chris matthews what happened next? >> we have the thursday meeting in geneva, russian foreign minister and john kerry, both very compa -- competent. we ought to use the security council as a platform, courtroom. make our case. we will lose our case on moral grounds the minute we attack syria. as long as we can argue that we are the champions of ending the use of chemical weapons or ownership of them, we're the good guys. the minute we attack syria, we lose the status. >> can we be the champion of that after the iraq war, though? honestly. this is, not imminently after the iraq war. ten years since we started it. did we forever poison the well? >> i think we did poison the well. but i think what we have seen tonight, that is a little different. one we, have seen now. assad and them admit they have weapons. big thing in iraq going after weapon that were not there. assad said yes they're here. yes there are locations. secondly we have a president that has gone to congress. he is saying i don't need to go but i am going an

chris matthews what happened next? >> we have the thursday meeting in geneva, russian foreign minister and john kerry, both very competent. we ought to use the security council as a platform, courtroom. make our case. we will lose our case on moral grounds the minute we attack syria. as long as we can argue that we are the champions of ending the use of chemical weapons or ownership of them, we're the good guys. the minute we attack syria, we lose the status. >> can we be the champion of that after the iraq war, though? honestly. this is, not imminently after the iraq war. ten years since we started it. did we forever poison the well? >> i think we did poison the well. but i think what we have seen tonight, that is a little different. one we, have seen now. assad and them admit they have weapons. big thing in iraq going after weapon that were not there. assad said yes they're here. yes there are locations. secondly we have a president that has gone to congress. he is saying i don't need to go but i am going and he is q

chris matthews what happened next? >> we have the thursday meeting in geneva, russian foreign minister and john kerry, both very compa -- competent. we ought to use the security council as a platform, courtroom. make our case. we will lose our case on moral grounds the minute we attack syria. as long as we can argue that we are the champions of ending the use of chemical weapons or ownership of them, we're the good guys. the minute we attack syria, we lose the status. >> can we be the champion of that after the iraq war, though? honestly. this is, not imminently after the iraq war. ten years since we started it. did we forever poison the well? >> i think we did poison the well. but i think what we have seen tonight, that is a little different. one we, have seen now. assad and them admit they have weapons. big thing in iraq going after weapon that were not there. assad said yes they're here. yes there are locations. secondly we have a president that has gone to congress. he is saying i don't need to go but i am going an

chris matthews. lawrence o'donnell and david axelrod. >> we're watching indiana carefully this morning, thunderstorms have rolled from the northern half of the state to the southern part. thousands of lightning strikes, power outages. the radar tells the story. there's a lightning strike counter. at one point we were at 4,000. so over the last hour those storms are finally heading south of indianapolis. soon safe for you to go on your merry way and out the door. later this afternoon large hail and wind damage foin midwest. spring like day. kansas city to cedar rapids, des moines, milwaukee late tonight towards chicago you'll get some of thunderstorms. very warm in the middle of the country. again feels like spring. we're in the 70s to start your morning. 90 in secretary of state. you're looking at a perfect day in the northeast. as far as air travel goes today, expected weather delays possible chicago this morning with thunderstorms and then later this afternoon minneapolis, detroit, kansas city and

sorry, but i have chris matthews in d.c. chris, are you there? >> hi, mario. >> oh, hey, matthews. >> it's chris. >> this is weird. do you guys have a history? >> here is the deal a couple years ago chris and i were going after the same girl, whatever he won, he has been bragging abut it ever since. quite frankly i am over it. >> you abs are powerless against me, lopez. >> matthews, just let it go. >> oh, look who it is? >> guys, you want to take this outside. we've got a show to do. we have a show to do. >> it's nclr president and ceo. i was trying to tell everybody about nclr. >> i got this. thank you, chris. i got this. we will be fine. >> you tell them madam president. >> i hope you are enjoying the show so far. if you are new to the almas, this show is about recognizing and celebrating the many contributions latinos make in entertainment. if you are a long time alma viewer you are noticing changes to our program. we are now on msnbc which tonight stand for more sabor on nbc. and the first time ever, alma award are coming to you live. and foc

