one of which is true, full and absolute equality. >> and jonathan -- jonathan and jonathan, jonathan capehartnathan turley brings up an important point, which is, this could end up actually creating more problems for the republican party if it's sort of a split decision between doma and prop 8. there's also the idea that they could, you know, they've already ruled once on the subject of separate but equal. they could strike down civil unions on that basis. which will create a host of problems for the gop. in fact, the best thing for republicans in order to sort of put this issue away and take it off the table for them and stop the interparty sort of debate is for the court to strike down both doma and prop 8. if they don't, one can see this sort of, this time spent on the psychiatrist couch deciding what to do about marriage equality prolonged for the years to come. >> i think the time on the couch with the republican party on this issue will be prolonged. look, i think whatever the court does, marriage equality -- say marriage equality could become the law of the land in the state of califor

jonathan capehart, i don't know if any of that made sense to you.six foot dunking thing, i don't get it. but what's fascinating is to watch all of these arguments that these guys have been using for many years get served up at the supreme court this week and swatted down. where does that leave them? >> it leaves them in a world of misery. they can't quite figure out how to talk about this. i'll say this for them. the leaders in the party know what's happening, they know where the country is going, they even know where their party is going. i keep bringing this number up, 51% of republicans age 18 to 45 in the latest "the washington post" poll support marriage equality. those folks will get older and become leaders in the republican party and the revolution that's happening now among democrats in the senate will find its way to the republican party, but it's not going to happen this month, this week, probably not before the next presidential election, but that just means that reince priebus and others in the party will have a devil of a time trying t

so to jonathan capehart's point, maybe scotus doesn't see the need for its involvement. ou think of the issue, i can see capehart's point that they might be reluctant given the new narrative. >> i don't know how the citizenses will rule. i don't pretend to have any particular insight into their mind sets here. but another comparison that he reference in the his piece was a new york time article over the weekend about parallels with the row v. wade decision. and the idea that the roe v. wade decision was in some ways counterproductive. created a back lash against the court. created a back lash culturally against expanded rights for abortion. and i just, i don't think that particular parallel makes a lot of sense. for one thing you cannot remove that one decision from the overall cultural context. and it wasn't just that one decision that sparked this back lash. you had already a back lash building against what was seen as excesses of the '60s. you already had a conservative back lash building against the court from griswold and from civil rights and from miranda even. so i

." >> joining me today, "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart. editor of the new republic, franklin ford. political white house reporter, carry rudolph brown and buzz beat editor in chief, ben. >> for a moment this morning you might have thought the republican party had finally reached the thing that seems to have eluded them for so very long, the modern era. ohio senator rob portman, once a shoe-in for mitt romney's vp slot came out in favor of gay marriage. >> i'm announcing today a change of heart. on an issue that you know a lot of people feel strongly about. and it has to do with gay couples, opportunity to marry. my son came to jane, my wife and i, told us that he was gay. and that it was not a choice. and that you know, he, that's just part of who he is and he had been that way ever since he could remember. >> what was your reaction when he told you? >> love, support. >> was the gop finally knocking on the door of the 21st century? and, as purveyors of trickle-down everything, with this new-found tolerance trick down to the rest of the par

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joining me now, jonathan capehart and j arkared bernstei. how strong are these jobs today? >> they're strong. almost every industry added jobs and it only lasts three months. i'd like to kind of average out the monthly reports. they're a bit volatile. we've been adding about 1 9d 0,00 jobs. you go back about half a year, we were adding 130,000 per month. >> so we were doing 130,000 a month and now we're at 190,000? >> that's if you average out over the past few months. but with that said, i still think there's some fragility here. and, as you mention, the sequester could hurt us. to me, today's job report shows the potential of what this economy can do if congress gets ahead of it and starts hacking away at it. >> here's a headline from the new york times exactly on that point. it's on the new york times home page. warning that the spending cuts republicans insist on could take the steam out of this recovery. headline says despite job gains rngs austerity takes toll. jonathan, this is actually what jared is saying. job numbers are good. bup if we're talking about austerity

