John Lott, Amanda Carpenter, Bill Kristol, Larry Kudlow & Jamee Witten joined WMAL on Tuesday morning!
Mornings on the Mall
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Hosts: Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor
Executive Producer: Heather Hunter
5am – A/B/C DRIVE AT FIVE INTERVIEW – DELROY BURTON – head of the DC Police Union
- D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier urges public to ‘take down’ active gunman if they can
5am – D State Department issues worldwide travel alert. Washington (CNN) The United States issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans amid concerns that terror groups and individuals plan more attacks after the Paris massacres. The State Department warned that groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram “continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions.” It also warned of the possibility of individuals carrying out their own attacks. “These attacks may employ a wide variety of tactics, using conventional and non-conventional weapons and targeting both official and private interests,” the department said in issuing a travel alert that expires on February 24, 2016. The alert does not instruct Americans to avoid travel, but it does urge U.S. citizens to “exercise vigilance when in public places or using transportation.”
5am – E Paris Attacks: Obama, Hollande to Meet to Discuss War on ISIS. President Barack Obama and French counterpart François Hollande will meet on Tuesday to discuss the means. As his nation reels from attacks that left 130 dead just under two weeks ago, Hollande has been on a mission to boost the coalition that’s aiming to defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
Cameron: U.K. must join anti-ISIL airstrikes in Syria. (USA Today) — The president of France toured the deadliest scene of Paris’ terrorist attacks Monday as British Prime Minister David Cameron called for Britain to join the growing ranks of nations bombing the Islamic State’s home base in Syria. French President Francois Hollande and Cameron visited the Bataclan theater, where an American rock band was performing when terrorists struck, killing 89. In all, 130 people died in a series of attacks that the Islamic State said it carried out Nov. 13. Hollande, who wants a stronger international coalition to combat the extremist group, will visit Washington on Tuesday and will travel to Moscow this week.
Turkey ‘downs Russian warplane on Syria border.’ The Turkish military has reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria. Russia’s defence ministry said an Su-24 had crashed on Syrian territory after being hit by fire from the ground, and that its pilots had managed to eject. But Turkish military officials said Turkish F-16s had shot down the plane after repeatedly warning its pilots they were violating Turkish airspace.
6am – A/B/C Poll: Trump the candidate most likely to ruin your family’s Thanksgiving. (The Hill) — Donald Trump tops a new poll of candidates Americans think are most likely to say something inappropriate during Thanksgiving and ruin the meal. The survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling finds that 46 percent of Americans think Trump would say something to kill the mood surrounding the turkey feasting. Trump’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, comes in second out of the seven candidates listed as options, with 22 percent of Americans saying she would ruin Thanksgiving dinner.
6am – D INTERVIEW – JOHN LOTT- President, Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) and author of the famous book “More Guns, Less Crime”
- Cathy Lanier, D.C. police chief, urges public to ‘take down’ active gunman if they can. “That’s kind of counterintuitive to what cops always tell people, right? We always tell people, ‘Don’t … don’t take action. Call 911. Don’t intervene in the robbery’ … We’ve never told people, ‘Take action.’ It’s a different … scenario,” Chief Lanier said, according to the CBS preview of the interview, the Examiner reported.
6am – E Recommended ways to honor Marion Barry include renaming Ballou HS, Good Hope Rd. — It’s been one year since the death of Marion Barry, and District of Columbia officials are closer to deciding how the former four-term mayor will be commemorated. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced recommendations for how to honor Barry at a reception on Monday evening in southeast Washington. The mayor said the recommendations include: “commissioning a bust or statue in front of the John A. Wilson Building, renaming Good Hope Road, renaming Frank W. Ballou Senior High School in Ward 8 where Barry served as the Councilmember until his passing, and naming the new student center at the University of the District of Columbia.
7am – A/B/C ‘Clock boy’ Ahmed Mohamed’s family seeks $15 million, apologies from Texas city. (CNN) Fifteen million dollars and apologies from the mayor and police chief. That’s what an attorney says the family of Ahmed Mohamed is demanding from city and school officials in Irving, Texas, or they say they’ll file a civil suit. But despite the surge of support for Ahmed, the attorney representing his family says the teen suffered severe psychological trauma and that his “reputation in the global community is permanently scarred.” In two letters sent Monday to attorneys representing the school district and the city, attorney Kelly Hollingsworth says that Ahmed’s civil rights were violated by the way the case was handled.
7am – D INTERVIEW — AMANDA CARPENTER – CNN CONTRIBUTOR and writer at Conservative Review, and Former Communications Director to Senator Ted Cruz
- Rubio battles Cruz for Iowa edge. (Politico) According to the most recent Iowa poll, Cruz has surged to second place here, behind only Donald Trump and with roughly twice as much support as Rubio, who now occupies fourth place.
