bush's 2004 re-election campaign, matthew dowd. matthew, thank you so much. all right. matthew (cheers and applause) matthew, these kids want to know what i stand for, okay. what do pacs usually stand for like americans for prosperity, what do they stand for? >> well, it could be taxes, there's lower taxes. it could be change the laws on health-care reform. it's any number of issues but you have to stick it out. you can't just stick your finger in the wind. >> stephen: where should i stick my finger because if it will help raise money i can think of a few places. >> that may be between you and your significant other. >> stephen: okay. or my significant donor. because like karl rove and americans for prosperity they've got these billionaires who bankroll them, right. >> yeah, well, millionaires and some average people but a lot of rich people. >> stephen: average billionaires so, do those billionaires help set the agenda? >> obviously they're part of it and they're influential in the process. but if somebody really, like you stands for something, they're not going to be

except for matthew. he passed away nine days later at the national naval medical cent for the bethesda, maryland, as a result of his wupeds. -- of his wounds. a day after he received the purple heart for his bravery. i attended matthew's funeral in 2006. i can tell you, mr. speaker, that five years later, i still vividly recall the pain and deep sadness of his parents, his family, friends, and yes the entire community over the loss of this wonderful young man. matthew represented the best our country has to offer. matthew planned to return home to little ferry as has been said after his service in the marine corps he wanted to continue serving his community as a police officer. there is no doubt in my mind that just as matthew was an outstanding marine, he would have made an outstanding police officer. recognizing this fact, the little ferry police department made sergeant fenton a member of the little ferry police force after his untimely death and then they permanently retired his badge number, number

my pleasure to introduce matthew algeo. [applause] [applause] >> you make it sound much more interesting than it is, my wife -- life. great to be at the museum of american finance. a couple of reasons. one, made is a fantastic museum that i have been coming to for a few years. more importantly when i was researching the book, the museum was very helpful in answering my questions. i would have frantic questions, how many grains of silver ore and a silver dollar and 8070. this is the only place you can send danielle with that the urgency and get it answered within an hour. it was very helpful to me. i am a proud member. that is why i got in for free today. before i talk about grover, who is a very interesting person, should probably tell you a little bit about a much less interesting person, that would be neat. as david said, what it -- my wife is a foreign service officer. we move around a lot. my name is matthew algeo. everyone thinks it is italian. it is actually irish. my grandparents were from the north of ireland. actua

matthews was killed. he graduated from northwestern high school in hyattsville in 2008, still no arrests and no word what led to that fight. >>> new video of a huge fire in northwest d.c. a u.s. park police officer shot this from one of their choppers. the fire started in a row house along decatur street and quickly spread to five others. no word on a cause. 14 people remember displaced. no one was seriously -- were displaced. no one was seriously hurt. >>> moammar gadhafi saying stop the in a dough bombings or bomb -- in a dough bombings or -- nato bombings or there will be bombings in europe. >>> she pleaded guilty to federal charges in a corruption case. so why is leslie johnson still on the prince george's county council? the new call for her resignation next. >>>. >>> plus what you need to know before heading to the national mall for the fireworks and check out some of the other stories in our rundown tonight. we will be back in just 60 seconds. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. 

let's roll tape -- >> what is the president's plan chris matthews?having a plan and you don't have one. >> i'll criticize the president for more than not having a plan he's not serious and please playing politics. for the first time in this town the house is going to pass a serious plan to get spending in this town under control. you want to ignore the most important piece of that, which is a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. >> could you explain that? >> your president who sends a tingle up your leg has not been serious in six months. why do you ignore that chris? >> he -- he has not been serious about this debt crisis, why don't you jump on that. >> sean: good line. >> it is excruciating for chris to listen to other people talk. he the last couple years sucking up to this guy sniffing his throne, humiliating himself on behalf of obama it must be difficult to watch what has happened to the country. >> sean: good point. you as a lifelong democrat, you have tried to get the party to moderate a little. and they've just excoriated you for u

hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "new york" magazine john heilemann, cnn's gloria borger, nbc's kelly o'donnell and "time" magazine's joe klein. first up, narrative has been about trying for a big debt reduction deal this year but the political consequences for barack obama and g.o.p. nominee next year are the real story here. if there's no grand deal what are the 2012 consequences? for the president, there are some 2012 upsides perhaps even without a big deal. for one, he claimed the higher ground through all of these debates. for looking more reasonable and he also championed the middle class because he proposed more taxes on the rich. the downsides for the president would include looking weak for failing to get a big compromise. also keeping the big spender tag. for the republican running for president next year, the up-sides of not getting a big deal are, keeping big spending charge against the president, good for them, and denying him a big victory. but there's the downsides for them, republican p

my name is matthew. my family's farm has been in the area for 91 years. serve on the california farm board, in our goal is to preserve the habitat, and the natural resources. water, air, soil, which we all take for granted. i also serve on the yuba center water quality coalition, as well as the seventh placer county for data. we are on both sides of the river. those are voluntary organizations, set up by farmers to preserve and protect the water quality, surface runoff, and we are working on monitoring of underground aquifers. this dump site, i fear, as a board member of those coalitions, jeopardize is our water quality. -- jeopardize our water quality. when you start putting numerous tons of trash on that site on the area outside of the county and put more pressure on the side, shortening the life span, you are going to increase the possibility of water pollution in the region. we want to preserve the water quality to grow quality crops for all people in the united states of america and the world. we are dependent on foreign trade for our products we gro

my guest tonight author matthew richardson. he is author of a book about fannie mae and freddy imagine and -- freddie mac and why the two shu never have gotten married. republican michel bachmann has surged above president obama. the key to the success progrowth agenda, adherence to the founding fathers principles and something special. >> analysts say her uncompromising views on homosexuality are one of big reasons she's gaining traction in iowa. >> jon: what? why would iowans be so concerned about what happens three inches below the corn belt? [laughter] since the iowa supreme court legalized same-sex marriage in 2009 they've noticed real changes in the state's cash crop! [laughter] yes, their worst fears corn destroyed by a (bleep) playing. [laughter] a -- (bleep) plague. movie about iowa field of -- if you build it they will -- you know. [laughter] it's no surprising the message is resonating to conservatives there. unless you think she's pandering rest april sured she's be on this message for years. >> if you are involved

tonight police identified the murder victim as leonard matthews, a local musician. fox 5's bob barnard has more on his life and his legacy. >> he was the 60th person murdered in prince george's county this year, the first in the city of hyattsville, but to his friends leonard smith- matthews was ant a statistic. he was a young man -- not a statistic. he was a young man who took his rap music seriously, stage name damien. >> reporter: this is murder victim leonard smith-matthews. videotaped freestyle rapping several years ago outside north central high school in hyattsville where leonard was in the class of 2008. >> this video was during lunch the friday before christmas break. >> reporter: classmate eddie kyle shot the video of his high school buddies posting them on youtube, this one getting more than 600,000 page views, says leonard was one of the best. >> he had like a really good flow. he didn't mess up and his content was always on point. he always had a story to tell about his life, lot of struggles. >> reporter: that young and colorful life ended last night a

>> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] >> brave new world. do cell phone cameras change politics? when barack obama complained about bitter voters, he forgot about cell phone cameras. how many political scouts are claimed by the 24-hour news cycle? the town hall shout fests at health care. in a precable age, one or two-day stories but today an eternity. finally, bloggers rule. "newsweek" had the monica lewinsky story but it was a blog by matt drudge that broke it. chris: today i'm looking at how the new media universe has changed things in american politics. let's look at the new rules politicians forget at their per rit. -- peril. one, beware the cell phone camera. from former virginia senator george allen, with us a highly touted presidential candidate. >> let's give a welcome here. >> he said it was a nonsense word. never again. >> this is the world he's in, we're all in now, where you have to be very careful. i never quite new what the word meant. he never explained what it m

