chris matthews. you don't have to be irish catholic to get this book but if you are you are going to love it. hi. i'm the one clocking in when you're clocking out. sensing and automatically adjusting to your every move. does your bed do that? i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. >>> welcome back to this christmas eve eve edition of hugh hewitt. monday through friday you hear me salem radio network 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. eastern. saturday mornings i'm here on msnbc. i began the show talking vertically by taking a look at the life of robert kennedy with chris matthews, a life tragically cut short in 1968. now i want to look horizontally at 1968, the entire awful year with lawrence o'donnell, each night at 10:00 p.m. on the last word with lawrence o'donnell. lawrence has written an absolutely riveting account of the most tumultuous year of my life, 1968 with the transformation of american politics. it began of course in 1967 and continues into 1968. 2001 will be for mos

you're on with chris matthews. make your comment or ask your question. >> caller: chris, long, long-time fan. you've been doing a great, great job. i was just thinking about your words about when politics works. have you think about telling people a, this is the road map to what we could get to with this whole situation that is going on right now? i'm sorry, i'm not plugging in your -- >> no, i know what you mean. i always write my books in the end when i get to actually writing g them, i research for e facts. but when it comes to crafting the book, i mean i know what i'm doing. i basically am talking about what we lack today, it is not just trump. what we lack in terms of empathy for people in trouble with this country, where a leader actually seems to care. a leader in either party who actually wants to unite people. it is easy to play one side or the other with racial fight, class fight, pick a side. dump on the other side. say how great your side is. make the fight worse, more ferocious. the third thing i think

what do people understand that chris matthews does not? >> they understand that president trump was a president coming in whose aim was to increase the wealth of the middle class and the poor of this country. i remember when this president ran, i remember him saying that he wants everyone in america to be as rich as him. that's a lofty goal, but this president, every step of the way, so far, has kept every promise, and when you look at the application of the bill that's passed today, it will mostly benefit the very people that chris matthews says it will ignore. a year from now, the chicken little theorists are going to look a little crazy. liz: i like to see chris matthews 401(k), also stephanie rule's 401(k), and larry summer's 401(k). every government pension will float higher because they're in the stock market. that upper bracket includes small businesses, you pointed out, that could become the next apple or amazon. you said this too, steve jobs, jeff bezos, oprah winfrey, larry ellison they all started out poor? >> started poor and c

and chris matthews, among our and chris matthews, among our guests this evening as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday night. >> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 320 of the trump administration. a day in which the administration wrestled with what seems to be a new turn in the mueller investigation. multiple news organizations by that we mean bloomberg, the financial times, reuters, "wall street journal" report that the special council has suspected deutsche bank for information about donald trump's financial dealings. the bank is trump's biggest lender, traditionally have supplied over $300 million for a number of real estate ventures over the years. over the past two decades, in fact, the bank has played a major role in the president's businesses and has been one of the only big financial institutions willing to deal with donald trump at times. today, white house lawyer jay sekulow denied the reports and while oddly worded, here is what he said. quote, we have confirmed that the news reports that the special counsel had subpoenae

chris matthews, thanks. the book is "bobby kennedy, a raging spirit ". >>> coming up another break for us the president's full-throatsed endorse meant of roy moore creating awkward questions for the white house and the rest of the grand ol' party. that's when we continue. you know what, i'm not buying this. you gotta come a little harder dawg. you gotta figure it out. eh, i don't know. shaky on the walk, carriage was off. randy jackson judging a dog show. i don't know dawg. surprising. what's not surprising? how much money lisa saved by switching to geico. wow! performance of the night. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. ♪ cleaning floors with a mop and bucket is a hassle, meaning you probably don't clean as often as you'd like. for a quick and convenient clean, try swiffer wetjet. there's no heavy bucket, or mop to wring out, because the absorb and lock technology traps dirt and liquid inside the pad. it's safe to use on all finished surfaces tile, laminate and hardwood. and it preven

