she's the host of "the rachel maddow show" on msnbc. please welcome rachel maddow! [ cheers and applause ] >> hello. >> jimmy: the energy, the energy. >> how are you? >> jimmy: this is going to be an exciting game right here. [ cheers and applause ] now, know it all is a game of knowledge and deception. here's how it works. each round you'll choose a a category things like fruits, countries, tv shows and you that category. your clock counts down when it's your turn. whoever's clock runs out first loses that round. if you can't think of anything in the category, you can bluff and make something up, but if your opponent hits the challenge button and successfully calls your bluff, then they win the round. you can also challenge if the player repeats something you already said. let's take a look at tonight's categories. cocktails. famous bobs. [ light laughter ] dog breeds, cheeses, rappers, and spanish words. [ cheers ] rachel, why don't you pick the first category? >> let's go with dog breeds. >> jimmy: dog breeds. dog breeds according to the american kennel club. [ l

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all night coverage with brian williams, rachel maddow and chris matthew begins at 6:00 p.m. here on msnbc. >>> the storms have moved on from the hard-hit south, but recovery is slow as flooding continues in some areas. the sabine river basin in texas is reaching the record and expected to rise. the river continues to push water through dowiville. arkansas saw 12 tornadoes from sunday through last night. fortunately no deaths or injuries were reported. president obama signed a major disaster order for louisiana to help aid in the area's recovery. >>> vladimir putin says he's ordering a withdrawal of russian military forces from syria now that peace talks are under way. putden -- putin made the announcement on monday. he said the forces have helped bashar al assad's military turn the tide of war. the announcement seemed to take the white house by surprise. later the white house released the statement saying president obama spoke with putin by phone about russia's withdraw and that mr. obama welcomed the news.

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at 9:00 p.m., it's hillary clinton's one-on-one with rachel maddow and at 10:00 p.m., another one-on-one with rachel with bernie sanders. let's dive in, because right now everything we're seeing on the campaign trail comes back to trump and it's fallout over these town halls. the gop primary has become a trump referendum. it's trump versus non-trump. trump versus cruz, trump versus kasich. on the democratic side, all they're talking about is who's stronger against trump. clinton or sanders? well, we have some new polling out of wisconsin, which votes on tuesday. and it shows trump in trouble, trailing cruz by ten points. it's cruz 40, trump 30, kasich 21. this is the marquette university law school poll. this ist most accurate and best poll in the state of wisconsin and consistently has been. so not to say you take it to the bank, but you take these numbers very seriously. then there's the chaos inside the gop over supporting trump if he's the nominee. cruz says he won't support someone who's attacked his wife and kasich sounds ready to dump trump for his own reasons. in our own town hal

rachel maddow. rachel maddow. ♪ >>> and good wednesday afternoon to you. i'm krig melvin.onald trump positive, his top aid is innocent of misdemeanor battery. not so positive that he'll stay a republican and back the nominee if it's not him. >>> new video released by the jupiter police department what they say appears to be corey lewandowski on his hands on reporter michelle fields. something corey lewandowski said did not happen. last hour trump defended his top aid in wisconsin. >> did anybody think it was a horrible thing that happened? i don't get it. >> trump also on the phones to the morning news shows today defending corey lewandowski and claiming reporter michelle fields is not the one telling the truth. here is part of what he said on today. >> it was so minor he might have even realized it took place and then she was informed later on that it took place and he might have not known even frankly what happened. >> mr. trump, will you or mr. corey lewandowski -- >> she lied, matt. she wasn't thrown to the ground. >> she didn't say that she was thrown to the ground. >

the rachel maddow show starts now. >>> good evening. a good weekend. >> you too. >> thanks for you at home for joining us. this is prairie view a&m university. it was founded in 1876. it's been around for a very, very long time. one of the oldest schools in texas. it's also pretty big school. it's got about 8,000 students. like most universities and

bernie sanders suggesting a floor fight with hillary clinton in his big rachel maddow interview. >> we think that some of these super delegates who have now supported hillary clinton can come over to us. we get a lot more of the independent vote than she gets and frankly, and very honestly, i think i am a stronger candidate to defeat trump than secretary clinton is and i think many of the super delegates understand that. >> and don't ask, don't ask. usa today's susan page asking laura bush if she would vote for donald trump. >> i'm not going to answer. >> is there a point where you would feel compelled to come off the sidelines? >> this is about our values and one of the very first things, one of the reasons we are a country is because we believe in freedom of religion. and that is what we need to remain. to what our own values are. >> and happy friday, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. republican insiders here are scrambling to solve their donald trump problem, but secret meetings, public pronouncements, millions of dollars in ads have not slowed him down. joining me now is

