Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013

Jimi Hendrix goes to PBS

Brennan Haselton, WTOP News

Read more: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’


4:40 p.m. George Wallace, WTOP Redskins beat reporter

Redskins prepare for quick turnaround to face Vikings


Masked marchers demand restoration of civil liberties

Megan Cloherty, WTOP

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A group of about 400 peaceful demonstrators protest the erosion of their civil rights at 16th and K streets in D.C. Tuesday. Many wore white Guy Fawkes masks while making their way to Dupont Circle. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)

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A group of about 400 peaceful demonstrators protest the erosion of their civil rights at 16th and K streets in D.C. Tuesday. Many wore white Guy Fawkes masks while making their way to Dupont Circle. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)

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A group of about 400 peaceful demonstrators protest the erosion of their civil rights at 16th and K streets in D.C. Tuesday. Many wore white Guy Fawkes masks while making their way to Dupont Circle. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)


12:51 p.m. – Dave Ross, commentator

Rare to see positive coverage of the TSA


Openly gay MSNBC Live Anchor Thomas Roberts will host the 2013 Miss Universe competition in Russia, a country with an anti-gay law.

Roberts says he’s going to Russia with a “different mindset.”

He talks with WTOP about his safety in Russia and about the reporting he plans to do on the LBGT community while there.

9:10 a.m. – Thomas Roberts, MSNBC Live anchor

The 2013 Miss Universe competition in Russia will be hosted by an openly gay man.

Related Story: Gay Miss Universe host looks to know more about Russia’s LBGT community

Thomas Roberts (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images)

Thomas Roberts (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images)


12:10 p.m. — WTOP’s National Security Correspondent J.J. Green

Department of Defense investigators released details of a probe into misconduct by the chief of Pentagon security.


11:40 a.m. – Christine Brennan, USA TODAY sports columnist

NFL needs to take hazing seriously.


11:05 a.m. – Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy changed everything about journalism.


10:10 a.m. – Petula Dvorak, Washington Post columnist

Candidates are not addressing issues about which women care.


9:40 a.m. – James Brown, host of ‘The NFL Today’ on CBS and Showtime’s ‘Inside the NFL’

More than hazing in Dolphins locker room


Tips to convince your boss to let you work from home

WTOP’s Michelle Basch reports.

If you want to work from home, here are some helpful hints from Mashable:

  • Do your research:
  • Take a slow, analytic approach to how it would work.

  • Draft a proposal:
  • Show your boss how it would be a success.

  • Be flexible:
  • Be open to alternatives schedules.

  • Show your support:
  • See above.


8:20 a.m. – John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent

Virginia’s governor’s race attracts national attention for a number of reasons.


7:40 a.m. – Former Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-Ohio

Negative campaign ads have a danger of hurting candidates.


7:10 a.m. – Rachel Smolkin, managing editor, POLITICO

The gender gap could be very large in the Virginia governor’s race.


6:40 a.m. – D.C. Councilmember Kenyon McDuffie, D-Ward 5

D.C. considers raising age to buy tobacco to 21.


Cherry blossom excitement starts now

WTOP’s Bob Madigan reports.

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