thank you michael smerconish, have a great weekend.see you pal. >>> this "cnn tonight," i am don lemon. i have some breaking news. i am going to tell you about

unless, you are watching michael smerconish. e into that documentary that you just talked about. you have a marvin gaye story for me, michael? >> only insofar as that, for a while on my radio show, i was using protest songs and political lyrics as bumpers. and i remember, sampling the audience and saying, okay, what are we going to do here? you know, what -- you know, four dead in ohio was going to certainly make the list. what else? and everybody said you have got to go with marvin gaye "what's going on?" and said as, i guess, a white guy from suburbia, i had never studied the lyrics, and really come to grips with the song. until this. and then, i thought, oh, man. this is a no brainer. >> yeah. the -- some of the folks i speak to say it's prophecy. including, stevie wonder. we interview a lot of folks and you learn a lot about that album. 50 years later. number one album by rolling stone, and it is still relevant. thank you, michael. i watched the entire show. you did a great job. have a great weekend and a great show tomorrow.

i want to hand it over to our good friend, michael smerconish. me." there will be no 9/11-style investigation into the the events of january 6. as expected, there were not ten senate republicans willing to go along with such an inquiry. at first blush, it sounds bewildering, disinterested, even cold. when the 35 republican senators who today blocked the january 6th commission go home for their memorial d

i want to hand it over to our good friend, michael smerconish. michael. >> anderson, thanks so much. i'm michael smerconish in for chris como. welcome to "prime time." there will be no 9/11-style investigation into the the events of january 6. as expected, there were not ten senate republicans willing to go along with such an inquiry. at first blush, it sounds bewildering, disinterested, even cold. when the 35 republican senators who today blocked the january 6th commission go home for their memorial day recess, i'm sure they're going to take a moment to remember our hero who say gave their lives to protect our freedom all around the globe. so why doesn't that type of reflection translate into honoring the capitol police officers who gave their all to protect them on january 6? and to the ones still working daily to keep them safe, like eugene goodman, who used himself as bait for the mob to keep the rioters away from the senate chamber, still full of lawmakers. goodman also rushed senator mitt romney to safety. bravery like that. it earned goodma

i'm michael smerconish in for chris who is off tonight, excited to be here, welcome to "prime time."ackle this hour. in our fight to crush this pandemic amid all our recent gains against the virus, a new major travel ban is about to go into effect starting tuesday. the biden administration will be restricting travel to the u.s. from india where cases are absolutely exploding. this won't apply to permanent u.s. citizens or humanitarian workers. but on may 4th at midnight, non-u.s. citizens won't be able to come to america from india until this ban is lifted. the country is in dire straits, reporting more than 300,000 covid cases for the ninth day in a row. crematoriums are overflowing with bodies. hospitals are out of oxygen for patients and multiple variants are circulating there. only about 2% of india is vaccinated right now. here in america, we can't afford any more setbacks. we're so close to some semblance of normalcy. the white house just announced today 100 million americans are now fully vaccinated. that's 30% of the u.s., which is amazing. but what would be more amazing is i

want to hand it over to michael smerconish who's in the anchor chair tonight for cuomo prime chair tonight for cuomo prime time. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thank you. welcome to "prime time." chris will be back on monday. two of the most controversial figures in the gop kicked off their joint tour in florida pledging allegiance, again, to the most controversial president in modern day history. one of the lawmakers is under criminal investigation for sex trafficking, prostitution crimes and possible sex with a minor. the other lost her appointment for wild statements and conspiracy theories. >> there will be many more of america's greatest president and the undisputed leader of the republican party, donald j. trump. we might join him. >> the democrats impeached president trump over a perfect phone call, by the way. the democrats that say they won the presidential race, you are not going put us down for loving president trump and what he did for the past four years. they thought that you people were done. we're not done. >> representatives matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene

thank you very much, michael smerconish, as always.nk you. >> thanks. >>> next, breaking news. we are learning a ransom was paid to the hackers who shut down a pipeline that provides half of the fuel to the east coast of the united states. it caused fuel shortages, panics, and they paid a ransom? and high gas prices, bad jobs numbers and inflation. joe biden facing major head winds as he tries to sell his infrastructure plan to republicans for another $4 trillion in spending. are people going to buy what he's selling? this is our block. our place. our people. our block, it's just like yours. full of the people who shaped you. they all deserve care and access to the vaccine. no matter their address, income, or skin color. not having a ride to get the vaccine. can't be the reason you don't get it. you wanna help? donate a ride today. you know when your dog is itching for a treat. itching for an outing... or itching for some cuddle time. but you may not know when he's itching for help... licking for help... or rubbing for help. if your do

