Rick Springfield, Robert McCartney, Joseph Morici and Erick Erickson joined WMAL on Wednesday!

Mornings on the Mall

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor

5am – A/B/C Super Tuesday Updates: Trump and Clinton Win Big.

• Lindsey Graham: ‘We May Be In A Position Where We Have To Rally Around Ted Cruz.’ Despite recently about joking killing him on the Senate floor, Sen. Lindsey Graham said during a Super Tuesday interview with CBS that Republicans will have to “rally around Ted Cruz” to prevent Donald Trump from winning the nomination. “Short of a major scandal” Trump will win, explained Graham. “And if Marco doesn’t win Florida, I don’t know how he goes for it. If Kasich loses Ohio. You know, Ted Cruz is not my favorite by any means, and I don’t wish him ill.”

5am – D         CVS manager, veteran fired after taking down two robbers in his Beltsville store. BELTSVILLE, Md. (ABC7) — Joe Morici joined the Army right out of high school. After serving his country as a sergeant in a medivac unit for a year in Afghanistan, he came home and he went to work for CVS. He recently managed a store in Beltsville, Maryland. He says Friday morning his military instincts kicked in when two robbery suspects entered the business. Those instincts got him fired. “Two individuals were jumping the counter into our pharmacy,” says Morici. Police say the suspects took narcotics from the pharmacy’s safe. Morici says fearing for the safety of his customers and co-workers, he pursued the suspects to the front door where one of the suspects attacked him with this screwdriver. Morici says, “He tried to hit me again with the screwdriver. I disarmed him of the screwdriver, while having the other guy pinned against the one door.” Morici says he even managed to retrieve most, if not all, of the stolen pills during the struggle. The suspects got away.

5am – E         Border News:

• Top border chief to agents who object to Obama amnesty: ‘Look for another job’ (Washington Times) — The man who oversees the U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday that if agents have a problem with President Obama’s deportation amnesty, they should quit.The strong remarks by Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske came as tensions between Congress and the White House grew even higher, with House GOP leaders announcing they’ll hold an unprecedented vote to have their chamber join in the lawsuit trying to halt the amnesty.

6am – A         INTERVIEW – RICK SPRINGFIELD – Singer and Actor

6am – B/C     Super Tuesday Updates: Trump and Clinton Win Big.

6am – D         Teacher resigns after student exposes private pictures

Sheriff’s office is investigating student after private pictures exposed. UNION COUNTY, S.C. —A teacher at Union County High School has resigned after a student spread a nude picture of her through text messages and social media, according to Union County School District interim superintendent David Eubanks. Eubanks said a student got hold of Leigh Anne Arthur’s phone and took a picture of a nude picture that was on her phone. He said the student then sent the picture out through text messaging and social media. The incident happened on Monday and Arthur resigned on Tuesday, Eubanks said. Eubanks said Arthur was in the wrong because her phone was unlocked and she made the nude picture available to her students.

6am – E         Redskins Update:

• Redskins have placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on QB Kirk Cousins. Cousins can still negotiate with other teams, but the Redskins have the right to match any deal. The two sides are currently working on a long-term extension and have until July 15 to sign an extension. In four years with Washington, RGIII made $21.1 million; in 2016, Kirk Cousins8 is now entitled to $19.95 million.
• Redskins place franchise tag on quarterback Kirk Cousins. WASHINGTON (AP) — A year ago at this time, Kirk Cousins was relegated to backup status with the Washington Redskins, owned a resume that included only nine NFL starts and more interceptions than touchdowns, and was playing under a four-year rookie contract barely worth a total of more than $2.5 million. Oh, how things have changed. Coming off a breakthrough season for their quarterback, the Redskins announced Tuesday they placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Cousins, setting him up to earn about $20 million next season and making sure he doesn’t become an unrestricted free agent next week. Tuesday was the deadline for teams to use a franchise or transition tag. By choosing the non-exclusive franchise tag, the Redskins allow Cousins to talk to other clubs, but Washington would be allowed to match any offer — or receive a pair of first-round draft picks as compensation should he leave. The franchise tag for a quarterback in 2016 is $19.953 million. The Redskins now have until July 15 to negotiate with Cousins on a longer contract.

7am – A         INTERVIEW – ROBERT MCCARTNEY – Senior Regional Correspondent for The Washington Post

• Robert McCartney is The Post’s senior regional correspondent, covering politics and policy in the greater Washington, D.C.
• Recap Virginia’s primary and thoughts on Super Tuesday

7am – B         State News:

