so for the campaign of 2012, you've been warned. >> thank you, keli. here in los angeles this evening. we'll spend the day with her tomorrow. ilbe off. matt miller will be in the chair and i'll see you wednesday with a full report. "hardball" up now. >> going on offense. let's play "hardball."

. >>> that means keli is in new york and hae she has a rant. >> there was a time when -- last week clintonublic: not wearing makeup. a current global search of hillary goes without makeup yields more than 20 million hits. in comparison, a yields 22 million results. it's not just her. articles have been written about sarah palin's glasses, hillary clinton's hairstyles and even their public. clinton was prepared to a man once. while palin was hailed as a hobby, her looks were also used to dismiss her as all beauty, no brains by critics. then there were wardrobe gigs when the campaign was embarrassed that the rc spent $150,000 for a campaign makeover by palin. the expenditure was not as outlandish as the cover suggested. why? because women in the public eye are critiqued for our appearance and wardrobe than men. how do i know? quick question. what label of suits does the president wear? or who cuts newt gingrich's hair? i bet you can't answer those questions but i bet you know a little about michelle obama's dresses or hillary clinton's hair. as critics noted, during the 2008 campaign, palin

according to commissioner kely and other sources that i spoke with, that publicity prompted a tipster and is that person is not being described as a relative. who reached out to police and said that this is someone that you need to talk with because this person has told me that he did something bad, and actually confessed to the crime. that's what prompted police to go out and interview him again, and they tracked him down in new jersey, anderson. >> are they suggesting that he confessed to the crime to the individual who was the stipster? >> yes, that's what kelly said. >> and the other part of the dynamic, what if he reicants his story and hinge its on the fact that he's not emotionally stable? >> if his story is true and this boy was put into a bag, left on the street, and picked up by garbage collectors and taken to a dump, there's no way of tracking that. >> nothing. at this point, you couldn't track down a garbage collection from 33 years ago. that's why they were digging up the basement because they thought if he was buried in the basement, then you could find dna evidence in t

. >> thank you, keli. i'm off to keeping the promise benefit with liz perez here in los angeles this evening. we'll spend the day with her tomorrow. ilbe off. matt miller will be in the chair and i'll see you wednesday with a full report. "hardball" up now. >> going on offense. let's play "hardball." >> good evening, in washington, leading off tonight, you're so vein. the obama campaign is going to the jugular. we start with a 2-minute ad in swing states that portray romney as a corporate vampire, sucking the life out of his steel plan. they worked for romney this year and they worked back in 20the re against ted kennedy. here he will define romney before he gets to do it himself. obama dares republicans to vote against the women against violence act. women are the key to victory in november, and team obama is going to keep pushing this republican war on women. plus, president obama's declaration on gay marriages thrilled most democrats but african-americans remain deeply divided. we're going to talk to tw

thank you very much keli. we don't have enough time to get into it. but it's an interesting hypothesis. i think that, you know, the standard is always changing all the time. you know, we all know the story. i'm dylan ratigan, "hardball" is up right now. >>> bomb plot foiled. let's play "hardball." good evening i'm chris matthews in fort lauderdale, florida. leading off tonight, terror plot foiled. we have this late-breaking story. the cia says it foiled a plot by an al qaeda affiliate in yemen to destroy a u.s. passenger jet. it was supposed to happen around the one-year anniversary of the raid on osama bin laden. well the plot apparently involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate over detroit on christmas in 2009. we'll have the latest on this story at the top of the show. plus, debating gay marriage. it was a great case of tell me what you really think. yesterday vice president joe biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage. it's assumed he was speaking for himself, not for the president. opposing gay marriage is no longer a

thank you very much keli. we don't have enough time to get into it.g hypothesis. i think that, you know, the standard is always changing all the time. you know, we all know the story. i'm dylan ratigan, "hardball" is up right now. >>> bomb plot foiled. let's play "hardball."

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first, the blogger me keli goff. she is on msnbc every monday. give her a hand. the activist and writer, mr. kevin powell. the president and ceo of the urban league of greater new orleans, our host for the 2012 urban league's annual conference, and nolan rollins. the dean of the school of education right here at howard university, dr. leslie. the activist and a radio host, at the truth stare, war and -- the truth sayer, warren ballentine. i will have to do this by memory. the leader of the hip hip action caucus, reverend lennox yearwood. a professor here, dr. gregory carr. and very proudly, the winner of our student essay context an alumnus of the urban league, miss desiree lockee. so, let's give our panel a big round of applause. [applause] i want to start desiree with you and kevil powell and pose the same question. you heard the conversation about voter suppression. you know that young people play to this incredible role in the 2008 election cycle. what does 2000 and 12 hold -- 2012 hold when it comes to young people and voting? >> i believe that 2012 is very

jon kely led eewi s llou y enwith >>> and we are back on this winesday, wednesday, with more of todayee, of course, is right across the street at the nbc experience store. she's ready to hand out $100 to those who get the answers right. to those who don't, they get her cd. how lucky are they? who better to help me out in the studio than robert frannic, the author of princeton review's "the best 376 colleges." not 377. 376. you ready? >> i am. >> great crowd over here, hoda. they want to tell you something. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's a big crowd. oh, my gosh. >> what they're saying is happy winesday. but they didn't do it very well. sweet little high school graduate from -- where did you say? texas. okay, honey. here's the question. what was george clooney's college major? premed, broadcast journalism, drama or geography? >> drama. >> that's all right. you got your diploma. now you have a great cd. >> that was a good guess. his actual major, broadcast journalism. >> i heard it was your major as well. >> yes, it was. >> he went to two schools. didn't graduate from either one. nor

first, the blogger me keli goff. she is on msnbc every monday. give her a hand. the activist and writer, mr. kevin powell. the president and ceo of the urban league of greater new orleans, our host for the 2012 urban league's annual conference, and nolan rollins. the dean of the school of education right here at howard university, dr. leslie. fenwick. the activist and a radio host, at the truth stare, war and -- the truth sayer, warren ballentine. i will have to do this by memory. the leader of the hip hip action caucus, reverend lennox yearwood. a professor here, dr. gregory carr. and very proudly, the winner of our student essay context an alumnus of the urban league, miss desiree lockee. ahoso, let's give our panel a big round of applause. [applause] i want to start desiree with you hot and kevil powell and pose the same question. you heard the conversation about voter suppression. you know that young people play to this incredible role in the 2008 election cycle. what does 2000 and 12 hold -- 2012 hold when it comes to young people and voting? >> i believe th