for now, chris matthews is next and "hardball." >>> 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.

people like chris matthew want to pin the blame on something like this on right wing extremists. folks that hide out in the president's for the second or third coming. the great reluctance of media, they want to withhold judgment on muslims. they want to withhold judgment on muslim terrorists. they don't want to make the connection. they play along this together. >> there was reluctance to even call it terrorism do you have wait for the government to call it terrorism? >> you have to wait for president obama to use islamic terrorism in the same sentence. the media don't want to make the administration look back. this is their are a chill ease he will. we have political correctness going back to the previous administration. the media are part of it. >> jon: it had banana long, long time since 9/11 attack. do you think the media sort of dropped the ball of encouraging public awareness, if you see something, say something? >> i think it's part of what jim was talking about which is playing into president obama's narrative of the middle east. we don't have to worry. problem solved. w

>>> joining me now is my colleague chris matthews, host of "hardball" on msnbc. chris, thank you for staying here tonight. >> yeah. well, it was worth it. and you know, this is the first time -- you and i know how cool this president is. he wasn't cool tonight. it was almost like mr. stewart goes to washington. he was standing up there and coming out with his hard and he was really talking to people there and the only question is, does mitch mcconnell care what the hell he says? he makes it 14 who say no vote. there will be no vote on background checks, nothing, in. nada will come out of what happened in newtown. >> zero. >> and this stonewalling by -- against a 90% belief makes you wonder how the constitution holds sometimes. how can you hold a system together that's based on straight arming 90% of the court

chris matthews. they're not going to speak out. they're getting their peiyans to do it because these east too big. his identity is too big in black america. >> sean: you think a the congressional black caucus is afraid to? >> they don't know what to do. exactly. cuba gooding played his part in the movie. we're talking hollywood. his story goes beyond anything that they can control. now that we have social media, they can't stop these voices coming out of the black community. >> sean: a.j.? >> what's interesting is you have what -- the reason i mention chris matthews is we've heard for the past five years is all criticism of observe soak is racially motivated, arably based. that's what we heard for five years. yet, for dr. carson, where is that raised when this man is criticized? then it's not about skin color. no, we just don't like what he's saying. >> but we have to watch out for the double standard. >> sean: you can't even say the word chicago or urban. >> that's racism. and we don't need him to b

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.

is the first, chris matthews i know you've been to all the libraries, you've written so many histories of these presidents. this is the first interactive, fully interactive library. >> and i think, i think it in all fairness, it's a product of both the bushes, both laura bush and her husband. i think it's a teaching library. a library science project, if you will. that was her major in college here at smu. i think it's a great idea for a guy to open the books and say, how would you have done it? how would you have handled t.a.r.p.? would have played the rand paul, laissez faire free market approach, would you have let the houses die in or do what i did, try to hold them up and save the country. i think iraq is a good question. none of these are simple and to open it up as a history lesson is i think a great service to the students and adults who come here. >> well, it's -- >> andrea, if i could just add quickly, just to pick up on that. the presidency is hard. politics is rough, politics is not easy, it's rough. it's how the various presidents jockey. without bush you don't have presid

people like chris matthew want to pin the blame on something like this on right wing extremists. folks that hide out in the president's for the second or third coming. the great reluctance of media, they want to withhold judgment on muslims. they want to withhold judgment on muslim terrorists. they don't want to make the connection. they play along this together. >> there was reluctance to even call it terrorism do you have wait for the government to call it terrorism? >> you have to wait for president obama to use islamic terrorism in the same sentence. the media don't want to make the administration look back. this is their are a chill ease he will. we have political correctness going back to the previous administration. the media are part of it. >> jon: it had banana long, long time since 9/11 attack. do you think the media sort of dropped the ball of encouraging public awareness, if you see something, say something? >> i think it's part of what jim was talking about which is playing into president obama's narrative of the middle east. we don't have to worry. problem solved. w

you just have from chris matthews. chris, chris, just -- >> how about putin being sentiment sentimental? >> chris, just going back to the event that you just witnessed. everybody talks about george bush being a decent man, a good man. do you think that his problem was, frankly, the company he kept? is that what corrupted his character? i'm thinking specifically of people like john bolten, karl rove, dick cheney? >> yeah, i've said that. i've avoided saying it today, but i've said it enough that people know what i think. i think he fell into bad company. what i think george bush's problem was, having gone to school and put down people like bob shrum who read books and thinking they're all a bunch of intellectuals and basically mocking that kind of a life where you really are a life of ideas. then he got into the white house and all of a sudden fell in love with people with ideas. these neoconservatives. all their ideas of strauss and all that stuff and that whatever it is, some form of -- whatever the tradition those ne

