and nbc's chris matthews love hbo left leaning news program. did you know why? >> keys honesty and i think you said it well. >> jon: on the panel, judy miller. syndicated columnist, cal thomas, jim pinkerton, columnist kirsten powers and fox news contributor, richard grenell. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. right now. >> jon: president obama in berlin this week delivering a speech to a smaller crowd than the last time he was there. his trip to germany followed his attendance at the g-8 summit. his lie lateral meeting with vladimir putin, the meeting if you read the body language was a little bit chilly. president out of the country avoiding some of the scandals and dropping poll numbers at a time when according to this fox news poll, americans trust and confidence in government is very low, 63%. so this is a president who was going to hit the reset button on relations with russia? >> john cassidy new yorker, in conjunction with putin was very bland. when it dime syria, the "new york times" talked about the president's base saying he a bad diplomat

nbc's chris matthews loves hbo's left leading newsroom program. but do you know why? >> honesty and get people substance to take away. you said it well. >> on the panel this week writer and fox news contributor judy miller. >> syndicated columnist cal thomas. jim pinker ton, contributing editor of the american conservative magazine "daily beast." kirsten powers. fox news contributor richard grinnell. john fox, "fox news watch" is on right now. president obama in berlin this week delivering a speech to a smaller crowd than the last time he was there. his trip to germany followed his attendance at the g-8 summit in northern ireland. and his bilateral meeting with russian president vladimir putin, well, the meeting, if you can read the body language in the photograph, was just a little bit chilly. the president out of the country avoiding some of the scandals and -- dropping poll numbers at a time when according to this fox news poll americans trust and confidence in government is very low. 63%. so this was the president, jim, who was going to reset -- hit the reset butt

matthews show" is reporters. >> "the chris matthews show" is brought to you by charles vo: i've always thought the best part about this country is that we get to create our future. you get to take ownership of the choices you make. the person you become. i've been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not sitting by as their life unfolds. and they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. chris: welcome back. our panelist chuck todd wrote this week that hillary clinton is stepping out from bill clinton's shadow. we saw it when she appeared thursday at bill clinton's global initiative. her message there was about joining that initiative. but it sounded just like a campaign theme that will be based on her four years as secretary of state. >> and i traveled the world quite extensive

chris: hi, i'm chris matthews. and welcome to the highlight edition of the show. we're looking back how this show reflects the history especially the politics of our 11 years on the air. we're doing it by highlighting some of the most fascinating characters of those 11 years. it was the fall of 2002 and all the talk was about george w. bush's drive to take america to war in iraq. here's part of our discussion the-week before the invasion. after the united nations had failed to back president bush. chris: the president's done a great job of sawing the country -- selling this country on the war. the "new york times"' poll was like 2/3 of the people. how come he can't sell the world and should he have tried? >> i think he should have gone to the united nations in the first place. do you believe in the words in your own resolution? immediate disarmment. everybody knows saddam didn't immediately disarm. they failed the test. >> i would think that the white house has realized that now. i think you get the sense that they've come around to that position that this is over

also ahead, chris matthews on the call to cut america's arsenal. we'll get an exclusive look at joe man chip's ad hitting back to the nra. and senator claire mccaskill is supporting hillary in 2016. >>> up next, jeremy peters is joining us for the other big stories of the morning. ben bernanke in the news in a big way, but first here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. >>> good morning to everyone on this last day of spring. we officially welcome in summer a couple minutes after midnight tonight on the east coast. this story out there so far, this late spring season, has been the fires. they have been horrible out there in colorado and areas of arizona, new mexico. we have a high fire danger day today. red flag warnings everywhere in red. we have 19 large incident fires burning on the map right now. so this is just an area where it will be very, very dangerous. also, tropical storm barry is now making landfall north of vera cruz, mexico. it became the b-name yesterday. it will die off today. the troublesome weather is already in the norther

>> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> the time for change has come. >> today, a special edition. the month that made j.f.k.'s legacy. chris: president john f. kennedy with just five months to live, made june 1963 the stuff history is made of. a triple play for the books. an opening on nuclear disarmament, a presidential agreement to civil rights. the peace speech that kennedy viewed as his most important and the eastern ien berliner speech. and finally, how near to greatness, washington, lincoln, and f.d.r. stand at the all-time top. is kennedy near them? hi, i'm chris matthews. with this very special program we depart from our usually practice. two distinguished students of the american presidency. michael beschloss, author of "the crisis years." and michael duffy, executive editor of "time." with just over five months to live, john f. kennedy shaped his legacy. june 1963 saw him score an historic triple play. three landmark speeches, three enormous events for our country. june 10, he made history at a speech at

hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, howard fineman, kelly o'donnell, and joe klein. first up, hillary clinton is in the news again. that brings up her future presidential plans. she still has months to decide, of course, whether to make it official that she is going to run again. howard, this is the great question. do you expect her to run? >> i do, chris. no doubt. chris: around the table. kelly. >> looks that way. chris: what a perfectly careful comment. that's what i like. >> yeah, if her health is fine. chris: and your concern about her health? >> i don't know. i mean, she went through a tough period. i think she needed a lot of rest. but if she is rested, she is running. chris: well, joe and howard, you were here on this show. we are looking back and forward at the same time along with andrea mitchell and michele norris was here. it was just before the iowa caucus. it was five years ago back in 2007, i'm getting the mood set here. hillary clinton actually ended up losing the iowa caucuses to barack o

i'm chris matthews in for chris jansing. two big events this morning. big decision expected from the supreme court and president obama is at the g-8 summit trying toal rally support for syria. what it could mean for the region and for us. overshadowing the conference is another leak by edward snowden. he gave the british newspaper a document that shows american-british intelligence checked e-mails and listened to phone calls from leaders at another conference. later this afternoon president obama will meet with russian president vladimir

i'm chris matthews in for chris jansing. two big events this morning. big decision expected from the supreme court and president obama is at the g-8 summit trying toal rally support for syria. what it could mean for the region and for us. overshadowing the conference is another leak by edward snowden. he gave the british newspaper a document that shows american-british intelligence checked e-mails and listened to phone calls from leaders at another conference. later this afternoon president obama will meet with russian president vladimir putin. this morning in bellfast the president talked about peace. >> peace is not just about politics. it's about attitudes. it's about a sense of empathy. it's about breaking down the divisions that we create for ourselves in our own minds and our own hearts. >> well, we are also watching the supreme court where decisions could be handed down any moment now. we could learn what will happen with the same sex marriage or the voting rights act and affirmative action. let's start with the g-8. i want to bring out chuck tod

we are on board. >> chris matthews? >> i'm always skeptic. joe, we'll start a fight now, but i'm surprised you use that word government like it's one institution, like it's some monolithic thing we have nothing to do with. we have an elected government, reelected in the u.s. congress every year. i have tremendous faith for dianne feinstein, and i have for decades. >> can i interrupt? >> no. because you just used the word government. you know the u.s. government is made up of branches -- >> does that disqualify me from asking about dianne feinstein? dianne feinstein knew about water boarding. she was briefed in 2003, 2004, and suddenly "the washington post" does a story on it. everybody runs outs of the capitol with their hair on fire, and they're shocked, shocked, shocked. we've seen this time and time again when we're at war, you've got politicians in washington, d.c., that give the federal government what it wants. >> you got it. >> that's your argument, and it's jeffrey's argument. it's not mine. i've lived in this city for 40 years. it's

. >> "chris matthews" followed by "meet the press." let's get a look at what they are working on. >> good morning, washington. happy father's day. coming up, will president obama be able to assist further involvement in syria now that he has to respond to use of chemical weapons? he said despite concerns they were hijacked by extremists, and the realities of being commander in chief, forced his hand in syria. do the concerns he voiced as senator take a back seat to duty as commander and chief. >>> how hillary clinton will run for president. join me for a great roundtable. >>> a look what's coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. >> good morning, richard and erika. coming up, the white house's redline crossed on syria. what is the strategy if we start arming rebels? key voice in that debate. we'll talk to lindsay graham, and the debate over national security, how much should the public know? how far should the government go to collect intelligence. vice chair of the intelligence committee, saxby chambliss of georgia will b

and, of course, the great chris matthews and "hardball" picks things up right now. >>> tony. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start tonight with this, they are the american icons. we see in them something of ourselves, our times, our struggles, even our dreams. in the aftermath of world war ii it was all about aspiration, of new doors open, but also old traditions being honored. our american icons were willie mace and michael mantle. then things started to get looser and along came elvis presley. in the 1960s our eyes looked to the stars, of the very notion of jackie kennedy. in the 1970s it was a time of agitating the old, of testing the new, 6 archie bunker and also coming in michael jackson and as the century moved to its conclusion with the economy booming, it was madonna, the material girl, and then bruce springsteen, and in the easterly le 21st century, this century of ours in the aftermath of 9/11, it was all about trying to hold things together, especially our families and our american eye korn became husband,

