Ill see you back here next saturday at 8 00 a. M. Eastern summer cottage starts right now tension between the us and israel over the war with hamas on Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the Biden Administration said that it is reasonable to assess that us weapons have been used by Israeli Forces in gaza in ways that are inconsistent with International Humanitarian law. But they stopped short of officially saying that israel violated that law. The report drafted by the state Department Said investigations are ongoing, but that the us does not have complete information this followed israels Security Cabinet Approval of an expansion of the area of operation of the shelling in rafah after President Joe Biden threatened to withhold us weapons if israel were to carry out an allout offensive in that city, the increased Military Operation in rafah has put ceasefire for Hostage Talks on pause to us officials told cnn all of this follows a Turning Point in us, israel relations this week when President Biden is previously unwavering public support began to waver the highly visible propalestinian Campus Protests have been threatening to splinter bidens fragile Democratic Coalition in a sitdown interview with cnn as erin burnett, biden threatened to halt some weapons shipments. The first significant conditioning of us military aid to israel since the start of the war. But israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that to avenge hamass october 7 terror attacks, quote, if we need to stand alone, we will stand alone. I have said and that if necessary, we will fight with our fingernails, joining me now to discuss his Thomas Al Friedman is a threetime Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the new york times, where his latest piece just out is titled bidens real mistake in pausing military aid to israel. And his many bestsellers include the National Book award winner from they route to jerusalem, which has a new audio forward. Tom always great when youre here, what will be the impact of this state Department Report that said israel most likely fail to protect civilians in gaza, but did not find specific instances. Gosh, michael, i dont think its going to have much impact whatsoever. I think what matters is whats happening on the ground right now, particularly in and around the rafah and around the limited embargo that President Biden has imposed on israel to drive home. The point that if its going to go into rafah, it has to do so in a way that simply does not cause mass civilian casualties as its entrance into gaza city and khan younis have so in your most recent posting for the times on that subject, heres part of what you wrote. You said netanyahus policies have not will not produce a sustainable victory in gaza, cannot secure israel against his greatest existential threat. Iran. And our endangering world jewry and undermining americas broader middle east strategic needs and goals. So what should israel be doing then about hamas still in rafah so it really, we have to start at 30,000 feet. Michael and that is my belief that if israel decide that it had to go into gaza for strategic and moral reasons to dismantle hamas the only way it could do it is if it had three things, it needed time it needed resources, and it needed legitimacy because given the fact that hamas and buried itself and its tunnels under a civilian population, there were always going to be heavy civilian casualties no matter what now, what that meant is from the very beginning, israel had to be seen as at war with hamas with the Palestinian People. That was central. And for that to happen, it needed to have a palestinian partner. It needed fail to say to the world to itself, to gazans, we want to dismantle hamas, but we want to replace them with a, with the Palestinian Authority in the west bank, which is embraced the oslo peace process. Instead, what netanyahu did was say, were going to war against hamas, and were going to stay at war with the pa. So we have with the Palestinian Authoritys, so we have no palestinian partner message to the world. Were not at war just well were at war with the Palestinian People. And because of that, israel has not had the legitimacy it needed for this kind of war President Bidens response, and i made reference to it in your introduction was to have a sit down with erin burnett and to threaten the pause of additional weapons in this most recent column of yours, you question that approach. It seems like you think there needs to be more Fraud Policy Statement offered by the white house . What would your counsel be how should President Biden be using his leverage with netanyahu i would have loved to see him actually give a full blown speech, basically saying, heres why were doing this. Weapons pause. But its in a much broader context you, israel are fighting a war with diminishing actually with virtually no anymore legitimacy because its award that is perceived as being a war against the Palestinian People. You cant be at war with hamas in gaza. And then be pursuing and reinforcing an occupation in the west bank that that just doesnt work. Youve got to have a palestinian partner, a palestinian partner for you as key first first of all, to be able to say to the world, we are going to remove hamas, but were going to replace it with a legitimate decent palestinian government. Its the key to having a regional leinz