thank you michael smerconish, have a great weekend. i will be watching you tomorrow. >> see you pal. >>> this "cnn tonight," i am don lemon. i have some breaking news. i am going to tell you about the gop. are they even taken seriously anymore? shock waves on team trump over the fbi raid, radiating on rudy giuliani. one trump's adviser telling cnn quote, "this is a show of force that's showing that trump's allies is coming down the pipeline." the new york times reporting one search warrant stated it was seeking evidence related to the firing of marie yanacovich. we have a lot more on this. rudy giuliani is defending himself, the attorneys, plural, hated him and trump. >> i can't believe these people would think that i would do something like this. the u.s. attorney hates me and they hate trump which is why the whole thing, to believe i am some kind of russian agent? >> okay. as promised. let's all think about this, right? really think about this. i know you have some ideas as well. i would like to hear it. >> what happened to the repub

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. here is the sign of aging. cream parlor dishwasher an

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia.drop-off from presidential years. usually, the more motivated voters are those from the party not occupying the white house. in midterms, since george w. bush second term the party of the incumbent president has lost an average of more than 40 seats in the senate and house combined. and all of the republicans need is a handful of congressional seats and one senato

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. here is the sign of aging.stories about the menial jobs you held when you were a teenager. for me those tales isworking as ice cream parlor dishwasher and delivering newspapers. it is about today's youth or the country's work ethic. only now this perennial griping that gained newspaper residence. fierce debate whether america's work ethic is dying. daniel henninger asked such a question in his thursday column for "the wall street journal." his inquiry on the heels of a recent report a gain of only 266,000 jobs last month and uptick in the unemployment rate to 6.1%. here is another sign of the times. wawa advertising 800 dollar signing bonus for new hires who are vaccinated. many small business owners claim they can't find employees and point to competition they face from the government's offer of enhanced unemployment benefits. which had been $600 per week. now $300 per week on top of state unemployment benz the labor department say average $318. henninger wrote, quote. several state governors agree. so far, 16

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia.hich is much lower than anticipated and the unemployment rate for the last month ticked up to 6.1%. you'd think that a demand for employment would be higher with more people vaccinated and parts of the country easing back restrictions. this is the front page of today's print edition of "the new york times" tepid job growth inflames a debate over u.s. be

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. i've spent several days on radio this week discussing the latest revelations concerning the origin of covid-19. and a number of callers have asked a question that i find absurd and it's this -- who cares? what does it matter whether the virus began by jumping naturally from wildlife to people or whether it escaped from a lab? i have a hunch as to why they have asked me that. it's political. they worry that if the escape scenario is proven, it will be a win for the other team. so they would rather we not ask. but recent developments, they demand answers. this week "the wall street journal" broke the story that according to u.s. intelligence, in november of 2019, three researchers from china's wuhan institute of virology were sick enough to warrant hospital care. it went beyond what the state department had revealed in the final days of the trump administration when it said that several researchers came sick with symptoms consistent with covid. november is when many believe the virus be

michael smerconish, when you see this, and what it's about, the 35 house members from the right saying they want to see the commission, but it's not really about the 35. where does this lead, and what does it mean for your party, governor? >> this is the first time we've seen this kind of a crack. they've stood against the leadership, mcconnell, against trump, it's a very big deal. it started when they started to kick liz cheney out, and people started to say, this is kind of getting ridiculous. for 35 of them to march out there. and some members tomorrow, their staff will say, why didn't you vote for this? it's pretty simple, isn't it? it's a bipartisan investigation. and the republican who helped put it together said it was a bipartisan, non-political investigation. this 35 gives some super octane, as it moves to the senate. where senators will have to think, do i work for mitch mcconnell or do i answer to constituents? >> i hear you. >> it's a big deal. and one more point, the capitol police wrote a letter pleading with congress to have this investigation. they've never done anythin

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia.eek discussing the latest revelations concerning the origin of covid-19. and a number of callers have asked a question that i find absurd and it's this -- who cares? what does it matter whether the virus began by jumping naturally from wildlife to people or whether it escaped from a lab? i have a hunch as to why they have asked me that. it's political. they worry that if the escape scenario is proven, it will be a win for the other team. so they would rather we not ask. but recent developments, they demand answers. this week "t

better minds, michael smerconish and charlie dent. good to see you both. charlie, person to person. you knew stefanik. she came in 2014, 2015. she was kind of like the new breed -- let's work with the other side. let's do this, let's do that. how did you find her? >> i knew elise when she came to congress. i had been in for ten years. she was a young, vivacious, more moderate, pragmatic young millennial woman, and she could speak to constituencies that republicans have difficult with -- women and younger people. and that was her brand, and she was very good at it. she's very adroit, talented. she's very smart. i worked with her on issues like -- i remember when trump wanted to not allow the transgender to serve in the military. she led the charge to help stop that from happening. i worked with her on that. i worked with her on missile defense at ft. drum. it i have had a positive working relationship with her. i saw her push back against paul ryan in meetings weekly to push back against the freedom caucus. she would join me in pushing back against mark meadows and jim jordan and mic

