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it is not everyday you get threatened by frank underwood.e felt like it deserved a strong response. >> you are giving them tax credits to begin with and they want more. you guys are saying, enough is enough. >> we hope they will be back for season three and i expect the negotiation to move forward. ,ith such a hard-line response we thought it deserved and underwood-style response. we propose the most frank-mike option, which was threatening to use imminent domain powers. intellectual property as well. edmonton will go to conference committee and will reach a number with them that will keep the production in maryland. , the actor who is the star, who has been lobbying you guys as well. there are other states that offer lots of tax benefits and they could move elsewhere. you guys benefit by having them there. it does create jobs. there is a trickle-down effect. andhat is absolutely true we hope they will be back and we are not asking them to come back for free. the program is authorized for seven point $5 million in the next fiscal budget. at

a frank underwood-style response. >> i may have pushed him too far, which is worrisome. friends make the worst enemies. >> reporter: they passed an amendment threatening to seize certain property of certain film production entities if they leave the state. in other words, if "house of cards" wants to leave maryland, the state wants to make it hurt. >> there are two kinds of pain, the sort of pain that makes you strong or useless pain. >> reporter: politicians are on the edge of their seats. >> come on in. >> reporter: and all those addicted "house of cards" fans wondering whether it will delay next season. now, a fight over tax breaks might not make the cut in the real show, but the question to all followers of "house of cards" including president obama who says it's his favorite, will season three be in jeopardy? that's the real question. which side is going to blink first? >> do we know? is this going to be a significant delay? >> spoiler alert, i can't tell you, but hollywood sources say they believe it will be filmed regardless of where it is, and it will look like w

but there's frank underwood, tv villain. and he was so annoyed he turned me off mid-sentence.et somebody worth upsetting. thank you, jesus! >> seth: well, congratulations. i am so happy and keep trying to upset regular people, too. >> thank you. >> seth: not just fictional ones. you do a great job. you can watch "the rachel maddow show" weeknights at 9 on msnbc. rachel maddow, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with ike barinholtz. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ amy: jonathon, my dog needs to go to yoga and then go to his therapist so make that happen. don't sit down. where did you get those amazing pants? jennie: oh! i got them at old navy. amy: can you spin please... jennie: sure amy: can you... double time jennie: again? sure. are all of these questions going to be about my pants? amy: uh, this is a law firm... so, yes. tell me about your shirt. jennie: it came for free... with the pants. amy: you know, i don't like when people lie to me. jennie: it's true. amy: how much are the pants? jennie: twenty-five dollars... amy: what?!? jennie: but not for long... am

"house of cards" with frank underwood and of course hannah from" girls."ess ever because she always naked. tom, you are immoral less. is this trend more prevalent over time? >> i am a moral list. darth vader i sim -- sympathize with. the ships were cleaner. he was like luke in the long hair is like i will never join you. why not? he is your family. he is your father. join him. >> spoiler alert. >> what was he upset about? he seemed to be running the universe well. >> remi, you made a career out of defending villains. >> i represent the accused. >> if that's what you call them. >> yes, they are the accused. this is an interesting story that is not new. it is as old as -- people like to root for the underdog and the people we don't think will succeed and the villain. if othelo was written today it would be called yago. >> that's good, very good. i think there is something -- i don't have anything el respond to that. there is something that we all -- everyone has a dark side. some people are darker than others. i think through entertainment we can sort of enj

. >> the script is flipped on frank underwood and his crew. y're getting strong armed by the state of maryland. lawmakers are threatening to seize "house of cards" under eminent domain. nobody dletens frank. what is the issue? they want the tax breaks. the delegates in the state of maryland are saying, you know what? if you threaten to leave us, if you leave us, we'll start taking your property. >> you live by the political favors you ask for and you die by the political favors you give. this is a great example of why states should have low-tax policies and not give out little favors because now if "house of cards" wants to leave, the democrats -- most -- he is a democrat there, but passed on a bipartisan thing in the house of delegates. they don't want to lose "house of cards" and also, they have put their political futures on the line, and they counted on having that money there and the jobs, and they're about to lose it. >> good point. can i take it one step further? you want to take this, jobs? 6,000 jobs, "house of cards" has created in th

