Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, Washington Post’s Robert McCartney, Fairfax School Board’s Elizabeth Schultz and Larry Kudlow joined WMAL on Tuesday!

Mornings on the Mall

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

 

5am – A/B/C Hillary Clinton hints at job for Bill in White House. When it comes to what Bill Clinton’s job would be in the White House, Hillary Clinton offered a hint on Monday — and it doesn’t involve picking out the curtains. During a discussion in Kentucky about manufacturing and jobs, the Democratic front-runner talked up the need for a manufacturing renaissance and suggested that her husband would be a big asset in that department. “I’ve told my husband he’s got to come out of retirement and be in charge of this, because you know, he’s got more ideas a minute than anybody I know,” Clinton said, as people smiled and laughed. “Gotta put people back to work and make it happen. So we’re going to give it all we’ve got, absolute full-in 100 percent effort, because I worry we won’t recognize our country if we don’t do this.”

5am – D         Reactions to Larry Wilmore Dropping the N Word at WHCD

5am – E         Va. man gets out of paying spousal support after ex-wife enters into a lesbian relationship. (Washington Times) — The Supreme Court of Virginia last week reversed a lower-court decision after a man sued his ex-wife, alleging she broke provisions of their spousal support agreement by entering into a cohabiting lesbian relationship and becoming engaged to be married. After their divorce, Michael Luttrell in 2008 agreed to pay his ex-wife, Samantha Cucco, monthly spousal support payments for eight years, provided she did not remarry or cohabitate with anyone in a marriage-type relationship. Mr. Luttrell brought the lawsuit against his wife in 2014, alleging she had broken terms of the spousal support agreement after becoming “engaged to be married” and “cohabiting continually” with her fiancee, who is a woman, for at least a year. Ms. Cucco did not deny the accusation but said the provision did not apply to the state definition of “cohabiting” because she was living with a woman. The law defining cohabitation for the purpose of spousal support agreements in 1992 described the practice as people living “together in the same house as married persons live together, or in the manner of husband and wife.” But an amendment to the law in 1997 made the language gender-neutral.

6am – A/B     Moms are using kids’ playdates to social climb and make money. (NY Post) — Watching her toddler happily playing with toy blocks on the rug, Manhattan mom Christina was pleased to have been invited to the apartment of another mother she’d met at the park.“If I had a dime for the number of times [at play dates] I’ve been asked to join a Rodan + Fields skin-care trial or sell dōTerra essential oils, I’d be rich,” says Christina, a 28-year-old Upper West Sider, who, like everyone interviewed for this article, asked that her last name be withheld so as not to offend any mommy pals. “You’re cornered because your kid is there playing — you’re stuck in the middle of a sales pitch without the option to leave.” The phenomenon is explored in the new book “The Playdate: Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play” by Tamara R. Mose, an associate professor of sociology at Brooklyn College. “Play dates are often seen as opportunities where the parent can gain a social or career advantage,” says Mose, who interviewed 66 parents, teachers and caregivers across the five boroughs. “They’re not necessarily about the children’s relationships, but those of the parents’.”

6am – C         Sports:

• Matt Murray’s 47 saves helps Penguins to Game 3 win over Capitals. The Pittsburgh Penguins grabbed a 2-1 series over the Washington Capitals with a nail-biting 3-2 win in Game 3 Monday night. Washington fired 49 shots on Pittsburgh goaltender Matt Murray, but the 21-year-old netminder stood tall and stopped 47 of them while Patric Hornqvist and Tom Kuhnhackl scored a minute apart in the first period to help give the Penguins a jumpstart on the Capitals. The Capitals peppered Murray with 21 shots over the final 20 minutes while trying to claw back from a 3-0 deficit. Only Alex Ovechkin and Justin Williams managed to beat him during a furious late rally.
• Lou Holtz endorses Donald Trump for President. (CNN)Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz has pledged his support for Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner announced Monday, giving the real estate mogul the endorsement of another prominent sports figure in Indiana. Using Twitter, Trump said he was, “honored to have received the endorsement of Lou Holtz – a great guy!”
• Capitals expect discipline for Kris Letang’s high hit on Marcus Johansson. Kris Letang battles for loose puck with the Capitals’ Jay Beagle in the third period of Game 4 Monday at Consol Energy Center. The Penguins may soon learn the Washington Capitals’ pain of being down a defenseman thanks to a league suspension. Kris Letang took an interference penalty for a hit that appeared to be late and high on Capitals winger Marcus Johansson toward the end of the first period of the Penguins’ 3-2 Game 3 win Monday night, and could be getting a call from the NHL about further discipline before the teams reconvene Wednesday night for Game 4.
• In huge upset, Leicester wins English title for 1st time in 132-yr history. (Fox News) — Leicester City completed one of the greatest-ever sporting achievements Monday when the 5,000-1 underdogs won the Premier League for the first time. Leicester players were crowded around a television inside top-scorer Jamie Vardy’s house as they were handed the title by closest challenger Tottenham being held to a 2-2 draw by deposed champion Chelsea. With an insurmountable seven-point lead over Tottenham with two games remaining, Leicester is champion of England for the first time in its 132-year history

6am – D         HILLARY GETS CONFRONTED BY WEST VA COAL MINERS

• Laid Off Coal Worker Confronts Hillary Over Her Promise To Eradicate Industry
• Bill Clinton met with hostility and boos during West Virginia campaign stop:

6am – E         Obama budgets $17,613 for every new illegal minor, more than Social Security retirees get. (Washington Examiner) – President Obama has budgeted $17,613 for each of the estimated 75,000 Central American teens expected to illegally cross into the United States this year, $2,841 more than the average annual Social Security retirement benefit, according to a new report. The total bill to taxpayers: $1.3 billion in benefits to “unaccompanied children,” more than double what the federal government spent in 2010, according to an analysis of the administration’s programs for illegal minors from the Center for Immigration Studies. The average Social Security retirement benefit is $14,772. The report notes that the president’s budget, facing congressional approval, includes another $2.1 billion for refugees, which can include the illegals from Central America, mostly Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

7am – A/B/C INTERVIEW — CRAIG RICE – MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER, who chairs the County Council’s Education Committee.

