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Mornings on the Mall Podcast - 2019-9-24

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Mornings on the Mall

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, WMAL's Redskins Analyst Trevor Matich, VA Candidate Rich Anderson and MD Del. Dan Cox joined WMAL on Tuesday!

 

5am – A/B/C GRETA TO WORLD LEADERS AT THE UN - HOW DARE YOU, ADULTS!!

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg: "This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for home. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words."

16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg stares down President Trump as he arrives at the United Nations.

President Trump said he wasn’t going to attend, but he stopped by the global climate summit at the United Nations for 15 minutes as India Prime Minister Narenda Modi began speaking about the importance of addressing climate change. The two leaders spent Sunday together in Houston during a “Howdy Modi” event. In Washington DC, 26 protesters were arrested as they blocked streets and tunnels near Capitol Hill. In a move to show support for 16-year old Greta Thunberg who arrived from Sweden in a sailboat to attend the UN Climate Summit, a sailboat was used to block a busy DC intersection.

Trump: Thunberg has a 'bright and wonderful future.' President Trump called 16-year old climate activist Greta Thunberg a "very happy young girl" who has "a bright and wonderful future." The president tweeted his sarcastic remark late Monday night, the same day the Swedish activist delivered an impassioned speech about climate change in front of the United Nations. "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future," the president tweeted, which quote-tweeted an excerpt of Thunberg's speech. "So nice to see!"

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!

5am – D         WELD: TREASON!

'It's treason pure and simple': Bill Weld on President Trump's Ukraine call. Republican presidential candidate and fmr. Gov. of Massachusetts Bill Weld says about President Trump's Ukraine call on Morning Joe: "Talk about pressuring a foreign country to interfere with and control a U.S. election. It couldn't be clearer. That's not just undermining Democratic institutions. That is treason. It's treason pure and simple."

WELD DOUBLES DOWN: MSNBC political analyst Elise Jordan pressed 2020 presidential candidate Bill Weld on Monday after he mentioned execution as a consequence for President Donald Trump’s alleged treason.

5am – E         Stephanie Grisham says press briefings permanently canceled, cites behavior of reporters. (By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times) -- White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham confirmed Monday daily press briefings will not be reinstated under her leadership, citing the behavior of journalists who “weren’t being good to” President Trump’s administration. During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Ms. Grisham said briefings would not be returning “right now” and wouldn’t come back unless the president felt they were necessary. “He’s doing just fine,” she said, “And to be honest, the briefings have become a lot of theater, and I think a lot of reporters were doing it to get famous. They’re writing books now, they’re all getting famous off of this presidency.” “They weren’t being good to his people,” Ms. Grisham continued. “[Mr. Trump] doesn’t like that. He is very loyal to his people and he put a stop to it.” Members of the White House press corps have gone 195 days without an official press briefing. Once a daily occurrence, the briefings were slowly phased out and eventually stopped completely under previous press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

6am – A/B/C UKRAINE HYPE:

MSNBC Anchor Said There Is No ‘Evidence’ Biden Pressured Ukraine, But Biden Admitted To Doing So In 2018

SEAN DAVIS: Like Russian Collusion, Ukraine Hysteria Is Pure Projection By Media And Democrats

Washington Post reporter RACHAEL BADE: FLAG IT: House Dems leaders have called a caucus meeting [Tuesday] at 4 pm to discuss you know what: questions of impeachment. Here we go...

Flurry of House Dems back Trump impeachment inquiry as reports say Trump froze Ukraine aid. Just a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi strongly suggested she was now warming to the idea of impeaching President Trump, a slew of key swing-district Democrats late Monday threw their support en masse behind opening a formal impeachment inquiry. The rapid-fire declarations by the influential Democrats, after seemingly months of teetering on the brink, came as the New York Times, the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reported in the evening that Trump personally ordered acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine "in the days before he pressed the new Ukrainian president to investigate the Democrats’ leading presidential candidate," Joe Biden.