. >> thanks for watching, chris matthews, next. have a great night. >> this is is the chris matthews show. >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> i can hear you. >> the time for change has come. chris: 11 great years, have been with you since before the iraq war from the early george w. bush days to the early rise of barack obama. we're looking back at the biggest. we're showing the fascinating characters of the past 11 great years. insights and predictions on this show, things we discovered together thanks to our top flight correspondents. you'll love seeing what we thought would happen to those 11 characters before the biggest events at elections of the p

later, chris matthews attacks me, your humble correspondent. there is an interesting reason behind matthews' foolishness. we will tell what you it is upcoming. >> bill: impact segment tonight. the guy who leaked the nsa story edward snowden apparently still in hong kong saying he will fight extradition to the u.s.a. if he is charged with crimes. today, fbi director robert mueller testified in front of the house committee about snowden. >> as the individual who has admitted making these disclosures, he is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. these disclosures have caused significant harm it to our nation and to our safety. >> bill: according to a reuters poll 23% of americans think snowden is a trader traitor. 31% think he is he a patriot. the rest don't know. and on ideological grounds, opinion, all over the place. >> we have been calling out and crying out for heros, america is still trying to debate whether the guy that released the information of the nsa is a hero or a villain. i stand clear. i think what he did was heroic. >> i

=qs%ud >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this -- i don't know if president obama is mad as hell, but he is certainly not taking it any more. yesterday he nominated a trio of judges for the d.c. circuit court. the one right below the supreme court. he did it knowing the republicans would go ballistic and guess what, he did it anyway. today the president picked susan rice, the seat of the hurricane as the right wing is concerned, as his country's national security

chris matthews and "hardball" picks things up right now. >>> the berlin story. let's play "hardball." let me start with this. ich ein berliner. 50 years after kennedy, barack obama signaled his support for nuclear arms reduction, the need to move beyond what he called perpetual war and committing to closing guantanamo. tonight the politics of berlin. his close partnership with angel la merkel what it says about a woman's readiness for world leadership. is merkel showing the way for hiar

you know he had a bad day today, chris matthew has to make this pathetic excuse. watch this. >> a lot of the problem he had today was the -- the late afternoon sun in berlin ruined his use of the teleprompters. his usual dramatic windup was ruined. >> the late afternoon sun in berlin ruined the teleprompter. >> to have chris matthews and barack obama in the same segment is making my night. the president, clearly -- the best could you say, he seems to be in over his head, naive. when you think about what vladmir putin did in stealing the super bowl ring and imagine barack obama try to go up against him head to head in terms of nuclear weapons systems, in all serious, the american people have to be very nervous and on top of that, the fact that this president came into office and slashed our missile defense systems, the very systems we need to protect us against rogue states with nuclear weapons, one more piece of evidence. new leadership. >> iran, the middle east, north africa, these are all problems. >> thank you, sean. >>> video of the day that you selected, comi

i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start tonight with this. it's in the a hard thing separating the two parties today if you think about it. the democrats are led by the president, a progressive. the republicans are led, well, it's a moving question there. there's the hard right majority in the house that moves john boehner about at will. there's mitch mcconnell the republican senate leader. then there's the half the republicans in the senate clearly to mcconnell's right. then there are the three on the hardest right of course, rand paul, ted cruise and mike lee the loudest noises out there. when the vice president joe biden said the other day it's the party,