• MOCO Working To Expand Free Meals Program For Kids On Weekends. ROCKVILLE — (WMAL) With nearly 40 percent of schoolchildren in Montgomery County eligible for free or reduced price meals in schools, Montgomery County lawmakers are looking to expand the number of free meals available to needy children on weekends. “These children will be much more successful if they have quality meals over the weekend,” says Craig Rice, who chairs the County Council’s Education Committee. “We know that some of these children don’t have that. Three non-profit groups – Manna Food Center, KIND and Women Who Care Ministries, currently run a weekend food bag program that provides meals to 4,600 kids in need, and the county council is in the process of adding $150,000 to the program’s budget, with a goal of feeding 1,100 additional students so they don’t go hungry on weekends.

7am – D         INTERVIEW – ROBERT MCCARTNEY – Senior Regional Correspondent for The Washington Post – discussed the latest on the DC Metro,

• FTA safety inspectors uncover more track defects that Metro missed
• Report on DC Metro metro to come out Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to release a report Tuesday on the probable causes of the fatal L’Enfant Plaza smoke incident on Jan. 12, 2015. The congressional sources were briefed on that report.

7am – E         2016 News:

• Heckler to Cruz: “You Suck!”; Cruz: You Deserve a “Spanking” – A heckler at a Cruz campaign rally in La Porte, Indiana on Sunday yelled “you suck!” to the Republican presidential candidate. “Thank you, son,” Cruz responded. “I appreciate you sharing your views.” “One of the things that hopefully someone has told that children should actually speak with respect,” Cruz responded with cheers from the audience. “Imagine what a different world it would be if someone told Donald Trump that years ago,” he said. “You know, in my household if a child behaved that way, they get a spanking,” Cruz added.
• Donald Trump’s Lead Continues to Grow Nationally: Poll. Following businessman Donald Trump’s landslide primary victories last week, his support among Republican and Republican-leaning voters nationally is up 6 points. Trump has hit 56 percent support, his highest yet in the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll.
• Lou Holtz endorses Donald Trump for President. (CNN)Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz has pledged his support for Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner announced Monday, giving the real estate mogul the endorsement of another prominent sports figure in Indiana. Using Twitter, Trump said he was, “honored to have received the endorsement of Lou Holtz – a great guy!”

8am – A/B/C INTERVIEW — ELIZABETH SCHULTZ – Fairfax County Public School board member

• Fairfax Co. school board members at odds with Liberty University leader. After comments from Liberty University’s leader about guns and Muslims, nine of the Fairfax County School Board’s 12 members want the Virginia High School League to stop having events there.
• School Board Proposes 2017 Start Date Week Before Labor Day. The Fairfax County School Board drafts 2017-2018 calendar that begins one week prior to Labor Day. The Fairfax County School Board has directed Superintendent Karen K. Garza to draft a calendar for the 2017-18 school year that begins the school year one week earlier prior to Labor Day, Fairfax County Public Schools announced. The Fairfax County School Board will vote on the proposal later this year.

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

• Trump Says Indiana Win Means ‘It’s Over’ — is it over or can Cruz keep going after Indiana?
• Donald Trump’s Lead Continues to Grow Nationally: Poll. Following businessman Donald Trump’s landslide primary victories last week, his support among Republican and Republican-leaning voters nationally is up 6 points. Trump has hit 56 percent support, his highest yet in the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll.

• Puerto Rico was unable to make a $422 million debt payment due Monday. The island was unable to make a $422 million debt payment due Monday. It’s another alarm bell of how bad the situation is getting on the island. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla calls it a “humanitarian crisis,” which a step above an economic emergency. He claims he is prioritizing paying Puerto Rico’s police and teachers over Wall Street. “I had to make a choice. I decided that essential services for the 3.5 million American citizens in Puerto Rico came first,” the governor said in a speech Sunday. This is the third time the island has defaulted on bond payments. The island paid the interest due Monday, but not the principal amount, resulting in a default of about $370 million, Puerto Rico’s largest yet.

8am – E         Woman files $5 million lawsuit against Starbucks for putting too much ice in her drinks. A miffed Starbucks customer is suing the coffee chain for $5 million, accusing them of watering down cold beverages with a disproportionate amount of ice. An Illinois woman is reportedly suing Starbucks for $5 million over the amount of ice it puts in customers’ drinks. Stacy Pincus accuses the coffee chain of packing almost half of their cold beverages with ice as a means to skimp on serving actual coffee to customers, according to the suit obtained by Courthouse News. When it comes to ordering a 24-ounce “Venti” coffee, for example, Pincus claims a customer only receives 14 ounces of actual coffee, and ice takes up the remaining 10. The miffed customer further notes that hot Starbucks beverages typically cost less than cold ones, even though they contain more coffee because of the lack of ice. Among the accusations hurled at the coffee conglomerate are fraud, negligent misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.