for now, rachel maddow. host of "the rachel maddow show." chris matthews, host of "hardball."longside chris matthews. here in new york city. it is state of the union night. no matter who is president, no matter the exact political circumstances in the country at the time of the state of the union. this is a night that is always political christmas. as you see the supreme court justices filing in there. anticipation, mystery, a little bit of drama. ceremony. applause. the occasional gnashing of teeth. tonight is one of the best nights in politics every year. we have live coverage of president obama's fifth state of the union address until 1:00 a.m. eastern tonight. including the reverend al sharpton, chris hayes, steve schmidt and way too many members of congress who are going to join us from both the democratic and republican persuasions. if you're following along online tonight, i highly recommend @ronanfar row on twitter for remarkably good live tweeting of the speech. chris matthews, we're watching it get under way in the house chamber tonight. we have had some advance word

>> as the mystery intensified over the growing bridge scandal, last night our own columbo, one rachel maddowed forward with a novel and intriguing theory as to what the motivation for the whole thing was. rachel pointed out that both ft. lee mayor mark sokolich and governor christie don't seem to think the lane closings were done as retaliation against the mayor for his failure to endorse christie. so maybe the target was someone else. >> maybe it was something else special about ft. lee. time for some traffic problems in ft. lee. why then? why then? >> rachel then recounted a long and nasty standoff between senate democrats in new jersey and the governor over what used to be routine renominations to the state supreme court. notably that in 2010, new jersey supreme court justice johnny wallace jr. became the first justice to seek reappointment and be refused by a new jersey governor since the current state constitution was adopted 63 years before. wallace was the court's only african-american justice. so democrats responded by rejecting two consecutive christie nominees. when associate justi

i want to start with the theory that has been advanced by my colleague, rachel maddow on her show last night. it picked up a lot of traction. i'm sure you're familiar with it. basically rachel claims that this was not in any way, shape or form necessarily about the mayor of ft. lee. this is rachel on her broadcast last night. take a listen to what she said and i'm talk to you about it on the other side. >> who represents district 37. two members of the state assembly. and the leader of the senate democrats. leader of the senate democrats represents ft. lee. roughly 12 hours after governor christie blows up at the senate democrats and torpedos the kr career of a supreme court justice because senate democrats are animal and he won't let justice loose to those animals leaders of those animals in the district sees her district get the order of destruction from governor christie's deputy chief of staff. >> reporter: leader of the state democrats in new jersey, this was her response last hour on andrea mitchell's show. take a listen. >> the reason for the varied speculation is to who, why, w

is it as rachel maddow said about judges?ed them to do this. so i do think that's one of the reasons that the reach of the subpoenas is so broad. >> all right. i'm going to have to leave it there. new jersey state senator democratic nia gill, and we're certainly going to have you back on. >> good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> melissa harris-perry and e.j. dionne. thank you. >> good to be with you. >> we don't know. it may be all of the above, e.j. don't forget to catch melissa harris-perry weekends at 10:00 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. >>> up next, rush limbaugh says the president is a dictator. get this, because his american flag is too big. >>> plus, senator rand paul invokes jim crow in attacking the president. >>> and this 94-year-old woman voted in every election since 1960, but a radical id law stopped that streak. today a huge victory for her and against voter suppression. it's a hot one, and it's coming up. (vo) you are a business pro. seeker of the sublime. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fa

for more we go to nbc an four grader trick-or-treating rachel maddow. >> the nearest and deerest to jayie dimon this holiday see be, recently graced with this panoramic holiday card in your mail box. it shows the first family of finance having a great time hitting tennis balls inside what seems to be their home. and says hey, we're so rich we can destroy our own stuff with a smile. >> stephen: disgusting. calf or thing around your own home with your own family? at christmastime. come on. i condition think of anything more decadent except maybe murdering a tree and dressing it up like a whore. no wonder, nond withouter, folks, no wonder "time" magazine called the cards maddeningly tone deaf and ask could you pick a more elitist sport? yes, elitist, ten sis just polo without a horse that can be played in a public park. jamie die upon forgot the golden rule of 1 percenters, the 99ers need to previous your money has made you miserable. his christmas card should have been him weeping alone on a pile of money. folks, this is why, this is why, i didn't mail out my christmas card this year. it's

