good evening, thank you for that. thank you for staying with us. a new strain of mccarthyism infesting american politics carried into the political arena by televangelist pat robertson. yes, he still exists. the bombshell ruling that negligence was responsible for hurricane katrina s destruction for at least parts of new orleans, a ruling raising as many questions as it answers. and a moment of geek ahead tonight featuring amazing csi forensic science and watergate. we have a very big hour ahead. we begin with an urgent call to action from the president. we should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern, that financial barriers in the way of attaining health shall be removed, that the health of all its citizens deserves the help of all the nation. those words delivered to congress by president harry truman 64 years ago today in 1945, calling on congress then to overhaul this country s system. 64 years later to the day congress is on the verge
picture today. i m tamron hall. i m david shuster. big show with chris matthews up next. hardball starts right now. road donkey. let s play hardball. good evening, i m chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, joe lieberman goes rogue. if sarah palin is the rogue elephant, joe lieberman has become the road donkey. the democrat who goes his own way. he supported the iraq war from the start. he endorsed john mccain for president. he even offered backroom spiritual counting to vp nominee sarah palin and he promised to filibuster now any health care plan that includes the public option, which is number one on liberal democrats santa claus list. joe lieberman, having been beaten or having beaten off the democrats when they rejected him back in that 2006 primary, fears absolutely nothing today. but just like that rogue in the other party, lieberman s democratic bosses can t live with him or without him. he s number 60 on their list of 60 votes they need to get