chris matthews was here peddling his latest jfk book. he is a huge fan. was jfk under estimated? that is the debate going on. talk about controlling the message. in the obama administration, we talk about their view of the press. they are so controlling of the press. >> they have not done a good job. >> that was a campaign that was brilliant in its use of new media. that again is striking. every president uses the medium of their own time. radio, tv with kennedy. we have not seen this white house effectively harness and the -- any of the media. >> goldman sachs. >> one of the reasons i supported president obama was i did not want to see larry summers in the white house. [laughter] with hillary clinton, until the end of her campaign, there was not a sense of how she could bring her history to bear. it was very much a restoration ist campaign. he fell if you are going to get the clinton administration part 3. -- you felt as if you were going to get the clinton administration part 3. if you feel it was such a crisis and panic at that time as many say it was coming out of the calamit

chris matthews and "hardball" is next. before we get into another war, shouldn't we have a vote or something? let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. we americans enjoy our traditions is u.s. open in philadelphia this weekend, the nba championship heading back to miami. the stanley cup. we had another tradition called democracy, called giving the people out there beyond washington and new york the final say in whether we get involved in a war or not. you know, i'm talking about the people who aren't on the sunday tv shows and who don't hold big megaphones of power. who voted to send weapons to the rebels funding the government in syria? i didn't. who voted to commit a war against a government with whom we do have and recognize as a

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me open tonight with this. something may have gone wrong at the state department. there are now disturbing allegations of serious abuses and perhaps interference in several investigations during the period hillary clinton headed that department. documents obtained by nbc news that relates to an ongoing investigation involving the state department contain disturbing allegations. an october memo cites

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now if i were there, they would hit a switch and at 7:00 chris matthew was be saying to me don't you think he's guilty. don't you think that we ought to just haing up from its gallows now. there isn't that opportunity for the work that needs to be done. on the other hand there is a lot of very good work that is being done. it just doesn't get the a financial and clatter that passes for a lot of what we are seeing. >> no question. you take the boston bombing and just the visual mess that was vomited in front of people on television. it was-- you are watching cnn. it was like they were literally talking faster than they were thinking. >> yes. >> they had removed their internal monologue and were just throwing words at the camera. >> one of the things i've been saying and i was talking to a group just today, we've got to get in front of technology and not always be behind. and we're chasing it constantly now. as i watch the boston bombing i kept saying where is the narrative. what is it that we are not seeing that we need to know. there-- the temptation is always just to tell with you w

i'm chris matthew. from washington let me start with, the propaganda war for 2014 has begun. the man who wanted to destroy the obama presidency is out with the first big firebomb of misinformation about the irs problem. mitchell mcconnell who set his heart on limiting obama to a single term is now declaring that the -- well he's declaring there was a coordinated campaign there out of the white house to use the levers of government to target conservatives and stifle speech. this language is based on nothing. no evidence of any white house involvement with the actions over there at the irs. if there was, don't you think mr. mcconnell the senate leader would be dancing in the moonlight? if there were a scintilla of evidence ed evidence that he was involved would you believe that they wouldn't use it to nail the president into a political coffin right now? give me a break. a cheap charge you take when you're out of ammo and only thing you have to throw is your shoe. joy is here and john fury republican strategist joining us tonight. let's take a look right now. mcconnell spoke to

. >> chris matthews show is#e  next. have a great night. >> good night. [ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad makes it easy for ann to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citi tablet apps. easier banking. standard at citibank. helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car. mother nature's cool like that. citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> the time for change has come. >> today, a special edition. the month that made j.f.k.'s legacy. chris: president john f. kennedy with just five months to live, made june 1963 the stuff history is made of. a triple play for the books. an opening on nuclear disarmament, a presidential agreement to civil rights. the peace speech thann

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. the propaganda war for 2014 has begun. the man who wanted to destroy the obama presidency is out there with the first big fire bomb of misinformation. it's about the irs problem. mitch mcconnell who set his heart publicly on limiting president obama to a single term is now declaring that the -- well he's declari

just phrases i picked up from watching any random 30 seconds of chris matthews. but my point is this, even mayor, mayors can find themselves embroiled in scandal whether it is the way they react to local complaints about raise profiling of hispanics. >> what are you doing about latino community today. >> i might have tacos when i go home. (laughter) >> jon: i will never tire of taco mayor. like the snack he believes will ease the tension between his office and latino community, i can never get enough. (laughter) but the great thing about mayors is they can maintain the excentricities that get sanded off and focus grouped out of statewide or national politician, endearing policies like fear of large beverages. or being a nine and a half fingered bulgarian or having meat and cheese for a head. (laughter) guess which one of those mayors is not kosher. guy with the cheeseburger for a head. but evening amongst the idiosyncratic some mayors stand out. for instance toronto mayor former city councilman who has been very popular in toronto for his love of sports-- and his