rachel maddow has been on the story for a month. last night rachel took another deep dive in new jersey politics, specifically what could have prompted bridget kelly to sent that fateful e-mail. >> tuesday, august 12th, 2013, late in the day. the governor blows up at senate democrats and yanks the judgeship of a supreme court justice and calls the democrats animals, not just a justice he admires and republican on the state supreme court, it is the wife of one of his key staffers. he's outraged at senate democrats. late in the day, august 12th, the next morning at 7:34 in the morning on august 13th that his deputy chief of staff gives the go ahead to the port authority. time for some traffic problems in ft. lee. go to the list of legislative districts for state of new jersey, find ft. lee. ft. lee new jersey, legislative district 37. who represents district 37? they have two members of the state assembly and the leader of the senate democrats, leader of the senate democrats represents ft. lee. >> new jersey state senator and majority

a new theory from rachel maddow brings a new name forward as the pay back target.or, lorraine weinberg will be joining us this hour. >> i can't get into heart and mind and know exactly what it is that provoked this. but bridget kelly sitting in her office did not suddenly think up, i have nothing else to do, i'm going to create a traffic jam. >> and as new details of the scandal unfold, the 108 minute press conference did not quiet the critics or the comics. >> some say this could ruin christie's chances of being elected president of 2016 while hillary clinton

yes, it is objectively insane that the state of florida allows that to happen. >> that was rachel maddowking about florida state university. lisa graves? >> that is not surprising. the kochs have a reputation for trying to make sure to have her return on their investment in trying to ensure the money they spend its results. after the 2012 election and the failure of romney to win that race, there was a lot of handwringing among republican or right-wing circles. quotedthe kochs was talking about how they needed to review the money spent and basically see what worked and what didn't. which is interesting because the kochs i talked about this a first amendment issue. protecting thes first amendment rights. in this country for more than 40 years we have had a history of trying to ensure transparency in our elections. that is why it is called dark money, because money meant to benefit candidates that is given to candidates or to political action committees or two parties are supposed to be disclosed so the american people know who was trying to influence our candidates, who is help tried to h

rachel maddow and i will be working tomorrow night from 9:00 eastern on to midnight. and a late night edition of "hardball" where we go through all the politics, who won, who lost, how hard he got bashed by the other side. we'll do all that at midnight. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i always say be the man with the plan but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i had to do something. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the only underarm low t treatment that can restore t levels to normal in about two weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects could include increased risk of pr

our colleague rachel maddow raised that question last night. it's a question that has unfolding to do. >> seems too obvious that it's not the right answer. >> pardon me? >> michael, i'm sorry, go ahead. >> what was the last part you said was not the right answer? >> almost seems so obvious that it can't be the right answer. >> yeah, yeah. >> it's like saying why would richard nixon authorized a burglary at democratic headquarters at watergate when everyone knew he was going to win 50 states, 48 states, how stupid could a bright man like richard nixon be to do something like that? it's an arrogance of power. >> thanks so much. we're going to have to leave it there. great to see both of you. >>> this leads our discussion to the big question to you today, you heard the press conference, governor christie saying he had no involvement. do you believe him? you can chime in on twitter and facebook. >>> we have breaking news to pass on from west virginia where a chemical spill has led to some 300,000 people not to use their tap water and the spill happ

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the major talked to our own rachel maddow. >> the first question i asked the governor, what assuranceus. we got an une vif call represent takes that ft. lee may not fear any further retribution of any nature, shape, or form. >>> rush limbaugh jumped all over all types of repupally chance for not defending governor christie. when any of them get in trouble,s the like a bunch of wildebeests. >>> and president obama's former campaign adviser said christie handled as well as he could nlts smoking gun shows up or other schemes arise. he lives to fight another day. >>> representatives of the people takes on a whole new meaning. for the first time ever, more than half of the members of congress have a median net worth of over $1 million. >>> harry reid wouldn't let amehmetments be offered. >>> this morning, the labor department reports on december job numbers. the estimate is 196,000 jobs were created. >>> the president said every american should have a chance at success. then he joked about the hair style of one of the young prats panlts at the event. >> i used to have a hair cut like that.

