KVI's Kirby Wilbur in for Carlson: we're one week from Christmas, 27,000 people in WA still haven't received their unemployment pay dating back to the spring, why can't Gov. Inslee's administration fix this glaring problem after 9 months?, a California restaurant owner/chef who also judges a cooking show blasts the governors/mayors locking down restaurants (without any financial compensation) during the pandemic, WA Dept. of Health distorting the statistics--including reported deaths--from COVID cases, Freedom Foundation's Max Nelson explains this failure by Gov. Inslee's officials to accurately report COVID cases, KVI's Lars Larson digs into the latest problems at Inslee's Employment Security Department.

why the Edmonds mayor should resign after his role in the fiasco regarding the recent selection of police chief, the pathetic excuse several Edmonds city council members have given for the botched confirmation of the police chief last week.

Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?, the film's director weighs in after 32 years..., a deep dive on why "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie, the 'Die Hard' actor who was born on Christmas eve in Moses Lake WA, BREAKING: homeless camp sweep is beginning now at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park after it was postponed two days ago, GUEST: investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson previews her Full Measure story for Sunday about a man who went to prison for recycling E-waste (computers, smart phones, flat screens, etc).

DEVELOPING homeless camp sweep is now underway at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park, a federal judge in Seattle rejects the claim of a homeless woman in Cal Anderson Park to stop any sweep, Trump's election legal challenges and where they stand right now, one of Seattle's biggest Marxists is commenting on the latest KOMO special "The Fight For The Soul of Seattle", however this KOMO critic admits she hasn't actually watched the latest special report.

GUEST: KOMO News reporter Corwin Haeck reports LIVE from Cal Anderson Park as a sweep begins of an un-sanctioned homeless camp, this sweep that has begun by Seattle Parks Department was postponed two days ago, GUEST: KVI's Mark Christopher explains what you need to know if you plan on going skiing or snowboarding this season in the PNW, ski resorts are all utilizing some form of reservations due to pandemic restrictions, Kirby is devastated after his favorite singer of Christmas songs loses a head-to-head competition decided by KVI listeners.

GUEST: award winning author about astronomy and space, David Aguilar, is releasing an updated version of his book "The National Geographic Space Encyclopedia", he talks about the 'conjunction', the coming planetary phenomenon earthlings will see on Dec. 21st (if the clouds/weather cooperate), how the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn next week will be brighter in the sky than it has in 800 years, the 'conjunction' is probably what people in Bethlehem described as the bright star connoting Jesus's birth, he notes that Chinese, Arabs and Greeks were marvelous at documenting astrological events that helped track these major events, why his book is a perfect Christmas gift, why he thinks humans (hopefully Americans) will be exploring the surface of Mars in 15-20 years.

Welcome Back to Seattle's CHOP!, yes it looks like CHOP is back after Cal Anderson Park unsanctioned homeless sweep is postponed, KVI callers sound off on this latest Seattle dysfunction and how the extremists/activists inside Cal Anderson Park are calling the shots instead of accountable city officials, what it will take to reclaim Cal Anderson Park and prevent another CHOP (grab this moment for Friday replay),

the best answer yet to the emergence of 'cancel culture' as a political weapon.

GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, the new Congressional COVID relief plan emerging to pay most Americans $500-$600 each, Seattle dysfunction on full display after unsanctioned homeless camp sweep postponed, Seattle appears to have its own version now of squatters occupying an empty house like Portland's "Red House" eviction battle, Edmonds mayor caves on his politically correct pick for police chief, GUEST: President of the Edmonds Police Officers Association, Ross Sutton, he initially brought red flags to light for the candidate that was confirmed by the city council last week, it wasn't until after the city council confirmed the candidate that the red flags received more attention and the mayor reversed course, last week's confirmation shows the city council is obsessed with race (of a prospective job candidate), Gov. Inslee finally realizes "data" shows K-12 schools should be opened and not closed to in-class learning, his realization comes several months too late.

GUEST: UW atmospheric sciences professor/meterologist/blogger/acclaimed author, Cliff Mass, says that Gov. Inslee's latest climate change agenda is an "extremely expensive, inefficient way to deal with global warming", Mass adds its very regressive toward lower-income workers and households, Mass says his models projecting the next 100 years also undercut some of Gov. Inslee's climate change claims, Gov. Inslee's so-called slush fund to connect racial justice to climate change agenda.

Gov. Inslee snubbed TWICE now by incoming Pres. Joe Biden, Biden confesses what he thinks of when he thinks of climate change, the sign at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park that flatly states: Give Us Housing Now!!, KOMO News icon Connie Thompson is leaving the air for retirement, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers, says Gov. Inslee is doubling down on bad ideas that are already unpopular and bad policy too, Inslee's climate plan benefits special interest groups, the state's proposed energy strategy for the next 30 years, electricity demand expected to go up 90% yet these same bureaucrats are advocating tearing down hydro-electric dams in WA which will hurt electricity production, the black-owned security business in Seattle isn't surprised to see the latest stand-off (this time over homeless people) in Cal Anderson Park.

