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Boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. three people died in the blast, and more than 260 were injured. he has pleaded not guilty. nathan deal is apologizing for failures that led to epic gridlock on atlantas highways during the epic storm. and an appeals court in italy is upholding the murder conviction of amanda knox. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." trenton, we have a problem. for a long time, chris christie has been seen as the republican most able to take...

Buck stops here. thats what youre supposed to do and that is what he did. there are a lot of people that wish we would see that out of the administration. what would the presidential administration -- what in the world would you all have said if chris christie in his news conference had said what secretary clinton said in her news conference about benghazi? what difference does it matter now? but he didnt. he stepped up to the plate and said, this is bad. its unacceptable. i am in charge and i a...

Closed when it was reported by the press, and as he said in his january 9th press conference, had no indication that this was anything other than a traffic study until he read otherwise the morning of january 8th. the governor denies mr. wildsteins lawyers other assertions. but there are a lot of unanswered questions about exactly what the former port authority executive david wildstein knows and is willing to share. this could have huge implications for christie, the next presidential campaign ...

Hes been the prince charles of democratic house politics. >> indeed. >> chris cillizza, at the risk of putting your voice to a real test here -- >> its okay, it just sounds bad. >> but the other thing is the president out on the road today. trying to generate excitement on his post state of the union agenda and in wisconsin, an important state met by scott walker. i have to tell you, after all of chris christies problems, when you talk to big republican money people, they are now looking very ha...

Huck is a hit, leading in a poll of 2016 republican contender but will he run? to the former arkansas governor. governor, congratulations on the recent poll. good numbers. everyone wants to know. going to run? >> well, you know, eric, its way too early to tell. when i look at that and saw i was leading, i think the first response of at lot of people tell us, thats how desperate the republicans may be in 2016. >> come on, have a little -- pat yourself on the back. theft quite a accomplishment to ...

Among democrats. if the 2016 democratic primary were held today, clibton would have 73% of democrats on her side. clinton has a 6-1 lead over a really good guy, vice president biden. biden stands at 12%. its not just clintons to lose among democrats. if p the 2016 general election were held today, 53% of americans say that they would vote for hillary giving her a 12-point lead over embattled republican governor chris christie. obviously, were still two years out and the republicans are still loo...

>> you will see some politicians pay a price for this. a lot of times people separate ideology when it comes to some basic competence. it would not be the first time that a politician was turfed for handling a snow storm poorly. you had the mayor of chicago in 1979. the mayor of denver in 83. the mayor of atlanta was just reelected. governor diehl is up this november. he has been leading in the polls against carter who is seen as a strong democratic contender. something like this could shift the...

Thats a net seven pickup. on the democratic side, one race is rated likely republican in south dakota. two races are currently rated as leaning republican, and that includes montana and west virginia. in all three states, the democratic incumbent is retiring. in arkansas, mark pryors trailing tom cotton. the congressman in some polls, and senator carl levin is retiring in mission. both of those races are rated as toss-ups. imagine michigan being a toss-up. and democrats are holding on to tenuous...

Governor of new york. well, these are the big questions. what are the odds he is clean on all fronts? and what are the odds he can still be a presidential contender? what are the odds hell even make to it 2016? mark halperin and david jones. both are msnbc political analysts. you know, im looking at the numbers. well get to them for a minute, mark, and you study these numbers better than i do. in new jersey, they think where there is smoke, there is fire. theyre used to new jersey politics, usua...

Down home delivery and small time approach did not go over well with the chattering class. it may have hurt his chance as a presidential contender. >> like the presidents father, my own parents came to this country from a distant land. >> reporter: republicans are not the only ones who have suffered from the state of the union respond responder jinx. kathleen sebelius in 2008 delivered the democratic response to president bush. shes now the face of an obamacare rollout. its expected to be delive...