rachel maddow will be joining me, we'll be joining each other along with al sharpton, steve hayes andor full coverage of president obama's state of the union. at midnight we'll have a special late-night edition of "hardball" to go through all the politics tonight including who won and who lost. joining me right now is robert gibbs and msnbc political analyst, and howard fineman, editorial director for "the huffington post." he is also an msnbc political analyst. i want to go to howard because he has a bit further outside position, the new robert. i want him to know he gets the first full blast of this because i read his pre-interview. in short language, when loyalists to the president tune in at 9:00 tonight and listen for an hour or so, what will they expect to feel emotionally from this president, emotionally? >> that he is still in the ball game. chris, i think you want him to go big. my sense from being over at the white house today and getting a feel for things is that their intent is to put one foot in front of the other, do things that the president can do on his own, be busy,

to clear a first hurdles on extending unemployment benefits, but senator jeff merkley tells our rachel maddowbecause six republicans decided to move forward doesn't mean you'll see their support later. >> i hope citizens across the country will weigh in heavily about how outrageous it is to shut down this bush-era, bipartisan program that's carefully calibrated to increase the number of unemployment weeks during periods of high unemployment state by state. very carefully calculated. it should absolutely go forward, but we're not close to getting it done. >> but just because you won't see support doesn't mean you won't see compassion. listen to this. house republicans actually sent out this memo designed to help rank and file members show sympathy for the unemployed. it was obtained by the "washington post." members of the gop are urged to be empathetic toward the jobless and understand how unemployment is a "personal crisis for individuals and families." >>> a dream is now a reality in new jersey. governor chris christie ceremoniously signed the state's dream act tuesday. it provides instate

and we had bill o'reilly and rachel maddow, trying to point out that there are some things, that tableistory is a table around which we still agree to co-here. and we don't memorize anything anymore. i've got an hour or so on my hard drive, my kids have less, and we need to go back to some of these things are important. >> there was some controversy about obama's reading because he didn't use the phrase "under god," and there's some important information, explanation about that. >> well, this proves my previous point about how preoccupied we are in got you. there are several versions, several drafts of it and we asked the president to read the first draft, the bliss version, which is incredibly different. it's not just lacking that phrase. but what we wanted to do -- and people have read the bliss versions and other versions, is talk about text. we don't know precisely what he read that day. there was no stestenographer th news camera. the greatest words in history, the greatest speech, certainly, has complicated history to it. >> as you say, there was no, of course, video of president

rachel maddow leading with the story every single day. >> today the story of new jersey governor chris christie and the apparently politically motivated shutdown of lanes on to the george washington bridge took a turn into jersey city. the reason this photo is particularly awkward for new jersey governor chris christie, is because the guy he's interrupting in this photo, the guy in the dark shirt and the red tie is david loudstein. say you are in new jersey and for some reason you want to go to new york. >> but new allegations by hoboken mayor dawn zimmer have breathed new life into the story. joining us now, lauren ashburn and the founder and editor of america blog.com. laura ashburn, what's your take on christie's office calling -- don't we all know that msnbc is a partisan network? there's no news there, we do have to take seriously what mayor zimmer said, she wrote in her journal about this and there are other allegations of retribution. >> mayor zimmer of hoboken is on the record on camera and she's got diary entries over christie's lieutenant government no -- praising christie pu

the rachel maddow show starts right now. > thanks for staying with us for this hour. this was election night in november 2010. >> you had me scared. >> that was michael grimm, nancy pelosi ought to be scared right now. he was first elected to congress in 2010. he performed the almost impossible political task of personally overshadowing the entire state of the union address and every other response to it when he threatened to kill a reporter. right there in the u.s. capitol building while the camera on him was still running. >> congressman michael grimm does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances, we wanted to get him on camera on that, but he refused to talk about that. back to you. >> i'll throw you off this [ bleep ] balcony, you're not man enough, i'll break you in half like a boy. i really don't get the like a boy part of it. congressman grimm put out a statement after that happened last night, essentially defending himself and defending the reasonableness of his decision to threaten to kill that reporter. the statement sa

