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. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program. i'm in baltimore where, for the first time in weeks, people in this city are celebrating, saying justice has been served after the surprise announcement from the state attorney, that six officers have been charged in the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. it's been nearly three weeks since gray was tossed in the back of a police van, and that's where the state prosecutor says he suffered those fatal injuries. investigators deemed his arrest illegal and his death a homicide. four of the six officers are charged with manslaughter among other charges, but the driver of the police van faces the most serious charge, second degree murder. joining me now is "baltimore sun" reporter justin fenton. here it is, the front page of "baltimore sun" including your byline. the question i wanted to ask, were you as floored by the rest of the country about those charges having been brought yesterday? >> absolutely. everything about yesterday's announcement was surprising. there's become an expectation

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program. isis terrorists made stunning movements this week. now the group reportedly controls more than half of syria. isis is not in the position to continue the murderous rampage and also destroy artifacts as it did in the past. now the question at home is whether the u.s. strategy is failing. some are calling for u.s. boots on the ground in the region. joining me is richard clark, former white house counter terrorism advisor that spent ten consecutive years in the white house advising three consecutive presidents. he authored his fourth book called "pinnacle event." is this what a caliphate looks like? >> yeah they've done it. they created an islamic state. it's a huge chunk of land. they have people under their control, government issuing license plate. this is a caliphate. they're established. there's no near term likelihood of them being evicted from big cities like mosul still a city of over 1 million people. >> why should we care? >> i'm not sure. that's the key issue. we went into ira

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. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program. the question on everybody's mind this weekend. what will nfl commissioner roger goodell do? will he suspend tom brady. if so when and for how many games? the "new york daily news" reports a decision could come as early as next week. the nfl is flatly denying this, but the question remains. what will the punishment be? i want to bring in former patriots' wide receiver donte stallworth that played with brady. it seems it is a question of when, not whether. he has to be punished for this, would you agree with me? >> i don't know if he has to be punished. i do think that there is a lot of circumstantial evidence here. now i know that this is not the court of law, but as far as, you know, you want him to get down to the bottom of it, even the own report itself, it describes that you really can't determine for a matter of fact if brady was involved first hand. like if he actually directed the two assistants to circumvent the rules or even for the case if the two officials, the two assistant

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program. he was one of the most powerful men in washington and now explosive new allegations against former house speaker deny's hastert. cnn is told he was paying a will former male student in order to keep quiet about allegations of sexual misconduct when hastert was a teacher and a wrestling coach in illinois. the student was underage at the time and now hastert is facing felony charges for allegedly lying to the fbi about the more than $3 million that he paid the man in apparent hush money. there are so many questions about this case. i want to bring in cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeffrey i don't know how surprised you are by the latest developments because when we read closely that seven-page indictment, the telltale signs were there as too what this seemingly was all about. >> yes. well let's just step back. i'm surprised by this whole thing. i mean this whole thing is an astonishing surprise to me. i mean the fact that denny hastert is being accused of this crime particular

i'm michael smerconish in baltimore this hour. breaking news.timore has just lifted a citywide curfew which had been in place since tuesday night. i want to go straight to cnn's renee marsh. >> you know michael, we did get this news from the mayor just a short time ago that that curfew 10:00 p.m. has been lifted. she said in part in a statement, "my goal has always been not to have the curfew in place a single day longer than was necessary." but of course we should point out she's been under tremendous pressure to lift this curfew. people within the community saying it has

let's bring in the host of cnn's smerconish and cnn political commentator michael smerconish.to have you with us my friend. even the way that was written makes everything about this seem like it was a negative. and yet where is the proof? i know the perception is so tantalizing to us and certainly to the right. you read the book. do you believe the case can be made that there were bribes involved? >> i don't think that the book is a hit job. i think the book is pretty well researched. and i think that it raises legitimate questions. but to your point, chris, there are no smoking guns in this book of any quid pro quo. so unless there's more information, more evidence forthcoming of a deal having been part and parcel of these financial transactions the donations to the clinton foundation the engagement of former president clinton to speak, unless there's more that is coming forward then i don't think it will move the needle. i think the clinton partisans, those who respect, admire and want to vote for hillary clinton, like david brock, will continue to say it's a put-up job. and

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program. the position to continue the murderous rampage and also destroy artifacts as it did in the past. now the question at home is whether the u.s. strategy is failing. some are calling for u.s. boots on the ground in the region. joining me is

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program.losive new allegations against former house speaker deny's hastert. cnn is told he was paying a will former male student in order to keep quiet about allegations of sexual misconduct when hastert was a teacher and a wrestling coach in illinois. the student was underage at the time and now hastert is facing felony charges for allegedly lying to the fbi about the more than $3 million that he paid the man in apparent hush money. there are so many questions

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program.d tom bra. the nfl is flatly denying this, but the question remains. what will the punishment be? i want to bring in former patriots' wide receiver donte stallworth that played with brady. it seems when not whether. he has to be punished for this, would you agree with me? >> i don't know if he has to be punished. i do think that there is a lot of circumstantial evidence here. now i know that this is not the court of law, but as far as, you know, you

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. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program.now the group reportedly controls more than half of syria. as a result, isis is not in the position to continue the murderous rampage but also destroy artifacts as it did in the past. now the question at home is whether the u.s. strategy is failing. some are calling for u.s. boots on the ground in the region. let's dig deeper with an expert. joining me now is richard clark, former white house

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program.le in this city are celebrating, saying justice has been served after the surprise announcement from the state attorney, that six officers have been charged in the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. it's been nearly three weeks since gray was tossed in the back of a police van, and that's where the state prosecutor says he suffered those fatal injuries. investigators deemed his arrest illegal and his death a homicide. four of the six officers are charged with manslaughter among other charges, but the driver of the police van faces the most serious charge, second degree murder. joining me now is "baltimore sun" reporter justin fenton.

michael smerconish. so glad you're here on this friday. >> the first day. >> and some 850 of the thousands that are supposed to be coming. >> right. >> are you sensing from what you've seen leaked released so far that there are smoking guns to you? >> no. >> we know you look at things a little differently. >> nor do i suspect there will be any smoking guns revealed during the whole course of this process. remember she blended together personal and professional e-mail. she was maintaining them on a private server. she then determined or someone at her behest determined what would be handed over to the state department. 55,000 were then handed over to the state department. if there were smoking guns i would think, michaela they were among those that weren't handed over to the state department. and so now 850 of the 55,000 have been given to a congressional committee, the "new york times" has seen a third of them. and we are now reading what the times has seen. thus far no smoking guns. >> okay. no smoking guns but fascinating nuggets. >> oh

smerconish is starting for you. >>> i'm michael summer conxish. welcome to the program.ns against former house speaker hastert. he was paying a former male student in order to keep quiet about allegations of sexual misconduct when hastert was a teacher and a wrestling coach in illinois. the student was underage at the time and now hastert is facing felony charges for allegedly lying to the fbi about the more than $3 million that he paid the man in apparent hush money. there are so many questions about this case. i want to bring in cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. i don't know how surprised you are by the latest developments because when we read closely that seven-page