from brussels, matthew price reports. >> europe's debt crisis spread to the third-biggest economy in the euro zone, italy. the interest rates have been rising sharply. let's hope we do not end up like agrees, this man said. spain faced similar pressure -- like greece, this man said. spain faced similar pressure. in brussels, the european finance ministers gathered, not to discuss italy officially. there used to be an assumption that if the country uses the hero, lending money to the country was basically -- euro, lending money to the country was basically safe. the great crisis has now changed that -- greek crisis has now changed that and they are rethinking the terms by which they lent to other countries that are heavily in debt. that is why interest rates to italy and other countries are currently going up. sorting out greece is crucial. finance ministers have agreed to work quickly on a second bailout for greece. they said it would increase the size of the rest the mechanism currently in place -- they would increase the size of the rescue mechanism currently in place and make it c

i'm sonia matthews, senior interior designer with benjamin moore. here to talk to you about things i'm passionate about, color and design and how you can make your home even more beautiful. so here we are in this very typical, wonderful manhattan apartment. you walk in, it's an open floor plan, and you see every living space. so we have to find ways to use color to define these spaces. now, the bedroom is a very special place in most of our homes so i talked to the homeowner and tried to understand what she was really after in this space. take a look at these great drawer pulls that she actually installed herself. it's a wonderful detail, and it's given me an idea on how to turn this very bland and boring bedroom into a dramatic and rich boudoir. so here's dave. >> i checked out the place. we are ready to go. we have all the materials and we are using aura, which is self-priming and can be done in one coat. >> well, then let's get started. >> one thing to always remember is take your valuables into the center of the room and protect them with plasti

willing to negotiate on the cuts, but you have to have real cuts. >> don't miss hardball with chris matthews week nights at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern only on msnbc, the praise for politics. >>> in texas the constant reminder of the 2009 massacre at fort hood. police say an awol army soldier was planning a terror attack on military personnel at the base. private first class jason abda was interrupted after suspected bomb making materials were found in his hotel room just outside fort hood. an employee of a gun store where he had bought ammunition alerted police. they got a warrant on a separate charge of child pornography. >>> according to the "new york times," a homeland security department internal report concludes 27 people with terrorist connections were wrongly issued licenses as pilots and aircraft meks. those licenses were later canceled. the report also reveals that the transportation security administration could not confirm the identities of thousands who have received licenses. part of the problem is that the federal aviation administration can't require a social security number from a

>> this is the "the chris matthews show." [captioning made possible by nbc enterprises] >> chris: president obama thist republicans have misled the country. they want this debt crisis handled. they want a serious big-time compromise. have the tea partiers handed him a huge advantage? has he won the reasonable middle? could barack obama win next year even with a 9.2% jobless rate? it would be tough, but some smart politicos say not impossible. finally, righter than you know. is michelle bachmann too right or just right? with the republican party, which moved right with goldwater, right again with reagan in 1980, and with newt in 1994, be right there for the lady from minnesota? has the hatred of obama made her the perfect champion for a year of attack? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "the washington post," bob woodward, the national journalist, jamie tarabay, abc's andrea mitchell and "the chicago tribune"'s clarence page. the nasty unemployment numbers are a psychological problem for the country and a

matthew price, our bbc correspondent, has that story. >> he was in fighting mood. he tipped his cap mockingly towards the relatives of some of his alleged victims in the public gallery. the judge was not having any of it. >> can he be assisted in taking off his cap? >> his court-appointed warrior sat looking somewhat fed up with the proceedings. his client has made it clear he does not know him and does not want him to represent him. instead, he says he wants this man brought in, the military lawyer who represented him in belgrade, during the extradition process, along with another lawyer from russia. the court is still examining their eligibility. he said he would not take part in the proceedings until the defense team has changed. >> undercount one, you are charged with genocide, punishable under article -- >> i am not going to listen to this. without my lawyer, i am not going to listen any more. you are talking in vain. i am not going to listen to anything. >> mr. mladic, the court orders that you be removed from the courtroom. could security police escort him o

