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Mornings on the Mall

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor

Executive Producer: Heather Smith

5am – A/B/C Increase Taxes? Talk by Donald Trump Alarms G.O.P.

5am – D         Critter News:

• County’s Raccoon Oral Rabies Vaccination program begins tomorrow. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health will conduct the Raccoon Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV) Project, raccoon rabies beginning Tuesday, September 1. Baits will be placed throughout Anne Arundel County to vaccinate raccoons against rabies. The project should be completed by September 30, weather permitting.
• Changes coming to DC cat café. WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — It’s going to be a little tougher to get into D.C.’s only cat cafe. And when you do, it will hit your wallet a little more. Crumbs and Whiskers announced Monday that they’re implementing a number of changes, including reducing the number of people in the cafe and increasing the cover charge for entry to $15. The cafe, which opened two months ago, allows customers to sip coffee with cats in need of a home. In those two months, the cafe says 23 cats have been adopted from the cafe through their partnership with the Washington Humane Society. However, the cafe says overcrowding has been a problem. Hence the change from allowing 37 people in the cafe to now allowing a maximum of 24. Another change is the ordering system at Crumbs and Whiskers. The cafe says they will now offer complimentary coffee and tea (included in the cover charge). Macarons and Croissants from a local bakery will also be sold.

5am – E         State Department releases thousands of Clinton emails, 125 contain classified information. The State Department released thousands of pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails Monday night that a department spokesman said contained 125 messages with material now considered classified. Earlier Monday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that “somewhere around 150” messages had been “subsequently upgraded” to classified. He added that none of the emails was considered classified at the time.

6am – A/B/C Principal to Wilson High School Newspaper: I’m Your Editor, Now. (Washingtonian) — The students who run the Beacon, the campus newspaper at Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest DC, opened the new academic year with a chilling demand from their new prinicipal, Kimberly Martin. In one of her first moves on the job, Martin informed the Beacon’s editors that she will be exercising prior review of the paper’s content before it goes to press, a move that the students believe presents a layer of censorship. High-school administrators are legally permitted to review student publications before they run, but the Beacon had never been subjected to this kind of oversight since it started publishing in 1935, its current editors say. The Beacon complied begrudgingly with Martin’s request on the new academic year’s first issue, which was distributed last Friday. The paper’s editors-in-chief, seniors Helen Malhotra and Erin Doherty, say Martin didn’t make any changes. But on Thursday night, with the final pages going to the printer, the Beacon tacked on a blistering editorial slamming the new regime.

6am – D         INTERVIEW: RICHARD KELSEY – legal analyst

• Fmr. Gov. Bob McDonnell can stay out of jail while he appeals federal corruption charges.
• McDonnell can remain free while Supreme Court decides on review

6am – E         Maryland ranked among nation’s worst states to drive. (WTOP) — WASHINGTON — Nothing about driving in this area is tremendous, but a new survey says Maryland is one of the worst places of all. Bankrate.com’s ratings took into account factors such as the number of fatal crashes; car thefts; car repair costs; gasoline spending; insurance premiums; and commute times, and found Maryland the fourth-worst state in the country to drive in. Specifically, Maryland has the longest average commute in the U.S. (30 minutes, about 6 minutes above the national average), as well as the 11th-highest insurance premiums. It also ranked above average in repair costs, rate of car thefts and annual gas spending. Maryland did, however, have the sixth-lowest rate of fatal crashes in the country — 0.83 deaths per 100 million miles driven. The best state on Bankrate’s list is Idaho, with low gas and insurance costs, below-average thefts and short commutes. The worst? Louisiana, mostly due to high fatal-crash rates and the country’s highest insurance rates. Virginia ranked 19th. Bankrate says insurance premiums in the commonwealth are low, while theft and fatal crash rates, “relatively mild.”

7am – A         INTERVIEW – TREVOR MATICH – WMAL’s Redskins Analyst

• Jay Gruden: “Kirk Cousins will be the starter for 2015,” undecided whether RG3 will be second or third
• U.S. District Court Judge Berman will issue Deflategate ruling this week, as early as Tuesday, no later than Friday.

7am – B        President Obama to appear on ‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls’ (USA Today) — President Obama is about to get a little wild. Obama will appear on a special episode of the NBC outdoor adventure show Running Wild with Bear Grylls, the network announced Monday in a news release. The president and the host will be trekking through the Alaskan wilderness in an effort to highlight the effects of climate change in that area. The episode, to be taped, will air on NBC later this year. “I will not deny your suspicion that there may have been some suggestions put forward by the Bear Grylls team that were not approved by the Secret Service,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday, as the president headed to Alaska and the Arctic Circle. Uh…could one of those suggestions be he has to drink his own urine as a Grylls “survival technique”? After the news broke Monday, quick as a flash, a smartaleck put up a petition on the White House’s petition site, demanding that POTUS drink his own urine. “For science.” “President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with Bear Grylls during his visit to Alaska, who will give the president a ‘crash course in survival techniques.

