host: now joining us from new york city is steve kornacki, host of msnbc's "up with steve kornacki," or salon.com. we will be taking some calls in a little while, but we want to get a few issues out there first. mr. kornacki, are we a sexual nation? -- an exceptional nation? vladimir putin does not think so, but i think the majority of people in this country would certainly disagree with that, and i think that that wasr the reaction generated in the last few days. host: do you disagree with that? guest: do i disagree with -- host: mr. putin's assessment. guest: yeah, i completely disagree with latimer putin's assessment. i kind of question -- august the come it was not designed, it is not something that will sway american opinion to his side. i think that is an op-ed that was written by a guy who is feeling very confident, sort of in the moment, very confident in terms of his own domestic politics, in terms of what this will do to him and for him within the confines of russian politics. americagoing into through the "new york times," the leading national newspaper in america, sort of

, steve kornacki. joining us from washington, "new york times" white house correspondent peter baker. peter, thanks for joining us. i'd like to ask you the first question here. in terms of u.s. and russia relations, dmitry at the carnegie moscow center, he says that syria ultimately is only marginally important to the russians and their real objective here is to constrain america. how accurate do you think that is? especially in light of vladimir putin's op-ed in the "new york times" yesterday. >> that's a fair analysis. he's very smart about these things. the point is not that bashar al assad is not necessarily vladimir putin's best friend. putin made clear in conversations with american officials he's not all that fond of the guy. what he really bristles at is this notion that the united states can go around the world playing policeman as he sees it. he's very burned about libya. he felt russians under his predecessor and really his subordinate at that point dmitry medvedev acquiesced to u.n. securit

joining us now is steve kornacki, the host of "up with steve kornacki" and senior writer at salon.e. >> you're welcome. >> trent lott lost his job in the republican leadership in the senate when he praised strom thurmond and said that he wished he had that -- that strom thurmond had won the presidency when he ran as a segregationist. is jesse helms kind of that same kettle of fish? >> or ted cruz? >> no, jesse helms? >> well, exactly, they're both sort of symbols of the evolution of white conservatism in the modern republican party. and strom thurmond was a democrat for most of his life, left the party to run as the dixiecrat in 1948. and then left the party for good when barry goldwater was nominated by the republicans in 1964. and they symbolized that sort of various sort of racialized transformation of politics in the south and the modern republican party in the south. they're both very similar in that way. where they're different, i think, is that strom thurmond, and i'll try to say this in a way that's not giving him too much credit, but strom thurmond did evolve a bit in the

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. >> joining me now, msnbc's krystal ball and steve kornacki. i want to listen to what president obama said in that press conference today, responding to the very important question of what he will do if congress does not approve the resolution. >> i believe congress will approve it. >> krystal, that is it. that is the answer to what he will do. in other words, he just refused to answer that question. he just glossed over it with the optimism of "i think they will approve it". >> yes, and i think ultimately they will approve it. part of the noise that is coming from the republicans, they have to be skeptical of anything the president does. but i think it would be very difficult for the president, although he reserved the right and he says that he does not think it is constitutional li required for him to go through congress. i think it would be very difficult if this authorization is not given to him through congress, to go ahead with a strike. i think it would be incredibly unpopular if congress did not go along with him. >> steve kornacki, ed

joining us, steve kornacki, host of "up with steve kornacki" and he's also a senior writer with salonghting over the debt ceiling is not a brand-new phenomenon in american politics, but were these fights less scary in the past than they are now? >> yeah, i would separate fighting over the debt ceiling is one thing. the tradition is really posturing over the debt ceiling. and i think there's a big difference. you look at reagan in 1985. another example when there were budget deadlines and budget negotiations that were playing out in the capitol and the debt ceiling kind of got thrown in as part of it. there have been times where you could say there were negotiations over the debt ceiling, there have been a lot of times when the debt ceiling came up for renewal and the opposition party, this is both parties, democrats and republicans, would use that to -- you know, it sounds like this horrible thing to people, look, the governing party is going to raise the debt ceiling, they've run up so much debt. we've had that vote from obama in 2007, raising the debt ceiling, that sort of thing. it

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you appeared on "up" with steve kornacki. you took center stage in his game show segment up against the clock. >> krystal. >> one. >> one is correct. >> josh? >> dennis. >> josh. >> bob gates. >> josh. >> george w. bush. >> josh. >> dan malloy. >> that's incorrect. the question is still on the floor with three, two, one -- krystal. >> martin o'malley. >> that's correct. >> krystal? >> the u.k. >> correct. >> krystal? >> grenada. >> krystal, 1200. josh, 500. evan, 800. hillary clinton said this week which of the state's elected officials, quote, has just been entered into the guinness world book of records as the luckiest politician? josh. >> pat quinn. >> that's correct. that moves you into a tie with evan for second place. unfortunately, not enough to catch the once and still champion krystal ball. you are the winner of today's -- what are we calling it again? up against the clock. >> in fairness, i took that way too seriously. >> i love how excited krystal gets with the woo-woo. >> you got to play to win. >> josh, the winne

