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Mornings on the Mall

Friday, November 6, 2015

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

5am – A/B/C Christie, Huckabee relegated to undercard at next GOP debate. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee have been bumped from the main stage at next week’s GOP presidential debate, while George Pataki and Lindsey Graham have been cut from the lineup altogether. The prime-time lineup: businessman Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former technology executive Carly Fiorina, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The undercard event features just four candidates: Christie, Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

5am – D         Ben Carson believes Joseph built Egypt’s pyramids to store grain — and it just might get him some votes. (Washington Post) — On Wednesday, a 17-year-old video surfaced of Ben Carson claiming that the Old Testament figure Joseph built the Egyptian pyramids to store food. “My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,” Carson said in a 1998 commencement speech at Andrews University, unearthed by BuzzFeed. “Now all the archaeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big — when you stop and think about it, and I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time — to store that much grain.” Social media quickly overflowed with scorn. Critics — and not just archaeologists — pointed to well-documented evidence that the structures were built as tombs, not granaries. Photos of pyramid burial vaults circulated on Twitter. Soon, Carson’s comments had become a meme with references to the food pyramid and “Stargate.” Ben Carson was becoming a joke.

5am – E         George Will vs Bill O’Reilly on Reagan:

• Bill O’Reilly slanders Ronald Reagan. (Washington Post/By George F. Will) – “Donald Trump is just one symptom of today’s cultural pathology of self-validating vehemence with blustery certitudes substituting for evidence. Another is the fact that the book atop the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list is a tissue of unsubstantiated assertions. Because of its vast readership, “Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency” by Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly and his collaborator,, Martin Dugard, will distort public understanding of Ronald Reagan’s presidency more than hostile but conscientious scholars could. Styling himself an “investigative historian,” O’Reilly purports to have discovered amazing facts that have escaped the notice of real historians. The book’s intimated hypothesis is that the trauma of the March 1981 assassination attempt somehow triggered in Reagan a mental decline, perhaps accelerating the Alzheimer’s disease that would not be diagnosed until 13 years later. The book says Reagan was often addled to the point of incompetence, causing senior advisers to contemplate using the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him from office. Well.”

6am – A/B/C Favorite Bond Girl? Oldest ever Bond girl Monica Bellucci reveals how a woman of 51 can have killer sex appeal. (Mirror) — She may only be a few years older than Daniel Craig but for a Bond girl Monica Belluci is decades ahead of the average. So what is her secret? Seductively smouldering with a sex appeal that would send even old school goddesses like Sophia Loren running to touch up their lipstick, Monica Bellucci is the kind of woman you might imagine spending her life perpetually lying in the bath chomping on a Flake. That image vanishes in a flash when she starts to chat about doing the school run – and ensuring her daughters, Deva, 10, and Leonie, 5, get a solid breakfast before they leave the house… And soon mummy will be best known around the globe as the world’s oldest ever James Bond woman – as the Italian actress is 51, ‘Bond girl’ just seems wrong – in much anticipated new 007 instalment Spectre, which opens in cinemas next week.

6am – D         INTERVIEW – TREVOR MATICH — Redskins elite long snapper and WMAL’s Redskins analyst

• PREVIEW: Washington Redskins vs New England Patriots, 3-4, 2nd in NFC Eastern Division / Sunday, November 8, 1:00 PM on FOX, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

6am – E         Parking fees in D.C. likely to go up, as council backs away from longer meter hours. (Washington Post) — The D.C. Council on Tuesday is poised to undo two last-minute and not-so-well-thought-out tax increases it imposed earlier this year. And it is replacing them with, well, another increase that was never debated publicly. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) on Monday proposed inching up fees for parking in metered spots from 50 cents for every 15 minutes, to 50 cents for every 13 minutes. That might sound like the proverbial nickel and diming of big city government, but it is sending the cost of parking in the nation’s capital over a couple key thresholds: With convenience fees for anyone who does not carry around a few dozen quarters, it will push the cost of parking for two hours to more than $5. For anyone who tries to park all day using the city’s Parkmobile smartphone app, street parking for eight hours will top $21. (Or if you pay in quarters, slightly less, $18.50 — or 74 quarters). A parking ticket in D.C. for failing to feed the meter is $25.

7am – A/B/C Illegal immigrants release ‘Bill of Rights.’ Demand citizenship, birth certificates, medical care. (Washington Times) – An immigrant-rights group proposed a “Bill of Rights” for illegal immigrants Thursday, demanding that Americans recognize there are millions already in the country who deserve health care, in-state tuition rates for college and a guarantee of citizenship in the long term. The list of demands runs 10 items long — the same as the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights — and also calls for an end to arrests and deportations for “all law-abiding undocumented Americans.” demand that they be accorded respect; calls for citizenship rights and an immediate deferment of deportations; in-state tuition at public colleges; “wage equality”; medical care; and protection against deportation if illegal immigrants report a crime as a witness. The list also includes a specific demand for “compelled authorization of birth certificates for our U.S.-born children.” That appears to be pushback against the state of Texas, where officials have ruled that parents must present valid ID to get children’s birth certificates — and have deemed the Mexican government’s Matricula Consular ID card not to be acceptable as primary identification.

