same things that happened with this joe dimaggio part with julie's leadership and leadership of this board and relationships that are being built. >> [applause] >> i also want to say this. that i know you should know, this is been a very, dated decision-making. i've had to talk -- the way i make a decision was to write was the right way. it somebody that i did before and that is talk to the people. make sure that you make a connection to the people live here who work here every day. get their input because that's going to ground this decision. i did that and i got grounded very quickly and i'm confident that worked on have a lot of shared stories, a lot of shared history, but a lot of shared accomplishments of julie christiansen. you know, i've seen in her the spark, the innovative spirit mike the dynamism that this district needs. i know that she will be as much a advocate for this area of the city as she will be for chinatown, for polk street, for venice, cover all parts of the entire district. i know she will do that because she's got that spirit and that commitment. i know that s

and if you read a biography about joe dimaggio, you surely can't read something by albert kamil.it was disheartening. that said i think even as much as i agree that nbc has a right to do what they do i don't like to read that brian williams life is shattered -- or that he feels shattered. i don't want to feel that way. >> it's not over for him. even if this job is over for him, he's too big a talent to not land on his feet. >> he's going to need to give a really good on-camera interview, sitting here would be a good one for him. >> not just to be self-promotional -- >> he'd get a fair shot. >> he would. >> more than he gave to others skbl he would. dana, great to see you. >> thank you. >> it's very difficult to tick her off, but he managed to. my next guest has written the book literally on crisis management. he says nbc news may have made the situation worse last night. lanny davis, columnist for the hill. this is what you've written about, crisis tales. how you should disclose it all get it all out there first in a full way. what did nbc news do wrong in handling this? >> well

bush with joe dimaggio and ted williams. and you could tell which he thought were more important in the scale of things. it was a wonderful picture of each of them. and he explained that he awarded them some kind of presidential recognition and they had taken the picture in the rose garden. and each had signed it. and i said, what a great picture. and i meant it just as a photograph, it was a superb picture. again, these faces which are indelible for us. about two weeks later a big tube arrives at our home and it was the picture. he gave it to me. now, in the -- in the letter that he -- the accompanying letter. they were always talking about that he wrote nice little notes. this wasn't a nice little note. this was a real letter. two or three pages. he explained that each of the three had signed 33 of the prints. they made 99 prints. each signed -- they all signed all of them and each got to keep 33 of the 99. and he said that joe, who always professed to play only for the money, sold his to ted. [ laughter ] but here he's go

why don't you take your [ bleep ] and feed it to joe dimaggio's ghost on liberty island, you son of aand learn, for god's sake. watch and [ bleep ] learn! [ applause ] >> gavin, the great actors, the great performers leave you incapable of imagining anyone else doing what you just saw them do, and that was one of those moments. >> i know, and it's funny, because i wasn't an avid watcher of the show, i would catch it now and then. but he was so reserved and mellow working with him. and it was like a completely different guy when he's performing. >> gavin, thank you very much for joining us tonight. thanks for staying with us all the way through. hardball with chris matthews is next. >>> war power. let's play "hardball." ♪ good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. president obama played the bugle. he asked for a declaration of war against the terrorists of isis, the authorization for use of military force against the islamic state of iraq. will the congress give it to him? will doves have faith in the language that rules out, quote, enduring offensive combat operations? will hawks

and that was the family of joe dimaggio the baseball player who had just hit in 56 straight games was the most valuable player in the american league. and the government knew what would happen if dimaggio's parents ended up in a concentration camp. the newspapers would've done a cosby and more about that. when the war was over and one of the reasons some of this is still fresh. like men who are in combat rarely talk about what they did during the war. particularly to their families. they are ashamed or frightened or appalled by what they actually did in the war. and they were not about to tell their mother their wife their children what it was like. it was exactly the same for the japanese the ise did not tell their children what they had done during the war. it was not spoken about among people -- in the 1960s that prompted the japanese to begin telling what happened to them. and that, what it was was the civil rights movement the -- by young black college students and the antiwar movement by young americans of all races and older americans, too. it brought up the questions that had