. >> first of all he's coming as frank underwood.im for who he is. >> the risk reward is even balanced here and at this multiple i can't play. >> tweet us and use either the #bull or the #bear and we'll give you the results at the end of the show. stay right there. they're quick but they're not always right. in january steve made a call, one of many i should add on jcpenney. let's take a listen. >> they're losing money this year in '14, they lost money last year and they're going to lose money next year. so why on earth would you want to own this stock at all? life's too short. it's way, way overvalued. i'd rather been short than long. >> is that your only shirt and tie or something? >> i wear blue because it shows my eyes well. that happened to have been a different tie. >> it's up 18%. >> there was a call in between then where i said the stock could go higher. i'm not going to be shorted -- that was after their earnings when i said that. i still think that this is 50/50 -- >> i sound like a politician. i was shorted before i was lo

i think -- >> frank underwood is going to take over if you don't vote. anyway, eugene robinson, jonathan martin, thank you of "the new york times." >>> coming up, the conservative clown car hits the road again saying their progressive opponents are not -- that president obama supports al qaeda, that's a big one, that he could be impeached. and the clown car, boy, it's in overdrive. >>> plus, spy scandal. the real reason why the cia is worried about that senate investigation. they don't want us to hear about america torturing prisoners. hand that is the bottom line. >>> and why do conservatives like paul ryan say the best way to deal with poor kids who can't afford school lunch is to deny them food? do they really think keeping children hungry is a recipe for success or better concentration in class. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with this urgent moral need to know what our own cia is up to. this is "hardball," the place for politics.  >>> democrats would love nothing more than to beat senate leader mitch mcconnell this november, of course. and whi

not frank underwood's washington but the fragile state of jamie dimon's banking system. years and -- in the financial crisis, smart people to why weng hard as are fragile by design. charles calomiris, truly one of the nation's authorities of how we got into this mess. you focus on the politics of the moment. the politics of 2014 any different from the politics of the spring of 2007? >> absolutely. it is different in a lot of ways. one of the key points we make in the book is that the merger wave of banks in the 1990's and the 2000's and the political alliances that were forged really were important for promoting the government's was for subsidizing mortgage risk. and that this really did make a difference in the 1990's and the 2000's. the differences, that merger wave has already happened. politics going forward will be different. it is not clear that, for example, the large banks are going to be as willing to cater to the political interests -- >> they may just say to the lobbyists in washington, give out loans so we got to be reelected. this time they may do a nancy re

after his turn in the role of frank underwood in requests house of cards."eader in an upcoming film. time, winston churchill. is house ethics committee announced monday they would extend their investigation into this top ranking republican. >> kathy mcmorris rogers. >> 300 points. a cabinet officer in three administrations, this harvard trained economist became better known for his work in national security passed away this week at age 85. we will call time. james sh lessinger. >> the prime minister of this british commonwealth announced he's bringing back knighthoods from the queen as a national honor. time. it's australia. 300 point question. in thinker first meeting, pope francis presented president obama with a book, "the joy of gospel. >> a box of seeds from the white house garden. >> we accept that. >> a vocal proponent of gun court reporting school, he illegally trafficked firearms. better known by this memorable nickname. once again, i will call time. round is over. the game is over. the one left standing is krystal ball with 900 points. congratulati

reid and frank underwood, hezbollah old, learned the next season of house of cards is a year away where we will see whether he's headed for a fall. we won't have to wait that long to see whether kerry read takes a tumble that he deserves. election day is only eight months away. >> guest: i wish i had written that. >> host: david keene is our guest from cpac at national harbor. the phone numbers are on the screen if you would like to produce within the conversation. we are going to begin with this tweet that has come in for you. are there any democrats speaking at the conference or are they extinct like the dodo bird? >> guest: i don't know that they are extinct. but as you go back again to history in the 60s and 70s, the two parties were not as ideological homogeneous as they are today. so you hav had a lot of conserve democrats and a lot of moderate to liberal republicans. today that is not the case. there are some conservative democrats here. the sheriff of milwaukee is an elected democrat and he is going to be speaking. there mayb may be some others, t obviously there are not any dem

frank and claire are masters at that game. >> stephen: one of the unique things about this show is that occasionally underwood looks right inton his mind. why does he do that? that's something we stole from the bbc version, they stole it from a guy named shakespeare, i don't know if you heard of him, and what that allows to you do is have direct communication with the audience t makes them complicity in his nefarious act, they become accomplices to his crimes and you find yourself rooting for this guy despite yourself that is what dramatic tension is interesting to us. >> stephen: at this point i knew i had him. why do you think people in washington love it so much, because it's all they talk about right now i think they're trying to see themselves in it i think they want to think that they're sexy and dangerous. >> look, the fact that president obama himself tweeted about the show previous to the second season release saying the spoilers -- >> huge deal. and when we were there for the white house. >> when we -- >> yeah, i mean on the one hand i am thinking you know, 13 hours is a big chunk of your day. >> i know, exactly. >>