- FOX News Poll: Trump gains, Carson slips, Cruz and Rubio climb in GOP race. slips, Cruz and Rubio climb in GOP race. GOP front-runner Donald Trump widens his lead in the nomination race, while Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz threaten to overtake Ben Carson for the number two spot.
- Quinnipiac Poll: Ted Cruz gaining on Donald Trump in Iowa. Trump took 25 percent of support, followed by 23 percent who opted for the freshman Texas senator, more than doubling his support in the same poll from October
7am – E Canada to announce plan to resettle 25,000 refugees Tuesday.
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce Tuesday his plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees and he says all 10 of Canada’s provincial premiers support bringing that many in. Trudeau hasn’t backed down from a pledge to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by Dec. 31 despite pushback by some following the deadly attacks in Paris. Details of how the refugees will be brought over and where they will be housed are expected to be announced Tuesday. “Everyone agrees that Canada must do more and must welcome 25,000 refugees,” Trudeau said after meeting with provincial leaders late Monday.
Top Aide to Hillary Says Let the Refugees Come. (Daily Caller) –O’Keefe Releases Undercover Video Of Huma Abedin Discussing Syrian Refugees. A new undercover video released by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas shows Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign vice chair, Huma Abedin, assuring an undercover reporter that the Democratic presidential candidate is committed to allowing Syrian refugees to settle in the U.S. and that Republican opposition to the plan is “really scary.” The video, shared exclusively with The Daily Caller, also includes new hidden cam footage of Syrian refugees in Greece singing Clinton’s praises. O’Keefe’s group released a first installment of the video last week of the same Syrian men discussing using fake passports to enter Europe.
8am – A INTERVIEW — BILL KRISTOL – Editor, The Weekly Standard
- Obama to Host French President Francois Hollande at White House. Hollande looking for allies. Paris Attacks: Obama, Hollande to Meet to Discuss War on ISIS. President Barack Obama and French counterpart François Hollande will meet on Tuesday to discuss the means. As his nation reels from attacks that left 130 dead just under two weeks ago, Hollande has been on a mission to boost the coalition that’s aiming to defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
- FOX News Poll: Trump gains, Carson slips, Cruz and Rubio climb in GOP race. slips, Cruz and Rubio climb in GOP race. GOP front-runner Donald Trump widens his lead in the nomination race, while Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz threaten to overtake Ben Carson for the number two spot.
8am – B Entertainment News:
- Adele has already sold 2.3 million copies of disc. NEW YORK (AP) — Adele’s new album “25” has sold more than 2.3 million copies in the United States alone during its first three days on the market, a stunning number for a music industry that has seen sales steadily fall in the digital era. To put that into perspective, only Taylor Swift’s “1989,” (released late last year) Drake’s “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” (released in April) and Ed Sheeran’s “x” (in June 2014) have sold as much as one million copies all year so far. Adele’s disc went on sale Friday. Nielsen Music said Monday that Adele will almost certainly break the one-week record for album sales, set by ‘NSYNC in 2000 with 2.4 million for “No Strings Attached.”
- Can Creed Knock Out The Hunger Games at Box Office? (The Wrap) – Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan and Sly Stallone give the “Rocky” spinoff a fighting chance to upset “Mockingjay – Part 2” in its second week. “Creed” has an underdog’s shot at an upset that Rocky Balboa would be proud of, potentially knocking out reigning champ “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” at the box office over the Thanksgiving weekend. But the smart money says no. Pre-release tracking is unusually split on MGM/New Line Cinema’s “Creed,” which Warner Bros. will distribute in more than 3,350 theaters starting Wednesday: The estimates on the PG-13 boxing reboot range from $27 million to $35 million for the five-day Thanksgiving weekend.
- Game of Thrones Teases Return of Jon Snow in New Poster. (Wired) — Ever since Jon Snow (Kit Harington) was stabbed to death “for the Watch” last season on Game of Thrones, fans have been fervently hoping he was not really dead. There were, seriously, so many theories about this. Turns out, those fan theories—or, at least, one of them—might be true. HBO just released a poster for Season 6 of the fantasy show and the only face on it is that of Jon Snow. He looks bloodied and broken, but he’s there. Is he back for real? Is he a ghost? Is this all a cruel joke being played on us by HBO? Twitter is already, well, atwitter over what this could mean. We’ll find out for sure when the show returns in April.
8am – C State Department issues worldwide travel alert. Washington (CNN) The United States issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans amid concerns that terror groups and individuals plan more attacks after the Paris massacres. The State Department warned that groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram “continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions.”
8am – D INTERVIEW – LARRY KUDLOW – CNBC Senior Contributor and host of The Larry Kudlow Show on WMAL Saturdays at 7 pm
- KUDLOW op-ed: We need to destroy ISIS
8am – E INTERVIEW — JAMEE WITTEN — SHE’S BACK! Jamee Whitten will be coming back to WMAL to be our morning show’s go-to girl for traffic.