The bittersweet news about the retirement this week of KOMO's consumer news reporter, Connie Thompson, TV host and consummate free-thinker, Mike Rowe, weighs in on college debt forgiveness, he notes that the biggest college debt is compiled by middle and upper-class students attending the most elite universities, these student/families are not the ones living on the economic edges of American society, guess which city is considering banning the name of Abraham Lincoln HS because Lincoln, the "woke" standard being applied to keeping Lincoln's name is impossible for anyone in the 19th century America to meet.

A plot twist in the politically correct pursuit of a new Edmonds (WA) police chief, a new medical journal report about 'asymptomatic' COVID cases within the same household, a homeless sweep planned for this morning at 7:30 could turn confrontational based on how a KOMO News crew was physically attacked and intimidated while trying to report from the site (Cal Anderson Park at the old CHOP location), the confrontation spurs a variety of questions about whether or not Seattle's mayor will allow or prevent police to be involved in this morning's sweep, what's the difference between the Biden/Harris "100 day" mask request and what Trump's been saying?, Edmonds police chief prediction comes true, Edmonds mayor caves on his nominee for new city police chief, Carlson's prediction came true in less than 24 hours, the Portland "Red House" update. 54 studies and 77,000 participants in a new medical journal report provide some inconvenient facts for 'lockdown' advocates on the pandemic, the new report analyzes the likelihood for COVID transmission while living in the same house with an 'asymptomatic' person, DEVELOPING: new Congressional COVID relief plan giving "most Americans" $500-600 each is unveiled by a pro-Trump Democratic US Senator, GUEST: KOMO News reporter, Corwin Haeck, live at this morning's Cal Anderson Park unsanctioned homeless sweep in Seattle, Haeck adds that police officers and SUVs are on the scene to start, what are Cal Anderson Park activists concealing inside the park? Gov. Inslee recycles his list of climate change agenda items, GUEST: KOMO reporter Corwin Haeck rejoins the show to confide that he was just physically accosted at Cal Anderson Park after last hour's report he gave, he describes the assailant as someone who claimed KOMO News was "propaganda", the selection of a new Edmonds Police Chief collapses and the mayor confesses that the city will begin an all new search for a chief next year, Biden nominates a Transportation Secretary that he eviscerated during the primary as being too inexperienced, GUEST: professor emeritus at Cal State U., a Senior Fellow at The Hoover Institute, military historian and political savant, Dr. Victor Davis Hanson PhD, joins the show to dispense knowledge about The New Mad Left, the behavior of the last 24 hours toward journalists at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park are endemic of what Dr. Hanson is writing about this week, how entitlement and universities foster this type of Marxist behavior, how big tech plays into this political disconnect from civility, the interview concludes with a perfect summation about 'cancel culture' and the current generation perpetrating the 'cancelation' of prior leaders/figures.

A sheriff defies a judge who orders the release of 1800 jail inmates due to potential COVID infection spread, the sheriff says the 1800 inmates are too violent and dangerous to release and he won't substitute one public danger (Covid spread) for another (violent crimes), HHS Sec. Alex Azar on vaccine deployment, Seattle's first homeless camp sweep since the city Navigation Team was dissolved introduces us to a man who wants to be known as "Crow of Death".

John Carlson is back, Edmonds Police Chief story isn't finalized quite yet, Renton blocks Seattle's over-flow of homeless to their city, the key moments from KOMO News's latest special report "The Fight For the Soul Of Seattle", new report about voting machines in one MI county say it was designed to prompt a human recount, AG Bill Barr resigns from Trump Administration, GUEST: Bellevue retail and real estate developer, Kemper Freeman Jr. joins the show to talk about Snowflake Lane, how on-line retail will affect downtown Bellevue stores/malls and the Bellevue perspective on KOMO's latest news special "The Fight For the Soul Of Seattle". The big story brewing in the small Whidbey Island town of Langley WA, GUEST: Washington Three Percent member, Erik Rohde, lives on Whidbey Island and explains the dispute, the story embodies the political fragility of people on south Whidbey Island, what is the WA Three Percent?, why his group is standing up for community protection and conservative principles, how the spread of Seattle politics is spreading to rural Whidbey Island, we're still waiting to find out if there's a chance to reschedule the Apple Cup this month, finally a favorable news media story about Pres. Trump but the timing sure is curious, the battle over the new Edmonds Police Chief is apparently not over, the background check on one of the candidates is now coming in to question. Renton blocks Seattle's over-flow of homeless to their city, Renton's decision will force Seattle to be more accountable about handling their chronic homeless issues, Sen. Bernie Sanders forgets about businesses when it comes to taxpayer funded pandemic relief, a look back on a prominent local Democratic elected official who refused to accept the Electoral College results in early 2017, a new documentary has arrived about the Tacoma rock band that launched a thousand guitar bands, the latest report on the growing political divide roiling Whidbey Island, time for Amy Grant and Natalie Cole to battle it out for the definitive version of the tender Christmas tune "My Grown Up Christmas List".

show producer Phil Vandervort in for John Carlson: thank you to all the KVI listeners who donated to the Salvation Army Toy Drive over the weekend, over $100,000 in donations plus 5933 toys were collected at local Fred Meyer stores to benefit children in need via The Salvation Army.

