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
declan lopez, i see you. if you know someone i should see, tell me. i m victor blackwell. i ll see you back here next saturday. smerconishsh is up rigight now. what s a father to do? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. joe biden might soon face a decision about whether to prevent his own son from going to prison. it s a determination that will be made against the backdrop of the 2024 presidential campaign, one more intangible in an already unpredictable election cycle. hunter biden could face up to 17 years if convicted for the nine tax charges for which he was indicted on thursday. he pleaded not guilty. according to data from the internal revenue service, nearly 90% of all tax cases they refer to the department of justice for prosecution, they end with a conviction or a guilty plea. and around two-thirds of those cases resulted in prison time, with an average sentence of 14 months. this in addition to the 25 years he could face for the three federal gun charges for wh
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
generational divide. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. when it comes to supporting israel, america is seeing a significant split. thousands protesting in d.c. today to demand both a cease-fire in the israel/gaza war and an end to usaid to israel. in many cities on many campuses, missing person-style posters created by is raraeli artists. isaac hertzog wrote this. professors and students at american colleges make speeches and sign statements justifying terrorism, even glorifying it. and then it would have been unthinkable to hear such moral confusion uttered after the september 11th attacks or after bombings in london, barcelona, and baghdad. so what s different this time. why the troubling rise in anti-semitism? data suggests it s generational. by way of example, new polling by quinnipiac notes half of the voters in the u.s. respond to is reeling s attack and 35% disapprove. among voters 18 to 34, those numbers flip. 32% approve, 52% disapprove. among 18 to 34-year-ol
today. i ll see you back here next saturday at adm. eastern smerconish is up next setting the bar i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, thursday here on cnn is the first of two scheduled debates between president biden and trump. jake tapper and dana bash will moderate the debate will last 90 minutes with no live audience. there will be no opening statements, answers will be two minutes rebuttals will be one-minute closing statements will be two minutes based on a coin toss, trump will go last. there will be two commercial breaks and perhaps the biggest wrinkle microphones will be muted when it s not someone s turn the stakes are high. the racist tight weather measured in national surveys or by battleground states. so the debate is a very big deal and opinions as to who won will no longer be influenced by expectations advantage joe biden. and here s why call it, be careful what you wish for in the last two weeks, president biden traveled overseas to participate in a