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Right now were watching the night of the long knives on the right. These stories breaking tonight. Right wing senator jim demint, the man behind too many failed right wing senate challengers, christine im not a witch odonnell, Richard Mourdock announced today hes quitting the senate to run the hard right Heritage Foundation. Meanwhile, in the Republican House a purge is under way with Speaker Boehner dumping uncontrollable right wingers from Prize Committee assignments. Theyre out because theyre...

House a purge is under way with Speaker Boehner dumping uncontrollable right wingers from Prize Committee assignments. Theyre out because theyre too right. So what is too right for the republicans following the defeat this week or their defeat last month . Is voting nay in the senate against a handicap rights treaty because it carries the nightmare dread of blue helmets riding black helicopters sweeping into your home school room. Is that okay . Whats out . Whats in in the Republican Party that ...

Senate to run the hard right Heritage Foundation. Meanwhile, in the Republican House a purge is under way with Speaker Boehner dumping uncontrollable right wingers from Prize Committee assignments. Theyre out because theyre too right. So what is too right for the republicans following the defeat this week or their defeat last month . Is voting nay in the senate against a handicap rights treaty because it carries the nightmare dread of blue helmets riding black helicopters sweeping into your home...

Domestic work isnt covered by them. In fact, in all but a few places, employers arent required to pay Domestic Workers the legal minimum wage. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to...

The rights of workers, but Domestic Work isnt covered by them. In fact, in all but a few places, employers arent required to pay Domestic Workers the legal minimum wage. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one ...

Number of deaths as well in that state. Mask requirements have emerged as a point of contention between some state and local leaders. Florida, for example, does not have a statewide mask requirement though local communities can set their own requirements. In neighboring georgia, Governor Brian Kemp has voided all local government mask mandates. This after 15 municipalities had put them in place. Kemp says that mask use shouldishould be voluntary. Today the governors of colorado and arkansas impo...

Tooeasy question. Who was James Buchanans vp . No one knows. John r. Breckenridge. Thatll do it for us. Well see you later. Thats great. Will this be the counterattack . Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews live from longwood, university, in farmville, virginia. And here we are, here we are, in fact, 30 miles from appomattox courthouse, where general lee surrendered to general grant, thereby ending a civil war that cost the lives of 600,000 americans. Well, tonight, were here at L...

Widening as i speak, with new names added on like a traffic lineup in manhattan. Theres still no indication that donald trump is anywhere near to making one of the key decisions of his presidency, who will serve as his chief diplomat. Vice President Elect mike pence ran through some of the top contenders yesterday. I think everyone that hes talked to and has been talked about, whether it be a Rudy Giuliani or mitt romney or General Petraeus or senator corker or john bolten, and others, bring ext...

Mr. Trump tweeted celebrating 1237, eating some mcdonalds. Until tomorrow. Hardball with Chris Matthews is next. Trumps over the top. Lets play hard ball. Donald trump has earned enough delegates to win the republican nomination on the first ballot in cleveland. He is over the top. It was unbound delegates that did it. He did a victory lap tossing out red meat attacks against president obama, hill clintary clinton, senator warren. Lets watch. Hes a president who has done a horrible job. Everybod...

Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. Comes from giuliani, who attempted to downplay the criminal aspect of collusion with the russians. Rather than deny that collusion took place, he now today argued that collusion isnt illegal. Lets watch. Ive been sitting here looking in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. Its not. Collusion is not a crime. I dont even know if thats a crime, colluding about russians. You start analyz...