Larry Michael, Ken Black Well , and Chris Scalia joined Mornings on the Mall on Friday

Mornings on the Mall

Friday November 16, 2018

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

5am – A/B/C FLORIDA RECOUNT NEWS:

• Broward recount showed Rick Scott gaining 779 votes. But that won’t count because Broward sent in its results two minutes late.
• DeSantis looks certain to win governor’s race; Senate contest goes to a manual recount
• Florida judge sides with Democrats, giving thousands a second chance to fix their ballots

5am – D Republicans aren’t following Flake on threat of judicial nominee blockade over Mueller protection bill

5am – E  ‘Batkid’ is cancer free 5 years after his ‘wish’

6am – A/B/C GOP leaders aim to avert shutdown over wall funding, but Trump makes no promises (Washington Post) President Trump did not commit Thursday to avoiding a partial government shutdown next month if lawmakers don’t give him money to build a border wall, a top Republican senator said, raising the potential for a high-stakes budget battle as the GOP prepares to lose its grip on Congress. Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby (Ala.) and other GOP leaders met with Trump on Thursday about ways to fund the government. Shelby said Trump did not commit to signing a bill that does not give him all the money he wants to fund construction of a wall along the Mexico border. Shelby said Trump was noncommittal about how he planned to proceed.

6am – D Fox News has confirmed at least 17 House Democrats, including incumbents and incoming members, have signed on to a document saying they will not support Pelosi on the House floor for speaker. A Democrat familiar with the effort says they are trying to add more names before the letter is publicly released.

6am – E Wikileaks founder Julian Assange facing possible prosecution by DOJ

6am – F Capitals fan travels to Antarctica to remind actual penguins who the Stanley Cup champions are

7am – A Kamala Harris draws parallel between ICE and the KKK

7am – B/C Michael Avenatti Blames Jacob Wohl For Domestic Violence Arrest: ‘I Am Coming For You.’ Wohl Responds.

7am-D INTERVIEW – Larry Michael – Voice of the Washington Redskins

7am-E A new edition of the classic board game Monopoly has some young people up in arms. The new edition, which is called Monopoly for Millennials, is packaged with the tagline “Forget real estate. You can’t afford it anyway.” On the cover, the Monopoly Man is wearing a “participation” medal and taking a selfie.

8am – A INTERVIEW – Ken Blackwell – Senior Fellow at the American Civil Rights Union and Former Domestic Policy Advisor to the Trump transition team and former Ohio Secretary of State

8am – B/C The number of people missing in California’s wildfires has soared to over 600, and the death toll has risen to 66

8am – D INTERVIEW – Chris Scalia – Antonin Scalia’s son and the author of the book “Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived” 

8am – E Court rules Hillary Clinton must answer more questions about her emails