i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start tonight with this. once there was a whiff of scandal, you know that whiff of can dal over at the irs. now we learn there's not even a whiff. no, just one desperate california congressman whose bluff has been called. and with us tonight, the man who called the bluff, u.s. congressman elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight committee. thank you about this whole thing. you have produced today a l

when chris matthews said it was a kirfullel they are not feeling the pain. >> we called the justice department and what radio people were invited to these meetings. they didn't return our calls and no radio people were invited. >> jon: there was an msnbc contributor michael eric dyson who labeled holder moses of our time. how does he get away with that statement. the right wing effort to smear. >> he is the equivalent of handing down the law from high. it was very stream of consciousness effort to exonerated eric holder and make him sort of a victim here. it was very handed. >> jon: you've spent a lot of time at the podium explaining how government works. there is a question eric holder committed perjury. he says he wasn't involved and any attempt that he knew nothing about any attempt to prosecute anyone in the press for disclosure of material. later it comes out he was the one who approved this court order this request to investigate james rosen and labeled him a co-conspirator. how does he get away with that? >> i am not sure with a people on the east coast are drinking because it's obvious

chris matthews will return on monday. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening, from new york, i'm chris hayes. listen to me. it is a summer friday night, and we have two big pieces of breaking news to tell you about. the first, the u.s. ninth circuit court of appeals has just cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in california. chris perry and sandy styer, the plaintiffs in the california prop 8 case, just got married in san francisco city hall with a bunch of on lookers and we are hoping we have one or both of them shortly. of course, this decision originally the prop 8 being passed in california had meant

e ooh chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. the propaganda war for 2014 has begun. the man who wanted to destroy the obama presidency is out there with the first big fire bomb of misinformation. it's about the irs problem. mitch mcconnell who said his heart publicly to limiting president obama to a single term is declaring that he -- well, he's declaring there was a coordinated campaign out there, out at the white house, to use the leather raj of the government to target conservatives and stifle speech. this language which sounds like a rico prosecution is based on nothing. there's no evidence of any white house involvement with the actions of the irs. if he was, don't you think, mr. mcconnell, the white house would be dancing in the moonlight? don't you? >> if there was, loose talk was involved, do you really believe the head of the republican party and the senate wouldn't be using it to nail the president into a political coffin right now? give me break. this is a cheap charge, the kind a politician makes when he has no polit

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. the propaganda war for 2014 has begun. the man who wanted to destroy the obama presidency is out there with the first big fire bomb of misinformation. it's about the irs problem. mitch mcconnell who set his heart publicly on limiting president obama to a single term is now declaring that the -- well he's declaring there was a coordinated campaign out there out of the white house to use the levers of government to target conservatives and stifle speech. this language which sounds like a rico prosecution is based on nothing. there is no evidence of any white house involvement with the actions over there at the irs. if there was, don't you think mr. mcconnell, the senate leader would be dancing in the moonlight? don't you? if there were a scintilla of evidence that the president or one of his people by the current standards of loose talk do you believe that the head of the republican party in the senate wouldn't be using it to nail the president into a little coffin right now? give me a

chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >> good-bye, voting rights. let's play "hardball \5>>> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in new york. me start with this. a happy day for reince priebus. today the united states supreme court lopped off the head of the voting rights acthat removed a key weapon used to stop states from suppressing african-americans and other voters they don't like showing up at the polls. what a joy this must be to the republican national headquarters where reince holds way and opens the door for far more voter suppression by republican dominated state legislatures. . in 2011, 41 states

i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start tonight with this. once there was a whiff of scandal, you know that whiff of can dal over at the irs. now we learn there's not even a whiff. no, just one desperate california congressman whose bluff has been called. and with us tonight, the man who called the bluff, u.s. congressman elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight committee. thank you about this whole thing. you have produced today a lot of information, a lot of transcripts. tell us what they show about whether there was a scandal at the irs, a screw up or what. >> it shows basically that there was a republican a conservative republican manager in the cincinnati office, chris who felt that it was his duty to look at certain cases. and so one of his managers under him said, look, this is back in february of 2010, said look at this case. and i think we, we ped to take a look at it because they are asking for to do political activity but they want tax exemptions. so the manager, this conservative republican self-proclaimed by the w

