one is if you take that position, close your eyes, that's chris matthew, al sharpton, that's the most radical of the radical left position that the nra is going on and hoping people will die so they can make money off of it. that's the kind of occupy wall street language that you hear out there. it is radical kook stuff. that is joe scarborough in his own words. but the second thing is that it is a complete reversal of what joe scarborough made himself famous on and it is a complete reversal on what he still maintains he is, which is a republican in good standing. >> sean: let me play now what he's saying about republicans ripping them for not supporting gun control, then we're going to look at the old joe scarborough. this is the morning liberal joe, nbc's version, the establishment loving joe scarborough. >> i can't believe that republicans, first of all, aren't going to support it. but secondly, won't let background checks against rapists, people who have committed manslaughter in the past, people with mental illness, dangerous mental illness, i can't believe those republicans are

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> president's day. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in dallas for the opening of the george w. bush presidential library. leading off tonight, what could be a bombshell development in the boston marathon case. police commissioner ray kelly of new york said today the boston marathon bombing suspects were talking about going to new york and exploding their bombs in times square. we'll have that in a moment. >>> meanwhile, here in dallas, texas, four u.s. presidents teamed up to dedicate their fellow president's library. it was a day of emotion and goodwill. a day in the sun for george w. bush. the biggest news was made before the dedication even began, with barbara bush making clear her assessment of a presidential run by son, jeb, in 2016. >> it's not just four families or whatever. there are just other people out there that are very qualified and we've had enough bushes. >> we've had enough bushes. but we start with news in the boston marathon bombing case. pete williams joins

there i am along the top with rachel maddow and the reverend al sharpton plus chris hay, alex wagner, joe scarborough. the headline is "slier than fox: the inside story of how msnbc became the voice of the left." a proven article about msnbc pres, my friend, phil griffin. chris hayes' new show called "all in" debuts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. >>> we're very much on alert. we obviously have some folks who are out to do harm to elected officials so we take that very seriously. we're still in shock. i guess that's the best way to describe our feelings about this latest incident. >> we're back. texas on high alert right now after another law enforcement official, another d.a. was murdered. mike mclellan and his wife cynthia were found shot and killed in their home over easter weekend and the murders could be part of a white supremacist plot. last year, his office was part of a task force that took part in taking down the leadership of the aryan brotherhood of texas. mark hasse was gunned down getting out of his car at the courthouse. at the time of his death, mclellan september out a

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> second amendment remedies. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this, where we are in this country with guns. guns and the law. three years ago republican candidate for the senate out in nevada said we may need to resort to our second amendment remedies if we can't get public officials to do what we want. second amendment remedies meaning use our guns guarded by the second amendment to deal with people in government we don't like. if that wasn't frightening enough for you, how about what's happening in colorado and texas? in colorado a top prison official was gunned down in his home. in texas two prosecutors were killed, a third has now pulled out of a case against the arian brotherhood of texas for, quote, security reasons. we have people using guns to settle their disputes with public officials, using their second amendment remedies. don't like the sound of this? think it's an overstatement? there come times when overstatement becomes the truth o

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, united against terror. here's the latest in the boston attacks. the a.p. reports that the accused bombers used remote detonators to set off the explosions at the marathon. early this morning, the scene of the attacks reopened to the public nine days after the

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the gop's fairness fail. today, the republican party's priorities were on full display as they push to protect airline passengers but left in place republican budget cuts that are hurting millions of americans from preschoolers to senior citizens. today, the house approved a senate bill to end the drastic cutsha ended thousands of flight delays this week. the cut, cut, cut party found a cause worth uncutting for. why? because the delays inconvenienced business el

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, omission accomplished in texas. the dedication of the bush library was news for what wasn't said as much as it

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> stop the guillotine. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. there are people in this country, believe it or not, who believe the best way to get rich people to work harder is to give them tax benefits. that the best way to get the poor to work harder is to cut their benefits. got it? give the carrot to the better off, give the stick to the worse off. and so in america today the guillotine is coming down on programs to get meals to the elderly. give a head start to the young who need it most. and as that guillotine comes down again and again, the well-off enjoy a government that looks out for them. in fact, races to look out for them. making sure that their flights arrive on time. even as the poor worry about the next meal they know isn't coming at all. will the president be able to stop this way of government, or is he, his party and the republican, stuck in so much political mud they'll never get free? michael steele was chairman of the

