Dr. Walid Phares, Madeleine Westerhout, Amb. David Friedman, Amb. Ron Dermer and Bret Baier joined WMAL’s “Mornings on the Mall” on Friday, August 14, 2020.
HOSTS: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Heather Hunter
6:35 AM – INTERVIEW – DR. WALID PHARES – Fox News National Security & Foreign Policy Expert and former Foreign Policy advisor to President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign
*HISTORIC PEACE DEAL: President Trump says the United Arab Emirates and Israel will establish diplomatic ties in deal halting planned annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state. The announcement by Trump came in a tweet on Thursday. It means the UAE, which is home to the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, would become the first Gulf Arab state to have ties to Israel. Among Arab nations, only Egypt and Jordan have active diplomatic ties with Israel. Egypt made a peace deal with Israel in 1979, followed by Jordan in 1994.
7:05 AM – INTERVIEW – Madeleine Westerhout – author of “Off the Record: Picking Up the Pieces After Losing My Dream Job at the White House”
BIO: Madeleine Westerhout was executive assistant to President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019, and the Director of Oval Office Operations at the White House from February to August 2019.
TOPIC: Discuss her book “Off the Record: Picking Up the Pieces After Losing My Dream Job at the White House”
7:35 AM – INTERVIEW – Ambassador David Friedman – the United States Ambassador to Israel
TOPIC: discuss the Historic Peace Agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates
– David M. Friedman @USAmbIsrael: @Potus’s Vision for Peace in the Middle East continues to become a reality with Israel & the UAE making history today. This agreement will make Israel and the UAE stronger, safer and more prosperous. Truly the art of the deal by @Potus https://twitter.com/USAmbIsrael/status/1293934003465195522
8:05 AM – INTERVIEW – AMBASSADOR RON DERMER – the Israeli Ambassador to the United States
8:35 AM – INTERVIEW – BRET BAIER – Anchor of Special Report on Fox News Channel and host of “The Campaign” podcast
TOPIC: Discuss the latest 2020 campaign news
5-A – DNC SPEAKER LIST GROWING:
GRAB THE GOLDEN STEP STOOL… Michael Bloomberg to speak at Democratic National Convention
Michael Bloomberg — who spent nearly $1 billion in a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination — said he will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention next week, according to a report.
The former three-term New York City Mayor announced his upcoming appearance in an email to supporters Thursday saying he plans to explain “why we have the best candidates to meet today’s challenges and get big things done,” according to a report by the Daily Beast.
Bloomberg, 78 — who is the founder of financial media company Bloomberg LP, is one of the richest men in the world with an estimated worth of $65 billion — made a surprise run for the primary spot only appearing on the ballot for the first time on March 3.
‘It’s Official’: Andrew Yang Added To DNC Speaker List
Former Democratic presidential primary candidate Andrew Yang was added to the speaker’s list for the Democratic National Convention months after ending his bid for the White House.
The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and CNN contributor announced on Twitter that he had been added as a speaker at the Aug. 17 convention.
“And it’s official – we have been added to the DNC Convention speaker lineup! Thank you #YangGang and everyone else who made this happen!” Yang tweeted Thursday morning.
Democratic lawmakers expressed support for Yang after he noted in an Aug. 11 tweet that the party did not invite him to speak.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/13/andrew-yang-democratic-national-convention-speakers-list/
FLASHBACK: ORIGINAL SPEAKER LIST: The Democratic National Convention announced its speaker lineup:
The DNC speaker schedule and lineup
There will be a slate of speakers each night, including former presidents and sitting US senators, governors, and US representatives.