i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. and with us, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay and the cook political report's amy walter and nbc's own peter alexander. first up, why on earth, four months after newtown, do things look so dismal for even modest gun controls? members of congress from america's old frontier, the rural areas, especially in the south and west, look ready to block even a vote on universal background checks. and our frontier days of course, guns in the right hands kept the peace among chers and farmers. settlers and scoundrels. that particular american relationship with the gun was romanticized. when we were growing up of course in our westerns. guns were the final judge of good and evil. here's gary cooper in "high noon." >> i'll come out. let her go. >> as soon as you walk through that door. come on. i'll hold my father. - my fire. [gunshots] chris: and television of course gunsmoke. the hero marshall dillon. >> you put that gun on and come back out on the street. one minute and i'm coming back in after you, armed or unarmed, i'm

hii'm chris matthew welcome to the show. today "the washington post's" bob woodward and "the new york times"'s and cnn's gloria borger and "time" magazine's michael duffy. first up, so much of our politics and supreme court rulings were shaped by the george w. bush presidency. the president talked about how he saw it in his dedication. >> future generations come to the library setting this administration, they will find out we stayed true to our convictions. when our freedom came under attack, we made the tough decisions required to keep the american people safe. chris: today a special extended look at the force that's propel bush, personally and politically, with foreign corespondents who covered bush. two of whom wrote books about him. we will do this with a series of questions today. first, bob and everyone, was george w. bush a better president then most thought he would be when he came in after he lost the popular vote to al gore and took office for the u.s. supreme court settled the florida recount, bob? >> first of al

. >> are you going to be able to say hi to chris matthews and some of the more liberal people sf. >> i'll say hi to them all right. i'll art say a few more words than just hello to chris matthews. >> i was shocked, actually, you know, i wasn't really star struck on the red carpet. but when i saw sarah palin at the msnbc party, i was like, what is she doing here? but she seemed to be having a really good time. i don't get the tweet. one of my favorite interviews this weekend was my chat with the daily show's john oliver. i asked him what it was like to work for their boss jon stewart. >> does he call you up afterwards and and say, come on, you're better than that. >> come on, kid, get your head in the game. he's a very nice guy. but no, i wish we had a little "friday night lights" in it. >> can't lose! >> if you had it -- had the opportunity every night to do a signoff, what would it be? >> which you may have soon. >> i'd just say good-bye, that's it. it doesn't have the romance of poetry of good night, good luck, it would be just good night, that's it. i've finished talking. >> he's

i'm chris matthews and welcome to the show. us today, david ignatius post,"he washington kelly o'donnell with nbc news, nia-malika henderson with "the washington post" and mark mazzetti with "the new york times." it with ours had long winter of washington gridlock so you're seeing checks andls on gun immigration and even if they only last as long as the cherry gunsoms, the bargains on checks and immigration are a boom to the president's hopes legacy.cond term the biggest move this week was toma's gamble, offering cuts social security, the most district bid from either side for a bargain that would create and boost the middle class, a huge achievement. hisade it clear this is second-term priority. here he is after winning in november. i don't presume that because i won an election that everybody suddenly agrees with me on everything. i've got one mandate. i've got a mandate to help class families and families working hard to get into middle class. chris: he did it this week. been watching the ping pong game but he says i'm going

the chris matthews show is next. have a great night and a great week. >> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what this country can do for you. >> the time for change has come. chris: no easter bunnies. the astonishingly new attitude on same sex marriage. we used to say don't trust anyone over 30. so what happens when the under 30's get to run the show? too big for his britches. mike bloomberg says we can't buy a soda bigger than 16 ounces, an't sell a pack of sec -- cigarettes. does it matter as long as he's right? if hillary clinton runs as leader of full jerned equality? what will be the republican meme? what could her rival mount in response? i'm chris matthews and welcome to this show. with us the huffington post howard fineman. kelly o'donnell. first up, remember we were young and many of us were out on the streets and many of us said, don't trust anyone over 30? until this week when we witnessed the support for gay marriage we may not have seen the power of the 20-something. we know they voted for oba