Gov. Jay Inslee finally finds a protest he wants to speak out about and condemn, Trump vows to take COVID vaccine but says he's waiting for now so others can receive it first, highlights from Fight For The Soul Of Seattle...

Seattle city officials pushing for 'rehabilitation' instead of incarceration are failing to provide data that its helping keep repeat criminals from committing more crimes, intense standoff over alleged gentrification in Portland might be nearing an end today.

what the weather forecast says about possible snow fall on Christmas day in Western WA, don't be seduced by grand promises of high speed rail from Vancouver BC (through Seattle/Bellevue) to Portland OR, a watchdog on Seattle homeless problems says city council "will have blood on their hands" in 2021 now that 'navigation team' has been dismantled, the assertion is delivered in the brand new KOMO News special report "The Fight For the Soul of Seattle",

a KVI talk show host health report update, two sterling examples of how disingenuous Seattle elected officials are when it comes to pushing this narrative of "rehabilitation" instead of "incarceration" regarding the chronic drug addicted/repeat criminals in Seattle, both examples showcase how the so-called political party of science is selective about their data, responding to a Twitter using trolling KOMO and news anchor Eric Johnson for the new special report "The Fight For the Soul of Seattle", why this special report is simply a news reporter holding up a mirror to the city of Seattle, another pro sports franchise will drop its controversial team name, the non-sense being proffered by the Seattle City Attorney regarding a proposed "poverty defense" ordinance, why Seattle homeless problems and America's opiod addiction crisis are both rooted in behavioral psychology that's rarely ever talked about but should be more widely discussed.

The massive chasm between Seattle protesters arrested by police yet only a tiny fraction are actually charged by the city attorney, the excuse making from the city attorney's side, the lack of prosecution by the um, 'prosecutor', prompts the question about escalation versus de-escalation that is now state law regarding police officers; a Bellevue car prowl arrest uncovers three prolific criminal suspects.

WA Gov. Jay Inslee has forbidden restaurants from using propane heaters outdoors according to a Bellevue restaurant, how is restricting propane heaters a scientific method related to COVID spread?, another Democratic governor who has been heaping on business restrictions has tested positive for COVID, however major news media seeming to be ignoring this governor's COVID+ status, GUEST: Salvation Army Captain Jonathan Harvey.

GUEST: KOMO News anchor Eric Johnson joins KVI to preview the 90-minute commercial free special report on Seattle's continuing homeless (drug addicted/repeat criminal) problems, its a follow-up to the KOMO report "Seattle Is Dying", the new special report is titled "The Fight For The Soul of Seattle", it airs Saturday night at 9:30 on KOMO 104 HD, Johnson says we're at a cross-roads for Seattle to decide to fix the on-going homeless problems or continue exacerbating the problem with the current path that has brought us to this point.

the ridiculous comments by Joe Biden's new climate czar (former Sec. of State) John Kerry about rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, Morocco becomes 4th Muslim nation to normalize relations with Israel during Trump Administration (something John Kerry as Sec. of State said could never be done), a pitch-perfect response to this morning's decision by Time to name Biden/Harris as their Person of the Year,

deceased actor Chadwick Boseman will remain as the actor for the next Black Panther 2 movie, GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, why its so important for Americans who can afford it to patronize restaurants during these restrictions and tip those workers still on the job, GUEST: Full Measure host, Sharyl Attkisson -- California's tax burden on residents and the political battle over state and local taxes, on her website she's compiling a list of stories to help you separate fact from fiction regarding the election results/legal battles. Her list is also broken down by state so you can track the accuracy that way, how the political left is now trying to dismantle California's senior Senator, Diane Feinstein.

we invite and urge you to help donate today to Salvation Army for their annual toy drive, the CDC says seasonal flu activity is unusually low right now, GUEST: Salvation Army Major Rob Reardon.

See if you can pinpoint the common dominator in the list of "achievements" US Rep AOC names in this video...

KOMO News anchor, Eric Johnson, produces a brand new 90-minute special report on Seattle's homeless problems that airs tomorrow night, Johnson says Seattle's at a cross-roads to fix or fail the response to homelessness, drug addiction and repeat crime.