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Mornings on the Mall

Tuesday June 6, 2017

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

5am – A/B Should Air traffic Control be Privatized? Trump promises ‘cheaper, faster and safer travel’ with private air traffic control (CNN) President Trump announced plans Monday to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system, arguing that it is the best way to modernize the system. “We live in a modern age, but our air traffic control system is stuck, painfully, in the past,” he said at a White House event attended by current and former transportation department officials. “Americans can look forward to cheaper, faster and safer travel.” He argued that moving the system to a private non-profit corporation will help speed up the shift from using land-based radar to using more precise GPS tools. Trump and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said the change would also reduce costs and fuel consumption for airlines.

5am – C          DHS Officers Humiliate Judges by Enforcing Immigration Laws, Declares Judge Judges are humiliated and dehumanized whenever they must enforce the nation’s immigration laws, according to a senior judge on the far-left Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The judge’s cry of outrage came when he could not block the orderly repatriation of an illegal immigrant who has two drunk driving convictions, plus a U.S. wife and three children. “We are unable to prevent [Andres] Magana Ortiz’s removal, yet it is contrary to the values of this nation and its legal system,” complained Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who wishes to extend citizens’ rights to illegal foreign migrants

5am – D Accused NSA leaker Reality Leigh Winner left easily followed trail, FBI says (USA Today) The investigation that led to the arrest of a federal contractor on charges of leaking classified material that was published by The Intercept website apparently was not the stuff of big-budget Hollywood spy films. The affidavit filed Monday against Reality Leigh Winner, 25, states that federal authorities contacted the FBI on Thursday and said a “News Outlet” had reached out two days earlier relating to an upcoming story. The Intercept, which published its story Monday, apparently provided authorities with a copy of a top-secret NSA document discussing details of alleged Russian interference in U.S. elections. Officials quickly determined the information was classified.

5am– E   Think You Know What Trump Will Tweet During The Comey Hearing? You Can Bet On It (Daily Caller)
Donald Trump tweets like no president before him — so much so that online gambling sites are taking bets on what he will tweet when former FBI director James Comey goes before the senate on Thursday. Online gambling site betonline.ag is setting odds for how many times certain words will come up in the almost inevitable tweet storm posted by Trump’s @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS accounts on the day of the hearing. As of now, the words listed are: Comey, fake, dishonest and believe me. Each word has an over and under option for how many times the word will come up with corresponding odds established for each wager. The odds are listed in typical American style lines which show how much you stand to win if you place a $100 bet. For example the over/under for times that Trump will tweet the word “Comey” on Thursday is set at 2 times. If you bet that he tweets “Comey” over two times your odds are +135, so if you bet $100 and it hits, you would win back your initial wager plus $135 more. If you bet that Trump tweets “Comey” under two times, your odds are -155. So if you bet $100 and it hits, you would win just $64.52. The over/under for how many times Trump will tweet the word “fake” is set at 2.5 times. If you take the over you will receive +140 odds. If you take the under, you have it at -160. The word “dishonest” is set at over/under 1.5 with +170 odds for the over and -200 odds for the under. And finally, the amount of times Trump tweets the words “believe me” is set at over/under 0.5 times with +155 for over and -175 for the under. For some, odds are easier explained with a betting odds calculator. But if you’re feeling confident on how the president will react to Comey’s hearing you might as well have some fun with it.

6am – A/B/C Do you check your child’s social media? Harvard Revokes Acceptances for 10 Students Who Posted Provocative Images, Memes on Facebook (HeatStreet)  Harvard University has reversed its decision to offer places at the college for at least 10 prospective students of the Class of 2021 after they posted controversial memes on social media. A number of the students, who already had accepted spots in the freshman class at Harvard, confessed to creating a Facebook group for the incoming students that was at one point named “Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens.” That’s what led Harvard to withdraw the offers, The Harvard Crimson reported.

6am – D INTERVIEW – KERRI KUPEC – Legal counsel and Communications director of ADF 

TOPIC: Family farm banned from farmer’s market for not allowing same sex marriage on their farm. 

• For the past seven years, Steve Tennes and his family have sold their produce at the farmer’s market owned by the city of East Lansing.
• But this year — city officials told the devout Catholic family that their blueberries and sweet corn were not welcome at the farmer’s market. And neither were they.

6am – E Catholic Farmers Banned from Market for Their Religious Beliefs Last year, someone posted a message on Country Mill’s Facebook page inquiring about whether they hosted same-sex weddings at the farm.Tennes told the individual they did not permit same-sex marriages on the farm because of the family’s Catholic belief that marriage is a sacramental union between one man and one woman. City officials later discovered the Facebook posting and began immediate action to remove Country Mill from the farmer’s market, alleging the family had violated the city’s discrimination ordinance.

6am – F  Comedian Ben Bailey is returning to host Discovery’s revamped Cash Cab The Silver Spring-based company said in a press release that Bailey will be accompanied by famous celebrities each episode as he surprises New York taxi riders with trivia questions. Bailey has won four Daytime Emmy Awards for hosting the show. Bailey said in the release, “Holy #%$&!! Cash Cab is back!!! HUGE thanks to all the fans who pushed for the show (and for me) to come back! Never before has a comedian been so happy to go back to driving a cab. OMG I think I left the meter running!”

7am – A INTERVIEW – DR MICHAEL MAKOVSKY – former Pentagon official who is now the president of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.

