Mornings on the Mall

Monday, January 21, 2020

Hosts: Vince Coglianese and Mary Walter

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

Joe diGenova, GOA’s Erich Pratt, Vernon Robinson and SBA List’s Marjorie Dannenfelser joined WMAL on Monday!

5am – A/B/C NYT editorial board endorses Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar for Democratic nomination for president. (The Hill) – The New York Times editorial board on Sunday night endorsed both Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for the Democratic nomination for president. The dual endorsement, a break in convention for the Times, comes just two weeks before the first primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Warren has remained a top contender while Klobuchar has struggled to break out of single-digit support. “In a break with convention, the editorial board has chosen to endorse two separate Democratic candidates for president,” reads the Times’s endorsement. “Choosing who should face off against [President] Trump also means acknowledging that Americans are being confronted with three models for how to govern this country, not two. Democrats must decide which of their two models would be most compelling for the American people and best suited for repairing the Republic,” it continues. “That’s why we’re endorsing the most effective advocates for each approach. They are Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar.

5am – D         ROYALS / HARRY & MEGHAN:

• Prince Harry breaks silence after ‘Megxit’ announcement: ‘No other option.’ Prince Harry on Sunday publicly addressed his decision to “step back” from royal life, saying he wanted to continue supporting Queen Elizabeth without public funding, but “unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.” In a speech given at a dinner for supporters of the Sentebale charity in London, the Prince addressed why he and his wife, Meghan Markle, chose to relinquish their “royal highness” titles and move part-time to Canada. “Before I begin, I must say that I can only imagine what you may have heard, or perhaps read, over the past few weeks,” Harry began. “So, I want you to hear the truth from me — as much as I can share, not as a prince or a duke, but as Harry, the same person that many of you have watched grow up over the past 35 years, but now with a clearer perspective.”
• Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have agreed to give up their royal titles and public funding as part of a settlement with the Queen that lets them spend more private time in Canada
• Meghan Markle’s American father accuses her of turning royal family ‘into a Walmart with a crown on it’
• The Queen is ‘very sad’ she has barely seen baby Archie since his birth and worries he will ‘miss out on growing up with his family’ in Britain after Megxit
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will KEEP their HRH titles but have ‘agreed NOT to use them’ after Megxit (but they are still using it on their website)

5am – E         Latest on the upcoming impeachment trial: Trump impeachment team includes Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz

6am – A/B/C PREVIEW THE GUN RALLY IN RICHMOND:

• GOA, VCDL Sue VA Governor over Lobby Day Gun Ban.  UPDATE: Virginia Supreme Court upholds weapons ban at gun rally. The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Ralph Northam’s state of emergency banning weapons on the grounds of the state capitol building during a planned gun rally this coming Monday. Justices issued their decision late Friday, rejecting an appeal from the Virginia Citizens Defense League and Gun Owners of America and upheld a lower court ruling that found that the governor has the authority under state law to take action related to “the safety and welfare” of the state.
• MEDIA SPIN OF GUN RALLY IN RICHMOND:
  • NBC News’ Ben Collins slammed for warning of ‘white nationalist rally in Virginia’: Ahead of Monday’s gun-rights rally in Virginia, NBC News reporter Ben Collins labeled the event a “white nationalist” gathering Sunday, even as he warned against spreading “made-up stuff” on Twitter — prompting scores of critics to point out the apparent irony, and to condemn his network for sanctioning Collins’ checkered reporting on the so-called “dystopia beat.”
  • Reporters covering tomorrow’s white nationalist rally in Virginia, I’m absolutely begging you: Verify information before you send it out tomorrow, even if it’s a very sensational rumor you heard from a cop,” Collins wrote in his since-deleted tweet. “Don’t become a hero in neo-Nazi propaganda circles with made-up stuff.”
  •  Washington Post Presents Virginia Gun Rally as Charlottesville 2.0. The Post reports on various self-declared militia members who are coming in from other states to attend the rally, and they note the militia members who pledged to never return to Charlottesville while armed made no such pledge regarding Richmond, the location of Monday’s rally. The Post also reports that the “FBI arrested three alleged members of a white-supremacist group on gun charges” Thursday, and that “they planned to attend the Richmond rally and incite violence.”

6am – D/E/F  WOMEN’S MARCH RECAP:

• NPR: Women’s March Draws A Smaller, But Passionate Crowd. The fourth annual Women’s March descended on the streets of Washington on Saturday. But unlike the first demonstration that brought hundreds of thousands to the capital the day after President Trump’s inauguration, the march drew just a fraction of the original turnout as the movement has struggled with changes in leadership and questions about inclusivity. The demonstration in Washington was the main march, but sister marches were also held in more than 200 cities around the world, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Brussels. As snowflakes began to fall in Washington, protesters gathered at Freedom Plaza to hear several members of the Women’s March board speak before taking off on the designated route around the White House. This year, the march focused on three main issues: climate change, reproductive rights and immigration.
• On stage at the beginning of the Women’s March, some Chilean marchers teach the women how to chant a song about rape and patriarchy during the march: The Chilean anti-rape protest anthem is “Un Violador en Tu Camino” — “The Rapist in Your Path” / “Patriarchy is our judge… is a violence you don’t see… that imprisons us at birth…  and the RAPIST IS YOU… it’s the COPS. It’s the JUDGES. It is the state. It’s the SYSTEM”
• Reporter SAVANAH H. From The War Room with Owen Shroyer asks the Women’s March about how only women can have a period. They get very angry at her.  They curse at her and call her a TURF (what is that??)
• Alex Jones identified as a woman at the women’s march and trolled some women.

