Cal Thomas, Va. Del. Bob Thomas, Tyler O’Neil, Hogan Gidley, and Fenit Nirappil  joined WMAL on Wednesday!

Mornings on the Mall

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Hosts:  Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese 

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

5am – A/B/C Lifestyle guru B. Smith has Alzheimer’s. Her husband has a girlfriend. Her fans aren’t having it. (Washington Post)

5am – D Virginia Bill Would Legalize Abortion Up to Birth (National Review) Democratic delegate Kathy Tran has introduced a bill in Virginia’s House of Delegates that would legalize abortion up to birth. When questioned about the bill on Monday by Republican delegate Todd Gilbert, the Virginia House majority leader, Tran acknowledged that it would allow abortion even at the very end of pregnancy when a woman was going into labor. The bill is called the Repeal Act because it would remove all existing restrictions on abortion in Virginia.

5am – E Lawyer Names Those to Be Sued for Comments About Covington Students (TheEpochtimes) In a Jan. 26 Fox News interview, Barnes specifically mentioned Reza Aslan, Iranian-American writer and commentator; Matthew Dowd, ABC News political analyst and former chief strategist for the George W. Bush campaign; actor Michael Rapaport; and The New York Daily News.

6am – A/B/C BORDER NEWS:

• Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says the S. will be sending “several thousand” more American troops to the southern border to provide additional support to Homeland Security. He says the troops will mainly be used to install additional wire barriers and provide increased surveillance of the area. Plans call for about 150 more miles of concertina wire.
• The S. government is tracking three separate migrant caravans, one of them estimated to be more than 12,000 people in size, heading north toward the U.S., a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.

6am – D INTERVIEW – CAL THOMAS – syndicated columnist

6am – E Netflix Begs People to Stop Calling Serial Killer Ted Bundy ‘Hot’

6am – F ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett attacked in possible hate crime

7am – A INTERVIEW – VA DEL. BOB THOMAS – representing the 28th District in the House of Delegates. District 28 is located in Stafford County and Fredericksburg

7am – B/C Virginia Bill Would Legalize Abortion Up to Birth (National Review) Democratic delegate Kathy Tran has introduced a bill in Virginia’s House of Delegates that would legalize abortion up to birth. When questioned about the bill on Monday by Republican delegate Todd Gilbert, the Virginia House majority leader, Tran acknowledged that it would allow abortion even at the very end of pregnancy when a woman was going into labor. The bill is called the Repeal Act because it would remove all existing restrictions on abortion in Virginia.

7am-D Colorado State Senate Passes National Popular Vote 19-to-16 (Senatedems.com) The Colorado State Senate today passed SB19-042, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, on a 19-to-16 vote. The bill, which would add Colorado to a growing coalition of states allocating their electors to the winner of the national popular vote in presidential elections, now moves to the Colorado House of Representatives for consideration, where it is sponsored by Representatives Emily Sirota and Jeni James Arndt. If this bill were signed into law, Colorado would officially add nine electors to this growing national movement. Sen. Mike Foote (D-Lafayette), the bill’s prime Senate sponsor, said the bill represented a step forward for all American voters.

7am-E Audio of Juan Guaido on Fox Business

8am – A INTERVIEW – TYLER O’NEILL – Assistant Editor of PJ Media

8am – B INTERVIEW – HOGAN GIDLEY – Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary. 

8am – C Cure for cancer? Israeli scientists claim to be on brink of development (Fox News)

8am – D INTERVIEW – Fenit Nirappil – DC Politics reporter for the Washington Post who followed around the DC plastic straw ban police  

8am – E Maroon 5 teases possible Spongebob ‘sweet victory’ tribute (WNBC)