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Mornings on the Mall

Monday, March 11, 2019

Hosts: Vince Coglianese and Amber Athey

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

 

5am – A/B/C    Q & A with AMBER ATHEY – Daily Caller White House Correspondent

5am – D         Former Gov. John Hickenlooper declined to consider himself a capitalist during his Friday Morning Joe interview. Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Donny Deutsch share their thoughts.

• HICKENLOOPER SEEMS TO AVOID ANSWERING IF HE’S A CAPITALIST. (Daily Caller) — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado avoided calling himself a capitalist multiple times during a Friday interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” despite the fact that he started his own business. “Is that capitalism? I mean I guess,” the governor continued. Seemingly not content with that answer, Scarborough asked the question another time: “Do you consider yourself a capitalist, and does capitalism work?” “Well I think, I don’t, I don’t look at myself with a label,” Hickenlooper responded. “And I certainly think that small business is part of the solution. I think right now the way that capitalism is working in the United States, it’s not doing what it once did. It’s really not providing security, opportunity, for the middle class and for poor people.”

5am – E         Lawmaker renews national debate over lowering voting age. (The Hill) — Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) sparked a fresh debate over whether younger teenagers are old enough to vote in federal elections when she introduced an amendment that would lower the voting age from 18 to 16. While the amendment failed to pass the House in a 126-305 vote last week, the debate continues.

6am – A/B/C HIGHLIGHTS: AOC AT SXSW: During a talk at SXSW, New York congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a lot of thoughts about everything from Capitalism, Automation, gun safety laws and Ronald Reagan

• Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Capitalism “cannot be redeemed”
• AOC at SXSW: WE SHOULD BE EXCITED BY AUTOMATION… IF YOU DONT HAVE A JOB, YOU’RE LEFT TO DIE… People should be “excited” about “being automated out of work”… “We live in a society where if you don’t have a job you are left to die and that is at its core a problem”… Supports taxing corporations at 90%
• AOC believes the world is “approaching infinite resources”
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that she was “really furious” that Republicans tried to pass gun safety laws that would report illegal aliens who try to illegally purchase firearms, which is a felony, to ICE. She says she doesn’t know why people were mad at her for opposing that
• AOC rips on RONALD REAGAN as pitting whites against brown Americans because he talked about “welfare queens”
• Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggests America is “garbage” / Here is the full context: She made the comments while answering a question about the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and the $15 minimum wage. She was talking about what she perceives as the general state of decline in the U.S.

6am – D/E/F  2020 DEM CANDIDATES AT SXSW THIS WEEKEND:

• KLOBUCHAR AT SXSW: Sen. Amy Klobuchar at SXSW on 2020 Democrats: “There are a number of great candidates, no really are, and I always like to jokingly say, may the best woman win.”
• HOWARD SCHULTZ AT SXSW: the former executive talked to attendees at the South by Southwest festival in Texas and he bashed on socialism, the Green New Deal and gave some reality checks about the economy to the audience
• Howard Schultz bashes on the move to SOCIALISM and other candidates wanting socialism: “For us to start moving towards a level of socialism is such an extreme position and something that is inconsistent with the values, the heritage, and the tradition of the country” / “If Trump runs against one of those types of candidates…Trump will be reelected”
• Howard Schultz blasts socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over her Green New Deal: “It’s never going to happen” / “Let’s propose things that are true, that are honest, that are sincere, and that are realistic”
• Howard Schultz introduces Democratic voters to reality: “There is nothing free in America. These proposals about Medicare for All, free college, and a government job for everybody, that is not free” “That means that taxes for everyone is going to have to go up”

7am – A/B/C INTERVIEW – JOE DIGENOVA – legal analyst and former US Attorney to the District of Columbia

