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

Major Mike Lyons on the firing of General Mattis and our role in the Middle East // Hanna Scott runs down some of the pre-filed bills for the legislative session // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- 9-year-old spends his savings on supplies for the homeless // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on live animal mascots/ the evolving 2019 Mariners // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- truckers vs the Viaduct closure // Dyer Oxley on the upcoming convention convention in Renton, and the geekonomy

Feliks Banel recounts Seattle's Big Snow of 1880 // Hanna Scott on what the new WA paid leave law means for employees // Dr. Joseph Shakran on finding common ground in firearms legislation // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Jan Crawford's feature on grandparents in classrooms // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the present and future of the Husky football team // Hanna Scott on what the new WA paid leave law means for employers // David Fahrenthold live on the government shutdown/ Mitt Romney's op-ed/ the 2020 election

Jill Schlesinger wrapping up the year on Wall Street and looking ahead to 2019 // Paging Dr. Cohen -- insomnia // Hanna Scott on the incoming freshman legislative class in Olympia // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- a new car for some new parents // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the Seahawks' sloppy win // Hanna Scott on Bob Ferguson's 2019 priorities -- ghost guns, death penalty, data privacy, wage theft

 Mireya Villareal on the murder of a CA cop // Janet Shamlian on the border influx in El Paso & death of two migrant children in USCBP custody // Hanna Scott tackles the Viaduct shutdown & Mike O'Brien beseeching folks to do what they can to help // Danny O'Neil on the bowl games // Michael Medved reviews "If Beale St. Could Talk" // Hanna Scott with Mona Das and the new Dem legis agenda // Marshall Allen on how insurance companies are selling your personal data and potentially weaponizing it against your rates // Prof Jeffrey Hall on why social media isn't to blame for our sad social lives // Pete Carroll Show

Mike Lyons on the POTUS Iraq visit and whether we'll have forever war in the Middle East // Nate Bowling and Dave Ross discuss the lack of diversity in WA teaching and what to do about it // Rob McKenna on your legal rights to secretly record cops and public officials //  Colleen's dose of kindness -- An AZ fulfilling cross-border Christmas wishes // Tracy's Chokepoint on the only shutdown that matters: the Viaduct // Dr. Gordon Cohen explains all things headaches and the sweet new migraine injectables // BEST OF: Darrick Hamilton, architect of the federal jobs guarantee, a pillar of the Green New Deal // Carolyn Ossorio's Charity of the Month: Friends of the Children

Government shutdowns // Children border deaths // Harry Morgan // Sports insider // Dr. Amy Snyder // Jeffery Lewis // Sam Schwartz // Louis Hyman // Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Margaret Brennan on the looming shutdown/Mattis // Major Mike Lyons on the Mattis resignation and Syria/Afghanistan pullout announcements // WSU Criminal Justice Prof/scholar David Makin on the First Step Act/criminal justice reform // Carolyn's dose of kindness -- an octogenarian leaves 14 years of Xmas presents for a little girl before he dies // Rebecca Scritchfield on the New Year's resolution you should never make: dieting // Tom Tangney reviews Mary Poppins // Hanna Scott on the opening of the Carnegie Resource Center in SnoCo, which'll get people off drugs/outa tents/into jobs

Hanna Scott on the newly-formed King County homelessness entity // Steven Portnoy on the Senate budget vote/ U.S. withdrawal from Syria // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- 2018 yearender // Heather Bosch visits a stress-relieving rage room // Carolyn Ossorio's dose of kindness -- a simple act of burger-related compassion // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the future of the Mariners/ T-Mobile Park // Hanna Scott with an update on the Ride the Ducks civil trial

Feliks Banel preserves a local radio Santa from 1950 for future generations // Chris Sullivan on the sinkhole that shut down the 68th Ave Bridge // Hanna Scott on charges against the woman who falsely accused the BPD chief of rape // Economist Heidi Shierholtz on stagnant wages in the face of low unemployment // Carolyn Ossorio's dose of kindness -- a festive annual (free) holiday lights display // Hockey Lingo with Danny O'Neil // Emily Taylor U.S. Law Shield on the bump stock ban

Jill Schlesinger on whether the markets are headed for "capitulation" // Hanna Scott marks one year since the Amtrak derailment with one of the survivors // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- an engineering fix for cyclists on 520 Bridge // Col. Jeff McCausland live on U.S.-Taliban talks/ Somalia airstrikes // Colleen O'Brien's daily dose of kindness -- Home Depot hires 6-year-old as a greeter (and he's really good at it) // Danny O'Neil with playoff math/ a KJ Wright injury update // Hanna Scott with Governor Inslee's plan to combat opioid overdoses // David Fahrenthold live on the President's decision to close his charity