that you need against iran because israels moderate air partners are not going to sign on to protect israel if its perceived as trying to destroy the Palestinian People and not just hamas, if israel had a partner with a pa that would make it much easier for uae, jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, to partner with israel against iran its palestinian partners stupid. Its the keystone to everything. If israel does not have that michael, it has no Exit Strategy for gaza. It has no way of building a Regional Alliance against iran. It has no plan for the morning after it will have no International Legitimacy the subject of Future Governance has been a consistent concern of Thomas Friedman since ten, seven. Heres what most recently you wrote on it. Together, about 7 million israeli jews would be permanently controlling about 5 million palestinian arabs in to occupied territories, which would be a moral, economic, and Military Overstretch that would delight iran because it would hasten israels descent into being a global pariah. My question is it too late for a deal with the saudis that which had been in the works up until ten, seven wasnt important question, michael and the saudi deal has two components. It has an american saudi component that revolves around a mutual security treaty, a civilian nuclear program, and weapons transfers. But to get that us saudi component passed by the us congress to facilitate that saudi arabia actually offered to know normalized relations with israel, provided israel would provide some kind of horizon or pathway to a twostate solution for palestinians netanyahus government is refusing to do that. So the administration, while tying up the saudi deal, is now trying to figure out do they do they take them limited deal to congress and try to get it through where they promised from salary we did that it would normalize with israel if and when Israeli Government came along ready to do that, or does this just scotch the whole deal . I think thats all in discussion right now. Final question. I want to put polling data from American Youth on the screen. It raises the question of what Thomas Friedman thinks about the campus unrest. I dont know if you can see the screen, but take my word for it the issues that College Students are most important, most concerned about coming in last ninth of nine, the conflict in the middle east, your last column said that the protests on campuses are getting something wrong. Whats the takeaway you want to leave us with well, michaeli, if youre only condemning israeli violence against palestinians and youre ignoring what hamas did october 7, youre not morally serious. If if youre for a ceasefire now and not for a return of hostages now, youre not morally serious. It seems to me. And if youre not talking about a twostate solution, but youre talking about a Palestinian State from the river to the sea. Youre not morally serious theres only one solution who should here . And that is two states for two Indigenous People between the jordan river and the mediterranean. And if youre not for that, if youre not for ending the violence and for hostage release, if youre only condemning one side and not the other, youre not morally serious and youre not going to be at all productive and helpful because theres only one way out. Two states for two people let me read aloud a Social Media Reaction and see if tom wants to respond. Go ahead, catherine, put it on the screen. Ill read it aloud. Biden is making so many mistakes. Its disheartening tom friedman, youve written that hes the most proisrael president that weve ever had defend that view well, joe biden was the first president to actually pick up and go to israel after this kind of violent attack from palestinians. He did everything to get it as israel, the Military Equipment needed he stood up to defend israel at the united nations. But the problem for Joe Biden Michael is hes actually a very decent, straightforward guy. He is not built to deal with a sinister, cynical character like Benjamin Netanyahu, who is ready to use america, ready to use biden to secure sure what his his top priority, the political survival of Benjamin Netanyahu, which he has put ahead of israels National Interest because israels National Interests is to have a palestinian partner and netanyahu refuses to do that because hes cabinet that he formed with a bunch of rightwing lunatics who refuse to consider for any kind of palestinian partner. And as long as that is the case, Israel Cannot Win in gaza, It Cannot Win in the, It Cannot Win. And College Campuses, it will not win tom friedman. Thank you so much for coming back pleasure up ahead, depending on who you ask, the netflix roast of tom brady was either way to raci and offensive or totally hilarious. I happened to be in the latter category and i think people need to get their senses of humor back, but i want to know what you think. Go to my website. Its where congress. Com. 