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews with the latest on the boston marathon terror bombings. here's where things stand at this hour, 7:00 eastern. as of now, three people are dead. more than 180 wounded. more than we thought last night. some of them in critical condition. we're learning new details about the bombs now. we now know they were contained in explosives and shrapnel packed inside a pressure cooker, a regular kitchen pressure cooker and that they were placed inside backpacks. >> among items partially recovered are pieces of black nylon which could be from a backpack and fragments of bbs and nails possibly contained in a pressure cooker device. this morning it was determined that both of the explosives were placed in a dark colored nylon bag or backpack. the bag would have been heavy because of the components believed to be in it. we are doing this methodically, carefully, yet with a sense of urgency. at this time, there are no claims of responsib

earlier with the reverend rented al sharpton, when you look for somebody -- people obviously it seems to me a person could drive or whatever. they could take the bus. the airports, what do you think about the airports? can you begin to check on that and catch somebody before they leave town? >> they would be looking at the airports because that's the one area that they have records of who is coming and going. you don't necessarily have that on buses or trains and certainly not in automobiles. they will be looking to retrieve at those locations where automobiles leave the city. they will be seeking to gather information from any source possible this is an extraordinarily heavy busy time. the investigation will be comprehensive. the square while in that area, they are looking at every camera that is facing on the street and somebody at the scene picked up early on, farther away. i'm reminded of the terrorist bombing in london, the subway bombing and how they were able to track entering the system from miles away and repeated instances they will be able to replicate that as part of this

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> war song. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start with this. the hawks sing from the same song sheet. have you noticed? the same chorus of neocons and good old-fashioned hawks out there now doing it again like they did with iraq and will be doing again with iran. they're all on the same page. ready? here it comes. if we don't get engaged militarily in syria, syria, that will lead to a war with north korea and iran. got it? if we don't fight assad in syria, we'll be fighting the mullahs in iran and kim jong-un in north korea. is there a clearinghouse, a conference call where everyone in the choir gets the tune right for the next war? i listened to all this this last time. heard the same rhapsody played over and over how easy it would be, what a cakewalk it was going to be going into iraq, how there would be a mushroom cloud over america if we didn't attack and didn't attack then. here it comes again. if you can tell the difference between what

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> has gun safety lost? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. is the entire answer to what happened in newtown, connecticut, going to be, sorry about that, but we're not going to do anything about gun safety? nothing. wouldn't it have been smarter politics for the president to have gotten out front on gun safety right after the newtown horror? he knew what the problem was, what the solution had to be. the killer used an assault rifle. ban them. the killer used 30-round magazines. ban them. the killer was a nut. enforce background checks. why do we all need a study? why did the president think it was smart to use up time to give the nra time? why didn't he strike while the iron was hot? why do i ask this all now? because right now looks very iffy that the congress is going to do anything. not a ban on assault rifles, not a ban on 30-round clips, not even tougher background checks. we all know why. it will take 60 votes in the senate to even

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> shirts and skins. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start tonight with this. what a day in american politics. there it was, right out there on the floor of the u.s. senate, right there on c-span, this bright red flaming line between the republicans who are open to honest debate, and those who are not. who are willing to thumb their noses at a country dying for some gun safety. dying just to get a vote on gun safety in the wake of the horror at newtown, connecticut. on the open to the debate side, there was john mccain. in this case, the good john mccain. lindsey graham and others who love the u.s. senate. love it for the very reason it allows debate. call them the shirts. then the list of 31 senators, 29 of them republicans, telling the american people, nine out of ten whom say they want to see stronger background checks for gun buyers to forget about it. forget about their concerns after newtown, because these 31 people don't want to be bothered wit

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> crime and punishment. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, charges filed. suspected boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev was charged today with a weapon -- using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death following three deaths and 180 injured in last week's marathon attack. the criminal complaint includes the description of footage of him leaving a knapsack on the ground where the explosion took place. another similar bomb was found at the site of the watertown shootout. tsarnaev remains in a boston hospital tonight unable to speak because of injuries that include a gunshot wound to his neck. but he's being questioned by authorities already and responding with written answers. in medford, massachusetts, today a funeral was held for 29-year-old victim krystle campbell. in boston, deval patrick and mayor menino requested a moment of silence at 2:50 to mark the one-week anniversary of the bombing. great public se

