Mornings on the Mall 08.21.18

Mark Krikorian, James Carafano, Marjorie Dannenfelser, MD Senator Michael Hough and EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo joined WMAL on Tuesday morning!

Mornings on the Mall

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

 

5am – A/B/C Omarosa’s neighbors sue claiming Florida home she shares with pastor husband is ‘moldy’ and fetid swimming pool is at risk of filling with mosquitoes. Omarosa’s husband John Allen Newman, 63, has been hit with a $15,000 lawsuit by Jacksonville Golf & Country Club Property Owners Association. Documents obtained by DailyMail.com show neighbors are demanding the couple scrub their walls and repair or replace the roof of their $615,000 property.The suit, which was filed last June, claims Newman has ignored repeated requests to carry out maintenance on the four-bed, 3,000 sq ft property.  (Daily Mail) — Omarosa Manigault-Newman and her pastor husband have been hit with a lawsuit over the upkeep of their ‘moldy’ Florida home and fetid swimming pool, DailyMail.com can reveal. Neighbors are demanding that the publicity-hungry Apprentice villain and her husband scrub their walls and repair or replace the roof of their $615,000 property on an upscale golfing development in suburban Jacksonville. They also want neglected areas of ‘dead’ grass to be replaced and the pool chemically treated over fears it is becoming a ‘hazard’ and a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The list of demands are spelled out in a $15,000 suit filed against John Allen Newman, who married the ousted White House aide, 44, in April last year after proposing in front of his congregation. Her net worth has been estimated at $3.5 million with that figure likely to soar on the back of Omarosa’s upcoming tell-all memoir, Unhinged, about her volatile stint in the Trump administration.

5am – D         Trump/Rudy vs Brennan

• RUDY Calls Brennan’s Bluff… Go Ahead, Sue Trump
• To John Brennan: Today President Trump granted our request (Jay Sekulow and me) to handle your case. After threatening if you don’t it would be just like Obama’s red lines. Come on John you’re not a blowhard?
• Labeling him “the worst CIA Director in our country’s history,” Pres. Trump challenges John Brennan to file a lawsuit over the revocation of his security clearance.
• TRUMP: I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country’s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue!
• ARI FLEISCHER: If Brennan sues, when he is deposed he will have to answer under oath: 1) Do you know how CNN came to report that Trump received a briefing about the dossier? 2) Do you know anyone who told CNN that Trump was briefed? 3) Did you tell anyone to tell CNN? 4) Did you tell CNN?
• 175 former US officials have added their names to a list denouncing President Trump for revoking former CIA Director Brennan’s security clearance

5am – E         MUELLER NEWS:

• TRUMP CALLS FOR OHR’S FIRING (Daily Mail) — President Donald Trump is demanding senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr be fired, citing his wife’s ties to the company which commissioned the infamous and unverified Steele dossier during the presidential campaign. Trump has repeatedly targeted Ohr, who is also on the administration’s list of officials who may lose their security clearance. But the president’s tweet on Monday is his most blatant call to date for Ohr’s dismissal.
• PROSECUTORS PREPARING CHARGES AGAINST COHEN (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, could be charged before the end of the month with bank fraud in his dealings with the taxi industry and with committing other financial crimes, two people familiar with the federal probe said Monday. The people confirmed reports that federal prosecutors in Manhattan were considering charging Cohen after months of speculation over a case that has been a distraction for the White House with the midterm elections approaching.
• PAPADOPOLOUS RECEIVED $10K FROM “SPY” (Daily Mail) — On the final page of a memo recommending that Papadopoulos serve up to six months in jail, Mueller said that Papadopoulos told investigators about $10,000 in cash that he received from a foreign national who he suspected to be a foreign spy. “The defendant provided information about $10,000 in cash he received from a foreign national whom he believed was likely an intelligence officer of a foreign country (other than Russia),” reads the court filing, which recommends a fine of between $500 and $9,500 for Papadopoulos.
• MANAFORT / The jury in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort still hasn’t returned a verdict after three full days of deliberations. Jurors will return Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. ET

6am – A/B/C CLINTON NEWS:

• Hillary Clinton prepares to hit fundraising circuit for Democrats this fall. The 2016 presidential nominee will headline events in California, Illinois and New York.
• Chelsea Clinton says she has not ruled out running for office. Chelsea Clinton has said she has not ruled out running for office one day, describing a move into politics as a “definite no now” but a “definite maybe” in the future. She told the Edinburgh international book festival that while she “abhorred” Donald Trump’s presidency, she had no current plans to follow in her parents’ footsteps. Clinton, who was promoting her children’s book about women who have persisted against adversity, strongly criticised the US leader on issues such as the separation of children from their parents at the Mexican border, branding the policy “the greatest sin of the moment”.

