For everyone and show we can be better and we can do better. Look how far weve already come. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. A devastating verdict. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. In a devastating rebuke to politicians today, those that this abuse power, a jury in richmond, virginia, today found a former Virginia Governor and his wife guilty of a series of felonies that could keep the couple in prison for the rest of their lives. Both bob and Maureen Mcdonnell wept openly in court. The jury found him guilty on all 11 counts of conspiracy, she on nine counts leaving their stunned families in tears. This is what it means to face the American People in the year 2014, a time when the people look upon politicians as fails at best, abusers of their offices at worst. Guilty today means guilty before the people. Guilty at a time just one in 15 americans believes the United States Congress Deserves respect. In the program tonigh
This is what it means to face the American People in the year 2014, a time when the people look upon politicians as fails at best, abusers of their offices at worst. Guilty today means guilty before the people. Guilty at a time just one in 15 americans believes the United States Congress Deserves respect. In the program tonight well get to two other staggering stories. One the deep nationalistic reaction to the beheadings by the Islamic State and the cases of americans who join the other side. Finally we devote time to the first female comic to bring a sharp nightclub edge to her humor. We begin with the guilty verdicts for bob and maureen mcdonnells. Pete williams is the nbc news justice correspondent. Thank you very much for joining us. How much time are we talking about if they get the book thrown at them here . The maximum is 20 years. There are sentencing guidelines that will modify that. They wont serve anywhere near 20 years. If the sentence stands lets remember that its a certa
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