we're learning more about allegations against m-s-n-b-c host chris matthews. network confirms that in 1999, a staffer complained matthews sexually harassed her. the spokesman says matthews made inappropriate comments about the staffer in front of others. she received a payment, and left her job. at the time, matthews received a formal reprimand. carolina panthers owner jerry richardson says he's selling the team. this comes as an investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct against him heats up. one person already putting in a bid is diddy. the music mogul went on social media to make his plea -- promising if he becomes the owner- he'll sign colin kaepernick, have the best halftime shows, and win multiple super bowls. n-b-a star and panthers fan steph curry tweeted that he wants to join diddy's deal. some activists plan to rally this morning outside the centers for disease control's d.c. office. they say they want to show their scientists who are being censored. a washington post article friday said the trump administration recently banned seven word

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews who's on vacation. the president's lawyers are responding to the washington post report that the president may ultimately turn on his former national security adviser, michael flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi earlier this month. as the most senior former trump adviser who's known to be cooperating with investigators, flynn could potentially help prosecutors land an even bigger fish in their ongoing probe and that could possibly pose a significant threat to the president himself. now as the post revealed yesterday, if flynn does ultimately implicate the president or others around him, the president's legal team is apparently set to portray one of trump's former closest advisers as a liar who's out to save his own neck, referring to flynn's admitted crime. one person who helped craft this strategy, he said himself, he's a lawyer. today the president's lawyers are pushing back though. in a statement to msnbc news, john dowd said this is complete nonsense and more fake news. this has disturbed

chris matthews, you woke up to some big news. what do you think? >> i think this is the progression we all saw coming, which has come, a day of judgment for the president, because the fact that the general has taken this decision, that he's willing to take one count for not giving a factual statement to the fbi is probably the minimal charge they could have made against him which would suggest a deal and that he's going to get off lightly. his son will probably get off lightly in exchange for testimony which is helpful to the prosecution of mueller, by mueller. i think this is what we're watching take place, we're working our way up the flag pole to the top. >> so i want you to dig into that a little bit more. because that's what's interesting. you think it sounds like pleading to just one single count means he's giving the government a whole heck of a lot? >> you said it better than i did. i think the whole operation here, the turkish accounts, the foreign agents registration account, all these failures to comply with the law normally would be per

i'm powerless before you chris matthews. almost two years on from that, president trump still does not have much more clarity on that difficult issue and now that he's president, that's about to become a very big headache for his administration in very specific ways. and that's next. ♪ turn up your swagger game with one a day men's. ♪ a complete multivitamin with key nutrients plus b vitamins for heart health. your one a day is showing. >>> you might remember a story we covered in october about a pregnant 17-year-old girl living in shelter run by the federal government in texas. pregnant, wanted an abortion even though she's legally entitled to do that at her own discretion, a trump administration official blocked her from leaving the facility in order to get a legal abortion. eventually the aclu stepped in ato cert that young woman's rights and a federal appeals court judge let that 17-year-old get the abortion she wanted. now, the federal agency, the federal official that's tried to block these young women from obtaini

new details in the moments before the gun went off. >>> chris matthews controversy. nbc paid a woman to -- the story behind the accusation and why it's coming out now. >>> >>> hitting a high note. a local choir breaks on to the billboard charts. the new honor added to the impressive resume. >> 5:31 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist >>> i'm eun yang. we're working for you on this monday morning to help you plan out your day. melissa mollet is monitoring your commute in your first 4 traffic. >> meteorologist chuck bell on the storm team 4 weather deck to explain. >> i have my top coat on. not much of a wind blowing. temperatures in the upper 30s to 40 degrees. by mid-december standards, that's a bargain for sure. there's your current temperatures around the region. 41 now in washington. 37 frederick. 37 up there in falling waters west virginia. it will be a nice day to be outside today. temperatures will eventually climb into the upper 50s today. that's a nice day indeed. remote control is not working very well. sunny skies. 55 your expected high. there you go. what to we