chris matthews okay -- >> oh, geez. >> chris matthews hardball he is just losing it. he had andrea mitchell on yesterday. and she is talking about the big voices of america -- i think that's the title -- close to that -- the event that former secretary of state hillary clinton hosted a couple of days ago, vice president joe biden spoke. and andrea mitchell pointing out he was received as a real hero there. chris matthews why is this a problem in america? >> joe biden has real credit with these women, and he walked into her home court -- >> is that [ inaudible ] the idea of wife beater? is that something that women really worry about in >> yes, the violence against women act -- >> in the home? in the home? >> yes, the domestic violence act -- >> bill: what women really worry about this stuff? in their own house? what planet does he live on right? >> he certainly doesn't live in reality. >> bill: the stories of this are terrifying, and you read them all the time. yes, even today, chris matthews. >> remember, we had this whole talk about the violence against women act. >

the chris matthews show is next. good night and have a great week. easier than actually going to the bank. 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. >> i can hear you. >> the time for change has come. chris: guns winning the battle over people? a hell of a lot more guns in the u.s. than voting citizens and sales of guns, especially the foost shooting kind have exploded since the horror at newtown. why is the reaction to tragedy to arm up even more? broken watch. remember the biological clock that nudged women to think about having children by a time certain? are some professionals now saying push your career, risk putting off marriage and children? but wait a second. who are these people giving all this free advice? and finally, big apple time. madmen is coming back and after 40 years so is the tonight show. we're heading back to new york for batman's gotham to superman's metropolis. new york, new york. the town is so nice they

i'm chris matthews and welcome to the show. us today, david ignatius post,"he washington kelly o'donnell with nbc news, nia-malika henderson with "the washington post" and mark mazzetti with "the new york times." it with ours had long winter of washington gridlock so you're seeing checks andls on gun immigration and even if they only last as long as the cherry gunsoms, the bargains on checks and immigration are a boom to the president's hopes legacy.cond term the biggest move this week was toma's gamble, offering cuts social security, the most district bid from either side for a bargain that would create and boost the middle class, a huge achievement. hisade it clear this is second-term priority. here he is after winning in november. i don't presume that because i won an election that everybody suddenly agrees with me on everything. i've got one mandate. i've got a mandate to help class families and families working hard to get into middle class. chris: he did it this week. been watching the ping pong game but he says i'm going

chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> 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, lelt'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, krystol. 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 ignacious. you came back

chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chucd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information. there's no joke here, i'm just letting the people at cnn know that you can do that. this is a learning experience. hello to fox news star bill o'reilly. bill has become quite the author. two recent best-sellers, "killing kennedy" and "killing lincoln," and also the natural peaceful deathf december what were you thinking? the truth is bill o'reilly -- and this is true, is now working on his next book due out this fall. this time it's about the killing of jesus. it will be the first time in history jesus ooze death is blamed on obama-care. two quick shoutouts to pubs and npr. yes, pbs. they love to party. if you get lucky tonight, be safe, wear a tote bag. it works. you've got to love npr. still theumber one source for news delivered as if there's a toddle

chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. [laughter] during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information. there is no joke here. i'm just letting the people at cnn know that you can do that. [laughter] this is a learning experience. fox news star bill o'reilly, he has become quite the author. two recent bestsellers, " killing kennedy" and "killing lincoln." bill o'reilly is now working on his next book, due out this fall, this time about the killing of jesus. it will be the first time in history that his death is blamed on obamacare. [laughter] two quick shout outs to pbs and npr. pbs -- yes! [applause] those people love to party. be safe, wear a tote bag. it works. you have got to love npr. still the number one source for news delivered as if there is a toddler sleeping in the next room. [laughter] shh! nbc news is in the house. they have had a rough go

is this the make or break week, chris matthews? >> yes, it is, because of this thing with the president that causes political stunts. here's the stunt for people not interested. why would a republican senator and quiet republican congressperson, why would they not want to vote? here's why. because they could vote against all kinds of these things and the one thing they can't vote against, if it comes to a vote, is a background check. there's no way a sane person, once it comes to that question, do you want to make sure nuts and criminals and people under restraining orders don't get a gun? how can they say, yes, let's make sure they get a gun? you can't make that case. so you filibuster and make sure that question never goes to the floor. by the way, if mcconnell is able to do that and keep this from coming to a vote, as e.j. says, he protects all of the republicans from around this kous country because they don't ever have to vote. the game, it's a political stunt. it's not just a filibuster. it's a stunt. using the filibuster to

i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start with this. the hawks sing from the same song sheet.

chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. [laughter] during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on on fire side -- unverified information. there is no joke here. i'm just letting the people at cnn know that you can do that. [laughter] this is a learning experience. fox news star bill o'reilly, he has become quite the author. two recent bestsellers, " killing kennedy" and "killing he also wrote another book that is not as popular, "the natural peaceful death of taft bill o'reilly is now working on his next book, due out this fall, this time about the killing of jesus. it will be the first time in history that his death is blamed on obamacare. [laughter] two quick shout outs to pbs and npr. pbs -- yes! [applause] those people love to party. be safe, wear a tote bag. it works. you have got to love npr. still the number one source for news delivered as if there is a toddler

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. >>> 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

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. >>> 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.

don't miss the coverage of the dedication ceremony hosted by chris matthews in dallas. it's at 11:00 eastern time on msnbc. >>> football fans have something to cheer about. new york's radio city music hall is where the top prospects have gathered above the famed marquee. security will be tighter than usual in light of the boston marathon bombings. football players will pause to honor the bombing victims by a moment of silence. >>> the most popular selling video game. sanders got 58% of the vote to be on the cover of madden 25. >>> a broken water pipe may be to blame for this. that's a bunny rabbit on the racetrack. that's cute. moving on to the landslide story. a broken water pipe may be responsible for what we are about to show you. it stretched 15 feet under the home. the home is deemed unsafe. the owners can't return until engineers decide what to do next. you are watching "first look" on msnbc. if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled cop

chris matthews, can't do a segment without him. he says he has no problem with the issue of nbc taking sides here. >> i think msnbc, you and i, have been keeping up the fight for gun safety for the two or three months of this fight for newtown, not just a few times, but consistently every night. absolute consistent fighting on this network to push for this kind action. i don't think there's any problem with taking sides here. >> sean: who needs jay carney when you've got chris matthews? >> exactly right. exactly. on another segment, he actually gave the phone number out for members of congress and told people to call their congressmen. there comes a point, isn't this corporate lobbying by the comcast corporation? it's not just to advocate gun control. he's pushing a certain piece of legislation and using a national network to push national legislation. to me is corporate lobbying. >> sean: this is like state-run media. let me give you an example of what i mean by that. listen to joe biden's comments. we do have a second amendment t

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

the chris matthews show coming up next. >> good night. >> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you -- >> tear down this wall. >> i can tell you the time for change has come! chris: shorthand what we know of him even now is an open question. what's the impact? who was really setting the lead? were those his hands or vice president's cheney's? were the moves his own or reaction to what his father did or didn't do. father and son, george w. bush's confidence simply from one and what was about his faith that he said got him through so much? he did explain this president's success. finally, today's republicans are

chris matthews can i point something out. i disagree with you on seroda he used that headline to gain attention. cynthia mckinney who says maybe it was an inside job. >> let me tell you something really important. if they had information that this was something who was white wing or white supremist or radical group on the right we would have heard this by the liberal media already because they can't wait to put that stuff out laughner, tea party, republicans. >> represents the whole left. >> actually could have done 25. >> how about one? give me one. i will do this again. give me one example of a right winger blaming the boston -- >> -- you could argue. well, the -- i go back to laura ingraham said the fate about blaming the immigration bill is the same as blaming obama and those support. >> that's completely different, bob. >> no it's not. >> yes, it is. >> probably if i went through the internet, laura, i can probably find many of them. >> you have members of the media blaming conservatives for the tax day, patriots day, wi

the chris matthews show is next. >> good night, everyone. >> good 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: again, boston's american tragedies is our latest national nightmare but it comes out almost out of nowhere. we know we have enemy who is hate us. but we don't understand what it's all about. carry on -- an event nearly impossible to secure forces changes to the american life. will monuments become so restricted that the enemies stpwhin and watergate revolution. it's 40 years since bob woodward were following the money on a story that drove nixon from office. will the same thing happen today? with us today from "the washington post," bob woodward, cbs' lesley stahl, gloria borger from cnn and michael duffy from time magazine. for nearly 12 years americans have had a full awareness that enemies are dedicated to hitting us. we dedicate ourselves to carrying on to stiffening our resolve as the president said thursday. >> we may be momentarily knocked off our f

chris matthews is next. >>> 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. 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

