SBA List’s Marjorie Dannenfelser, RNC’s Kayleigh McEnany, White House’s Mercedes Schlapp, National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar, American Conservative’s Jim Antle and guest co-host Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer joined WMAL on Friday!
Mornings on the Mall
Friday, January 4, 2019
Hosts: Vince Coglianese @TheDCVince and Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer @T_S_P_O_O_K_Y
Executive Producer: Heather Hunter @heatherhunterdc
5am – A/B/C Q & A with Tony about shutdown, China, military and space.
5am – D/E DEMS’ IMPEACHMENT TALK:
- House Democrat reintroduces impeachment articles against Trump. (CNN) At least one House Democrat isn’t going along with Nancy Pelosi’s plea that it’s too early to talk about impeaching President Donald Trump. Rep. Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, plans to re-introduce articles of impeachment against Trump on the first day of the new Congress, he said Thursday. Sherman told CNN Thursday that his goal is to force the conversation on impeachment when special counsel Robert Mueller’s report comes out, saying he is simply doing the same thing he did in 2017 to push the discussion, accusing Trump of obstructing justice.
- ‘IMPEACH THE MOTHERF****R’: DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER GOES AFTER TRUMP ON HER FIRST DAY IN OFFICE. Just hours after being sworn into Congress on Thursday, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib promised to go after President Donald Trump, telling a group of left-wing supporters she would help Democrats “impeach the motherf****r.” Tlaib, who was one of two Muslim women sworn into Congress, made the remarks at a rally held by MoveOn near Capitol Hill, according to reporters at the event.
- Pelosi: The Constitution considers me equal to Trump. (The Hill) — Newly-elected Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in an interview published on Thursday that the Constitution considers her equal to President Trump. When Pelosi was asked whether she considers herself equal to Trump, she said, “The Constitution does,” The New York Times reported.
- The US presidential line of succession changed yesterday with the new Congress: 1. VP Pence 2. Speaker Pelosi 3. Sen. Grassley 4. Sec. Pompeo 5. Sec. Mnuchin // Grassley was elected president pro tempore of the US Senate by his colleagues. The position is usually reserved for the longest serving member of the majority party. With the retirement of Orrin Hatch, Grassley assumes that mantle. He will serve as President of the US Senate when Vice President Mike Pence is not at the Capitol.
- Nancy Pelosi became the highest ranking official to suggest Trump could be indicted while in office during an interview with NBC’s “Today. In an interview to air on NBC’s “Today,” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie asks Nancy Pelosi, who will become House speaker at around 1:30 pm Thursday: “Do you believe the special counsel should honor and observe the Department of Justice guidance that states a sitting president cannot be indicted?” Pelosi replied, according to an excerpt from NBC: “I do not think that that is conclusive. No, I do not.” With that response, she becomes the highest ranking official to suggest President Trump could be indicted while in office.
6am – A/B/C SHUTDOWN / TRUMP SURPRISE VISIT
- PELOSI, SCHUMER BACK TO WHITE HOUSE TODAY…
- President Trump has invited lawmakers to return to the White House on Friday to continue discussing a path to reopening the government
- Jordan Fabian @Jordanfabian White House’s @hogangidley45 says formal invitation has been extended to congressional leaders to come to the WH tomorrow at 11:30 AM for shutdown talks.
- TRUMP SURPRISE VISIT TO WH BRIEFING: President Trump makes a surprise appearance in White House briefing room, where he dives into remarks about border security and touts support from several border patrol officials for his push for a wall on the southern border. Trump takes no questions during surprise visit to White House briefing room
- Brian Stelter @brianstelter The @PressSec announced a “briefing,” but did not hold one. Trump spoke, but left without taking any Q’s. A reporter shouted: “Sarah, are you coming back? Are you not taking any questions at all?” She didn’t. 1:37 PM – 3 Jan 2019
- Nancy Pelosi Hilariously Offers Trump ‘One Dollar’ For Wall Funding. She says a border wall is an IMMORALITY
6am – D INTERVIEW – Marjorie Dannenfelser – President of Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List)
- Pelosi ALREADY trying to force taxpayer funding of abortion in the Democrat’s proposed spending bill. Pelosi and company are saying the bill is “clean,” but it’s not. It includes a provision to repeal the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, aka the expanded Mexico City Policy stopping U.S. taxpayer funding of abortion overseas.
