now. don t quote me when things ultimately take some radically different course we didn t anticipate. it s not like we haven t been surprised in afghanistan before from this vantage point. i will say, though, an awkward detail, i think, for us and for us in understanding what s going on there now is the fact that as mullah baradar returns to afghanistan today, as he shows up in kandahar today, birth place of the taliban, and that is recognized in afghanistan and around the world as the sign that he will be the new leader of the afghan government as the taliban takes it over, awkward background to that, particularly for us as americans, is that today marks the first time that this guy, mullah baradar, has been in afghanistan in more than a decade. where has he been all this time? well, in 2010 after the cia reportedly tracked him down in pakistan, mullah baradar was arrested in pakistan and put in
ellen even called the academy on his behalf. this all prompted more outrage, naturally. for some, particularly those in the black lgbt community, ellen s was presumptuous. for others, hart didn t seem authentically apologetic and looked too darn staged. it s unclear what it accomplished for kevin hart s oscar hosting chances but did accomplish one thing. sparked a national debate. joining me to discuss this thorny issue, my friend and comedian judy gold. what did you make of the ellen/kevin four year show? i don t think it was supposed to be him for the entire hour. really? i don t know. i think ahead the call mid way through? don t quote me but i think it was really interesting because, you know, i can see it from two perspectives. i see it from a comedian s perspective and i see it from a member of the lgbt community.
don t owe them anything either. if would have unfollowed kanye but but i didn t have to because obviously you weren t following him to begin with. my take it this. if you look their music, then support it. and if it you don t, then you don t. but to get so into it as to say oh, they said something favorable or unfavorable about president trump and now i m going to take it out of my iphone i think goes too far. where does that thinking end? go to my website at smerconish.com. answer this question. do they have nic to apologize for regarding their pro-trump remarks? won t it be interesting to see the results at this end of this hour. up ahead, north and south korea finally ending the conflict after 65 years where the news comes on the watch of president trump, will he ever receive any credit from political opponents, jeff green field is here to weigh in. as i was just mentioning.
mysteriously by the new york times, craft addressed what he called the, quote, elephant in the room, the kneeling. craft insisted, quote, the problem we have is we have a president who will use it as fodder to do his mission that i don t feel is in the best interest of america. it s divisive and it s horrible. after one player said it was difficult to trust the owners because they supported mr. trump, another owner jeffrey lury of the eagles who still hasn t scheduled a white house visit for his super bowl winning team, by the way, took exception saying, quote, another fact i want to throw out there, many of us had no interest in supporting president trump. yes, there are some, there are some players who do, too, but this is not where you bran dish a group of people because they own assets in a sport we love. supporting what many of us perceive as, you know, one disastrous presidency, he said, using a vul garregarity we can here. then adding don t quote me. joining us former nfl pla
the e.c. defendant and trump want to arbitrate this case. but they got to actually ask for it first. and technically speaking, they haven t asked for arbitration yet. so avenatti is now allowed yet to ask for discovery. so it is a technical denial of the motion, not on the merits, they will absolutely rebring this motion once the e.c. defendants asked for arbitration and i promise you, they will ask for arbitration. you have the president s team saying this is an order without merit and michael avenatti disputing. that when is this likely to happen? what kind of timetable are we looking at for this to go forward. i expect it be clairvoyant. relatively quickly. however it may be one of my favorite foot notes in a long time. this judge and i believe we might have a graphic of it, but this judge has in a foot note in the order said to the parties, essentially, and i m paraphrasing, don t quote me, the parties, you are not the