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

Jill Schlesinger on market instability/ China tariffs/ 2017 taxes/ 2018 taxes // Paging Dr. Cohen -- noisy joints // Dave Ross hits Chris Sullivan with all of the big transpo stories he missed while on Spring Break: congestion tolling/ pay-by-mile/ streetcar pause/ Mercer metering // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- school custodian starts scholarship for students // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the Mariners' snow day/ Ryon Healy injury/ Seahawks looking at Josh Allen // Rob McKenna live on the shutdown of Backpage.com, a site he started fighting way in 2007 // Andrew Mok from Turo, the company that smooshes together AirBNB and Uber

Hanna Scott on proposed changes to what King County does when a police officer kills someone // Jill Schlesinger live on the March jobs report/ China tariffs/ sinking stock market // Margaret Brennan on new Russian sanctions/ Stormy Daniels // Tom Tangney really liked A Quiet Place // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Snoqualmie Police raising money for the family devastated by the Easter snow storm //  Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the James Paxton bald eagle incident/ Mariners injury list/ Conor McGregor arrest // Cindy Carcamo from the L.A. Times on the cities and counties revolting against CA's "sanctuary state" laws

Steve Hutkins, NYU prof who runs savethepostoffice.com, explains how the president got the (misguided) idea that Amazon is killing the post office // Hanna Scott explains how Marysville police used an ERPO to (they believe) avert a Vegas-style shooting at the Tulalip casino // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- raising money for a homeless man after he saved a chihuahua // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on a bad Mariners loss/ Tiger returning to the Masters/ the Rams adding more talent // Mike Lewis on the correlation between legal pot and fewer opioid prescriptions // Howard Buffett, who has been traveling Central America searching for solutions to our drug- and immigration-related border problems

Feliks Banel on the early '80s fight over renaming Empire Way to MLK Way // Major Garrett on border policy/ White House staffing/ White House egg roll // Jason Rittereiser, among the candidates racing to replace Dave Reichert in Congress // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- a school bus driver who treats her passengers with the love of a mother // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the Mariners delivering despite their injuries/ Thomas Rawls signs with the jets // Col. Jeff McCausland on the purpose and capabilities of the National Guard // Hanna Scott with two local teens who are among the best in the nation at wheelchair basketball

Hanna Scott, talking with local gun shops about when and why they turn away customers // Matt Holmes and Tim Hedberg of CoBuy, helping people navigate all the hoops that come with co-purchasing a home //  Johann Hari, who has been traveling the world examining the root causes of and solutions to depression // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- teaching a course in happiness // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Villanova's resounding win/ Robinson Cano's hot start to the season // Larry Magid live on the ransomeware assault on the City of Atlanta // David Fahrenthold live on the latest "emoluments" case/ immigrant "caravans"/ Trump vs Bezos

John and Traci Schneider on the needs, struggles, and support of kids and young adults living with autism // Ryan Holiday on Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, and the eradication of Gawker // Paging Dr. Cohen -- the long list of things besides diet and exercise that affect your weight // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- the gift of a wheelchair-accessible swing // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Nelson Cruz's dumb injury/ NCAA women's buzzer-beater/ NCAA men's final // Jill Schlesinger on Trump vs Amazon vs the Post Office/ tough housing market // John and Traci Schneider on the Seahawks' shifting roster/ NFL domestic violence

UW Prof Kyle Crowder on how some people self-segregate, and how that's not always a problem // Margaret Brennan, host of Face the Nation, on Russia-US diplomatic ping pong // Michael Medved really likes Ready Player One // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- bomb squad develops beeping Easter eggs, so visually impaired kids can have hunts too // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on a very un-Mariner Mariners Opening Day win // Jeff Gilbert live on EPA fuel standard deregulation/ Tesla recall/ Uber self-driving death // Dr. Kim Schrier, running for Dave Reichert's 8th District seat

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- the expansion of Pierce Transit service will NOT mean a highway diet // Prof Adam Winkler explains how we came to know corporations as people, complete with civil rights // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- dozens of pilots turn out to make a dying man's wish come true // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Mariners' opening day // Maj Mike Lyons live on the VA changes/ the first National Vietnam War Veterans Day // Tom Tangney loves Isle of Dogs // Mike Lewis on the Seattle landlord "first come first served" law getting overturned

Dr. Jonathan Chen and Lee'or Rutenberg discuss the new heart valve for Lee'or's infant daughter // Feliks Banel on the crash of an Air Force plane in 1959, which also sparked our local UFO movement // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- venturing inside the Highway 99 tunnel // Marilyn Strickland from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce on the proposed head tax // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- a mom in Maine is moved to help out storm-ravaged Puerto Rico // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the Seahawks' backup QB hole // Hanna Scott on two new WA laws aimed at helping first responders, and by extension, all of us

David Fahrethold on the Stormy Daniels lawsuit/ the short Congressional calendar // Kshama Sawant making her pitch for Seattle employee hours tax // Jonathan Matus, CEO of Zendrive, on using cell data to pinpoint the worst spots for distracted driving // Dave Ross asks activist Jed Walsh why she's chained up at the construction site of the new youth jail // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- an 8-year-old on a mission of hugging // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Mariners pitcher technology/ Earl Thomas's future // Hanna Scott on the bill to force in-home healthcare workers to pay union dues (which Inslee might or might not sign today)