6am – E Netflix Begs Fans Not to Hurt Themselves With ‘Bird Box Challenge’
2019 has its answer to the Tide Pod Challenge. Netflix is begging fans not to participate in the “Bird Box Challenge,” a viral social-media stunt that centers on people putting on blindfolds and sometimes injuring themselves or others. “PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE,” Netflix tweeted Wednesday. In the Netflix horror movie Bird Box, Sandra Bullock and other characters blindfold themselves to avoid seeing monsters that take the form of people’s worst fears, causing them to commit suicide. Shortly after the movie came out in December, Bird Box fans started posting social-media videos of themselves running around while blindfolded in the #BirdBoxChallenge. The videos have gone viral, with one video of two women doing the challenge for 24 hours garnering nearly 2 million views on YouTube. At one point in the video, the blindfolded women fall down on a moving walkway.
6am – F ASTRONAUT ACCIDENTALLY CALLS 911 FROM SPACE. A Dutch astronaut has described how he accidentally contacted American emergency services on 911 while in orbit above the Earth. André Kuipers described the experience while speaking on a radio program about his missions and communications between the Earth, satellites and astronauts orbiting the planet, according to the country’s public broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. Kuipers explained that while trying to contact NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, he missed an all-important number and accidentally called the U.S. emergency services. The 60-year-old said that to reach the center in Houston, orbiting astronauts have to dial 9 for an outside line, followed by 011 for an international line. But of course, doing so while floating around in space is trickier than from a desk on Earth. “I made a mistake, and the next day I received an email message: did you call 911?”
7am – A INTERVIEW – KAYLEIGH MCENANY – national Spokesperson for the Republican National Committee @kayleighmcenany @GOP – discussed the latest on shutdown, border funding negotiations and RNC reaction to Sen. Romney’s op-ed.
- President Trump has invited lawmakers to return to the White House on Friday to continue discussing a path to reopening the government
- Pelosi: “I pledge that this Congress will be transparent, bipartisan and unifying. That we will seek to reach across the aisle in this chamber and across the nation”
- Romney op-ed:
- Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Here we go with Mitt Romney, but so fast! Question will be, is he a Flake? I hope not. Would much prefer that Mitt focus on Border Security and so many other things where he can be helpful. I won big, and he didn’t. He should be happy for all Republicans. Be a TEAM player & WIN!
- Ronna McDaniel @GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel Retweeted Donald J. Trump: POTUS is attacked and obstructed by the MSM media and Democrats 24/7. For an incoming Republican freshman senator to attack @realdonaldtrump as their first act feeds into what the Democrats and media want and is disappointing and unproductive.
7am – B PELOSI TAKES THE GAVEL:
- Pelosi: “I pledge that this Congress will be transparent, bipartisan and unifying. That we will seek to reach across the aisle in this chamber and across the nation.”
- NBC/CBS gushed about ‘triumpant’ Pelosi
- Nancy Pelosi Hilariously Offers Trump ‘One Dollar’ For Wall Funding. She says a border wall is an IMMORALITY
- CNN’S DANA BASH’S SOFT BALL INTERVIEW WITH PELOSI: CNN COVERS NANCY PELOSI’S ICE CREAM-EATING HABITS AS SHE HEADS INTO SECOND SPEAKERSHIP. Pelosi, a Democratic Rep. from California, is set to begin her second reign as Speaker of the House this week. In preparation, CNN interviewed Pelosi in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. CNN political correspondent Dana Bash did the honors of walking around Little Italy with Pelosi and even stopping into her favorite shop for ice cream. “She attributes her boundless energy to Italian genes. It’s certainly not a balanced diet — dark chocolate and ice cream,” Bash narrated in a voiceover. “Vaccaro’s has been her favorite since she was a little girl.” CNN then showed Pelosi ordering “chocolate, not chocolate chip” ice cream because she likes her chocolate “unadulterated.”