GIULIANI SAYS HE HAS PROOF OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND THE BIDENS: Rudy Giuliani now claims that Burisma Holdings laundered $3 million through Joe Biden's son Hunter and he has proof. He has not shared the evidence he claims that he has obtained but insists he'll be doling it out all week

TRUMP RIPS CNN AND FREDO: When specifically asked if he approved lawyer Rudy Giuliani's handling of the controversy in various interviews, the president singled out a clash the former New York City mayor had with Cuomo on CNN last week. “I think he was excellent," Trump responded. "I watched it the other night... I haven't watched that show in a long time. I don't watch CNN because it's fake news, but I watched Rudy take apart Fredo.”

Three Congressional committees are threatening to subpoena witnesses if the Trump administration refuses to provide documents related to efforts by President Trump and personal attorney Rudy Giuliani in soliciting a foreign power to assist in interfering in the 2020 Presidential election. Setting a Thursday deadline for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to respond, acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testifies in an open session before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Senate leadership hopes a closed door briefing with Maguire and Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson can be held with the Senate Intelligence Committee this week.

HOUSE DEM SAYS IT'S TIME FOR BIDEN TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, appeared on CNN and responded to a clip of Fox News' Peter Doocy asking Biden if he had ever spoken to his son, Hunter, about his foreign business affairs. Hunter has been tied to a natural gas firm in Ukraine that was involved in a corruption probe.

DEMS WERE MEDDLING W/THE UKRAINE THIS MONTH: (The Hill) - Chris Murphy boasted after the meeting that he told the new Ukrainian leader that U.S. aid was his country’s “most important asset” and it would be viewed as election-meddling and “disastrous for long-term U.S.-Ukraine relations” to bend to the wishes of Trump and Giuliani. "I told Zelensky that he should not insert himself or his government into American politics. I cautioned him that complying with the demands of the President's campaign representatives to investigate a political rival of the President would gravely damage the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. There are few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on in Washington these days, and support for Ukraine is one of them," Murphy told me today, confirming what he told Ukraine's leader.

6am – D         Teen brothers accused of fatally assaulting man at Great Frederick Fair. (Fox 5 DC) - FREDERICK, Md. - Two teen brothers accused of killing a man at the Great Frederick Fair last week faced a judge Monday.  The 15-year-old and 16-year-old have been charged as juveniles with first and second-degree assault in the death of 59-year-old John Weed. Despite tearful pleas from their parents, the judge ordered both teens held behind bars until their next court hearing on October 22. In court, prosecutors say the brothers were part of a group who harassed and followed the victim at the Great Frederick Fair on Friday after an argument about him giving the teens a dollar. Prosecutors say it was the older brother who punched and pushed Weed and the argument continued as the boys followed him. That’s when investigators say the younger brother “came out of nowhere and sucker-punched” the victim, knocking him to the ground. They say the older brother then spit on him as he lay unconscious. “This was over him asking him for a dollar bill. Now, obviously there was some degree of dialogue that occurred after that and it was negative dialogue, who said what? We don’t know at this point in time. The sheriff is still asking for people to come forward. This was not about the knockout game…this was all over kids asking for a dollar and there was something that broke bad after that," said Frederick County State’s Attorney Charlie Smith. “There's been a lot of people on social media, wanting them to be tried as adults. I can tell you I don’t make the law, I just prosecute people who break it. So the law does not permit states attorneys offices across the state of Maryland to charge a juvenile as an adult with manslaughter, with second-degree murder, with first-degree assault.”

6am – E         Congresswoman mocked for saying AR-15s are 'as heavy as' 10 moving boxes and fire .50 caliber bullets.  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee incorrectly claimed that AR-15 rifles fire .50 caliber ammunition and that the weapons are “as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving.” The Texas Democrat, who is pushing for further gun control policies, made the statement to reporters, claiming that she has held an AR-15 but wished she had not. "It is as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving,” Jackson Lee, 69, said. “And the bullet that is utilized, a .50 caliber, these kinds of bullets need to be licensed and do not need to be on the street.” A loaded AR-15 weighs about 7.5 pounds and does not fire .50 caliber rounds, but rather .223 ammunition. The difference between the size of the two types of ammunition is stark, with .50 rounds typically used by the military in heavy machine guns and anti-materiel weapons. Users on Twitter reacted Monday to the comments, with many pointing out the inaccuracy and mocking the 13-term congresswoman’s statement.

