Former US Congressman and former King Co. Sheriff, Dave Reichert, now appears to be running for WA governor in 2024.

6am hour -- starting today KVI gives you a chance to win a 5-day vacation to Maui along with $1500 spending cash (or skip the vacation and claim a $3000 buy-out instead), the Vladimir Putin showdown vs. Wagner mercenaries in Russia, how the Wagner group is a ruthless military contractor, how the Wagner group recruits its fighters, what prompted the Wagner group to turn-back on its pursuit of Moscow (i.e. Putin) over the weekend?, how Ukraine comes out of this stronger and Putin comes out weaker, polling data from WSJ says Americans want legal abortion but with very specific limits on when an abortion should be allowed in the earliest months of pregnancy (i.e. by 15 weeks), 2 story teases... a Cleveland OH mother now charged with murder after leaving a toddler (16-months old) home alone while she traveled to Detroit and Puerto Rico.

7am hour -- this week the US Supreme Court will issue some make or break legal decisions, among them college admissions reflecting affirmative action, supporters think Pres. Biden can use 'Junk fees' as a 2024 campaign secret weapon issue, new polling shows 33% of Seattle residents think the city is a poor or fair place to live, polling says 34% approve of Seattle City Council, about 57% support mayor Bruce Harrell, the former US Navy officer now running for Seattle City Council.

8am hour -- lesbian advocacy groups pushing back on trans groups in some gender/political circles, in 1971 (and again in 1980) beloved kid's PBS/TV host Fred Rogers says girls are born girls and boys are born boys--and that you can't choose your gender, everything you need to know about the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin's pushback on Russia's Vladimir Putin, why Putin is weaker even though Prigozhin backed down, bad news for Pres. Biden in new NBC poll, 68% think Biden is not physically capable of completing a 2nd term, more than 2/3rds of Americans believe Biden does not possess the “necessary” mental and physical health to serve as president, with 55 percent saying they have “major” concerns.

Polling data from WSJ says Americans want legal abortion but with very specific limits on when an abortion should be allowed in the earliest months of pregnancy (i.e. by 15 weeks)

Everything you need to know about the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin's pushback on Russia's Vladimir Putin, why Putin is weaker even though Prigozhin backed down, bad news for Pres.

6am hour -- debris field discovered in search for missing submersible operated by Everett WA company, safety of OceanGate submersible now taking on added attention after implosion 1600-feet from Titanic wreckage, why didn't US Navy announce they monitored what was likely the missing sub's implosion last Sunday?, want some good news???, America's new legal strategy: Plead Biden, replay: harm reduction debate looks for answers to Seattle drug addicted homeless fiasco.

7am hour -- illegal gun possession charge just filed against a man acquitted in a fatal mass shooting in downtown Seattle in 2020, the new gun possession charge indicates the acquitted suspect is still involved in gang activity, plan on paying more to travel by WA ferry later this year, GUEST: economist Steve Moore examines today's Congressional debate on EVs, why EVs aren't ready to take on the lion's share of American miles driven, why energy supply influences geo-political power.

8am hour -- KVI callers offer their wedding advice for KVI co-producer "Young Zach" who gets married this weekend to his HS/college sweetheart after they both graduated from UW 1 year ago. Tacoma businesses want to use electric fences to keep out thieves/burglars but so far the city's saying 'no', tolls on the 520 Lake Washington Bridge are going up in one more week and the reason why--while utterly pathetic--isn't that surprising.

illegal gun possession charge just filed against a man acquitted in a fatal mass shooting in downtown Seattle in 2020, the new gun possession charge indicates the acquitted suspect is still involved in gang activity,

Tolls on the 520 Lake Washington Bridge are going up in one more week and the reason why--while utterly pathetic--isn't that surprising.

6am hour -- wife of the pilot of the missing submersible is related to victims of the Titanic sinking in 1912, Renton WA Police bust an organized retail theft ring worth an estimated $1.5 million in merch found inside a Federal Way house,

Biden Admin. misses June 19th deadline to declassify documents on COVID origin raising political/ethical questions for the failure to inform the public, prosecutors allege last weekend's The Gorge concert campground shooter was high on hallucinogenic mushrooms, the Congressional censure of Adam Schiff (D-CA). Schiff as the megaphone for the Russian collusion lies.

7am hour -- KVI announces new contest with tremendous vacations or $3000 cash starting on Monday's show, debate over trans athletes produces powerful moment in US Senate hearing, new data shows the single largest drop in math test scores for American 8th graders in 50 years and no signs of academic recovery following the disruptions of the pandemic, WA is #1 in the nation for the price of gasoline and the price is connected to the new Gov. Inslee "cap and trade" law for carbon fuel emissions, KC Metro Transit is now seeking to rehire mechanics and drivers' who didn't get vaxx shot but there's a kicker if they want their old job back,

8am hour -- why cold temperature may have been a bigger factor than loss of oxygen for 5 people on-board missing submersible Titan, why Carlson fears the 5 missing people have probably been deceased for several days now, KVI's Ari Hoffman has attracted the attention of Legislative Democrats over latest reports of WA gas prices being the highest in the nation, Progressive CA Congressman gets candid about San Fran problems, a KVI "Deep Dive" special interview on "harm reduction" versus jailing drug addicts to initiate drug rehab treatment. GUESTS: Ginny Burton vs. Dr. Susan Collins.

WA is #1 in the nation for the price of gasoline and the price is connected to the new Gov. Inslee "cap and trade" law for carbon fuel emissions, KC Metro Transit is now seeking to rehire mechanics and drivers' who didn't get vaxx shot but there's a kicker if they want their old job back,

GUEST: Dr. Susan Collins--a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at Washington State University. She's co-directer of the Harm Reduction Research and Treatment Center at UW Medicine’s Harborview Medical Center. She's been involved in substance use research, assessment and treatment for over 2 decades.

GUEST: former WA resident, Ginny Burton, a recovering heroin, meth, and cocaine addict who was arrested for drugs before finally getting clean in rehab; she graduated from UW, is a Martin Honors Scholar, a Truman Scholar, and now is self employed as a consultant and a founder and principal of a holistic reentry treatment program that increases community safety by helping addicts and criminals get clean.

This is a "deep dive" into what works to get drug addicted people off the streets in Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and other towns around Washington. Looking for real solutions here.