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Mornings on the Mall

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor

Executive Producer: Heather Smith

5am – A/B/C  DRIVE AT FIVE INTERVIEW: National Review’s DAVID FRENCH

• Media Descending on Ben Carson’s comments on the Oregon shooting: Matthews Shreds Carson’s Shooting Comments: ‘Anything to Take the Heat Off the Killer’ – Chris Matthews really trashed Ben Carson for saying after the Oregon shooting that “I would not just stand there and let him shoot me.” Matthews said, “Anything to take the heat off the killer… Blaming the victims and letting the killer off the hook!’

5am – D         Russia in Syria:

• Russian navy fires 26 missiles into Syria
• NATO warns Russia over airspace violations from Syria
• The U.S. had to reroute a plane over Syria to keep a safe distance from Russian aircraft

5am – E         House conservatives look to block McCarthy’s rise to speaker. WASHINGTON — House conservatives moved Wednesday to prevent Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy from securing enough votes to be elected speaker, pushing for rules changes before the House has to select a speaker at the end of the month. Republicans will gather Thursday to nominate a new speaker, but that nominee must win a majority vote on the House floor — at least 218 votes — on Oct. 29 to take the gavel. McCarthy is the overwhelming favorite to win the nomination, but the conservatives who helped push out Speaker John Boehner are not yet ready to back the Californian. “There’s not 218 for Mr. McCarthy or anybody else today,” said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., at a Wednesday gathering of conservatives convened by the Heritage Foundation.

6am – A/B/C Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Nominees: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame may finally surrender to Cheap Trick, nominated for the first time for induction in 2016. Eligible since 2002, the I Want You to Want Me rockers join other first-ever nominees including Chicago, R&B veteran Janet Jackson, new wave rockers The Cars and Mexican-American group Los Lobos.

6am – D/E     Donald Trump: ‘Eminent Domain Is Wonderful’ (National Review) — Donald Trump sees a simple reason why so many conservatives disagree with him on eminent domain, the controversial power by which the government seizes private land for development projects: They just don’t understand the issue as well as he does. “I fully understand the conservative approach, but I don’t think it was explained to most conservatives,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier that aired yesterday. “Nobody knows this better than I do, because I’ve built a lot of buildings in Manhattan and you’ll have twelve sites and you’ll get eleven and you’ll have the one holdout, and you end up building around them. I know it better than anybody.” Eminent domain may seem like an obscure issue, but the Club for Growth Action Fund found it important enough to spotlight in an attack ad against Trump. The ad focused on Trump’s full-throated support for the Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. New London, which allowed state and local governments to seize land from one private owner and give it to another private owner to further economic development. Many conservatives saw the decision as expanding the power of elected officials and wealthy developers at the expense of the private landholders who often stand in the way of their ambitions. In a perfect irony, the state and city spent $78 million to purchase and bulldoze the home of Susette Kelo . . . and then the developer couldn’t finance the project.

7am – A         INTERVIEW — BRENT BOZELL – President of Media Research Center (MRC)

• THURSDAY NIGHT is the MRC Gala, featuring the DISHonors Awards:

– Master of Ceremonies: Cal Thomas

– Chris Plante – Radio Host

– Tom Fitton – President of Judicial Watch

– Judge Andrew P. Napolitano – Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst

– Joe Piscopo – Morning Host at WNYM and former Saturday Night Live Cast Member

– Martha Zoller – Former Georgia Talk Radio Host and Television Commentator

– William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence: Phyllis Schlafly

http://www.mrc.org/MRC_Gala2015

• Media Descending on Ben Carson’s comments on the Oregon shooting: Matthews Shreds Carson’s Shooting Comments: ‘Anything to Take the Heat Off the Killer’ – Chris Matthews really trashed Ben Carson for saying after the Oregon shooting that “I would not just stand there and let him shoot me.” Matthews said, “Anything to take the heat off the killer… Blaming the victims and letting the killer off the hook!’

7am – B        School News:

• Principal Cancels School Dance Because of the ‘Sexually Suggestive Grinding.’ A high school principal in Maine decided to call off the upcoming school dance because of––and I’m being completely serious here––grinding. Gorham High School Principal Chris Record sent a letter to parents saying how some students, parents, and teachers don’t like “modern dance culture” because “the dancing they have witnessed on MTV/VHS/movies involves primarily only sexually suggestive grinding.” He describes in some detail what grinding is, how awkward it’s made dance chaperones, and even mentions how they actually tried to fix this before. And yes, last year Gorham tried to stop students from grinding, which led to significant percentage of students leaving early in protest.
• Parents upset that school dance dress code targets female students. (Fox News) — Parents of some South Carolina high school students won’t say “Yes” to the dress code. Administrators at Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill told WBTV on Monday that they’ve received complaints over a school dance flier that some have claimed unfairly targets one gender. “PLEASE leave something to the imagination!” reads a sentence near the bottom. The line is just above a quote from Edith Head, an award-winning Hollywood costume designer from the 1940s to the 1970s: “Your dresses should be tight enough to show you’re a woman and loose enough to show you’re a lady.” Students and volunteers created the flier, Principal Jason Johns told WBTV. “There was some perception that it was targeted specifically toward our females and maybe it was seen to hurt folks’ feelings, but that was not the intent at all,” Johns said. The flier was eventually changed, according to Johns.