• Virginia Senate OKs Bill Warning of Sexually Explicit Books. Virginia’s Republican-controlled Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would force schools to notify parents if their children will be assigned to read books with sexually explicit content, a policy that opponents called the first step toward censorship in schools. The bill passed with a 22-17 vote after a spirited debate during which a supporter read a rape scene from Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” before one of his colleagues asked him to stop because the Senate pages were in the chamber.
• Vote to send adults to jail for letting teens drink moves forward in Md. Senate. The Maryland Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that stiffens penalties on adults who provide alcohol to underage drinkers. Under the bill, a person who provides alcohol to someone younger than 21 could go to prison for up to one year and/or be fined up to $5,000 for a first offense. They would receive two years of incarceration and/or a $7,500 fine for a second or subsequent offense. Current law carries a fine of $2,500 and no jail sentence. The bill is named after Alex Murk and Calvin Li, two teens in Montgomery County who were killed in a car crash after attending a party where alcohol was served. It advanced with no debate and is expected to receive final approval in the Senate on Wednesday. “We are losing many young people in horrific drunk driving.
• General Assembly, McAuliffe square off over Everclear. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The Virginia General Assembly and Gov. Terry McAuliffe are squaring off over whether drinks with high alcohol contents like Everclear should be sold at state-owned liquor stores.The Republican controlled House of Delegates voted Tuesday to reject the Democratic governor’s request to delay a bill that would delay the sale of Everclear and other 151-proof grain alcohol.
• Should dentists and midwives prescribe pot? House votes yes.Maryland would allow midwives, nurses, dentists and foot doctors to certify patients for medical-marijuana under a bill the state House of Delegates passed Friday. Current state law restricts such authority to physicians, but the House voted 110 to 21 to extend it to other types of health-care providers. The legislation, sponsored by Del. Dan K. Morhaim (D-Baltimore County), will now move to the Senate for consideration. It would allow nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, dentists and podiatrists to certify patients for medical-marijuana purchases.

• D.C. council passes bill to pay would-be criminals not to commit crimes. WASHINGTON (ABC7) — It’s designed to prevent crime, but some aren’t convinced the bill passed unanimously by the D.C. council Tuesday, will do anything to stop violence. “Do I have any confidence that the council bill or mayor’s original proposal will address violent crime, no way, no way,” said Dorothy Brizill. But supporters said the measure will address the root causes of crime and create opportunities for people who are at the highest rate of offending. One of the most talked about parts of the bill is the stipend program, which would pay people if they keep a clean record. The city would identify up to 50 participants a year, and if they follow certain guidelines and stay out of trouble, they would get paid.

7am – B         Family Says Wrong Woman in Casket at Grandmother’s Viewing, Body Lost. Another woman was wearing the clothes that they dropped off for their grandmother to be buried in, family says. A Washington, D.C. family says their grandmother’s body has apparently been lost after they arrived at her viewing to find a different deceased woman in the casket. “I saw the body of another female that wasn’t my grandmother,” Tawana Murphy told News4’s Pat Collins. “My heart dropped. I was in disbelief.” Virginia Gray, 83, lost consciousness Feb. 19 at her home on Dix Street NE and was taken to the Prince George’s Hospital Center, where she later died. Gray was a lifelong D.C. resident who had a daughter, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The grandchildren say when they walked into Gray’s viewing at Horton’s Funeral Home in Northwest last Friday, the woman in the casket was not Gray, but was wearing the clothes they previously brought to the funeral home for their grandmother.

7am – C         Family Says Wrong Woman in Casket at Grandmother’s Viewing, Body Lost. Another woman was wearing the clothes that they dropped off for their grandmother to be buried in, family says. A Washington, D.C. family says their grandmother’s body has apparently been lost after they arrived at her viewing to find a different deceased woman in the casket. “I saw the body of another female that wasn’t my grandmother,” Tawana Murphy told News4’s Pat Collins. “My heart dropped. I was in disbelief.” Virginia Gray, 83, lost consciousness Feb. 19 at her home on Dix Street NE and was taken to the Prince George’s Hospital Center, where she later died. Gray was a lifelong D.C. resident who had a daughter, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

7am – D/E     INTERVIEW — JOE MORICI – veteran (former Army Sergeant) and former manager of CVS

• CVS manager, veteran fired after taking down two robbers in his Beltsville store. BELTSVILLE, Md. (ABC7) — Joe Morici joined the Army right out of high school. After serving his country as a sergeant in a medivac unit for a year in Afghanistan, he came home and he went to work for CVS. He recently managed a store in Beltsville, Maryland. He says Friday morning his military instincts kicked in when two robbery suspects entered the business. Those instincts got him fired. “Two individuals were jumping the counter into our pharmacy,” says Morici. Police say the suspects took narcotics from the pharmacy’s safe. Morici says fearing for the safety of his customers and co-workers, he pursued the suspects to the front door where one of the suspects attacked him with this screwdriver. Morici says, “He tried to hit me again with the screwdriver. I disarmed him of the screwdriver, while having the other guy pinned against the one door.” Morici says he even managed to retrieve most, if not all, of the stolen pills during the struggle. The suspects got away.

8am – A         INTERVIEW — ERICK ERICKSON – author of new book “You Will be Made to Care: The War on Faith, Family, and Your Freedom to Believe” – discussed his book and his thoughts on the Super Tuesday results.

8am – B/C     Super Tuesday results

8am – D         INTERVIEW – RICK SPRINGFIELD – Singer and Actor

8am – E         PREVIEW: Brian and Larry will be at CPAC Thursday and Friday!