after all, joe dimaggio, he had a 56-game hitting streak. something people say will never be equated again. but unlike joe this one isn't a streak of hits. it's a streak of losses, a streak of strikeouts for the american people. it's a streak of being willing to sacrifice the health and well-being of your constituents just to make a cheap political point. this majority is apparently ready and eager to actually take away health coverage, and as my friend from new jersey, mr. pascrell said try explaining this to your constituents back at home. take away health coverage people have purchased and have been using for over a year. they would make people particularly seniors, pay back the tax credits that helped them afford the coverage in the first place. they would ask their seniors to go back to pinching pennies to afford prescription drugs and even force them to repay the rebate check they received for the high prescription drug costs. they would put insurance companies back in charge of what kind of health care you can get and when you can get

why don't you take your [ bleep ] and feed it to joe dimaggio's ghost on liberty island, you son of aand learn, for god's sake. watch and [ bleep ] learn! [ applause ] >> gavin, the great actors the great performers leave you incapable of imagining anyone else doing what you just saw them do and that was one of those moments. >> i know and it's funny, because i wasn't an avid watcher of the show i would catch it now and then. but he was so reserved and mellow working with him. and it was like a completely different guy when he's performing. >> gavin, thank you very much for joining us tonight. thanks for staying way through. chris hayes is up next. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> this resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. >> the president asked congress to vote for war six months after it started. >> isil is going to lose. >>> a community mourns after three people are murdered in chapel hill, north carolina. >> this was a hate crime from a neighbor. >>> plus mitt romney saves staples. find out why president obama is putting the office superstore on front street. >> sha

after all, joe dimaggio, he had a 56-game hitting streak. something people say will never be equated again. but unlike joe this one isn't a streak of hits. it's a streak of losses, a streak of strikeouts for the american people. it's a streak of being willing to sacrifice the health and well-being of your constituents just to make a cheap political point. this majority is apparently ready and eager to actually take away health coverage, and as my friend from new jersey, mr. pascrell said try explaining this to your constituents back at home. take away health coverage people have purchased and have been using for over a year. they would make people particularly seniors, pay back the tax credits that helped them afford the coverage in the first place. they would ask their seniors to go back to pinching pennies to afford prescription drugs and even force them to repay the rebate check they received for the high prescription drug costs. they would put insurance companies back in charge of what kind of health care you can get and when you can get

and i grew up in the era of joe dimaggio and mickey mantle. and when steinbrenner came across, it sort of soured me. and i lost interest pretty much. but i'm still 10 years old when it comes to being a yankee fan. >> all right. ha ha! [applause] why do you think elizabeth warren was not given the position of head of the consumer financial protection bureau? >> because she was too good for the job. my father once said, "the only way you lose your job in government is to do your job." [laughter] >> there you go. [applause] all right. what advice would you give to someone having a child in 2013? >> uh, is there a reason for the year? >> just meaning now. it could be now. >> this is not a nostradamus question. >> no, no. [laughter] don't know. probably not. ha ha! [audience member speaking indistinctly] >> this is the advice. >> read the book. >> these are my parents'. we just wrote them down from time to time through their comments in a cigar box, which all children should do for their parents and grandparents, because there's huge wisdom in expe

and that was the family of joe dimaggio the baseball player who had just hit in 56 straight games was the most valuable player in the american league. and the government knew what would happen if dimaggio's parents ended up in a concentration camp. the newspapers would've done a cosby and more about that. when the war was over and one of the reasons some of this is still fresh. like men who are in combat rarely talk about what they did during the war. particularly to their families. they are ashamed or frightened or appalled by what they actually did in the war. and they were not about to tell their mother their wife their children what it was like. it was exactly the same for the japanese the ise did not tell their children what they had done during the war. it was not spoken about among people -- in the 1960s that prompted the japanese to begin telling what happened to them. and that, what it was was the civil rights movement the -- by young black college students and the antiwar movement by young americans of all races and older americans, too. it brought up the questions that had

after all, joe dimaggio, he had a 56-game hitting streak. something people say will never be equated again. but unlike joe this one isn't a streak of hits. it's a streak of losses, a streak of strikeouts for the american people. it's a streak of being willing to sacrifice the health and well-being of your constituents just to make a cheap political point. this majority is apparently ready and eager to actually take away health coverage, and as my friend from new jersey, mr. pascrell said try explaining this to your constituents back at home. take away health coverage people have purchased and have been using for over a year. they would make people particularly seniors, pay back the tax credits that helped them afford the coverage in the first place. they would ask their seniors to go back to pinching pennies to afford prescription drugs and even force them to repay the rebate check they received for the high prescription drug costs. they would put insurance companies back in charge of what kind of health care you can get and when you can get