and jonathan capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post." first of all, thank you both for being here. >> thanks, reverend. >> thank you. >> jeffrey, let me start with you. in court today the lawyer supporting a ban on gay marriage claimed it's needed because the government wants straight couples to have kids. listen. >> the state's interest and society's interest in what we have framed as responsible procreation is -- is vital. >> responsible procreation? i mean, that's pretty bizarre. and even justice kagan demolishes that argument by asking if we should ban marriage for older couples, too. here's what she said. >> if you're over the age of 55, you don't help us, sir, if the government's interest in regulating procreation through marriage. so why is that different? >> your honor, even with respect to couples over the age of 55, it is very rare that both couple -- both parties to the couple are infertile. and the traditional -- >> no, really. because if a couple -- i can just assure you if both the woman and the man are over the age of 55,

joining me now is jonathan capehart and angela rai. r coming on the show tonight. >> thank you, rev. >> jonathan, let me start with you. how does the republican party move forward if the far right really wants to prevent them from doing so? >> it's really unclear. you know, as i wrote today, the first 12 pages of the growth and opportunity projects report are really brutal assessment of where the party has been, where it is right now and where it needs to go if it's not going to continue to lose presidential elections to the democratic party. but they say a lot of good things. they also, i want to point out, say that they're not a policy committee. this is all sort of tone, tenor and cosmetics. you know, diagnosing the problem is the first step to recovery. it's proactively doing something to heal yourself that is going to be -- that is the issue. and if folks are squawking at the diagnosis right now, particularly the base of the party is squawking, i'm not quite sure and i don't have a whole lot of faith that the republican party is go

. >> we have "the washington post" columnist jonathan capehart. democratic strategist chris.nd christie todd whitman, former republican governor of new jersey. governor whitman, let me start with you. as we hear about what harry reid is planning, to bring up this bill that would expand background chicks and crack down on gun trafficking, when they come back from vacation, rand paul's filibustering on drones made him a hero. >> i think it's a mistake. i think they should allow a vote to come up. as it is, harry reid isn't going after assault weapons or trying to reduce the amount of wet bullets you can have in a cartridge. even here, they have pared back dramatically, i think, some of what needs to be done, but certainly here they're out of step. i believe they're truly out of step with the majority of the american people. even gun owners, meks of the nra. i'm a gun owner i ha. i have a license to hunt. i don't need an assault weapon. i certainly can pass a background check. is it going to stop everybody? no. but our murder laws don't stop all murders, but do we give up on tho

. >> jonathan capehart, appreciate it. a lot more coming up with you on "morning joe." >>> another legal battle over social issues is brewing in north dakota. republican governor just approved some of the nation's toughest laws on abortion. the strictest of the three bills forbids abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected which in some cases can be as early as six weeks in the pregnancy. the governor defended the new laws while taking note of the controversial nature. "although the likelihood of this surviving a court challenge is in question, we have to discover the boundaries of roe v. wade." all three bills take effect august 1st unless the courts decide to intervene. >>> he was once the most high profile member of the military. since a scandal aposes an affair, david petraeus has shied away from the spotlight. all that changed last night at the university of southern california, the former head of the cia acknowledged his fall from grace. it was his first public speech since the revelation of his affa affair. the for

we're joined by msnbc contributor jonathan capehart of the "washington post."cki, who, of course, is my colleague and co-host of "the cycle" and msnbc director james peterson, director at lehigh university. john, if i might start with you, the president appeared at the gridiron club dinner over the weekend, an annual event that important people in washington put on for charity, and then get up to make lighthearted fun of each other. of course, the president hadn't been since 2011, so he joked about that. back then, he said, i addressed a number of topics, a dysfunctional congress, a looming budget crisis, complaints that i didn't spend enough time with the press. it's funny, it seems like it was just yesterday." so, jonathan, there's lots of truth spoken, and this one just goes to show how much the establishment in washington has fought this president tooth and nail on just about everything. >> on, yeah, just about everything. it was stunning to read the president's remarks and to realize, like, oh, wait a minute, yeah, nothing has changed. although, having sai

