bush and "the rachel maddow show" staff have something in common. they both pride themselves on coming up with nicknames for people. they can be flattering, lamb chop, yours trul lichlt the best "the rachel maddow show" nickname of all time was given to robert ford, this guy, the ambassador to syria. in september this show gave mr. ford the nickname ambadassador, he really seriously no joke earned it. president obama called on the president of syria to step down, the syrians were not pleased. they told the ambassador he needed to ask permission to order to leave the capital. he went to the city where olive branchs greeted him. the embassies were attacked. so too was the ambassador's house. he also went to observe a peaceful protest by lawyers at the syrian bar association, a government demonstrator attacked him and it was caught on tape. he went to the funeral of human rights activist who died in the custody of syrian security forces. an hour after that funeral security forces trashed the place. later that month while driving through the syrian capi

joining me, host of msnbc's "rachel maddow show," rachel maddow, and california congressman, xavier becerrarachel, you are satisfied we have said enough about the super bowl so far? >> it's apparently this afternoon. >> yeah, i will mention it 30 more times. >> here we are. here is nevada last night. we look at the results. romney, going away at 48%. i don't think this is completely final yet. we have 71% reporting, but obviously a big night for governor romney. gingrich at 23%, and then ron paul. and the delegate counts, romney at 83, and gingrich at 28, and the magic number is 1144. where are we? >> well, the big news is conservatives did so well for raomne romney. i think it's out with a huge issue, the idea that the perception of the religious freedom. it's a sense that we have to beat this guy, obama, okay, romney is good enough. it's significantly healed any wounds that existed between romney and the evangelicals. >> 80% of people say that insurance -- anybody providing health insurance should be provided contraception. all of the republican field has gone very far right specifically

the "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. > good evening, ed, thank you. thank you at home for joining us this hour. pop quiz, republican primary pop quiz. 1988, ronald reagan has finished the second term, vice president is papa bush, who wants to be the next republican nominee. he does have to win the nomination of the republican party. his main rival for the nomination that year? if it wasn't going to be papi bush? it would be senator bob dole, right? he came in second in the republican primary that year. so here is your pop quiz. 1988 republican presidential primary. who won hawaii and alaska? was it papi bush? [ buzzer ] >> it was bob dole. [ buzzer ] >> neither of them. in alaska and hawaii and nevada and washington state, in the republican nominating contest in 1988, neither papi bush nor bob dole one, it was pat robertson, he carried those four states in 1988. in iowa he beat papi bush but came in second, he had a bang-up year, got a speaking spot at the republican convention that year, he released his delegates to support the eventual nominee, papi

. >>> chris hayes is in for rachel maddow tonight. did you enjoy the super bowl? did you have a dog in the fight? >> i was raised in the bronx but a dad from chicago, grew up a bears fans, i was wishing the giants well but not the same way my fellow new yorkers did. >> i went for the giants, i told rachel i hoped her team won, whatever. >> thanks, ed, thanks at home for staying with us for the next hour. rachel, as you have noticed by now, has the night off. when you think about the most iconic lines in american movie history, you think the memorable quotes in the history of cinema, somewhere near the stop of the list probably sits this specific 12-second clip right here. [ sirens ] >> "go ahead, make my day." >> that is, of course, the great clint eastwood, playing the role of dirty harry in his 1983 film "sudden impact," go ahead and make my day. five words that have lived on since they were spoken on the big screen. when clint eastwood said that in 1983, there was a fellow actor occupying the oval office who recognized the power of the line, decided to make it

do you still stand by those statements you made on the rachel maddow show? >> sure. justice sotomayor said several times that she got where she did at princeton, that she didn't have the grades to handle it. she got there through american hardwork who are viewing practically what i think is a disposition, really, to go after white folks in this country. i say in a sense white folks built this country in a sense that they were all folks at the constitutional convention. all white medals are in a dead or do you understanded world war i, world war ii. but clearly enormous contributions in this country. i don't deny that for a second. 350 years of not taking responsibility. i don't deny that. >> let me go toally next. hi. i had a, presidential elections that are going to be coming up. as we know, the gop has many fractures t. and i just want to do you think we're building our own demise from the gop. and failure is somehow going to aid the republican party inside. >> i don't believe the republican party is fractured. in 1968, the democratic party was at war with themselv

