GREAT TO SEE YOU. THINK IS MUCH FOR THAT AS ALWAYS
ALWAYS.
ALWAYS. >> THANK YOU.
>> Tucker: CHRIS MATTHEWS OF
MSNBC COURSE A LONGTIME FIXTURE
ON CABLE NEWS, 30 YEARS, SHOCKED
VIEWERS TODAY AND QUIT HIS JOB
AT THE BEGINNING OF A SHOW ON
THE AIR.
THE AIR. CHEAP BREAKING NEWS
CORRESPONDENT TRACE GALLAGHER
HAS MORE.
HAS MORE. >> AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW AFTER
THE FIRST BREAK, MATTHEWS WAS
GONE.
GONE. HERE’S WHAT HE SAID RIGHT OUT OF
THE GATE.
THE GATE. WATCH.
WATCH. >> LET ME START WITH MY HEADLINE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. I AM RETIRING.
THIS IS THE LAST HARDBALL ON
MSNBC AND OBVIOUSLY THIS ISN’T
FOR LACK OF INTEREST IN
POLITICS.
POLITICS. AS YOU CAN TELL I LOVED EVERY
MINUTE OF MY 20 YEARS AS HOST OF
"HARDBALL."
"HARDBALL." >> THE WRITING HAS BEEN ON THE
WALL FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
MATTHEWS WAS NOT PART OF THE
NETWORK SOUTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR THIS WEEKEND AND HE’S
BEEN UNDER PRESSURE TO RESIGN
FOR A LITANY OF CONTROVERSIAL
COMMENTS LIKE COMPARING
BERNIE SANDERS VICTORY IN NEVADA
TO THE NAZI DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH
IN WORLD WAR II FOR WHICH HE
LATER APOLOGIZED.
LATER APOLOGIZED. ACCUSATIONS OF SEXIST COMMENTS
MAY HAVE BEEN THE FINAL STRAW.
LISTEN TO WHAT ELSE MATTHEW SAID
>> COMPLEMENTS ON A WOMAN’S
APPEARANCE THAT SOME MEN,
INCLUDING ME, ONE OF WANTS AND
QUICKLY THOUGHT WERE OKAY WERE N
NOT THEN AND CERTAINLY NOT TODAY
AND FOR MAKING SUCH COMMENTS IN
THE PAST, I’M SORRY.
STICK A FORK CONTEST, MATTHEWS
WAS ACCUSED OF ASKING
APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS DURING A
RECENT INTERVIEW WITH
ELIZABETH WARREN AND THEN
FREELANCE JOURNALIST LAURA
PRESENT SAID HE MADE
INAPPROPRIATE CONTEST TRICKLE
COMMENTS TO HER ON A FEW
OCCASIONS.
OCCASIONS. WITH ALL THAT, 20 YEARS OF
HOSTING "HARDBALL" OVER."