>>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. it explodes over a new hire in "the new york times" are sarah jeong's seemingly racist tweets excusable as she claims she was counter punching. and bereaved sandy hook parents suing that the elementary school massacre was a hoax? the lawyer for the info wars host says this is freedom of speech. is that going to work?" the boston globe" uncovers quiet skies that's been spying on thousands of ordinary american, but is that good post-9/11 police work? several candidates in this week's kansas gubernatorial primary not yet old enough to vote for themselves. i'll ask, too, what they learned while navigating controversial issues and our political process. but first, are tweets making fun of white people necessarily racist and are attacks on police to be taken at face value. those questions arose this week regarding "the new york times" new hire, sarah jeong, a 30-year-old technology writer being hired for their prestigious edi

. >> "smerconish" is up next. we will see you in one hour for cnn "newsroom." >>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. federal prosecutors grand immunity to two of the closest chums in the michael cohen case. were they about michael cohen or about another focus of the federal probe and he was the first congressman no call for impeachment. now he is calling for the president to resign. i'll ask senator al green if he is hurting or helping the president's cause? >>> plus, he came in third in the 2016 presidential race. now gary johnson has jumped into the senate race in his home state of new members colorado might he be the first libertarian ever elected to the u.s. senate. >>> who ill the pope visits ireland the catholic church sexual abuse scandal is exploding, including here in pennsylvania with over 1,000 victims, why not any politician taking on the church? plus, how much is a low digit license plate worth? few live in delaware, would you beli

>>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. they explode the "new york time times", are seemingly racist tweets inexcusable as it claims. are they claiming the hoax, the lawyer says this is freedom of speech is that going to work. plus the boston globe uncovers a tsa program call quiet skies that been spying on thousands of ordinary americans. is that good post--9/11 police work neighborhood, several primaries not yet old enough to vote for themself, i'll ask when navigating controversial issues in our political process. first, are tweets making fun of white the people necessarily racist? and are attacks on police to be taken at face value? those questions arose this week regarding the "new york times" new hire sarah john a 30-year-old technology writer hired for their prestigious editorial board. typically for a conversation like this i'd go to the "time's," today there was nothing in the print version for hatred of white the people, police, et cetera, et set ra

. >> "smerconish" is up next.e will see you in one hour for cnn "newsroom." >>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. federal prosecutors grand immunity to two of the closest chums in the michael cohen case. were they about michael cohen or about another focus of the federal probe and he was the first congressman no

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. >> joining us now, host of smerconish, dana bash who has been fantastic in remembers senator mccain all weekend, and also david gregory. so michael smerconish, i'm going to start with you, his actions, his failure to put out an official statement is to predictably small, the question is what does one do with that information this morning, and you, michael, i think look for inspiration in senator mccain's own words, explain. >> a year ago when he came back to the senate and thumbs down on repeal and replacement of obama care, wearing a battle scar from having under gone brain surgery, he delivered a very emotional pitch to his colleagues. when i think of his legacy, i think of that. i have quoted one paragraph of that speech for the last year. after he was in the senate, the world's greatest greatest delib body. he says stop listening to the loud mouths. >> stop listening to the loud mouths on the radio, television, and internet, to hell with them. let's trust each other and return to regular order. we have been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we're trying to

tweet me at smerconish or go to my facebook page. what will do we have katherine? >> the more the media covers him, the more his base loves him. they keep on calling y'all fake news. that's the point i was making to thomas freidman. >> i often said this about the president. the only thing worse in his mie mind, he's probably watching right now. the negative attention is no attention. he wants the attention and look, he gives good ear. he knows how to push the buttons of his base. he's at it today in bedminister tweeting already. >> it does not help the gop at all. they have to answer the inevitable question of the most recent absurd statement. you take away covering rallies to take away his oxygen. >> try not to get sucked in by the yarn that he throws in on a daily basis. i want to know what you think. go to my websit website @smerconish.com. >> does covering every tweet of trump's speeches and rallies help the gop and trump's re-election. >> up next, laura ingram. was her comment racist? advancing public policy, and providing local support to those living with th

