but we are, where ever we are, must become part of the solution or are we a part of the problem? we need people as maureen forte has said, from the bottom up that where the laws are there, where other things are there, that is fine. but we need to all be part of change in the mentality, change in the thoughts, changing the dreams. of young people to understand gun violence and destruction is not something they have to live with. they can be something no matter what their background. no matter what their circumstance. we all have to put our shoulder to the wheel. there s been 1833 people killed since newtown. we all have to be committed, not just look to the white house. he s got to start in your house and my house. thanks for watching. i m a.m. sharpton. have a great weekend. hardball starts right now. cruising for a bruising. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. as butch cassidy once asked, who are these
john mccain, who served the country so admirably, has become an angry fellow from dawn until dusk taking an occasional break to remember who he is and saying enough of this when his new allies get out of hand. when ted cruz starts attacking the loyalty to america of one of mccain s fellow vietnam vets, a combat vet at that. the viciousness is something we haven t seen before because of the combination of mccarthyism and this weird unconnectedness, attacking chuck hagel, for example, because no one will give us info or anyone info about the benghazi situation even though hagel wasn t even in the government when benghazi happened. sick stuff. and it seems to be growing in inverse proportion to obama s popularity. the better he looks, the worse these characters, inhofe, cruz, mccain, and lindsey graham, are determined to look. did you notice the smile on john boehner s face sitting up there behind the president during the state of the union? if you did, you re imagining things.
combat vet at that. the vicious ps is something we haven t seen before because of the combination of mccarthyism and this weird unconnectedness attacking chuck hagel, for example, because no one will give us info or anyone info about the benghazi situation even though hagel wasn t even in the government when benghazi happened. sick stuff. and it seems to be growing in inverse proportion to obama s popularity. the better he looks the worse these characters inhofe, cruz, mccain and lindsey graham are determined to look. did you notice the smile on john boehner s face sitting up there behind the president during the state of the union? if you did, you re imagining things. so afraid of the hard hating right of republicans these days of every stripe even boehner s scared to death of looking like he might like something barack obama had so say. to do that is to risk political death in these days. let s go at it. our guests are joy reid of the grio and michael steele, former chafer
john mccain, who served the country so admirably, has become an angry fellow from dawn until dusk taking an occasional break to remember who he is and saying enough of this when his new allies get out of hand. when ted cruz starts attacking the loyalty to america of one of mccain s fellow vietnam vets, a combat vet at that. the viciousness is something we haven t seen before because of the combination of mccarthyism and this weird unconnectedness, attacking chuck hagel, for example, because no one will give us info or anyone info about the benghazi situation even though hagel wasn t even in the government when benghazi happened. sick stuff. and it seems to be growing in inverse proportion to obama s popularity. the better he looks, the worse these characters, inhofe, cruz, mccain, and lindsey graham, are determined to look. did you notice the smile on john boehner s face sitting up there behind the president during the state of the union? if you did, you re imagining things.
0 million have signed up since october the 1st, so one-third. boy march 31st, officials still hope to reach that seven million signup goal. however, certain lawmakers say they are very skeptical. the data does show that less healthy people are signing up. younger people are signing up less frequently than hoped. obamacare is a reality. unfortunately, it s a failed program that is taking a less-than-perfect health care system from the standpoint of cost and making it worse. meanwhile on a different note over the weekend, long-term unemployment benefits expired for more than a million americans and the president calls reinstating the aid, quote, an urgent economic priority. he spoke to jack reed and dean heller on the phone friday. they are co-sponsoring a bill to extend it for three months. republican opponents say they want it paid for with offsets. many of those same people who say i won t vote for it unless there s offsets won t offer any offsets unless they say someone that