jonathan capehart is an opinion writer for the "washington post."acki, my colleague and co-host of "the cycle." at the top of the gop coroner's report, sorry, autopsy, it says, we must recruit more candidates who come from minority communities, but it's not just tone that counts, policy always matters. how well do you think they dress policy toward minorities in this publication? >> very little to not at all. if you look at the latino vote, there seems to be an acknowledgement immigration is a problem for the republican party. >> you would have thought so after 74% of latinos voted for this president and 94% of african-americans voted for the president. and 91% -- sorry, 71% of asian-americans voted. >> immigration covers, you know, basic -- does not cover nearly all of your problems. >> indeed. >> right there. but what i'm really struck by is i can think back decades to moments like this in the republican party when there have been frank and blunt acknowledgement from party leaders that, hey, we have a problem appealing to nonwhite voters. i heard

joining us now, chad griffin, president of the human rights campaign, and jonathan capehart, opinion the "washington post" and msnbc contributor. welcome to you both. >> hi, karen. >> thank you, karen. >> jonathan, i want to start with you. you wrote about this today and you said that the, quote, quasi triumphant coverage -- i do love how you turn a grease phrase --s week's court cases is making you feel uncomfortable. explain why? >> there's a reason to be feeling jubilant about the highest court in the land taking two cases that speak to the fundamental essence of who i am, of what a lot of people are in this country, lesbian and gay people who want to get married but can't. either because the state they live in bans it, constitutionally or legislatively, or they can't avail themselves of the 1,100 or so federal rights and responsibilities that come with marriage. >> right. >> what i wanted to do with that piece is just to remind people of what the state of play is for the court. yes, the opinion polls are moving in the right direction. we've got nine states plus the district of co

thank you, jonathan capehart.ley. >>> up next, why hasn't president obama offered republic chance a deal he would like? a grand bargain. just lay it out on the table and force them to say no to it. what's with the tactics here? i'm trying to figure it out. >>> this sunday i'll be on "meet the press" with david gregory. great to be on there. that's sunday on nbc. check your local listings. i'm the world's worst cleaning lady. i'm here in your home, having a pretty spectacular tuesday. ♪ but i don't notice the loose rug at the top of your stairs. and that's about to become an issue for me. ♪ and if you got the wrong home insurance coverage, my medical bills could get expensive. so get allstate. [ dennis ] good hands. good home. make sure you have the right home protection. talk to an allstate agent. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the gro

jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the "washington post" and msnbc contributor.gentlemen. ken, i'm going to start with you. reince priebus is just having a tough month. you heard jon stewart and coburn, you know, slamming the autopsy. as did national review. so my question is, is it reince or does he just have an impossible job here? >> yeah. i'd go with the latter. it's really difficult. you've got so many competing constituencies. and he's trying to sort of hold it all together and recommend ways to change it. well, the inability to sort of come together on mutually agreed upon tactical changes and philosophical course correction is what kind of got them in this position in the first place. and i think if he is too heavy handed or the rnc is too heavy handed in trying to change either the tactics or the positions on -- which i think we're probably going to be headed for. >> oh, yeah. on that point, in the autopsy priebus mentioned out reach to gay voters at least four times. but then he calms mike huckabee no fan of same-sex marriage, a, quote, model for the go

. >> my colleague "washington post" editorial writer and msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart.istening there. i wrote something ryan said down, because i wanted to get your perspective. he said while marriage has to be color blind, it can't be gender-blind. >> look and he also said that marriage is between a man and a woman are quote-unquote real marriages. the people who brought the case, brought the cases that are going to the supreme court, edith windsor, who is legally married. the folks in california who were married before proposition 8 was passed and those folks in california who are eager to get married, they want to get married because they are in love with each other. they are committed to each other. and they want the rights and responsibilities that go with marriage. and they also want the dignity and respect that comes with marriage. so you know, as much as, as much as ryan wants to downplay or belittle the marriages of same-sex couples, those same-sex couples are no different than opposite-sex couples, out there who want to gets married. >> jonathan, let me ask yo