TOPIC : Should we pull out of Qatar? Qatar is home to one of the biggest U.S. Bases 

7am – B D.C. and Virginia leaders pledge to honor Paris climate pact The District and Virginia have joined a growing number of cities and states whose leaders are vowing to uphold the goals of the Paris climate agreement, despite President Trump’s announcement last week that the United States will withdraw from the accord.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) signed an order Monday affirming the city’s commitment to the global environmental pact. She was among more than 200 mayors who last week signed a pledge to “adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments” in the agreement.

Also on Monday, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced that Virginia would join the U.S. Climate Alliance, a group of more than a dozen states — including California, Massachusetts and New York — trying to achieve the goals of the Paris accord despite the federal government’s lack of cooperation.

7am  – C  ESPN bringing Hank Williams Jr. back to Monday Night Football ESPN is bringing Hank Williams Jr. — and all his rowdy friends — back into the Monday Night Football fold, six years after the sports network parted ways with the brash country rocker following controversial remarks involving then-President Barack Obama.

Williams’ new version of “All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night,” with his trademark opening: “Are you ready for some football?” will debut before a Sept. 11 game between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings.

7am – D INTERVIEW – ERIC SCHEIDLER – Executive Director of Pro Life Action League

Topic: Business Is Booming At Planned Parenthood — But Only When It Comes To Abortion

• In 2015, Planned Parenthood took the lives of 328,348 unborn children, an increase of 4,329 over 2014.

7 -E Bernie Sanders Made Nearly A Million On His Book, Financial Disclosures Show (Daily Caller)  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made nearly $1 million in advance for his book, “Our Revolution.” In addition to his lavish book deals, the socialist senator brings in over $200,000 a year, which puts him in the top 4 percent of American in terms of income. Sanders has made a political career out of attacking the wealthy and championing the issues of middle-class Americans.

8am – A  INTERVIEW – JULIET HIZNAY- founder of J.D. Hiznay, PLLC, a private law practice in Arlington, Virginia. She focuses her practice on serving families who are navigating the special education process in public school. 

TOPIC: Drug sniffing dogs in Arlington Public Schools

8am – B North Philadelphia Mother Spends $25,000 On Son’s Prom One camel, two luxury cars, three dates, a total of six custom made outfits, along with food and fun for everyone who attended made Johnny Eden Jr.’s Dubai themed pre-prom block party one fit for a king, and with a 25,000 price tag, you might say it was fit for a sultan.

“At first I was like, it was too much, I don’t really like a lot of attention but it’s worth it,” Johnny Eden Jr. said. “It was epic, man. I had my family out here. That’s all I really cared about is my family being out here. My mom did her thing, she was the real MVP.”

8am – C DR. SEUSS MUSEUM OPENS ITS DOORS From the squiggly, pink handrails outside the entrance to the front hall decorated with scenes from “And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street” – a real street just blocks away – the new Amazing World of Dr. Seuss museum says “You’re off to Great Places!” Walking into to the museum opening to the public Saturday in the author and illustrator’s hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts, is like walking into one of his beloved children’s books.

8am – D Think You Know What Trump Will Tweet During The Comey Hearing? You Can Bet On It (Daily Caller)
Donald Trump tweets like no president before him — so much so that online gambling sites are taking bets on what he will tweet when former FBI director James Comey goes before the senate on Thursday. Online gambling site betonline.ag is setting odds for how many times certain words will come up in the almost inevitable tweet storm posted by Trump’s @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS accounts on the day of the hearing. As of now, the words listed are: Comey, fake, dishonest and believe me. Each word has an over and under option for how many times the word will come up with corresponding odds established for each wager. The odds are listed in typical American style lines which show how much you stand to win if you place a $100 bet. For example the over/under for times that Trump will tweet the word “Comey” on Thursday is set at 2 times. If you bet that he tweets “Comey” over two times your odds are +135, so if you bet $100 and it hits, you would win back your initial wager plus $135 more. If you bet that Trump tweets “Comey” under two times, your odds are -155. So if you bet $100 and it hits, you would win just $64.52. The over/under for how many times Trump will tweet the word “fake” is set at 2.5 times. If you take the over you will receive +140 odds. If you take the under, you have it at -160. The word “dishonest” is set at over/under 1.5 with +170 odds for the over and -200 odds for the under. And finally, the amount of times Trump tweets the words “believe me” is set at over/under 0.5 times with +155 for over and -175 for the under. For some, odds are easier explained with a betting odds calculator. But if you’re feeling confident on how the president will react to Comey’s hearing you might as well have some fun with it.

8am – E  New Record : America arms itself, ‘necessary steps to defend selves’

The spurt in terror attacks, including the recent two in England, are pushing gun sales into record territory just months after predictions that the election of a pro-gun president would end the rush. The FBI just reported that the number of gun sales background checks for May was the highest ever for that month, 1,942,677, a trend that will make 2017 the first or second highest year for gun sales. The continued growth of gun sales is in stark contrast to some in the media and industry who feared that the election of President Trump would snuff out sales that in 2016 were driven in part by concerns Hillary Clinton would win and implement strict gun control and an assault weapons ban. But 2017’s high sales numbers has show that there is more than politics involved when people consider buying a weapon, especially in the new era of street terrorism like that seen in London and Manchester recently.