7am – A/B/C INTERVIEW – JOE DIGENOVA – legal analyst and former US Attorney to the District of Columbia – previewed the impeachment trial this week.

7am – D         INTERVIEW – Erich Pratt – Senior Vice President for  Gunowners of America (GOA) – previewed the gun rally on Monday.

• GOA, VCDL Sue VA Governor over Lobby Day Gun Ban.  UPDATE: Virginia Supreme Court upholds weapons ban at gun rally. The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Ralph Northam’s state of emergency banning weapons on the grounds of the state capitol building during a planned gun rally this coming Monday. Justices issued their decision late Friday, rejecting an appeal from the Virginia Citizens Defense League and Gun Owners of America and upheld a lower court ruling that found that the governor has the authority under state law to take action related to “the safety and welfare” of the state.
• NBC News’ Ben Collins slammed for warning of ‘white nationalist rally in Virginia’: “Reporters covering tomorrow’s white nationalist rally in Virginia, I’m absolutely begging you: Verify information before you send it out tomorrow, even if it’s a very sensational rumor you heard from a cop,” Collins wrote in his since-deleted tweet. “Don’t become a hero in neo-Nazi propaganda circles with made-up stuff.”

7am – E         IMMIGRATION NEWS:

• ICE Escalates Fight With NYC’s Sanctuary Laws, Slaps City With Subpoenas.vImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subpoenaed New York City for information on several illegal aliens, ratcheting up its fight with the city’s sanctuary policies.vICE issued four separate immigration subpoenas Friday with the New York Department of Corrections, the agency announced in a press release. While such an action is not common, ICE declared that it is forced to take this measure because the city’s authorities refuse to cooperate with its agency.
• AP: Mexico blocks hundreds of migrants from crossing border span.vCIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities closed a border entry point in southern Mexico on Saturday after thousands of Central American migrants tried to push their way across a bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala.vHonduran migrants waved their country’s flag and sang the national anthem as they approached the bridge. At the height of the confrontation, Guatemalan authorities estimated 2,500 migrants were on the bridge, or attempting to get on it.vMexican National Guardsmen slammed down a metal fence that reads “Welcome to Mexico” to block the path of the migrants. […]vMexico’s National Migration Institute said via Twitter on Saturday that it had reinforced multiple points along the country’s southern border to assure “safe, orderly and regular immigration.” It also said it was using drones to monitor the region. Hundreds of guardsmen lined the river to prevent migrants from crossing into Mexico clandestinely. The voice on the loudspeaker warned, over and over, that those aiming to transit through Mexico may not be granted asylum in the U.S., even if they make it there.

8am – A         INTERVIEW – VERNON ROBINSON – author of new book “Coming Home: HOW BLACK AMERICANS WILL RE-ELECT TRUMP” – reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and discuss new book “Coming Home.”

• BIO: Vernon Robinson is a former US Air Force Captain, conservative political activist, former candidate for U.S. Congress, and a former City Council member of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During the 2016 Republican presidential nomination process, Robinson was the campaign director of the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee.
• ABOUT BOOK: COMING HOME: HOW BLACK AMERICANS WILL RE-ELECT TRUMP by Vernon Robinson and Bruce Eberle / McLean, VA- African-American leader Vernon Robinson and longtime conservative Bruce Eberle’s new book Coming Home tells the remarkable story of African-Americans eagerly returning to the Party of Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump. Robinson and Eberle carefully document this remigration that began as a tiny trickle thirty years ago. Today it has become a rushing stream of talented, thinking and fearless black Americans who are fed up with the broken promises and destruction brought on the black community by generations of liberal Democrat leaders.
• Martin Luther King Jr.’s words continue to resonate, decades later. On the third Monday of January every year, the federal government closes up shop for a day to honor civil rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated on Apr. 4, 1968 in Memphis. The day, also celebrating King’s birthday, honors his legacy and shines a light on civil rights.

8am – B/C     NYT editorial board endorses Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar for Democratic nomination for president. (The Hill) – The New York Times editorial board on Sunday night endorsed both Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for the Democratic nomination for president. The dual endorsement, a break in convention for the Times, comes just two weeks before the first primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Warren has remained a top contender while Klobuchar has struggled to break out of single-digit support.

8am – D         INTERVIEW – Marjorie Dannenfelser – President – Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) – reacted to this weekend’s Women’s March, Virginia pushing extreme abortion plans and, looked ahead to March for Life.

8am – E         IT’S SCIENCE! Joy Reid Body Language Expert Says Elizabeth Warren Was Telling the Truth: ‘I Think Bernie’s Lying’ (Mediaite)  – MSNBC host Joy Reid was joined by body language expert Janine Driver, who assessed the post-debate confrontation between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, and concluded that Warren was telling the truth, while Sanders was “lying.” […] Reid began by telling Driver that when Warren “rolled up on him, was like ‘No no we’re not going to handshake now, you called me a liar,’ that felt to me like a lot of the ways that women have to operate and work in the professional environment where you can’t be angry or you’re the bad [one].” “Most of us want to deal with it afterwards instead of just going right for it,” Driver said, and added “The fact that Elizabeth Warren not only came right over, she squared her body, he’s giving her the cold shoulder, he doesn’t turn to her, she says ‘I think you just called me a liar on national TV,’ if you go back to Wienergate, you go back to all of these political armageddons when it comes to deception, no one calls someone else a liar.” “And she comes right out and says wait a minute did you just call me a liar?” Driver continued. “This is indicative of someone who’s telling the truth, because if she was lying it’s unlikely she would have confronted him in that moment.”