chris matthews is the host of "hardball" on ms nbc and author of "jack kennedy, elusive hero" which ihris? >> it's number three. it is actually the best book. people who know their business say it's the best book. >> it's beautiful. >> and you're a star, too. >> i'm learning from the best. i want to talk to you aboutç ts hillary moment. >> i know the theme of the segment and i like it. the public is seeing the private hillary. >> exactly. >> harold knows this. like most public figures -- bill clinton is bill clinton all the time. you and i are basically all the time the same person. really. but some public figures really freeze on television. they have a colder persona. al gore can be cold, hot, anything in private. you never know. some guys are more fun or women. hillary clinton -- and i think women are, by the nature of the professional behavior you have to be more formal than men most of the time. that's the way things are evolving now. hillary clinton is very professional, very formal in public generally. in private she's regular and sometimes girlish. she has a spontaneous manne

. >> ms nbc's as for microsoft nbc. formed a partnership. it did not work up perfectly.re would come back and have meetings. i would help bring him into the building. we have some stuff we have to discuss. the nature of our picture. this is because he kind of got control of the wardrobe and his personal grooming. he didn't care of all the stuff. we have a picture taken. they did the picture to us immediately. go out to lunch a very close friend of mine who is on his board. he says, hey, he's going to be there as well. we'll alliance. i it show the picture. my friend ron. i said to me you're a mother, you have three sons. which one you worried about? [laughter] without missing a beat he said to me as, i often tell people we're so rich because we share common. >> in the 50 years of being a man. >> half a century. yes. >> there is that, but there is also the strength and longevity and dedication in doing something to suit your early on that later on as models? >> suited our model? >> in my profession i have a real privilege of being raised by these big guys. i got the waver

. >> sean: cnn and ms-nbc wonder why they have no audience? harassment issues come up? >> when the you look the at the african-american community, attacking their own, it goes to the fact that he's a conservative. they don't like that he's a conservative african-american. it goes against what the majority of african-americans believe in -- >> sean: he's a threat? >> absolutely. i have so many conservative african-american friends that actually stay quiet because they don't want to have this confrontation with the liberal democrats. at the end of the day, as the republican candidates are doing, presenting solutions for the communities so that the minority communities can get out of welfare, find jobs and have opportunity here in america. >> sean: this is disgraceful. >> it's coming from everybody. this is-- the republican establishment -- >> sean: no, give me an example of a republican who said anything similar to what you just heard. >> what do you mean? they are coming at him from a different angle? >> sean: curry white favor, symbolic crack

matthews didn't have a single source on what he said and he went on the air on national television on ms-nbcrunk and clearly doing something wrong. he didn't have a single source to back that up with. >> sean: maybe we should see how many times chris matthews investigated obama's relationship with ayers, during the campaign. >> how about i if i said that chris matthews was clearly drunk last night on his show? i have as much eftsdz to say this -- >> sean: i don't want to get you sued. there will be a big firestorm. always good to see you, thank you for being with us. time to check in with greta van susteren. you were sneaky and you went behind my back and you went to brad paisley and tried to set me up. true or false? greta van susteren, you are a prosecutor. yes or no? >> did he do that on the air? did he tape it -- >> sean: it's not going on the air. im not singing on the air. i have already humiliated. >> i told him, ask sean to sing it. i'm sure he will. you wouldn't sing it? >> sean: i'm sorry, you are breaking up. >> oh, yeah. sure. anyway, i'm here in new york, as you may have noticed

. >> ms nbc, i cannot watch people berman -- keith olberman. i do not want to get in help -- into how little i think of him professionally. they have a bias. people on the left say fox does too. they have the liberal or the conservative on. >> i would disagree with the color on one thing. the candidates running with herman cain have showed a lot -- shown a lot of restraint. they have said if there is something more to be said let's say it now. i do not think they have attacked him. they are waiting to see if there is another shoe to drop amid letting him deal with it, it is now -- drop. but in a deal with it, it is not a 10. >> -- letting him deal with it, it is now a 10. >> one more thing. they covered up john edwards. >> it is funny, -- i think herman cain needs more people to let his campaign here in new hampshire. i want you to call -- do you enjoyed this format? >> yes. >> i think you should call c- span and say you should simulcast the show every day. how are you? >> i think herman cain is a joke. >> have you really feel? >> when you make

watching certain bloggers and ms nbc and fox news and talk show people and not simply that they have different opinions. we have this old saying you're in title to your own opinion but not your own fact. the activists have their own facts. they do not have the activists on the left and right the common source of information so when you go to compromise. the argument is not that you have given in too much or could have a better bargainer. it is you should not have compromised at all because you represent the majority. i have people who don't believe we have the vote for a single payer and don't artist and one we did hold out. everyone they talk to is for it. everything they read says it is a good thing. that is true on the right. that is a serious problem. the most activist television believe their side is the majority on every issue and therefore reject the whole notion of compromise. it gets to the point weather is a good deal or not. >> what advice would you give to members of the 115th congress? >> depends on who gets elected. with a lot of people -- they don't want to be effectiv

eastern on c-span2 with the recent debate among presidential candidates hosted by ms nbc and michigan. >> extremism in defense of liberty is no life. [cheers and applause] >> let me remind you also that moderation and the pursuit of justice is a virtue. >> he lost the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson but barry goldwater's ideas galvanized the conservative movement. the senator from arizona is featured this week on the contenders. from the goldwater institute in phoenix live tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> attorney general eric holder vowed tuesday the tactics used during operation fast and furious would never be used again by the justice department. the operation allowed guns to be smuggled across the u.s./mexico border in order to establish links between arms dealers and drug cartels. the attorney-general also said the justice department never knowingly provided congress with false information about fast and furious. a charge leveled by house and senate republicans. he testifies before the senate judiciary committee during this three hour hearing. [inaudible conversations] [i