i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, if at first you don't succeed, add a balanced budget amendment. that's what speaker john boehner did after he was embarrassed last night when he didn't have enough to pass his debt ceiling bill. he guaranteed failure in the senate. in the past hour, a strictly party line vote, 218 to 210. no democrats voted yes. 22 republicans voted no. what happens next? the senate takes the initiative way weekend of wrangling and possible late-night votes. we'll get the latest in a moment. plus how far will tea party republicans go to get what they want? is it really a conservative proposition to risk default? we have two tea partiers here tonight. >>> and is anyone winning politically? president obama is trying it position himself as the adult in the room, but if the economy tanks, doesn't his prospect tank with it? have you had enough yet? if people are fed up with dem are republicans having a third way? a group called americans elect says yes and it may have the money and kno

i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us "new york "is magazine john heilemann, glory borier, nbc's kelly o'donnell and "time" magazine's joe klein. first up, president obama faced critical decisions on the debt and afghanistan the last few weeks and all the while the geniuses who ran his 2008 campaign have been huddled with their maps and polls, figuring out how to put together a repeat victory. what's the anatomy of a re-election win for obama. he has 4-5, 81% of the people who voted for him last night according to a june nbc poll. what happened to the other 20% of obama's 2008 voters and how does he win them back? let's look at three skenl elements in the anatomy of the obama electorate. in the 2008 exit polls, obama got 66% of voters under 30. now he has just 56% of the under 30's. good? maybe not good enough. another key in the anatomy, suburban voters. any 08 exit polls, 50% of suburbanites went for obama. now he's down to 141%. final will laveragee pin in the obama win n '08 he had 52% of independents. now he

matthew, what can you tell us?n has been found at about 10:40 in the morning local time which is outside of the british capitol of london. it's important because this individual is, i suppose you could call him the whistle blower on the whole phone tapping scandal, about a year ago, the first accusation formally, andrew colson, the -- the ceo of the news of the world, he actually approved of the practice by his journalists he also came into the news about a week ago giving an interview to the times. he said that he had access to pinging, which is basically pinpoint the location of an individual you're looking for in exchange to payments to police officers so he was a central figure in these allegations which are now of course rocking london with those phone hacking allegations. >> and the death is being called unexplained. have you heard any word on whether or not this is suspicious? >> well, according to media reports, the police are saying that they're not saying whether or not it's suspicious, they're saying it'

stoddard, columnist for "the hill" and matthew as well. halperin made a stupid joke. he apologized. keep your answer clean by the way. does this warrant an indefinite suspension? >> look, they feel like they have to because otherwise then you get into the question of when's it okay. i think everybodyion blown these things. he thought he was on delay. >> it's live television. who's going to gamble their career that somebody will push a button? matthew, once the white house spokesman jay carney complained about this, do you think msnbc feel pressured into punishing halperin? >> if there was any pressure it was internal pressure, right? they don't want their commentators to have this malfunction. i'm struck by the fact if i'm mark halperin sitting there, i think the hosts are telling me to speak my mind. i didn't see sarcasm in mika or joe. i'm on mark halperin's side here. they were egging him on. >> i had to apologize on this program when a guest used the same "d" word in the anthony weiner story. >> i can't explain why i did it. it was inappropriate, disresp t disrespectful. i'm sor