. >>> "politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's leading with calling out the gop today. president obama ripped republicans in congress for the hypocrisy and selfness on automatic budget cuts that are hurting millions of americans. at a news conference today, the president unmasked the phony gop argument. >> a lot of members of congress were suggesting that somehow the sequester was a victory for them and this wouldn't hurt the economy. what we now know is that what i warned earlier, what jay stood

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i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> guns on demand. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. in connecticut, at least, they know the value of human life. today the governor of that stricken state signed a law dealing with assault weapons. magazine capacities and background checks. all matters that should be dealt with countrywide. sadly, the power of guns continues to power our politics. we talk to the head of gun owners of america and ask him what's wrong with banning gun sales to criminals, addicts, spouse abusers and people with dangerous mental or emotional problems? better question, why would anyone want anyone selling guns to such customers? cutting to the heart of the gun debate tonight, let's get at it. donald williams is the president of the connecticut state senate where today some of the strongest gun control legislation in the country was signed into law. sir, what is the message from connecticut to the country, senator? >> well, we can certainly get it done

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> human shields? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. "80% of life," woody allen once said, "is showing up." i've been watching this compelling capitol hill invasion of family, relatives and friends of those killed in newtown, connecticut. and we'll know soon if this will be the difference between action on gun safety and doing nothing. and when we do, we'll have a new estimate of what happens when regular people get out there and lobby congress. right there, where it works. what's different, of course, is is these people are the ones most personally and permanently affected by the ability of the wrong people getting their hands on guns. i remember the old argument. guns don't kill people, people do. and that's where senator pat toomey is right. a wider, stronger background check covering all commercial purchasers of guns is not really about what kinds of guns are out there, and what could be sold, it's about the people out there and who sh

i'm al sharpton t "hardball" starts right now. >>> dogs of war. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. war. bombing people. shooting down airplanes. breaking into houses. i can think of what we mean when we so casually say, let's go, let's get in this thing and the rah-rah and drum beating that gets us out there killing people and getting killed again. always it's the same ones, mccain, kristol. say the name of the country and their conditioned response is war, america go to war. let's not be afraid to use our strength. the neocon babble. let's have a muscular foreign policy. all the metaphors for war that has us stuck once again in a country whose name we dare not pronounce a decade later. i spent all day yesterday at the george w. bush library. not once did i hear the word iraq. not once. if this crowd is proud of the wars they pushed, why are they afraid to remind us of the last one or even pronounce the word? david cornyn for "mother jones" magazine and david ignatius. you came back f

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> posse. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me tart tonight with this. there's a new posse out there in the country. they aren't the big city boys, no, they come from the smaller towns. from allentown and out there in west virginia. they're trying to stop crazy people and outlaws from getting their hands on rapid firing guns. pat toomey, joe manchin. nothing big city about either of these guys. they don't care if you drink giant 16 ounce cokes. they don't want their kids being shot at by nuts waving semiautomatic assault rifles. the kind our soldiers use in afghanistan and on some other war fronts. pat toomey and joe manchin are now in the process as i said, maybe the posse will grow to the 60 senators we need to get the deal they struck the deal on, voted on. that's the idea. because without a vote in the senate, john boehner and the house will be sure to keep the house from voting on gun safety. so tonight let's find out if our democracy is going to have a chance of working. think about i

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> body snatchers. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. invasion of the body snatchers. that's what this is like. we tried to fathom who was with us and who is one of them. we can't tell, can we? how do we tell when someone has gone over to the other side? when does it happen, this radicalization process? where does it happen? over in russia somewhere? back in cambridge when some guy's surfing the internet? no wonder we're trying to figure out these two brothers. the living one says it all happened on the internet. it was all about religion. and nobody was helping them. no one was helping them in their radicalization or in their bomb building and their getting together with other weapons. my question is how they crossed the line between having an attitude and deciding to go kill as many people as they could. what makes an innocent person into a cold-blooded killer? a young militant into a murderer? you would think it would take some v

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the gop's chris christy problem. he may be the most popular republican in the country because he worked with president obama after hurricane sandy. because he reached across the aisle to get things done, because six months after the storm he still is saying things like this. >> listen, the president has kept every promise that he's made. and the fact is, that's what i was saying at the time. what i was saying at the time, i was asked how the president is doing.