thank you, jonathan capehart.nk you, michael crowley. >>> up next, why hasn't president obama offered republicans a chance deal he would like? a grand bargain. just lay it out on the table and force them to say no to it. what's with the tactics here? i'm trying to figure it out. >>> this sunday i'll be on "meet the press" with david gregory. it's great to be on there. that's sunday on nbc. check your local listings. gle ] [ cash register dings ] [ male announcer ] wow. a brave choice. okay, focus. think courage. think shaun white. think how perfect they'll be for outdoor crafts. mr. white. [ male announcer ] they're good for circulation. plus, they're totally practical. yeah, freedom. scan me. stride on, pale-legged, short-shorts guy. ♪ omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male ann

jonathan capehart, thank you. >> thank you. >>> here's some other news going on around america.hicago. an army of children calling for immigration reform. hundreds of kids led the demonstration. rally organizers say current policies rip families apart and toss thousands of children into the foster care system. >>> next, to some amazing video out of ohio. a firefighter is miraculously alive after an out of control vehicle slammed into him. the firefighter was working an accident scene when a vehicle barrelled into a pickup truck that struck the fire captain. he's expected to be released from the hospital in a day or two and make a full recovery. thankfully. >>> now to an extraordinary discovery off the florida keys. researchers believe this two headed fish is the first of its kind and likely the result of a mutation caused by a deformity. >>> finally, a texas teen and a spectacular show of strength. 18-year-old matt porsaltani bench pressed 700 pounds, five pounds shy of the most weight ever lifted by an nfl player. that's a strong kid. >>> turning to sports, the u.s. plays a wor

jonathan capehart is on his right now, from 22 minutes a day to nearly an hour and a half. his. >> not from that. so do you have like an ipad? >> i have an ipad, i've got my galaxy note 2, i have my mac book at home. >> are you on them all the time? >> i'm on this all the time, but i do try to carve out moments when i just don't go near it. the walk to work, when i go to bed. >> it's only ten minutes. >> precious moments. >> but when i plug it in the side of the bed, when i wake up in the middle of the night, my first instinct is not to check this. >> i always do that. >> that's how i wake up, the light comes in my eyes from the ipad. >> you guys are junkies. >> arianna says never keep your phone in the room where you sleep. coming up next -- >> she's always right. >> especially when she writes her check. coming up, bill frist teams up on a new issue coming up on "morning joe." [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found some

joining me now is jonathan capehart and victoria francesco. >>> jonathan, this really shows how far torty is. but it also shows how entrenched the tea party caucus is and how powerful they are in, i was going to say getting things done, but, in this case, in keeping things from happening. in the old days, speaker boehner would have been a really successful speaker. he would have gotten the grand bargain done and we probably wouldn't have had the fiscal cliff and all of these other showdowns and manufactured crises we've had over the past couple of years. but because the republican party put all of his chips on the tea party in 2010 and brought these folks to washington, now you have lots of people in capitol hill, and i'm talking about republicans who are constantly looking over their right shoulder worried about whether there's going to be a primary challenge to them if they do something that smacks up governing. >> you know, it goes to your point when i look at the fact that tea parties who pushed hard for a sequester have won their first big fight in congress with the automatic budg

you're not watching 21st century remake of "miami vice" says jonathan capehart.e have politico convention here. actually, three people trolling for a show. they just closed out "way too early." jim vandehei and mike allen and maggie haberman. >> we are just barnicle groupies! >> that is so pathetic! that is so pathetic. >> that's good. >> oh, my goodness. it's great to have everyone here. is everyone ready to keep talking, you know? talk for the next three hours? willie is not here. willie geist is not here today because his parents took him on a college tour. he is applying for college. i think today he is going to vanderbilt. >> i think that little willie has a bright future. >> i think he might. i think he might. we have one small item to begin this this morning. nelson mandela who is in the hospital with what officials say is a lunge infection. he was entered before midnight. he has suffered a series of health setbacks in the recent month the former current president asked for prayers. we will follow the former south african president's brings you you an upda