• MANAFORT SENTENCING: Paul Manafort Sentenced to 47 Months in Prison. Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for for bank fraud, tax fraud and other financial crimes. Judge T.S. Ellis handed down the sentence Thursday afternoon in a Federal court in Alexandria, VA.
• “I think this sentence says a lot more about Judge Ellis than it does about Paul Manafort.” JOHN BRENNAN on Manafort’s 47 month sentencing on Hardball.
• MUELLER REPORT:
  • ABC News’ Terry Moran: Media, Democrats Face ‘Reckoning’ If Mueller Finds No Collusion: “That’s a reckoning for progressives and Dems who hoped that Mueller would essentially erase the 2016 election. It’s a reckoning for the media. It’s a reckoning around the country if in fact after all this time there was no collusion”
  • House Democrats are fast-tracking a resolution aimed at putting pressure on Justice Department officials to make Robert Mueller’s final report available to Congress and to the public. (Politico) — House Democrats are fast-tracking a resolution aimed at putting pressure on Justice Department officials to make special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report available to Congress and to the public. The House Rules Committee will consider the resolution on Monday, bypassing the House Judiciary Committee and setting up a quick vote on the floor. The measure is nonbinding but it reflects Democrats’ efforts to encourage the Justice Department to disclose Mueller’s highly anticipated findings to the public in some form.
• HOLDER WANTS SEATS ADDED TO THE SUPREME COURT: Eric Holder said that the next Democratic president should “seriously” consider adding additional seat to the Supreme Court should they be elected alongside a Democratic majority in the Senate, The Daily Beast reports.  Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the next Democratic president should “seriously” consider adding additional seats to the United States Supreme Court should they be elected alongside a Democratic majority in the Senate. The comments came during a discussion Holder held with the Yale Law National Security Group. There was no recording of the event and only a snippet of what Holder said was tweeted out publicly. But a spokesman for Holder confirmed to The Daily Beast that he did embrace the idea of court-packing.

7am – D/E     2020 DEMS CAMPAIGNING THIS WEEKEND:

• BETO AT SXSW: Beto O’Rourke attends screening of HBO’s “Running with Beto” at SXSW in Austin, Texas and gets standing ovation.
• TULSI GABBARD AT SXSW: CNN hosted a 2020 town hall at SXSW: Three contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination answered questions at a town hall in Austin, Texas, moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. The town hall at the South by Southwest conference on March 10 featured three Democratic candidates for president: former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
• Democrat Tulsi Gabbard says that people shouldn’t label Democrats’ socialist agenda as “socialist” because it’s dividing the Democratic Party and refuses to say if she believes in capitalism
• Democrat Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly refuses to call Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) anti-Semitic comments anti-Semitic
• Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado avoided calling himself a capitalist multiple times during a Friday interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” despite the fact that he started his own business.

8am – A         INTERVIEW — JANICE DEAN — Senior Meteorologist for Fox News Channel and Fox and Friends, and author of the new book “Mostly Sunny”

• ABOUT BOOK:  Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days  By Janice Dean   / Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean explains how she purposefully finds the silver lining in every cloud, no matter what challenge she faces. Janice is well-known for the infectious joy she brings to segments on Fox & Friends, no matter the weather. Yet many of her fans know there’s more to her story than blizzards that are brewing or National Pancake Day celebrations. In this honest yet optimistic book, Janice reveals obstacles she’s faced that could have severely impacted any professional woman’s career, from online trolls to health issues to abusive and sexist bosses.  In Mostly Sunny, she talks about it all, including the fateful path meeting her firefighting husband after he lost his colleagues on 9/11; the day she had to talk to her two small children about her multiple sclerosis; and how the pressure on women in television led her to a cosmetic procedure that could have ended her career.

