Joe diGenova, Amb. John Bolton, Secret Service officer Gary Byrne and Jake Tapper joined WMAL on Thursday!

Mornings on the Mall

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Hosts: Larry O’Connor and Jessie Jane Duff

 

5am – A/B/C   Why Did Bill Clinton And Loretta Lynch Meet On Her Airplane In Phoenix This Week? Attorney General Loretta Lynch met with former President Bill Clinton for a half-hour on her government airplane at the Phoenix airport on Tuesday, an Arizona news station is reporting.

5am – D         Jake Tapper: Trump Is Living Rent Free In Obama’s Head. During a news conference in Canada Wednesday, President Barack Obama couldn’t help but slam the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump without mentioning him by name. In recapping the lengthy press conference, CNN host Jake Tapper was stunned by President Obama’s prolific rants about Trump.

5am – E         DC Police: “We will have an enhanced security presence” over the holiday weekend. Security concerns for July 4th celebration. WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — The Fourth of July weekend has yet to officially begin, but festivities are already under way in our nation’s capital – and for some that means thinking about security. “I hadn’t noticed any today,” one tourist said, as they looked out over the mall. “So hopefully things will be okay.” For some, the fun that comes with the holiday weekend is clouded by the terror attack in Turkey, and the warnings that followed. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department told WUSA9 they have “made preparations across the city and will have an enhanced security presence” over the weekend.

6am – A/B/C Marine Corps Renaming 19 Jobs to Meet Gender Neutral Directive. Sometime in the next few days, 19 occupational specialties within the Marine Corps are going to get renamed to meet the directive sent from the Navy secretary that all jobs titles become gender neutral, the Marine Corps Times reported. They’re taking the “man” out of the Corps. “As we achieve full integration of the force … this is an opportunity to update the position titles and descriptions themselves to demonstrate through this language that women are included in these (Military Occupational Specialties),” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus wrote in a January order, the Washington Times reported. “Please review the position titles throughout the Marine Corps and ensure that they are gender-integrated as well, removing ‘man’ from the titles.” Iconic job titles “rifleman” and “mortarman” will remain, but here are a few of the 19 titles that are changing, according to the Marine Corps Times; “man” will be replaced by “Marine.”

6am – D         INTERVIEW — JOE DIGENOVA – legal analyst and former U.S. Attorney to the District of Columbia

• Why Did Bill Clinton And Loretta Lynch Meet On Her Airplane In Phoenix This Week?

6am – E         CRITTER NEWS: Authorities have rounded up three sheep found wondering through downtown Frederick, Md.  FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Authorities have rounded up three sheep found wondering through downtown Frederick. The Frederick News-Post reports police records show that the animals were first spotted Monday night. Officials arrived at the scene, where one of the three wooly wanderers was captured. The other two remained on the loose. The next morning, authorities were called to the city parking garage, where witnesses saw the animals inside. However, by the time officers arrived, the sheep had fled again. After chasing the animals all over the city, Sgt. David Luckenbaugh, a county animal control supervisor, says they were finally captured in a creek.

 

7am – A         INTERVIEW — AMB. JOHN BOLTON – Former Ambassador to the UN – discussed the Turkish airport attack, CIA director Brennan’s warnings about ISIS, Benghazi report and the Brexit vote.

7am – B         Jake Tapper: Trump Is Living Rent Free In Obama’s Head. During a news conference in Canada Wednesday, President Barack Obama couldn’t help but slam the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump without mentioning him by name. In recapping the lengthy press conference, CNN host Jake Tapper was stunned by President Obama’s prolific rants about Trump.