6am – B         Parkland activist David Hogg to run for Congress when he’s 25 per a NY Magazine profile (Bustle) — In the wake of the horrific February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, many of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School survivors took to activism to make their voices heard on American gun violence. One of them, David Hogg, is now eyeing Congress, according to his remarks in an interview with New York Magazine published on Monday. Although Hogg is only 18 years old right now — thus, not eligible to run for a congressional seat — he said he would materialize those plans as soon as he turns 25. “I think I’ve come to that conclusion,” he told New York Magazine. “I want to be at least part of the change in Congress.” He pointed to Republicans as being “successful” when it came to youth engagement. “The reason Republicans are successful right now is because they’re empowering young people,” Hogg said. “Older Democrats just won’t move the f*ck off the plate and let us take control.” The Parkland activist made clear that he was not intimidated by some right-wingers’ baseless attacks on him as a “crisis actor.” Hogg said, “If somebody is stupid enough to try anything on us, that will make the movement even stronger.” At 18, Hogg already has his own opinions on “just about everything,” according to Miller. The reporter wrote that Hogg supported better gun control measures — which is pretty much known at this point — but also universal health care. When it comes to the Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hogg said that she would be a “future president of the United States.” He also expressed his opinion on the age limit of politicians running Capitol Hill. In his conversation with Miller, Hogg called out what the New York Magazine reporter described as “adult hypocrisy.” He said that Bernie Sanders was a “great guy” but was “terrible on gun [control].” He also lambasted Barack Obama for his drone warfare. Letting loose, Hogg said, “Honestly, they all kind of suck.” Politics seem critical for Hogg, based on his interview with Miller. Voting, even more. “People need to realize that people have died for your vote,” he told Miller. “Free college is on the ballot. The draft is on that ballot. Universal health care is on the ballot. Abortion is on the ballot. Supreme Court is on the ballot. Everything that affects your life and, more importantly, affects the people that come after you is on that ballot. Your inaction today will affect you tomorrow.”

6am – C         TRUMP Admin Deports Nazi Labor Camp Guard…  (White House) —

Statement from the Press Secretary: Early this morning, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) implemented a 2004 order of deportation to the Federal Republic of Germany of Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi SS labor camp guard in German-occupied Poland and a postwar resident of Queens, New York. President Trump commends his Administration’s comprehensive actions, especially ICE’s actions, in removing this war criminal from United States soil.  Despite a court ordering his deportation in 2004, past administrations were unsuccessful in removing Palij.  To protect the promise of freedom for Holocaust survivors and their families, President Trump prioritized the removal of Palij. Through extensive negotiations, President Trump and his team secured Palij’s deportation to Germany and advanced the United States’ collaborative efforts with a key European ally. Palij had lied about being a Nazi and remained in the United States for decades. Palij’s removal sends a strong message:  The United States will not tolerate those who facilitated Nazi crimes and other human rights violations, and they will not find a safe haven on American soil.

6am – D         Former Miss Americas call for Gretchen Carlson to step down (NY Post) — Furious former Miss Americas blew their tiaras on Monday as they blasted pageant Chairwoman Gretchen Carlson as a bully — and Carlson, the 1989 title winner, clapped back on Twitter. Miss America 1984, Suzette Charles, who is among a group of 19 former crown winners calling for Carlson’s head, went on NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today” Monday and lambasted the pageant leader. “I’ve had some background on Gretchen. Gretchen has been bullying for a long time,” she said while appearing on the show with Miss America 1995, Heather Whitestone. “Actually she’s bullied my sister here, Heather Whitestone,” Charles said. “This person has taken no responsibility for the way she’s treated our current Miss America.” Whitestone said that the trouble is all about Carlson wanting “to be the face of the Miss America Organization” over even the current title holder. The interview comes days after the reigning Miss America, Cara Mund, 24, wrote a bombshell open letter accusing Carlson and other top pageant execs of bullying and belittling her. She was also supported publicly Monday by Miss America 2010, Caressa Cameron-Jackson, who told ABC’s “Good Morning America” “absolutely” when asked if Carlson and the whole pageant board should step down.

6am – E         NARAL Introduces Its Very Own Custom Abortion-Themed Ice Cream Flavor: ‘Rocky Roe v. Wade.’  Yum!  Pro-abortion Portland residents can now enjoy a brand-new custom, abortion-themed flavor of ice cream, “Rocky Roe v. Wade” at a series of NARAL-sponsored ice cream socials designed to foment “resistance” to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon has partnered with What’s The Scoop, a Portland area ice-cream parlor, to create the custom abortion-flavored ice cream.

