Daily Caller White House correspondent Saagar Enjeti, Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, and General Jack Keane joined WMAL on Tuesday!

Mornings on the Mall

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Hosts: Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

 

5am – A/B/C WH: Trump exploring taking away security clearances of Brennan, Comey, Hayden, Rice, McCabe (CBS News) – White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that President Trump is “exploring” taking away the security clearances of a variety of former intelligence chiefs in light of their comments on the president’s claims on Russian interference, claiming officials are “politicizing” government agencies and “monetizing” their political offices.

5am – D/E The Great Indoors: Today’s Screen-Hungry Kids Have Little Interest In Being Outside (StudyFinds.org) – Researchers at Decathlon, a sports retailer in the United Kingdom, recently surveyed more than 2,000 British parents and children, hoping to learn more about the recreational attitudes of society’s youngest generation. The researchers’ findings shed light on a number of phenomena.  Today’s children and teens, the survey found, prefer a whole host of activities over playing in the mud. These activities include gaming, watching TV, surfing the web, and listening to music. Believe it or not, some adolescents even preferred doing homework (10 percent) and completing chores (three percent) over enjoying the wilderness.

6am – A/B/C WH: Trump exploring taking away security clearances of Brennan, Comey, Hayden, Rice, McCabe (CBS News) – White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that President Trump is “exploring” taking away the security clearances of a variety of former intelligence chiefs in light of their comments on the president’s claims on Russian interference, claiming officials are “politicizing” government agencies and “monetizing” their political offices.           

6am – D/E GOP lawmaker urged to resign after yelling N-word and exposing himself on Sacha Baron Cohen’s show (People) – After footage aired of Jason Spencer, a Republican state representative in Georgia, screaming a racial slur and pulling down his pants on Sacha Baron Cohen’s show, politicians are calling for his resignation, The Hill reports.  On Sunday night’s episode of Cohen’s satirical Showtime series, Who Is America?, Spencer also reportedly mocked Chinese people and stabbed a mannequin wearing a hijab — all while Cohen, in disguise as an anti-terror export, pretended to train the state lawmaker to confront terrorists.        

6am – F Iran shoots back at Trump: ‘color us unimpressed’ (CNN) – Iran has shot back at US President Donald Trump, dismissing his all-caps Twitter warning that the country would suffer consequences if it continued to threaten the US, saying it was unimpressed by the late-night tweet.  “COLOR US UNIMPRESSED,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted Monday night, employing Trump’s penchant to use all capital letters in his tweets.

7am – A INTERVIEW – Saagar Enjeti – White House Correspondent, Daily Caller – discussed latest White House news surrounding security clearances and Iran     

7am – B Controversy erupts over sample lawn moving company business card (CBS 11 Dallas) – A North Texas lawn mowing company has come under fire, after an old, sample business card resurfaced. The controversial message has angered some people.  Jeff Hinkle is the owner of MowMasters lawn mowing service. He says the card in question was a sample card from three years ago.  Fonzie Guzman saw the card on social media.  “I was upset at first, but once I broke it down, I thought, I feel bad for this guy,” says Guzman.  It says “American owned. Your alternative to illegal lawn services” and “Taking back Carrollton – one lawn at a time.”

7am – C Woman, 46, is impaled in the CHEST by beach umbrella in Maryland – just one week after a similar incident in New Jersey (Daily Mail) – A woman visiting a Maryland beach on Sunday was accidentally impaled in the chest by a beach umbrella, making it the second incident of its kind in a week.  Ocean City spokeswoman Jessica Waters said it happened shortly after 3pm on the beach near 54th Street in the Maryland resort town.  According to Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin, a gust of wind yanked an unattended rental umbrella from the sand and then drove its sharp tip into the victim’s chest.

7am – D INTERVIEW – Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer – best-selling author of ‘Operation Dark Heart’ – discussed security clearances and Iran tweet       

7am – E Nude man caught working out at Planet Fitness thought it was ‘judgement-free zone,’ police say (Fox News) – A man who was caught naked in a Planet Fitness thought he’d get away with it because the gym considers itself a “judgement-free zone,” officials said.  Eric Stagno, 34, of Massachusetts, was arrested on Sunday at a gym in Plaistow, New Hampshire, after gymgoers allegedly caught him exercising in the nude, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.

8am – A INTERVIEW – Gen. Jack Keane – retired 4 star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army – discussed security clearances and Iran tweet 

8am – B Stormy Daniels’ husband files for divorce, cites adultery (Washington Times) – Stormy Daniels‘ husband has filed for divorce, claiming adultery.  Glendon Miller Crain married Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, in 2015 outside of Dallas, Texas.  Mr. Crain is hoping to keep their seven-year-old daughter from going on tour with Ms. Daniels, who is dancing at night clubs across the country following her accusations she had an affair with President Trump more than a decade ago, according to KHOU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston, Texas.

8am – C PICTURED: Hillary and Bill’s intimate dinner with Harvey Weinstein weeks after her election loss – showing just how close the Clintons were to the ‘serial rapist’ movie mogul (Daily Mail) – Photos of Hillary Clinton having dinner with longtime pal Harvey Weinstein weeks after her election loss have emerged.  The Clintons were reported to have dined with the disgraced film producer, his wife Georgina Chapman and lawyer David Boies at Rao’s in Harlem, five weeks after Trump was elected president.  Details of their dinner were revealed in a New York Time’s article on Weinstein last year, two months after he was accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in a damning exposé.

8am – D Swimmer Ryan Lochte suspended until July 2019 after posting an incriminating photo of himself receiving an IV drip in violation of US Anti-Doping Agency rules (Daily Mail) – U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte has been suspended for 14 months after he posted a picture of himself on social media in May receiving an intravenous injection of vitamins, which is a method typically banned under anti-doping rules.  The 12-time Olympic medalist cannot compete again until July of 2019, and will miss the national championships that start this week in California. Lochte will also be ineligible for other top meets, including the Pan Pacific Championships later this year and next year’s world championships.

8am – E R Kelly drops 19-minutes song ‘I admit’ addressing ‘pedophile’ and ‘sex slave’ accusations (The Wrap) – R. Kelly might want to get some fresh legal advice. The R&B singer released 19-minute track “I Admit” on Monday — the song, which includes chorus “I admit it/I did it,” covers the accusations that Kelly kidnapped women and held them as sex slaves and that he slept with underage girls.  “Today is the day you’ve been waiting for,” Kelly wrote on Instagram, directing followers to the same SoundCloud link you can find towards the bottom of this post.