>> you won't want to miss rachel's unique take on politics and the day's top stories, "the rachel maddow show" week nights at 9:00 eastern on msnbc. the place for politics. >>> here is a look at some of the other stories making news early today in america. >>> in florida, a sheriff's deputy has been fired for using unnecessary force after video showed a suspect being stunned with taser in the back of a deputy's patrol car because he was yelling. the deputy denied using the taser in a report, but the video and an inspection of the taser proved otherwise. >>> this is unbelievable. a tanker truck blew up on a south carolina highway after the driver lost control and crashed. power lines fell on the tanker, setting thousands of gallons of fuel ablaze. the driver who was hospitalized and treated will be cited for speeding. >>> all along cape cod, wildlife workers are racing to save an increasing number of dolphins stranded off the coast. they're using stretchers to try to rush to help the mammals. scientists aren't really sure why so many are beaching themselves. more than 100 have done so thi

. >> i'm ed schultz, "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> the sound alone totally worth the price of admission, like the cartoon sproing sound. >> the picture of the president is priceless, isn't it? >> absolutely. you got the situation room look on his face when he's killing bin laden and you have the marshmallow cannon, the two sides of the spectrum in terms of what emotion you can show in a still photo. >> have a great weekend. >> you too, ed. thanks to you at home for staying with us for in next hour. for his big speech at cpac at the big biannual or big annual conservative confab in washington d.c., former massachusetts governor and current candidate mitt romney was introduced by this guy. this guy is the chairman of the american conservative union. american conservative union is the organization that runs cpac. they run this whole three-day event. shortly after mr. romney was done with his speech, former house speaker newt gingrich took the stage. mr. gingrich was introduced by his wife who you see there, so mitt romney introduced by the guy hosting the event of the ne

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so when i came out, when i came out on the rachel maddow show i was literally coming out to the world. again, it was in and i'm not right and if you don't come it was very poor quality. clearly a skype interview. it was rushed. there were audio problems. [laughter] i wanted to run back from dinner to change uniforms to look presentable. the obstacles were many, and significant. i remember, i remember i had a tendency, it was an extra webcam. i had a tendency to look not direct at the webcam but the image on the screen, which does not videotape well, does not record well. so the producer, andy dallas said, just let your screen go blank. so i did and i was literally looking into this black screen from this sort of black hole of unknowing is. and coming out to not only my family, and not only myself but also to millions and millions of people, to an audience that it would never be able to fully grasp their vastness. i imagined the sleeping foyer at west point usually not the sight of such -- >> right. [laughter] big a public moment in. >> right, right. and the funny thing was that i admi

the "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> good evening, ed, thank you at home for joining us this hour. >>> okay, are you ready? august, 2007 through october 2008. republicans are for cap and trade. >> joe lieberman and i, my favorite democrat, and i have proposed legislation called cap and trade. >> cap and trade there will be incentives for people to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a free market approach. >> he has a good cap and trade policy he supports. >> for cap and trade, okay? now same republicans, same policy, couple years later, 2010. >> i have to address a little bit of the cap and tax is what i call it not cap and trade, and the devastation as was already suggested that it would have on our country if it were to pass. >> i will not and cannot align myself with a giant government slush fund. >> even worse than the financial hits that our country and we as individuals would take with cap and tax, it would so distance work ethic, and industry and production, because we are so reliant on our energy source. >> it's cap and tax. it's cap and tax. >> it's cap and tax. republ

