Ray Stagich, Janice Dean, former Scalia clerk Christopher Landau, Susan Ferrechio, Tucker Barnes, VDOT’s Ellen Kamilakis and Larry Kudlow joined Tuesday’s show.
Mornings on the Mall
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor
Executive Producer: Heather Hunter
5am – A/B/C Brian and Larry discussed the passing of Justice Scalia and the looming showdown. / JAMEE WHITTEN on roads
5am – D INTERVIEW – RAY STAGICH – Meteorologist, The Weather Channel – previewed the snow conditions in DC for Monday.
5am – E Highlights of the Grammy Awards
6am – A/B/C Jeb Bush, With Assist From George, Goes After Donald Trump.Donald Trump doubles down on George W. Bush 9/11 blame.
6am – D Kentucky bill would require men to get wife’s permission before obtaining Viagra prescription. A Kentucky lawmaker has put forward a bill that would require men to visit a doctor at least twice and obtain a signed permission slip from their wives before they could obtain a prescription for the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.
State Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, a Democrat, acknowledged to the Louisville Courier-Journal that the bill has no chance of passing. However, she said the bill was a response to several anti-abortion measures, including a recently ratified law that requires a woman seeking an abortion to get counseling at least 24 hours in advance from a health professional.
6am – E INTERVIEW – JANICE DEAN “THE WEATHER MACHINE” – Fox News senior meteorologist and author of “Freddy the Frogcaster and the Big Blizzard” — previewed the snow forecast for Tuesday.
7am – A INTERVIEW — CHRISTOPHER LANDAU – clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
- BIO: Christopher Landau is the head of the Firm’s Appellate Litigation Practice, based in the Washington office. He has handled appeals involving a wide range of subject matters in courts all across the country, including the United States Supreme Court, every one of the federal courts of appeals, and many state appellate courts. Chris served twice as a law clerk at the United States Supreme Court, first to Justice Antonin Scalia (1990-91) and then to Justice Clarence Thomas (1991-92).
- Tragic passing of Justice Scalia and Scalia’s legacy on the Court
7am – B INTERVIEW – JAMEE WHITTEN – WMAL’s Traffic Reporter
7am – C Hillary Clinton barks like a dog to slam Republicans. Reno, Nevada (CNN) – Hillary Clinton’s stump speech has gone to the dogs. Not really. But Clinton told a colorful story on Monday in Reno that ended with the former secretary of state barking like a dog. Clinton was in the middle of a riff about how, in her view, Republicans say things that are not true, when she remembered a radio ad that she said ran in rural Arkansas while her husband, Bill Clinton, was running for office.
7am – D Highlights of the Grammy Awards
7am – E INTERVIEW — TUCKER BARNES – Fox 5 meteorologist – analyzed the weather forecast.
8am – A INTERVIEW — SUSAN FERRECHIO – Chief Congressional Correspondent for the Washington Examiner – discussed the looming showdown in Congress over the Supreme Court.
8am – B INTERVIEW — ELLEN KAMILAKIS – Spokesperson, Virginia Dept of Transportation (VDOT) – discussed the conditions of the roads in Virginia.
8am – C KANYE NEWS:
- Kanye West addresses $53M debt during post-Grammy’s tweet storm slamming those who used money woes ‘against him’. Kanye West lashed out at a nameless oppressor in his latest Twitter rant, before tweeting a love letter to Adidas for giving the hip-hop star his big fashion break. The 38-year-old artist claims someone used his alleged debt of $53 million as leverage during business dealings, on which he did not elaborate. “For the past 3 years people who knew about the debt tried to use it against me in negotiations,” he wrote during an early Tuesday tirade fearing the debt could have broken up his family. “You can’t control me or use the debt against me no more.”
- KANYE WEST @kanyewest: I wanted the world to know my struggle… 2:58 AM – 16 Feb 2016
- Kanye West Tells ‘White Publications’ to Stop Commenting About Black Music. Another rant in the books. Kanye West told white publications to stop writing about black music, and explained why via Twitter on Monday, February 15. “To Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, New York Times, and any other white publication. Please do not comment on black music anymore,” West, 38, tweeted to his more than 18 million followers. “I love love love white people but you don’t understand what it means to be the great grandson of ex slaves and make it this far.”
8am – D INTERVIEW — LARRY KUDLOW – CNBC Senior Contributor and host of The Larry Kudlow Show on WMAL Saturdays at 7 pm
- Thoughts on the state of play of South Carolina… The Jeb vs Trump fight
8am – E INTERVIEW – JANICE DEAN “THE WEATHER MACHINE” – Fox News senior meteorologist and author of “Freddy the Frogcaster and the Big Blizzard” — previewed the snow forecast for Tuesday.
