Dr. Sebastian Gorka and Washington Post’s Scott Allen joined WMAL on Friday!

Mornings on the Mall

Friday, May 11, 2018

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

 

5am – A/B/C  PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WEEK OF WINNING:

• Trump accomplishments this week:
  • 9 percent unemployment
  • 5 most wanted ISIS leaders captured
  • 3 American hostages released from North Korea
  • Meeting set between Trump and Kim Jong Un
  • Left the Iran Deal
  • Exec order to boost military spouse employment
• PENCE: How ‘bout this week? Iran, North Korea, & the new American Embassy that will open on Monday in Jerusalem – the capital of the State of Israel! What the world saw this week is President @realDonaldTrump, who embraces his role as leader of the free world.

5am – D/E     ‘Woman of Size’ Says She Experienced Discrimination Because Harry Potter Ride Seat Was Too Small (Breitbart News) — Self-identifying “woman of size” Jana Schmieding says she experienced “size-based discrimination” at Universal Studios when she was told that she was too large to fit on the Harry Potter ride. Blogger Jana Schmieding was kicked off the “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” ride at Universal Studios because she wasn’t able to properly fit in the ride system’s seats. According to Schmieding, this was an act of “size-based discrimination” that aims to eliminate overweight people. Schmieding, who hosts a podcast called “Woman of Size” about the alleged discrimination against fat women’s bodies, said that her friend informed her that she was also kicked off of the ride because of her weight.  “Heads up. I was kicked off the Hogwarts ride because I didn’t fit. It was humiliating but they gave me front of the line passes to rest of the rides at Universal. Just be aware,” the friend wrote.

 

6am – A         VP Mike Pence told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that he thinks Mueller has spent enough time on the investigation and reiterated that President Donald Trump’s administration has fully complied with Mueller’s requests, providing him with over 1 million documents.

6am – B/C     STORMY NEWS:

• Now Avenatti obtains Michael Cohen’s EMAILS and posts one showing how he still identified as Trump’s lawyer in April – despite Giuliani saying he no longer represented the President. (Daily Mail) — It’s inconvenient to lose your phone contacts – whether through an ordinary mishap or an FBI raid. When longtime Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen lost his, due to the later, he reached out to Keith Davidson, the former attorney to porn star Stormy Daniels, to get back in touch. Daniels’ current lawyer, Michael Avenatti, says the email directly rebuts the claim by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani that ‘of course’ Cohen is no longer representing Trump. Avenatti further claims that the email to reestablish contact with Davidson – who helped negotiate a non-disclosure agreement between Cohen, Daniels, and Donald Trump – could show an effort to obstruct justice, though he doesn’t say how. Now Avenatti obtains Michael Cohen’s EMAILS and posts one showing how he still identified as Trump’s lawyer in April – despite Giuliani saying he no longer represented the President
• MSNBC’s Heilemann to Ernst: You’re the ‘Only American’ Not Following Stormy Daniels Story. MSNBC Analyst and “The Circus” co-host John Heilemann told Sen. Jodi Ernst (R., Iowa) that she’s the “only American” not following the Stormy Daniels story.
• LAST NIGHT, TUCKER CARLSON ON THE PORN LAWYER: watch as this msnbc panel, which is close to a democratic party focus group you’ll find, gushes over the porn lawyer whose eyes are too close together. watch this. is a beast. >> he’s a beast. he keeps popping donald trump and all of his folks in the mouth. john meachem says he may be the savior of the republic. >> he killed the news of the iran deal in one big stroke. he is a master of the media cycle. >> i owe michael avanetti an apology. i said i’ve seen you everywhere. i was wrong, brother. you have a lot to say. the democrats could learn something from you. you’re messing with trump a lot more than they are. >> tucker: here’s a political rule of them. in the creepy porn lawyer is the savior of the republic in your view, you’re probably not trying very hard to middle america.

6am – D         MCCAIN NEWS:

• Palin: Hearing that McCain regrets picking me for VP is a “perpetual gut-punch”
• McCain said Obama thanked him for his vote against repealing Obamacare: ‘I appreciated his call’

6am – E         Bei Bei, National Zoo’s giant panda, falls from tree. Bei Bei, one of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s giant pandas, fell from a tree in his enclosure Thursday, his tumble captured on the zoo’s 24-7 “panda cam.” Fortunately, the boisterous 2-year-old wasn’t hurt in the incident. “Sometimes when #BeiBei goes out on a limb…it breaks. But he’s fine! Giant pandas are built to withstand falls, so he popped back up and climbed up again. #PandaStory,” the zoo tweeted Thursday.

6am – F         DC Metro Station Inspectors Plagiarized Reports While Concrete Was Falling From The Ceiling. (Daily Caller) – For three years, inspectors apparently copied and pasted inspection reports for an underground metro station in Washington, D.C., then a metal beam fell from the ceiling. No one was hurt in that incident, which occurred in the fall of 2016, but it was a wake up call for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to find out what went wrong. A report from the inspector general released Thursday reveals critical weaknesses in the inspection protocols for the primary public transportation system for the nation’s capitol. On Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 2016, corroded bolts caused pieces of concrete, lighting fixtures and a large steel beam fell from the ceiling of the Rhode Island Avenue metro station, forcing the station to close for a few days. That could have been prevented if it had procedures to inspect certain hard-to-see areas and ensured that inspection reports were actually conducted.  Over a three-year period, a total of 49 inspection reports contained identical language, leading the inspector general to conclude that “remarks are being copied and pasted from year to year, which makes it difficult to verify a new inspection was done.”