thank you both that is all in for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts now. >> thank you.een waiting for this day for a long time, this is going to be amazing. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. that's very nice of chris to say, i have to say, i think the show is going to be a doozy, the story we've been covering from the beginning, before anyone else was covering it has just become a very big story. this is the local traffic column in the bergen record newspaper. it's about driving in and around new jersey. a lot of the ink in this column is devoted to the daily battle of trying to be a commuter who travels from new jersey to new york city. the local traffic columnte

thank you both that is all in for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts now. >> thank you. we've been waiting for this day for a long time, this is going to be amazing. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. that's very nice of chris to say, i have to say, i think the show is going to be a doozy, the story we've been covering from the beginning, before anyone else was covering it has just become a very big story. this is the local traffic column in the bergen record newspaper. it's about driving in and around new jersey. a lot of the ink in this column is devoted to the daily battle of trying to be a commuter who travels from new jersey to new york city. the local traffic column wrote up a really weird and unusually terrible week from trying to drive from new jersey into new york this was the photo they ran to accompany their article. can you see there's a guy standing in the middle of the traffic, he's not like a cop or something, he's in khakis and a little blue shirt. he got out of his car to try to figure out what it was that had completely stopped traffic gett

"the rachel maddow show" starts now. >> if i ever had to be on time, not sure what i would do.nks to you at home for joining us. boy there's a lot going on. right now at this hour, across the state of new jersey, the

"the rachel maddow show" starts now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. and thanks to you at home. when it rains, it pours. former governor bob mcdonnell of virginia and his wife, the first lady of virginia, maureen mcdonnell, have today been indicted by federal prosecutors on more than a dozen felony charges. if they are convicted of those charges and they face the maximum penalties allowed by law, they could be looking at decades in jail and fines of over $1 million. this is a story that we have been covering from the very beginning. our first coverage of this scandal was back in early april of last year. but, you know what, credit where credit is due. one of those key reporters is going to be here in just a moment to talk about this story. and also some key parts of the story were broken by "the richmond times-dispatch". and those papers and reporters deserve the credit for staying on this bob mcdonnell story in the face of months of denials and stonewalling by that government, and also, frankly, staying on this story in the face of

the rachel maddow show starts right now. > thanks for staying with us for this hour. this was election night in november 2010. >> you had me scared. >> that was michael grimm, nancy pelosi ought to be scared right now. he was first elected to congress in 2010. he performed the almost impossible

"the rachel maddow show" starts now. >> if i ever had to be on time, not sure what i would do. thanks to you at home for joining us. boy there's a lot going on. right now at this hour, across the state of new jersey, the players in the chris christie bridge-lane shutdown scandal are waiting for a knock at the door. right now. we do not know exactly who is being served with subpoenas tonight. the state assembly said today they will not release the names of the people who they are subpoenaing until those people have been served. they've been individually, personally handed their subpoenas in print in person. once that happens, once that i been served, we are expecting to get their names, the list of names. we're told to expect new subpoenas for roughly 17 individuals in the state of new jersey tonight and three entities. and by entities, that means organizations. we're told to expect that that may mean political organizations or campaigns. we're told that they are about to get served tonight as well as those individual people. now, why would political organizations get subpoenas

that is "all in" for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> amazing show, chris. >nd for some reason you want to go to new york, the most famous way to do that is up top here, it's how you cross from fort lee in new jersey over to the top of manhattan, the george washington bridge, it's famous now for the chris christie bridge scandal, it's also a landmark in its even right. the busiest bridge for vehicular traffic in the entire

the rachel maddow show starts now. >>> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the united states of america needs a new ice breaker. not in some metaphor call sense like a getting to know you game at a party ice breaker. i mean an actual ice breaking ship. we only have one. or at least we only have one that is considered to be a heavy duty ice breaker. and it's this guy right here. it's called the "polar star." it was built in 1976. when it was built in 19d 76, it was supposed to have a 30 year life span. do the math. starting in 1976, that gets us to 2006. and in 2006, the "polar star" was, in fact, taken offline after 30 yards of hard duty. being a heavy duty ice breaker is really hard work. the ships can't last forever. and so at the end of its expected 30 years, in 2006, the "polar star" was not moth balled exactly, but they stopped deploying it. it basically retired as a ship. four years into that retirement, though, in 2010, the only other ship that the coast guard had with that same capacity broke down. that one was the same vintage, a sister ship. it bro

