are the people most opposed to donald trump actually aiding his election? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. tuesday is the new hampshire primary. the gop race in the sggranite state thought to be a two person affair. if trump b the first nonincumbent republican to win both iowa and new hampshire, he will be the de facto nominee of his party, but new hampshire could prove more hospitable for haley. high school home to more libertarians and independents. so haley is all in. and so too are many institutional forces which see time running out to stop trump. but are some of those efforts backfiring? mark halperin in his newsletter regularly chronicles this phenomenon which he calls the sad irony of those members of the media and the democratic party who most worry about a trump second term acting in ways that actually make it more likely he will win. here is an example. monday msnbc had the kind of all night extensive coverage of the iowa caucus that we ve come to expect of
the special reports that we do sometimes around here. this one is about what we call the just comply lie from some republicans, as well as sean hannity. we re going to show you how it has been shredded by recent events. how sean hannity s standard was failed by none other than donald trump himself. how it fits in with civil rights in our country. by the end of the hour, to end the week, we have a saturday night live alum with us as well. our top story is the kind of news that sometimes comes at the end of the week about the january 6th coup. it s about our democracy. it s about the man who already got donald trump arraigned, special counsel jack smith. people are taking everything he does as seriously as possible these days. indeed, one thing that you can find agreement on from sort of doj veterans and allies of the justice department, if you want to put it that way, and donald trump s team and world, they all think jack smith means business. they are all watching everyth
his party, but new hampshire could prove more hospitable for haley. is it home to more libertarians and independents. so haley is all in. and so too are many institutional forces which see time running out to stop trump. but are some of those efforts backfiring? mark halperin in his newsletter regularly chronicles this phenomenon which he calls the sad irony of those members of the media and the democratic party who most worry about a trump second term acting in ways that actually make it more likely he will win. here is an example. monday msnbc had the kind of all night extensive coverage of the iowa caucus that we ve come to expect of cable outlets. but when it came time for trump to make his acceptance speech, the network didn t air it. instead, rachel maddow said this at this point in the evening the projected winner of the iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech. we will keep an eye on it as it happens. we ll let you know if there is any news made, i
the artist formerly known as kanye west, who today announced he is going to purchase parlor. do you know what por lor is? the word might invoke the image of a fancy room or cute little lady sit and sip their tea from good china. but parlor is decidedly not that. parlor is a far right fringe social media platform. and you first might have heard of it around the time of the capitol insurrection, january 6, 2021, because many of the violent rioters organized on parlor. podcast host kara swisher that very day asked one of the founders of parlor if he felt any responsibility for death and destruction to which he said this. i don t feel responsible for any of this, and neither should the platform, considering we re a neutral town square that just add head heres to the law. so, if people are organizing something, that s more of a problem of people are upset. they feel disenfranchised. yes, people were upset and they felt disenfranchised. not long after that interview, apple and
again hinted at a 2024 presidential campaign. and on capitol hill, congress is up against the clock. lawmakers have a lot they want to get done before their summer break. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the latest in the justice department s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter tell the washington post that federal prosecutors have now turned their attention to donald trump. two sources tell the paper that in recent days two top aides to vice president mike pence were asked before a grand jury about their conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who took part in the scheme to replace certified biden electors with a slate of the former president s allies. according to the post, prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december, 2020, and janua