nbc. >> i'm impressed. how many projects do you have going? my gosh? >> i have the msu have so many books. you have written so many books. i eke working on a book. what advice could you give someone trying to write a book? >> stay with it. don't, you know, sometimes you get dry spells and you can't. on this one, it was supposed to, my deadline was march, next march. all of a sudden they said no, let's bring it up for christmas. your deadline is now august. well, i nearly fainted. that deadline kept doing this. >> but you did it! >> we made it. it was close, but we made it. yesterday was the official publication day. i was really excited. >> i'm curious, just thinking now of books, in terms of the span of your career, so much has changed in the television industry. how is it changed for women? maybe when it comes to negotiating deals or anything. >> my problem is, i started in 1949. we weren't gender oriented at all. if there was a job to do, you don't worry if it's a man or woman, you did it. i was writing and producing and acting. emceeing and all kinds of things. now

nbc news has not independently confirmed her allegations. let's listen to ms.ialek. >> instead of going into the offices, he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said, what are you doing? you know i have a boyfriend. this isn't what i came here for. mr. cain said, you want a job, right? >> whoa. i guess that's about a clear a case of sexual harassment. looks to me like sexual assault, basically. you've been covering this case, by the way, the cain campaign has issued this statement this afternoon in response to that press conference. "just as the country finally begins to refocus on our crippling $15 trillion national debt and the unacceptably unemployment rate, now activist celebrity lawyer gloria allred is bringing forth more false accusations against the character of the republican front-runner herman cain. all allegations of harassment against mr. cain are completely false. mr. cain has never h

ms. wood drowned. ♪ >>> 5:46 in the morning as you look at a live picture, a beautiful picture of the united states capitol. let's get a check on weather from nbceteorologist todd santos with us this week. hey, todd. >> good morning to you, willie. you know, interesting to see the two flags at the capitol building actually kinding pointing towards one another there. so, hey, we'll see at least some gusty winds around the capitol today, though we will also start to see showers building in towards d.c. shortly. again, looking at least on radar, you can see a few of those showers, especially outside richmond, the line itself is about 20 miles to the west of richmond itself, but as that closes in on d.c., especially later this morning, may start to interfere with your morning commute. not so much at least for the next couple hours, so that's good news. we are seeing some showers around philly and they are actually reporting along with that temperature of 61 degrees a visibility of three miles. again, with some light showers. so keep that in mind. air travelwise, we'll likely see some issues across the entire northeast corridor as we work especially

ms. with diane sawyer, abc. at the printer bomb plot, abc news, investigates. haiti in ruins, anderson cooper, cnn. earthquake in haiti, nbcly news with brian wilson. iraq, a long way out, nbc nightly news with ryabrian williams. >> unbelievable work, all, but the emmy goes to anderson cooper, 360. >> excepting, charlie moore, executive producer. >> we have heard there is maybe somebody alive buried in there, a 14-year-old girl. finally, after being trapped more than 18 hours, and man digs a small hole. she is alive. she is finally free. >> this street is covered with people who died in the earthquake. there is nobody here to recover the bodies. [applause] >> thank you so much per charlie, our senior executive producer, has gotten shy. he has asked me to talk. i am a correspondent with anderson cooper, 360. we're so honored by this. i want to thank everybody i have worked with at cnn. i also want to thank our bosses, who got us out the door minutes after the earthquake, spending whatever it takes to get a great story. i also want to thank the people of haiti. 300,000 people died. that is one of every 30 haitian people died

nbc news political director chuck todd. also this hour, it's being called the publication that changed history. we're going to look back 40 years to the making of "msmen for women. we'll bring in one of the founding editors. but first, let's go to bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >>> good morning, mika. about a million people still without power, most of those located in connecticut. it appears they were the hardest hit area, along with our friends in northern jersey and southern new york. temperatures have been very cold, especially at night. it's really icing up all that snow and making things a little more difficult for power crews. connecticut just put out a press release saying they expect some people at least a week. they have 776 crews out there working as hard as they can, they say. forecast for today in connecticut, 50 degrees, a little bit of snow melting, but not a lot. remember, we don't have a lot of sunlight these days. days are getting short. 57 in philadelphia. in connecticut, it will warm up, though. we'll see nice weather towards the middle and end of the week and no more storms coming. hopefully, power will be on b

ms. south dakota. dibble san celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. -- they will first celebrated their 50th anniversary. he would anchor at kmbc. we are told he covered 11 presidential elections. he was nbc'swhite house correspondent during watergate. in 1983 he became the anchor of the nightly news where he remained until 2005. having been named one of the most trusted people in america according to polls, he was asked by nbc to step back into the spotlight to host "meet the press" after the sudden death during the 2008 election. he has won every major award and broadcast of journalism. members of our club now well he was the winner of an award that was given here at the national press club. with his trademark midwestern style, our guest is a natural storyteller whether on the air or between the covers of a book. in 1998 he had a break through achievement with his popular pocket. it has been ranked above -- it has been ranked as one of the best, the century. other successful books have followed while remaining present on the air for nbc news. while he has been less than complimentary about baby boomers, he has remained neutral on politics. several years ago rush limbaugh referred to our g