rachel maddow starts now. >> that was such a brilliant an tech dote. >> thanks for staying with us.same one that makes pianos makes motorcycles. i feel like -- if it was just motorcycle and piano company, but it's not. a whole bunch of companies have these kind of combined product lines. ld

after the speech, my colleague rachel maddow asked huelskamp about the tweet he put out. >> the release of the speech reads like dick tas from a king #lawless. >> it does. >> what did he say in the speech that was lawless. >> 14 different points where the president said i don't like the american people who they elect. that's what the president was saying. he said i don't like congress. i don't like the american people that sent these people here pep listed 14 different dictates. >> dictates. >> executive orders. >> or executive orders are they lawless? >> an executive action without authority is lawlessness. >> executive orders by presidents are lawless? >> if there is no authority. >> well, perhaps not surprisingly, the most hysterical reaction of all came from steve stock man who got up in the middle of the speech and very dramatically walked out. he said in his statement "i could not bear to watch." as he, the president continued to cross the clearly defined boundaries of the constitutional separation of powers. even worse, obama has openly vowed to break his oath of office and begin

someone like rachel maddow -- >> she is responsible, she makes her point, she believes what she says,icious. >> no, i don't think so. >> why can't you hire a few more of those kind of people? now make a prediction. make a prediction, is comcast going to step in and do anything about this network? >> well, i would like to think they would. my prediction is some time in the next 12 months, especially before the next presidential election, you'll see the swinging door at msnbc again and there will probably be new faces and some of the newcomers of the last year or so will be gone. >> maybe they'll make you a big offer and we'll have to top it. >> yeah, bill, that's going to be a tough one. >> ms. laura ingraham, everybody. plenty more ahead this evening. kelly on two-court rulings, one on religion, the other on welfare drug use. >>> then charles krauthammer on the far left taking over new york c you're givi away pie? would you like apple or cherry? cherry. oil...or cream? definitely cream. [ male announcer ] never made wi hydrogenated oil. oh, yeah. [ male announcer ] always made with re

interested in other progressive communist actors, maybe, i don't know, rosie o'donnell, or even rachel maddow. >> yeah, yeah. they're liberal, they're a commie, no question. >> dana, you were watching the video and said michelle obama should be impeached. i was shocked. >> that i didn't know she couldn't be impeached? the thing about jane fonda, you have to do like 1,000 leg lifts a day. it takes a lot of time. only people like jane fonda can foorg the time to do things like that. i'm not going to criticize michelle obama. i think the obesity thing, it could be working. it's not just her influence, but a confluence of efforts, and the preventive care we need to take hold in this country so we can deal with all the problems that come from obesity. i think it is working. and the thing about the video with the psa. she's breaking the mold a little bit. it's not like the usual first lady things you see, but she's fun. >> all right, i get it. you know who is looking like jane fonda? jon bon jovi. >> yes. >> he's turning into jane fonda. >> he does 1,000 log leg lifts a day. >> what is a dogleg lif

rachel maddow starts now. >> that was such a brilliant an tech dote. >> thanks for staying with us. car companies make pianos. the same one that makes pianos makes motorcycles. i feel like -- if it was just motorcycle and piano company, but it's not. a whole bunch of companies have these kind of combined product lines. behold for example the hyundai piano. it is the same company that makes hyundai cars. also daiwo cars may or may not be your style, but pianos, hey, everybody could invent how nice those look. and it is not just an asian car company either. this is the very high style piano that is now made by the car company pugot. looks very nice. i love the, kind of looks like it's got a clam foot. this apparently is the thing. this product design -- peugeot also makes really nice salt and pepper grinders. wikipedia says they also used to make dresses. and the car company has also just made history in the island nation of cuba because this is the communist government owned deeper ship. this is sell iing cars and that weird because it's cuba, right? today, for the first time sin sin

"the rachel maddow show" starts now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris.iend. and thanks to you at home. when it rains, it pours. former governor bob mcdonnell of virginia and his wife, the first lady of virginia, maureen mcdonnell, have today been indicted by federal prosecutors on more than a dozen felony charges. if they are convicted of those charges and they face the maximum penalties allowed by law, they could be looking at decades in jail and fines of over $1 million. this is a story that we have been covering from the very beginning. our first coverage of this scandal was back in early april of last year.