>> we're going with "bobby kennedy." >> chris matthews' book. >> yes. i'm fascinated by the kennedys, a lot of people are, i've read everything about the kennedys. he's my favorite though. bobby's my favorite. he embodies i think the ideal itch of that family. he's the best of what that family offered. this is a very interest mat portrait. >> often when you file like, i've read everything about the ken kennedys. do you learn more? >> you do, you see him from the perspective of the brooding young soul, you really feel like you get to know him intimately. if you like the kennedys this is a great one, chris matthews is a great writer. >> they say i keep them sane every night. this book will raise your spirits. we'll be right back after this. this is a power plant. this is tim barckholtz. that's me! this is something he is researching at exxonmobil: using fuel cells to capture carbon emissions at power plants. this is the potential. reducing co2 emissions by up to 90%... while also producing more power. this could be big. energy lives here. ( ♪ ) ♪ one

chris matthews, thanks. the book is "bobby kennedy, a raging spirit ". >>> coming up another break for us the president's full-throated endorse meant of roy moore creating awkward questions for the white house and the rest of the grand ol' party. that's when we continue. an important message about health care reform. most americans must have health insurance by december 15th... or pay a tax penalty. even if you already have insurance, now's the time to cut through the confusion and explore all your options. you can spend hours searching for coverage on the healthcare exchange or you can make a single call to healthmarkets and let us do the legwork for you, at no cost or obligation. healthmarkets insurance agency searches thousands of health insurance plans, on the exchange and off from more than 120 leading companies... we'll find you the right coverage and guarantee the lowest price for plans we offer. and right now, you may qualify for a zero-dollar premium health plan. due to recent changes, government su

i'm chris matthews in washington with major breaking news. the man who rode to the polls today on horseback ends tonight dismounted and defeated. the next senator from the state of alabama will be a democrat. according to nbc news, doug jones is the apparent winner in the state. in the end, it seems, judge roy moore proved to be a step too far even for alabama. the victory means a

and chris matthews, among our and chris matthews, among our guests this evening as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday night. >> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 320 of the trump administration. a day in which the administration wrestled with what seems to be a new turn in the mueller investigation. multiple news organizations by that we mean bloomberg, the financial times, reuters, "wall street journal" report that the special council has suspected deutsche bank for information about donald trump's financial dealings. the bank is trump's biggest lender, traditionally have supplied over $300 million for a number of real estate ventures over the years.

i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump is down at mar-a-lago for christmas, but before leaving washington today he enjoyed one more victory dance for his tax bill. at a hastily arranged bill signing in the oval office the president touted all the achievements from his first year in office and he complained the media doesn't give him any credit. >> and just to conclude, our country's doing very well. we have tremendously cut regulations. legislative approvals, for which i'm given no credit in the mainstream media, we have i believe it's 88, which is number one in the history of our country. second now is harry truman. a lot of people say he needed this because he has had no legislative approvals. if you look at va accountability act and so many other bills having to do with the va, having to do with the military, having to do with many things, we have more legislative victories than any other president not including this but this is the capper because this is, again, the biggest tax cut, biggest reform of al

let me bring in chris matthews. chris, for ten months now, at least, donald trump has called this investigation into russia a hoax. he has said it is part of the fake news, that it has been made up by the media which he says is against him. what does he say today? we haven't heard from him. >> well, we've heard from him in kind of an echo way. lock him up, lock him up. the crowd out there, it was a small crowd, but progressive crowd on out in front of the court building yelling that at flynn, general flynn. and what they were really doing is rejoicing in the fact that they have been approach rigprov this point in fact almost to the goal line because this is the one witness the president most wanted not to testify. it is why he pushed out comey, why he initially tried to get comey to help him relieve the case against flynn. and then later spent all that time hugging flynn hoping he wouldn't testify against him. clearly he is the scene of the crime. he is the guy that talked to the russians and lied about doing so. an

