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Mornings on the Mall

Thursday June 8, 2017

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

 5am – A/B/C  Do you want Trump to tweet during the Comey testimony? A Washington, D.C., Bar Is Offering Free Drinks for Every Time Trump Tweets About Comey In what is definitely the most anticipated thing to ever run on C-SPAN, former FBI director James Comey will testify tomorrow in front of Congress about President Donald Trump and his relationship with Russia. Those of us outside the Capitol will be able to watch on that network (and every other one), but residents of Washington, D.C., will be able to drop by local bar Union Pub, which will give a free drink to everyone inside every singletime Trump tweets about his nemesis, until either the testimony is done or the clock strikes 4 p.m.

5am – D  Reality Winner posted controversial statements but still received top secret clearance. As the government has grown ever more dependent on the security clearance system to maintain confidentiality, the number of Americans holding clearances has skyrocketed. A 2013 report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence found 4.9 million security clearances, 1.4 million of them Top Secret. The massive list of positions both with the government and, like in Reality Winner’s case, with a private government contractor, that require clearances has led to a back log  at the Office of Personnel Management that can create a major obstacle to government employment.

5am– E   Heroin Vaccine May Revolutionize Addiction Treatment Researchers are hailing a breakthrough in the creation of a heroin vaccine announced Tuesday that scientists hope will help addicts “forge a path to abstinence. “The study is the culmination of eight years of research between scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Virginia Commonwealth University. Researchers successfully tested a heroin vaccine on non-human primates that blocks the psychoactive effects of the drug that give users a “high” and feed addiction, reports KGTV.

6am – A/B/C How would you feel is Jeff Sessions was let go from the Trump administration? Is Jeff Sessions on the Way Out?

6am – D INTERVIEW – LIEUTENANT TIM BURNES – Montgomery County Emergency Medical Service Supervisor 

TOPIC: Rise in drug overdoses in MD

• Drug Overdose Leading Cause Of Death For People Under 50
• In 2016, from January to September, Maryland saw 1,468 deaths related to overdose.
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6am – E Trump the Mediator President Donald Trump is offering to mediate the Qatar diplomatic crisis by hosting the feuding countries for a White House meeting.

6am – F  Toy vending machine at California restaurant dispenses cocaine Police in California said a 25-cent toy vending machine at a California restaurant dispensed balls of putty filled with cocaine.

7am – A RICHARD E. OCEJO – Associate professor of sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and author of Masters of Craft: Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy

TOPIC: Millennial being drawn to old time occupations 

• Bartenders, barbers, butchers, craft brewers, bookbinders, furniture makers and fishmongers are among traditional jobs the Wall Street Journal reports are making a comeback in some gentrifying, working-class neighborhoods in cities such as Brooklyn, Portland and Pittsburgh.

7am – B    Jobs that are quickly disappearing

7am – C    Gianforte apologizes to reporter and pledges contribution to press group The events referred to an encounter on May 24, when Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault after Jacobs accused the politician of “body slamming” him at a campaign event.Gianforte, a Republican, won the election the next day and apologized to the reporter during his acceptance speech. On Wednesday, he issued a letter to Jacobs.

“My physical response to your legitimate question was unprofessional, unacceptable, and unlawful. As both a candidate for Office and a public official, I should be held to a high standard in my interactions with the press and the public. My treatment of you did not meet that standard. “I made a mistake and humbly ask for your forgiveness,” the letter stated. “I have accepted Mr. Gianforte’s apology and his willingness to take responsibility for his actions and statements,” he said in a statement.

7am – D/E Comey Letter Breakdown: Comey tells Trump he’s not personally under investigation In that context, prior to the January 6 meeting, I discussed with the FBI’s leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him. We agreed I should do so if circumstances warranted. During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on President Elect Trump’s reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance. Comey didn’t keep memos of Obama conversations I felt compelled to document my first conversation with the President-Elect in a memo. To ensure accuracy, I began to type it on a laptop in an FBI vehicle outside Trump Tower the moment I walked out of the meeting. Creating written records immediately after one-on-one conversations with Mr. Trump was my practice from that point forward. This had not been my practice in the past. I spoke alone with President Obama twice in person (and never on the phone) – once in 2015 to discuss law enforcement policy issues and a second time, briefly, for him to say goodbye in late 2016. In neither of those circumstances did I memorialize the discussions. I can recall nine one-on-one conversations with President Trump in four months – three in person and six on the phone. Comey describes “awkward silence” with Trump, controlling his “facial expression” A few moments later, the President said, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” I didn’t move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. We simply looked at each other in silence. The conversation then moved on, but he returned to the subject near the end of our dinner.

8am – A  INTERVIEW – RON HOSKO – President of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund and Former Assistant Director of the FBI

TOPIC: Comey Testimony

8am – B U.S. College News:   MILO Fan Sues UC Berkeley for $23 Million over Abuse Against Conservatives on Campus/ Republican Rep Floats Cutting Funding From Schools That Limit Free Speech / University of California caps out-of-state student enrollment — excludes illegal immigrants from policy

8am – C DC Bouncers Learn How to Prevent, Respond to Terrorism Local restaurant, bar and nightclub bouncers will attend an hour-long class Tuesday to prepare them to respond to an attacker. Their instructor, Robert Smith, will speak about lessons from the 2015 Paris attacks, Pulse shooting and Manchester suicide bombing. Participants will learn how to recognize a weapon, monitor disruptions in and outside a club and stay on their guard.

8am – D Tucker Carlson and Corey Lewandowski discuss Jeff Sessions/ Lindsey Graham’s message to Trump “Jeff Sessions had no alternative, Mr. President, as a lawyer.  He had to get out of the way of the investigation because he was so close to your campaign.  The American people would not tolerate somebody part of the campaign investigating the campaign.”

8am – E  Woodstock Festival site earns historical recognition The location of the 1969 Woodstock festival is now an official historic site. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that Bethel Woods Center for the Arts – a cultural nonprofit in Bethel, New York – is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, CBS News reports.