smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. rs and ds are tied at 27. it tie as record for an independent showing making them the largest political bloc in the c
american dream and what s left of it and to salvage what you can. and this is happening, you know, sporadically around the area. and, look, there are decisions that need to be made. there are short-term decisions and long-term, but sanibel, the causeway is down. you can t get there by car. so if you re going to be on sanibel island, you have to go back and forth by boat. for a long time. exactly. and that that bridge is going to take we were thinking, like, how could they put metal plates? but it is broken in so many places, it is going to be that way for a long time. i should mention, though, there is a community called babcock branch in charlotte county that is all solar. they have this solar ray, all of it survived the storm. minimal damage, full power. and so as we talk about the future, about rebuilding, and the resilience of living on the coast, wouldn t it be nice to not have to wait in a gasl line and have air conditioning and light and information right now
234,000 people trampling the border to get into our nation. that s up by more than 30% from the same time last year, and up more than 350% from april of 2018. republican lawmakers say president biden is not listening to americans concerns. the alien encounters so far since president biden s been in office is more than the population of 15 individual states. we need to make sure we re putting america first and not trying to dodge to issues that are important to the american people. reinstate the remain in mexico policy, support the border patrol agents, finish the wall and we could really see a difference. the president doesn t seem to want to take on these tough issues. harris: even with all of that, though, the illegal immigrants are not the only concern. this week authorities announce they found a major drug smuggling tunnel linking tijuana mexico to southern california. it spans the length of six football fields and is built in what was thought to be one of the most f
cities like charleston and pittsburgh and el paso and christchurch in new zealand that have been tragically been victimized by racist rampages and violent extremism fueled by racial hatred. the conversations across this country today do nothing for the families of the victims. they do not erase their pain or ease their horror of the loved ones violent deaths, but at least we have a quorum willing to acknowledge the problem. the ideology that fuels saturday s mass shooting no longer sits on the absolute fringes of our society. ten people were gunned down, three others injured at a supermarket by a shooter who traveled more than 200 miles to target a predominantly black neighborhood in buffalo, new york, a shooter who according to police this morning would have continued with his rampage if he had not been stopped and arrested by police. 11 of the 13 victims were black. the dead range in age from 32 years old to 86 years old. the shooter wrote a lengthy, in which he was inspir
Qunol. The brand i trust. On this new hour, how far will trump go to get some cash . His reported pitch for a quid pro quo with big oil companies. And trump has a nikki haley problem as the clock is ticking for him to name a running mate. And calling out republicans for giving more rights to appliances than women. Im aman moyelledy, lets do it. I made a pledge to your state, you have highest energy costs in the country. In the first year, they will be reduced by 50 . Because we are going to drill, baby drill. That was trump bragging about dismantling President Bidens green agenda if he wins a second term in november. Now his positions on Climate Policy are on sale to the highest bidder. A stunning new report by the Washington Post details a meeting at maralago last month between donald trump and about two dozen top Oil Executives. Dourg a dinner, one executive complained they spent 400 million lobbying the Biden Administration and had nothing to show for it. The president had still not