in his embracing critic, author thomas frank says those old ideas are gone, in "listen liberal," frankraces the journey to the party of educated socially liberal, white collar elites. don't blame the other guys, the author of "listen liberal," thomas frank is with me here in washington. when you put that critic to a member of the democratic apparatus, they will say, what did you expect us to do? what this guy -- this thomas frank is suggesting in this book would have been a kind of unilateral disarmament, because the guys we're fighting against were grabbing money with both hands to fund a political program that you think what we did was bad, it was worse. >> that is certainly true. i'm not one of these people who say the two parties are the same. there are enormous distinctions, but i understand that argument, but an arms race is actually a good metaphor for it, because there is so much money required to run for office these days that basically the a parties have to represent elite, but this change in the democratic party goes back to the 1970s, and another thing that we're learning n

. >> tonight the president's answer and author thomas frank on why liberals share the blame. >> i have been blamed by republicans for a lot of things. >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. tonight the protestor who was viciously elbow smashed in the face at a donald trump rally in north carolina yesterday is speaking out. the assailant now facing criminal charges for attacking him told the tv show, quote, the next time we see him we might have to kill him. 78-year-old john mcgraw was arrested this morning and assaulted with assaulting rakeem jones. jones was being assaulted from the trump rally where out of nowhere trump stepped towards him and attacked. in an interview airing today mcgraw said he had no regrets. >> you bet i liked it. >> what did you like it? >> knock the hell out of that big mouth. >> so he deserved it? >> every bit of it. >>> what was that. >> yes, he deserved it. the next time we see him we might have to kill him. >> we don't know if he's isis. he might be with a terrorist organization. on msnbc this morning jones and ronny

but political analyst and author thomas frank says perhaps we should look across the aisle at the democrats. he'll explain. >>> then it's a $400 billion a year business -- drugs. it's illegal, lucrative and risky. it runs like a big business. "the economist's" tom wainwright will tell us about it. >>> and astronaut pierce sellers has lived an amazing life. more than 30 days in space, three shuttle missions, six space walks. he's gazed down at the earth from 220 miles up in space. now he doesn't know how much more time he has on this planet and what he has decided to do with his last days will inspire you. >> i've got 500 days. i'm going to use them. >> first, here's my take. the republican surrender has begun. having described donald trump as an unacceptable, unconservative dangerous demagogue, the party establishment appears to be making its peat with the man who keeps winning primaries. "wall street journal" editorial page argued vociferously against trump for months pointing out that he's a hubs terr and catastrophe, warning if donald trump becomes the voice of conservatives, conservatis

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on monday thomas frank joins us, frank accuses the democrats of abandoning working class americans.il then, i'm ray suarez, thanks for watching. good night. >> this is aljazeera america, live from new york city. and i'm ran randall pink ton. capturing the most wanted suspect in the paris attacks. >>> and the crisis that some are questioning if it violates the geneva convention. >>> the office in new orleans says that they have more

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on monday thomas frank joins us, frank accuses the democrats of abandoning working class americans. until then, i'm ray suarez, thanks for watching. good night. dozens are feared dead after a passengr flight from dubai congratulates in southern russia. fest hotel i'm darren jordan live in doha. also on the program. belgian police arrest a suspect in the paris attacks after tower months on the run. >>> a controversial deal that will send refugees in greece back to turkey. >>> and brazil answer judiciary blocks the appointment of

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. >> thomas frank, thank you for being here tonight. >> that is all for this evening. the "rachel maddow show" is now. we also are going to be joined tonight by elizabeth warren. senator warren looms large in our national politics. its a' basically the other populus hero. >> she's not done a single tv interview with anyone since the 2016 primary battle started, but senator elizabeth warren is here live tonight to talk with me. senator warren just took to the senate floor to start what looks like a patented -- a new patented elizabeth warren crusade in washington. we're going to be talking with her about the subject of that tonight and lots more. so that is still ahead. >>> but we have the luxury tonight of starting with my interview with former secretary of state hillary clinton. secretary clinton today was busier than anyone in politics. she did campaign stops in vernon hill, illinois, durham, north carolina, and in tampa, florida. she hit three of the five states voting next in the critical delegate bonanza set for tuesday. on the republican side of the race that cri