rachel maddow spoke with the former secretary of state earlier today. e interview tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. how about this for a show? rachel will have, in addition to hillary clinton, exclusive live interview with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. also on her show tonight, you are not going to want to miss that hour of television, 9:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have more "mtp daily" right after this. ♪ ♪ he has a sharp wit. a winning smile. and no chance of getting an athletic scholarship. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just asured in dollars. td ameritrade. this. >>> and it is time for the ws, starting with the who. it's two former congressman laump laumplging come back bids, a republican after losing his seat as a democratic back in 2012, doug collins, the where, well, it is jerry brown's desk in sacramento, a bill to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21, in the state of california, now awaits the governor's signature. and now to the what. it's president obama approval rating. it is now the highest it's been since may of 2013,

. >>> and last night rachel maddow got schooled on all things cheese. >> >> drunken goat. >> shev. >> shev is goat. >> judges. feels like a bmw.me a little bit of like an audi. so, this car supports apple carplay. siri, open maps. she gets me. wow. driver technology. it even mutes the radio until the seat belts are buckled. i'm very curious what it is. this is the 2016 chevy malibu. and it sells for?s at twenty-two five. what? oh wow. i mean with all this technology. that's a game changer. (politely) wait, wait, wait! you can' t put it in like that...it first. that' s baked- on alfredo. baked-on? it' s never gonna work. dish issues? trust your dism. it powers... ...through... your toughest stuck-on food. better than finish.

in an interview with rachel maddow, he suggested he could still clinch the nomination, by luring superdelegates away from clinton. >> we think we have a good shot, can't guarantee it, of winning a whole lot of states, of winning a whole lot of delegates, perhaps winning california, state of washington, oregon, many of the smaller states, and winning new york state. we think if we come into the convention in july in philadelphia having won a whole lot of delegates, having a whole lot of momentum behind us, and most importantly perhaps, being the candidate who is most likely to defeat donald trump, we think some of these superdelegates who have now supported hillary clinton can come over to us. >> sanders remarks coming just as he is set to rally voters today in all three of the western states holding contests next tuesday. idaho, utah, and arizona. the sanders campaign believes those are the states where he can pick up enough delegates to significantly tighten the race. a new report from the "new york times," though, could impact that climb. according to the times, president obama privately told

rachel maddow. rachel maddow. ♪ >>> and good wednesday afternoon to you. i'm krig melvin.nnocent of misdemeanor battery. not so positive that he'll stay a republican and back the nominee if it's not him. >>> new video released by the jupiter police department what they say appears to be corey lewandowski on his hands on reporter michelle fields. something corey lewandowski said did not happen. last hour trump defended his top aid in wiscn.

senator senator sanders telling rachel maddow he plans to take his campaign to the end. >> i wonder if you can imagine a scenario if which you're still behind secretary clinton in terms of delegates but you went all the way to the convention this summer and tried to make a case for yourself by basically persuading the super delegates to support you instead of her. is that something you can imagine doing? >> well, here is the scenario, secretary clinton has done phenomenally well in the deep south and she has picked up a whole lot of delegates there. we are now moving beyond the south. we're moving west where we think the terrain favors us, west coast is probably most progressive region of the united states of america. we think we have a good shot, can't guarantee of, of winning a whole lot of states, of winning a whole lot of delegates, of perhaps winning california, state of washington, oregon, many of the smaller states and winning new york state. we think if we come into the convention in july in philadelphia having won a whole lot of delegates, having a whole lot of momentum behind

