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Mornings on the Mall Podcast - 2019-12-17

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INTERVIEW - HENRY RODGERS - Congressional Correspondent at The Daily Caller

House leaders are preparing for a final impeachment vote, just as lawmakers are about to leave for the holiday break. Approval would set up a 2020 trial in the Senate. Votes on the two articles could come as soon as Wednesday, with a meeting to set debate rules already scheduled for Tuesday. A House Judiciary Committee vote was strictly along party lines, and the floor vote is expected to be similar, with a few exceptions. No Republicans have so far signaled that they will support the articles of impeachment, but a small handful of Democrats who represent GOP-leaning districts have said they may join Republicans in voting against them.

Democrats in the House of Representatives are poised to impeach President Trump but not all members are on board, as there are 31 lawmakers in question. (Daily Caller / Henry Rodgers) -- Democrats in the House of Representatives are poised to impeach President Donald Trump but not all members are on board, as there are 31 lawmakers in question. The Daily Caller contacted the offices of all 31 House Democrats from districts where President Trump won in 2016 to ask them if they would vote to impeach President Trump, as many have not publicly stated where they stand on impeachment. Each office was contacted at least three times and all offices were given ample time to respond. All Democratic offices that responded had very similar messages, saying they have not yet made a decision and are still weighing out the facts.

INTERVIEW - STEVE MOORE - former campaign economic advisor to President Trump, economist at The Heritage Foundation and author of book "Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy" – discussed the president’s incredible victories this past week in spite the impeachment push by the Dems in Congress.

PAUL BEDARD: Hidden by impeachment: One of Trump’s 'best weeks yet.' From adding judges to foreign policy, trade, immigration, defense spending, and China, Trump added several more achievements he will tout when he hosts his next campaign rally, standing in front of a 2020 “Promises Kept” sign. "It was one of his best weeks yet," said a key White House adviser.

President Trump says that the U.S. and China have reached a Phase 1 trade deal, de-escalating a 17-month dispute between the economic powers. The U.S. is dropping plans to impose tariffs Sunday on $160 billion in Chinese imports. Stocks edge higher as China says it has agreed with the U.S. on the context of a phase one trade deal and that the U.S. will cancel tariffs in phases

Trump's home-run week delivers edge in 2020 race. (Fox Business) -- President Trump just delivered what may be the most significant accomplishments of his presidency, giving an edge to his 2020 re-election bid. Over the past five days, he secured two historic trade deals, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and a phase-one deal with China, fulfilling one of the cornerstone promises of his 2016 campaign – rewriting global trade – as House Democrats forged ahead with impeaching him.

INTERVIEW - FOYE WALKER - Attorney for the Trump 2020 hat boy

Five students have been been charged on Friday after a shocking video emerged of a Florida boy being attacked on a school bus, allegedly because he'd previously worn a hat supporting President Donald Trump. The news comes three weeks after the initial attack on November 21 that sent the 14-year-old boy, identified as Tyler, to the hospital with head contusions. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said the students involved have been charged with first-degree misdemeanor battery after discussing the charges with the State Attorney's Office. The Florida State Attorney's Office recommended that the incident does not meet the criteria for a hate crime.

INTERVIEW - TREVOR MATICH - WMAL's Redskins Analyst – recapped the Eagles vs Redskins game.

Adrian Peterson rushes into the record books, but Redskins still fall to Eagles. LANDOVER, Md. - A strong offensive outing wasn't enough Sunday for the Redskins, who fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in a last-minute heartbreaker. Acclaimed college football coach Urban Meyer was in owner Dan Snyder's box to watch Sunday's game, fueling speculation that he may be heading to the Burgundy and Gold. Two of Meyer's former players at Ohio State, Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaurin, showed out for their old coach too. Haskins was mostly sharp, completing more than 65 percent of his passes for 261 yards and two touchdowns. McLaurin added five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown, including a 75-yard score in the 1st quarter: But the Eagles took Haskins' ill-advised toss on the final play of the game to the house to make Sunday's loss worse.  That was after the Eagles drove down the field to score a go-ahead touchdown in the final minute of the game. The final score was Eagles 37, Redskins 27. One bright spot for the Skins: Adrian Peterson. The running back padded his Hall of Fame resume with his 110th rushing touchdown, matching Walter Payton for 4th all-time in NFL history.