6am – F         Philly Man who helped rescue children from fire calls out Eagles receiver with 'unlike Agholor' comment. Hakim Laws was on the scene of a house fire on North 52nd Street near Girard Avenue early Monday and gave an interview to the media about the fire. Babies thrown from burning building in Philly. Man who caught them, takes shot at Eagles WR Nelson Agholor, who had two TD’s, but dropped two passes & fumbled: “My man started throwing babies out the window. We was catching them — unlike Agholor.”

7am – A INTERVIEW - FREDERICK COUNTY SHERIFF CHUCK JENKINS

Teen Brothers Charged In Fatal Assault Of 59-Year-Old Man At Frederick Fair. Deadly attack at Frederick fair may have started over $1. FREDERICK, Md. - Two teen brothers accused of killing a man at the Great Frederick Fair last week faced a judge Monday.  The 15-year-old and 16-year-old have been charged as juveniles with first and second-degree assault in the death of 59-year-old John Weed. Despite tearful pleas from their parents, the judge ordered both teens held behind bars until their next court hearing on October 22. In court, prosecutors say the brothers were part of a group who harassed and followed the victim at the Great Frederick Fair on Friday after an argument about him giving the teens a dollar. Prosecutors say it was the older brother who punched and pushed Weed and the argument continued as the boys followed him. That’s when investigators say the younger brother “came out of nowhere and sucker-punched” the victim, knocking him to the ground. They say the older brother then spit on him as he lay unconscious. “This was over him asking him for a dollar bill. Now, obviously there was some degree of dialogue that occurred after that and it was negative dialogue, who said what? We don’t know at this point in time. The sheriff is still asking for people to come forward. This was not about the knockout game…this was all over kids asking for a dollar and there was something that broke bad after that," said Frederick County State’s Attorney Charlie Smith. “There's been a lot of people on social media, wanting them to be tried as adults. I can tell you I don’t make the law, I just prosecute people who break it. So the law does not permit states attorneys offices across the state of Maryland to charge a juvenile as an adult with manslaughter, with second-degree murder, with first-degree assault.”

7am – B/C     D.C. CLIMATE PROTESTS STOP MORNING TRAFFIC:

Protesters chant: The Earth is On Fire! Put the Fire Out!

A bearded climate protester twerks in short shorts in front of someone's car and taunts them that he may let them go. One woman yells at them to get the f*** away from her car because her kid is late for school.

Daily Caller: 26 people were arrested in DC during the climate change protests throughout the city.

7am – D         INTERVIEW - TREVOR MATICH - WMAL's Redskins Analyst – recapped the Chicago Bears vs Washington Redskins game.

The Chicago Bears (2-1) defeated the Washington Redskins (0-3), 31-15, on "Monday Night Football" in Week 3.

7am – E         RuPaul gets called out for lack of diversity in Drag Race following historic Emmys win. (Pink News) - RuPaul has rejected questioning over a lack of diversity on the production crew on RuPaul’s Drag Race after his historic win at the Emmys. The drag star picked up his sixth Emmy on Sunday, September 22, winning the award for Best Reality-Competition Program. However, there were awkward scenes in the press room after the award, when Essence writer Danielle Young challenged the sea of all-white faces from the Drag Race crew who accompanied RuPaul on stage. She said: “I have a question about the hot-button term diversity that always gets thrown around. We’re looking at your team and I don’t see a lot of diversity. “I’m curious about how you feel, especially as someone who represents so strongly for the LGBT+ community… Do you feel like it’s important for that to be represented behind the scenes as well?” RuPaul deflects questions over lack of Drag Race diversity. RuPaul replied: “And the BLT community, I love myself from bacon, lettuce, tomato. First of all, the host of our show is black, gay and a drag queen, so check, check and check. “But we’re pretty diverse, there are lots of different types of people here. But is it important? Absolutely.”