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome me in -- join me in welcoming chris matthews. [applause] >> thank you. what an intelligent crowd. i haven't seen this much i.q., i don't know. it is great stuff. well, i just came from seattle. the weather is nicer here and it's great to come back here. it is wild, outdoorsy crowd here. i don't have to wear a coat or anything. i want to h talk about my book. we have until 11:15. i have only 35 minutes. i don't want to give away the book. it isce inexpensively priced. it is actually a beautiful piece of art. there is picture, my producer and i spent so much time peter and i wanted to get artwork for the book i wanted it to be a beautiful book for a beautiful guy. i wanted him with minority kids reaching out nobody like anybody haske done before. he was first white candidate reached into the minority community and really engulfed himself in as much of the culture as he could. the reason i wrote this book, dirt poor, white family along the jersey tracks, in june of '68, dirt poor, the kid has no shirt. we didn't grow up like this, d

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews who's on vacation. the president's lawyers are responding to the washington post report that the president may ultimately turn on his former national security

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matthews, host of hardball. matthews made comments about the staffer that were sophomoric, inappropriate and never meant as propositions. they also said matthews received a formal reprimand.>>> a former president barack obama and britain's prince harry have teamed up for and make interview for bbc radio.>> do i have to speak faster?>> no.>> do i need a british accent?>> just do long pauses. [ laughter ]>> prince harry interviewed mr. obama in toronto in september during the invictus games. the former president shared his memories of the last day he left office and he spoke about his plans to cultivate the next generation of leadership through the obama foundation. this interview will air on bbc radio on december 27.>>> the follow-up continues for president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. mass protests today all over the world.>>> a bay area minimart sends a winning lotto ticket worth tens of millions of dollars. s. >>> hundreds of mourners bid farewell to the late mayor ed lee

i'm chris matthews in washington with major breaking news. the man who rode to the polls today on horseback ends tonight dismounted and defeated. the next senator from the state of alabama will be a democrat. according to nbc news, doug jones is the apparent winner in the state. in the end, it seems, judge roy moore proved to be a step too far even for alabama. the victory means a major shift in one of the reddest of the red states. but the implications will be felt here in washington as well. president trump endorsed moore even as most republicans deemed him toxic. tonight the president tweeted "congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. the write in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win. the people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. it never ends. that's his word. when jones takes his seat the republican grip on the senate will shrink to a ray store thin 51-49 margin. at least one republican senator is openly celebrating tonight. jeff flake o

new misconduct claims surfacing this morning - this time against m-s-n-b-c host chris matthews. we're also learning the company made a payment to his accuser. a spokesperson says this all happened back in 1999 -- after the woman compl "hardball" host sexually harassed her. m-s-n-b-c says the payment was separation-related compensation -- tied to her leaving her job, not a settlement for the claims. the company, also saying matthews was given a formal reprimand as a result. carolina panthers owner jerry richardson says he will sell the team, amid his own sexual misconduct investigation. the announcement comes after a sports illustrated story revealed the panthers settled with at least four former employees regarding inappopriate workplace behavior by richardson. the n-f-l says it's now investigating. and this morning already a lot of interest in the team.. music mogul p-diddy tweeting that he wants to buy the panthers - and promised he'd have the best half time shows. nba star steph curry quickly responded that he wants in too! the wizards at home last night did all they could to

new misconduct claims against msnbc host chris matthews. a spokesman said a woman complained the "hardball" host had sexual woman was tied to her leaving her job, not a settlement for a claim. the company said that matthews was given a formal reprimand as a result. the carolinas panther owner said he will sell the team amid his own sexual misconduct investigation. the announcement after a "sports illustrated" story saying the panthers settled with at least four former employees regarding inappropriate workplace behavior. the nfl is now investigating as well. developing now in d.c., the investigation into a shooting in northeast d.c.. gunshots rang out on 51st street and two people were injured. no word on their conditions, but the police are searching for the person who pulled the trigger. the police are asking for your crack a cold a -- case and get a killer off the street. jefferson wash in southeast just after 10 a.m. the same shooting injured a six-year-old hit by a spray bullet -- stray bullet. if you know anything, the police would li

i'm chris matthews here in washington. all eyes on alabama tonight, however, where polls close in less than an hour at 8:00 p.m. eastern. today the republican senate candidate roy moore was a man on horseback riding to his polling station his horse sassy. deep in the heart of dixie, voters are deciding between republican wroorm and democrat doug jones. exit polls show a very close battle

i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump is down at mar-a-lago for christmas, but before leaving washington today he enjoyed one more victory dance for his tax bill. at a hastily arranged bill signing in the oval office the president touted all the achievements from his first year in office and he complained the media doesn't give him any credit.

." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. minnesota's al franken announced today he is quitting the u.s. senate in light of allegations from eight women that he either groped or forcibly kissed them of the yesterday after the newest allegation came to light, a total of 35 of his democratic colleagues had called on him to resign. franken said some of the allegations were not true. he said he

good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. democrats are celebrating after the stunning results in alabama last night. in a rebuke of president trump and his ally steve bannon, voters in that deeply red state chose a democrat for the first time in a quarter century to send to washington. well, today trump said he endorsed roy moore because he wanted to hold on to the republican senate seat. let's

." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. minnesota's al franken announced today he is quitting the u.s. senate in light of allegations from eight women that he either groped or forcibly kissed them of the yesterday after the newest allegation came to light, a total of 35 of his democratic colleagues had called on him to resign. franken said some of the allegations were not true. he said he remembered others differently than they were being presented. he's the second democratic lawmaker to resign this week. michigan congressman john conyers had been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple former aides. he has denied all the allegations, but stepped down on tuesday. compare this to the republican side of the aisle. more than a dozen women have accused president donald trump of sexual assault or misconduct. in fact the president on a tape was bragging about getting away with assaulting women because he's famous. and roy moore, who could very well be the next senator from alabama faces accusations from multiple women that he pu

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i'm chris matthews here in washington. all eyes on alabama tonight, however, where polls close in less than an hour at 8:00 p.m. eastern. today the republican senate candidate roy moore was a man on horseback riding to his polling station his horse sassy. deep in the heart of dixie, voters are deciding between republican wroorm and democrat doug jones. exit polls show a very close battle between those who think parges of past sexual misconduct against moore are true, and those who don't. 49% say the charges are definitely and probably true, 49%. 45% say the charges are definitely and probably not true, false. another telling result is on the question of president trump's job approval. look at this number, 48%, even steven on trump's job performance, a great leading indicator of what's coming tonight. this after trump began election day by accusing"-=v÷ new york sr being a flunky for chuck schumer, saying she would do anything for them. that was the phrase trump used tonight, that she came into hiso office, met with him, s

i'm chris matthews in washington. there are new signs tonight the special counsel's investigation is closing in on the president. even before trump's former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the fbi, questions loomed about whether the president's effort to protect flynn amounted to obstruction of justice. well, now foreign policy magazine is reporting that the white house counsel don mcgahn sounded the alarm about flynn and relayed his concern to the president before flynn was fired last february. according to three sources familiar with confidential government documents, the white house turned over records this fall to special counsel robert mueller revealing that in the very first days of the trump presidency don mcgahn researched federal law dealing both with lying to federal prosecutors and with violations of the logan act, a centuries-old federal law that prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. the documents revealed that mcgahn was

good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. democrats are celebrating after the stunning results in alabama last night. in a rebuke of president trump and his ally steve bannon, voters in that deeply red state chose a democrat for the first time in a quarter century to send to washington. well, today trump said he endorsed roy moore because he wanted to hold on to the republican senate seat. let's watch. >> a lot of republicans feel differently, they're very happy with the way it turned out, but i would have -- as the leader of the party, i would like to have had the seat. i want to endorse the people that are unaring. >> well, richard shelby, the senior senator from alabama, pointedly refused to endorse moore, saying alabama deserved better. here is senator shell by today. >> people that i spoke, talked to doug jones, oh, 30 or 40 minutes ago. congratulated him. i have known him a long time, and i told him that i look forward to working with him up here for the great interests of the nation and the people of alabama. i think b

and chris matthews, among our guests this evening as "the 11th hour" gets under way or

