you know what? i have been known to wear a tan suit myself. don t forget, a politics nation baseball cap is always in style. thanks for watching. i m al sharpton. hardball starts right now. a dove named paul? a hawk named hillary? let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. let me start with the president s decision today to hold off on air strikes in syria. i don t want to put the cart before the horse. we don t have a strategy yet. i think what i have seen in some of the yous reports suggests folks are getting further ahead
of where we re at than we currently are. that s not just my assessment but the assessment of the military as well. we need clear plans that we are developing them. i will consult with congress. and make sure their voices are heard. there is no point asking until we know what it will take to get the job done. that was a surprise. the big debate is do we go the direction of george bush again back to pursuing grand goals of ide
costs of fighting wildfires like this one in southern california. and keep the news out of ka lee coming. the red carpet awards that willy night in nbc. your host this year, the very talented seth meyers. that s going to do it for way too early. morning joe starts right now. i was under the impression. i thought bruce said he didn t want his music played at you re vents because he didn t believe in your politics. no, you re wrong about that. bruce has never asked me to do that. i saw bruce about a week and a half ago, and he had every opportunity to tell me not to. he didn t and he never has told me not to do it. i m pretty sure i know him and you re wrong. you re now expressing your
politics. you re now expressing your politics and your objection, that s fine. don t put it in mr. springsteen s mouth. put it in yours. if you have an objection to it, you object. you have every right to object to it. i know bruce and i ve spoken to bruce and you re wrong. speak your mi
life. that s why you treat a disease, you win, you lose. you treat a person. i guarantee you, you win. those are the things i miss the most. little idio sing crassies that i know about. that is what made my wife and she had the goods on me too. she knew all of my little peckadillos. people call these perfections. but they are not. that s the good stuff. you are here and life exists and an identity. the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. some of the powerful lines spoken by robin williams, an entertainment genius who commanded the spotlight from stand-up comedy clubs to oscar winning films. it s hard to think of anybody
as naturally funny as robin williams. he was wild. he was free-willing and better at improv than anybody and it left audience barrel over in laughter. while his performance broke barriers in the series of leading roles, he was a deeply funny and deeply complicated man. and deeply trou
and prodding for you to reach and be better than you thought you could. those of us that stand up, those of us that prod america. those of us that march and do what we do peacefully do it because we rae really believe in america. we love america. we want it to be all it can be. thanks for watching. i m al sharpton. hardball starts right now. hard in the desert. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. we are headed to ferguson tonight but i m compelled with start with the president s powerful reaction to the beheading of american james foley by the islamist group torturing and killing the way through syria and iraq. let s be clear about isil. they have rampaged across cities
and villages, killing innocent unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. they have abducted women and children and subject them to torture and rape and slavery. they have murdered muslims, sunni and shia, by the thousands. they target christians and religious minorities,
out to african-americans with the the speech at the national urban league. we ll get the urban league s president thoughts. and the oldest leaving female vet will be ouagadougou. witnesses say five explosions tore through this u.n.-run school in northern gaza. the playground with shells. soaked in blood. they thought they were safe here. these days nowhere is safe in gaza. the hospital was overwhelmed. most of the casualties are children and women. you want to tell me that
netanyahu mailed the responsible thing? are deaths a responsible thing? thins incident sparked anger among palestinians. air algerie. because of a storm. the israeli airport u.s. airlines are starting to fly in tel aviv. this decision by the faa, was this a political decision? we have not just done this on politics but the facts and everything else. the european union is to have 33 new and unreasonable and counter productive. we ve seen europe move with us. not always as fast as