>> chris matthews, would you weigh in on the question? >> i'm not big on that form of american exceptionalism. american exceptionalism is the way people develop, what you can do in the country as american. the only thing we can hope for here, we have to develop it, use di policem diplomacy. we talked about it tonight, they do have an interest in doing what we have to do. they're loyal to assad. we are not loyal to assad. chemical weapons in the hand of terrorists is enemy of russia and the united states. finding common ground. this president has to learn how to do it. he doesn't have good relations with congress. he doesn't have good relations with, with, putin because he hasn't really tried. that's the question -- finding the common interest he has with putsin. just like finding the common interest with the congress. this congress is more like him than i can say. they're anti-war. he's anti-war. the american people are anti-war. they're all in the same page. what he has to do tonight is just hit a single. regain ability to carry the amer

>> well, number one, obama knows he's in trouble when even chris matthews is criticizing him, the man who said he's perfect. but isn't it interesting that one day later chris matthews went into his usual rant calling anyone who disagreed with president obama a hater. therefore, chris matthews, you're a hater. >> let's go to savannah guthrie asking rumsfeld, does bush have anything to do with this? >> looming over this debate time and time again has been the specter of iraq, most recently the uk parliament, many members cited the failure of intelligence leading up to iraq as the reason that they won't take action now in syria, because they don't trust the u.s. intelligence. do you personally take any responsibility for that? or feel any responsibility for that? >> will somebody show this woman the gassed children in iraq and the kurds in the north? somebody help her out. i know she's a novice to this, but god help this woman. >> this is the politics of deflection. they're trying to do everything in their power to take the attention off of barack obama so they blame it on george bush. t

matthews and his latest book. it's a history book, isn't it? >> guest: yes, i believe so. >> host: tip and the gipper when politics worked as the name of the book. >> guest: again as with all other pundits i'm sure chris matthews will find a way to talk about this on the air and i'm sure we'll find a way to generate lots of conversations both on the air and off the air. >> host: sarah weinman what is publishers marketplace? >> guest: publishers marketplace as an information resource for those in the publishing industry in the book trade and it produces publishers lunch which is a daily newsletter that goes out to more than 40,000 subscribers. the cover of the publishing industry is comprehensive way as it can possibly be. >> host: what is the best web site of people interested? >> guest: you can visit publishers marketplace.com and you can also see what i'm up to that player. my handle there is at sarah w and you can reach publishers marketplace that publishers lunch. >> host: what nonfiction books are you looking

as with all of the pundits, i'm sure chris matthews will find a way to talk about his book on the air and i'm sure he will find a way to generate lots of conversation both on the air and off the air. >> sarah weinman, what is publishers market place? >> publishers marketplace is an information resource for those in the publishing industry in the book trade, and it produces publishers lunch which is a daily newsletter that goes out to more than 40,000 new subscribers. we cover the publishing industry as comprehensively as can possibly be. >> what's the best website if people are interested in? >> you can visit publishers marketplace.com, and you can also see what i'm up to on twitter. my handle there is at sarahw. you can also reach publishers marketplace on twitter. our handle is publishers lunch. .. >> guest: in which older people end up getting treated by the aman

increase matthews, i was there somebody where chris matthews said would you please tell they're behaving like children. i have done my duty, so the question for all of you, chris, i start with you, who gets the blame? >> i was watching your discussion, and you made points about how obama care, affordable care, as passed by the senate, and then the president got reelected on that very issue. i watched that discussion, senator cruz talks as if there should be a final test that you have to get through before the law goes into effect. in other words, the final vote, whether it is on the debt ceiling or the shutdown of the government, a final look at the law saying should we really let that go into effect before it is set to go into effect. that is not really the form of government. you outlined the form of government. the test by which we submit any new legislation, and the president signs it, is the law, and upholding the law is a good question, should we uphold the law? i think he goes past his issue, which is the substance, the policy, which will be debated for years. the question is shou