chris matthews, you first more than anything is a political junkie and history junkie. moments like this, five presidents together. >> yeah. i was thinking of a great joke, and i guess it would be a barroom joke. who are the only four presidents in the united states not buried in the states, not buried here? >> right. >> these guys. >> right. >> so i think it is great to have them together. i think there is sort of a club, as has been written about by our friends. i think that they will be nice to each other and supportive, and it's sort of -- it's sort of a gentleman's agreement that they be positive about each other. something indecent about a president dumping on another president. very tricky histories like harry truman had no love for ike, for example. >> herbert hoover for very bitter for years. >> my favorite line is ronald reagan having beaten jimmy carter, and they are riding along in the car coming up to the capitol, and -- and reagan was trying to break the ice, so he's talking about his hollywood days which he always did, you know. it's all over, and afterwa

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, 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's written in english with instructions on how to build a bomb used last week. tsarnaev told authorities the motive for their attack has to do with their religious fervor, he and his brother, and anger over the united states' wars in afghanistan and iraq. meanwhile told we're seeing new images from that dramatic shooting in watertown at 1:00 a.m. friday morning. they come from an eyewitne

i'm chris matthews, in dallas on campus of smu, southern methodist university. moments ago, we heard the former president himself, as well as his father, george herbert walker bush, former presidents clinton and carter and president obama. president george w. bush said he made the decisions he did to make country safe, the moments that defined his presidency, 9/11 and katrina. the word he said mother than any other was freedom. repeating that over and over. the one word he did not utter was iraq. never heard it today. the president getting emotional as he wrapped up his speech. joining me here in dallas is david gregory, moderator of nbc's "meet the press." chuck todd, nbc's political director and host of msnbc's "the daily rundown." politico's jonathan martin. wane slater, senior political writer for "dallas morning news." and the author. book "bush's brain." and joining us is michael reagan and michael beschloss, you will hear from all of them now. david, this was quite a day. i didn't expect it would go so well, but i think it has. >> i think it has gone well

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 it. 92% of the country wants background checks. that means 92 sena

i'm chris jansing. chris matthews picks up our coverage after the break. we'll have full coverage of the dedication of the bush presidential library. coverage after the break. [ male announcer ] you know that guy who sells those remote control helicopters at the mall. coverage after the break. buy'em or don't. whatever man. either way, he gets to fly helicopters all day. i'm talking da vinci style flying machines! he's dating kayla, the lotion girl. able bodied athleticism. here's his buddy marco, who's got the hot water for his velveeta shells & cheese. achieve your dreams. liquid gold. eat like that guy you know. hello, everybody of i'm chris mat thousand, and we're live in dallas, it'sias, for msnbc's special coverage of the george w. bush presidential center dedication. here's a live look actually at the center itself located at southern methodist university, a great university. president obama and former presidents jimmy carter, george herbert walker bush, bill clinton, they are all attending and are expected to speak at today's ceremony. there t will

chris matthews picks things up right now. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews with the latest developments in the manhunt for the boston bombing suspect. 24 hours ago, the fbi released video and photos of the two suspects as i'm speaking, authorities are carrying out a massive manhunt for one of those suspects. 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev. he was born in the former soviet republic of kyrgyzstan. his family is chechnyan. he became an american citizen last year on 9/11. authorities are searching house to house in the boston suburb of watertown where he's believed to be holed up. older brother, suspect number one was killed last night in a shootout with police. nbc news reports that at that shootout, 200 rounds were exchanged. and before that happened, he and his brother killed a security officer at m.i.t. held a man captive after carjacking him. and severely wounded another police officer. the older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, was 26. nbc news learned he spent six months last year outside of the countr

chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> has gun safety lost? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. as 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 him. 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 brin

i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. remember what you, i mean you, personally, thought when you heard all those first graders had been shot up there in connecticut? first if you're like me, you thought of the little kids and the fear, terror, the horror of those nightmare seconds. the last those kids would ever know. second, you thought of the ferocious firing of bullets. all these bullets flying from one person's hand. all that death coming in that hard barrage. what kind of gun did this guy have? 27 people, 20 little kids, blown to kingdom come in a moment of hideous mass murder. this evening the president is up in connecticut trying manfully to resurrect that first human parental reaction of ours, caring for those lost, the caring that this kind of mass killing weapon should not be in the hands of a nut, a murderer on a rampage, someone who wanted this very weapon so he could kill like he was in some house of horrors shooting gallery. this soul dedicated to the nightmare. the question, perhaps, the last question abou