- TRUMP & KEY LAWMAKERS SET FOR 2ND WH MEETING: President Trump has invited lawmakers to return to the White House on Friday to continue discussing a path to reopening the government
7am – C Kevin Hart ‘evaluating’ returning to host the Oscars after Ellen DeGeneres sit-down. (Los Angeles Times) — Will Kevin Hart return as Oscars host? The comedian said Thursday he is “evaluating” whether to return to the job he stepped down from last month after he faced backlash over past homophobic remarks. The comments came during a taping for “The Ellen Show” on Thursday — his first interview since the scandal.“You have put a lot of things on my mind,” he says in the clip below. “Leaving here, I’m promising you I’m evaluating this conversation. This is a conversation I needed to have. I’m glad that I had it here. And I’m glad that it was as authentic and real as I could have hoped that it would be. “Let me assess, just to sit in the space and really think and you and I will talk before anything else,” Hart continued. “That’s my plan.”The comments come exactly a month after Hart was named the host of the 2019 Oscars. However, he stepped down just two days later after several anti-gay remarks he had made years earlier resurfaced on social media. At first, Hart posted several non-responses on social media, including one infamous Instagram video in which he appeared shirtless in bed telling the public “stop looking for reasons to be negative.”
7am – D INTERVIEW — MERCEDES SCHLAPP — White House Director of Strategic Communications @mercedesschlapp – discussed the latest on shutdown, border funding negotiations and Pelosi’s push to undo President Trump’s prolife efforts.
- President Trump has invited lawmakers to return to the White House on Friday to continue discussing a path to reopening the government
7am – E VINCE AND AMBER ATHEY CONFRONT BERNIE SANDERS LAST NIGHT ABOUT HIM BEING “A LITTLE BUSY” CAMPAIGNING TO KNOW ABOUT SEXUAL HARRASSMENT ON HIS 2016 CAMPAIGN:
- Bernie Sanders on why he was unaware of sexual harassment claims rocking campaign: ‘I was a little bit busy’ In an interview Wednesday night, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed he was too “busy” to know about the bombshell sexual misconduct allegations that internally rocked his 2016 presidential campaign, even as he apologized to any women who had not been “treated appropriately.
8am – A INTERVIEW — JOSH KRAUSHAAR — Politics Editor at National Journal
@HotlineJosh – discussed the latest on shutdown and border funding negotiations.
8am – B/C DEMS’ IMPEACHMENT TALK
8am – D INTERVIEW — JIM ANTLE – Editor of The American Conservative magazine, @amconmag. Author of “Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?” @jimantle – discussed the latest on the shutdown/border wall funding fight and the new Congress.
8am – E ‘Desperately Seeking No Ones Approval’: Madonna, 60, addresses THAT butt implant controversy, but tellingly does not confirm or deny it. (Daily Mail) — Madonna appeared to respond Thursday to the public debate about whether she has had cosmetic buttock augmentation. ‘Desperately Seeking No Ones Approval………………,’ the 60-year-old wrote on Instagram in a nod to her 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. She added: ‘And Entitled to Free Agency Over My Body Like Everyone Else!! Thank you 2019! Its Going to Be an amazing Year!! ! #2019 #freedom #respect #nofear #nodiscrimination’. Fans had been questioning whether the Material Girl had her derriere cosmetically enhanced after a video was released of her performing live on stage. The 60-year-old performed alongside her son David Banda, 13, at the famous New York gay bar Stonewall Inn in New York on New Year’s Eve.
