Seattle’s Morning News w/ Charlie Harger & Manda Factor

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- trying to make up for transpo budget shortfalls // Hanna Scott on priorities for the 2021 legislative session in Olympia // Dose of Kindness -- handmade cards to cheer up nursing home residents // Stacy Rost on Coach Carroll's assessment of the Seahawks loss // David Fahrenthold live on the security failures at the Capitol

Jill Schlesinger on Wall Street strength/ further unemployment aid // Chris Sullivan on traffic cams and tickets going live on the Lower Spokane St Bridge // Paging Dr. Cohen -- Sweden data on student and teacher COVID susceptibility // Hanna Scott previewing the legislative session in Olympia // Dose of Kindness -- a much-needed baby shower // Stacy Rost on the disappointing end to the Seahawks season

Hanna Scott on concerns of an attack on the WA Capitol on Monday // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map -- Stone Ave Bridge // Dave Ross on overseas media coverage of the attack on the Capitol // Margaret Brennan on efforts to impeach or otherwise oust President Trump // Dr. Keith Jerome, UW Virology, on the vaccine rollout/ drop in flu cases // Dose of Kindness -- helping make hospitals feel like homes // Gee Scott previews the Seahawks-Rams game

Dave Ross on the DC riots/ the reason the Electoral College exists // Rep. Derek Kilmer live on the assault on the Capitol/ the 25th Amendment // Dose of Kindness -- Good Pizza // Gee Scott, hoping that American will be stronger because of its struggles // Hanna Scott on the next stage of WA vaccine distribution // Rachel Belle on health, health food, and healthcare

Feliks Banel looks into Seattle's hockey future via Vancouver's hockey history // Chris Sullivan on Boeing closing its Seattle R&D facility // Hanna Scott on the new WA COVID roadmap // Dose of Kindness -- giving back to a generous preschool director // Gee Scott on Rev. Raphael Warnock's win // Hanna Scott with state Rep. John Lovick on proposed police reform legislation

Hanna Scott on new WA laws for 2021 (insulin price cap, Seattle enforcement cams, etc) // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- the biggest girder in the US being installed in Tacoma // Hanna Scott on WA hospital capacity/ cutting vaccine dosage // Dose of Kindness -- healthcare heroes // Gee Scott on lottery fantasy // David Fahrenthold live on preparing for protests in DC/ the Trump-Raffensperger tape

Jill Schlesinger on stimulus payments/ post-pandemic recovery // Paging Dr. Cohen -- vaccine procedure and side effects // Hanna Scott on extending WA COVID restrictions/ virus mutations // Dose of Kindness -- young bowtie entrepreneurs give back // Gee Scott on the Seahawks win over the Niners // Ari Kohn of the Post-Prison Education program, encouraging WA legislators to act

Jack Nicas of the New York Times joins Mike Lewis, we also hear an uplifting story of kindness in Colorado and look back on COVID and it's spread this year.

Kashmir Hill, NYT, on racially biased facial recognition technology // Jeff McCausland on the NDAA // Dose of Kindness -- a Florida man pays neighbor's utility bills // Stacy Rost reflects on her Seahawks vs. LA Rams predictions // Archive - Feliks Banel on the George Jackson Brigade // Rachel Belle on buying nothing and throwing things away

Lora Radford, Executive Director of the West Seattle Junction and Todd Carden of Elliott Bay Brewing // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint: Mukilteo ferry opens a new terminal // Dose of Kindness -- frontline workers are struggling // Aaron Mason and Mike Lewis on restaurants in a pandemic // WA Post's David Fahrenthold on Lindsay Graham lobbying Trump to sign the Covid bill on the golf course // WA AG Bob Ferguson with Feliks Banel, fighting to save Seattle's National Archives // Rachel Belle: the science behind nostalgia