Trevor Matich, Jake Tapper, Bret Baier and Jessie Jane Duff joined WMAL on Friday!
Mornings on the Mall
Friday, October 9, 2015
Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor
Executive Producer: Heather Smith
5am – A/B/C House e Speaker Race: Who Should Get It: Newt, Paul Ryan, Chaffetz?
- Kevin McCarthy drops out of House speaker race
- John Boehner says he’ll stay until replacement is chosen
- Under speaker pressure, signs pointing to a reluctant Paul Ryan
- Gingrich says he’d consider interim speakership. During an interview with radio host Sean Hannity Thursday, the former speaker told the host that while he isn’t pining to retake the position he vacated in 1999, he would not be opposed to serving as interim speaker if he had the 218 votes necessary.
5am – D IRAN DEAL ILLEGAL? JAMES ROSEN EXCLUSIVE: U.S. officials conclude Iran deal violates federal law. (Fox News/James Rosen) – Some senior U.S. officials involved in the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal have privately concluded that a key sanctions relief provision – a concession to Iran that will open the doors to tens of billions of dollars in U.S.-backed commerce with the Islamic regime – conflicts with existing federal statutes and cannot be implemented without violating those laws, Fox News has learned. At issue is a passage tucked away in ancillary paperwork attached to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, as the Iran nuclear deal is formally known. Specifically, Section 5.1.2 of Annex II provides that in exchange for Iranian compliance with the terms of the deal, the U.S. “shall…license non-U.S. entities that are owned or controlled by a U.S. person to engage in activities with Iran that are consistent with this JCPOA.” In short, this means that foreign subsidiaries of U.S. parent companies will, under certain conditions, be allowed to do business with Iran. The problem is that the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA), signed into law by President Obama in August 2012, was explicit in closing the so-called “foreign sub” loophole.
5am – E McCarthy-Ellmers:
- Did Someone At DHS Edit The Wikipedia Pages Of Kevin McCarthy And Renee Ellmers?
- Did rumors of love affair between Kevin McCarthy and a married congresswoman torpedo his elevation to House speaker?
6am – A/B/C Tying up a dog for more than an hour may become an offense in Fairfax County. Dogs Tied Up For More Than an Hour May Become a County Offense. How long is too long to leave a dog tied up in the yard? That is what the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors wants to know in preparation for voting on a proposed amendment to the Fairfax County Code. The Board of Supervisors has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, Oct. 20, to consider a proposal prohibit tethering of dogs outdoors for more than one hour cumulatively during any 24-hour period. The amendment, if approved, will also incorporate into county code the Code of Virginia’s cruelty to animals provisions, which address the definitions and penalties for neglect, cruelty and abandonment of companion animals, the county said. County officials said in a release the dog-tethering proposal is modeled after the City of Richmond’s tethering ordinance, determined to be the best fit based on a survey of jurisdictions across Virginia.
6am – D/E Gingrich says he’d consider interim speakership. During an interview with radio host Sean Hannity Thursday, the former speaker told the host that while he isn’t pining to retake the position he vacated in 1999, he would not be opposed to serving as interim speaker if he had the 218 votes necessary.
7am – A INTERVIEW – TREVOR MATICH — Redskins elite long snapper and WMAL’s Redskins analyst
** PREVIEW: Washington Redskins vs Atlanta Falcons
Sunday, October 11, 1:00 PM on FOX
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
- Washington Post: Redskins may lack both top cornerbacks for clash against Atlanta’s potent offense
- ESPN: Redskins’ top challenge: Keeping track of Falcons WR Julio Jones
7am – B/C Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive authority. (Washington Post) – In response to the latest mass shooting during his presidency, President Obama is seriously considering circumventing Congress with his executive authority and imposing new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers. Under the proposed rule change, dealers who exceed a certain number of sales each year would be required to obtain a license from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and perform background checks on potential buyers. As the president heads to Roseburg, Ore., on Friday to comfort the survivors and families of those killed in last week’s mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, the political calculus around his most vexing domestic policy issue is shifting once again.
7am – D/E House e Speaker Race: Who Should Get It: Newt, Paul Ryan, Chaffetz?