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> he's talking. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. we're starting off tonight with the latest on the boston bombing case. the surviving subject, dzhokhar tsarnaev, remains hospitalized from bullet wounds but authorities say his condition has improved to fair today. authorities also tell nbc news that he has cooperated with them so far. he's told investigators that he and his brother acted alone in last week's bombings at the boston marathon, that they had no contact with overseas terrorist groups. that's what he said. he said the brothers built the bomb with guidance from an online publication put out by the al qaeda off shoot in yemen called "inspire." it is written in english with instructions on how to build a bomb used last week. tsarnaev it's reported told authorities the motive for the attack has to do with their religious fervor, he and his brother's, and anger over the united states' wars in afghanistan and iraq. meanwhile, we're seeing new images from

al sharpton holds this huge rally in sanford, florida, that draws thousands of people to say charge this guy. it becomes an international story. there are stories in papers in israel, in britain, in australia about all of this. and within a month george zimmerman is charged with murder. there you go. >> is that wrong? >> what i'm saying is people made their views known, and they got a result. >> uh-huh, oh, i see. >> the guy got charged with murder, and there's going to be a trial. i mean, before, you know, all of in this fragmentation of media, all these cable outlets, you know, the ability to get the petition out there and get the facts of the case, this all surfaced on social media first. if that hadn't happened, the police would have made their decision, and it would have been like, okay, you know? no charges. you know, and i kind of believe when somebody shoots and kills somebody, i want there kind of to be a trial to figure out what happened, you know if. [laughter] >> so the whole thing might have gone just under the radar had we not had -- >> it might have been just been a region

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later, al sharpton's action network annual convention. >> probably the most tragic of all our first ladies. she hated the office. hated it with a passion. ,> they took to the white house they had eight rooms they had to furnish. >> but she spent much of her time writing letters. to her dead son. in her great grief she called him, my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. a very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. >> they were on a train and there was a terrible accident. >> the train ride was very devastating for the family. an axelrod broke on the train and benny did not survive the crash. >> she concluded that this was god's judgment. that the loss of her son was god's punishment. >> the house was too much for her to take care of. i don't think she was interested in housekeeping particularly. she wasn't capable of taking care of a house. >> she was glad to leave the place. >> it was probably the unhappiest of all presidencies. >> evening and welcome to c- span's first lady influence and image. we learn about the final first ladies of

. >> here's the people that should be addressing this, people like jesse jackson and al sharpton. generally this is directed at the minority community. it exploits one of the worst things that happened in the minority community, having kids out of the wedlock or having guns. michelle obama has her plate full, and by the way, obesity is a serious problem. >> it's not a moral problem. >> it's a moral problem with me. >> real quick, sophia nelson is the author of black woman redefined. michelle obama feels this is an opportunityc for the first lady, for michelle obama who has been quite vocal on issues like this, why aren't we hearing her on this particular topic. she's been vocal for women across the board over the years. why not mention it in a speech or address this? >> do you have any idea the can of worms you'll open up if michelle obama takes down this one, tyga's lyrics, takes him down because it's sexist or whatever it is? then you're really going to look at probably 80% of the wrap songs. >> we're asking for moral con isn't see on the part of -- con isn'consistency on the pa

radicals like al-thatal sharpton to ryan knows like morning joe. i can't figure out why morning joe thinks he is a republican besides wearing the blue blazer. >> i thought you liked him. >> i don't. i like the show. i watch "fox & friends." i go back and forth. i watch back and forth. i like the politics. i'm not sure why morning joe calls himself a republican he is not. he is a rhino. plicials are -- liberals are feeding a narrative state knows best cradle to grave. conservatives are feeding the narrative community knows best. what's at the center of the community? the family. you have a vast difference between the liberal msnbc and the conservative rest of us. >> dana? >> what? which part of that should i reply to. >> fabric. appropriate for networks to run this or for bob to have his phone on. >> if the collective had raised him correctly he would have known to turn off his phone at the table. >> one of her children. remember. >> i don't have children for a reason. i don't want to have children. because that would have been my responsibility. i

