Bellevue, Washington assistant police chief, Andrew Popochock, joins KVI's John Carlson to discuss the memorial service for fallen motorcycle officer, Jordan Jackson, 34, who was killed on duty when a driver on Bellevue Way crashed into his motorcycle. Jackson is survived by his wife and two young children. A legacy fund for his children has been established by the Bellevue Police Officers Foundation. Copy and paste this link into your browser to donate via GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/kelsey-jackson-and-family-memorial-fund

6am hour -- its Wednesday and your chance to win Carlson's Legendary Lyrics, WA wildfires are down 70% so what does that mean for Gov. Jay Inslee and climate change?, South Dakota's governor issues ban of Tik Tok app for state employees due to China's data collection from users, driver hits snow plow trying to plow heavy snow on I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass, explaining the railroad union workers labor dispute and potential strike that the Biden Administration is trying to avoid, the sticking point in the union negotiation is sick days and paid holidays, 12 unions are involved in the railroad workers labor dispute, if one union strikes than all unions plan to honor the picket line and that's why Congress might get involved in forcing a deal, the contract offer is a 25% wage increase over 4 years.

7am hour -- GUEST: UW Atmospheric Sciences professor, Cliff Mass, tells KVI this week's snow forecast is an example of more accurately assessing climate related impacts in the future, a NYT science columnist now says his previous predition about earth's temperature increase by 2100 was significantly off, Mass says recent Egypt climate conference "accomplished extremely little", all of a sudden WA wildfire acres burned have dropped by 70%, Mass has a few hypotheses about why fewer acres burned and one of the primary ones is winds weren't as strong as previous summers, Mass tells KVI that 90% of the wild fire problem is "us" (humans) not the climate; NYC mayor will involuntarily commit mentally unstable people, can no longer deny the reality of mental psychosis on the streets.

8am hour -- winner Matt from Shelton knew today's Carlson Legendary Lyrics, newest Disney animated movie "Strange World" bombs at the box office and (spoiler alert) it incorporates some woke themes, advice for Disney: make movies that are "pure entertainment" for kids and parents, GUEST: historian and political commentator, Victor Davis Hanson, digs into the crypto collapse of FTX and its CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, a compare and contrast with Theranos convicted CEO Elizabeth Holmes and their respective Stanford connections, how Bankman-Fried's parents impact this convergence of tech money and political financial largesse, how moral superiority plays into these dangerous tech people, how the politics and the money converge in a "trifecta" in California's Bay Area, Hanson comments on Apple's possible threat to delete Twitter from the Apple app store; Iranian reporter tries to show-up the US Soccer team captain, Tyler Adams, before important World Cup game, some possible responses to this Iranian sports reporter's bogus political agenda.

KVI's John Carlson interviews University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences professor, Cliff Mass, about a recent correction/revision written by a New York Times science columnist who has updated a claim about how much temperature earth will warm by the year 2100. David Wallace-Wells has had to revise his previous prediction that earth's temperature would rise 5 degrees by 2100 because it's now becoming increasingly clear that earth won't come close to reaching his predicted temperature which was blamed on the catastrophic effects of 'climate change'.

At a World Cup press conference for the American Men's team soccer/football team in Qatar, an Iranian sports reporter asked the American team captain, 23-year-old Tyler Adams, a question that was meant to portray the United States derogatorily. Adams coolly provides a mature and measured response but could have added a couple of more important comments in response to the Iranian sports reporter's tone-deaf question.

GUEST: historian and political commentator, Victor Davis Hanson, digs into the crypto collapse of FTX and its CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, a compare and contrast with Theranos convicted CEO Elizabeth Holmes and their respective Stanford connections, how Bankman-Fried's parents impact this convergence of tech money and political financial largesse, how moral superiority plays into these dangerous tech people, how the politics and the money converge in a "trifecta" in California's Bay Area, Hanson comments on Apple's possible threat to delete Twitter from the Apple app store;

KVI's John Carlson explains the possible Congressional action that would address the potential strike of 12 railroad worker unions. How the massive labor union negotiation could force the hand of the Biden Administration to ward of what would be an economically and logistically crippling railroad workers strike.

