DC Councilman Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), joined us for his first in-depth interview since announcing his bid for mayor.
Plus, the White House is feeling the heat and the president's second term agenda is threatened. In our second half hour we talked with former White House Special Counsel Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five rules for coping with crises in business, politics and life."

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Today on NewsTalk: D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray talked about plans to bury power lines, the return of street cars, the D.C. school closure plan, and the 2014 campaign.

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Today on NewsTalk: Arlington County supervisors insist they can find the money for the Columbia Pike Streetcar Project and that the new transit system would be a good thing for the community. We talked with county board member Libby Garvey, who's not quite sold on the idea.

Washington City Paper reporter Will Sommer joined us to talk about the planned armed march on Washington, the D.C., the Redskins name debate and more.

And, the PGA is encouraging everyone to get out and play some golf. We talked with PGA pro Mike Aldridge about "Welcome to Golf" month.

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Today on NewsTalk: D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier talked about event security in the wake of the Boston bombings, gun violence, cell phone thefts and more during our monthly Q&A.

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Today on NewsTalk: Should teens who exchange racy photos face child pornography charges? We held a panel discussion on the issue of teen "sexting" with author and commentator Leslie Morgan, Shelley Broderick, Dean of the David Clarke School of Law at UDC and Petula Dvorak, a columnist for the Washington Post.

Although Elissa Silverman didn't win her D.C. Council campaign, her showing impressed many political observers. We talked with Silverman about her experience.

And we talked with Gregg Leslie, the legal defense director at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, about a push to unseal court records.

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Today on NewsTalk: We talked with D.C. Councilman Jack Evans about Mayor Gray's new proposal to allow undocumented immigrants to get a driver's license, the Washington Redskins name change debate and more.

President Barack Obama loves to watch sports, and the people who want to catch his eye know it. We talked with POLITICO's Byron Tau about how some issue advertisers are getting the President's attention.

And Washington Capitals fans are rocking the red today, as the Caps prepare to take on the Rangers tonight in game one of the Eastern Conference quarter finals. WTOP sports reporter Jonathan Warner joined us with a preview.

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