>> stephanie: and she didn't even get to al sharpton. >> oh, god. >> stephanie: brent you are on the "stephanie miller show." go ahead. >> caller: hello. i was just wondering -- i haven't heard much about this except from "the young turks" last night about what is happening in arkansas with the oil spill, and exxon mobil apparent apparently [ inaudible ] off the area, not allowing any press and even imposing a no-fly zone. >> stephanie: are you implying that the oil company might have something to hide from the general public? >> what they are hiding is they are using paper towels to fix the spill. >> stephanie: are you making that up. >> it's a bounty commercial. it's the quicker picker upper. [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: thank you. >> they will get rosy from that diner out there. >> stephanie: there you go. product placement. rude pundit has some great stuff in terms of what people have justified over the ages. it is interesting the right-wing now is trying to put it out there that it is unkind of the other side-to-call them bigots -- it's unkind. >> how dare you? >> stephanie: ju

not that i -- i don't have to have meetings with al sharpton because i can hear him from here. >> how dare you talk about guns after a gun slaying incident. here is joe walsh jto make a point about immigration. >> we're at war, and this country got a stark reminder last week, again, that we're at war, and we need to begin profiling who our enemy is in this car young muslim men. [ sighs ] >> stephanie: that was a stark reminder of why you are not a congressman anymore. ♪ you are an idiot ♪ >> stephanie: all right. oh, would you like to hear the russian conspiracy theory? >> sure. >> stephanie: this is awesome. >> i know north korea wanted to blow up austin. >> stephanie: that's another story. >> and austin powers wanted -- >> stephanie: no, that is different. a gift to putin says chechnian opposition leader. some interesting stuff here. russia's president now gets to tell the west i told you so about chechnians after the bombers were revealed as chechnians -- >> really? [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i picked a bad day to be sniffing airplane glue. >> but when putin sudden

reverend al sharpton and those who are assembled here today. leading the clarion call for the african-americans to work together in unity. we have got to get it together. if we are going to make a change in our community. as vacant of the future, sharpton said don't just talk about it, be about it. that is a theme. i brought some stuff i want to share with you in detail. it is not about rhetoric. dr. lowry said in 2008, when he stood and was giving the closing benediction, when the first american of african descent became the highest elected official in the world, the leader of the free world. he said, and i quote, when will words become deeds that meet both needs? that's why we are here. [applause] >> i want to start off by thanking all of you who have participated in the 15th annual national convention. it has an great showing. our members of supporters have in house. we thank you for being with us [applause] and of course, i always like to give props to reverend al sharpton for allowing some of us young folks to lead within the civil rights

when al sharpton comes on it is going to get scarier. >> ah. >> stephanie: what? she was my precious pumpkin. i would like to thank the lovely couple who adopted indy who are a lovely couple. and there is no dirt in their basement. >> it's l.a. no one has a basement. >> yeah, there's that. young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> yay! >> yes, your queen is back! >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." thirty-four minutes after the hour. kids i know you are watching, what does an executive producer do? can i do that? when you are the host your producer goes come here this is the happiest penguin you have ever seen. and he was. that's what he does. that's his job. >> stephanie: i have to en

thank you for taking my call >> there is a bit in my book about al sharpton and his dual role of spokesperson for the family and the anchor on msnbc. i have always criticized that that to even said u.s. staffer rounder be king get your around so there is room to criticize the way people on the left and i don't want to you do but happening what happens on the left denouncing fright to bet thinking is more need to have a son traveled west some feta os there is a lot of trouble laying books. the name of the book is "race-baiter" and eric deggans is our guest and we will cover him later today on the panel with the "l.a. times" book festival. one hour from now or next call in opportunity with luis rodriguez says about his life in gaining santa from the hancock foundation a room here and this is a panel on discovery. his book is the story of yellowstone and take it from day. >> host: this is put to be on c-span2 live coverage. >> montana. but scott lind and detroit now hails as far as new york on one side am barbara on the other, they bring us stories to overlap an interesting ways that will be fun