7am – D/E     Media Piles On Ben Carson:

• Ben Carson believes Joseph built Egypt’s pyramids to store grain — and it just might get him some votes. On Wednesday, a 17-year-old video surfaced of Ben Carson claiming that the Old Testament figure Joseph built the Egyptian pyramids to store food. “My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,” Carson said in a 1998 commencement speech at Andrews University, unearthed by BuzzFeed. “Now all the archaeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big — when you stop and think about it, and I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time — to store that much grain.”
• Donald Trump wonders if Ben Carson’s life story is ‘total fabrication.’ Washington (CNN) Donald Trump questioned the narrative of Ben Carson’s rough upbringing on Thursday, saying that the retired neurosurgeon’s previous accounts could be a “total fabrication.” “The Carson story is either a total fabrication or, if true, even worse-trying to hit mother over the head with a hammer or stabbing friend!” he tweeted Thursday evening.

8am – A         INTERVIEW — JOHN NOLTE — Editor-at-Large, Breitbart News and Film Critic – reviewed the latest James Bond film.

8am – B         Latest 2016 News:

• Ben Carson campaign rolls out rap ad.    In the ad, a rap by the artist Aspiring Mogul is overlaid with clips of Carson speaking.    Asked about the ads, Carson said he personally would have approached them differently. Washington (CNN)Ben Carson’s campaign is rolling out a new ad in markets with large African-American populations that features a rap promoting the candidate for president. The radio ad, called “Freedom,” will run in Miami, Atlanta, Birmingham, Jackson, Memphis, Little Rock, Houston and Detroit, according to Carson campaign spokesman Doug Watts.
• NBC accidentally posts ‘not for air’ Trump promos for ‘SNL.’ Donald Trump’s highly anticipated hosting gig on this week’s “Saturday Night Live” is already generating controversy, three full days before showtime. NBC on Wednesday unveiled eight promos for the upcoming show, but pulled the video from YouTube just minutes after posting, with no explanation. A network spokesman later told NBC News Correspondent Peter Alexander that it “accidentally” published the wrong YouTube link, which contained three “SNL” promos “not for air,” including one in which Trump calls rival Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson a “real loser.” In another spot, cast member Cecily Strong reveals that “due to FCC regulations,” Trump can only appear in each promo for less than four seconds.
• Rubio fires back at Trump: You’re attacking me on finances? Sen. Marco Rubio hit back against Donald Trump’s criticism of his finances in the presidential race, calling it hypocrisy because of the real estate magnate’s bankruptcy record. “I find it ironic that the only person running for president that’s ever declared a bankruptcy, four times in the last 25 years, is attacking anyone on finances,” Rubio (R-Fla.) said Thursday in New Hampshire, according to video from ABC News.
• Christie, Huckabee relegated to undercard at next GOP debate. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee have been bumped from the main stage at next week’s GOP presidential debate, while George Pataki and Lindsey Graham have been cut from the lineup altogether. The prime-time lineup: businessman Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former technology executive Carly Fiorina, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The undercard event features just four candidates: Christie, Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

8am – C         Rumsfeld: “Bush 41 is getting up in years and misjudges Bush 43.” Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is pushing back on criticism from former President George H.W. Bush about his service in the George W. Bush administration. “Bush 41 is getting up in years and misjudges Bush 43, who I found made his own decisions,” Rumsfeld, 83, said in a statement to NBC read on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” “There are hundreds of memos on www.rumsfeld.com that represent advice DoD gave the president,” Rumsfeld added in his statement.

8am – D         INTERVIEW — BRET BAIER — Anchor, Special Report on Fox News Channel, weekdays at 6 pm — previewed the Fox Business debate, and discussed the Russian jet, Bush 41 special and 2016 news.

8am – E         Entertainment News:

• Katy Perry Beats Taylor Swift as Highest Earning Woman in Music. Cue Taylor Swift’s surprised face! The “Blank Space” singer, who dominated headlines and stages across the country this year, is not 2015’s highest earning woman in music — her rival, Katy Perry, is. According to Forbes, which compiles the annual roundup, the “Roar” singer, 31, earned a whopping $135 million this year, while Swift, 25, was the second highest earner, taking home $80 million. (Still nothing to scoff at!). Perry’s success is due in large part to her Prismatic World Tour, Forbes reports. The “Birthday” singer earned more than $2 million per city over the course of 126 shows.
• Batmobile Creator George Barris Dead. (TMZ) — George Barris, the creator of the amazing 1966 Batmobile and many other legendary whips … has died. Barris’ most famous car was surely the one Adam West drove during the “Batman” TV show. But he has a rich automotive history … he designed the ‘Munsters’ Koach, the truck for “The Beverly Hillbillies” and the modified Dodge Charger for “Thunder Alley.” The Batmobile sold at auction in 2013 for $4.62 million. Barris died early Thursday. We’re told he’d been battling a brain tumor. He was just shy of 90.
• Daniel Craig and Stephen Colbert Rent James Bond a Car on ‘The Late Show.’ While promoting the new James Bond film “Spectre” on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” Daniel Craig and Colbert examined a scene rarely witnessed in the movies: Bond renting a car. The clip shows Craig, as Bond, attempting to rent a new car from Colbert, who plays a typical car rental employee for RentalCo where they “don’t just rent cars, we rental care.” “I need a car really quickly,” Bond says. “I’m being chased by a number of assassins.” “We all have things to do,” Colbert responds. After searching under both Bond and Q’s name, the spy settles on a Chevy Malibu with a bit of child vomit in it and opts for the insurance because he is “driving it into a volcano.”

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