7am – C        D.C. Mayor Staffer Charged With Dealing Drugs. (CBS DC) — WASHINGTON — An employee in D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office of Religious Affairs has been charged with dealing drugs after authorities found cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin along with dealing paraphernalia in his Southeast apartment. Lorenzo Sanders Sr., 51, appeared before a D.C. Superior Court Judge Wednesday and pleaded not guilty on two counts of distribution of a controlled substance, WNEW Senior Correspondent Mark Segraves reports. Early Tuesday morning, Park Police officers and SWAT members served a search warrant at Sanders Sr.’s apartment in the 5300 block of C Street. Police say when they were denied entry, they used a sledgehammer. Once inside, authorities found Sanders Sr. in the hallway. Upon searching the apartment, court documents show that authorities discovered more than 120 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of crack cocaine, half a gram of heroin, more than $2,000 in cash and drug dealing paraphernalia.

7am – D         New Dietary Guidelines Could Put Whole Milk Back on the Menu. (ABC News) — New dietary guidelines expected this winter have many wondering if new research will lead to changes in recommendations on saturated fats, especially for those looking to switch from low-fat milk to whole milk. The possible changes have already grabbed headlines, with the Washington Post examining how the government previously steered people to switch from whole milk to low-fat dairy options, and questioning the health effects of a low-fat diet. Americans currently are advised to avoid diets high in saturated fats and to “replace higher fat milk and milk products with lower fat options,” according to current federal guidelines. However, research in recent years has pointed out that as people decreased eating saturated fats, they turned to carbs and sugars to replace their calories. Should the guidelines change so that whole fat milk is recommended, it would join other recent major changes in diet advice, including recommendations on most high-cholesterol foods. These changes can be frustrating to people trying to follow the most current advice on how to eat healthy, but experts noted that overall diet recommendations have remained stable.

7am – E         INTERVIEW — Sarah Perreault – EDITOR OF FARMER’S ALMANAC

• The 2016 edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac is finally here!
• The sometimes reliable Farmer’s Almanac warns of a repeat of an icy winter

8am – A         INTERVIEW – ROBERT COSTA — national political reporter at The Washington Post

• Preview the House GOP’s party vote for speaker
• House conservatives look to block McCarthy’s rise to speaker
• McCarthy Endorsements: Dick Cheney endorses Kevin McCarthy for House speaker. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich wrote in Washington Times an op-ed for “Kevin McCarthy for House speaker”
• Robert Costa ‏@costareports 23h23 hours ago: Trump told us that he’s producing TV ads and making more hires. But his unfiltered style? That won’t change.

8am – B         Entertainment News:

• Rick Moranis turned down a ‘Ghostbusters’ cameo, because it made ‘no sense.’ (USA Today) — It’s true: Rick Moranis is one of the few original Ghostbusters actors who’s not making a cameo in the female-driven reboot next summer. A bummer, we know. But wait, does he have a reason for skipping the reunion? Here’s what Moranis told The Hollywood Reporter.    “I hope (the movie is) terrific. But it just makes no sense to me. Why would I do just one day of shooting on something I did 30 years ago?” Now, that doesn’t mean Moranis has retired from acting– though he did several years off after his wife died– he’s actually open to new projects, he told THR. “… as soon as one comes along that piques my interest, I’ll probably do it. [But Ghostbusters] didn’t appeal to me.”
• Daniel Craig says he’d sooner slash his wrists than do another James Bond movie. There’s been endless headlines speculating about who could play the next James Bond, and now the current famous superspy has stepped forward with his thoughts on the role. Daniel Craig spoke candidly about the role and its future in a new interview with TimeOut. “Look, I don’t give a f—. Good luck to them,” Craig said when asked if he cared who played Bond next. “All I care about is that if I stop doing these things we’ve left it in a good place and people pick it up and make it better.” Right now, the blue-eyed Bond, who appears next in “Spectre,” can’t fathom doing another 007 film. “Now? I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists,” Craig said. “No, not at the moment. Not at all. That’s fine. I’m over it at the moment. We’re done. All I want to do is move on.”
• Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Seeking $45 Million for Home After Divorce. We hear from Platinum Triangle real estate uber-insider Peter Propertyseller that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have quietly — and not surprisingly, given their impending divorce — engaged the services of one of L.A.’s top brokers to surreptitiously shop their Hollywood-pedigreed compound in Pacific Palisades, with an asking price somewhere in the neighborhood of $45 million.

8am – C         Sports News:

• Cubs, Pirates skirmish after Jake Arrieta HBP; Sean Rodriguez ejected. (ESPN) — PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates struggled to get a hit off Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arrieta. Hitting Arrieta proved to be far easier. Pirates reliever Tony Watson drilled Arrieta on the left side with a fastball in the top of the seventh inning during Wednesday night’s National League wild-card game. Arrieta and Watson exchanged words near home plate, and the bullpens and benches briefly emptied onto the field. The teams gathered around each other along the first-base line, but it appeared to be mostly pushing and shoving. Watson was issued a warning. Pittsburgh utility player Sean Rodriguez, who already had been pulled, was ejected. Rodriguez took his frustration out on a water cooler in the Pirates’ dugout, landing a couple of good blows in anger. The Cubs were leading 4-0 at the time of the dustup, and the score held up, with Arrieta pitching a shutout. It was the first complete-game shutout for the Cubs in the postseason since Claude Passeau tossed a one-hitter in the 1945 World Series against Detroit.
• Hockey Season is Back: Upcoming Caps games: Sat Oct 10, 2015            Devils vs Capitals 7:00 PM      CSN-DC        /       Tue Oct 13, 2015 Sharks vs Capitals 7:00 PM           CSN-DC

8am – D         Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Nominees: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame may finally surrender to Cheap Trick, nominated for the first time for induction in 2016. Eligible since 2002, the I Want You to Want Me rockers join other first-ever nominees including Chicago, R&B veteran Janet Jackson, new wave rockers The Cars and Mexican-American group Los Lobos.