7am – A/B/C             HIGHLIGHTS OF TRUMP RALLY IN INDIANA

7am – D         INTERVIEW – DR. SEBASTIAN GORKA –  – FOXNews National Security Strategist, NYT Bestseller author of “DEFEATING JIHAD” and Fmr deputy assistant to President Donald Trump

• Trump reveals he will meet Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12
• Five Top ISIS Officials Captured in U.S.-Iraqi Sting: Trump announces the capture of the five ‘most wanted’ ISIS terrorists who were lured from Syria to Iraq with fake Telegram app messages – including top aide to ‘caliphate’ leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
• Trump Swipes Obama Over Iran: We Got Americans Back From North Korea ‘For Nothing’

7am – E         ‘Sexuality Expert’ Says Babies Should ‘Give Consent’ to Diaper Changes (Breitbart) –  ‘Sexuality expert’ and author Deanne Carson has attracted mass ridicule after suggesting babies should “give consent” to having their nappies/diapers changed by their parents. Speaking to ABC News (Australia), Carson was asked what age clients she works with. She replied: “We work with children from three years old, we work with parents from birth”. “From birth?” the host responds, to which Carson smugly retorts:    “Yeah, just about how to set up a culture of consent in their homes. So, ‘I’m going to change your nappy now, is that ok?’ “Of course the baby isn’t going to respond, ‘Yes mum that’s awesome, I’d love to have my nappy changed’. But if you leave a space and wait for body language and wait to make eye contact then you’re letting that child know that their response matters”. Carson likely underestimated the response, however, of the internet, which has roundly mocked her and her “expertise” on the subject matter.

8am – A         INTERVIEW – SCOTT ALLEN – Washington Post sports reporter – previewed big Caps games and Nats games this weekend.

• Eastern Conference Final preview: Why the Lightning will end the Capitals’ playoff run (ESPN)
• Lightning vs. Capitals: Washington is making its first conference finals appearance since 1998 after finally vanquishing the rival Penguins in the second round. Tampa, meanwhile, is a Stanley Cup semifinalist for a third time in four years and the heavy favorite advance after facing very little turbulence so far in the postseason.
• Nationals outlast Diamondbacks, win 2-1 in extras in series opener in Arizona. Matt Adams came up with a big RBI single (off a left-handed reliever) in the top of the eleventh inning and the Nationals took the series opener from the Diamondbacks, 2-1.

8am – B         Half of all Americans now live in ‘sanctuaries’ protecting immigrants. (Washington Times) — Study finds surge in those jurisdictions. About half of all Americans now live under sanctuary policies that shield illegal immigrants from law enforcement, according to the latest tally of jurisdictions that the Federation for American Immigration Reform is releasing Thursday. FAIR calculates there were 564 states and municipalities that refuse some level of cooperation with federal immigration authorities as of April 1, up more than 200 since President Trump took office and up more than 500 compared with a decade ago. There were just 40 sanctuaries when President Obama took office. Entire states such as California, Illinois and New York are now sanctuaries, as well as major cities and counties such as Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the District of Columbia in the capital region, according to the list. Combined, the sanctuaries on FAIR’s list cover 49 percent of the country’s population, The Washington Times calculated.

8am – C         PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WEEK OF WINNING:

• Trump accomplishments this week:
  • 9 percent unemployment
  • 5 most wanted ISIS leaders captured
  • 3 American hostages released from North Korea
  • Meeting set between Trump and Kim Jong Un
  • Left the Iran Deal
  • Exec order to boost military spouse employment
• PENCE: How ‘bout this week? Iran, North Korea, & the new American Embassy that will open on Monday in Jerusalem – the capital of the State of Israel! What the world saw this week is President @realDonaldTrump, who embraces his role as leader of the free world.

8am – D         COMEY MET W/MUELLER BEFORE TESTIFYING IN FRONT OF CONGRESS. Judicial Watch today released new emails from the Department of Justice (DOJ) showing that former FBI Director James Comey was advised by FBI officials in May 2017 to consult with Special Counsel Robert Mueller prior to testifying before any congressional committees regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and his firing as FBI director.

8am – E         HS THREATENS FINES FOR FAMILIES CHEERING AT GRADUATION (Daily Mail) – Greenville High School in South Carolina warned family members not to ‘call out, cheer, whistle or applaud’ at the upcoming graduation ceremony or risk a fine. The fine ‘for family members yelling, according to the school is $1,030. The warning was issued to students during a slide show played at an assembly. School district officials said because the ceremony is held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena and is a ‘publicly sanctioned event’ police can issue fines. Police, however, said it will not fine family members cheering for graduates.