Joe diGenova, Peter Morici, Trevor Matich and guest host Lisa Boothe joined WMAL on Monday!

Mornings on the Mall

Monday, December 28, 2015

Hosts: Larry O’Connor and guest host Lisa Boothe

5am – A/B All about Lisa Boothe. Boothe is Vice President of Political Polling and Public Affairs Research at WPA Research. WMAL gets her take on what polls mean this early in the presidential race.

5am – C  Distracted Walking. USA TODAY – Distracted walking can be as hazardous as distracted driving, the public was reminded after the deeply unfortunate Christmas Day death of a man in San Diego. Lifeguards say the man was walking and looking at a device in the Sunset Cliffs area at sunset around 4:50 p.m. Friday when he dropped 60 feet to his death, the New York Daily News reports. “Witnesses stated seeing someone distracted by an electronic device and he just fell over the edge,” lifeguard Bill Bender tells NBC San Diego. He “wasn’t watching where he was walking, he was looking down at the device in his hands.” 

5am – D/E WMAL takes calls on the Redskins win.

• USA TODAY — Kirk Cousins led the ‘Skins on the biggest comeback in team history, leading to the most famous current rallying cry in sports.

 6am – A INTERVIEW – PETER MORICI – University of Maryland economist

• Economic predictions for 2016

6am – B WMAL takes calls on what your holiday budgets look like

• com — A Gallup Poll found that, on average, people are spending $100 more than last year on those holiday presents. In 2014, the average spending was $720, compared to a projected $830 in 2015.30 percent of people polled said they will spend more than $1,000.

6am – C  Jim Webb may re-enter the race as an impendent.         

• Webb is expected to announce whether he will run as an independent in early January.
• com — Former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb is now considering an independent candidacy that would directly attack Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton for her tenure as secretary of State including her handling of Libya, where an American diplomat was killed in a 2012 terror attack. “Clinton should be called to account for her inept leadership that brought about the chaos in Libya,” Webb posted on his Facebook page Saturday. “Our next commander in chief must define a strategic vision for the country and accept accountability for past actions.

6am – D   A Maryland state advisory panel is calling for the state to change its state song. WMAL takes your calls.

• Washington Post–A state advisory panel is calling for major changes to “Maryland, My Maryland,” a Civil War-era song that urges Maryland to join the Confederacy, bashes “Northern scum” — and has survived as the state anthem despite six previous efforts to eliminate it.

6am – E   Peyton Manning denies allegations that he has taken HGH

• “Absolutely not, absolutely not,” Manning said during an interview Sunday with ESPN’s Lisa Salters. “What hurts me the most about this, whoever this guy is, this slapstick trying to insinuate that in 2011, when more than less I had a broken neck — I had four neck surgeries. … It stings me whoever this guy is to insinuate that I cut corners, I broke NFL rules in order to get healthy. It’s a joke. It’s a freaking joke.”

7am – A         INTERVIEW: Joe diGenova – former U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia and legal analyst

• Trump’s threat to Hillary about her husband.
• The Redskins victory and their soon-to-be victory in their team name as protected speech.
• The legal battle among the smartphone rivals continues
  • CNET — Apple asked Samsung for a very big Christmas present this year: $180 million more in damages stemming from a long-running patent case. Just weeks after Samsungagreed to pay Apple $548 million for infringing iPhone patents and designs, Apple filed papers in court Wednesday claiming its rival owes an additional $180 million in supplemental damages and interest.

7am – B/C       Virginia GOP is requiring an oath of loyalty for primary voters. WMAL takes your calls.

• Richmond Times Dispatch — The State Board of Elections — at the behest of the GOP’s State Central Committee — certified Dec. 16 that voters in the 2016 Republican presidential primary will have to fill out a form that says: “My signature below indicates that I am a Republican.” Virginians do not register by party, which means any registered voter can vote in a state primary. Voters will have to choose a Democratic or Republican ballot.

7am – D/E   WMAL takes your calls on when can we start talking details about Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

8am – A       INTERVIEW – TREVOR MATICH, WMAL’s Redskins Analyst

• Washington Post — The Washington Redskins claimed the NFC East title on Saturday night — a win that punched their ticket into the playoffs for the first time since 2012. But who will they face in the first round? That question won’t be answered until the final week of the season.

8am – B/C      Redskins win and team developments

8am – D/E      Trump slams Bill Clinton’s “sexism” in attack on Hillary Clinton

• Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump on Saturday night slammed Hillary Clinton by citing her husband’s history of marital infidelity and alleged sexual misconduct, escalating the increasingly personal feud between the GOP front-runner and the leading Democratic presidential candidate. “Hillary Clinton has announced that she is letting her husband out to campaign but HE’S DEMONSTRATED A PENCHANT FOR SEXISM, so inappropriate!” Trump tweeted.