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time" magazine's washington correspondent, and "the washington post's"ered torrie page write jonathan capehart contributor. gentlemen, welcome. >>> -- justice kennedy -- saying that the way in which doma periods to all individuals who are involved in same-sex marriages and preventing them from getting benefits has swung them around like a blunt instrument. there's a combination of almost states' rights and gay rights from anthony kennedy. >> it was interesting. he as one point, in answering the question of stand iing he sd there's 1100 laws at the federal level affected by the definition, and that makes the federal government, he said, deeply intertwined. that's a theme over time kennedy has returned to the effect of government, and it was clearly very much in the forefront of his mind today. >> and jonathan, on the political fallout, one thing we've all taken note of, the republicans that have brought this forward to the supreme court, specifically john boehner, eric cantor and mccarthy have not wanted to touch it publicly. quote slush a law's constitutionality is determined courts, not by th

lisa and "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor, jonathan capehart. thank you both for joining us. first let me start with you, jonathan, and up on what he brought up. this remark by justice kagan regarding what harm if you will would be to society. this whole idea of procreation. that it was a nonstart he, i believe that is the language pete williams used. if you're talking about people over 50 lou can't have children, then that is eliminated from this idea of what a marriage should be or who should be able to be married. >> i was just listening to that part of the arguments before coming on. and justice kagan was extremely skeptical. if your only rationale is the monthcreation argument and then, you go in and the justices are extremely skeptical so kagan saying, what about couples that are 55 or older? do you then deny them marriage licenses? would it be constitutional to do that? and the guy had no response. i mean, they are wedged in. i can't remember if it was pete or if it was the legal analyst before who said, this is all they've got. if this is

joining me now, jonathan capehart.rious, they just want to have like a comedy festival they want to have there. >> they can't possibly be serious. sarah palin's description, you left off best selling author and reality television star and soon to be author of a christmas book. they can't be serious. did you put that ted cruise is getting the most? >> he is getting 33 minutes for the keynote address. >> he is give and huge platform. one week marco rubio is the savior, this week ted cruise is the savior of the republican party. today we talk about the ryan budget plan, something that's not serious at all, you have to wonder whether the republican party, particularly the conservative wing of the republican party is serious at all about being a major national party any more. >> ted cruise, by the way, will maybe or maybe not do some version of his joe mcmillan cart eli where he said this about harvard law school. there are fewer declared republicans in faculty when we were there than communists. 12 would say they were marx

we're joined by with jonathan capehart and krystal ball.ence would for some of us represent an early experience of hell. i'm reminded of that great description of hell from milton's "paradise lost." as one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames no light but rather darkness. given the quality of the speakers is this not a throwback to the dark ages? >> it certainly is a throwback to, let's say, a political party that's been defeated in two presidential elections and is floundering, trying to figure out where does it go, what does it stand for and who its leaders are. sarah palin will be there. mitt romney will be there. you mentioned all the names. these are either failed candidates or people who will never even become president of the united states. so the idea that those folks would be given platforms and not the chris christies, bobby jindals and other people in the republican party who are a whole lot more serious makes you wonder whether cpac is even relevant. >> indeed. chr krystal, we have an early tweet from the ever humble dona

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i take jonathan capehart, our colleague, to heart when he says, you know, let's be cautious in our optimismhusiasm here because the supreme court is one thing. >> i agree. >> the ballot box is something else. >> i want to talk about that. as threatened at the conservatives get in this country, threatened culturally. racially, generationally, everything. they feel more and more the circle the wagon mentality has taken over. they vote. they vote like bandits. right wingers. conservatives. what happens if the party, if your party is successful in establishing its high ground politically on this issue but you scare the low ground people to the point where they all show up next time and they win? >> i think the intensity on this issue is actually much more on the side of gay and lesbian and marriage equality. i think there's a lot of intensity. it's not just that gay people think gay people ought to get married. it's all these progressive -- >> is it a voting issue for them? for gay people? >> i think it's a values issue. i think there's a lot of people, a lot of women who look at republicans wh