Urban Meyer watching Sunday's Redskins game from Dan Snyder's box. LANDOVER, Md. - Are the Redskins looking to add another former Ohio State Buckeye?  Three-time national champion college football coach Urban Meyer is watching Sunday's Redskins game from owner Dan Snyder's box at FedEx Field.  Fox 5, which is broadcasting the game, showed Meyer during the 1st quarter of the game.  Meyer won two national championships at Florida and another at Ohio State before retiring for health reasons (again) last year. He is now linked to a number of teams, including the Dallas Cowboys and USC Trojans. The Redskins are looking for a new coach after firing Jay Gruden this season. Snyder is also reportedly contemplating firing team president Bruce Allen this offseason if Meyer wants a front office role.  Meyer would join fellow Buckeyes Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaurin if he joined the Burgundy and Gold.  He had to enjoy the 75-yard touchdown pass between his former players early in Sunday's game

INTERVIEW - JOE DIGENOVA - legal analyst and former U.S. Attorney to the District of Columbia

UPCOMING IMPEACHMENT VOTE THIS WEEK: House leaders are preparing for a final impeachment vote, just as lawmakers are about to leave for the holiday break. Approval would set up a 2020 trial in the Senate. Votes on the two articles could come as soon as Wednesday, with a meeting to set debate rules already scheduled for Tuesday.

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: Senate Democrats are proposing a weeks-long Senate impeachment trial, possibly including testimony from four new witnesses including John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer proposed the structure for a “fair and honest” trial in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an attempt to launch negotiations ahead of House voting this week.

COMEY SPEAKS: Comey Says He Was ‘Wrong’ About FBI’s Surveillance Abuse, But Downplays His Own Role In Bungled Case. James Comey said Sunday that he was “wrong” about the FBI’s handling of surveillance warrants against Carter Page, who the former FBI director acknowledged was “treated unfairly” by having his name leaked to the press as a suspected Russian agent. “He is right. I was wrong,” Comey said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” in reference to the findings of Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general. “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace pressed Comey about Horowitz’s report, which found “significant inaccuracies” in the FBI’s applications for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Page. Horowitz found that FBI agents and officials made 17 major errors or omissions in the FISA applications.

INTERVIEW - KEN BOONE - Weather Channel meteorologist – previewed a snowy commute in D.C. this morning.

Wintry mix, snow to make Monday morning's commute messy. WASHINGTON - A wintry mix including snow promises to make Monday morning's commute messy. Some parts of the DMV could get up to two inches of snow by Monday afternoon. Suburbs north and west of Montgomery and Fairfax counties will be affected the most. The wintry mix is expected to transition to cold rain by the afternoon, when temperatures will rise above freezing. Be sure to drive carefully and add extra time to your commute to adjust.

Mornings on the Mall

Monday, December 16, 2019

Hosts: Vince Coglianese and Jessie Jane Duff - Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (ret)

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

Legal analyst Joe diGenova, Attorney Foye Walker, Economist Steve Moore, Daily Caller’s Henry Rodgers, WMAL’s Redskins Analyst Trevor Matich and Weather Channel’s Ken Boone joined WMAL on Monday!

 

5am – A/B/CARMY NAVY HAND GESTURE CONTROVERSY (AP) - The U.S. Naval Academy says those involved in the possible “white power” hand gestures flashed by students before the Army-Navy football game will be held accountable. A West Point spokesman says officials there are also looking into the matter.

 

5am – D         IMPEACHMENT BATTLE RAMPS UP:

UPCOMING IMPEACHMENT VOTE THIS WEEK: House leaders are preparing for a final impeachment vote, just as lawmakers are about to leave for the holiday break. Approval would set up a 2020 trial in the Senate. Votes on the two articles could come as soon as Wednesday, with a meeting to set debate rules already scheduled for Tuesday. A House Judiciary Committee vote was strictly along party lines, and the floor vote is expected to be similar, with a few exceptions. No Republicans have so far signaled that they will support the articles of impeachment, but a small handful of Democrats who represent GOP-leaning districts have said they may join Republicans in voting against them.