7am – C Food News:

• Doctors recommend babies be exposed to peanuts. FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. – The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now recommending that children under the age of one, who are at risk for peanut allergies, be exposed to small amounts of the food before they turn one as a way to help prevent a peanut allergy. Babies at risk of developing a peanut allergy include those who have shown an allergy to eggs or those who have had a severe eczema skin rash. But before exposing a baby to peanuts, parents should bring their baby to a doctor for allergy tests. That recommendation, based on a study released earlier this year, is published in the journal Pediatrics. In the Health Fair 11 building at the fair, the Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy Association of Minnesota (AFAA) has a booth to answer fairgoers’ questions about food allergies. Booth volunteer and nurse, Terry Justin, said she agrees with that recommendation. She said it makes sense that we expose babies to a variety of foods when they are young, and peanuts should be no exception. Those attending the fair can talk to AFAA volunteers about a variety of food allergies.
• Could Lots of Coffee Up Heart Risks for Young Adults With High Blood Pressure? Study finds an association, but can’t prove cause and effect. MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Bad news for young coffee lovers: Gulping down lots of your favorite pick-me-up might raise your risk of heart attack if you’ve already got high blood pressure, a new study suggests. Italian investigators looked at 12 years of heart health data for a group of about 1,200 adults ages 18 to 45. This type of study design means the research could only point to an association, not cause and effect. But experts said the findings might be worth bearing in mind. “Although some limitations exist with this type of study, this association — especially in heavier coffee drinkers — cannot be totally discounted,” said one U.S. expert, cardiologist Dr. David Friedman. “Patients with known heart disease who are at elevated risk should limit their intake of daily caffeine products,” said Friedman, who is chief of heart failure services at North Shore-LIJ’s Franklin Hospital in Valley Stream, N.Y.

7am – D         INTERVIEW – ROD WHEELER – former DC Homicide Detective

• More than 1,100 D.C. police officers vote ‘no confidence’ in Lanier
• Sheriff links “Black Lives Matter” movement to slain deputy.
• Police union official critical of ‘disgusting’ chant at Black Lives Matter march
• Obama slams ‘completely unacceptable’ cop killing

7am – E         Atlanta tops Beijing for world’s busiest airport crown. (The Hill) — Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has topped Beijing International to retain the title of “world’s busiest airport,” according to Airports Council International (ACI). The Atlanta airport had 96 million passengers in 2014, compared to 86 million who passed through Beijing last year, according to the group that monitors worldwide airport traffic. Atlanta’s margin over the second-place airport decreased from a 10.7 million spread in 2013, but traffic at the airport itself went up from 94.4 million that year.

8am – A         INTERVIEW – ED HENRY – FOX News Chief White House Correspondent

• State Department releases thousands of Clinton emails, 125 contain classified information. The State Department released thousands of pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails Monday night that a department spokesman said contained 125 messages with material now considered classified. Earlier Monday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that “somewhere around 150” messages had been “subsequently upgraded” to classified. He added that none of the emails was considered classified at the time. However, the sheer number of emails that have been redacted stands as the latest example of how much sensitive material was contained in Clinton’s email transactions. The FBI is conducting an investigation into whether classified information that passed through Clinton’s so-called “homebrew” server was mishandled. Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

8am – B         Canada Responds To Scott Walker: 9/11 Terrorists Had U.S. Visas. The GOP candidate said he’d consider securing the Canadian border with a wall. WASHINGTON — Canada responded on Monday to GOP presidential contender Scott Walker’s controversial comments about building a northern border wall by pointing out that the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks had U.S. visas. Walker said on Sunday that a border wall between Canada and the U.S. was a “legitimate issue for us to look at.” Critics quickly pointed to his comments as another example of conservatives spouting extreme rhetoric on immigration. His spokeswoman has since clarified that he was not “advocating” for such a wall. The Huffington Post asked the Canadian Embassy in Washington to weigh in on Walker’s original comments. Spokeswoman Christine Constantin responded with a long statement about the safety of that shared border. The first point: “It is a fact that no terrorists have been successful in attacking the United States coming through the Canadian border. All of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were in the United States with visas issued by the U.S. government.”

8am – C         ‘The View’ Executive Producer Bill Wolff Out, Candi Carter In. Now that he’s completely re-done the panel of co-hosts for the upcoming season of The View, it can come as a surprise to absolutely no one that the show’s EP Bill Wolff is out. He’s being replaced for now by Candi Carter, who’s joining the show as consulting producer to help launch Season 19. The Oprah Winfrey Show veteran will serve as interim showrunner, working alongside new co-executive producer Brian Teta. ABC News President James Goldston announced via memo to staff today. Just last week, ABC News put the finishing touches on the show’s new co-host lineup, announcing Joy Behar is returning when it returns for its 19th season in the fall. In addition to Behar, ABC News confirmed that Candace Cameron Bure and Paula Faris are joining the panel of regular co-hosts on the show. That’s in addition to veteran Whoopi Goldberg and recent hires Raven-Symone and Michelle Collins.

8am – D         INTERVIEW – LARRY KUDLOW – CNBC Senior Contributor and host of The Larry KUDLOW Show on WMAL Saturdays at 7 pm

• Trump’s tax promises have some in GOP wary. Think tank vows to scrutinize ideas, calculate impact. WASHINGTON — For years, Republicans have run for office on promises of cutting taxes and bolstering business to stimulate economic growth, pledging allegiance to a Reaganesque model of conservatism that has largely become the party’s orthodoxy. But this election cycle, the Republican presidential candidate who currently leads in most polls is taking a different approach, and it is jangling the nerves of some of the party’s most traditional supporters. The tendency of that candidate, the billionaire developer Donald J. Trump, to make provocative, headline-grabbing speeches has helped obscure an emerging set of beliefs: that he would raise taxes in certain areas, particularly on corporations that he believes do not act in the best interests of the United States.

• Larry Kudlow threatens Senate run over Iran. Conservative television personality and economist Larry Kudlow is threatening to run against Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) if Blumenthal votes to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran. During Kudlow’s radio show on Saturday, he told Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) that the possibility that the deal would be enacted is too great to ignore. “If Sen. Richard Blumenthal votes with Obama on Iran, I’m going to run against him,” Kudlow said.