thanks for joining me today. i ll see you back here next saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. smerconish starts now. terrorists turned tiktok influencer. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. against the backdrop of anti-semitism running rampant online and off, osama bin laden was trending this week. dozens of young americans have posted videos on tiktok expressing sympathy with bin laden, the terrorist who orchestrated the september 11th attacks after they discovered a two decades old letter he wrote critiquing the united states, including its support of israel. among many heinous quotes, your law is law of the rich and wealthy people who hold sway in their political parties and fund their election campaigns with their gifts. behind them stand the jews, who control your policy, media and economy. there s a lot more to it. it s about 4,000 words, but you get the gist. it began to recirculate this week on tiktok, where videos on the topic garnered 14 million views by thursday. n
the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source, forgot all, an adult website, and botox? a scathing new report says for misspent thousands of his donors dollars, and calls are coming for him to be expelled from congress. plus, the israeli military says it is recovered the body of a hostage of at al-shifa hospital, releasing new videos they say reveals a tunnel shaft. we ll go one-on-one with a top official in moments. and why osama bin laden s two decade oh manifesto justifying 9/11 go viral on tiktok? and more importantly, why are some americans sympathizing with it? and caitlin collins, and this is the source. . and i did congressman george santos now says he won t be running for reelection next year, and reelection may have been the least of his troubles. tonight he could be facing even more legal jeopardy. house ethics committee has just referred its new findings on santos to the justice department. the report finds, quote, substantial e
specifically on that topic. now, this is expected to be a record breaking year for air travel. tsa says to get to the airport early. to avoid all the, you know, the long lines and everything, so that s why. it would help if more people did that, right? it would help, yep. i think with the amount of people that do travel, it s good to just give yourself some leeway. and sandra, as always, check with your airlines for any updates and good luck out there. sandra. sandra: good luck out there. that s the message, right? looks ok for now there in denver. we hope it stays that way. it is going to get busy as it always does. alicia, thank you so much and great to see you as we kick off a new hour, college campuses under the microscope. the federal government investigating more than a half dozen schools after a series of alleged antisemitic incidents. welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york and john, we are closer and closer to the weekend, but a lot still to get to he
that s it for us. the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. collins starts now. see you tomorrow. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight straight from the source, an adult website and botox. a scathing new report says that george santos misspent thousands of his donors dollars. and tonight the calls are growing for him to be expelled from congress. plus the israeli military says it has recovered the body of a hostage near the al shifa hospital. also releasing new video that it says shows a tunnel shaft inside gaza s largest medical center. we ll go one-on-one with a top u.s. official in moments. and why has osama bin laden s two decade old manifesto justifying 9/11 gone viral on tiktok? and more importantly, why are some young americans sympathizing with it? i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. indicted congressman george santos now says he won t be running for re-election next year. but re-election may have been the least of h
in jerusalem. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled meet with several arab leaders today as the u.s. tries cool tensions in the middle east. blinken is in amman, jordan where he will meet with his counterparts from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. a palestinian authority will also be in attendance. the trip comes after he met with israeli leaders in an attempt to get them to agree to humanitarian pauses in the war against hamas. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we ve been clear that as israel conducts his campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing the idea of a cease fire, saying the more than 240 hostages still held by hamas must be released first. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after, the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to