krystal ball is the cohost of "the cycle" and jonathan capehart is a political write for the washingtonrom the station right here. i'll allow you to catch your breath. krystal, we'll get to mr. o'reilly in a moment, but let's start with the latest manifestation of civil war in the gop and donald trump. obama m bob macdonald snubbed. chris christie snubbed. is donald trump for the rebranding? >> mitt romney, sarah palin, alan west. >> the only one missing yet to receive an invite, herman cain. >> it is. that's unfortunate. i think he could hold the way forward for the republican party. i'm from virginia as you know. bob mcdonnell is no -- he's a conservative guy. i mean, you recall the whole transvaginal ultrasound situation. >> who could forget that? >> right. but he committed a sin against conservatism which was raising taxes for the infrastructure. the state has some of the worst traffic in the country. chris christie km itted the sin of embracing the president and saying nice things about him. apparently this is unforgivable in their world. you have to be happy not to go to this conf

very exciting, i was just watching on "morning joe" today, jonathan capehart's response to the coverstell me why you took the approach you did. to the issue of gay marriage. >> two covers, a male same-sex couple and a female, same-sex couple. the idea is no matter what the court decides, the idea, the reality of gay marriage, is something that is present. and will be eventually overwhelming. if you look at the demographic changes in america, you know, four times as many people below the age of 30 believe gay marriage is a right and that people should have it. i wanted to celebrate this notion, with these two couples. where the idea of the love that is at the heart of the institution of marriage, is demonstrated by same-sex couples or heterosexual couples and i wanted these covers to demonstrate that. >> just to note that senator markowski from alaska is the latest republican to say she has evolving views on this. we haven't heard since rob portman, who has a personal connection through his son, we haven't heerd a lot of republicans, other red state democrats coming forward in the last

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he was the first iraq vet elected to congress and also steny hoyer and jonathan capehart.h alex wagner is coming your way, a special edition from our nation's capitol. >>> we're going to be doing our show bilingually, in washington east. 219, the number of recommendations the gop has come up with to fix what ails them. robert gibbs, neem leaka henderson will discuss whether or not the self-diagnosis will work and it's been ten years since the start of the iraq war, rachel maddow will join us what led up to the war that resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. >>> and president obama prepares for a middle east charm offensive. all of that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. a brand new start. your chance t

i want to bring in politico's ken falger, jonathan capehart and zachary karabel.en, politico lays out when the sequester impact is going to be felt. next week, furlough notices to government agencies start going out. states start getting word on federal grants for the rest of the fiscal year. later this month, teacher layoffs and changes to afterschool programs start. agriculture programs for the poor affected and cuts could start affecting opening a fishing season in federal waters, as well. the next month, the cuts really hit. furloughs of government workers take effect. could result in flight cancelations, delayed meet inspections. national parks may not open. and as april 15th arrives, tax day, of course, there will be less help for taxpayers, possibly refund delays in tax refund checks. what are the chances, ken, all of this gets fixed by april 15th? >> i would say fairly slim. i think that there's a real possibility that the cuts, the sequestration cuts could become sort of a baseline and as we see as more people see effects of some of these impacts that we

jonathan capehart, thank you very much. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports.". join us this wednesday and thursday live from israel as we travel to cover president obama and secretary kerry in the middle east. remember to follow the show online and on twitter @mitchell reports. and craig melvin has a look at what's next. >> safe travels to you by the way. in the next hour, more of the gop autopsy as more of the minority outreach, better technology, short he primary season and fewer debates. are all those things the answer for when republicans win back the white house? or are the policies holding us back? >>> also the search for the missing teacher. we'll talk to her mother and sister about the massive effort to bring her home. all of that and lots more coming up right now on "news nation." this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal

jonathan capehart and krystal ball, thank you both. >> thanks, martin. >> thanks so much to you for watching on a historic day. chris matthews, of course, will pick things up right now. >>> hope for the pope. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the election of a new pope. it brings with it a great hope and not just for catholics. it pro promises a progressive church. he's a jesuit. living in a small apartment. taking the bus to work. the new pope has said things about capitalism and its failure to deliver economic justice that could drive the right wing nuts. he's the living illustration for what i've learned of the belief free markets need to be offset by an active social justice toward those in need. h is the catholic church that looks out for the poor, that distances itself from power and wealth, that is skeptical that capitalism will raise all. that the poor can count on the wealth of the rich to trickle down to the people living in the barrios. big surprise in rome tonight. the cardinals picked a jesuit. someone from the a

