Give you last word. Antiwar candidate he criticized iraq and afghanistan war. He was reluctant to get into another war. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for all of his efforts. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for watching. Hard ball starts right now, chris matthews. The coming of trump. Lets play hard ball. Back in washington the start of a busy month. In 18 days donald trump will be
sworn in like it or not as the 45th president of the United States. Today President Obama returned from vacation in hawaii with the goal of trying to protect his legacy which is an Endangered Political Spe sees. Address last week interest chicago. President elect trump returned from his vacation. He tweeted. 2,762 this past year. He criticized what he called Media Outlets for suggesting he himself thought he was going to lose the election. Well talk to newly appointed kellyanne conway. What is donald trump know that we dont what does donald trump know that President Obama and
focus media attention. To we know
Disparaging Intelligence Community. He clowned democrats lead by head clown Chuck Schumer. He called people enemies. Happy new years to all including enemies who have fought me so bad they dont know what to do. Former Deputy Campaign manager, stephanie cutter. Clad to have you back. I have to ask about the behavior of the new president. He calling me who disagree his
enemy, enemies. He is come piling a list. Intel community, reporters. He is aking as if he running a campaign, theres a big different between being a candidate and being the President Elect and ultimately the president of the United States. We heard Intelligence Community of foreign entities voicing concern of what theyre hearing from the President Elect. We rely on other communities to work with our intelligence communities to protect us. Same thing with Check Schumer who does he thinks he going to work with. Hes going to need Chuck Schumer. Yes. He is not a clown nor should he
be called a clown. You haveeat with him man
I think what we need to focus on, whether it is black or white or or straight, making sure that we have Hate Crime Laws like this throughout the country, that protect people like this individual that was brutalized by those four maniacs. To be when i dont believe in hate crimes laws. I dont think we should prosecute people based on their thoughts. You dont think is a hate crime . Tucker i think hate is involved, im merely saying it is a separate category. Im also opposed to lying and downplaying something that is obvious. It is clear that this mans race and political position played a role. Absolutely. Tucker that is not all clear from the accounts that were prevalent today. The associated press, and the first account, didnt measure tl angles. I wonder why that was. I dont know. What i can say here, the charges came down from the prosecutor, the final arbiter, there is no arbiter of the case. People reporting the facts, which is, this individual was charged with a hate crime, this pros
And glove with the president on selling the healthcare plan, the president sends out four tweets about Predecessor Wiretapping him. Did that help or hurt . That was not part of the campaign trail. How far off course did that take you . I think it was theres really often into new territory. There is part of what the Intelligence Kmo Committee is investigating. Late today, the Justice Department told them it immediate more time to review the request. The Spokesperson Sean Spicer said the president made the stupid charge. Spicer dodged some of the
wiretapped him. Now they are trying to weasel out of it. I think the grown up here is mccain who saying Put Up Or Shut up. They have gotten away with the fantasy that there were 3 million fraudulent votes casts. This president does not get called into account for putting out false statements. Even though it involves something of historic magnitude an it doesnt seem to stick
with donald trump when he fly out lies. I think there are people who bel
Widening as i speak, with new names added on like a traffic lineup in manhattan. Theres still no indication that donald trump is anywhere near to making one of the key decisions of his presidency, who will serve as his chief diplomat. Vice President Elect mike pence ran through some of the top contenders yesterday. I think everyone that hes talked to and has been talked about, whether it be a Rudy Giuliani or mitt romney or General Petraeus or senator corker or john bolten, and others, bring extraordinary background and qualities to this. Nbc news reports that several new names have been added to that list, even if they remain outside contenders. The associated press, meanwhile, is reporting that prospects of Rudy Giuliani and mitt romney, they say, are fading. The new names include jon huntsman, who was critical of trump during the campaign, but who wasnt also reportedly in the mix, ceo of exxonmobil, rex the bulk of the time was with the President Elect, donald trump. I found it an