♪ >>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia.e welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. should the media stop broadcasting president trump at every rally and responding to his every tweet because it is just feeding the beast? no, keep it coming. says thomas freedman, he thinks exposing trump's personality will discourage moderate republicans. but how did that work in 2016? laura ingraham under fire for saying america's going downhill because of immigrants. were her comments racist? or part of a larger white culture war? ohio's special election in what's normally a deep red congressional district still too close to call. many are trying to blame this man, green party joe manchik. i will ask another famously accused green party spoiler jill stein what she thinks. does the media help or hurt president trump by covering his rallies? this debate persisted ever since we elected donald trump. this week came an interest crop-offer, however, from an unlikely source, "new york times" columnist thomas freidman, and thi

♪ >>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia.ers in the united states and around the world. should the media stop broadcasting president trump at every rally and responding to his every tweet because it is just feeding the beast? no, keep it coming. says thomas freedman, he thinks exposing trump's personality will discourage moderate republicans. but how did that work in 2016? laura ingraham under fire for saying america's going downhill because of immigrants. were her comments racist? or part of a larger white culture war? ohio's special election in what's normally a deep red congressional district still too close to call. many are trying to blame

"smerconish" is next followed by the axe files.el smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. it explodes over a new hire in "the new york times" are sarah jeong's seemingly racist tweets excusable as she claims she was counter punching. and bereaved sandy hook parents suing that the elementary school massacre was a hoax? the lawyer for the info wars host says this is freedom of speech. is that going to work?" the boston globe" uncovers quiet skies that's been spying on thousands of ordinary american, but is that good post-9/11 police work? several candidates in this week's kansas gubernatorial primary not yet old enough to vote for themselves. i'll ask, too, what they

so michael smerconish, we'll see where it all goes. thank you so much as always. his show tomorrow morning at 9:00 eastern. >>> up next in the newsroom, senator john mccain, his family now announcing he has discontinued treatment for his brain cancer. his friend and former campaign official ana navarro will join us live with her reaction. it looks like emily cooking dinner for ten. ♪ the beat goes on. it looks like jonathan on a date with his wife. ♪ la-di-la-di. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps your heart... so you can keep on doing what you love. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. it helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto

van jones and michael smercon h smerconish, it is good to have both of you. 11 players that decided to take a knee or sit on a bench or raise a fist. and there was a lot of attention about what would happen because we know there was a move from the nfl to come to a change. here we are. the president remarkably sigh l -- silent so far, but i don't think it will be that long. the players are insisting they have a right to protest. that should be the end of the conversation. so on the symbols, but on the substance, believe it or not, president prump is doing stuff. he had a meeting with governors about criminal justice reform, and president trump having a substantive conversation about criminal justice reform. however, he tends to go on twitter and do biz cigar stuff. the question for the president will be do you want to stick with your policy agenda that might make the players better or your political agenda of making the conflict worse. >> what do you think the president will do in the next several hours here. there is an irony here which is that what the players were calling for on the

scott, i want you to listen to congressman al green on with michael smerconish last hour talking impeachment. >> i do believe that the president is now an unindicted co-conspirator, and i think that carries a lot of weight with it. members of congress have a duty and obligation to fulfill the mandate of article 2, section 4 of the constitution. if the president has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, he ought to be impeached. >> should that be a marquise message for democrats headed to november? >> inherent in the democrats as they head towards the blue wave in october or november is that impeachment is always on the table. the reality is that democrats and republicans ought to want the best for america. we have a president indicted in a plea agreement as having directed someone to do something illegal. couple that with the suppression payment and with other bad acts with comey, cohen, obstruction of justice, perhaps perjury, not perjury but lying as a general basis, we've got a problem with this presidency. remember, obstruction of justice is one of the few crimes in the federal crimina