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And of course, i hope they succeed. >> of course you do, as dont we all. thank you very much, former senator, joseph lieberman. we have a programming note for you, in case you missed it the first time around you can all watch "hubris" airing again tonight at 9:00, its been msnbcs most-watched documentary ever. following the film, more facts will be revealed on "talking hubris" at 10:00 p.m. eastern. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him,

After the invasion. i was there in june of 2003 and it was becoming somewhat clear that there was not an immediate -- nobody was finding an immediate connection to any kind of wmd. i was skeptical personally from my own opinion, i was skeptical about the invasion from the beginning. i thought if theres a reason to invade another country, having to make a case in front of the u.n. assembly doesnt seem like it is warranted. war should be obvious, the reason should be obvious. >> nada bakos, former...

Afghanistan first. dont bother me with another war. >> i get that report, myself. >> but soon after that, within months, you know, theyre talking to the commanders about putting together a war plan. >> by the end of 2001, i think the deal was on. >> look, yeah, one of the new documents we have in "hubris" in the documentary is the rumsfeld talking points for his meeting in november 2001. one of the talking points, how to start the war. >> youre right. >> what are we going to use as the pretext? ...

>> so i was in iraq shortly after the invasion. i was there in june of 2003 and it was becoming somewhat clear that there was not an immediate -- nobody was finding an immediate connection to any kind of wmd. i was skeptical personally from my own opinion, i was skeptical about the invasion from the beginning. i thought if theres a reason to invade another country, having to make a case in front of the u.n. assembly doesnt seem like it is warranted. war should be obvious, the reason should be ob...

In november, 2001. one of the talking points, how to start the war. >> youre right. >> what are we going to use as the pretext? >> michael, you guys are great. i could do this all night. michael, david, thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> i mean it. a big thank you for what youve written and done. by the way, as michael said, 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc were going to have a re-air of that terrific documentary "hubris" based on the book by these two great guys. michael isikoff and david ...

A tide was hard to swim against. he would give that speech, then go on tv. >> you had some amazing moments on tv those days. >> a lot of fights. i said wait, the post, the times is reporting, i would talk, did my reporting, i talked to nuclear scientists about the aluminum tubes and they would say that wasnt proven. you would be laughed at. >> it was a wise mans view. a serious mans view. >> media consensus, tell you one story. wont embarrass the person, it is someone we both know. he told me hi...

Nuclear scientists about the aluminum tubes and they would say that wasnt proven. you would be laughed at. >> it was a wise mans view. a serious mans view. >> media consensus, tell you one story. wont embarrass the person, it is someone we both know. he told me his opinion would be determined by what thomas friedman wrote, guy wrote for a major paper we see all the time. there was a consensus that dominated. >> i remember people surrendering opinions to colin powell and influential columnists be...

Talking to the commanders about putting together a war plan. >> by the end of 2001, i think the deal was on. >> look, yeah, one of the new documents we have in "hubris" in the documentary is the rumsfeld talking points for his meeting in november 2001. one of the talking points, how to start the war. >> youre right. >> what are we going to use as the pretext? >> already been done. michael, you guys are great. i could do this all night. michael, david, thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> i mean it...

Support came not long after an op-ed from former president bill clinton backing an overturn of the defense of marriage act. a few days before the supreme court will look at both doma, defense of marriage act, and californias prop 8. it also puts her in line with top democrats heavily weighing 2016 bids, of course. could this mean a move for her already, eventual candidacy? chad griffin, president of human rights campaign, and joan walsh editor at large for "salon" and msnbc political analyst and...

On this network. david corn gets the last word. thank you, david. this friday at 9:00 p.m., dont miss the replay of the documentary based on hubris, followed by talking hubris, hosted by chris hayes. reince priebus. what more can i say? lets play "hardball." good evening, im chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with that bridge being detonated down in texas. wow. thats what reince priebus, himself, is doing to the republican party. he talks about building bridges to african-a...