Off the field after staying focused, not being distracted, and doing his job, to the ultimate, and walking away with his head high, and walking away with his dignity intact. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Voting with their feet. Lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington. Somethings happened and all of a sudden were hearing members of congress saying they want to take this war to an up or down vote. This as the United States continues the Bombing Campaign in syria and iraq. No more hiding in the bushes, no more playing footsy with the other side to protect both sides from taking a political hit from
those on the left and right who dont like going into yet another muslim killing war. But heres the kicker. The british just voted on the war in parliament. Isnt that why we had the American Revolution back in 1775 . Didnt we want to vote and they wouldnt let us . Wasnt that push for democracy a big part of our revolutionary war . Tonig
Look a bit more like their rosters . The nba commissioner has agreed to meet with civil rights leaders, and we should discuss diversity. We should discuss ownership. Not just talent on the court, but ownership. Thats america. And we need to start reflecting it. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Sterling habits, lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews back in washington. Let me start tonight with this, burgeoning National Focus on racial remarks. Did yesterdays banishment of Donald Sterling mark a new zero tolerance in hostile language . Are we entering upon a new era where words spoken in private or
public that carry negative attitudes or views will face round condemnation . And what about the political side of this . Is there a new line that elected officials have to respect . Can they no longer place the primary blame, for example, on poverty, on the poor themselves . Can they defend cuts and welfare and other support programs by saying peopl
An apparent winner missouri. And Governor John Kasich easily won ohio with an 11point win over donald trump taking 47 of the vote. Trump added 194 delegates to his total yesterday, bringing them to 656. Ted cruz had a disappointing night, only took home 32 delegates to finish the night at 408 and kasich added 75. And trump is now more than halfway to the delegates he needs for the nomination on the first ballot at the convention with 581 to go. What a big night for Hillary Clinton. Clean sweep. It was a clean sweep. You cant overstate how big this was for the clinton campaign. Secretary clinton won by double digits in florida, North Carolina and ohio and notched razorthin victories in missouri and illinois. For much of the evening, those
two races were too close to call but nbc news has now declared clinton the apparent winner of each. In missouri, she edged out senator sanders by less than 2,000 votes but she picks up 363 delegates. Bernie adds 282 and now clinton is twothirds of the
Dannel daniel. In 2008, i want to get this right, you thought hillary would make an excellent president. As recently as 2012 you thought she would be terrific. What happened. Let me just explain to you. When i was a businessman i had a beautiful story trump a worldclass businessman all over the world, i speak well of everybody. They ask me about hillary, shes wonderful, everybody is wonderful. Including contributions. I give everybody contributions. You were full of [ bleep ] when you said that. Thats one way to look at it. Its thursday, happy thursday. May 26th. Okay, now, stop it here. With us on set veteran columnist
and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. Where have you been . Paris. Thats kind of nice. Cofounder politico jim. Where have you been . Working and doing secret things. Then theres donny, we know where hes been, former advertising executive and marketing Donny Deutsch. And al hunt with us. Good to have you aboard. Obviously, a lot to get to this morning. Good news obviously
To push their strollers, or carry their children, or get their babies to safety. People were running in every direction. Our breaking News Coverage continues breaking news coverag continues here on morning joe. Dozens of people are dead after a truck drove into a crowd in niece, france, in what the president has called a terrorist attack. Hundreds were watching fireworks for the bastille day when the truck zigzagged along a promenade of people mowing them down. The driver also fired shots into the crowd. The death toll right now stands at 84. Some of them children. People went running in waves. A scene of panic in a resort town and tourist destination. The driver, according to the french president , was fatally shot by police. A french official said they later discovered grenades and in the back of the truck. Now, authorities are trying to figure out whether the driver acted alone. The scene afterwards, grisly. Bodies were strewn and caught in the middle an American Family from hollywo