Fox News’ Mike Emanuel

Mike Emanuel currently serves as chief congressional correspondent and senior political correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined FNC in 1997 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent.

 Most recently, Emanuel reported on some of the key 2014 Congressional races, the IRS scandal, the hearings surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya attacks and President Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address from Capitol Hill.

 During his tenure at FNC, Emanuel has provided live coverage of many national and international stories, including the 2012 presidential elections, the 2005 Iraqi elections from Baghdad and the execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein. Emanuel has also secured interviews with top political figures, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, former Vice President Dick Cheney, then-President George W. Bush, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates and then-Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.

 Before joining FNC, Emanuel worked for KCAL-TV (CBS 9), a local independent station in Los Angeles, CA, where he covered breaking news. Prior to that, he covered local and state politics for KMID-TV (ABC 2) in Midland, Texas, KCEN-TV (NBC 6) in Waco, Texas and KTBC-TV (FOX 7) in Austin, Texas.

 Emanuel received a B.A. in communications from Rutgers University where he worked as a play-by-play radio announcer for Rutgers athletics on WRSU-FM (88.7 FM).

Attorney Arthur Aidala

Arthur Aidala is a New York criminal defense lawyer and legal analyst on Fox News Channel. He was recently a guest lecturer at Harvard University's Law School at the invitation of professor Alan Dershowitz. In 2012, Aidala was selected as one of New York City's top criminal defense attorneys by Super Lawyers Magazine. Aidala is the grandson of Artie Aidala, renowned New York State Athletic Commission's ring judge inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008. Artie Aidala was one of the three judges that decided the outcome of the 1971 Ali v. Frazier "Fight of the Century" boxing match in Madison Square Garden. He is the son of Louis R. Aidala, former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and a criminal defense attorney in practice for 50 years. Louis Aidala was a special prosecutor for the Attica prison riots and more recently represented celebrity Jennifer Lopez in New York City.

"Psychos Too"

Deirdre is enraged by Chris Matthews’ pro-life comments to Trump. Alan fought back, saying Matthews did his job as a journalist and Trump has no policy positions. Curtis is ticked off at Matt Harvey for being a drama queen about his bladder injury. 

CBS Sports Analyst Seth Davis

Seth Davis is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and best-selling author who has distinguished himself as one of the nation's foremost experts on college basketball. Davis, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, is also a frequent contributor for SI.com, where his popular "Hoop Thoughts" column is a weekly staple during the college basketball season.

Since 2004, Davis has also served as an in-studio analyst for CBS Sports' coverage of college basketball. He is a regular contributor to CBS' At the Half segments during the regular season and is an integral part of the coverage that CBS and Turner Sports provide during the NCAA Tournament. Davis is also a college basketball host and analyst for CBS Sports Network. Courtside with Seth Davis, a weekly, hour long magazine show, just completed its third year.

A 1992 graduate of Duke University with a B.A. in Political Science, Davis worked as a sports reporter at The New Haven Register before joining SI in 1995. He has covered a wide variety of sports during his career, and has been recognized numerous times by his peers, including in 2003, when he won first place honors from the Golf Writers Association for a lengthy profile of John Daly. Davis also has been recognized twice by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and is the author of two books: the memoir Equinunk, Tell Your Story: My Return to Summer Camp (Chandler House Press, 2003), and When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball (Times Books, 2009), a New York Times best seller which recounts the season leading up to the 1979 NCAA championship game between Magic Johnson's Michigan State Spartans and Larry Bird's Indiana State Sycamores. Davis's next book, Wooden: A Coach's Life, the definitive biography of legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, will be published in January 2014 by Times Books.

Among other interests, Davis used to perform stand-up comedy in New York City in the mid-1990s. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Melissa, and their three rambunctious sons.

Connell McShane

Connell McShane is a news correspondent for FOX Business Network and news reader on Imus In The Morning radio program.

 

Prior to joining FBN, McShane worked at Bloomberg Television where he served as a news reporter and an anchor on "Evening Edition," "On the Markets" and "Marketweek." He also broadcasted live reports from both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ. Before Bloomberg Television, McShane co-anchored the syndicated morning show "The First Word" on Bloomberg Radio. McShane began his career in sports broadcasting. He served as the play-by-play voice of minor league baseball’s Pittsfield Mets during the 1998 season.

 

A graduate of Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Media Studies, McShane was named a finalist in both the New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards and the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters' Association.