6am hour -- Happy 89th Birthday to Mom Carlson today, KVI encourages you to donate to the annual Salvation Army Toy Drive this coming Friday to make it a memorable Christmas for children and families in need this year, "the severity, the intensity of what's going down in China right now" more intense than 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Mother Nature putting the snow in Snohomish County, 19 yr old Tacoma road rage shooting suspect (shot and wounded an 11 yr old passenger in another car) has 2 felony convictions and shouldn't have had a gun in the first place, a UW professor makes a strange defense of WA's new restrictions on police pursuits.

7am hour -- former VP Mike Pence calls on Donald Trump to apologize after recent dinner with Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, semi-famous actor Clarence Gilyard Jr dies at age 66 (he was born Christmas eve 1955 in Moses Lake to a military family, Western State Hospital hired a convicted criminal and heroin dealer to work alongside some of state's most violent and mentally unstable criminal offenders, what Hospital officials are now saying about this embarrassing discovery, the convicted criminal Western State worker points out he kept getting probation,

8am hour -- today's US vs. Iran World Cup match is the biggest showdown between the two nations since Hulk Hogan vanquished The Iron Sheik at Madison Square Garden to win the WWF World Championship in Jan. 1984, Carlson explains his recent COVID+ status and symptoms, White House reporter has the gall and utter lack of self-awareness to complain about "vectors of misinformation" regarding Elon Musk's Twitter, Comcast cable office in North Seattle blasts loud classical music in effort to deter unsanctioned homeless tents on sidewalk in front of their office building, how the annoying Disney song "Its a Small World" could hold the key to ending homelessness as we know it, today's the 13th anniversary of the Lakewood Fallen Four police killing ambush and there are two important fundraisers you need to know about to support the community of Lakewood this week.

A 19 year-old Tacoma road rage shooting suspect (allegedly shot and wounded an 11 year-old passenger in another car on I-5 near the Tacoma Mall last Friday) has two felony convictions and shouldn't have had a gun, a UW professor makes a strange defense of WA's new restrictions on police pursuits. KVI's John Carlson covers both of these stories by examining how recent changes in the state law by Democrats in the Olympia Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee are making the streets less safe now that criminals are emboldened by the criminal reforms.

The KVI morning crew discusses the potential for an end to homelessness due to the annoying nature of the Disneyland theme park song "Its A Small World". The conversation starts with the discovery that classical music is being played over a loud speaker above an unsanctioned homeless camp along the sidewalk just off Aurora Avenue North in Seattle.

6am hour -- a 2nd road rage shooting in two weeks in Puget Sound wounds an elementary school student (this time in Tacoma on Black Friday), trial starts today for wanted criminal who shot and wounded a WSP trooper in the face in Walla Walla), "why is there not more anger" over fatal shooting at Tukwila WA mall parking garage by suspected car thief who opened fire on car owner, KVI callers sound off on the non-stop crime problems in WA,

7am hour -- Christmas and COVID culture as we close out 2022, more US job postings don't require a college degree after COVID, GUEST: KOMO 4's meteorologist, Kristin Clark, explains the lowland snow this morning and possibly again on Thursday in Puget Sound and then off-and-on mountain snow all week, expect all of the nuiscances of snow with out the fun of snow, the lawsuit against Kraft Velvetta Mac-and-Cheese because it takes longer than 3.5 minutes to microwave, the plaintiff's attorney has filed 400 lawsuits against food companies in recent years,

8am hour -- racial tension under the microscope in Seattle following lawsuit filed against the city by a former Seattle gov't employee alleging hostile workplace, San Francisco's director of elections won't get contract renewed because he's white, the SF city worker ostensibly being fired under the guise of diversity/equity/inclusion (DEI), SF's mayor (who is Black) goes to bat for the white elections director, why this SF case is a clear Constitutional violation of the 14th Amendment, check out the carbon footprint on display in this Thanksgiving day family picture of what might be WA's newest Congressional Democrat, what hurt Congressional candidate Joe Kent the most as he consideres paying for recount in 3rd District election contest, how Joe Kent's campaign is mirrored by the failure of AZ gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.