chris matthews, thank you very much. again, the book is "tip and the gipper" when . >>> some of this week's images to remember. >> yeah, that last image, the opening of the fred w. smith national library for the study of georg he needed a place for his military, civil, and private papers because they were voluminous and "may be interesting." he finally got his wish. that's all for today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> good monday morning. right now on "first look" shutdown showdown. republicans and democrats digging their heels, all but promising to shut down the government. >>> more questions than answers surrounding this fiery plane crash in santa monica. >>> israel's benjamin netanyahu meets with president obama. >>> a daredevil succeeds by the skin of his teeth. "breaking bad" wows the faithful. ask tina fey's hot, hot, hot on this pond's premiere "snl." good morning. nice to see you. on this final day of september, the time before

chris matthews, thank you very much. again, the book is "tip and the gipper" when . >>> some of this week's images to remember. >> yeah, that last image, the opening of the fred w. smith national library for the study of georg hee needed a place for his military, civil, and private papers because they were voluminous and "may be interesting." he finally got his wish. that's all for today. we'l

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later, "hardball"'s chris matthews. he wrote a book. that kennedy book just keeps selling. >> really? >> oh, my god! >> his new book. >> that will sell, too. chris is like the geico guy with all the money on the boat just flopping in the breeze. coming up next, the kentucky senate race gets nasty. mitch mcconnell's challenger is getting big outside money. that's the story that will be topping the politico playbook. so many fascinating races. also in texas john cornin looking over his shoulder at ted cruz. >> lindsey graham, too. >> he has a challenger. goodness, gracious. i thought we were supposed to fight the democrats. first, dylan drier has a check on the forecast. what's it look like today? >> absolutely perfect across most of the country. we lost the humidity, gained sunshine. temperatured cooled off. it will be a nice wednesday. right now it's almost fall-like in the northeast where temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. we lost the humidity. when you have dewpoints in the 50s it's nice and dry, crisp air. it will only get drier in

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. >> we were just talking about chris matthews on msnbc who no longer has the thrill up his leg when it comes to barack obama and the subject of syria. >> he's saying everybody, democrats who might not even believe in us going into syria have to stand behind the president. that's not going to be very easy for them to do. >> we have a sound bite of chris matthews and then we will talk after. >> i think the democrats will be forced to sacrifice men and women who really really don't want to vote for this and they have to vote for it to save the president's hide. that's a very bad position to put your party. >> it's interesting, howard, to compare it to the wrap-up to iraq and how the different tone of media commentators like chris mast news, interesting to hear them try to make sense of what the president's thinking right now. >> matthews, who opposes the intervention in syria also opposed the iraq war. that iraq coverage or systems failure by the media hangs like a dark shadow over all of us. >> it made everybody all anal t analysts very skittish about supporting or advocating support

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. this is a strange time for america. we have a significant number of citizens who hate the elected president of this country.

i'm chris matthews in new york. let me start tonight with this. there's a time to parly and a time to wait, hold your ground and wait for the other side to wilt. and it's my prediction he would get nothing,

chris matthews, msnbc, jon huntsman. cruz is the main attraction here. we'll be talking about this break through on their nuclear program, deeper understanding of that. >> "meet the press" in about 14 minutes. >> thank you. >>> let's get a temperature check with chuck. >> on the weather. yes, chuck. how are things looking? >> nice mild start to your sunday, no question. fine day to be outside today. there is the view from our city camera this morning. on our way up, into the 50s. one of our favorite coast guard helicopters doing hard work out there for you this morning. good day for flying, no question. that's not necessarily the case everywhere. you can start to see, much like yesterday, very similar setup in the atmosphere. we started out with full sunshine and then we saw the clouds building. that's exactly what's happening this morning. already some low strato cumulus clouds bubbling up. these clouds toin increase in coverage area as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. we won't have as thick of a cloud deck today as we had to contend wi