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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels spent two days on the Witness Stand testifying, and then being crossexamined about are 2006 encounter with donald trump that led to the hush money payments just before the 2016 election after the defense repeatedly tried to cast doubt on daniel story, character, and motivation. She provocatively tweeted real men respond to teststimony by being sworn in ad taking the stand in court oh, wait. Never mind. Trumps legal team tried to get judge juan merchan to modify his gag order so that trump could respond, but the motion was denied. The jury finally saw chart of those 34 Business Records that prosecutors allege were falsified 11 invoices, 12 vouchers, 11 checks, which is why the indictment has 34 counts. The prosecution, despite saying that they would need he sixweek to present their case. Now, say they could wrap up next week, which will be the fourth week of testimony. So whats left former trump Attorney Michael Cohen joining me now is cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, elie honig. Elie. Okay. Im convinced they convinced me. He wore the silk pajamas and he was not wearing something in else that perhaps he should have been wearing. But having sex with an Adult Film Star thats not illegal nor is paying her for her silence. So where are we on the important matter of trumps intent . So michael, the key thing to keep in mind here, as you say, wearing silk pajamas, not a crime, having sex with a porn star, not a crime, paying a hush money, not a crime knowing about paying hush money, not a crime. The charge crime here is falsification of Business Records. And to that end, i think prosecutors have made slow but steady progress, but theyre not quite all the way he there yet. And the person whos going to need to get them all the way there is Michael Cohen and heres what i mean. I think its quite clear based on the evidence weve seen so far, a that Stormy Daniels was paid 130,000 hush money. No question. Be that donald trump was aware of that see that donald trump knew he was reimbursing Michael Cohen over the subsequent months. But what you have to show is that donald trump was in on a plan to falsify Business Records. Lets set this up. Lets structure the internal accounting on this to hide it, to make it look like legal fees as opposed to a hush money payment. Thats where the prosecution hasnt quite driven at home. Thats where the name Michael Cohen to deliver for them this week so perhaps you are now about to school me as a criminal litigator. My expertise is in the civil realm. Lots of Salacious Information came in relative to Stormy Daniels. I dont understand it. And two times, judge merchan would not grant a mistrial, but in his second explanation, im going to put up on the screenhat was said but its sidebar. Judge merchan two. Here it is to blanche in your Opening Statement, you deny that there was ever a sexual encounter between Stormy Daniels end the defendant. Your denial puts the jury in a position of having to choose who they believe donald trump, who did nice. There was an encounter or Stormy Daniels who claims that there was elie an Opening Statement is not evidence. Is is it appropriate for judge merchan to say, well, in your opening, heres what you said therefore, you open the door so youre right. I think the statement by judge were sean is actually legally incorrect. The prosecution carries the burden of proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, always and forever. And for the judge to say this is going to come down to a contest of credibility before the before the jury whos telling the truth, Stormy Daniels or donald trump. Thats just not correct. If donald trump doesnt take the stand and i dont think he will take the stand. Its not for the jury to say, well, who do i believe more . Its for the jury to say has the prosecution proved its case Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and only put that in another way to you. A lot of people who said, well, Michael Cohen, maybe hes a liar, but Donald Trumps ally or two. So what if the jury concludes theyre both big fat liar . First of which might be the case. Guess what . The verdict is not guilty. So i actually think the judge mistakes the burden of proof in that excerpt you just showed us okay. And you anticipated my next question because when judge more shawn talks about whose account do we believe Stormy Daniels or donald trump i think hes saying its a case about sex. Its not a case about sex right . So this is a difficult line for prosecutors to walk here. I do think they needed to call Stormy Daniels, not as a technical matter, but as a human matter as explaining the case to the jury, i think it wouldve been really conspicuous if they had not called Stormy Daniels. Now, when they got too deep, i think into the salacious details of the sex and the judge did sustain several objections from trumps team about the details. I guess the upside is the more details that Stormy Daniels gives tends to make her more credible if she just said, well, i had sex with them in a hotel room in 2006 and thats it. Thats. Not all that credible, but if she says, oh, i remember the magazine he was holding, i remember the pajamas. You tend to believe it more the downside for prosecutors though, is you get away from the ball, you get away from the ball game here, which is falsification of Business Records. And the more time you spent in silk pajamas and that hotel room, the more the jury may be wondering, wait a second. The charge here is a counting essentially, so why are we spending so much time in detail in this hotel room . Its a tough call for prosecutors think they were right to call Stormy Daniels, but i think they went too far into the nuances of it. How much of this