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- tina fey, rachel maddow,

the rachel maddow show starts now. >>> good evening. have a good weekend. >> you too. >> thanks for you at home for joining us. this is prairie view a&m university. it was founded in 1876. it's been around for a very, very long time. one of the oldest schools in texas. it's also pretty big school. it's got about 8,000 students. like most universities and colleges of that size. it has its own police department. the chief of the police department at prairie view a&m is this person. her name is zena stephens. she's the police chief at the university. she lives in jefferson county, texas which is east of the school. closer to louisiana. jefferson county, texas is having an election for sheriff. she's one of two democratic candidates who made it into a run offer this week for that sheriff's position in jefferson county, texas. if either one of those democratic candidates is elected, they will become the first black sheriff in the history of jefferson county, texas. this week, at zena stephen's campaign headquarters this beaumont, texas, just

i'll be joining brian williams and rachel maddow for that.ur coverage of the terror attacks in belgium continue with rachel maddow. >>> talk with you later on tonight as we go into our rolling coverage, the democratic and republican candidates for president tonight are both competing in a big delegate rich primary in the great state of arizona. in caucuses they will be competing. it's an unexpectedly exciting race. right now we're looking down the barrel of a poll closing on the democratic side in the state of idaho. republicans had their caucus in idaho two weeks ago. ted cruz won the idaho caucus two weeks ago. the democrats are competing in idaho tonight. polls just closed in idaho. they are just closing within the next 15 seconds. nbc news will be able to gives its first characterization of the idaho race as the polls close in the next, three, two, one seconds. this is the democratic caucuses. there's 27 delegates at stake. this is the first characterization of nbc news. the race in idaho on the democratic side. too early to call. obvious

. >> hi, rachel maddow. >> hi.ind of a big board meeting, isn't it. >> the issue on the republican side remains the same. donald trump is going to win or nobody's going to win. right now, it looks like the only other person in contention to even try to win is ted cruz. his probably best shot of winning anywhere else was in michigan. right now, he's not even second in michigan, he's third to ted cruz. marco rubio is telling everyone tonight that it doesn't matter unless he wins hawaii. he's hanging it all on his own state. he's going to have difficult times for a small d democrat. we knew that was sort of a forecast. you look at ease of victory tonight. there's no reason to compare him and hillary clinton at this point. kpept for the fact that they're both front runners. he's in a commanding position. >> he's run even with them essentially with evangelicals, give or take depending on the sat. look, you laid it out very fully. it's do or die next tuesday. >> is there any coherence to the places where cruz won? he has

. >>> don't missed a super-sized rachel maddow show tomorrow.e'll be talking one on one with both hillary clinton and bernie sanders. a john kasich town hall live at 7:00 followed by a donald trump town hole at 8:00, and rachel maddow's one on ones with the two democrat candidates at 9:00. it starts right here on msnbc, the plates for politics. >>> coming up, it is all eyes on wisconsin as republicans gear up ohio governor john kasich spending his day across the badger state, but are there signs when why kasich is pulling radio ads and switching up campaign strategy? we'll give you the details, next. owen! hey kevin. hey, fancy seeing you here. uh, i live right over there actually. you've been to my place. no, i wasn't...oh look, you dropped something. it's your resume with a 20 dollar bill taped to it. that's weird. you want to work for ge too. hahaha, what? well we're always looking for developers who are up for big world changing challenges like making planes, trains and hospitals run better. why don't you check your new watch and tell me wha

at 9:00, hillary clinton and bernie sanders will both be one on one on a special edition of the rachel maddow show. >>> and the easter bombing in pakistan deaths stands at 72. al meanwhile, in pakistan, the hunt continues for those responsible. a taliban splinter group now operates independently of isis, said they wanted to target christian male but the bombing killing many women and children. families were waiting in line for ride tickets. the pakistani government has promised swift action to bring the group to justice. is here with your forecast. >> the storm still causing problems. the jet stream dipped way down to the south and now it's cut off from the general flow. it's going to cause problems. today, snow, blizzard conditioness possible. right now, the worst of the snow is happening in areas of wyoming, northern utah and a section of northeast portions of nevada. and later today, we'll start to push a lot of this into eastern wyoming and maybe a portion of south dakota. so, that's the radar. here's our watches and warnings. we have blizzard watches east of casper and rapid city, you're

hillary clinton reacting so quickly, that in fact the chris matthews interview happened just while rachel maddowterviewing hillary clinton. hillary clinton's people called to do a second interview. here's a bit of the second interview from hillary clinton. rachel, and already, she points out talked to bernie sanders who had not responded this early clearly in clinton's wheelhouse. >> he was critical of the remark but said this is basically another donald trump stupid remark. that the media will cover ad nauseam as opposed to something like his position on the minimum wage or taxes or climate change. that might be deserving of extended attention. do you think this was just another donald trump stupid comment that the media might be making too much of this? >> no, absolutely not. that's one of the real dangers that women in many states are facing. that their health care decisions are being basically ripped away for partisan political reasons. and donald trump is on the real spe spear point. women have as much right to make a decision as men should be joined together to speak out and call out donal

