i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. for the second time in less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. airspace. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a, quote, high altitude object hovering ten miles off the coast of alaska. of course, last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. joining me to discuss the retired air force lieutenant general, the air force s first chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnoissance. he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principal attack planner for the operation desert storm air campaign, commander of no fly operations over iraq and served on two congressional commissions focused on america s future defense strategy. these days he s the dean of aerospace studies. so what is norad s responsibility and what s the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, mich
no contracts are allowed on sports or if somebody is going to kid or get kidnapped. now the cftc wants to shut the market down saying it s expanded beyond its educational roots. phillips is fighting back. and, by the way, he has a most unusual backstory. he first became famous in 1976 as the a-bomb kid, when as a princeton undergraduate he created a 34-page how-to guide for building a nuclear weapon using publicly available information. in 1978 he coauthored a book called mushroom: the story of the a-bomb kid . john joins me now. good to see you. why is this legal, where in the united states generally we prohibit wagering on elections? first of all, michael, thanks for having me on. it s good to be back on, actually. so this is specifically permitted under no action relief granted by the agency eight and