mark: welcome back america, we have a good friend of mine, stephen a. smith. you know stephen a. ith i'm glad you are here, people say, why do you talk about him? why are you friends with him? i don't understand that question. do i have to be friends only with people who agree with me? hell, my wife doesn't agree with my all of the time it is ridiculous, tell people why we're friends. >> first, i had the pleasure of meeting you years ago in a radio convention, i have always found you will to someone who tells it like you see it you know where mark levin is coming from whether you like it or not, that something we have in common, we spe speak our mind and we believe our truth is and should be. we go with it from there. if we disagree we can disagree without being disagreeable, which is when this world should be about, does not matter to me whether our politics or don't agree, i respect the hell out of why, i know that is resip kateed, i know that is how friendships are made. mark: you have a wonderful book, straight shooter. on the new york timi the new yonew york, new york times b

mark: stephen a. smith. great book. straight shooter, first take. d. >> thank you. mark: god bles about a cashew farmer from mozambique named carlos. carlos lifted himself out of poverty with the help of techoserve. go to technoserve.org and see how you can support struggling farmers like carlos. it's a different way to make a difference. >> welcome back, i hear some of you know welcome welcome tiple especially the eagles, what is wrong with you. >> every now and then we have to take a break and have some fun, don't you. and probably the only one who does not. i think that's important and as for the eagles yes i support the philadelphia teams it does not mean you should not support your teams i'm all for it but as long as you're watching the program on sundays and saturdays that is terrific and i want to thank you for the. people keep asking me about the fantastic lpn, did you serve in the military, no i did not but i've always been a john wayne fan and he gave these out to senior employees and other employees that work for john wayne enterprises and

espn host, stephen a smith, mad that i'm friends with you. and i defended you. as usual.defend you. >> what do you mean defended me. defend yourself. do you have any idea what i have to go through because i'm friends with you. much worse on my side. >> all right. here is my question, so last week i talk about every important issue facing this country. the one thing last week that goes viral on me is the fact that i defended travis kelce and taylor swift, can't people just wish other people well? and they are allowed in a free society that have opinions different than mine. you and i disagree on sports times, politics sometimes, we are still friends. why are people obsessively hating people, she happens to have a point of view that's different. i wish her the best. she is the nicest person to her fans, she is a great performer. >> she is phenomenal, i went to her concert, i went to the concert because my daughters convinced me to take them. >> your daughter convinced you, really? using that excuse. >> yes, i am not a swifty until i went to that concert, that was spectacula

stephen: doug smith's home is a meeting point for growers caught up in the china tensions.bby clarke. they think china's move is calculated. doug clarke: they've worked out very well to target the industries that cause the least amount of problems in their country, so it doesn't shut down their woolen mills, so the wool keeps going; the iron ore. so, they're strategically picking off australia, where it has the least impact on their economy. stephen: debby, how do you feel about this? debby clarke: well, it is a bit annoying. but you can't waste energy on being angry or annoyed when you cannot influence a foreign government. doug clarke: i mean, we can't do trade at any cost. i mean, we got to uphold, you know, our principles and the principles of the australian way. we don't want to lie down in a fetal position and get kicked to death. we need to stand up and fight back. stephen: australia is challenging china's tariff at the world trade organization. dan tehan: it might take one or two years for us to resolve it, but the principle of it is incredibly important. we want to

what it was. >> stephen: you call that a holy slap. >> jada: i called it the holy joke, the holy slap and holy lessons. >> stephen: all right, holy lesson, take me to church, sister smithnd i had to learn -- i learned so much about shadow. my shadow, will's shadow, everybody's shadow that was in the -- >> stephen: chris walks shadow because i think chris rock slapdash i think will slapped it right out of him. >> jada: everybody's shadow! right? >> stephen: had to go look for it in the wings. >> jada: so in that time really learning about unconditional love and learning that we are all here trying to figure out this thing called life and seeing how there was such a -- you know, this spiritual clash on the stage. you know, years and years of stuff between will and chris that just came to a head. you know gimmick >> stephen: i didn't know there was stuff between -- i didn't know there was stuff -- >> jada: that's a story for them. we won but you know the story? >> jada: of course. >> stephen: are you part of the story? are you part of the story? >> jada: i'm actually not. >> stephen: we have to take a quick break but stick around, we will be back wh more jada pinkett smit

because he's a straight shooter, as you'll ever meet. my friend, espn host stephen smith. somebody called on the radio show madt that you're my i'mways friends with you. de and i defended you as usual i always have to defend you. >> well, what do you mean, defended me? don't you meanourself.u have de i mean, do you have any ideafrie what i have to go to? because my friends , i can kinds of work on my side. out ever all right, here's my question. so last week i talk about evertt important issue facing this country. the one thing lastk that week that goes viral for me is the fact that i defended travis and taylor swift because i'm like, can't peoplejust just wish other people well and they're allowed in free society to have opinions that different. the mine you and i disagreand es on sports sometimes, politics sometimes. but we're still friend s. i mean, why why why are people just obsessively hatin obsesg people just because. oh, she happens to have a point of view that's different. si think, you know, i wishrson t her the best. she's like the nicest person to her parentso