Jesse Watters, Trevor Matich, Amb. John Bolton, John Nolte, Bret Baier & Scottie Nell Hughes joined WMAL on Friday!

Mornings on the Mall

Friday, December 18, 2015

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Scottie Hughes

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

 

5am – A/B/C Chaffetz: DHS made ‘wrong call’ not checking social media accounts. Representative Chaffetz (R-UT), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, criticized Homeland Security for failing to check the social media accounts of the San Bernadino attackers. Silicon Valley has expressed doubts as to how government could effectively and legally monitor the activity of suspected terrorists.

5am – D         INTERVIEW: JESSE WATTERS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S WATTERS WORLD TO AIR ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19th AT 8PM/ET/ What: Fox News Channel (FNC) will present the second installment of Watters World on Saturday, December 19th at 8PM/ET. Watters World provides viewers a comedic look at the latest headlines surrounding the upcoming 2016 election. The specials feature Watters’ popular man-on-the-street interviews as well as a rotating panel of guests who will discuss the most recent events in the election cycle. This episode will focus on the GOP debate being held on December 15th.

5am – E         Putin praises Donald Trump as ‘bright and talented’. MOSCOW (AP) — In Vladimir Putin’s view, Donald Trump is “bright and talented.” But as much as those words sound overtly like praise, there are some murky nuances. The most unequivocally favorable part of the comments the Russian leader made Thursday to a scrum of reporters after his annual year-end news conference was about the Republican presidential aspirant’s claims that he wants to improve relations with Russia. “He says that he wants to move to another, closer level of relations. Can we really not welcome that? Of course we welcome that,” Putin said.

6am – A/B/C vWH Praises Spending Deal With GOP Congress: ‘We Succeeded’. (CNSNews.com) – The White House objects to a few Republican provisions in the omnibus $1.1-trillion spending bill, but overall, “We succeeded,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday. “So we walked into these negotiations focused on making sure that Republicans would not succeed in advancing their ideological agenda through the budgetary process, and I think, based on all of the solid reporting work that you have done over the last several weeks, there were a variety of attempts that Republicans undertook to try to do exactly that, and we did succeed in fighting off those efforts.

6am – D         Gitmo News:

• US military to limit media access to Guantanamo Bay prison. MIAMI (AP) — New limits are being imposed on media access to the detention center at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the commander of the military’s Southern Command said Thursday, outlining rules that will limit what journalists can see and how often they can visit the already highly restricted site. Journalists will be allowed to visit the center on tours that will be organized once per quarter, lasting no more than a day, and they will no longer be able to visit inside the two detention center camps where a majority of the 107 current prisoners are held, Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly said in an interview with The Associated Press.
• Pentagon ‘to transfer 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Guantanamo Bay is being used to detain what the US government calls “enemy combatants” The Pentagon plans the transfer of 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees in the coming weeks – a move that would cut the US prison’s population to 90, reports say. US media quote officials as saying Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has already told Congress about the move. It would reportedly be the largest number of detainee transfers in a single month since 2007.
• Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen. Ibrahim al Qosi, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, now serves as a leader and spokesman for al Qaeda in Yemen. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a new video featuring a former Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Qosi, who is also known as Sheikh Khubayb al Sudani. In July 2010, Qosi plead guilty to charges of conspiracy and material support for terrorism before a military commission. His plea was part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with prosecutors during his remaining time in US custody. Qosi was transferred to his home country of Sudan two years later, in July 2012.

6am – E         ‘Force Awakens’ satisfies fans, earns $14.1 million overseas. LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Star Wars” fans flooded cinemas around the world Thursday for the first showings of the breathlessly anticipated seventh installment of the space saga, and they floated out on nostalgia and positive reviews. “Wow! JJ Baby that was one in a million!!!” Harry Knowles, founder of fan site Ain’t It Cool News, gushed on Twitter, where #StarWarsTheForceAwakens was a trending topic Thursday night. For many fans, finally seeing “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” the film was an emotional experience.

7am – A         INTERVIEW – TREVOR MATICH — Redskins elite long snapper and WMAL’s Redskins analyst

• PREVIEW: Buffalo Bills vs Washington Redskins/ Sunday, December 20, 1:00 PM on FOX, FedExField, Landover, Maryland

7am – B/C     Jeff Sessions, senator from Alabama, is calling this a betrayal, fully funding the Obama immigration agenda, the climate change agenda, increasing foreign workers. He said, “This is why Trump is now triumphing here and probably will win. The voters have come to believe that their own party’s elites are not only uninterested in defending their interests, but — as with this legislation and fast tracking the president’s international trade deal — Republican voters would not be wrong to conclude that their own Republican leaders are hostile to them, just as Democrat leaders are hostile to Republican voters.”

7am – D         INTERVIEW — AMB. JOHN BOLTON – Former United Nations Ambassador

• Chaffetz: DHS made ‘wrong call’ not checking social media accounts
• Tashfeen Malik messaged Facebook friends about her support for jihad
• California terrorist’s relative in ‘sham’ marriage with gun-buying friend
• Putin praises Donald Trump as ‘bright and talented’ MOSCOW (AP) — In Vladimir Putin’s view, Donald Trump is “bright and talented.” But as much as those words sound overtly like praise, there are some murky nuances.

7am – E         Olivia Wilde’s Innocent Photo of Toddler Sparks Debate. Actress Olivia Wilde’s recent Instagram photo of her son in a cowboy hat — and nothing else — is stirring controversy online. The image, which the actress posted from her Hawaiian family vacation, shows her 20-month-old son, Otis, from behind, nude except for the hat. When Wilde posted the picture on Monday, she included the caption “Naked Cowboy.” But Wilde has since added a disclaimer to her photo: “Apparently unsuitable for those unaware that humans have butts.” The lighthearted addition is in response to some commenters who felt the photo was inappropriate, at least for online sharing. “This is not a picture for social media, because unfortunately there are perverted people out there and these pictures could end up on child pornography websites,” wrote one user.

 

8am – A         INTERVIEW — JOHN NOLTE – Film Critic at Breitbart News

• ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Review: J.J. Abrams Repents for the Sins of George Lucas

8am – B/C     Omnibus Budget Battle

8am – D         INTERVIEW — BRET BAIER – Anchor, Special Report, Fox News Channel, weekdays at 6 PM

8am – E         Democratic Debate: Where and when to watch Saturday’s presidential debate in New Hampshire. SPRINGFIELD ‒ The field of Democratic presidential contenders will take the stage in New Hampshire Saturday evening for the party’s third debate of the 2016 campaign season. The prime time event, sponsored by ABC News in Partnership with the New Hampshire Union Leader, will be broadcast from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Local station WMUR-TV was removed as a sponsor of the event last week due to its involvement in a labor dispute. “World News Tonight” Anchor David Muir and ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz will moderate the debate.