We give a little preview of tonight’s State of the Union and we debate how long the president will talk. Also, on this fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine we talk to Yuri Rashkin, a news analyst covering the war. He gives us an in-depth conversation about Ukraine and how the country can move forward, as well as tells us about how the US is playing its role in peace negotiations. We close the hour talking about the USA women’s hockey team’s invite and their refusal.

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Internationally, and a little within the US, we continue to see fallout related to the release of the Epstein files. We also talk about our approach to discussing the news – facts first – and how we need to respect everyone and all perspectives.

Remember those classified documents that were discovered at Mar-a-Lago? Jack Smith’s final report on the investigation of that mishandling of documents is being barred from release.

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We take a look at our rights and how they have been contested by the Trump administration, as well as his immigration crackdown with ICE. Meanwhile Mexico’s most wanted cartel boss was killed, causing unrest and safety concerns in Mexico. With horrible winter weather on the east coast travel is being affected nationally, adding to that are changes to some TSA procedures. Closing the show, Greg Bach joins to tell us about the changes coming to Nite Lite.

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We’re joined by Michigan State University professor Russell Lucas to discuss the headlines surrounding Iran as well as get more context of Trump’s actions in the Middle East. In Wisconsin a bill was passed that would ban the use of SNAP FoodShare benefits on buying soda and candy. We discuss this change and why people take issue with it. We also lighten up the news by looking into some entertainment stories and the Olympics.

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Welcome to the new look of the morning show! We kick things off with the president’s press conference after the Supreme Court ruled against his use of tariffs. We also take a look at what Wisconsin lawmakers got done (and didn’t) while they were in session. Also: YouTube’s first video is headed to a museum!

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