- Kevin McCarthy drops out of House speaker race
- John Boehner says he’ll stay until replacement is chosen
- Under speaker pressure, signs pointing to a reluctant Paul Ryan
- Gingrich says he’d consider interim speakership. During an interview with radio host Sean Hannity Thursday, the former speaker told the host that while he isn’t pining to retake the position he vacated in 1999, he would not be opposed to serving as interim speaker if he had the 218 votes necessary.
8am – A INTERVIEW – JAKE TAPPER – host of State of the Union and The Lead on CNN
- Dana Bush hosting State of the Union this weekend
- Anderson Cooper moderating Tuesday’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas
- Kevin McCarthy drops out of House speaker race
8am – B U.S. transportation secretary rejects NTSB proposal to shift Metro oversight. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday rejected a proposal by the nation’s top safety board that would have beefed up federal oversight of Metrorail, subjecting the failure-prone subway system to stricter safety regulations and tougher sanctions for violations. In an “urgent” recommendation last week, Christopher A. Hart, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the Federal Transit Administration’s system for monitoring subway safety nationwide has been ineffective in Metro’s case. Hart urged Foxx to shift oversight of Metro from the FTA to the Federal Railroad Administration, a bigger agency with greater enforcement authority. But Foxx said no. The Transportation Department “does not believe that the NTSB recommendation is either the wisest or fastest way to bring about the necessary safety improvements” at Metro, said Foxx spokeswoman Suzanne Emmerling. “While we have made similar findings of oversight and management deficiency in recent inspections and audits, we disagree with their recommendation,” she said in an e-mail. Rather than transfer Metro oversight from one agency to another within the department, Foxx has a different plan, Emmerling said. She said the plan would focus on reforms to strengthen state oversight of Metro.
Metro Report Points to Pattern of Rising Rates, Falling Ridership. WASHINGTON — Some are saying Metro has entered the “death spiral” predicted by former general manager Richard White more than a decade ago. A report being presented to Metro’s board this week shows ridership is down five percent over the past five years, and revenue has increased only because of regular fare hikes. Since 2004, fares for bus, rail, and parking have all increased steadily. Maximum rail fare has increased from from $3.90 to $5.90 (51 percent) and the max daily parking rate has increased from $4 to $5.10 (28 percent). The report points to challenges such as increased opportunities for employees to telecommute, more bike and car sharing services, a reduction in the federal transit benefit, low gas prices and the concerns of Metro customers about quality and reliability. Metro is currently examining strategies to increase revenues without a broad-based fare increase.
8am – C What’s in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot. (Krebs) The next time you’re thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information, and the codes printed on airline boarding passes may allow someone to discover more about you, your future travel plans, and your frequent flyer account. Earlier this year, I heard from a longtime KrebsOnSecurity reader named Cory who said he began to get curious about the data stored inside a boarding pass barcode after a friend put a picture of his boarding pass up on Facebook. Cory took a screen shot of the boarding pass, enlarged it, and quickly found a site online that could read the data. “I found a website that could decode the data and instantly had lots of info about his trip,” Cory said, showing this author step-by-step exactly how he was able to find this information. ‘ “Besides his name, frequent flyer number and other [personally identifiable information], I was able to get his record locator (a.k.a. “record key” for the Lufthansa flight he was taking that day,” Cory said. “I then proceeded to Lufthansa’s website and using his last name (which was encoded in the barcode) and the record locator was able to get access to his entire account. Not only could I see this one flight, but I could see ANY future flights that were booked to his frequent flyer number from the Star Alliance.” The access granted by Lufthansa’s site also included his friend’s phone number, and the name of the person who booked the flight. More worrisome, Cory now had the ability to view all future flights tied to that frequent flyer account, change seats for the ticketed passengers, and even cancel any future flights.
8am – D INTERVIEW – BRET BAIER – Anchor for Special Report, Fox News Channel, weekdays at 6 pm
- Kevin McCarthy drops out of House speaker race
- IRAN DEAL ILLEGAL? JAMES ROSEN EXCLUSIVE: U.S. officials conclude Iran deal violates federal law