now rests on the shoulder, the successful prosecution, the rests on the shoulder of Michael Cohen i would say virtually all of it. Michael and i want to say Michael Cohen has a unique witness, right . He has a history of lying, unlike any witness that ive ever seen, he has a personal hatred for donald trump beyond what ive ever seen from any witness taking the stand against a defendant may 2 days ago, he did a video where hes wearing a goofy tshirt showing donald trump in an Orange Jumpsuit behind bars. Thats going to come back to haunt him. But on the other hand, prosecutors have done a really good job. I think i coined a term this week, Pre Corroborating Michael Cohen a lot part of what hes going to testify about, not all of it, but a lot of it. Theyve already heard theyve already seen checks. Theyve seen handwriting on the internal accounting documents. Theyve heard from other witnesses. And so a lot of what theyre going to hear from Michael Cohen and prosecutors will argue just this in closing, theyre going to say, folks, you dont need to take Michael Cohen at his word because virtually everything he says is backed up. But the key point did donald trump no, hey, were going to falsify these records. Were going to call them attorneys fees to try to hide them. That little nuance is going to be the difference and the game changer and the one that should determine the verdict. And i think that in isolation can only come from Michael Cohen can i say youve been excellent. Ive been watching all of the commentators have been excellent. Ive happened to be my personal fave, but i just think that the insight that has been provided in difficult circumstances because we dont have cameras in the courtroom and we ought to but i think thats cnn is doing the next best thing. So keep it up and thank you. Oh, wait, stick around. Social media reaction in case i need to lean on you for this, what do we have catherine . Yeah, waste of time. And we look like a Banana Republic says a conservative with some tweaks. Elie honig replies, what . I disagree on both of those, i think theres a fair are i disagree that its a waste of time and i disagree that we looked like a Banana Republic. I think there are fair criticisms which i have voiced all of the Judgment Decision that alvin bragg made to bring this case. I think this case can certainly be criticized for dealing with old conduct with conduct that the feds passed on with conduct thats marginal, especially we will put against Donald Trumps other conduct, the january 6 and the classified documents, but i dont think that makes us into a show trial. I dont think this makes us into Banana Republic. What were seeing michael is a fair trial. The judge, generally speaking, i have some criticisms of whom i just voiced one, but by enlarge, hes running a fair and efficient trial. The lawyers for both sides have done a good and professional job. We have a jury that appears to be a fair jury. Lets let this process play out. I dont personally care what the verdict is. I will respect the verdict from this jury. I think weve had a good, fair, and efficient trial, and i think its a good statement about our judicial institutions okay. An offset simply say that i almost stumbled on the teleprompter is i was reading the intro when i got to the part that said that they had this encounter in 2006 i think thats what it said. Im thousand and six. This is 2024, like were having this conversation now, really, elie. Thank you. Yeah. I have thanks, michael up ahead and still to come. Hey, i was disinhibited from delivering a Commencement Speech this year. Have you heard so instead, im going to deliver it here. Also why is this man smiling . 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Com every weekday morning, cnns five things has what you need to get going with your day the five essential stories of the morning in five minutes or less cnns five things with kate bolduan streaming weekdays, exclusively on macs so did the greatest roast of all time for retired quarterback and nfl legend tom brady cross a line, or were the jokes fair game . The threehour netflix special pulled in more than 2 million views on sunday when its streamed live, featuring some the biggest names in sports and hollywood taking jabs at the seventime super bowl champion and threetime mvp tom brady. The roess took more than two years to prepare and currently ranks as the number one show on netflix in the despite its massive success, critics argue the roast should have never streamed live due to several punchlines targeting bradys exwife, Gisele Bundchen coach, but let me tell you something. People let me tell you something. Thats what you gotta do to maintain your happiness. You understand dissent toms got to coach, you know who else . Hey, coach. Juseyo, She Karate Man Tom appear to be a good sport for most of the night things took an awkward turn when comedian jeff ross made a joke about new England Patriots owner robert kraft, involving an incident at a Massage Parlor back in 2019 that scrawny rookie famously walked into the owner, Robert Krafts office and said, im the best decision there organization has ever made would you like a massage . I love robert kraft. I sit again okay. Okay Vice President for standup and Comedy Formats at netflix. Defendant the special saying, quote, nothing is off limits, thats what makes it mustsee television. Even travis