." >>> good evening, i'm crist matthews in san francisco. leading off tonight, the gang of six has a plan. president obama endorsed it in principle. conservative republicans helped draft it and a deadline looms with certain economic consequences on the other side of august 2nd. so how long can the tea party republicans stand in the door and say no? give us everything we want, we'll give you nothing, and then we'll have a deal. how much longer can they say they won't accept any plan that president obama would agree to? of course, that's our top story tonight. >>> plus what would ronald reagan think of the debt fight? he would be seen by today's republicans as a hopeless moderate. republicans talk about the party of reagan, but wasn't the great communicator also in several cases a great compromiser? and across the country republican governors and legislators are rewriting voting eligibility rules with one thing in mind, lowering the turnout, making it easier for republicans to win elections and making it harder to register and vote. >>> if you

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. >> reporter: one day before the big show, robby matthew and his wife grabeled with a map trying to plan their fourth of july. >> we have to figure out what we have to do and what time to be there. >> reporter: the couple flew in from the caribbean to see the concert and parade and fireworks. >> please take public transportation if at all possible. >> reporter: officials say don't even think about driving. take metro. but be prepared to walk because the smithsonian station will be closed. >> i'm going to avoid the mall like the plague. >> reporter: just the thought of it is enough to keep locals like jessie away. >> crowds, the metro, getting back on is always absolutely insane, like four million people trying to get back on the metro at the same time. >> reporter: others say they are going to stake out their spot early. >> we're going to sit probably on the grass around one of the monuments. >> reporter: if you are planning on a picnic, the park service has banned certain items. >> because of safety concerns with large clouds, no grill, glass bottle or personal fireworks are permit

government would have to drastically cut spending and implement pretty severe austerity measures matthew senior editor at the capitol research center from washington. well we are closely following developments on the american financial scene on our web site so you can go to our ti dot com for the latest updates and videos as a whole the narrative counts down days until the fall of wall street high flyers are bracing themselves for iraq new bride. this life is a joke and it's. let's get a sweet release going to get it. while others in the last are choosing to ignore the problem by dressing up as superheroes senate canning with an annual comic con convention. a senior north korean diplomat has been invited to new york in an attempt to revive long stol talks over his country's controversial nuclear program a move comes just days after a top and ways from the south and north korea sat together for the first time in over two years on the sidelines of the already summit in indonesia there are they agreed to renew six party talks over pyongyang's atomic ambitions. of the asper north korea shell

i was matthew that i'm a senior editor at capital research center from washington d.c. paul we are closely following developments on the american financial scene on our web site to go to our team dot com for the latest updates and the videos. as a whole of america counts down days until the fall of wall street high flyers are bracing themselves for a rocky ride. in this life is the job going to it so let's get a sweet release going. while others in the u.s. are choosing to ignore the problem by dressing up as superheroes and a tanning the annual comic-con convention. the latest threat to the middle east peace process is a promise from israel to punish the palestinians have a go i had with plans to declare statehood at the u.n. in september israel says it will scrap the low accords ninety three agreements which is the main road map for resolution to the conflict while we are cross live to jerusalem for an israeli perspective on the issue helmer from the country's ministry of foreign affairs joins us live from there is a problem thank you for being here in the program now

as mark matthews explains it was a tough day certainl house.>>reporter: president came of the white house and walked through a lawn ci list of republicans for the poor job showing. >> problems in greece. in europe along with uncertainty over whether debt limit here in the united states will be raised l have also made businesses hesitant and that's more aggressive. >>reporter: congressional republican say it's lower tax that is lead to more employmen employment. >> now it just disnot make sense for americans to suffer under higher taxes in an economy like this. >>reporter: while congressional democrat say it's the government that should step in. fichlt day 1 yaiv of republican majority in the congress and we still have not seen one job bill come to the floor. >>reporter: for the owner of bay area construction company it's pretty straight forward. >> signing a contract an getting a job. >>reporter: he says if boils down to this. hire somebody. cap he make it pay fichlt we can get a job and make some money, yes. that's how it works. >>reporter: bu

