In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed:

• WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM -  INTERVIEW - KT MCFARLAND - Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Trump and author of “REVOLUTION" - shared her thoughts on the GOP convention. 

• SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/realKTMcFarland

• Father of Hamas captive at RNC: Trump told me he ‘stands with the American hostages’

• The parents of Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez read the names of all 13 men and women who were killed in the attack on Abbey Gate in Afghanistan

• Schumer had a 'blunt' private conversation with Biden about the state of the 2024 race

• Nancy Pelosi privately told Biden he can’t beat Trump in 2024 presidential race, would ruin Dems chances in House if he stays in: report

• Biden says he might quit presidential race if ‘medical condition’ emerged

• WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - AMB. RIC GRENELL -  former acting Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet – Discuss the GOP Convention and his thoughts on Biden’s foreign policy and the assassination attempt on President Trump 

• L A R R Y on X: "Amb. @RichardGrenell runs circles around every single hapless member of the Biden foreign policy team and it isn't even close. And in their hearts, the media flunkies know it. That's why they ignore him. https://t.co/H6PRpvI4V5" / X

• Vance's 'America First' foreign policy in spotlight

• BIO:  Richard Grenell served as Acting Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet in 2020. A member of the Republican Party, Grenell served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020 and as the Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations from 2019 to 2021.  Grenell was a U.S. State Department spokesperson to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration.

• Trump holds edge over Biden in Virginia: Poll

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Episode: Thursday, July 18, 2024 / 8 AM Hour 

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