and jason kelce, the kelce brothers, who of course are nfl players found the roast entertaining that was unbelievable. First off everybody involved hats off i id been in tears the whole like last like de just watching the eclipse and everything that had me rolling because of how at everybodys neck people were going. I mean, it was Pure Entertainment and im really happy they did it. But i do not. I just do not get the rows. I dont understand why people do because its got i take myself too seriously joining me now is Sally Jenkins, columnist for the washington post, her latest piece is called the tom brady roast was a super bowl of cruelty sally, welcome back. I get that. The jokes viewed in a vacuum. They do seem cruel for me. It worked because the humor was an equal opportunity offender like it got everybody by the end of the night. Why was that not enough for you well, because the person who is really roasted was not tom brady. It was his exwife primarily. Thats number one actually, people didnt really lay too much of a glove on tom brady. He he came out pretty unscathed. Number one. Number two, it just wasnt that funny. I mean, kevin harts not that funny. None of the ball players were especially funny. Peyton manning was Funny Manning Bill Belichick was pretty funny. Peyton manning was funny. The rest of them not so funny. Okay. Admittedly, you are talking to someone whos sense of humor in movies is a debate as to whether caddyshack, animal house, or slap shot are the best movie of all time. So i common to all of that me to timeless classics, all three, those are funny. Funny is one of the side. This would have been this would have been a great line for tom brady. Funny is one to psych saying, stop Calling Men Dogs men are dogs. Dogs are loyal right . You dont find womens panties in a doghouse thats funny. One to sex is 20 chris rise. Kevin kevin hart. Not funny. It was look, just screaming profanity until a microphone is not funny. There has to be some width and some point to it. The point of the comedy too often was Gisele Bundchen or Bridget Moynihan . That was just stupid and cruel and pointless Peyton Manning basically saying to tom brady talking smack about tom brady in our house is called thanksgiving. That was funny by the way. I thought its interesting that you say this. I thought drew bledsoe was great, perfect selfdeprecating, and i love it. I want to roll some ghraieb. Let me roll gronk for Sally Jenkins, then you can respond to him, play it what time i really am psyched tonight that we got um, bill here night. Everyone thinks you guys hate each other what i saw first his hand, you two are exactly alike. Your both hardasses that hate fun you both live and breathe. Football neither of you are married anymore youre both even those boris from football and both of you take full credit for the dynasty i thought that gronk was as much a target as was jesus. What did you make of him . I did actually gronkowski was still one of the few Football Players on the stage who actually had a sense that stuff wasnt that funny. He actually looked quite uncomfortable about some of the jokes directed at chisel, which i found interesting because he was targeted all night as like this dumb api kind of a guy which it also wasnt that funny so i thought gronkowski was one of the few guys who actually showed a little taste and discernment about comedy. What do you, what do you make of seinfelds comment . Ill put it on the screen and ill read it aloud, not said with specificity to brady, but i see it as relevant. It used to be that youd go home at the end of the day. Most people would go, oh cheers. Its on. Oh mashes on oh, mary tyler moore, izzat All In The Family is on. You just expected therell be some funny stuff we can watch on tv and then he said, well, guess what . Where is it . This is the result of the extreme left and pc crap and people worrying so much about offending other people. Can you buy into that . I can. I actually dont disagree with that at all. I mean, im a free speech absolutist. Im not im not saying, oh, you know, take the roast off the air. I mean, look, i miss that kind of comedy too. I just think that the dumbing down of comedy is the problem here and some of it comes from the right and some comes its from the left. I think its equal opportunity cancel culture going on, but i agree. I think the great comedies of the 70s and 80s, i really miss them yeah, totally can i can i also say i dont mean in Sally Jenkins defense because you dont need a defense. But what i appreciated about your column, even though we see this differently is that you gave us some lines, like, heres what funny is. They were revolved. Its not as if youre approved. You get the final word no. I mean, look, i i grew up with dan jenkins who is one of the most body as drivers, semi tough, kopan, my top so i can i can i stick a claim and say, look, i know honey, i grew up with funny. So i think im a pretty fair arbiter about funny. Robin williams, one of the funniest man who ever lived. Richard pryor when he said when Richard Pryor says you know, i im not addicted to cocaine. I just liked the smell. I mean, that was funny alone a lot of great comedy selfdirected. Chris rocks comedy can be very, very selfdirected. Wanda sykes makes front of her own family. Its not like theyre off limit targets. Its just that it better have a point and it better have some real whip behind it. Otherwise, its really just finishing cruelty cruelty is simply stupid thank you, sally. Appreciate it. Its a great session. All right. Still to come, hey, i was this invited from delivering a Commencement Speech this year so instead, im going to deliver it to all have you in just a moment and dont forget, vote on todays Poll Question thats where cottage it is exactly what i was just talking about. Sally jenkins Jerry Seinfeld blames extreme Level Pc Crap and people worrying about offending for the lack of comedy on tv. Do you agree or disagree . Sign up for my free daily newsletter. 