. >>> chris matthews was accused of inappropriate behavior by a woman working on his show in 1999. the daily caller first reported matthews made inappropriate jokes and comments about a female employee who was an assistant producer. msnbc released a statement saying the matter was investigated at the time and matthews received a formal reprimand. the investigation found the comments were not a proposition. the woman received a payout. the woman did not -- the woman did receive a payout to leave the company. >>> the owner of the carolina panthers decided to sell the team after being accused of sexual misconduct. jerry richardson made sexually suggestive comments to women and directed a racial slur at black employees. they also report four former financial settlements due to his inappropriate comments. the selling process won't begin until the season is over. >>> still going. inside the 10. touchdown! >> there you go. the crowd at fedex field went wild after that touchdown for the redskins as the team was able to eventually beat the arizona cardinals. it wasn't the prettiest game but

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews, who is on vacation. donald trump stayed out of the public eye for the most part today. he did send out a pair of tweets earlier in the day. he labeled the fbi as "tainted" and boasted about essentially repealing the affordable care act. we will have a lot more on both of those stories. but we begin with some stark warnings for the president and for the republican party from some fellow republicans. congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania and senator jeff flake of arizona are both retiring in 2018 and both are on record as outspoken critics of the president. but over the weekend they sounded huge alarm bells about their party's future under the leadership of president trump. >> clearly, you know, republican -- my party, the republican party, is going to experience losses. it remains to be seen whether or not we'll lose the majority. i tell my colleagues, look, we're going to be running into a headwind. you'd better be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. but let's be prepared for the worst becau

msnbc confirmed a staffer left her job after she said she was sexually harassed by chris matthews. they say he made inappropriate comments in poor taste and never meant as a proposition. it also said matthews received a former reprimand. matthews hasn't commented. work place misconduct about to shake up the nfl. the owner of the carolina panthers says he will be selling the team at the end of this nfl season after several allegations of sexual misconduct and charges of racism against the owner jerry richardson. the team started on internal investigation on friday. richardson announced his intentions to sell in a letter on the team website. the 81-year-old was awarded the panthers as an expansion franchise in 1993. the team's first season was in 1995. >>> republicans think they've just scratched the surface of anti-trump bias at the justice department, and now they're doing something about it. details next from washington. >>> wind gusts toppled trees around northern california including a massive 100-year- old tree that nearly fell on the governor's mansion. >>> and in weather the

. >> rachel maddow, chris matthews, my cay ca mica kaczyn. >> very good. we protected his identity because he's worried. >> under trump, this could end up being a modern civil war. >> but there can't be that big a difference between the two camps of survivalists. surely the right wing has a few more years to prep but they're basically on the same side. >> liberals will be the first too die because they are afraid of guns. >> how many guns did you buy. >> i have no guns. >> seriously. >> a baton, 28 and three-quarters inches, it slices and a chops. >> where you preparing for the apocalypse? >> this is absolutely practical. >> you need this. >> that's the stupidest thing i've heard of. you draw that. bang, you're de. >> you're not accounting for the 30 seconds where you're, like, whoa, cool sword. >> bang. >> luckily our liberal prepper was trained. >> i'm not trained with it. >> you're not trained. >> not at all. >> at least-studied kung fu panda. >> if you spin around like a tornado, you can suck your enemies in towards the blade and slice them to bits. >>

. >> oh, that's chris matthews' book. >> chris matthews' new book. i am fascinated by the kennedys. a lot of people are. he's my favorite, though. bobby is my favorite. he embodies the idealism of that family and is just the best of what that family offered. and this is a very intimate portrait. >> so often when you feel like i think i've read everything about the kennedys, do you learn more in that book? >> you do. you see him from >> you do. you see him from the perspective of the brooding young soul. you really feel like you get to know him intimately. so if you like the kennedys, this is a great one. chris matthews is a great writer. >> harlan. >> "the killer of the flowered moon" by david graham which tells a true crime and historical novel. the osage nation in the 1920s were like the kuwaitis of today, super wealthy in oklahoma getting the oil. and someone started to kill them and murder them. and this is a unbelievably well-researched -- it's written like a detective novel. an important book to read. and also very entertaining. >> how do you guys get your recommendations? do

chris matthews began his career working for four democratic members of congress before moving on to media.