NARAL Pro-Choice OR @prochoiceoregon:  We’ve partnered with @WhatstheScoopdx by offering ice cream pints for sale for a limited time only, including a new custom flavor made exclusively for NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon: Rocky Roe v. Wade! Order yours now & help defend reproductive freedom! #SaveRoe 11:44 AM – Aug 16, 2018

6am – F         OBAMA / SECURITY CLEARANCES

• HR McMaster talked Trump out of blocking Obama’s access to intelligence: Report
• Flashback: Media Didn’t Care When Obama Scrubbed Security Clearances

7am – A         INTERVIEW — MARK KRIKORIAN –  a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues, is Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)    @MarkSKrikorian

• President Donald Trump participated in a Salute to the Heroes of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs Border Protection event.
• Trump implores state, local officials to publicly praise ICE
• FAKE NEWS: ICE says man taken while rushing pregnant wife to hospital is wanted for murder in Mexico

7am – B/C     VMAs Highlights:

• Kevin Hart shocks with lewd Trump dig at 2018 MTV #VMAs, tells audience they can kneel
• President Donald Trump’s supporters began threatening to boycott #KevinHart after the comedian threw a couple jabs at the commander-in-chief. #VMAs
• Rapper Logic Makes Pro-Immigration Statement During “One Day” Performance. On Monday, Logic performed his newest single, “One Day,” at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, making a powerful pro-immigration stance in his performance. The track features vocals from OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder. Nominated for best collaboration and best video with a message, Logic took to the stage in a T-shirt that read “F*ck the wall,” in protest of the Trump administration’s family separation and detention policy. The rapper was joined onstage by dozens of children, youths and families, all donning white T-shirts with the phrase “we are all human beings” written across the chest. All of the people brought onstage have been impacted by immigration issues, including immigrant leaders from the National Domestic Workers Alliance, United We Dream, Make the Road New York and their children.  Madonna slammed online for making Aretha Franklin tribute all about her at MTV VMAs. Madonna is accused of delivering a self-indulgent tribute to the late Aretha Franklin during Monday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. Before she presented the Video of the Year award, the Material Girl– who turned 60 the same day Franklin died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 16– took a moment to acknowledge the Queen of Soul’s recent passing. But instead of addressing the 76-year-old’s historic career, many online critics grumbled that Madonna spent most of the speech talking about herself.

7am – D         INTERVIEW – JAMES CARAFANO – a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges, is The Heritage Foundation’s vice president for foreign and defense policy studies @JJCarafano

• RUDY Calls Brennan’s Bluff… Go Ahead, Sue Trump
• To John Brennan: Today President Trump granted our request (Jay Sekulow and me) to handle your case. After threatening if you don’t it would be just like Obama’s red lines. Come on John you’re not a blowhard?
• Labeling him “the worst CIA Director in our country’s history,” Pres. Trump challenges John Brennan to file a lawsuit over the revocation of his security clearance
• TRUMP: I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country’s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue!
• ARI FLEISCHER: If Brennan sues, when he is deposed he will have to answer under oath: 1) Do you know how CNN came to report that Trump received a briefing about the dossier? 2) Do you know anyone who told CNN that Trump was briefed? 3) Did you tell anyone to tell CNN? 4) Did you tell CNN?
• 175 former US officials have added their names to a list denouncing President Trump for revoking former CIA Director Brennan’s security clearance

7am – E         THRILLER NO LONGER BEST-SELLING ALBUM

• Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ is no longer the best-selling album of all time in the US
• The Eagles score biggest-selling album of all time in US, surpassing Thriller
• AP reports: The Eagles’ greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to become history’s best-selling album of all-time. “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975” is now certified 38x platinum, which means sales & streams have reached 38 million copies.

8am – A         INTERVIEW – Marjorie Dannenfelser – President of the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), a prolife organization that seeks to advance pro-life women in politics – discussed NARAL’s gross new ice cream theme, Chelsea Clinton on the economic benefits of abortion and SBA List’s efforts to help confirm Kavanaugh.

