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Mornings on the Mall

Friday, September 16, 2016

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

5am – A/B/C   Of course Hillary Clinton went to work sick. That’s the American way. (Washington Post) — As Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton demonstrated when she nearly collapsed from the effects of walking pneumonia early this week, the benefits of running for elected office may include many things, but sick days are not among them. This is perhaps unavoidable in light of the fact that the job of actually being an elected official doesn’t allow for much rest and recuperation, either — see, for instance, John F. Kennedy plowing ahead despite crippling back pain and Addison’s disease, which he wanted to conceal from the public; and George H.W. Bush ignoring a doctor’s advice in 1992 to stay in bed rather than attend a state dinner in Japan, with the result being that he vomited on the Japanese prime minister. “The president is human,” Bush’s physician told reporters at the time. “He gets sick.” Going to work sick is not just a function of political work, however, or even of merely being human — it is a profoundly American behavior.

5am – D         SNOWDEN:

• Edward Snowden was no whistleblower, but a “disgruntled employee,” intelligence committee report says
• House Intel panel to urge Obama not to pardon Snowden
• Snowden wants a pardon, but it’s going to be a big uphill battle. Just days before the release of the film “Snowden,” ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his supporters are pushing to secure a presidential pardon that could be the last opportunity he has to get back on US soil.
• Snowden film comes out TODAY
• Edward Snowden ‏@Snowden 10h10 hours ago: Congress spent two years writing a report to discourage you from going to see this film. It opens tomorrow.

5am – E         D.C. mayor cites rape case in pushing to close GPS loophole. (Washington Post) – D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said Thursday that one of her top law-enforcement priorities this fall will be closing a loophole that allows criminals in the nation’s capital to cut off their GPS monitoring devices without fear that doing so could send them back to jail. Bowser (D) said she would propose a law to make tampering with any GPS device a crime, citing a case profiled this year in a Washington Post investigation. Antwon Pitt, a convict with a long record of sexual misconduct while in prison, was found with a disabled GPS monitoring device last year in a D.C. library. But a judge allowed Pitt to remain free, and Pitt raped and beat a college professor in her Hill East home days later. The loophole regarding GPS devices dates to a 2014 decision by the D.C. Court of Appeals.

6am – A         INTERVIEW — TREVOR MATICH — Redskins elite long snapper, WMAL’s Redskins analyst and Comcast SportsNet co-host

PREVIEW: Sun, Sep 18 vs Cowboys 1:00 PM

6am – B         Hillary News: Hillary Comes Back To The Campaign Trail and Media Lovefest Ensues.

6am – C         Trump lets Jimmy Fallon mess up his hair. There are few things Donald Trump is more particular about than his hair. And on Thursday, Jimmy Fallon asked if he could mess it up. First, Trump winced and grimaced, shaking his head as the “Tonight Show” audience erupted in a smattering of applause and cheers.

6am – D/E     The Teacher Shortage Crisis Is Here. (US News) – A new report examines the multipronged problem of teacher supply and demand. The teacher shortage crisis is here, at least according to a new report from the Learning Policy Institute, and it stands to get worse.  The report, more than a year in the making, uses data sets from the Department of Education and provides one of the most comprehensive looks at the teacher shortage to date. The problem is multipronged: At a time when public school enrollment is on the upswing, large numbers of teachers are headed for retirement or leaving the profession because of dissatisfaction with working conditions in a profession seen as less desirable than it once was. Meanwhile, enrollment in teacher preparation programs is dropping dramatically, falling 35 percent nationwide in the last five years, the report found.  The shortages are particularly severe in special education, math, science, and bilingual or English-learner education, as well as in locations with lower wages and poorer working conditions. And while geography plays a role – poor urban and rural school districts shoulder the most shortages – by and large, they disproportionately impact low-income students and students of color. The teacher supply and demand landscape is a sea change from the years surrounding the Great Recession, when school districts were forced to hand out thousands of pink slips amid budget cuts, resulting in a surplus of teachers.

7am – A/B/C   HILLARY: ‘No child should have to say goodbye to their parents every morning not knowing if their mom or dad be there when they get home’

• Clinton promises immigration reform at Hispanic caucus gala. Hillary Clinton promised in a speech Thursday evening that she will push to see comprehensive immigration reform passed in Congress in her first 100 days as president. She made the pledge during an address at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 39th Annual Gala in Washington, D.C.