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In this is cnn as you may know, i was disinvested from delivering a College Commencement address after some students objected to a book that i wrote 20 years ago in the shadow of nine, 11 my social media tells the entire story. If you want more detail. But heres the abridged version of why wouldve said to the class of 2024, the first congratulations. Covid robbed you of pomp and circumstance when you were in high school and now the tumult of College Campus protests has denied some of an orderly graduate duration. Ceremony your experience is itself confirmation of the complex world that youre now entering were postpandemic all youve ever known as a climate of political dysfunction our economy is beset by inflation and the cost of your education was staggering Climate Change poses an existential threat. War rages in the middle east and ukraine. And whether the benefits of Artificial Intelligence outweigh the potential harm is the subject of robust debate its a lot and still none of it is the most important challenge we face as americans. Instead, its the fraying of our national fabric. But weve been told so often that our differences define us, that were starting to act like it and we cant count on politicians to provide us the necessary leadership there are large part of the problem, like media influencers, the status quo is wellsuited to their selfpreservation. But not ours. This polarization has been building for awhile, but was made worse by that, which is often labeled conductivity instead technology has disconnected us. Dont get me wrong, like you im dependent upon google and uber ways and open table but were spending too much of our time staging our lives for digital sharing without experiencing them shoulder to shoulder in real time. Speaking of which ive been a guest of bill maher on several occasions. You probably know that he ends each program with a pithy often revolved commentary will two years ago he said something that stuck with me. He said, quote, our real division isnt between red and blue its between the people on both sides who arent willing to mingle with americans outside their political tribes so that they have no idea what theyre really like its so true as bill bishop noted in his book, the big sort, the internet has made it too easy to spend time among the likeminded and segregated from contrary opinions, as well as those who hold them what we lack most is common experience of the sort that our parents often enjoyed and our grandparents took for granted places where we can congregate and commune with those of diverse interests, backgrounds, and perspectives Robert Putnam saw the demise of all of this coming when he wrote about social capital in a book of 2000 titled bowling alone he was referencing the glue that binds our communities and hence the nation when those bonds dont exist, were not there to help one another. And the less fortunate suffer the most economists, raj chetty is research prove that he showed that cross class friendships have a stronger impact than school quality, family structure, job availability, or even a communitys racial composition it turns out that people, you know, Open Up Opportunities and the growing class divide in the united states. It closes them off. All this division enabled by technology, has been linked to an alarming spike in Mental Health problems faced by your generation. In particular Surgeon General vivek murphy has called loneliness the crisis of our time the good news is that were not as divided as youve been led to believe data shows that we still hold core American Values in common theres been no monumental shift in our issue positions in the last halfcentury so its time for a National Coming together. We have to surrender, are superficial differences and reestablish social and economic connectedness so as you embark on your careers, please give added consideration to citizenship ask yourself, how will you serve your neighborhood and your nation maybe itll be Volunteer Work or supporting youth athletics, Student Exchange programs become a big brother or big sister, or otherwise figure out how you can be a mentor dont discount Organized Religion if youre a person of faith, whatever that faith might be and support local media. The opportunities are unlimited heres one more book recommendation the good life. It details a multigenerational study that began in 1938 and continues today every two years, the participants, they have to answer lengthy intrusive questionnaires every five years they surrender their medical records every 15 years. Theyre interviewed face to face whats the goal to unlock the ageold question of what makes a good life so what did the researchers learn . 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