Montgomey County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein, Washington Examiner’s Sarah Westwood, KT McFarland and Ann Coulter joined WMAL on Wednesday!

Mornings on the Mall

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

 

5am – A/B/C Trump Wants A Special Prosecutor To Look Into Clinton Foundation.

5am – D         Md. school district: Don’t tell parents if transgender males bunk with daughters. A Maryland school district is instructing teachers and administrators not to tell parents if their daughters are bunking with male students who identify as girls on overnight field trips. Bob Mosier, chief communications officer for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, says in a training video detailing how to accommodate transgender students that privacy issues regarding the student prevent the district from informing parents about such arrangements.

5am – E         Roanoke stabbings being investigated by FBI after man allegedly shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ A man in Roanoke allegedly shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ while attacking a man and woman with a knife Saturday, an incident being investigated by the FBI. Roanoke County police said that the attack occurred Saturday evening at The Pines Apartments, as a man and woman were entering an apartment building. Witnesses heard their attacker yelling ‘Allah Akbar,’ police said Monday night.

6am – A/B/C Texas teacher implements no-homework policy, the Internet rejoices. (USA Today) — A second grade teacher’s no-homework policy has gone viral, thanks to a student’s mother posting about it on Facebook. Last week, mom Samantha Gallagher posted a note on Facebook from her daughter’s teacher reading: “After much research this summer, I’m trying something new. Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day. There will be no formally assigned homework this year.” Godley Elementary School teacher Brandy Young told parents research doesn’t prove homework improves performance.  So, she said, time after school is best spent eating dinner as a family, reading together, playing outside and getting children to bed early. Gallagher said her daughter is “loving her new teacher already!” The post has more than 67,400 shares on Facebook and started a healthy conversation on Reddit: I wish this was the homework policy when I was in school. The response has been overwhelmingly “supportive and positive,” Gallagher said. “Many who have responded are educators themselves wanting info from Mrs. Young on how to go about implementing the policy themselves.”

6am – D         INTERVIEW — Fire Chief SCOTT GOLDSTEIN – The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS)

• Days before Silver Spring apt. explosion, resident calls 911 to complain of smell of gas
• 2 children killed in Silver Spring apartment explosion identified. (Baltimore Sun / Aug 23 @ 6:04 pm) SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Authorities have identified two children killed in an explosion and fire at a Maryland apartment complex. The Montgomery County police department said Tuesday that 8-year-old Deibi “David” Samir Lainez Morales and 3-year-old Fernando Josue Hernandez Orellana were among seven people killed in the Aug. 10 fire. Authorities identified three other victims last week and are working to identify two more. The explosion at the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring shook homes more than a mile away. Some residents reported smelling natural gas before the explosion; officials also had been called to the building July 25 by residents who reported smelling gas.

6am – E         Ledecky to throw first pitch at Nats, Orioles game. WASHINGTON — Olympian Katie Ledecky will throw the ceremonial first pitch on Wednesday’s Beltway Series game between the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles. The game starts at 7:05 p.m. at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Bethesda, Maryland, native, 19, won four gold medals and a silver medal in Rio, breaking her own world record in the women’s 400 freestyle and an Olympic record in the women’s 800 freestyle.

7am – A         INTERVIEW — SARAH WESTWOOD – Watchdog Reporter for the Washington Examiner

• Westwood: Emails show Clinton denied, then met with Ukrainian donor
• Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with her at State. WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money – either personally or through companies or groups – to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president. At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million.

7am – B/C     Md. school district: Don’t tell parents if transgender males bunk with daughters. A Maryland school district is instructing teachers and administrators not to tell parents if their daughters are bunking with male students who identify as girls on overnight field trips. Bob Mosier, chief communications officer for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, says in a training video detailing how to accommodate transgender students that privacy issues regarding the student prevent the district from informing parents about such arrangements.

7am – D         INTERVIEW – KT MCFARLAND – FOX NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST @KTMCFARLAND

• KT can weigh in on the Iran travel warning

• KT thinks it’s time to appoint a special prosecutor
• Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with her at State. WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money – either personally or through companies or groups – to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.

7am – E         Entertainment News:

• Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s lunch for Clinton was a hit.  Looks like a fun time was had by all  at a fundraising lunch for Hillary Clinton co-hosted by Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel in Los Angeles Tuesday — that is, judging from the wacky pictures. Shortly after 5 pm ET, Timberlake tweeted pictures of himself, his wife and the Democratic presidential candidate posing for selfies that look like they were taken in an old-fashioned photo booth. “Wow,” said Timberlake in his tweet.
• Nick Cannon enrolls as a freshman at Howard U. Nick Cannon announced on social media that he was taking on a new challenge: education. He rapped, shirtless, about Howard University in a video on Facebook, and posted photos on  Instagram of himself enrolling as a freshman, posing and traveling to the District. The actor, musician, TV host, producer, comedian — let’s just say celebrity? — also posted quotes about the power of education from Nelson Mandela, Benjamin Franklin and others. Earlier this month, viewers saw his shocked reaction when, on live TV, the “America’s Got Talent” host watched someone get shot with a flaming arrow. After a moment of stunned silence, he ran out, then assured the contestant he wasn’t on fire.
• Courteney Cox on aging: ‘I regret’ cosmetic procedures. When you’re on a survivalist adventure that involves sliding across a ravine on a wire and boiling maggots for food, you can’t really hold anything back. Maybe that’s why Courteney Cox opened up on Running Wild with Bear Grylls Monday during their venture in Ireland, which saw the actress-producer get raw on the issue of aging in Hollywood.

8am – A/B/C/D         INTERVIEW – ANN COULTER – author of “In Trump We Trust – In Studio