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. where is the young man to gave newspapers all this information about the nsa? better yet who is he? we know so little. didn't finish high school. no college at all. a ron paul supporter. he said he worked for the cia, did undercover work in europe. did he? now he's somewhere in the world where having gotten a big story of government surveillance into print he told us things we didn't know about our government it's bad enough to possibly put him in prison. is it good enough to make him a hero. we're joined by the "huffington post" howard fineman. and "the washington post" barton gellman. he is also with the century foundation. let's take a look at this. in an interview with glenn greenwald and laura poitras. over the weekend, edward snowden offered his motivation as he explained it for giving those documents to reporters. let's watch. >> i'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office watches what's happening and goes, this is something that's not our place to decide. the

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this story that the national security agency has been collecting information on our phone calls. who's calling who, and for how long. this is a good, important debate i think. we need to be vigilant about what kind of stuff the government's collecting and decide if it's truly helpful to catching terrorists. especially and ideally before they attack. we need a find a balance between doing too much of this and not doing what should be done to protect ourselves. i try to ask in matters like this a simple question. if we are hit, and it comes out that the president had the ability and authority to take action that could is prevented the attack, what would the critics justifiably say that then? what would you say if you knew our leaders failed to do something they could have done and didn't? again, nothing is healthier in our country than a real never ending debate on what we believe is necessary to our defense and what is necessary, too, to protecting our liberty

chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> attack, attack, attack. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. there's a lot of attacking going on in washington these days. it's attack, attack, attack. and what did obama do to encourage this unstopping attack on him? did he actually do something at the irs? well, nothing's come forward yet. the guy running the irs during the bad stuff coming out now was an appointee of george w. bush. just who is it that's leading the attack on the president?

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me get it started tonight with this. the united states is now committed to an act of war against the government of syria. okay. let's get the tally up to date. we attacked and went to war with afghanistan in 2001. we attacked and went to war with iraq in 2003. we helped to overthrow the of libya in 2011 and now targeting the government of syria. it's an interesting pattern when you think about it. in 2001, george w and the committed hawks he brought into our government with him including dick cheney talked of going after iraq, a big item on their agenda. it was the first item on their agenda and now looking back and what we're doing now, that's what we're doing, going from country to country setting our

=qs%ud >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this -- i don't know if president obama is mad as hell, but he is certainly not taking it any more. yesterday he nominated a trio of judges for the d.c. circuit court. the one right below the supreme court. he did it knowing the republicans would go ballistic and guess what, he did it anyway. today the president picked susan rice, the seat of the hurricane as the right wing is concerned, as his country's national security adviser. the person coordinating this country's foreign defense and overall national security policy. she is going to be the one with the strong defense, she's the on "meet the press" after benghazi and henceformat she will be the person with the president's ear on defending this country. i think it's smart. first of all, he's right. the d.c. court of appeals has three vacancies. he's no theqwçv packingn the jackal pack is barking. he's doing his job of filling it. second, it's a better narrative. would you rather be the story here of the

." >>> good evening, i'm michael smerconish in new york for chris matthews. let's begin tonight with this classic american debate. it's the tug-of-war between the national security and personal privacy. but what makes this fight so unusual is that even as we learn that washington is keeping tabs on who has phoned whom and when, we're reminded that this is a government headed by a liberal democratic president who's made a virtue of transparency. today, the story got even richer. today we learned that washington has been collecting information overseas on foreigners using web-based companies like google and facebook and apple. is the invasion of personal privacy too high a price to pay for the increased security against terrorism that it's supposed to bring? or is it all worth it? especially in a society where personal privacy is diminished every day? easy pass tags and metro cards track our every move. private companies know what cars we drive, what magazines we read, what websites we click upon. president obama gave a forceful defense of the program and that'

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this story that the national security agency has been collecting information on our phone calls. who's cng

i'm chris matthews up in boston. anywhere, we're up here at quincy market to mark tomorrow's special election for the united states senate. in just a few minutes, we're going to be joined by the democratic candidate, massachusetts kongman edward markey up here. first let me start with this. you can tell a lot about someone by knowing where they're headed in life. when