Over the weekend, President Trump continued his response to the House Judiciary Committee party line vote to advance two articles of impeachment against him, tweeting about the “impeachment hoax” and “witch hunt.”  Meanwhile, White House adviser Pam Bondi spoke out on Fox News Sunday, defending GOP senators who have been planning a strategy with the White House for a likely Senate impeachment trial. Bondi said, “we wouldn’t be doing our jobs if we weren’t working hand in hand with the Senate to clear the president of this charade.”

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: Senate Democrats are proposing a weeks-long Senate impeachment trial, possibly including testimony from four new witnesses including John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer proposed the structure for a “fair and honest” trial in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an attempt to launch negotiations ahead of House voting this week.

 

5am – E         INTERVIEW - KEN BOONE - Weather Channel meteorologist – previewed a snowy commute in D.C. this morning.

Wintry mix, snow to make Monday morning's commute messy. WASHINGTON - A wintry mix including snow promises to make Monday morning's commute messy. Some parts of the DMV could get up to two inches of snow by Monday afternoon. Suburbs north and west of Montgomery and Fairfax counties will be affected the most. The wintry mix is expected to transition to cold rain by the afternoon, when temperatures will rise above freezing. Be sure to drive carefully and add extra time to your commute to adjust.

 

6am – A/B/C COMEY ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY:

Comey Says He Was ‘Wrong’ About FBI’s Surveillance Abuse, But Downplays His Own Role In Bungled Case.  James Comey said Sunday that he was “wrong” about the FBI’s handling of surveillance warrants against Carter Page, who the former FBI director acknowledged was “treated unfairly” by having his name leaked to the press as a suspected Russian agent.   “He is right. I was wrong,” Comey said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” in reference to the findings of Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general. [...]  But while Comey admitted the FBI made errors in the FISA process, he pushed back aggressively on Wallace’s characterization the FBI engaged in misconduct, or that agents and officials were politically motivated against Donald Trump. He also said that if he were still FBI chief, he would not quit in the wake of Horowitz’s damning report.   “If you were still there, and all of this came out, and it turned out it happened on your watch, would you resign?” Wallace asked.   “No, I don’t think so,” said Comey. “There were mistakes I consider more consequential than this during my tenure.”

Gowdy: ‘Too Damn Late’ For Comey To Admit He Was Wrong About FISA Abuse

MATT GAETZ: .@comey says there were “more consequential” mistakes at the FBI while he was director than misleading a secret court. What were they?!

COMEY now says he wasn't following the investigation that closely...  “As a director sitting on top of an organization of 38,000 people, you can't run an investigation that's seven layers below you," Comey said. “You have to leave it to the career professionals to do, to the special agents who do this for their lives."

CHUCK ROSS: What's so disingenuous about Comey today is that for 2+ years he's confidently put out innuendo that Trump & Co. are Russian assets. Today, he says he wasn't privy to details of Crossfire Hurricane because he was too high up the leadership chain.

‘Irresponsible statement’: Comey slams Barr for speculating FBI acted in ‘bad faith’

 

6am – D         INTERVIEW - TREVOR MATICH - WMAL's Redskins Analyst – recapped the Eagles vs Redskins game.

Adrian Peterson rushes into the record books, but Redskins still fall to Eagles. LANDOVER, Md. - A strong offensive outing wasn't enough Sunday for the Redskins, who fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in a last-minute heartbreaker. Acclaimed college football coach Urban Meyer was in owner Dan Snyder's box to watch Sunday's game, fueling speculation that he may be heading to the Burgundy and Gold. Two of Meyer's former players at Ohio State, Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaurin, showed out for their old coach too. Haskins was mostly sharp, completing more than 65 percent of his passes for 261 yards and two touchdowns. McLaurin added five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown, including a 75-yard score in the 1st quarter: But the Eagles took Haskins' ill-advised toss on the final play of the game to the house to make Sunday's loss worse.  That was after the Eagles drove down the field to score a go-ahead touchdown in the final minute of the game. The final score was Eagles 37, Redskins 27. One bright spot for the Skins: Adrian Peterson. The running back padded his Hall of Fame resume with his 110th rushing touchdown, matching Walter Payton for 4th all-time in NFL history.