• NARAL affiliate partners with local ice cream company to create “custom flavor” celebrating abortion. Pro-abortion Portland residents can now enjoy a brand-new custom, abortion-themed flavor of ice cream, “Rocky Roe v. Wade” at a series of NARAL-sponsored ice cream socials designed to foment “resistance” to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon has partnered with What’s The Scoop, a Portland area ice-cream parlor, to create the custom abortion-flavored ice cream.
• Chelsea Clinton Now Claims She Never Said Aborting 60 Million Babies Was Good for the Economy.  Chelsea Clinton is trying to back away from her comment that abortions led to a $3.5 trillion boost to the economy. Tapping into the popular “abortion is economic justice” claims of the abortion industry, Clinton argued at a pro-abortion rally that America made huge economic gains because of Roe v. Wade and the 60 million unborn babies’ abortion deaths that resulted from it.
• Chelsea Clinton says she has not ruled out running for office. Chelsea Clinton has said she has not ruled out running for office one day, describing a move into politics as a “definite no now” but a “definite maybe” in the future.
• KAVANAUGH: It’s Kavanaugh’s last week of meetings… Confirmation hearing begins September 4. Kavanaugh is expected to meet this week with Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, the ranking member of Senate Judiciary Dianne Feinstein, key red state Democrat Claire McCaskill, moderate Republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, plus other Democratic senators serving on the Judiciary Committee.
• SBA List efforts for Kavanaugh/2018 Midterms: Anti-abortion group to launch tour pressing red-state Dems to vote for Kavanaugh (The Hill // 08/03/18 02:14 PM EDT) — A leading anti-abortion group is launching a tour to press red-state Democratic senators to vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List tour, beginning Monday, will feature 26 press conferences across Indiana, North Dakota, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Montana and West Virginia. The events will include local anti-abortion activists alongside SBA List leaders, the group said.

8am – B/C     INTERVIEW — Maryland State Senator MICHAEL HOUGH — representing Frederick & Carroll Co.  – discussed the MD gubernatorial race, particularly on Ben Jealous.

• BIO: Michael Hough serves in the Maryland Senate representing District 4, which covers portions of Frederick and Carroll Counties. He was formerly a Delegate and chairman and of the Frederick County Republican Central Committee
• Washington Post: Ben Jealous skips traditional stop on Maryland’s political circuit, leaving some Democrats ‘nervous and concerned’
• Ben Jealous: We should pay for universal pre-K by taxing marijuana
• Ben Jealous @BenJealous: When I am governor, we will finally pass universal pre-K in Maryland. How will we pay for it? By legalizing, regulating & taxing Cannabis for adult use.

8am – D         INTERVIEW – RAYMOND ARROYO —   news director and lead anchor of EWTN News, New York Times Best Selling author  — shared his thoughts on the church’s handling of the sex abuse scandal.

• POPE LETTER YESTERDAY: Pope: No effort spared to fight abuse, but offers no details. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis vowed Monday that “no effort must be spared” to root out priestly sex abuse and cover-up from the Catholic Church, but gave no indication that he would take action to sanction complicit bishops or end the Vatican culture of secrecy that has allowed the crisis to fester. In a letter to Catholics worldwide following damning new revelations of misconduct in the S., Francis sought to project a get-tough response to the perpetrators and a compassionate shoulder for victims ahead of a fraught trip to Ireland this weekend. Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be included in the effort to root out abuse and cover-up. He blasted the clerical culture that has been blamed for the crisis, with church leaders more concerned about their own reputations than the safety of children. “We showed no care for the little ones,” Francis wrote. “We abandoned them.” But Francis alone can sanction bishops and he offered no hint that he would change the Vatican’s longstanding practice of giving religious superiors a pass when they botch abuse cases or are negligent in protecting their flocks.
• COSTLY SETTLEMENTS: Clergy sex abuse has cost Catholic Church $3 billion in settlements (Fox News) — Clergy sex abuse of children has rocked the Catholic Church not only in terms of trust and reputation, but also financially, to the tune of more than $3 billion, according to National Public Radio. The multibillion-dollar expense has gone to settlements in response to lawsuits filed by people abused by clergy, reports NPR. Nearly 20 Catholic dioceses and religious orders have filed for bankruptcy because of the scandals.
• CARDINAL WUERL IN HOT WATER: >> Pa. high school named for Cardinal Wuerl defaced with red paint (WTOP) WASHINGTON — A Pittsburgh-area high school named for Cardinal Donald Wuerl has been vandalized days after the release of a bombshell grand jury report that faulted Wuerl’s handling of priests who sexually abused children. Wuerl is now the archibishop of Washington. A school employee at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School reported the vandalism to the school’s sign shortly after 7 a.m. Monday, Sgt. Chuck Mascellino, with the Cranberry Township Police Department, said. Wuerl’s name on the sign appeared to be crossed out with red paint. Nearly 5,000 people have petitioned to remove his name from North Catholic High School.
• Cardinal Donald Wuerl withdraws as keynote speaker for event in Ireland. Cardinal Donald Wuerl has withdrawn from the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, according to the Irish Times. Wuerl was set to be the keynote speaker. Wuerl’s name appeared more than 200 times in the grand jury report released last Tuesday, accusing him of covering up sexual abuse of children by clergy while serving as Pittsburgh’s bishops.