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0 ten years, four wars lets play "hardball." good evening. im chris matthews in washington. let me get it started tonight with this. the united states is now committed to an act of war against the government of syria. okay. lets get the tally up to date. we attacked and went to war with afghanistan in 2001. we attacked and went to war with iraq in 2003. we helped to overthrow the of libya in 2011 and now targeting the government of syria. its an interesting pattern when you think about it. in ...

>> one preliminary detail to the release of these 100 e-mails is theres some question about one of the e-mails of ben rhoades, speech writer turned foreign policy analyst in the white house that may have been misinterpreted by one news organization. its not as damning as it migh have been. lets put the rest out so people can see this was an honest discussion kno discussion. nobody was talking about how will this affect the campaign. dont forget this did take place in the middle of the campaign. ...

0 down. i just spent the whole afternoon listening to eric holder saying, oh, i dont know. i was recused. it was my deputy. what can i tell you? you know what? he recused himself from this particular case involving leak. he didnt recuse himself from being a defender of the constitution and the first amendment. it just seems like everybodys free to say and do whatever they want. theyre not afraid of repercussions from this coming from the top. >> you know, if you think about running a little busi...

0 im going to get a follow. thats messed up. >> that is messed up. weve been following -- we get all the feeds in the back, these tv screens back here. a.j.s girlfriend has been in the lower right screen for three hours. which means shes on the rotation. she must have been on all the other morning shows this morning but ours. its a shame. i wanted to ask her about pakistan. ill have to wait. >> what did you learn today? >> tomorrow matthew from downton abbey is coming. >> no way! >> disastrous b...

it seems the answer to that question is no, that the court says this case can go ahead now. and heres the reason. this issue was 150-year-old federal law sa says you cannot challenge a federal tax before it goes into effect. now, what does that have to do with the health care law? the answer is this. if you dont get insurance, there is a penalty. you pay a penalty if you dont buy insurance. you pay the penalty to the irs. on your tax form, based on your income. and several of the court...

challenge a federal tax before it goes into effect. now, what does that have to do with the health care law? the answer is this. if you dont get insurance, there is a penalty. you pay a penalty if you dont buy insurance. you pay the penalty to the irs. on your tax form, based on your income. and several of the courts below said you know, thats a tax. so this is a tax law. you cant hear it now. but i think the answer is, thats not going to be an issue for the supreme court. i didnt coun...

Election with the economy that will be decided by foreign policy. rick perry and mitt romney is going to have to meet a certain bar in terms of credibility in the same way barack obama had to meet a certain bar that people felt like he could be the president on the foreign and international stage. thats the bar rick perry is trying to meet and trying very harsh contrast with the president in his approach. >> accusing him of being an appeaser. they have struck back saying that ben rhoades, i thin...

"the daily run down." it has been a game plan gone awry. >> it has. they did the initial briefing, you know, you could -- you could tell, they didnt mention the israeli/palestinian issue. we all knew this palestinian statehood issue was going to come up. they did their initial briefing last week for reporters and it was about libya and the meetings he was going to have with various things including setting up a possible meeting with -- with hamid karzai of afghanistan and different thi...

with hamid karzai of afghanistan and different things they were trying to put on the schedule. it wasnt until the q and a period then they got into that and they know like everything in -- any time they dip their toe in the middle east israel/palestinian issue blows it up. >> the palestinians are saying that they want statehood and that they havent gotten it at the negotiating table. israelis argue its their fault. both sides will argue that for decades. they had to take some action. g...

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