A Michigan school district bans backpacks in an effort to curb school shootings, and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro asks if this will be an effective prevention method. Are metal detectors more effective? Callers share their thoughts.

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ABC Crime and Terrorism Analyst Brad Garrett joins the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro to share insight on yesterday's arrest of six gang members in the South Bay who targeted Asian women, addressing the effectiveness of the enhanced hate crime charges. 

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The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro highlights the debate over the ease of availability for the abortion pill, as well as the many members of Congress violating the STOCK Act which is the law designed to prevent benefitting from insider information. Also, the Federal Reserve set to raise interest rates next year.

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As Christmas approaches, the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro discusses what people really want for gifts...money for the gift of shopping, or the experience of being together? Also, with COVID surges in professional sports, worries grow over the effectiveness of vaccines with Omicron becoming more prevalent.

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Nearly half of California high school graduates now qualify for admission to the state’s two public university systems — up from one-third in 2008. The share of them who apply to UC has grown from 17% in 2001 to 25% in 2020; for Cal State, the numbers went from 27% to 36% during that same period. But with limited seats, admission bars are rising: The average high school GPA of admitted UC students is now over 4.0 at most campuses, and 16 of 23 Cal State campuses have more applicants than seats for some or all of their majors.

As a result, tens of thousands of eligible students are being shut out — and the state can no longer meet its California promise of a UC and Cal State education for them.

 

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The House voted Tuesday to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued by the bipartisan committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

The resolution was approved on a 222-to-208 vote, with just two Republicans — Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) — joining Democrats in voting “yes.”

The matter now goes to the Justice Department, which will decide whether to pursue the contempt referral. Contempt of Congress is a misdemeanor criminal offense that can result in up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

Members of the Jan. 6 panel have long said the information they seek from Meadows, a onetime North Carolina congressman, is not protected under any kind of executive privilege as the bipartisan panel investigates the insurrection, what former president Donald Trump did that fateful day and the actions leading up to the riot.

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Five Republican governors have asked the Pentagon to withdraw its requirement for all National Guard members to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, expanding the front of GOP resistance to President Biden’s directives that the federal workforce and government contractors be immunized. Governors from Iowa, Wyoming, Alaska, Mississippi and Nebraska on Tuesday signed a joint letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin saying they agree he has authority to impose requirements on service members under federal control. That includes National Guard troops — ordinarily under the state command — when they are mobilized for duty beyond their borders, such as overseas deployments.

Cornell University reported 903 cases of Covid-19 among students between December 7-13, and a "very high percentage" of them are Omicron variant cases in fully vaccinated individuals, according to university officials. The school's Covid-19 dashboard was updated late Tuesday afternoon, accounting for the jump in case numbers reported.

As a result, the school has decided to shut down its Ithaca, New York, campus, where it has about 25,600 students. Cornell's overall vaccination rate among students is 97%.

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The House voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Tuesday. Pat Thurston talks to listeners about Meadows.

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Amazon is being criticized for their "no cell phones" policy and apparent lack of safety drills which lead to six deaths in Illinois. Pat Thurston explains.

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Pat Thurston talks to listeners about the many issues caused by drug addiction and mental illness in San Francisco.

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