8am – A         INTERVIEW - RICH ANDERSON - is former Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2010-2018) and is a current Candidate for Virginia 51st House District (2019) – discussed how his opponent is enlisting outside political celebrities and outside money to help win her re-election.

Anderson is running again for the House of Delegates seat he served in from 2010-2018 in Prince William County.

His opponent is Hala Ayala, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 51.  Ayala (D) defeated incumbent Anderson (R) in the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates District 51 general election.

Ayala is leaning on outside Dem celebrities to rev her base. She recently had Elizabeth Warren do a short iPhone video endorsing her, brought in Stacey Abrams from Georgia (last weekend) to door knock with her, and is bringing in Corey Booker (next weekend) to door knock with her. She's bringing in a lot of outside money and outside political celebrities to try win re-election.

In 2017, Virginia Democrats flipped 15 Republican-held House seats—their largest gains in the chamber since 1899. Republicans maintained a slim majority, 51-49, but the parties are again battling for control in the Nov. 5 elections. Republicans are at risk of losing control of the chamber. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates are up in 2019. The general election is on November 5.

8am – B/C     GRETA TO WORLD LEADERS AT THE UN - HOW DARE YOU, ADULTS!! AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TO SPEAK AT THE UN TODAY:

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg: "This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for home. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words."

16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg stares down President Trump as he arrives at the United Nations.

President Trump said he wasn’t going to attend, but he stopped by the global climate summit at the United Nations for 15 minutes as India Prime Minister Narenda Modi began speaking about the importance of addressing climate change. The two leaders spent Sunday together in Houston during a “Howdy Modi” event. In Washington DC, 26 protesters were arrested as they blocked streets and tunnels near Capitol Hill. In a move to show support for 16-year old Greta Thunberg who arrived from Sweden in a sailboat to attend the UN Climate Summit, a sailboat was used to block a busy DC intersection.

Trump: Thunberg has a 'bright and wonderful future.' President Trump called 16-year old climate activist Greta Thunberg a "very happy young girl" who has "a bright and wonderful future." The president tweeted his sarcastic remark late Monday night, the same day the Swedish activist delivered an impassioned speech about climate change in front of the United Nations. "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future," the president tweeted, which quote-tweeted an excerpt of Thunberg's speech. "So nice to see!"

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!

TRUMP TO SPEAK AT UN: President Trump addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday morning and told reporters in a preview “we’ll be talking about Iran.” While Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will be at the UN, there are no plans for the two sides to speak. French President Emmanuel Macron has made an effort to bring the U.S. and Iran to the table, but President Trump says ‘we don’t need a mediator. They know who to call.”

President Donald Trump addressing the United Nations General Assembly from New York, NY at approximately 10:15 a.m. (ET).

Trump to call for multinational response to growing Iranian aggression in address before UN General Assembly. As the Ukrainian whistleblower controversy brews, President Trump is preparing to call for a multi-national response to Iran's escalating aggression when he goes before the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday. While Trump wants allies to join the U.S. in further isolating Iran, he also seems to be holding to his go-it-alone strategy of using economic sanctions to pressure Tehran to give up its nuclear program and stop attacks that are rattling the Middle East. On Monday, the president praised British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for a new deal to replace the 2015 Iran nuclear pact from which Trump walked away. Trump was expected to use his speech to blame Iran for recent strikes against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Iran has denied orchestrating the attack, which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has deemed "an act of war." Britain, France and Germany joined the United States on Monday in blaming Iran for the attacks. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, for his part, pointed to claims of responsibility by Yemeni rebels. - Reported by the Associated Press

8am – D         INTERVIEW - Maryland State Delegate DAN COX, Legislative District 4, Frederick and Carroll Counties – discussed how the Maryland State Department of Education has proposed an education rule to have an “Equity Czar” use an “Equity Lens” to determine the hiring, firing and promotion of MAGA teachers in Maryland.

Maryland State Delegate Dan Cox of Legislative District 4 in Frederick and Carroll County Counties is voicing concern about a proposed Maryland State Board of Education regulation, COMAR 13A.01.06 (“rule”), for the State which impacts the hiring, firing and promotion of teachers and staff, as well as all curriculum. In his comments, Delegate Cox says the new rule is intended to politicize hiring and promotion in light of the approaching the 2020 presidential election and national policy discussions involving “sanctuary states.”  