8am – B/C     AOC NEWS:

• Company founded by Ocasio-Cortez in 2012 still owes $1,870 in taxes. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to pass sweeping tax hikes on the wealthy, but the freshman lawmaker might want to take care of her own unpaid tax bill first. Brook Avenue Press, a company she founded in 2012 to publish children’s books in The Bronx, owes the state $1,870.36 in corporate taxes, public records show. The state slapped the company with a warrant on July 6, 2017, two months after Ocasio-Cortez announced her candidacy to run against Democratic incumbent Joe Crowley for the district that encompasses parts of Queens and The Bronx. The state requires businesses to pay a corporation tax on a sliding scale based on revenue. The minimum payment last year was $25. “The company probably got numerous letters from the state and probably ignored them,” one New York City accountant theorized. Public records show the state dissolved the company in October 2016, which can happen when a business fails to pay corporate taxes or file a return.
• Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Capitalism “cannot be redeemed”
• AOC at SXSW: WE SHOULD BE EXCITED BY AUTOMATION… IF YOU DONT HAVE A JOB, YOU’RE LEFT TO DIE… People should be “excited” about “being automated out of work”… “We live in a society where if you don’t have a job you are left to die and that is at its core a problem”… Supports taxing corporations at 90%
• AOC believes the world is “approaching infinite resources”
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that she was “really furious” that Republicans tried to pass gun safety laws that would report illegal aliens who try to illegally purchase firearms, which is a felony, to ICE. She says she doesn’t know why people were mad at her for opposing that
• AOC rips on RONALD REAGAN as pitting whites against brown Americans because he talked about “welfare queens”
• Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggests America is “garbage” / Here is the full context: She made the comments while answering a question about the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and the $15 minimum wage. She was talking about what she perceives as the general state of decline in the U.S.

8am – D         INTERVIEW – SAAGAR ENJETI — White House correspondent, The Daily Caller – discussed the latest White House news.

• MUELLER REPORT:
  • ABC News’ Terry Moran: Media, Democrats Face ‘Reckoning’ If Mueller Finds No Collusion
  • House Democrats are fast-tracking a resolution aimed at putting pressure on Justice Department officials to make Robert Mueller’s final report available to Congress and to the public.
• TRUMP ON ANTISEMITISM OF DEMS:
  • • Trump calls Democrats ‘anti-Israel’ and ‘anti-Jewish’ party after House vote on hate. President Donald Trump on Friday said Democrats have become an “anti-Israel” and “anti-Jewish” party after they overwhelmingly passed a House resolution Thursday rejecting not just anti-Semitism but hate and racism across the board.  “The Democrats have become an anti-Israel party. They’ve become an anti-Jewish party. I thought that vote was a disgrace and so does everybody else if you get an honest answer”
    • Trump allegedly told RNC donors that “Democrats hate Jewish people”: report. President Trump reportedly told a group of Republican National Committee (RNC) donors Friday night that he’d poll at 98 percent if he ran be Israel’s next prime minister.  Axios, citing three unnamed sources who heard Trump’s comments, reported Sunday that the president made the statement while speaking to a group of RNC donors at Mar-a-Lago. Axios, citing three unnamed sources who heard Trump’s comments, reported Sunday that the president made the statement while speaking to a group of RNC donors at Mar-a-Lago. Trump also reportedly took aim at Democrats during his speech, allegedly saying that he didn’t understand how any Jewish person could vote for a Democrat. “The Democrats hate Jewish people,” Trump allegedly said when discussing the controversy surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) comments about Israel and the Democratic Party’s response.
• SPENDING BILL: Trump Expected to Seek $8.6B for Border Wall in New Budget. President Donald Trump is reviving his border wall fight, preparing a new budget that will seek $8.6 billion for the U.S-Mexico barrier while imposing steep spending cuts to other domestic programs and setting the stage for another fiscal battle. Budget documents are often seen as just a starting point of negotiation, but fresh off the longest government shutdown in history Trump’s 2020 proposal shows he is eager to confront Congress again to reduce domestic spending and refocus money on his priorities. It calls for boosting defense spending and making $2.7 trillion in nondefense cuts. Trump’s proposal, titled “A Budget for a Better America: Promises Kept. Taxpayers First” and set for release Monday, “embodies fiscal responsibility,” said Russ Vought, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget.

8am – E         KAMALA: WE CAN CHANGE HUMAN BEHAVIORS! “It is a fact that we can change human behaviors without much change to our lifestyle and we can save the future generations of our country and this world.” Sen. Kamala Harris, who is vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination, campaigned in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.