. >>> news tonight involving msnbc host chris matthews. a spokesperson for msnbc, part of our nbc universal family confirms that a female employee was paid a settlement in 1999 after she accused matthews of making inappropriate jokes and comments about her in front of others. the daily caller first reported on the payment saying the employee was paid $40,000, an amount msnbc disputes. msnbc said in a statement, quote, in 1999, this matter was thoroughly reviewed and dealt with. at that time, matthews received a formal reprimand. matthews did not immediately respond to requests for comment. >>> a new fight over e-mails has broken out. president trump's lawyer claiming that e-mails from the president's transition team were improperly turned over to special counsel robert mueller. but mueller's team is pushing back. kelly o'donnell with the latest. >> reporter: president trump back from a weekend at camp david as his frustration over the russia probe surfaced in a new way. mr. president, do you believe your transition team e-mails were improp

i wonder what chris matthews thought that. >> president trump's endorsement of roy moore started a civil war in the grand old party and the newly named grand old pedophile. greg: it took him three months to come up with that. doc, do you have a theory of what's going on there? drew: i want you to think objectively about this man. you try to understand yes seems so bewildered. he used to play peculiar characters in snl, it would be difficult to navigate with him. he lunges at women. he behaves like somebody who might have an asperger's syndrome and he doesn't understand what he has done. he doesn't see the social nuances. so to him this is bewildering. greg: i think he knew what he was doing. drew: it's what an 11-year-old would do. he didn't get it. greg: now he's an unemployed 11-year-old. emily, you deal with this stuff all the time as a prosecutor. are you a prosecutor? emily: no, but i will play one tonight. greg: i'm the best host on television. emily: it disturbs me that the democrats are using this as a holier than thou. when taxpayer money was used for sexual harassment suits fro

chris matthew's book on rfk is a best-seller. what y happened. did you read what happened? >> you're embarrassing me, i did not read,d, what happened. i didn't want to relive what happened personally. i kind of felt i knew what happened. but it is, honest, i read excerpts from it. it is an honest portrayal of her point of view in terms of what happened during the election. cspan: another b best-seller for books in books, donna brazile's book, hacked. >> she was here couple nights ago. cspan: did you see her? >> i did. she was in conversation with ana navarro. that was quite -- cspan: who was an obama administration official, right? >> no. ana navarro is a republican. ana navarro is on cnn she is anti-trump cnn reporter, not a reporter, but a commentator. very outspoken. they became friend on the set of cnn and, you know, it clearly donna is telling her side of the story and she has a lot of, a lot of raw emotion that is still there. cspan: the book is pretty raw. >> no, it is. it is. cspan: lays it right out there. >> she feels, rightfully so she should be able to tell her

a staffer left her job in 1999 after she complained she'd been sexually harassed by chris matthews. matthews made comments that were inappropriate and he was not trying to seduce her. he received a formal reprimand. matt lauer, charlie rose and travis smiley -- >> the owner of the carolina panthers will sell the team. this after several allegations of sexual misconduct and charges of racism against owner jerry richardson. the team started an internal investigation. he was awaterred the panthers in 1993. >>> several high profile team have expressed interest in the team. sawn combs and steph curry tweeted i want in. he grew up in charlotte. and colin kaepernick tweeted i want in on the ownership group. let's make it happen. >>> helping families in need this holiday season. how the sacred hearts community service is planning to start the giveaway. >>> and another live look on this monday afternoon. rosemary is going to be back to tell us when the rain may be making its way into the area. is the only immune support with vitamins and minerals, plus an added ingredient proven to boost you

robert kenny, a raging spirit by our own "hardball" host chris matthews. and "playing with fire." the 1968 election transformation of our ownby our own lawrence you o'donnell. i'm read both of these

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