>>> the "the rachel maddow show" show starts right now. good evening, rachel. i'm looking forward to seeing your interview with the democratic leader, nancy pelosi many >> thank you very much, you won't believe what she has to say about rick santorum. >> i can only imagine. >> thanks, man, speak with you soon. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. just when you thought republican politics about sex couldn't get any weirder this year, just when you thought republicans maximized their references to your genitals in their policies, just when you thought the republican party of 2012 had completed its list of things they want to legally force your doctor to do to you against your will, the rhetoric about small government has taken a turn. it has apparently been surpassed by far more descriptive and specific mandates about not only what size government should be but what shape government should be, so it can more easily fit inside your pants. today, in virginia, a cascade of amazing things happened in republican politics. first, "the washington post" report

that is "the ed show," "the rachel maddow show" starts right now, rachel in. >>> thanks, ed, have a good weekend, my friend. thanks to you at home for staying with us the next hour. my efforts to republican news makers and national republican leaders to be guests on this program, those efforts are getting less successful not more successful over time. important republicans, republican candidates, republican news makers, will not come on this program. they sometimes will once they left politics, but while they are still in it, nobody will talk to me. and it's getting worse, not better. a year ago today, i was at least still having communication with people associated with powerful republicans, a year ago today the spokesman for the speaker of the house, john boehner, was at least writing me letters to complain about my coverage of his boss. now i can't even get that. john boehner spokesman's issue with the shows are john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis. very early on in the speaker's tenure, it seemed like he was not doing a great job. it actually started on his first day on the job.

anything to change the situation if you will and this is because society is in the hands of men and maddow has someone who at this point the concept of justice is still nonexistent in court . it's very hard for women particularly conservative areas of the country to seek help and sadly if a young girl or a woman goes to the police complaining about something like to master violence or rape or a forced marriage often should be met with a lot of hostility sometimes she can be ostracized by society that basically thinks that problem should be kept in the home and we also sometimes see women. until recently a woman could be knocked out for having been raped even the woman when they get raped they go to the gym instead to lessen their wives were going to go to the courts in afghanistan or. really where are the rights of women are protected they want to stay there and what are they were managed to run away because of domestic violence they were not about to continue with that. kind of terrible lives. on their way home and then being there as men drafted their husband traffic and then the way the

. >>> the "the rachel maddow show" starting new england patriots starts right now. i suppose i better go for the giants so we can have fun on monday? >> no. i'm telling you i have so many bets going on right now on the super bowl, i can't -- my number of bets has surpassed my number of superstitions. it's on record, i'm bet free with my friend rachel, i hope your team wins, i'll watch it. >> you are very kind, thanks, ed. have a great weekend. >>> thanks at home for staying with us the next hour. great news, straight up no snark, great news for the country, in terms of the stock market, did you see this, dow up 156 points. highest closing in three-and-a-half years. the dow has not been this high since may of 2008. also the nasdaq, which is moreorless the tech stocks, nasdaq closed at the highest level in eleven years today. eleven years. those great numbers were due in large part to the fact the monthly jobs numbers came out today. the expectation was that the number of new jobs in the country in january would be about 140,000. it ended up being more like 240,000. t

eastern, you will see "the rachel maddow show" show super bowl ad.are told it will be around 3:30 eastern during the pre-game. we have a super bowl related app for the show in the print sunday new york times this weekend all that plus the return of ferris buhler and david beckham in his underwear. >>> don't try to stop the foreclosure process let it run its course and hit the bottom. >> you stick by what you said don't try to stop the foreclosure process even though it is going on, maybe hurting a lot of nevadans. >> it depends when you say don't stop. >> that is what you said. >> i know that is what i said. when i say don't stop the foreclosure process, what i mean is the best way to stop it is by getting the economy going. >> playing devil's advocate, mitt romney doesn't want to help me, the president does. >> the president has been in office three years, if they feel he has done well, vote for him. if they feel the economy is going in the right direction, vote for barack obama. >> every friday morning i think it will be relaxed i can take it slow,

and rachel maddow staffers, you are grounded. no xbox for two weeks. >>> campaign gaffe, republican candidate mitt romney does damage control after making a controversial comment about the poor. >>> the far side, a nasa orbiter beams back the first video of the part of moon we never get to see. >>> and high school hail mary. an alabama basketball team scores not one but two buzzer beaters in the same game. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead, this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with next stop, nevada. gop presidential hopefuls have taken their campaigns out west where caucuses will be held in nevada on saturday and in minnesota and colorado next tuesday. meanwhile, it wasn't all smooth sailing for front-runner mitt romney who instead of basking in his florida victory spent the day defending a comment he made about the poor. brian mooar joins us from washington. good morning. >> reporter: from the candidate who made a $10,000 bet and said he likes to fire peopl