. >>> joining me is thomas frank, the author of listen liberal or whatever happened to the party of peoplereat to be here. >> i think it's provocative and fantastically written. let's talk about trump in this context. you get some of the blame for this. >> it goes back to inequality and to the sort of larger question of the relationship of the the democratic party with the working class, specifically the white working class. this goes back to the 1970s. it's a story i trace in the books. the elite democrats decided they didn't want to be the party of working people. that's not what they were about. this took a long time. they were the most established elements of the professional groups in in america. that was pretty funny. i like the marco rubio book review. a lot of language that rubio was quoting you find the exact same kind of thing in democratic books about the creative class and innovation. >> let me give you a counter narrative. you sort of talk about the abandonment of white working class and the takeover of the democratic party as the sort of professional class obvious . that's no

thomas frank is a political panel cyst and the author of a brand new book listen liberal or whateverned to the party of the people. welcome to the show. >> it is great to be here. >> so your argument is that both parties really have abandoned the sort of classic blue collar working class man or woman and have become the party of elites and you particularly talk about what happened to the democrats under clinton. explain what you mean. >> yeah, it goes back further than clinton. basically, my idea is we think of republicans as a party that represents business and money. the democrats went from being a party that talked about the middle class and working people and labor to being a party very concerned with the upper reaches of professional class. this is who they care about now. the problem with this, the people with advanced degrees, you and me, you know, the problem with this the, what's the big deal, what's the ramifications is that at some point they stopped caring about inequality issues. we're just coming off, coming to the end of the barack obama presidency. a man we thought wa

thomas frank and molly ball, thanks to both of you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, mitt romney, as we said, on the campaign trail with john kasich. a sign of support not for the governor so much, but for the anti-trump forces. >>> and tonight, both democratic candidates for president will participate in town hall events on msnbc. chuck todd is with bernie sanders at 6:00 eastern, followed by chris matthews, who moderates with hillary clinton at 7:00 p.m. eastern. catch them both right here on the place for politics, msnbc. we'll be right back. nutes or across the globe in under an hour. whole communities are living on mars and solar satellites provide earth with unlimiteclean power. in less than a century, boeing took the world from seaplanes to space planes, across the universe and beyond. and if you thought that was amazing, you just wait. ♪ go, go, touchdown!, go... ♪ choir and harp music. this place, it's the best-kept secret in football since... hey, how did he get in here?! and with toe nail fungus! fight it! with jublia. jublia is a prescription medicine used to treat toenail f

thomas frank argues the democrats have abandoned their values. and we talk about the leadership of putin in putin county. and rightful heritage and douglas brinkly looks at the conservational policy. woodward examines the history of the american struggle between individualism and collectivism. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> mary katherine ham, what is the outrage in the industry you are referring to? >> one of things we talk about in this book is that every single thing becomes a thing. it is driven by social media, starts on college campuses, and it is these wrong words at the wrong time that everybody gets into a tizzy about. and i think it ends up becoming a lot of pressure off every day people for how they talk about issues, especially thorny political issues and the risk of having people come after them on tv. that is something people are worried about. >> what is an example of one of those "wrong words"? >> i think there is a bunch of them. we talk about catego

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tonight, mayor frank cownie says the city is going to slow down and take a look at zoning laws later this year. stacey: breaking his silence. justice clarence thomas asked a string of questions today for the first time in 10 years. court has heard arguments since the death of justice antonin scalia. speaking of the u.s. supreme court, an important meeting tomorrow involves iowa senator charles grassley. kcci's steve karlin and photojournalist cortney kintzer are the only central iowa t.v. news team in the nation's capital tonight. steve joins us live. ok steve what's this meeting , about? steve: as you can see, the u.s. capitol building is under reconstruction. so, you might say, is the supreme court. this meeting is all about president obama's desire to bring a supreme court nominee before the u.s. senate. justice antonin scalia, as we all know, passed away unexpectedly on february 14. he was a staunch conservative. within hours of scully's death, senate majority leader mitch senate would not hold hearings or votes for anyone the president may nominate. the president requested a meeting with iowa senator charles grassley. he is the committee chai

frank gilbert, his grandson is here with us as well. the book argues that brandeis of the greatest critic bigness in business and government since his hero, thomas jefferson. a new bookm starting on william howard taft, which argues that marshall was taft's hero, and that taft was one of the most successful chiefs since marshall himself. that is why i'm eager to compare the clashes and compromises of these two great teams of constitutional rivals. marshall and jefferson on the taft and brandeis on the other. a comparison of these two teams of rivals has led me to the following thesis. marshall and jefferson were personal and ideological opponents who privately derided each other in colorful terms and offerson accused marshall twisted occasions and marshall reciprocated by calling jefferson the great mama of the mountain. something to do with being in charlottesville and looking down and people from the top of the mountain. nevertheless, marshall became the most successful chief justice in american history because of his ability to win over jeffersonian justices who were his ideological opponents of compromise and leadership. token,same tuition -