on a week with so much news, we are thrilled to welcome our friend and colleague chr matthews to the broadcast. he is of course the host of hardball, and he is more importantly the author of bobby kennedy, a raging spirit. germane to tonight s conversation because chris is also hosting an msnbc headliners documentary special this sunday night on bobby kennedy airing at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. chris, thank you for joining us tonight. and before we get to that, i d like to start off on current events. sure. beginning with north korea. what do you think is going on? well, i think the president is about to really take the biggest chance of his life since he ran for president. i really think that if you look at north korean tactics going back to the korean war itself, which is officially of course the president points out has never really ended, two years beginning in the summer of i think it was july of 51, they talked in panmunjom on the 38th
a candidate in governor romney who is now likable to a a majory ofmerican voters. the pe rearch center showing vernor romney s favorable ratingt 50% to the president s 49. a stunning turnround from march when the president s rating was nearly twice at of governor roey s. brand new fox poll in the important battleground sate of florida has romy ouacinghe president 55% to 51% in the favooables. the gallup vobility poll has the republican nominee on top as well. mr. romney beating the president 52-51%. incredibly, theeft-leaning public policy institute giving governor romney the biggest lead likability. the governor up three percentage points on the esident in that, in that poll ich i co-sponsored by the service employees international union. talk about objectivity. and the real clear politics electoral college projection now has governor romney ahead of the present foth first time in this election. with north carolina now moving in to the romney column. tonight we have expert e
this is the chr matthews show. ask not what your country can do for you. tear down this road. i can hear you. the time for change has come. chris: last week heends more troops to afghanistan. this weak he picks up the peace prize. the dow is down 10,000, but the jobless rate is up there, too. when does reality bite for this guy? the kids in the back seat. are we there yet? i m bored. i m car sick. she just pushed me. will the bloggers ever be satisfied with the one driving the car? finally, eat your greens. what is it about climate change that brings out the anger in business people? why the endless trash talk in the boardroom and the shop floor and the car pool against the environmental crowd? i m chris matthews. welcome to the show. kelly o donnell covers congress for nbc news. dan rather global correspondent for h.d. net. helene cooper covers the white house for the new york times. andrew ross sorkin covers business for the new york times. first up, preside