one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. welcome back. the panelists here. hugh hewitt from the radio welcome back. the panelists here. hugh hewitt from the radio network and nbc news white house correspondent hallie jackson and david brook, columnist at the new york times, mr. brook, i m going to start with you. mueller one year in what is reminded today in the new york times, wow, there is a lot we don t know. that s true. i ve been a bear on this all along and my scandal meter is ten. i ve moved to three to four mostly when you ask was there collusion with the trump damp camp, i don t think there was the trump campaign and there are disorganized people to have actual collusion. what i think is happening and the roger stone phrase that i heard most clearly was the phrase extraneous claims, and if you have a white house prosecutor they might cross that.
mean, that s the whole architecture here, right? i mean, the conservative republican party has had a much longer level of success with a talk radio echo chamber or ecosystem pick your term and progressives have what they consider some outlets, but nothing like that until you look at what erin was talking about, the kind of explosion on the internet or social media that can create something like that. right. there s a complete democratization of information. the platforms are free where you used to have to have the money for the radio network to listen or to put out rush limbaugh or any of the other conservative talkers. now the left has the ability to do that on the internet, on twitter, on facebook, on any other number of media platforms. you know, look, i think a lot of these issues that we re talking about here affordable care act, public education these are things that are going to energize people who aren t normally part of the process.
them, you know, do things like push for investigations of trump, cross party lines on confirmations and, you know, it will really make a difference. but you know, jonathan, i mean, that s the whole architecture here, right? i mean, the conservative republican party has had a much longer level of success with a talk radio echo chamber or ecosystem pick your term and progressives have what they consider some outlets, but nothing like that until you look at what erin was talking about, the kind of explosion on the internet or social media that can create something like that. right. there s a complete democratization of information. the platforms are free where you used to have to have the money for the radio network to listen or to put out rush limbaugh or any of the other conservative talkers. now the left has the ability to do that on the internet, on twitter, on facebook, on any other number of media platforms. you know, look, i think a lot of these issues that we re talking ab
feed your inner kid welcome back. time now for sports. new details surrounding that bizarre story out of college football where an investigation by wake forest university concluded radio announcer tommy elrod had been providing opponents with game prep information since back in 2014. louisville athletic director confirmed yesterday that the team s offensive coordinator received information from elrod, who has since been fired from the radio network, and banned from wake forest athletic facilities. but his comments appear t contradict those of the cardinals head coach, bobby pennsylvania tr petrino, who said he had no knowledge of the situation after the discovery of documents left behind by louisville. meanwhile, army athletic director confirmed to sports illustrated that the school has been contacted by wake forest
i have heard folks say having the families of victims lobby for this legislation was so somehow misplaced. a prop somebody called them: emotional blackmail. some outlets said. are they serious? do we really think that thousands of families whose lives have been shattered by gun violence don t have a right to weigh in on this issue? do we think their emotions, their loss is not relevant to this debate? so all in all, this was a pretty shameful day for washington. megyn: joining me now alan colmes hosts the alan colmes show and ben ferguson hosts the ben ferguson show through the radio network. the president went on to accuse the nra of willfully lying in order to stop this bill from getting through.