about where gloria left off. what do you think his words do? well, i mean, look, this is a very powerful speech, a speech in some ways that joe biden was made to give. it plays right to the reason that he ran for president in the first place. he talked about the battle for america when he was candidate. what you don t hear from biden in that speech, because tlhere s no easy answer, how are you going to win the battle for the soul of america? biden essentially is saying unity did not work, and that s why he was so reluctant for the past year to give this speech. you know, fundamentally, we knew but maybe didn t want to accept what we needed to know hours after the rioters were finally thrown out of the capitol, literally stepping over the broken glass and over 140 republican members of congress even then voted not to certify
now with them? yeah. sometimes the world just gets lucky with the right leaders at the right times, know, and i ve just been watching him in awe like a lot of other people. when you compare the images that he s been putting forward this week with the images of vladimir putin sitting by himself at the end of the long table you can see who the big man is and the small man is and it s really just extraordinary. cody keenan, appreciate you throwing a tie on early this morning. nice to see you, as always. appreciate your expertise, bud. great to see you, cody. cody s book by the way called grace, president obama and ten days for the battle for america. comes out this fall. cody was always a good asset to set up size what we should still expect from poebd mah. and peter and i have more on
of u.s.-led coalition forces. the second thing is deny isis the opportunity to return and we are all interested in that and the third thing is maintain control of all the airspace in eastern syria and that is what the president s decision represents. ed: you are laying out a reasonable plan that seems like it can work and yet there are democratic leaders like dick durbin who are saying the opposite, listen to what he says. s policy is to allow the slaughter of kurdish troops who stood bravely by americans in part terrorism. now he s giving prime minister erdogan all he wants on a large territory where there will be ethnic cleansing, this is no victory, this is no time for the president to be claiming he has won some great battle for america. ed: how does the president to move forward when he has democratic leaders saying this is not a victory?
what a week it was. my thanks to all of you. most of all, thanks to you for watching. that does it for our hour. i ll see you here for deadly white house at 4:00 p.m. the joker is wild. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews back in washington. well, two events last night, 1,200 miles apart showcased the dramatic difference between the democrats and donald trump. in houston the top ten democrats met for their third debate jousting to become their party s candidate in 2020. meanwhile republican members of congress met in baltimore to hear from their party s unchallenged leader. it was a battle for america s attention from a president who can t stand a moment from the spotlight.
on the beat and also opening arguments so a lot to get to we re excited about. i hope you have a great weekend and come back monday 6:00 p.m. eastern. don t go anywhere right now because hardball with chris matthews is up next. the joker is wild. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews back in washington. well, two events last night, 1,200 miles apart showcased the dramatic difference between the democrats and donald trump. in houston the top ten democrats met for their third debate jousting to become their party s candidate in 2020. meanwhile republican members of congress met in baltimore to hear from their party s unchallenged leader. it was a battle for america s attention from a president who can t stand a moment from the spotlight.