she hasn't spent one day on the national level. neither has her family. let's wait and see how she looks five days out. >> it is insightful.

paul is marying is young lady named -- >> stacey. >> congrats to the happy couple. harry, over to you. >>> tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the world trade center and pentagon. saturday chrisive look at the progress being made here in manhattan at ground zero. >> this summer a controversial report announce that had completion dates would be pushed back five years to 2018 at the earliest. we decided to go straight to the source, the two parties responsible for rebuilding the site, and we did find advisable signs of progress and some accurate completion dates. the eight years since 9/11 seemed like an eternity for an impatient nation waiting to see ground zero right built. >> all i want to do is build these buildings. >> reporter: but the most impatient of all may be developer larry silverstein. >> this is a critical part. they have to get this this going. >> reporter: silverstein blames delays on the port authority who has control over rebuilding ground zero. authority executive director chris ward calls it the world's most complicated site and says progress is being made. >> it's not a pit. it's not ground zero. now takes sign of rebuilding. and it's a sign of real hope. >

paul ii a funeral, stopped to refuel the plane in ireland. there were paintings of president kennedy and my friend from iowa, senator harkin, remembers tha what thrgh the with ted. d and senator chrisdodd telling irish stories. these memories going out, when he's walking the dogs outside and just chatting and talking about how is your family? how is this one or that one? we talked about a few days before. after he diedne of the nepapers in vermont h a front-page picture that my wife and myself had taken back i 1968. it showed a young ted kenne in vermont campaigningor his brother, robert and talking with an even younger states attorney. the two of us talking about robert iennedy, and i gave that photograph to attend a few years ago. i found it in my archives, and he chuckled and talked about how young we looked and asked for another copy so he could sign one to m ted,hat day we sat there and talked about his brother's, obviously the president and senator kennedy. also his brother, joe kennedy, who have died. i talked about being interviewed by his brother robert kennedy attorney general. he invited me dow to the department of justice. the young law student talke about the posibilit