Mornings on the Mall

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

Cal Thomas, ESPN’s Mark Sterne, Newt Gingrich, ESPN’s Andy Pollin, Trump campaign’s Tim Murtaugh and Washington Post’s Scott Allen joined WMAL on Wednesday!

5am – A/B/CD/E      2020 DEM DEBATE ANALYSIS:

• CNN Opens Democrat Debate with Impeachment Question. CNN opened 2020 Democrat presidential primary debate in Westerville, Ohio with a question about impeaching President Donald Trump, despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announcing on Tuesday that the House of Representatives will not be voting on impeachment.
• WARREN GETS HAMMERED DURING DEBATE: Challenging night for Warren: Dems attack her on debate stage, then ‘Squad’ backs Sanders. Tuesday was arguably a bad night for rising Democratic presidential co-frontrunner Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She came under attack from all sides during Tuesday night’s presidential debate and then reports surfaced that members of “The Squad” were set to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for president. Several of the candidates during the debate in Westerville, Ohio, criticized Warren for refusing to answer whether her “Medicare for All” plan would raise taxes for the middle class. Warren once again dodged the issue, insisting only that “costs will go down” for the middle class
• Biden insists he and son Hunter did nothing wrong, focus should be on Trump corruption. During Tuesday’s debate Vice President Joe Biden defiantly defended his son’s business practices overseas and vehemently denied any wrongdoing. Biden had been at the top of the crowded field for months but has come under withering assault from the White House concerning his son Hunter’s lucrative overseas business dealings. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper pressed Joe Biden on Hunter’s admission in a televised interview earlier in the day that he made a mistake by obtaining a lucrative role on the board of a Ukraine company, with no relevant expertise, while his father was vice president and handled Ukraine policy. Ultimately, the elder Biden insisted neither he nor Hunter did anything wrong and that the focus should be on President Trump.  “The fact of the matter is, this is about Trump’s corruption. That’s what we should be focused on,” he said.
• CHINA MISSING FROM DEBATE: CNN, NYT slammed for avoiding China during presidential debate: ‘This is literally a joke,’ ‘Shameful.’ CNN and The New York Times were widely criticized for not asking any of the 12 Democratic candidates about China during Tuesday night’s presidential debate. China has made making major headlines in recent weeks between its trade war with the United States as well as the growing tensions between the communist nation and the NBA after the Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey made a tweet in support of the Hong Kong protesters.

6am – A         BERNIE’S HEALTH: CNN asks Biden about his age and whether he’s “up for the duties”  Responding to a question about his health after recently suffering a heart attack, Senator Bernie Sanders says he’s mounting a vigorous campaign

6am – B/C     LEBRON AND CHINA:

• FLASHBACK: LeBron James Questioned Adam Silver Over Lack Of Punishment For Daryl Morey’s China Tweet
• Hong Kong protesters slam LeBron James for comments about China, free speech
• Hong Kong protesters trample and burn jersey of NBA star LeBron James “James was trying, you know, to take a side, on the China side, which is like ridiculous,” said Aaron Lee, a 36-year-old marketing director. “He was being honest, financially. Financial is money. Simple as that. LeBron James stands for money. Period.”
• JAMES TAPS OUT… LeBron James Says He’s Done Talking About China

6am – D         INTERVIEW – CAL THOMAS – Syndicated columnist – analyzed the Democratic Debate last night and celebrated the Nats heading to the World Series.

6am – E/F      INTERVIEW – MARK STERNE with ESPN’s TONY KORNHEISER SHOW

• Finally, the Nationals Are in the World Series. (NY Times) –  With a sweep of the Cardinals, the Nationals advanced to their first World Series, and the first for a Washington team since 1933. WASHINGTON — Baseball has had a long, agonizing history in the nation’s capital, where decades of abject failure led teams to abandon the city and seek success elsewhere. But now, after 86 years and the departure of two franchises, Washington will finally host a World Series again. The Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, on Tuesday to complete a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series and clinch the first pennant for a Washington team since the Senators did it in 1933. When center fielder Victor Robles caught the final out, the Nationals players poured out of their dugout to celebrate the culmination of a pursuit that included 33 years without a major league team in the city. One of the celebrants was first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, the longest-serving member of the team. He was called up from the minors in 2005, the year the Montreal Expos moved to Washington and became the Nationals.