ooich krm i'm chris matthews in san francisco. leading off, cut, cap and balance caper pap hue day in the debate over the economy, first in the next few hours house republicans will vote for something they call cut, cap and balance. this is performance art, of course. the stuff you see on sidewalks on the weekends. they're miming. pretending to be doing something, you know, like bumping into walls that aren't there. the republican plan has no specifics on what to be cut. he calls for a cut to just below 20% of gdp by 2021, ten years from now, and demands a two-thirds vote in both houses to back a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it has no chance whatsoever of being a bipartisan deal. second, president obama announced this afternoon that the gang of six, it's come up way plan of spending cuts, changing to medicare and medicaid, and taxes. at the top of of the show we'll talk to a tea party republican who says no to taxes a and don't worry about default spiking interest rates or an american downgrade. >>> plus, playing

it's a song that was made by a man named matthew too bold, a very well respected elder whose wife, ellie, just recently passed on. both of them were very well respected for their singing skills. when i thought about doing an arrangement for today, the blue horse special came to mind. i thought i wonder if i can bring a cedar flute into an air, i thought, i wonder if i can take a pala song and turn it into a reel. what i will do is sing you the original pala song, so you can hear that, then we will go into an arrangement that also includes a little something at the end for my grandparents. (singing) announcer: b dreams and good grades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. >> good afternoon i'd like to begin. thank you and welcome to todays performance of dacugo in english. as most of you know is a comical one man story telling that uses very limited stage set and instruments and thus it's a japanese tradition performing arts that requires special an

that was author dr matthew alford some to consider going into captain america and stay tuned to our t.v. next week it is time to dust off your superhero capes and costumes as thousands flock to the two thousand and eleven comic convention in san diego are these disguises really the best escape from the economic realities of the country and who is going to save the world from economic doom and gloom we will have that bring you the answer plus a double edged sword of justice in the u.s. it protects the money but what about those who it neglects we'll bring you the story of an american who after the legal system failed him is finally now being exonerated and finally the dollar is down but is it time for it to be out people are creating their own currency right here in the nation's capital and state lawmakers are saying they need to take matters into their own hands in case the federal reserve collapses altogether those are some of the stories on tap next week you won't want to miss them so stay tuned right here to our t.v. and that is going to do it for now for more on the stories we cover

bait a veteran journalist and author of the new book subversion nc matthew welcome welcome welcome to me thank you for welcoming me. to the program that's what i mean your new book you are. it's all about. subversion ank and i'm a supporter. oh you're an enabler you're an enabler you know like the subtitle i tried to make it very low key in an offensive the subtitle is how obama's acorn red shirts are still terrorizing and ripping off american taxpayers as marvel i thought nuance was important it is here so my understanding is that. you and i had a debate on the radio some time back and that's what i hated of the book and debate i said you know your crazies are worse than my crazies because my crazies are trying to save the save the earth and your crazies are trying to like you know just franchise black people that was your argument and i highlighted that as an example . as an example it's wrong about our thinking on the left what's wrong with that i mean you know you're crazies were shooting up california police officers just a while ago on the way to kill everybody the tides foundat

park service is preparing the stage for steve martin, josh groban, matthew morrison, jordyn sparks and a host of other entertainers. then the icing on the cake. >> something about the fireworks, even when you grow up, no matter how old you are, still brings out the kid in you. >> there's so much to do here, and the fourth of july fire works are just kind of the finale for the weekend for us. >> reporter: it's important that everyone remember, no grills, alcohol, glass bottles, or personal fireworks are permitted on any of the national parks service property. and if you're bringing a cooler and bags, prepare to have them checked. it's also important that you be prepared for this heat that we're expecting with lots of water on hand. and if you're planning on taking metro, you should plan around using the smithsonian station. it won't be open until 10:30 p.m. on the fourth of july. now, if you're thinking, i've been there, done that, and heading down to the mall isn't worth the hassle, then consider this thought. when you think fourth of july, washington, d.c., what comes to mind? >> i th