X and tiktok. Thank you so much for joining me today. First of all, was going on a short hiatus. Im taking two weeks off to go enjoy the warmth of other suns. Ill see you back here saturday, october 5th. Smerconish is up next they or wont day im Michael Smerconish in new York City today, ballots are now being cast in alabama, were 52 days away from the final day of voting. But whether there will be another debate remains in doubt. Tuesday night in philadelphia ended with a nearly unanimous decision, but no Knockout Blow before it began, i said Donald Trump needed to exhibit discipline and Kamala Harris needed to show depth she met her mark. He missed his. I locked in my own assessment of the debate Via X just prior to delivery of closing statements before i might be swayed by anybody elses spin. Among my points, that trumps claims about migrants eating pets and abortions being performed at nine months would be a fact checkers dream, but not decisive. I wrote this, she won the debate bu
america s foreign policy in the hands of president biden is proving to be deadly. iran s paid for and trained terrorists are hitting our military men and women at will. look at the map. is biden even up to the job of protecting americans in the middle east and even at home? we ll get into that later in the hour. three of our u.s. service members were killed over the weekend. 34 were injured. u.s. officials identifying the terrorists. they are iran-backed, of course, all eyes on our commander-in-chief and his administration. do they know what to do? why was nothing done before it came to this point? i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. just a few minutes ago, we saw for the first time since he was in the hospital, the nation s defense secretary lloyd austin at the pentagon. first day back in the office after two weeks in the hospital and recovering. he said he was able to work from home. and his first public appearance since the fatal attack on our troops.
next. iowans sent their message loud and clear last night choosing former president donald trump by a record breaking margin and republicans are dropping out. ramaswamy last night and then just ten minutes ago former arkansas governor asa hutchinson has suspended his campaign. last night the associated press called the iowa caucuses winner in fewer than 60 minutes after people had begun voting. governor ron desantis in second. a distant second. and just a few points ahead of nikki haley. ramaswamy who i mentioned was only single digit support. each candidate with a message to voters after those results. one of them shaking up the race. as of this moment, we are going to suspend this presidential campaign. we deserve a new direction under new conservative leadership. we deserve a president who will focus on the needs of our people, not on themselves. because of your support, in spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we ve got our ticket punched
the question at the center of the case in this day and age should colleges consider race when deciding who gets in and who doesn t? i m harris faulkner. john wang is at the center of this mom he says it is hurting asian-americans in particular. wang graduated high school with a 4.65 gpa and scored 1590 out of 1600 on s.a.t. six top colleges denied him entrance. i got an 800 out of # hundred on math. 99th percentile. i got a 790th out of 800. the top tier schools were mit, princeton, harvard, carnegie-mellon. they all told me it is tougher to get in especially as an asian-american. i took it as gospel. harris: a new op-ed says we better brace for impact on this one. whatever the decision is, it s bound to make waves just as with the overturning of roe v. wade. this could potentially lead to another summer marked by social unrest with defenders of race-based admissions pulling out the long knives for the u.s. supreme court. calling it inherently racist, end of quote. our
do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. harris: desantis is likely to be one of the most well-known in the pack outside of donald trump. trump s lead among gop candidates is widening since march. some top republicans including former presidential candidates say the governor has his work cut out for him. what s happening to desantis, he is beginning to shrink from being 1 of 2 and 1 of many. is there an opportunity to grow in the polls? absolutely. at this point president trump is way ahead so it is a daunting task for any of these other candidates. i think desantis has to run his own race. he has a crowded field. he has to show he is the alternative to donald trump. but he has an uphill climb. harris: jason chaffetz, former utah congressman in focus now. jason, now there are seven by tonight with desantis. yeah, look. donald trump is clearly out in front. it feels like he is lapping people at this point bu