NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Drama In The WH — Scaramucci Is Out, 34 Cases Tossed After Body Cam Video Of Cop Planting Drugs Surfaces, Black Women Lead The Charge Against HBO’s Confederate
Summary: <br> • After just ten days on the job, President Trump fires his Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci. Scaramucci’s ouster comes on the heels of his profanity-laced interview with the New Yorker.<br> • Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office dismisses 34 cases following the discovery of police body camera footage showing cops planting evidence. As a result of the body cam video, there are many other cases connected to the cops that are now in jeopardy.<br> • The trial of Jason Stockley starts today. Never-before-seen video will be shown during the trial of the former Saint Louis, Missouri police officer charged with the killing of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith.<br> • #NoConfederate: Black women are taking on HBO and the creators of Game of Thrones over a new show in the works called “Confederate.” April Reign joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss the backlash against HBO and the controversial show’s creators.<br> • Don’t mess with #AuntieMaxine! Recently Rep. Maxine Waters questioned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about not receiving a response to a letter inquiring about Trump’s financial connections to Russia. When Mnuchin danced around the question, Congresswoman Waters reclaimed her time!<br> • After singing as a background vocalist for award winning gospel artist Donald Lawrence, Anita Wilson has emerged as a prominent gospel solo artist in her own right.<br> With her first two albums receiving Grammy-nominations, the expectations are pretty high for her latest album, “Sunday Song.” Wilson recently sat down with Roland Martin on the set on NewsOne Now to talk about her new CD.<br> • Major League Baseball honored one of its pioneering journalists during the sports Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown, New York.<br> Claire Smith received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for her contributions to baseball writing. She is the first woman to receive the award from the Baseball Writers Association of America.<br> <br> All that and more in this edition of the NewsOne Now Audio Podcast<br> <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Iijn3jlfoslstkec4vlbxkbpdge?t=NewsOne_Now_Audio_Podcast">Listen, download and subscribe to the “NewsOne Now” Audio Podcast on Google Podcasts</a><br> <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Iijn3jlfoslstkec4vlbxkbpdge?t=NewsOne_Now_Audio_Podcast"></a><br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/newsone-now-audio-podcast/id882032549?mt=2">Subscribe to “NewsOne Now” Audio Podcast on iTunes.</a><br> <br>
