Vigils, have marches, open up the window and scream, whatever it is that you can do. Dont let the world ignore when theres an injustice, because only silence consents to an injustice. Any other measure is a step in the right direction. Thanks for watching. Hardball starts right now. Lame bram. Lets play hardball. Good evening pim chris math washington. Let me start tonight with this stepped up attack on Hillary Clinton. Karl rove who was known as bushs brain is talking about hillarys brain, for real. Shes in the hospital for 30
days and when she eemerges she is wearing glasses only for people with traumatic brain injury. We need to know whats up with that. This is a Top Republican campaign strategist, karl rove, raising what he later called a Serious Health matter. Well, the question is whether rove and perhaps others are headed with all this. Will they persist in this demand for more information about the former secretary of states health. Will they drill deeper, questioning whether s
Campaign strategist, karl rove. I wont be the doctor sitting on the New York Times board. Raising what he later called a Serious Health matter. Going to want to examine all of their health records. A clinton spokesman fired back. Hillarys camp shoots back assuring dr. Rove shes 100 . Tell dr. Rove shes 100 . Dr. Rove, he didnt do very well in medical school. This is not a new pattern of behavior by mr. Rove. Usually this late in the campaign some troll under the bridge starts whispering about the opposing candidate. This, i think, is a strategy. This is part of the republican game plan. The republicans are playing a very calculated political game. Dr. Rove. Dr. Rove. Dr. Rove. I am ari melber in for lawrence odonnell. We begin with serious heat on karl rove all for his attempt to put heat on a very popular democrat. Rove known for dirty tricks had to go and explain to his fox colleagues why he reportedly lashed out at Hillary Clintons mental competence at a conference last week. This i
Out of hand . Reince priebus thinks so. Hes here to talk about how they plan to take more control. Lets get to my first reads of the morning. In washington in less than an hour, v. A. Secretary Eric Shinseki will testify before the Veterans Affair committee to answer questions about a coverup of falsified records around the country. In himself Opening Statement he will say we can and we must do better. I am personally angered and saddened by any adverse consequence that a veteran might experience while in or as a result of our care. Whistleblowers have leveled allegations about hidden wait times at six different facilities. Veterans and their families saying in some cases they waited for months to get care. I could not get through. I could not get a line. You was never really seen. Six months to three months to four months. That gives me ten months out that i cant see a doctor. President obama assigned rob nabors to head a review of scheduling. Something ive been asking the administrat
Full interview in a little bit. But first we start with the news that has dominated the week, a story that republicans have reintroduced by design. On friday House Speaker john boehner picked seven republicans to sit on the new select committee that will spearhead a new roundinvestigations into the attack and aftermath of attack that killed four americans in benghazi, libya, september 11, 2012. None were elected before 2006 and they include a mix of establishment and tea party republicans. Boehners choice to chair the committee, trey gowdy of south carolina. It was day before boehner made his appointments to set up the Benghazi Special committee. Still up in the air is this question. Will the democrats take the five seats the republicans are offering them on the panel or will they boycott the whole thing altogether. It was on this show last weekend that House Democratic leader nancy pelosi first responded to the news that republicans planned to create the select committee. Pelosi told
Serious health matter. Well, the question is whether rove and perhaps others are headed with all this. Will they persist in this demand for more information about the former secretary of states health. Will they drill deeper, questioning whether shes healthy enough mentally to serve as the countrys top executive. And what about the health of clintons Reaction Team . Can it handle the level of heat without the back up of a fullfledged war room like bill clinton had in 92. Or will this vicious assault by karl rove force the democratic frontrunner to advance her announcement date, move up the time when shell have a Strong Campaign team able to swing into action against such lousy attacks as this one. Or this deliberate attack ignite a furious counterattack already. Will people like rove become the villains of this piece . Well see tonight. Michael steele, scharm h chairman of the Republican National party and joan walsh is editor at large of the salon. Joan, this is the kind of thing, let