another muhammed ali.ve never had anyone take his crown as the greatest. not only that put on gloves, but that stood up for things bigger than himself. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> biden enters the ring. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. earlier today, barbara walters popped the question to vice president biden. if hillary clinton runs for president, does that mean you won't run?

he would later change his name to muhammed ali and the rest is history. ali is 72 years old.o speak to his doctor to get his thoughts on the correlation between boxing and parkinson's. >> there is a fighter induced parkinson's that i think joe lewis had it. it's a very rapid disorder. people start not to think, they don't comprehend in a very short period of time, they die three or four years. muhammed's had the condition for 25 years. i've looked at his scans. i can't tell you that it didn't have anything to do with it, but i think he would have gotten parkinson's, you know, whether he boxed or not. did parkinson's aggravate it, did the boxing aggravate it? i don't know. >> now the center in phoenix along with celebrity fight night raised $86 million to find a cure for those with the disease. at 72, muhammed ali is sharp as ever. >> oh sonny liston died at age of 38 in 1970. >> young guy. >> he's the greatest. >> banning the sale of tobacco products at campus, phasing out sales of cigarettes, chewing tobacco, e cigarettes. university officials say the move built on stanford'

john, i think this is an attempt to show remember when muhammed ali went up against sonny, you big ugly, what a way to hype a fight. he is not afraid of him. i think it's part of the trash talk they do in weigh-ins during heavy boxing. your thoughts. >> i think you're exactly right. if you think where the republican party is right now, it is desperate to win back in 2016. there is a fair amount of fear at the formidableness of hillary clinton as the presumptive democratic nominee. i don't know if we can go quite that far to say that. she is certainly far and away the front-runner if she decides to get into the race. he is trying to show the republican party that he is not afraid of the clintons and he will take them on in a full-throated way. the republican party likes the idea of a nominee who will take on whoever the democratic stand bearer is in a full-throated way. that's what fueled newt gingrich's 2012 race. i think rand paul is trying to demonstrate to people that he can go toe to toe with people and he will not back down. and that builds up some degree of credibility with the pr

another muhammed ali. and we've never had anyone take his crown as the greatest. not only that put on gloves, but that stood up for things bigger than himself. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> biden enters the ring. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. earlier today, barbara walters popped the question to vice president biden. if hillary clinton runs for president, does that mean you won't run? isn't that what you have said? biden couldn't have been more emphatic. he said he never said he wouldn't run if hillary did. quote, whether she runs or not will not affect my decision. he went on to say that his wife jill was supportive of his decision, and that being a good vice president the next several years was a perfect way to make himself a solid presidential candidate. so are we ready? is the democratic party ready for this? is the country ready for a showdown between the vice president of the united st

washington and "times" reporting first fight by muhammed ali was fixed bay las vegas gambler with tiesd crime. >>> oscars celebrates some of hollywood's top stars. some kid is stealing the show. in these photos they are re-enacting scenes from best picture nominees. cute. >>> an age old question. one that president reagan handled so well in 1984. remember this? >> i will not makeissue of this campaign. i'm not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> classic. but how old is too old for a candidate to run for presidency. our female power panel, fox news anchor, stephanie white, parenting blogger at ask stephanie.com and carol alt, host of healthy you and on the fox news channel. how old is too old, carol? should the media raise this question about someone running for president. >> the media that ha its own idea about what it's allowed to raise and not. ipo saying this because i really like hillary. i don't think age should be a question. as long as they have a young and experienced running mate, i think it should be all right. >> stephanie, if joe

tell you why ♪ i'm 6'1" and tons of fun and i dress to a tee ♪ ♪ you see i got more clothes that muhammed aliously ♪ ♪ everybody go hotel, motel, what you going to do today ♪ >> say what? ♪ everybody go hotel motel holiday inn, say if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend ♪ >>> next up, if you ever visit rest stops along the jersey turnpike, then you have surely seen the wide range of garden state souvenirs at these gift shops. but if you're in the market for something more creative, you can buy your very own chris christie bridgegate action figure. the governor who sarcastically joked that he was the guy out there moving the cones on the george washington bridge is depicted here in a crossing guard uniform complete with a stop sign that reads "traffic study." they're produced in florida using a 3-d printer. christie is trying not to show the pain of course. a supporter asked him about his idol, bruce springsteen who famously parodied the governor in a performance with jimmy fallon last month. here is how that exchange played out. >> but when you go home tonight, would you plea

last night items belonging to sports legends like muhammed ali and babe ruth were sold at auction in joe jackson sold for nearly $1 million. another high-priced item, babe ruth's pocket watch sold for more than $700,000. >>> all right, now back to daytona beach, florida, where weather could be the big story at the daytona 500 today. the raceway has been evacuated with upwards of a quarter of a million people there. it all started with a rain delay after lap 38 or so, and it only got worse from there. meteorologist tom sater is at the cnn weather center and cnn news editor john newsome is on the phone with us on the track there in daytona. let's begin with you, john. what is the situation? oh, it looks like we lost that connection with john, so, tom, let's look at the map there and what's happening. what are they enduring right now? is there rain falling? is it the threat of high winds? what's going on? >> a little bit of everything. rain is still falling and we do have some good news. the tornado warning has been lifted. the rainfall stretches from the parishes of louisiana across fl

. >> i'm just saying i stopped liking cassius clay once he changed his name to muhammed ali. >> wait wait a second. a man has a right to change his name to whatever he wants it to. >> hisçó mama called him clay, m going to call him clay. >> big debates in black culture get settled in the barbershop because they're central spaces in the community. thanks, david, let's pick it up in a minute. so in the barbershop, political thought is nurtured and critical arguments like jordan versus lebron are broken down. the black barbershop is where a factory worker could be a philosopher and a postal worker a politician. i got my haircut at danny's his and hers and there i saw the depth. black barbershop experience which is detailed brilliantly in quincy mills' "cutting along the color line." how is it that black barbershops came to be a central place in the community where political thought was sort of nurtured? >> barbershops in the 19th century used to be spots where african-american barbers would shave predominantly white men. this was a very lucrative market for them and erxcluded black me f

. >> there is really no debate about the essential facts, that this guy alee muhammed ali was a somali could they fail to get a conviction on this guy for one thing. >> it's just more bungling by this justice department. first, they bring this guy to the united states. when he should have been sent, i think, to a place like guantanamo bay and tried as you mentioned by military court or military commission which are set up for these things. and then the prosecutors lost the case. if they had this kind of possibility in mind, they shouldn't have brought him to the united states in the first place. if it was a weak case, they should not have brought him in the country. because now what could happen is going to happen. is he free and he can file to stay in the country permanently rather than being expelled and sent back to some somalia. >> we are seeing this members of street gangs who are here illegally. i was in a street gang therefore i need asylum and they are getting it. in this case is there anything that are can be done to preengeght this guy from remaining in the u.s. under asylum,