joining me to talk about it is msnbc's own martin bashir.et time to share the telly together. let's talk more harry, because here in the states we're wild about harry. >> you're wild about the royal family. >> we like him because he's likable. not only is he dignified in terms of his commitment to the military and coming over and we see him with the wounded warriors out in colorado. now he's on the jersey shore touring the area in recovery mode. but explain to us the special relationship that we have with him. the "u.s.a. today" says the folks at the shore are wild about him, calling him a breath of fresh hair. alex wagner is over there calling him a hottie. >> yes, i was. >> yes, she was. >> what would you expect from alex wagner. but the truth is i think this is much more about how the royal family for both the british and the americans is like a supernarrative. it combines everything, it combines a bit of reality television with the history channel, all sprinkled with some pageantry and pomposity and it serves as an alternative, a distrac

let's bring in joan walsh, martin bashir and joy reid here this afternoon.ave you with us. joy, can republicans use the irs scandal to bring down what they always wanted to get rid of, obama care? >> no, it's just as futile as the 37 votes to repeal obama care. if you want to set up a quote/unquote scandal to bring down a program you don't like, the message has to be simple. i'm not sure how you get a tea party group called bring down the government.org, didn't get to be a nonprofit for a year, had to wait, and now i want to get rid of your health care insurance. now you're going to be bumped off your partner's health care because some group had to wait a year to get their c-4. >> so why are they picking obama care and pinning it early on in 2013 as this is what they want to do. >> the economy is getting better, it's not getting better fast enough or better for anyone, but i was really interested when mitch mcconnell said that today. i half expected him to say, we're going to run on this economy and the unemployment rate is still too high and all the twelve

now a true global citizen, martin bashir. >> toure, thank you. >>> good afternoon. it's monday may the 66 th. the conflict in syria is escalating as the world watches with increasing fear and trepidation. >> top syrian officials are calling the attacks a declaration of war. >> a declaration of war. >> many syrian rebels welcome the attack and israeli air strike against their common enemy. its goal isn't to topple president assad, but to stop weapons transfers to hezbollah. >> the israelis justifiably have to guard against the transfer of defense weaponry. >> the president needs to make it clear what we will do. >> the red line that the president of the united states written was apparently written in disappearing ink. >> i think a decision by the president is imminent. >> the israelis have to be vigilant. they have to be concerned. we will continue to coordinate with israel. >>> good afternoon. it is a busy monday and we're watching several unfolding stories this hour. in boston one of the three friends accused of lying to the boston bombing investigators out on $100

and his name is martin bashir. >> sorry. no chance whatsoever.uillotine. republicans are grandstanding. and the president, well, he just wants to get on with the job. ♪ >> i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue service. >> people are losing confidence in our government. >> foolish mistakes were made. not an act of partisanship. >> this is a problem for the irs being too large, too powerful. >> who knows who they'll target next. >> the last week of scandals has been like christmas morning. >> why did you mislead the congress and the american people? >> how can we not conclude you misled this committee? >> why are all the presents wrapped? what are they trying to he?

martin bashir, it is all yours. >> tauhank you so much, krystal ball. good afternoon.ander in chief has laid out his vision f

martin bashir. >> good afternoon, it's friday, may the 3rd. the sun is shining. beautiful spring day. what better time than this to gather with 70,000 friends and worship at the alter of the nra. >> stand, fight. >> make sure our second amendment rights are respected. >> we wanted to make the 1022 look like a modern assault rifle. >> we don't mistake battles for war. >> leave our freedom alone. >> everyone who voted against it is suffering and are going to continue to suffer. >> i have a lot of concerns about that leading to a gi

martin bashir, it's all yours. >>> good afternoon, it's thursday may the 30 presideth.ado warning in effect in parts of oklahoma, many of the same areas reeling from the massive tornado just ten days ago. nbc news' meteorologist dilan dryer is in the newsroom. >> we have severe thunderstorm warnings developing into tornado warnings over the course of the last 45 minutes or so. there are three areas we are watching right now. and you can see where oklahoma city is right in the center of the screen. the storm to the southwest of oklahoma city is not as of right now an official tornado, but there are indications that we could see some lowering of the clouds out that way and that could two into a stronger storm. just to the southwest of norman, oklahoma. if it moves to the northeast as it's doing at around 30, 406 miles per hour, that could be a concern for that area. right now that one is just a severe thunderstorm. then we go n

martin bashir, it's all yours. >> thank you, krystal. >>> good afternoon, it's thursday may the 16th's republicans gone wild white house edition. >> the acting commissioner of the irs is out. >> someone needs to be held responsible. >> my question isn't about who's going to resign. >> there are calls for more heads to roll. >> my question is, who's going to jail? >> culture of corruption. every day a new eruption. >> someone needs to be imprisoned. >> americans are right to be angry about and i am angry about it. >> you don't have to be sherlock