Urban Meyer watching Sunday's Redskins game from Dan Snyder's box. LANDOVER, Md. - Are the Redskins looking to add another former Ohio State Buckeye?  Three-time national champion college football coach Urban Meyer is watching Sunday's Redskins game from owner Dan Snyder's box at FedEx Field.  Fox 5, which is broadcasting the game, showed Meyer during the 1st quarter of the game.  Meyer won two national championships at Florida and another at Ohio State before retiring for health reasons (again) last year. He is now linked to a number of teams, including the Dallas Cowboys and USC Trojans. The Redskins are looking for a new coach after firing Jay Gruden this season. Snyder is also reportedly contemplating firing team president Bruce Allen this offseason if Meyer wants a front office role.  Meyer would join fellow Buckeyes Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaurin if he joined the Burgundy and Gold.  He had to enjoy the 75-yard touchdown pass between his former players early in Sunday's game:

6am – E         Five students are charged with battery after beating a boy, 14, on a school bus 'because he wore a Trump 2020 hat’ (Daily Mail) - Five students have been been charged on Friday after a shocking video emerged of a Florida boy being attacked on a school bus, allegedly because he'd previously worn a hat supporting President Donald Trump. The news comes three weeks after the initial attack on November 21 that sent the 14-year-old boy, identified as Tyler, to the hospital with head contusions. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said the students involved have been charged with first-degree misdemeanor battery after discussing the charges with the State Attorney's Office. The Florida State Attorney's Office recommended that the incident does not meet the criteria for a hate crime. Superintendent Rex L. Mitchell shared a press release on Friday addressing the incident. Mitchell says the school district has investigated the incident, disciplined the students involved in the altercation and turned information over to the Sheriff's office for criminal action.  Although social media was set ablaze at the implication that the beating happened because Tyler wore a MAGA hat, Mitchell contends that is not the case.   'It is implied in the post that the altercation occurred because one of the students involved was wearing a political hat showing support for President Trump. There was no evidence found during the investigation that indicated the student was wearing of such apparel on a prior occasion motivated the incident,' the statement reads. 'The incident began with a verbal altercation between two students that escalated when additional students became involved.' The school district reviewed the bus video to not only view the altercation, but the event leading up to the event and the subsequent conclusion.  Mitchell said: 'We absolutely do not condone the use of physical force between students. This was a very unfortunate incident completely unrelated to any political statements or agendas.'  A woman by the name of Melissa Griffin organized a GoFundMe on Friday for her son, Tyler. She says Tyler is emotionally distraught as he reels from the incident and 'he is crying most days.'

6am – F         TWITTER GOES NUTS OVER FAIRFAX SCHOOLS OPENING ON TIME: ‘I hope one of ya'll school board members slip and fall’

Fairfax Schools ‏@fcpsnews FCPS is starting on time today Monday Dec. 16 1:42 AM - 16 Dec 2019

arvid.lacroix ‏@arvid_lacroix  40m40 minutes ago There’s still time to change this tweet.

ERFillare ‏@EFillare 29m29 minutes ago It’s sleeting.  Kids are going to stand at bus stops and teachers/staff/kids are driving in this?

Juuiicykathy ‏@juuiicykathy  24m24 minutes ago Bruh I stayed up all night just to see if we had off or a 2 hr delay

Best of: film critic Christian Toto, The Federalist's Sean Davis, Rep. Louie Gohmert and actor Kevin Sorbo

INTERVIEW — CHRISTIAN TOTO – Film Critic, HollywoodInToto.com and Host of “The Hollywood in Toto” podcast  (available on iTunes) @HollywoodInToto – discussed the media’s criticism of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ film.

ABOUT THE FILM: Richard Jewell / R 2019 Drama 2h 11m / During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, security guard Richard Jewell discovers a suspicious backpack under a bench in Centennial Park. With little time to spare, he helps to evacuate the area until the incendiary device inside the bag explodes. Hailed as a hero who saved lives, Jewell’s own life starts to unravel when the FBI names him the prime suspect in the bombing. Release date: December 13, 2019 (USA)

TOTO: ‘Richard Jewell’ Crucifies Fake News, Honors the Heartland  https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/richard-jewell-review/