increase matthews, i was there somebody where chris matthews said would you please tell they're behaving like children. i have done my duty, so the question for all of you, chris, i start with you, who gets the blame? >> i was watching your discussion, and you made points about how obama care, affordable care, as passed by the senate, and then the president got reelected on that very issue. i watched that discussion, senator cruz talks as if there should be a final test that you have to get through before the law goes into effect. in other words, the final vote, whether it is on the debt ceiling or the shutdown of the government, a final look at the law saying should we really let that go into effect before it is set to go into effect. that is not really the form of government. youutlined the form of government. the test by which we submit any new legislation, and the president signs it, is the law, and upholding the law is a good question, should we uphold the law? i think he goes past his issue, which is the substance, the policy, which will be debated for years. the question is should

chris matthews. thank you. >> so, chris, you've got a great book coming out. >> i'm so excited. i'm halfway through it. obviously it's about tip o'neil and ronald reagan. the quote i love in there, you know, a lot of people try to make them out to be best buddies. you don't. >> no. >> i love the quote of tip o'neil's son who said, who you quoted in the book saying, the only thing they hated more than each other's politics was inaction in washington. not getting be i. >> he accepted a deal we all learned as kids, when you play tag, you are it. the basic rules, you don't let the government not make its debts, you don't miss budget deadlines, there was an assumption. they didn't agree on hardly anything. >> that is certainly at times. i think the best line was jack lew. he sat next to you working with the speaker. he said, i thought it was the most partisan time in history until i looked back, now i realize they did play by certain rules. >> they also could be civil to each other. >> they could actually enjoy each other's companies. they did occur. i don't want to overschmaltz it.

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. politics makes strange bedfellows and tonight america is in bed with vladimir putin. is this going to work? can we count on this guy to help news syria? is this in oish's interest to end the use of chemical weapons? do our two countries have -- isn't it obvious after what chechen nationalism did to us in the boston marathon, is it this that the americans and russia see a common enemy like in world war ii. could obama's failure to attack on syria get us to fight alongside each other. can this be the point in history we need? big question coming up in the show. first a political fight here at home. president obama's base support remains strong. the latest journal poll shows 78% of democrats, four out of five approve of the job he's doing right now as opposed to 16% who disapprove. that's stronger than the 45% approval nationally. 50% disapproval that president obama gets. the democrats are holding strong. congressman gregory meeks, a democrat from new york and clarence pace, a columnist

i'm chris matthews up in boston. washington goes to war this. weekend the nation's capitol becomes ground zero in the fight over the country's future. will the congress agree to keep working beyond monday night? unless the democrats and the republicans -- the historic achievement him and his party this. friday evening, the chances of a peaceful outcome on this front appears weak, not even remotely foreseeable. the reason is that republican members of congress are not responding to the national election of last fall but to the election of their own districts. a strong majority of the districts voted against barack obama in november even as the overall population voted for him. this i believe is the cruel arithmetic that divides american politics. while the big cities have given the majority of the mandate the district by district vote in the suburbs and rural areas given the republicans their mandate to vote against obama and the health care act that will join him in the history books. i make one prediction tonight and even this is based on a hyp

matthews yelling and why are you still doing these things? says sometimes the supporters could be harder i knew that and your opponents if obama doesn't need to read again, then why is tpa during to is the right pushing the liberal agenda toyed with the keystone pipeline, and monsanto monsanto, wal-mart schuster in social security instead of eliminating the gap? >> those are all interesting questions. i think people need to understand he has never really been on the far left. but is centrist. as a senator in illinois he was pro cold it had one of the largest clean energy bill by a partnership -- orders of magnitude of history and continue to be in all of the above president when they came to energy. and of the disposition has changed but sometimes there is the perception of the left that the real obama struggles to come out and there is some truth that he means the and warren beatty character suddenly has of mental breakdown and says whatever he believes. [laughter] i think part of obama with like to do that and maybe he will with keystone pi