In the letter sent out by his office this week to the State Board of Education, Delegate Cox outlined concerns in the rule’s establishment of what the rule terms an “Equity Lens” through which all personnel and curriculum decisions will be enforced by a new State equity “Responsible Individual,” or “Equity Czar”, in each County jurisdiction, regarding personnel’s “nationality” or impact of any action, promotion or curriculum upon any “marginalized” group, to include undocumented or illegal aliens.

Delegate Cox is asking for parents in Frederick and Carroll County please respectfully write the Board before the September 30th deadline and oppose COMAR 13A.01.06. Educational Equity and its new "Equity Czar." Delegate Cox believes this rule could lead to hiring and promotion discrimination of teachers in the State of Maryland who support national Border enforcement laws and/or the re-election of President Trump while off the job, or who teach pro-American concepts.

INTERVIEW - DR. ROY SPENCER was a Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA and author of “Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians and Misguided Policies That Hurt the Poor”

SHUTDOWN DC: Shut Down DC: Climate change protest disrupts Monday morning commute

UN CLIMATE SUMMIT: Friday’s far-reaching strikes, which spanned more than 150 countries, come three days before world leaders are set to gather at the United Nations on Monday for a much-anticipated climate summit.  (Washington Post) - U.N. Secretary General António Guterres has insisted that countries bring with them promises of meaningful action, such as vowing to reach net zero emissions by 2050, cutting fossil fuel subsidies and ceasing construction of coal-fired power plants. In the run up to the United Nations Climate Action Summit this Monday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly warned countries that they need more than empty promises to fight climate change. “Don’t come to the summit with beautiful speeches,” Guterres said at a press conference last month. “Come with concrete plans”

INTERVIEW – MIKE TIDWELL - Director of CCAN Action Fund

Mike is in the middle of the action blocking D.C. traffic to demand political leaders to act on climate change.

BIO: Mike Tidwell is founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.. He is also an author and filmmaker who predicted in vivid detail the Katrina hurricane disaster in his 2003 book Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast. His most recent book, focusing on Katrina and global warming, is titled The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Race to Save America’s Coastal Cities. His 2004 documentary film, We Are All Smith Islanders, vividly depicts the dangers of global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C.

Shut Down DC plans to “bring traffic and business as usual to a standstill” to protest climate change on Monday. (WTOP) - Climate protesters have begun their disruption of the Monday morning commute, blocking intersections around D.C. to get their message across. They are blocking or impeding traffic at 14th and C streets SW, 16th and K streets, 16th and I streets, 18th and Massachusetts Avenue, and 12th and Independence Avenue — at Independence, it’s a large pink and yellow sailboat that’s closed the road. They’re also forcing traffic to be redirected from inbound 395 North and New York Avenue. New York Avenue is blocked at North Capitol Street, Florida Avenue and 4th Street. At the Third Street Tunnel, drivers are forced to go turn left instead of right as they normally would.  The protests have sparked a significant police presence. Shut Down D.C. aims to block “key infrastructure to stop business-as-usual, bringing the whole city to a gridlocked standstill,” organizers said on its website. That includes over a dozen intersections in the District “where corporate and government power holders who are blocking serious action on climate are located,” they said.

INTERVIEW - LARRY MICHAEL - The Voice of The Redskins – previewed Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins. In Week 3 of the NFL season, the (1-1) Chicago Bears will take on the (0-2) Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in a Monday Night Football contest at 8:15 p.m. ET.

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

Nancy Pelosi calls for law to be able to indict presidents. (CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Friday for legislation to ensure sitting US presidents can be indicted for crimes. "I do think that we will have to pass some laws that will have clarity for future presidents. (A) President should be indicted if he's committed a wrongdoing — any president," Pelosi told NPR's "All Things Considered" host Ari Shapiro and NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis on Friday. "There is nothing any place that says the President should not be indicted," she said. "That's something cooked up by the President's lawyers. That's what that is.