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as you may or may not know, one of the big prizes for winning up against the clock with steve kornackian appearance on the cycle, what will we do? we'll put krystal in the guest spot and take her place at the table for the segment. krystal, welcome to the guest spot. >> "the cycle" is my favorite show. >> second, krystal, let's start with the question about a state you know a thing or two about when it comes to politics, that is virginia, i've been telling people it is the most exciting election this year in 2013. >> tough call. >> and only election in 2013. >> you have new jersey but that's hardly a race. >> only competitive election. you have terry mccalliffe. four points, that's the real clear average. there was a debate and it seems people don't like mccalliffe do you think cuccinelli may have a shot at this. >> it reminds me of the presidential race because you have the president ahead of mitt romney for almosthe whole time, small but significantly there was a chance romney could come back but the stability of the lead is what was important. hold on -- wait. i just realized someth

how up against the clock coast steve kornacki. >> thank you at home for tuning in.contestants joining us today. welcome to you anna marie and jonathan, they will be challenging our returning champion, who will be going for her fifth straight victory. joan, welcome back. we will give you a quick refresher. this is a rapid fire quiz of the week there was in politics. there are three rounds. in the first, they're worth 100, in the second 200. in the third, 300 points east. each round will be 100 seconds long, do the math. that means we will be playing for a total of five minutes. don't forget, we have several instant bonuses scattered around. these are follow-up questions. a no risk chance for to you double your winnings on a question you answer correctly. contestants, remember, you will be pen amized for encorrect answers. if you happen to ring in before i complete the question, you will be frozen out for three seconds and as always, i will remind our live studio audience here, please no, outbursts, contestants require absolute concentration. contestants, are you read

right now the host of quiz masters 2,000 steve kornacki. >> thank you.ways said that image's voice puts johnny gilbert's to shame. welcome to all of you playing at home to another edition of quiz masters 2,000. welcome to our if you contestants and she nodes no introduction, our returning champion, christina balentoni. impressive play from you. >> my pleasure. >> i have in my hands, a series of questions. we will start with the easier ones. as we go along, they will become harder. the point values will enkrosse. the subject of today's game, it changes every week. the subject is debt ceiling, health care, politics in washington, d.c. that is going to be the subject of all of the questions in this quiz. i will caution you as i always do. please allow me to read the full question before you ring in, if you ring in early, you will be locked out. you will also be penalized the value of the question if you do not answer it correctly. contestants, are you ready? >> yes. >> all right. let's play, quiz master's 2,000, five minutes on the clock, please, hands on b

here's steve kornacki for "up against the clock." [ applause ] >> thank you, bill wolf. you contestants. thank you at home for tuneing in. we have two new contestants today, josh and evan. welcome to our returning champ krystal ball trying to add to her $11 in winning and prizes. if you joined us last week, you may have noticed we have tweaked the format t. name is "up against the clock. kwits it's real simple. this is a rapid fire quiz. we will play five minutesch five minutes on the clock. we will squeeze in as many questions as we k. they are valued at $100 $200 and $300 points t. more difficult they are, the more they are worth. a few instant bonuses will be scattered in here. contestants, remember, you will be penalized for incorrect answers. if you ring in before i finish the question, you will be floez frozen out 3 seconds, 3 pivotal second. we will remind our live audience, no outbursts, please, our contestants need st. louis concentration. to those of you joining at home, we will not have the scores for the players on screen during this, we are working on this.

our guest is steve kornacki. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> house intelligence committee chairman, mike rogers, and ranking member spoke at the intelligence and national security summit about u.s. policy toward syria. here is some of what they said. >> the russians have been on the ground since the beginning. they have been supplying weapons, before, during. they want to do it whatever happens in syria. they need that warm-water port. they need to keep that warm water port. they have a strategic -- they believe a military strategic interest in keeping their footprint in syria. we should try to eliminate pretty quickly some benevolent interest. they're concerned about losing a strategic asset. that's their number one primary concern. by the way, they have been on the ground providing advisers, providing intelligence packages, and it's in their interest to probably make sure that -- the first people who might show up at the chemical storage facility, i think the russians want to be the first in the door. i imagine there is