Mornings on the Mall

Friday, December 13, 2019

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

Larry Michael, Nikki Goeser, Mark Morgan and Christian Toto joined WMAL on Friday!

5am – A/B/C What Reforms Need to Happen To The FBI And The Government Following The IG Report And The Impeachment Push?

5am – D/E     2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES:

• DNC Announces Four More Democrat Primary Debates. (Breitbart News) – The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on Thursday four more Democrat primary debates slated for the new year, one in each key early primary state – Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina – ahead of their respective elections. Four more debates have been scheduled in the new year. The first will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 14, 2020 – less than a month before the Iowa caucuses. CNN will partner with a local newspaper to host the debate, the Hollywood Reporter writes.
• Will Trump Debate a Democrat in 2020? He’s Not So Sure.  (NY Times) –  The president’s concern is not so much whom he will be debating but the commission that runs the debates. President Trump is said to have expressed a desire to possibly not participate in 2020 presidential debates.

6am – A         BREXIT ELECTION:

• UK Prime Minister Johnson’s Conservative Party wins majority of seats in Britain’s Parliament. Johnson’s Conservative Party victory should allow him to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.
• Trump congratulates UK’s Johnson after historic wins, hints at new trade deal. President Trump took to Twitter on Friday to congratulate U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson after Johnson and his Conservative Party won easily in the country’s general election, which was seen as a clear mandate to deliver on Brexit. Trump also expressed optimism about ‘massive new trade deal’ after Brexit.

6am – B/C     Ring security camera hacks see homeowners subjected to racial abuse, ransom demands. A spate of incidents has seen homeowners in four states fall victim to hackers.  (ABC News) — Multiple U.S. families have reported incidents of Ring camera systems being hacked in recent days, raising questions as to whether the systems are allowing hackers access to people’s homes, without ever having to set foot inside. Owners of Ring security cameras in Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Texas have reported incidents where hackers tormented families with racial slurs, encouraged children into destructive behavior and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin. “I can’t even put into words how violated I feel. It really is like my worst nightmare,” Mississippi mom Ashley Lemay told ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Lemay installed a Ring camera in her daughters’ room to keep an eye on them while she worked overnight shifts as a nurse.  Only four days after installing it, her 8-year-old daughter, Alyssa, heard music and a banging noise coming from the room where the camera was installed. Alyssa says that when she began looking for the source of the noise, she heard a voice saying, “I’m Santa Claus, don’t you want to be my best friend?” Lemay says the voice taunted Alyssa and encouraged her to mess up her room and break her TV before her dad came into the room and shut the camera off.

6am – D         Republicans erupt near midnight as Nadler suddenly postpones impeachment vote until Friday morning. (Fox News) — Astounded Republicans fumed late Thursday as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., abruptly wrapped up a marathon hearing on the adoption of two articles of impeachment against President Trump by delaying planned votes on the matter until Friday morning. “It is now very late at night,” Nadler said shortly before midnight in Washington. “I want the members on both sides of the aisle to think about what has happened over these last two days, and to search their consciences before we cast their final votes. Therefore, the committee will now stand in recess until tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., at which point I will move to divide the question so that each of us may have the opportunity to cast up-or-down votes on each of the articles of impeachment, and let history be our judge.” Ranking Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., raised an immediate objection as Nadler began leaving, complaining that he was not consulted, calling the proceedings a “kangaroo court” and saying it was “the most bush-league stunt” he had ever seen. There is no more time remaining for actual debate on the articles of impeachment under the 41-member Judiciary Committee’s rules. On Friday morning, Fox News expects the panel to vote to adopt each article of impeachment on a party-line vote after a hearing that could last between 45 minutes and two hours. Then, the articles will likely head to the Rules Committee, which controls access to the House floor and sets the parameters of debate there, before the full House votes on whether to impeach the president. That final vote is expected next Wednesday or Thursday. House leaders reportedly expect to lose as many as a half-dozen votes from moderate Democrats representing swing districts or those that backed President Trump in 2016 when the full House votes on impeachment next week.

6am – E         INTERVIEW – LARRY MICHAEL – Voice of The Redskins

• 2019 Redskins Game Preview: Redskins/Eagles, Week 15. After a two-game road trip, the Redskins are back at FedExField to take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 15. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday.
• STORYLINES/THINGS TO WATCH:
  • Washington hoping to avoid sixth straight loss to Philly — In each of the past two seasons, the Eagles have swept the season series with the Redskins. Now, after defeating the burgundy and gold 32-27 in Week 1, they’ll look to extend that streak to three with a win at FedexField this Sunday.
  • Eagles receivers battling injuries — Even before star wideout Alshon Jeffery went down with a foot injury against the New York Giants on Monday night, the Eagles had depth issues at wide receiver, dressing just three healthy players at the position. Now, with Jeffery out for the season and Nelson Agholor’s status for Sunday still in doubt, the Eagles have some serious question marks on the outside.
  • Adrian Peterson chasing history — Peterson scored his 109th-career rushing touchdown against the Green Bay Packers last weekend, leaving him one touchdown shy from tying Walter Payton for fourth all-time. Peterson scored a touchdown during the Redskins’ opener in Philadelphia.

6am – F         Metro’s mobile fare payment system coming in 2020. Metro’s long awaited and eagerly anticipated mobile payment system is coming online in 2020, the transit agency said Thursday. Sometime next year, riders will be able to use a virtual SmarTrip card stored in their Apple Wallet to tap in at fare gates. Riders also will be able to load value through their phones. The feature will initially only be available for iPhones, but an Android version is being developed, officials said.