The themes for each day include:
Monday: We the People
Tuesday: Leadership Matters
Wednesday: A More Perfect Union
Thursday: America’s Promise
Here’s the list of speakers, broken out by day:
Monday:
- Former first lady Michelle Obama
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn
- Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security
- Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL)
- Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Tuesday:
- Dr. Jill Biden
- Former President Bill Clinton
- Former Secretary of State John Kerry
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
- Former US Attorney General Sally Yates
- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Wednesday:
- Former President Barack Obama
- Sen. Kamala Hazrris (D-CA) accepts the nomination for vice president
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee for president
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, a prominent gun control advocate
- New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers
Thursday:
- Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination for president
- Members of the Biden family
- Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom
- Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
- Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg
- Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
https://www.vox.com/2020/8/11/21362326/democratic-national-convention-speaker-lineup-how-to-watch
HILLARY SEES HER OPENING? 19TH NEWS: Hillary Clinton in a Biden administration? ‘I’m ready to help in any way I can.’
When asked if she would take a role in a potential Biden administration, former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton didn’t entirely rule it out. But for now, she’s focused on getting Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, elected.
“I’m ready to help in any way I can because I think this will be a moment where every American — I don’t care what party you are, I don’t care what age, race, gender, I don’t care — every American should want to fix our country,” Clinton said in a conversation with 19th Washington correspondent Amanda Becker. “So if you’re asked to serve, you should certainly consider that.”
5-D — BARR: EXPECT DEVELOPMENT IN DURHAM PROBE TODAY
BREAKING OVERNIGHT… DURHAM REVEAL TO BEGIN FRIDAY… AG Bill Barr Says New ‘Development’ Imminent In Durham Probe (VIDEO)
Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that a development in the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe is expected as early as Friday, and that more “significant” developments will happen prior to the election in November.
“Tomorrow there will be a development in the case,” Barr said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
“It’s not an earth-shattering development, but it is an indication that things are moving along at the proper pace as dictated by the facts in this investigation.”
John Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, has been investigating various aspects of the FBI and CIA’s activities related to Trump associates in 2016 and 2017. He is reportedly looking into the FBI’s rationale for opening a counterintelligence investigation on the Trump campaign in July 2016, as well as the FBI’s handling of the Steele dossier. […]
“We are not going to do anything inappropriate before the election but we are not being dictated to by the schedule, what’s dictating the timing of this is our development of the case,” Barr said Thursday.
John Durham grills former top FBI lawyer: Report
United States Attorney John Durham has interviewed the former top FBI lawyer during the Russia investigation.
James Baker, who recently was hired by Twitter, met with Durham’s team in recent weeks and was quickly brought back for follow-up questions, a source told CNN.
The report noted that witnesses who have spoken with Durham are unable to figure out who is a major target for prosecution in his criminal inquiry into Russia investigation.
Baker, who became general counsel in 2014 and resigned from the FBI in 2018, defended the Russia investigation and the FBI’s handling of British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s anti-Trump dossier. He was involved in the sign-off process of at least the first Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant application that targeted former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
5-E — ISRAEL / UAE DEAL
*HISTORIC PEACE DEAL: President Trump says the United Arab Emirates and Israel will establish diplomatic ties in a new peace deal halting planned annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state. The announcement by Trump came in a tweet on Thursday. It means the UAE, which is home to the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, would become the first Gulf Arab state to have ties to Israel. Among Arab nations, only Egypt and Jordan have active diplomatic ties with Israel. Egypt made a peace deal with Israel in 1979, followed by Jordan in 1994.
TRUMP NEGOTIATES MIDDLE EAST PEACE DEAL… UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians.
The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory to President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election and reflected a changing Middle East in which shared concerns about archenemy Iran have largely overtaken traditional Arab support for the Palestinians.
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the deal amounts to “treason,” and should be reversed.
The agreement makes the UAE the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan, to have full diplomatic ties with Israel. They announced it in a joint statement, saying deals between Israel and the UAE were expected in the coming weeks in such areas as tourism, direct flights and embassies.
Trump called the deal “a truly historic moment.”
“Now that the ice has been broken I expect more Arab and Muslim countries will follow the United Arab Emirates,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
