Wbal News Now With Bryan Nehman

After weeks of investigations into the death of Maryland football player Jordan McNair, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents declined to order the institution to fire its athletic director, president or head football coach. However, President Wallace Loh said he will retire. Today, we spoke to State Sen. Jim Rosapepe, a College Park Democrat and former regent, who had some fiery comments about how the decisions in this case were made.

During today's show, news broke from the outlet Axios that President Trump was looking to maybe sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens. We were able to speak to Axios reporter Stef W. Kight about the news as it was coming out. We also got local reaction from Thiru Vignarajah, former Deputy Attorney General of Maryland.

It's Lottery fever across the U.S. with Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots hitting record amounts. This morning, I spoke with Carol Gentry, a spokesperson for the Maryland Lottery, on what the state’s take will be if the winning Mega Millions ticket is sold in Maryland and what you should do IF you win.

This morning, a lot of talk about that Justin Tucker extra point miss. Do I think it cost the Baltimore Ravens the game? Take a listen to find out. We also talk with ESPN's Jamison Hensley about his thoughts on yesterday's Ravens loss to the Saints.

This morning, Interim Baltimore police Commissioner Gary Tuggle and U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur joined the show talk about the latest efforts to reduce violent crime.

Today we take a moment to look the shocking amount of violence happening in Baltimore over the past few weeks. On Tuesday alone, 11 people were shot and three died in seven separate shootings. We examine the issues in hiring more police officers and I look at how politics could be involved when it comes to asking for help.

A new state commission tasked with getting to the root of police corruption in Baltimore met for the first time Tuesday. So how bad is it? According to State Senator Bill Ferguson representing District 46,Baltimore City, it is a "crisis". Ferguson talks about the goals of the commission and what he has learned so far.

I was on Richard Sher's show "Square Off" over the weekend along with former Baltimore City Police Commissioner Kevin Davis who had an interesting call for former Baltimore City police spokesman T.J. Smith to run for Baltimore City Mayor.

There have been numerous stories of abuse within the Catholic Church over the years, punctuated recently by the bombshell grand jury report from Pennsylvania. The Netflix series “The Keepers” shined the spotlight on a long-untold part of Baltimore history. On this special podcast, I have a conversation with those who lived it, “Survivors: Personal Stories of Abuse in the Catholic Church." I speak with abuse survivors Cindy Lovell, Teresa Lancaster and Gloria Larkin.

There have been numerous stories of abuse within the Catholic Church over the years, punctuated recently by the bombshell grand jury report from Pennsylvania. I will be hosting a special one-hour show this weekend with three survivors of sexual abuse from Baltimore, Cindy Lovell, Teresa Lancaster and Gloria Larkin.

Yet another poll is showing Gov. Larry Hogan with a double-digit lead over challenger Ben Jealous in the November general election. The Gonzales Research poll out Wednesday asked who voters would pull the lever for if the election were held today. Fifty-four percent said they would vote for the Republican Hogan, with 36 percent supporting the Democrat Jealous. Take a listen to some other interesting info I found in these results.

Josh Blackman and Joe diGenova join the show.

It's an end of an era for Baltimore as both manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette are out following a disappointing season of historic proportions. We spoke to Rich Dubroff who covers the Baltimore Orioles for BaltimoreBaseball.com on the legacy of Buck and Dan Duquette and how the team moves forward. Take a listen.

17 people were killed in Baltimore last week and 64 were shot in September. Ted Walsh joined WBAL to discuss why the surveillance plane would be good for Baltimore right now.

Councilman Brandon Scott joins the program.

Senator Ben Cardin joined us this morning to discuss yesterday's hearings with Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford which he called "a very difficult day for the United States Senate and our country". He also spoke out on wanting to delay the vote on Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court vote until the incident between Kavanaugh and Ford is properly investigated.

Director of the Goucher Poll Mileah Kromer joins the program to discuss the latest Goucher Poll.

Joe diGenova joined WBAL News Now Monday to discuss Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and recent allegations made against him dating back to his time in high school.

Longtime Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre joins the program to remember 9/11.

We talk to Michael Serazio, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Boston College about Nike's Colin Kaepernick Ad.