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. historically, voter turnout for midterm elections is a big drop-off from presidential years. usually, the more motivated voters are those from the party not occupying the white house. in midterms, since george w. bush second term the party of the incumbent president has lost an average of more than 40 seats in the senate and house combined. and all of the republicans need is a handful of congressional seats and one senator to put kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell back in control of the house and senate respectively. the inesta. >>> the release of any final report would coincide with the beginning of midterm campaign season. there remains, however, another midterm intangible that cannot be avoidable by either party. two cases will be heard this fall by the supreme court which has been reshaped by three trump nominated justices. rulings will come on two of the most hotly contested issues in american politics. abortion and gun rights. here is a brief primer. the abortion cases seeks to

i'm michael smerconish in for chris who is off tonight, excited to be here, welcome to "prime time." this pandemic amid all our recent gains against the virus, a new major travel ban is about to go into effect starting tuesday. the biden administration will be restricting travel to the u.s. from india where cases are absolutely exploding. this won't apply to permanent u.s. citizens or humanitarian workers. but on may 4th a

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. the department of labor reported only 266,000 jobs were added in april which is much lower than anticipated and the unemployment rate for the last month ticked up to 6.1%. you'd think that a demand for employment would be higher with more people vaccinated and parts of the country easing back restrictions. this is the front page of today's print edition of "the new york times" tepid job growth inflames a debate over u.s. benefits. we are seeing examples play out all over the country. job sectors in manufacturing and others are going unanswered. mcdonald's in butler county, pennsylvania, is offering a 500 bonus upon hire. a mcdonald's in florida paying people $50 just to show up for a job interview. a sonic in albuquerque, new mexico, a chicken express in texas had signs on their drive-thru windows warning customers to be patient with them given the, quote, no one wants to work any more. as concerts and live events resurrect after more than a year, "the wall street journal" reports tha

want to hand it over to michael smerconish who's in the anchor chair tonight for cuomo prime chair tonightime." chris will be back on monday. two of the most controversial figures in the gop kicked off their joint tour in florida pledging allegiance, again, to the most controversial president in modern day history. one of the lawmakers is under criminal investigation for sex trafficking, prostitution crimes and possible sex with a minor. the other lost her appointment for wild statements and conspiracy theories. >> there will be many more of america's gr

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. this week we reached a tipping point. of covid-19 vaccine now outstrips demand. consider that on thursday here in philadelphia at a mass vaccination site there were 4,000 extra doses due to expire. and for the first time los angeles county was projected to not its weekly goal of administering 95% of its vaccine supply because appointments for the first dose have decrse

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. this week we reached a tipping point. in many parts of the country supply of covid-19 vaccine now outstrips demand. consider that on thursday here in philadelphia at a mass vaccination site there were 4,000 extra doses due to expire. and for the first time los angeles county was projected to not its weekly goal of administering 95% of its vaccine supply because appointments for the first dose have decreased by about 50%. this after the "new york times" had already reported that in rural, more republican areas, there are far more doses of the vaccine available than there are people interested in receiving the jab. in a county in wyoming a local health official asked the state to stop sending first doses of the vaccine because the freezer was already stuffed to capacity with unwanted vials. in an iowa county the clinic called people who had volunteered to give shots to tell them not to come in because so few residents had signed up for appointments. a new cnn poll maybe tells us why. 26% of americans say they will not get t

thank you, michael smerconish, have a great weekend. i will be watching you tomorrow. >> see ya, don. you, too. see ya, pal. >> this is "cnn tonight." i am don lemon. i got a lot to tell you about. i have some breaking news, and i am going to tell you about the gop. are they even to be taken seriously, anymore? is it a serious party? we shall see. we'll talk about it. >>> the meantime, there are shock waves on team trump over the fbi raid on the former president's former attorney, rudy giuliani. one trump adviser telling cnn, quote, this was the show of force that sent a strong message to a lot of people in trump's world, that other things may be coming down the pipeline. that, as we are learning that investigators are reportedly looking at giuliani's involvement in the firing of the former-ambassador to ukraine. "the new york times" reporting, one search warrant stated it was seeking evidence related to the firing of marie yovanovitch. now, we got a lot more on this, in just a moment. we are going to talk a lot more about that. >>> giu