. >> martin bashir. >> govern. it's friday may the 31st. and come on, speaker boehner.showing you how to do it. smile. ♪ >> if this sounds like deja vu all over again. >> an issue that there is is no fight over. >> we've been fighting our way back from a financial crisis. >> let's be honest, we're broke. >> higher education cannot be a luxury for a privileged few. >> shop around. compare tuition. >> the surest path to the middle class is some form of higher education. >> nobody wants to see student loan interest rates go up. >> part of my task is to look for those republicans who don't think the compromise is a dirty word. >> the president's idea of a negotiation is roll over and do what i ask. >> these students have had to take on more and more and more debt. >> this is the biggest job in the world, and i've never seen a president make it small. >> it holds back our entire middle class. >> this is beneath the dignity of the white house. to try to make this a political issue is pathetic. >> i'm putting my faith in you. >> ifs and ands and buts are like candy and nuts. i

those statements are not always intended for the "washington post" or "politico" or even msnbc, martin bashirstatements are to her constituency. she represents a constituency that believes much of what she says. there are many in america, many americans, voters, not only evangelicals, but others represented by rick santorum or senator rand or former -- or his dad. there are -- there is a constituency that believe that obama care is not good for america. there are many businessmen that would say, michele, you're right, it's not good for america. >> right. >> with all due respect, there are two sides to every opinion, but she speaks as a champion. she speaks to a constituency. and there are many people across the board, east to west, north to south, that agree with what she's saying. now, there can be the policy wonks that will say, oh, that's horrible, and it may be tragic. it may be for you tragic, but with all due respect, she's a champion and she speaks for millions of people. >> mr. waldron, i thank you so much for your time. and we should note that -- >> thank you. >> and we should note t

and his name is martin bashir. >> sorry. no chance whatsoever. good afternoon, it's friday, may the 17th. and a civil servant faces the guillotine. republicans are grandstanding. and the president, well, he just wants to get on with the job. ♪ >> i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue service. >> people are losing confidence in our government. >> foolish mistakes were made. not an act of partisanship. >> this is a problem for the irs being too large, too powerful. >> who knows who they'll target next. >> the last week of scandals has been like christmas morning. >> why did you mislead the congress and the american people? >> how can we not conclude you misled this committee? >> why are all the presents wrapped? what are they trying to hide? >> i did mislead congress nor the american people. >> someone needs toç be imprisoned. >> who is the commissioner at that time? >> mr. shulman. >> who appointed mr. shulman? >> mr. bush. >> who i'm trying to basically debunk is the notion or idea to link these scandals to the white house. >> th

martin bashir, it is all yours. >> tauhank you so much, krystal ball. good afternoon.ander in chief has laid out his vision for keeping the nation safe. >> any time bombs are used to target innocent siecivilians, i an act of terror. the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. earlier this morning, anwar al alawki. after nearly nine years america's war in iraq will be over. an attack on our diplomatic post in benghazi. where we've fallen short is closing guantanamo. not for lack of trying. guantanamo is not necessary. it's expensive. a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. durable legal and policy framework to guide our counterterrorism efforts. no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation. >>> our actions are effective, our actions are

now a true global citizen, martin bashir. >> toure, thank you. >>> good afternoon.ay the 66 th. the conflict in syria is escalating as the world watches with increasing fear and trepidation. >> top syrian officials are calling the attacks a declaration of war. >> a declaration of war. >> many syrian rebels welcome the attack and israeli air strike against their common enemy. its goal isn't to topple president assad, but to stop weapons transfers to hezbollah. >> the israelis justifiably have to guard against the transfer of defense weaponry. >> the president needs to make it clear what we will do. >> the red line that the president of the united states written was apparently written in disappearing ink. >> i think a

martin bashir, it's all yours. >> thank you, krystal. >>> good afternoon, it's thursday may the 16th and the knives are out. the heads are rolling. it's republicans gone wild white house edition. >> the acting commissioner of the irs is out. >> someone needs to be held responsible. >> my question isn't about who's going to resign. >> there are calls for more heads to roll. >> my question is, who's going to jail? >> culture of corruption. every day a new eruption. >> someone needs to be imprisoned. >> americans are right to be angry about and i am angry about it. >> you don't have to be sherlock holmes. >> the irs was all about electing obama. >> it should not matter what political stripe you're from. the irs has to operate with absolute integrity. >> the president called them tea baggers. he said he wanted to punish his enemies. >> when citizens fear the government, there is tyranny. >> the internal revenue service will be the enforcing mechanism of obama care. >> it's clear they were on a jihad. >> bureaucracy on spring break gone wild. >>> good afternoon. we begin with a scandal th

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