7am – A/B/C INTERVIEW – NIKKI GOESER – author of new book “Stalked and Defenseless” – In studio

• WIDOW SAYS GUN LAWS PREVENTED HER FROM PROTECTING HER HUSBAND FROM HER STALKER
• “Stalked And Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband in Front of Me” by Nikki Goeser / For Nikki Goeser it was a day like any other … with one exception. Her husband, Ben, had only 16 hours to live. On that fateful day in Tennessee, the man she loved would be murdered by a demented and evil coward who was stalking her. In compliance with state law, Nikki had left her legal firearm locked in the car. With the help of legislatively created pistol free zones, one evil man gunned down Nikki’s husband as she was forced to look on, alone, defenseless and disarmed by an ill-conceived law designed to protect her. Read this inspiring story of courage through remorse, as one woman struggles to seek justice for the man she loves. Follow Nikki Goeser as she fights to ensure that others are never held victim to the same terrible fate. https://www.amazon.com/Stalked-Defenseless-Control-Stalker-Husband/dp/1709192208

7am – D/E     IMPEACHMENT VOTE POSTPONED

• The House Judiciary Committee delayed action Thursday night on what would be an historic vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump. Chairman Jerry Nadler postponed voting until this morning. The panel met for more than 14 hours on Thursday.
• Nadler postpones vote last night and Doug Collins and Louie Gohmert jump in exasperated with Nadler. Rep. Jerry Nadler: “The committee will now stand in recess…” …Rep. Doug Collins: “This is the kangaroo court that we’re talking about.” .. Rep. Louie Gohmert: “Stalinesque.”
• Furious Republicans unload on Nadler after ‘bush league,’ ‘Stalinesque’ impeachment
• Pelosi says I’m “not a lawyer,” when confronted on not including bribery in impeachment articles after she made the accusation
• Dem Congressman Cedric Richmond appears to be watching golf on laptop during impeachment debate Hank Johnson Ponders Trump Kidnapping Foreign Leaders’ Daughter. White House Fires Back. Johnson made the remarks while attempting to push back on the notion that President Zelensky was weak, saying, “Well, I’ll tell you that brings to mind the picture of President Trump and President Zelensky meeting in New York in September at the U.N. and a big chair for President Trump, little chair for President Zelensky.” “Big, six-foot-four President Trump, five-foot-eleven President Zelensky. And they’re standing there, President Trump is holding court, and he says, ‘Oh, by the way, no pressure,’” Johnson continued. “And you saw President Zelensky shaking his head as if his daughter was downstairs in the basement, duct-taped.
• Rep. Matt Gaetz introduces amendment, mentioning Hunter Biden’s substance abuse history.

8am – A         INTERVIEW — MARK MORGAN –  acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• Update on what’s happening on the southwest border: big progress on the wall (86 total miles) and huge seizure numbers of hard narcotics.
• Customs and Border Protection reports a decrease in illegal border crossings
• Courts block Trump administration plan to use military funds for border wall

8am – B/C     Republicans erupt near midnight as Nadler suddenly postpones impeachment vote until Friday morning. Astounded Republicans fumed late Thursday as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., abruptly wrapped up a marathon hearing on the adoption of two articles of impeachment against President Trump by delaying planned votes on the matter until Friday morning.

8am – D         INTERVIEW — CHRISTIAN TOTO – Film Critic, HollywoodInToto.com and Host of “The Hollywood in Toto” podcast  (available on iTunes) @HollywoodInToto – discussed the media’s criticism of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ film.

• ABOUT THE FILM: Richard Jewell / R 2019 Drama 2h 11m / During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, security guard Richard Jewell discovers a suspicious backpack under a bench in Centennial Park. With little time to spare, he helps to evacuate the area until the incendiary device inside the bag explodes. Hailed as a hero who saved lives, Jewell’s own life starts to unravel when the FBI names him the prime suspect in the bombing. Release date: December 13, 2019 (USA)
• TOTO: ‘Richard Jewell’ Crucifies Fake News, Honors the Heartland  https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/richard-jewell-review/

8am – E         Taylor Swift Blasts George Soros For Exploiting Her Music Without Her ‘Consent’ (Daily Wire) – Famed singer Taylor Swift, who uses her fame to promote left-wing activism and Democratic politicians, took a shot at billionaire Democrat mega-donor George Soros this week while accepting an award, saying that he was behind an effort to take the intellectual property rights to essentially everything she has created in her professional career. Swift’s attack comes as she battles music executive Scooter Braun, who she says was bankrolled by Soros and others when Braun bought the rights to her music. “In November, Braun blocked the singer from performing a medley of her hits at the American Music Awards,” The Washington Free Beacon reported. “Like Soros, Braun is a major Democratic donor with a history of backing liberal causes. Braun and actor George Clooney backed the ostensibly student-led 2018 March For Our Lives rally for gun control in Washington, D.C.” “We now find ourselves fully immersed in a vast frontier that wasn’t around last decade and that is the streaming world,” Swift said as she accepted the Woman of the Decade award during Billboard’s 2019 Women in Music event. “I’ve spoken out in the past about the future of revenue flow for creators and the songwriters and producers who are being left behind due to these rapid shifts and changes.” “I still don’t think that record contracts or producers agreements have fully caught up and I hope that in the next decade we can keep searching for the right solution for producers, songwriters, and creators, don’t you?” Swift continued. “Lately there’s been a new shift that has affected me personally and that I feel is a potentially harmful force in our industry and as your resident loud person I feel the need to bring it up and that is the unregulated world of private equity coming in and buying up our music as if it is real estate, as if it’s an app or a shoe line.” Swift continued, “This just happened to me without my approval, consultation, or consent. after I was denied the chance to purchase my music outright, my entire catalog was sold to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in a deal that I’m told was funded by the Soros family, 23 Capital, and The Carlyle Group.”