"the rachel maddow show" begins "the rachel maddow show" begins right now.d evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. >> you bet. >>> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we knew this day would come. we didn't not know exactly when. as recently as yesterday there are people paid to talk for a living that were assuring us this day would definitely not come today but it's come today. the time has, in fact, arrived. and my friends, we must now gather together to poof marco rubio. we started with 17, 17. 17 people all got in over the course of last spring and summer. nobody got out until september 11th when the first one we got to poof was rick perry. ten days later we got to poof scott walker. then we went almost another two months without being able to poof anyone until finally

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- tina fey, rachel maddow, musical guest santigold, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 429! woo! >> steve: and now, here he is,

"the rachel maddow show" begins "the rachel maddow show" begins right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. >> you bet. >>> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we knew this day would come. we didn't not know exactly when. as recently as yesterday there are people paid to talk for a living that were assuring us this day would definitely not come today but it's come today. the time has, in fact, arrived. and my friends, we must now gather together to poof marco rubio. we started with 17, 17. 17 people all got in over the course of last spring and summer. nobody got out until september 11th when the first one we got to poof was rick perry. ten days later we got to poof scott walker. then we went almost another two months without being able to poof anyone until finally bye-bye, bobby jindal. we got to poof lindsey graham. then between christmas and new year's, we were supposed to poof george pataki but it was between christmas and new year's, a lot of stuff going on and it was george pataki and honestly we kind of forg

he had an interview with rachel maddow.s not just about superdelegates but pledged delegates, and a lot of supporters of the sanders campaign really get upset about the superdelegates. they don't like the idea of superdelegates. they think it's undemocratic. listen to what senator sanders told rachel maddow about what he might do at the convention. >> if you were behind in pledged delegates, you would still take the case all the way to the convention and try to convince the super? >> well, we're going to do the best we can in any and every way to win. but i think when you have states, for example, say in new hampshire where we won by 22 points, in other states where we have won by 25 or even 30 points, i think it is not unreasonable for the people of those states to say to their superdelegates, hey, how about representing the people of our state and the outcome of the caucus or the primary? >> and so nina, in addition to that strategy of saying, even though the base of your electorate, sanders voters say they don't like the

followed by hillary clinton on a special edition of the rachel maddow show. that is right here on msnbc. don't miss it. >>> coming up, these are live pictures from milwaukee. speaking of secretary clinton, she's set to hold a forum on guns. clinton has a six-point lead in the latest poll out of wisconsin. we'll take a look at both campaigns, bernie sanders and hillary clinton. >> plus, donald trump's operatives say he's not going to sue, but they will take the fight over delegates to the convention. he's arming up his team. we're going to talk to a gop official who says that political party leaders, not voters, ultimately pick the republican nominee. and the fbi manages to break into the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters without apple's assistance. the latest on what this means and the ongoing battle between the fbi and the tech giant. i think we should've taken a left at the river. tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- tina fey, rachel maddow, musical guest sant

tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- tina fey, rachel maddow, musical guest santigold, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 429! woo! >> steve: and now, here he is,

matthews and then hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be one-on-one on a special edition of the rachel maddow show. >>> the death toll in the easter bombing in lahore, pakistan, stands at 72. meanwhile, in pakistan, the hunt continues for those responsible. the taliban splinter group that once pledged to fight for isis, but now operates independently. the group said it wanted to target christian males, but the bombing killing many women and children. the bomb detonated in an area where families were waiting in line for ride tickets. the spokesman said more attacks are planned. the pakistani government has promised swift action to bring the group to justice. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your forecast. >> big storm in the inner mountain west, a lot of snow and it will led to severe weather, very windy conditions over the last 24 hours. that will continue today, too. southern california, especially through arizona and new mexico. you see it on the satellite imagery. the spin right over nevada. this is becoming a cut-off low, as you can see the clouds in the ocean moving straigh