jonathan capehart gets the last word. >>> ryan shrugged. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington. let me start tonight with this. you know the book "atlas shrugged," it's what happens when the elite of the world, people calling the shots go on job action. decide to walk away from their position, stop being captains of industry and let the country fall all around them. today, paul ryan, a total believer in "atlas shrugged" philosophy did it like in the book. mitt romney's running mate came forward with a plan that gives the biggest tax rate in the world to the richest. paying for it with huge slashes in programs for middle class working people and the poor. call it ryan shrugged. it kills the president's health care plan outright in its crib. dumps medicare for a cheapskate voucher scheme. and offloads medicaid on to the states and steals from the ordinary people, that old 47%, and gives a bundle to the elite at the top. why is ryan doing this? you just have to ask, why after getting beaten and rejected in the presidential election last november i

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. >> our power panel today jonathan capehart, margie o'mara, chip saltsman, thank you all very much.tay with msnbc for continuing coverage of the president's trip to the middle east. >>> coming up next congress works to avoid a government shutdown but no matter what they do voters are giving them a thumbs down. we'll be joined by congresswoman blackburn next. plus, sentencing day for a teen who went on a killing rampage last year. he has guilt written all over his t-shirt. >>> and our question, iraq ten years later, america's worst modern day war blunder? or do you think otherwise? . (dog) larry,larry,larrryyy. why take exercise so seriously,when it can be fun? push-ups or sprints? what's wrong with fetch? or chase? let's do this larry! ooh, i got it, i got it! (narrator) the calorie-smart nutrition in beneful healthy weight... includes grains and real chicken, because a healthy dog is a playful dog. beneful healthy weight. find us on facebook to help put more play in your day. arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our f

my friend and yours, jonathan capehart in the chair for martin today. how are you?oure, romantic segregation. that's good. >>> thanks, guys, good afternoon, it's friday march the 29th. why do subjects like immigration reform and gay rights lead to is to

joining us, charlie rangel and sean spicer and jonathan capehart and hogan gidley and the conclave procession our hour tomorrow, at 11:00 a.m. "now" with alex is coming up. >>> an attack today in afghanistan leaves two u.s. soldiers dead. further straining the already-frayed relationship between president obama and president karzai. former national security council spokesman tommy veeder joins wes moore to discuss this and how president obama is reasserting his power ahome and abread. plus the senate's gang of eight is hammering out a deal on immigration. will it make it past the house? and author tai salasa will be here to discuss her new book, "ghana must go." and discuss the search for american identity. now when we start in 180 seconds. you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. licking the cream off these oreo cookies. that's stupid. you're wasting the best part. shuh, says the m

joining me now, msnbc's jonathan capehart. this is a strange one.d you something that this doctor crawford has said in an interview thursday. with the state. he said, "his vote on the state budget was political, but said it had nothing to do with race. noting that if he had to do it over again, he might pick different words, but he stood behind the larger point of his comments, criticizing haley -- governor haley and the house republican caucus for voting against the expansion purely because a democratic president is for it." so this is very odd, jonathan. he seems to be speaking as a political pundit when he says it's good politics for these people to be up against the black guy. but then he joins these people against the black guy. and then continues to criticize them for that, which he has joined them in. >> yeah. this is a very confusing story. so you talked about the story in january where he said -- talked about the politics. in that same story, it says that he would also oppose separate efforts -- well, actually, he wanted to make this part o

jonathan capehart, how old were you? seriously? >> no. move on. >> no. this is good.his is a fair question. >> not over 50. >> jonathan, let's start our conversation with you. it's always a treat to listen into the supreme court. we don't get to hear that very often. what did you take away from what you heard yesterday? >> the coverage in the papers you showed at the top of the show is correct. the court is ambivalent, it's torn, it doesn't quite know what to do. they don't want to have to deal with this question just yet. they are uncomfortable with the standings issue. the reason why they were having these conversations is because the governor of california, the attorney general of california decided they think proposition 8 is unconstitutional. they are not defending it. so a group of citizens got together to bring this challenge. so if the case goes down on standing, that would at least give the court the ability to say, we can't even decide this issue because you folks shouldn't have been here in the first place. but i do think they are also struggling with the q