Richmond's Morning News with Rich Herrera

Atop the 8 o'clock hour this Friday AM, John talks to Mark Spadoni, Managing Director of the latest "Reid on the Road" destination: The Omni Homestead!  Mark talks to John about The Homestead's multimillion-dollar renovation -- and the effort to retain the resort's Virginian character and charm in the process.

Happy Friday!  To start with this morning, and as we reach the anniversary of 2020's COVID lockdowns, John talks to former Democrat State Senator Chap Petersen -- who at the time stood in opposition to his party's advocacy of shutdowns.  Senator Petersen has since written a book, entitled Rebel: The Story of a Democratic State Senator Who Fought Against the COVID 19 Lockdowns, which you can purchase here.

With the United States Military Academy at West Point changing its mission statement language from "Duty, Honor, Country" to "Army Values," John has a conversation about the subject with Class of 2002 graduate, Godwin High School product, and Producer Dan's very good friend, Mike Hurley.

Back to regularly scheduled programming!  After a couple of weeks in relative limbo, former Virginia Governor and European Ambassador Jim Gilmore is with us for his normal segment at 8:35AM on Thursday morning.  John and Governor Gilmore talk about Joe Biden's State of the Union address, as well as the tasks facing Governor Youngkin in the wake of this winter's legislative session in Richmond.

Atop the 8 o'clock hour this "Friday Eve," we hear from Congressman Rob Wittman -- who talks to John about Joe Biden's State of the Union address (which Congressman Wittman, in the chamber, describes as unlike any he'd seen before), the Congressional budget, and the 2024 campaign season.

With Congress weighing in on the social media platform of Tik Tok, John has a conversation about the stakes with Andrew Thornebrooke, National Security Correspondent for The Epoch Times.

In the wake of Monday's I-95-closing, pro-Gaza protest in Downtown Richmond, we check back in with local entrepreneur and citizen journalist Mike Dickinson, who has uncovered information about the protesters and the organization to which they belong.

Last -- yet anything but least -- we welcome back to the show none other than the Governor of Virginia himself . . . Glenn Youngkin!  John and Governor Youngkin discuss a variety of Commonwealth- and General Assembly-related subjects, from the budget, to job growth, to taxes, to crime, and even gay marriage.

At the bottom of the 8 o'clock hour, we hear once again from friend of the show Joe Morrissey.  Now that Trump vs. Biden II is all but official, John and Joe discuss the horse race, what lies ahead for the rest of the presidential campaign, and the likely outcome based on the proverbial tea leaves.

Atop the 8 o'clock hour, and for the second week in a row, John talks to attorney and former House of Delegates member Tim Anderson.  John and Tim discuss Monday's I-95-closing protest in Downtown Richmond, plus the housecleaning by new leadership of the Republican National Committee.  (Tim, remember, is campaigning to be the RNC Committeeman from Virginia.)