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> i have taken to watching football the same way i watch horror movies. which is like this. peering through when i feel it's safe. >> particularly the navarro play, that was really -- ugh. >> thanks, man. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. new jersey is the most densely populated state in the united states of america. people are more on top of each other in new jersey than in any other american state. of the top ten most densely populated cities and towns in this country, seven of the ten are in new jersey. and the combination of that population density and the very unlucky aim of a very large storm, the largest american -- excuse me, the largest atlantic hurricane ever recorded, that is why the impact of superstorm sandy on new jersey, specifically, was so devastating. sandy affected every state on the eastern seaboard. it caused fatalities as far south as haiti and as far north as canada. sandy sent a storm surge flooding through new york city,

the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. thank you very much. >> good evening, thank you, mr.ry much. i have been stilling myself for an hour without laughing. i laughed in the middle. thank you at home for joining us this hour. whether or not you are my uncle or offering sugar. a lot in the news, including stuff breaking late this evening. so my only advice is buckle up. it's going to be an interesting and fast-moving hour. there is a lot going on right now, that was not going on at this time yesterday. okay. when it comes time for a potential candidate to pick a running mate, up pops one of these shortest lived and most specific niches in the book publishing industry. it's the really well timed, mostly positive work about the guy who might get picked for

that is "all in" for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> amazing show, chris. >>> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. say you are in new jersey and for some reason you want to go to new york, the most famous way to do that is up top here, it's how you cross from fort lee in new jersey over to the top of manhattan, the george washington bridge, it's famous now for the chris christie bridge scandal, it's also a landmark in its even right. the busiest bridge for vehicular traffic in the entire world. the george washington bridge that is not the only way to cross the river from new jersey into new york, below the george washington bridge, your next option is a tunnel, the lincoln tunnel. the next option is another tunnel. the holland tunnel. and three bridge options, that go from new jersey to staten island, first you get to the bayone bridge, the goerfels bridge and there's an outer bridge crossing. my partner susan was born under the outer bridge in perth amboy. something really bad happened on the outer bridge, it was a huge screwup, and it got people

the "rachel maddow" show starts now. >> prepare for the ceiling to fall in. thank you for joining us at this hour. this is awkward this is a photo taken on 46911, this past september 11th, 2013 and it's at the world trade center heighth in lower manhattan. it was published today. one of the ambient things about the new jersey bridge scandal that has been particularly disgusting about this scandal is the fact that the bridge shutdown happened on the week of september 11th. if there are dirty tricks in politics somewhere, it's not like everybody expects september 11th to be an armistice day for politics or anything, but gridlocking a town in northern new jersey and portions of the george washington bridge on september 11th was particularly nasty, not only for people in new jersey who might have wanted to use it for events, this was a hard hit area of the country. but also because frankly the bridge itself is seen as a terrorist target. it's not a landmark, it is the busiest bridge in the world. on the anniversary of 46911, you worry. the mayor told new york tim

>> in some cases certainly the later evening hosts, rachel maddow and lawrence o'donnell. do we ever suspect that they were anything but liberal television hosts? steve cornaki has been pretty fair. well versed in new jersey. we started his reporting career there. actually, his story was fairly well reported. he talked about christie's reaction and pressed dawn zimmer pretty forcefully on why didn't you come forward if this is really what you were talking about? the network has been aggressively anti-christie. morning joe is pretty much still supporting christie. >> what do you think, eric? you recently spent a whole day watching msnbc and wrote a blog post about what that was like. a story like this just show that msnbc is to the left what fox is to the right? >> i don't think that there's an equivalency quite that way. kate basically took all the words out of my mouth. what cornaki did was reporting. he added a significant dimension to this story. while certainly there was a lot of blather on the msnbc airwaves this week, everybody talked about christie and the story in

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now. tching football the same way i watch horror movies. which is like this. peering through when i feel it's safe. >> particularly the navarro play, that was really -- ugh. >> thanks, man. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. new jersey is the most densely populated state in the united states of america. people are more on top of each other in new jersey than in any other american state. of the top ten most densely populated cities and towns in this country, seven of the ten are in new jersey. and the combination of that population density and the very unlucky aim of a very large storm, the largest american -- excuse me, the largest atlanti