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. deadbeat. a person who tries to evade paying debts. that's the webster's new world college dictionary definition. the question before the u.s. congress is whether america itself decides to be a deadbeat country. does the united states of america wish to state now on the record it will no longer accept responsibility for paying the military salaries of the service people? will not pay for the fighter planes we buy, the cost of housing and treating disabled veterans. will we let the word go fort that this country will not pay bills to which it is legally bound. is the wealthiest land in the world ready to turn itself into a deadbeat. worse yet, get branded as such on world markets. a republican from indiana, and a pennsylvania democrat. i'd like to hear first of all let's go to republicans in the house led by speaker john boehner. they put on a show after passing a continuing resolution killing obama care in its crib. it's a bill that has zero chance of becoming law and every chance of shutting d

eastern, rachel maddow and chris matthews will anchor special coverage leading up to the president's prime time address to the nation at 9:00 p.m., followed by expert analysis all night by my colleagues, lawrence o'donnell, chris hayes and many others. right now, it's ed schultz and "the ed show." >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. let's get to work. not war. ♪ >>> the russians happen to have a proposal to settle all of this. >> we accept the russian proposal. >> this represents a potentially positive development. >> i'm sure some leader, somewhere, of a country went to this guy right here and said, you know what, he's gonna strike syria. you guys better get involved in this. >> the russians coming to the -- bringing to the table a proposal. the president deserves a great deal of credit for. >> turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community, in the next wee

." ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. let me open tonight with this. you know what it looks like when a team is on its own 1 yard line. you know, just a yard from being tackled in its own end zone. it would be generous to say that's where president obama now stands in his fight to win congressional approval on the attack on syria. telling a grimmer story. 240 are now listed as no or leaning no on the resolution. that is not a good field position for the president. to win the fight next week, the president needs to not only convince the undecideds, but also those heading towards a vote against him. either that or already commits themselves to voting no against them. we will see whether a presidential address next tuesday will change members' positions. we'll see if nancy pelosi can pull together the votes she needs to get the yes vote. i don't expect the president or pelosi can expect much help from the republican rank and file. the problem is this country's divided right now between the usual hawks, many of whom unfortunately hate obama and the doves w

i'm chris matthews. in washington, and let me start tonight with this, politics makes strange bedfellows and tonight america is in bed with vladimir putin. is this going to work? can we count on this guy in syria? do our own two countries have a common interest in fighting the islamists? isn't that obvious what chechen nationalists did to us in the boston marathon. has it come to this, the americans and russians see a common enemy, just as we did in world war ii? could obama be the way to get america and russia fighting alongside each other instead of against each other? could this be the inflection point in history we need? big question, that's coming up in the show. first, the fight here at home, president obama's base support remains strong. a poll shows 78% of democrats, 4 out of 5, approve of the job he's doing right now, that's stronger than the 45% approval nationally, 50% disapproval president obama gets in the full poll, but democrats are holding strong. democrat of new york and columnist for th

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. dead beat. a person who tries to evade paying debts. that's the webster's new world college dictionary definition. the question now before the u.s. congress is whether america itself decides to be a dead beat country. does the united states of america wish to state now on the record it will no longer accept responsibility for paying the military's salaries or the service people? will not pay for the fighter planes we buy? will not pay the cost of housing and treating disabled veterans. will we let the word go forth that this country will not pay its bills, will not make good on the commitments to which it has legally bound itself. is the wealthiest land in the world ready to turn itself into a dead beat? worst yet, get itself branded as much on world markets. luke messer is a republican from indiana and congressman chaka fattah is a democrat. let's start with speaker john boehner. they put on a show after a continuing resolution that would kill obama care in its crib. it's a bill they know has n

i'm chris matthews in new york. let me open tonight with this. you know what it look like when a team is on its own 1 yard line, just a yard from being tackled in its own end zone. it would be generous to say that's where president obama now stands in his fight to win congressional approval of an attack on syria. the latest polling tells a grimmer story. 223 members of the 435 member house of representatives are now listed as either no or leaning no on the resolution. that is not a good field position for the president. to win the fight next week, the president needs to not only convince the undecideds, but also many of those who right now are heading toward a vote against him. either that or have already committed to voting against him. we'll see whether a presidential address next tuesday will change members' positions. we will see whether nancy pelosi can pull together the almost 170 votes she needs on the democratic side to get the yes vote up to the necessary 217 house majority. i don't expect either the president or pelosi can expect much h