7am – A         INTERVIEW – NEWT GINGRICH – Former Speaker of the House, host of “Newt’s World” podcast and author of upcoming book “Trump Vs. China: Facing America’s Greatest Threat” (comes out October 22nd) — analyzed the Democratic debate last night and discussed Speaker Pelosi holding off on vote to authorize Trump impeachment inquiry.

7am – B/C     DEM Debate HIGHLIGHTS:

• GUN CONTROL:
• Anderson: how would BETO enforce a mandatory buyback? Democrat Beto O’Rourke: If Americans do not let us confiscate their semi automatic firearms there will be “consequences from law enforcement”
• Joe BIDEN will make you register your guns: “You must register that weapon.”
• TULSI HITS DEBATE SPONSORS FOR SMEARS: DESPICABLE: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls The New York Times and CNN— the hosts of tonight’s debate—”completely despicable” for alleging she is a Russian asset and Assad apologist.

7am – D         INTERVIEW – INTERVIEW – ANDY POLLIN – longtime D.C. sports news veteran and co-host on the Carol Maloney Show on ESPN 630  (in studio)

• NATS GOING TO WORLD SERIES!  Andy discussed the history of D.C. baseball.  He’s been following it all the way back to the Washington Senators.
• Finally, the Nationals Are in the World Series. (NY Times) –  With a sweep of the Cardinals, the Nationals advanced to their first World Series, and the first for a Washington team since 1933. WASHINGTON — Baseball has had a long, agonizing history in the nation’s capital, where decades of abject failure led teams to abandon the city and seek success elsewhere. But now, after 86 years and the departure of two franchises, Washington will finally host a World Series again. The Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, on Tuesday to complete a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series and clinch the first pennant for a Washington team since the Senators did it in 1933.
• HISTORY OF THE NATS: The American League Washington Nationals/Senators (1901–1960): The team was officially named the “Nationals” until 1956 but was commonly referred to as the “Senators” beginning in 1905.[1] In 1961, this team moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul and became the Minnesota Twins.Major League Baseball returned to Washington in 2005 after a 33-year absence. The National League Washington Nationals (2005–present): The Montreal Expos, under the ownership of Major League Baseball, were relocated to Washington and sold to a new ownership group.

7am – E         SEINFELD AND VEEP ACTRESS MAKES VIDEO TO SUPPORT VA DEMS: Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus has made a rallying call for Democrats to win back four seats in Virginia’s state legislature, declaring that such a result would enable them to ensure women finally have “equal rights in the U.S. constitution.”

The 58-year-old actress made the plea in a video posted to Twitter on Monday, arguing that by winning back control of the legislature would allow Virginia to become the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

8am – A         INTERVIEW – TIM MURTAUGH – Trump 2020 Director of Communications — analyzed the 2020 Dem debate.

8am – B/C     Biden insists he and son Hunter did nothing wrong, focus should be on Trump corruption. During Tuesday’s debate Vice President Joe Biden defiantly defended his son’s business practices overseas and vehemently denied any wrongdoing. Biden had been at the top of the crowded field for months but has come under withering assault from the White House concerning his son Hunter’s lucrative overseas business dealings.

8am – D         INTERVIEW – SCOTT ALLEN – Sports reporter, The Washington Post

• Finally, the Nationals Are in the World Series. With a sweep of the Cardinals, the Nationals advanced to their first World Series, and the first for a Washington team since 1933. WASHINGTON — Baseball has had a long, agonizing history in the nation’s capital, where decades of abject failure led teams to abandon the city and seek success elsewhere. But now, after 86 years and the departure of two franchises, Washington will finally host a World Series again. The Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, on Tuesday to complete a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series and clinch the first pennant for a Washington team since the Senators did it in 1933. When center fielder Victor Robles caught the final out, the Nationals players poured out of their dugout to celebrate the culmination of a pursuit that included 33 years without a major league team in the city. One of the celebrants was first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, the longest-serving member of the team. He was called up from the minors in 2005, the year the Montreal Expos moved to Washington and became the Nationals.