Tomorrow. You can reach out to me any time on social media. Hardball with Chris Matthews starts right now. Up all night. Le lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Dont do the crime if you cant do the time. Didnt people around donald trump Pay Attention to crime show warning. If you committed federal crimes you could be squeezed by federal prosecutors to rat. Didnt donald trump know if he did business with such people he would be the fall guy. Which gets us to the president s predicament this thursday evening. No man is an island. No man except increasingly now President Trump. The acceleration of his own legal exposure is leaving him isolated. Paul manafort is now convicted
of financial crimes. Former fixer lawyer Michael Cohen has pled guilty to tax fraud and Campaign Violation which is he says were directed by the president himself and now would appear the water around trumps island are rising fast. That sentiment is evident in the new cover of Time Magazi
Margin of error. Tom steyer has a sudden surgery, especially among the allimportant africanamerican voters in South Carolina. Jeff zeleny is in South Carolina, in charleston, abby philip is in arlington, virginia. Jeff, first to you, you got to talk to joe biden a while ago. He has yet to win a primary state in the first three contests. Hes very much counting on South Carolina for a biden bounce, if you will. What does it look like for him . Alex, theres no question that joe biden is counting on South Carolina to revive his campaign. And it is, indeed, a lifeline. This is not what joe biden was expecting a year ago, when he jumped into his president ial campaign. He thought South Carolina would be the place that would propel him to super tuesday and beyond. Now its very much an open question if thats still possible. Even a joe biden win here will not erase the Bernie Sanders victories from iowa and New Hampshire and nevada, at least in terms of delegates. The question for joe biden, ca
Been accepted by his band of brothers. Nobody here from 20, right . Yes sir. Remember that. Yes sir. Whats this, 13 . The other guys, they rip on me a lot, and they might make fun of me, but i know deep down that if they didnt like me, they probably wouldnt even talk to me whatsoever. So that just, it actually builds a lot of camaraderie, it builds a lot more trust, and im sure as my tenure starts to grow here, ill be able to, to hit back a little bit too. Its a great feeling to know that, when you come to work, youre not really going to work, youre going to go hang out with a bunch of your buddies, and thats just something that i really appreciate. Michael this is the war room. Im michael shure. Coming up tonight a full slate of politics on the domestic front and a stunner internationally. Venezuelan president hugo chavez has died. Well bring you the latest. Michael all ice are on venezuela when for the first time the socialist country is without its combattive leader hugo chavez. He
Good super tuesday evening to all of you. With voting locations still open for several more hours, were beginning to get some initial indications of the turnout size. First batch of exit polling. We have our correspondents blanketing the country, traveling with candidates, talking to voters, providing special coverage. You simply wont see they where else. That, and our team of analysts and political professionals on this, a day that could put donald trump and Hillary Clinton a lot closer to the nomination, or could spring a surprise on all of us. We begin with cnns chris frates in louisville where a donald trump rally wrapped up. One protester after another tossed out. Whats the latest . Reporter ill tell you, a lot of protesters tossed out. Not unusual for a trump rally. We saw a group of 20, 30 protesters, young people, black and white, Holding Signs that said fashionism is unamerican or we will overcome and Bernie Sanders being tossed out as well. Bernie sanders Supporters Holding t
Political heartburn and setting up a mustwin here in new york in new york. On the republican side, ted cruz calls his decisive victory a turning point in the race. As it turns to new york, what does that mean . One thing is definitely more clear this morning, it seems, a contested convention this summer now even more likely. So where are the campaigns headed today . What does it all mean . Jeff zeleny has fresh reporting and Phil Mattingly is looking at the republicans. Phil, let us begin with you, my dear friend. Big night for ted cruz. No question about it. Its what his campaign needed. Its what any of the antitrump groups had to have. Not just because wisconsin changes the name or certainly doesnt put ted cruz within striking distance of 1237 himself, it brings him closer to a contested convention and what it sets up more than anything else is the fight is not about keeping donald trump from 1237, its about the fight behind the scenes going on and youve got super pacs already sendin