7am – C         Crystal Pepsi Is Returning to Store Shelves. PepsiCo tries to tap into ’90s nostalgia by bringing back colorless cola. It is the latest bid by the No. 2 soda player behind Coca-Cola Co. to win back consumers. PepsiCo’s U.S. soda sales fell 2% in the 52 weeks ended June 18, worse than the 0.6% decline industrywide, according to Wells Fargo, citing Nielsen store-scanner data. PepsiCo hoped Crystal Pepsi would quickly become a $1 billion brand. The new brand was featured in a 1993 Super Bowl commercial, carrying the tagline, “You’ve never seen a taste like this’’ to Van Halen’s hit song “Right Now.” But Crystal Pepsi’s share of the U.S. soda market peaked at 0.5% in 1993, far below the company’s initial 2% goal, and sales had evaporated by 1995, according to data service Beverage Digest. Some drinkers complained that it didn’t taste enough like regular Pepsi.

7am – D/E     Why Did Bill Clinton And Loretta Lynch Meet On Her Airplane In Phoenix This Week? Attorney General Loretta Lynch met with former President Bill Clinton for a half-hour on her government airplane at the Phoenix airport on Tuesday, an Arizona news station is reporting. The unannounced meeting, which comes as Lynch’s Justice Department is investigating the handling of classified information on Hillary Clinton’s private email server, came to light only when Phoenix’s ABC15 TV station asked Lynch about it during a press conference. The Obama appointee told the TV station that she and Clinton did not discuss the investigation or any other government business. Instead, she says they talked about Clinton’s grandchildren and golf.

8am – A/B/C INTERVIEW — GARY BYRNE –Former Secret Service Uniformed Officer and author of new book “CRISIS OF CHARACTER”

• Posted directly outside President Clinton’s Oval Office, Former Secret Service uniformed officer Gary Byrne reveals what he observed of Hillary Clinton’s character and the culture inside the White House while protecting the First Family in CRISIS OF CHARACTER, the most anticipated book of the 2016 election.
• BOOK SIGNING TONIGHT at BARNES & NOBLE in Tysons Corner at 7 pm
• SECRET SERVICE OFFICER HOLDS BOOK SIGNING FOR BOMBSHELL BOOK, CHALLENGING HILLARY CLINTON’S TEMPERAMENT. Decorated White House Secret Service Veteran Offers Eyewitness Account of Obscenity-filled Rages and Violent Behavior; Claims Officers Concerned about President’s Physical Safety. WASHINGTON D.C. – A veteran Secret Service officer in the Clinton White House takes his first stop of his nationwide book tour to Barnes & Noble in McLean, Virginia, on Thursday evening. Crisis of Character has become the bestselling nonfiction book in the nation and has received nationwide media attention.

8am – D         INTEVRIEW — JAKE TAPPER – host of The Lead and State of the Union at CNN

• Jake Tapper: Trump Is Living Rent Free In Obama’s Head. During a news conference in Canada Wednesday, President Barack Obama couldn’t help but slam the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump without mentioning him by name. In recapping the lengthy press conference, CNN host Jake Tapper was stunned by President Obama’s prolific rants about Trump. “It is one of the grandest ironies that a giant real estate developer in New York is currently living rent free in President Obama’s head,” Tapper said on his Wednesday show. “Whatever the topic is, President Obama is eager go after the presumptive presidential nominee whether or not the topic is ISIS after the Orlando shootings, or if the topic is trade, or in this case, the question was about clean energy and President Obama wanted to give a lesson as to what populism truly is.”

8am – E         Social Media Day:

• Mashable launched Social Media Day in 2010 as a way to recognize and celebrate social media’s impact on global communication. While every day is essentially Social Media Day, June 30th, 2016 marks the seventh-annual official global celebration
• Facebook to Give Friends’ Posts More Weight. Company further pulls back curtain on its inner workings as it announces changes. Facebook changes mean you’ll see even more friends’ posts. SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s latest News Feed update could be bad for online publishers — and good news for users who want more cute cat and baby photos. Facebook announced Wednesday it is limiting the amount of content from Pages, or the public profile created for brands, celebrities and media publishers a user follows. The News Feed will feature more posts from friends and family instead of posts from news companies.