sorry but i have chris matthews in d.c. >> hi, mario. >> hey matthews. >> it's chris. >> this is weird. you guys have a history. >> here's the deal. a couple of years ago we were going after the same girl or whatever, he won and he's been bragging about it ever since and great frankly i am over it. >> your abs are powerless against men. >> damn you, matthews, just let it go. >> we've got a show to do. >> hey, it's janet murguia. >> i got this. >> welcome back.back. we are live from the american latino music and arts awards post show. american workers are still feeling the effects of the recession. latinos are facing a disproportionate struggle to get back on their feet. at present, the jobless rate for hispanics sits a at .3%, a full two points above the national average. one in four latinos lives in poverty compared to one in six americans overall. a new report from the afl-cio finds latino workers still earn lower wages than any other ethnic group. on average, hispanic men make $70 less per week than african-americans and nearly $300 less than whites. joining me now is labor secretar

plus, our political roundtable, joining me msnbc's chris matthews, former governor, john huntsman, and democratic strategist, dee dee meyers, is the nuclear disarmament deal now possible? i'm david gregory, for "meet the press," on sunday, september 29th. >> from nbc news in washington, this world's longest running television program, this is "meet the press." >> and good morning, the fast-moving developments, last night the house of representatives voted to delay president obama's health care law as part of an emergency spending, the president promises to veto, the vote brings the country a step closer to a government shutdown, kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: well, good morning, david you might expect there was action since the government was threatening to shut down tomorrow. but that is not happening, congress is on pause, after working until the wee hours they paid their message clear, but the senate tells me they are rejecting that flatly. that comes tomorrow. so today, when the country is waiting for an answer, congress is on hold. here is where we stand, this is what the

obviously, that's not going to happen. >> so it's this frenzy chris matthews is talking about. it's a frenzy, it's not -- >> well, right. what i have not understood, it's sort of like, okay, what if you get what you want? the reason this felt simply just an attempt to build a fundraising list and build a friend and all that stuff is they don't have this, okay, they don't talk about the replaced portion of it. i have to say, when you actually look at this. i know, you talk to the republicans, they say they don't like this law, they don't like this law. okay. let's say you get your wish and repeal it. you are not going to see another attempt to work with in this system of the insurance companies and within the system of basically employer-based health care. the only other thing that's going to happen is medicare for all or medicare for most. you know, ultimately, which you sit here and you are like, okay, if you are not going to try to make this work, which is within the system, within a semi private semi public sort of partnership, if you don't believe something like this can wo

"andrea mitchell reports" is next with special guest host chris matthews. chris, it is always good to see you at any hour of the day. what's on the docket today? >> we'll talk about the latest developments, the investigations regarding the shooter aaron alexis down at the navy yard in washington and what that was all about. he a website he called mohammed salam. that certainly is food for thought. we'll find out what that was about, his leanings were, whatever, politics, religion, what's going on there. of course we've got the shutdown. looks to me, alex, you know this as well as i do. this is for real. not just the united states government is going to shut down but shutting down american and world economies in the next couple of weeks. this is big time. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪ when you think about it, isn't that what ret

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. dead beat. a person who tries to evade paying debts. that's the webster's new world college dictionary definition. the question now before the u.s. congress is whether america itself decides to be a dead beat country. does the united states of america wish to state now on the record it will no longer accept responsibility for paying the military's salaries or the service people? will not pay for the fighter planes we buy? will not pay the cost of hng

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. mr. president, you've got mail. the american people do not want our country to attack syria. the russians may be able to achieve the goal of getting syria to give uppity chemical weapons. in any case the american people do not support a war by us. this leaves two options. either vladimir putin sees it's in syria's interest or the u.s. goes it alone. hoping that the american people will give permission. both those routes are precarious, and i vastly prefer the first idea, we should go with russia. joining me right now is elijah cummings. mr. cummings, do you think there's any way in the world that the president of the united states having been rebuffed by both houses of congress would go it alone? >> i think it's possible. i would not recommend it. i mean, if it had come to a vote, chris, and if we had voted it down, i definitely would not have recommended it. but, you know, in a way, chris, i think it's good for him to have that question mark out there. particularly when we're trying to negotiate this russian/syria