7am – D         INTERVIEW — REP. MIKE ROGERS – former House Intelligence Committee Chairman

• Edward Snowden was no whistleblower, but a “disgruntled employee,” intelligence committee report says
• House Intel panel to urge Obama not to pardon Snowden
• Snowden wants a pardon, but it’s going to be a big uphill battle. Just days before the release of the film “Snowden,” ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his supporters are pushing to secure a presidential pardon that could be the last opportunity he has to get back on US soil.
• Snowden film comes out TODAY

7am – E         Tim Tebow never considered playing something other than QB in the NFL because it wasn’t in his heart. (USA Today) – Tim Tebow was in the middle of playing baseball with one of the agents from the talent agency CAA watching when Chip Kelly called asking him if he wanted to play some more football. So, the newly signed minor leaguer said on The Dan Patrick Show, he gave the NFL one more shot — which delayed the baseball dreams he gave up a decade ago to go play football in Florida. “Honestly for me, it’s always about pursuing what’s on your heart, what you love, what you’re passionate about and I love the game of football but what I really loved doing was playing the quarterback position,” he said. “I had a lot of other good other opportunities to play other positions but that just wasn’t on my heart, that wasn’t what I wanted to do. If I was going to make a change, I was going to make a change to baseball because I love it.”

8am – A         INTERVIEW — RICK KLEIN — ABC News’ Political Director @rickklein

• POLLS TIGHTENING: CNN/ORC polls: Trump’s national gains extend to Florida, Ohio.
• Trump Won’t Say It Himself, But Campaign Insists He’s No Longer A Birther.
• Hillary Clinton won’t say whether Tim Kaine knew about her pneumonia.  

8am – B         Entertainment News:

• Adele to quit touring for 10 years to focus on raising son, may consider Las Vegas residency. (NY Daily News) — Goodbye, Adele — maybe for an entire decade. The British pop powerhouse will hang up her touring hat for a whopping 10 years to focus on raising her three-year-old son after her current global tour wraps in November, The Sun reports. “Angelo is the number one priority for Adele. He is the most important thing in her life,” an insider told the UK tabloid. “She has brought him everywhere with her on tour but as he is starting school next year, he won’t be able to join her anymore.” “Adele doesn’t want to miss a moment of Angelo growing up and it’s an easy decision for her to give up touring for him,” the source added.
• Emmy predictions: Look for ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Veep’ to repeat as winners
• Marc Jacobs’ show features white models in faux dreadlocks, causes uproar. Once again, Marc Jacobs’ Fashion Week presentation has left fashion cognoscenti talking — but not because of the way runway models wore his clothes.  Rather, Jacobs’ collection came under fire on social media because of the way his models wore their hair.  As part of Thursday’s show, the enigmatic designer sent a cast of predominantly white models down the catwalk with multicolored wool dreadlocks spilling from their crowns. TWEET: “did Marc Jacobs really just build a whole fashion show around cultural appropriation? wow.”  — Elena 🍁 (@ddaisymeadows)
• Paul McCartney ’emotional’ as Beatles film has UK premiere. (Inquirer) — LONDON—The two surviving Beatles took to the blue carpet on Thursday for the London screening of a new documentary, with the film’s archive footage described as “very emotional” by Paul McCartney. “Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years” follows the band on the road for four years from their native Liverpool in 1962 through a series of US tours characterized by Beatlemania. Appearing at the screening in London, which followed the world premier in Liverpool earlier on Thursday, McCartney said the documentary brought back fond memories.

8am – C         Cigarette maker Reynolds American says former House Speaker John Boehner is joining its board of directors. NEW YORK (AP) — Cigarette maker Reynolds American says former House Speaker John Boehner, a longtime smoker, is joining its board of directors. Reynolds American Inc. is the company behind Camel, Newport and Pall Mall cigarettes.

8am – D         INTERVIEW — TREVOR MATICH — Redskins elite long snapper, WMAL’s Redskins analyst and Comcast SportsNet co-host

PREVIEW: Sun, Sep 18 vs Cowboys 1:00 PM

8am – E         2016 News: Media Lovefest on Hillary’s Plane, Fallon Messes Up Trump’s Hair and Trump Sparks Birther Drama Again.