To be inseparable oh, no the Associated Press picked up the nyu story. Thats going to be in every paper. Ive been out. It wasnt even everyones going to think okay, not that theres anything wrong with that not that theres anything wrong with it. I michelson were counted in philadelphia with a question, how many among us are accurately described as lgbtq plus, according to gallup, the number is on the rise and reached an alltime high in 2023 gallops analysis was based on a survey of 12,000 adults 18 and older, and founded 7. 6 identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer . The data illustrates both agender, end, generational divide. Women are nearly twice as likely as menn do identify as lgbtq plus 8. 5 of women, 4. 7 of men, and nearly 30 of gen z women, those aged 18 to 26, identify as such most of them as bisexual. Each Younger Generation is about twice as likely as the generation that preceded it is selfidentify this way, only 1 of the Silent Generation the youngest of w
Is up next the art of the deal by joe biden at Michael Smerconish and philadelphia. Did President Biden just snuck or President Trump with regard to the debates . By now, you know, the candidates reached an agreement this week, they will debate outside the framework of the commission on president ial debates. Theyll square off twice first in june, then in september, potentially with a Vice President ial debate inbetween, it seemed quick and organic, but i have my doubts two weeks ago, cofounder and cochair of the commission on president ial debates Frank Fahrenkopf was my guest here. I asked him if hed heard from either campaign other than the criticism that we just heard from the Trump Campaign with regard to trying to move the bates earlier in which we think weve answered as best we can, we can answer it. Weve had no contact with either campaign, which is not unusual cycle, where you normally dont have contact with pressed republican and democrat and other people who may be able to b
Internationally were creating the evidence what is possible so that others can pick it up and run with it oh, i love that. Ill be sure to tune in next saturday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern for that champions for change, onehour special and thank you so much for joining me today. Amphoteric a Whitfield Smerconish starts right now tension between the us and israel over the war with hamas. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the Biden Administration said that it is reasonable to assess that us weapons have been used by Israeli Forces in gaza in ways that are inconsistent with International Humanitarian law. But they stop short of officially saying that israel violated that law. The report drafted by the State Department said, investigations are ongoing, but that the us does not have complete information. This followed israels Security Cabinet Approval of an expansion of the area of operation of the shelling in rafah after President Joe Biden threatened to withhold us weapons if isra
A trojan horse, perhaps, ill Michael Smerconish in philadelphia this week, the university of southern california, where nearly 100 arrests have been made him, its protests since the university canceled its muslim valedictorian speaker announced it was now canceling its main stage Commencement Ceremony next month they cited insufficient time to carry out, quote, new Safety Measures its the latest most highprofile ramification of the surge of propalestinian protests disrupting campuses all across america students saying they have a right to free speech. Jewish students saying that speeches often antisemitic so what is the current reaction or protesters, the modern day greeks who use the deceptive tactic to enter the campus and defeat the trojans. May, im sympathetic to the University President s and administrators who now have to engage in a difficult balancing act. Campuses have become the Staging Ground for americas growing divide over supporting israel as It Retaliates for hamass octo
today. i ll see you back here next saturday at adm. eastern and smerconish up next robert hur warned us, i michael summer cornisha in philadelphia thursday night was not just another poor first debate performance by an incumbent president, reagan in 1984 or obama in 2012, they both rebounded from rust nor was it a kinda president ford who offered a single poor response about soviet domination of eastern europe or papa bush looking at his watch. in other words, this was not a one-off. instead, what ails joe biden cannot be fixed and eventually it comes for us all before the debate, i said that delivery would matter more than substance, meaning how things were said would matter more than what was said. after the debate, others confirmed my prognostication, including the washington post editorial page which wrote this debate may not be remembered for what was said, but rather for how it was said. the part of my prediction that was wrong was in thinking that trump and his enabl