Trump asked Ukraine president to investigate Joe Biden's son eight times in one phone call: report http://hill.cm/S1plNlW / President Trump reportedly pressured the president of Ukraine during a July phone call to investigate the son of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. The Wall Street Journal first reported Friday that Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky roughly eight times to work with his personal attorney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, on the matter.

Trump says he will consider releasing transcript of Ukraine call

Susan Ferrechio: Does Schiff already know the Trump whistleblower's story?

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "Congress failed to act and now Donald Trump has shown that he believes he is above the law. He has solicited another foreign govt to attack our election system. It is time for us to call out this illegal behavior & start impeachment proceedings right now."

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BEST OF: NY Times reporter Robin Pogrebin, Parkland father Andrew Pollack, Dr. Kelsey Johnson and rumors of a Princess Bride remake

INTERVIEW – DR. KELSEY JOHNSON – Associate Professor of The Department of Astronomy at the University of Virginia

Are aliens even interested in us? Is it even worth it to “go see them aliens” and storm Area 51 today? Among the billions of planets, stars, solar systems and galaxies, is it possible Earth is not the only home for intelligent beings? Dr. Kelsey Johnson of the University of Virginia seems to think it’s not only possible that there’s more life out there, it’s probable. “As a scientist, I think about that statistically,” Johnson told InsideEdition.com. “And I think the chances of it in terms of pure likelihood are extraordinarily high.” The Fermi Paradox, coined by Italian scientist named Enrico Fermi in 1975, questions where exactly everyone is.

Navy confirms videos did capture UFO sightings, but it calls them by another name. Three videos posted online that have been described as being related to UFO sightings do indeed include footage of “unidentified aerial phenomena,” a U.S. Navy spokesman confirmed. But as for specifics, spokesman Joseph Gradisher said the Navy doesn’t know exactly what the objects are. “The three videos (one from 2004 and two from 2015) show incursions into our military training ranges by unidentified aerial phenomena,” Gradisher told NBC News in an emailed statement. “The Navy has characterized the observed phenomena as unidentified,” he said.

INTERVIEW – MARC MORANO – Executive Director of Climate Depot and author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change”

CLIMATE STRIKE FRIDAY: Tens of thousands of high school students in cities nationwide plan to skip classes today to attend Global Climate Strike marches calling for immediate action to help end climate change by stopping the burning of fossil fuels, particularly coal and oil. The protests are timed to begin a week of activism at the United Nations, including a Youth Climate Summit on Saturday and a UN Climate Action Summit on Monday. The events come out of a groundswell of concern on the part of young people, touched off in August by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Adults are taking part as well. Multiple companies, including Ben & Jerry’s, Patagonia, Burton and SodaStream are shutting down for the day so employees can attend local marches.  

Greta Thunberg is leading kids and adults from 150 countries in a massive Friday climate strike. Young people from around the world are leading a massive coordinated strike from school on Friday, September 20, to protest government and business inaction on climate change. It is likely to be one of the largest environmental protests in history.  

Despite Elrich’s Request, MCPS Won’t Excuse Students To Attend Climate Protests. The Montgomery County school system will not excuse students to attend climate change protests this week, despite a request from the county executive. In a letter to the school board and Superintendent Jack Smith on Tuesday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich urged an exception to MCPS policy — to let students get an excused absence to attend a climate rally on Friday in Washington, D.C. “I understand that you have many issues to consider when making this type of decision, but I do think it could be allowed within certain parameters such as requiring parental consent … requiring evidence of their attendance … and follow up summary of the event,” Elrich wrote. “However you decide to address it, I do believe there’s a way to allow it while addressing security and other concerns.” In a response on Thursday, MCPS and school board members said they support student advocacy and are “proud of students when they speak out for what they believe.” But, they wrote, students who want to “engage in the civic process during school hours” should do so while at school.

INTERVIEW – DOUGLAS MURRAY – Associate Editor of The Spectator and author of new book “The Madness of Crowds”

In his new book The Madness of Crowds (September 17, Bloomsbury Continuum) Murray examines sexuality, gender, technology, and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, colleges, schools, and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics, and intersectionality.