Joe and Alex talk with ABC's Alex Stone about 13 kids who were freed from a terrifying situation in California. Addie Candib from the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center has some tools to help solve conflicts with your neighbors. Then, a new member joins the Whatcom County Council...

Alex and Joe talk with ABC's Jim Ryan about a dangerous new social media prank. Western Solar weighs in tax incentives for installing solar power. Then, a bill addressing the Hirst decision makes it way through the state senate...

Joe and Alex talk with ABC's Aaron Katersky about a group of governors asking for exemptions from opening off-shore oil drilling on their state's coasts. Hawaii faces 38 minutes of terror. In local news, MLK is being celebrated at the Mount Baker Theatre.

Alex and Joe talk with ABC's Jim Ryan about the end of the controversial Alabama Senate race. The national leader of Toys for Tots joins in to talk about helping disadvantaged kids this Christmas. In local news, the average wage in Whatcom County jumped up compared to last year.

ABC's Karen Travers joins the show with a report on how Democrats aren't the only ones having problems with the GOP's repeal and replace plan for Obamacare.

Alex and Libby also talk about some of the things you shouldn't do your resume.

Kenneth Moton from ABC joins the Morning News team to talk about the controversy surrounding Wells Fargo and the manipulation of about 2 million customer accounts over five years.

Producer Libby Keller also joins Joe and Alex to talk about women finding men with full beards more attractive.

The Justice department and North Carolina suing eachother over NC's bathroom law... and in with where this all might be headed is ABC's Lana Zak from the nation's capital.

Washington is the 11th-best state to grow old, according to a new Caring.com report which examined a variety of financial, healthcare and quality of life categories. Washington ranked very well in quality of life/healthcare (#5). Senior care is expensive in Washington, so that dragged its ranking down a bit. Dayna Steele, Caring.com’s Chief Caring Expert and the author of "Surviving Alzheimer’s with Friends, Facebook and a Really Big Glass of Wine" is live with Joe and Alex.