there's a Portland virus mutating in Seattle (and Tacoma and Olympia) this weekend, Seattle authorities are expecting pre-planned violence tomorrow, why Seattle Police will have their hands tied to disperse destructive or violent crowds going forward, federal officers are on location in Seattle just in case they need to protect the federal courthouse, so here's the big question for Gov. Inslee this morning.

Dr. Anthony Fauci draws extra scrutiny on MLB opening day but its not from his errant first pitch to start the game, the irony that Seattle is currently building a wall around the police dept.'s West Precinct, umbrellas becoming a dead giveaway for who's causing problems and crimes in Seattle and Portland.

what Gov. Jay Inslee should be doing today in advance of announced anti-police street protests from Olympia to Seattle tomorrow, candidate for WA governor--Tim Eyman--tells KVI he's ready to become a political insider after 20+ years of changing government as an outsider, a KVI caller asks a vexing question about which Republican candidate can actually dispatch Gov. Inslee in a general election.

King County judge rules that four Seattle TV stations and the Seattle Times must turn over pictures/video from May 30th destruction from protest that escalated to identify suspects in unsolved property damage, Republican candidate for governor, two more interview highlight clips from yesterday's podcast interview with Tim Eyman, the primary voting threshold Gov. Inslee cant fall below, a theory on why Eyman isn't getting better results from his name recognition, where Eyman differs from the last two Republican challengers to Eyman, Gov. Inslee's so fastidious about virus restrictions in smaller Eastern WA towns but he's silent on condemning destructive/damaging protests, Inslee's comment about "the most dangerous 3 feet in the state" merits a rebuttal.

its looking like a scheduled riot is planned for tomorrow in Seattle, as evidence look at the cement barrier erected at the downtown Seattle police precinct, why Seattle Police will be limited on dispersing the expected protest crowd tomorrow and the criminal vandals who hide in their midst, how one simple declaration could prevent a lot of damage this weekend, the failure of leadership at three levels of local and WA government when it comes to destruction caused during recent protests, Everett restaurant owner calls KVI after hearing last hour's discussion about Gov. Inslee re-imposing restrictions on restaurants, the restaurant owner offers a devastating rebuttal to Inslee's comment about "the most dangerous 3 feet in the state".

GUEST: economist and a White House visitor this week, Steve Moore, tackles a schism in the (Congressional) Republican Party about fiscal restraint or more federal spending amid the virus pandemic to assuage voters in November, what Moore told Pres. Trump this week about agreeing to any bad deal on federal debt regarding the virus, why progressive Democrats will exacerbate income inequality to placate teacher's unions this fall, when it comes to labor unions vs. science and children the latter two will be always be marginalized. President Trump decides to cancel in-person GOP convention in Florida next month, having some fun with the new NHL Seattle team name "The Kraken", why there was zero chance the Seattle team would have picked Carlson's preferred name.

GUEST: Republican candidate for WA governor, Tim Eyman, talks about his campaign, he's asked why he decided to go from being a successful political outsider to be an elected insider, Gov. Inslee's legal challenge to the latest $30 car tabs vote motivated Eyman to run for governor, why it might require lawsuits to get students back into K-12 schools during the virus pandemic, why Eyman is ready to get in the trenches at all levels of gov't, why Eyman feels that $52 billion in tax hikes make him the best match-up to challenge Inslee in November, why Eyman's 17 statewide campaigns give him more experience than the other Republican candidates, an encounter in Seattle that Eyman had involving a comparison to Bernie Sanders.

arson and more damage overnight in Seattle's Capitol Hill by "protesters", a Seattle real estate broker says an out of town home buyer canceled a deal after Sunday's violent destruction-spree at two coffee stores and an Amazon Go, the real estate agent's story underscores the problems with the 'defund police' activists, no politicians speaking out to condemn or admonish the continuing destruction and chaos, Seattle caving in to the mob, Portland's 'wall of moms' group exposed by nightly protest observer.

KVI caller debates the origin point for the extreme political policy choices of closing the K.C. jail and 'defund police', Seattle's anger predates the Trump-era, Republican candidate for WA governor, Dr. Raul Garcia M.D. tells KVI he was motivated to run against Gov. Inslee because of his response to virus pandemic, Garcia points to a loss of trust regarding the COVID pandemic and the early messages about wearing face masks, Portland's mayor receives no love from the nightly protest/antagonist crowd last night, KVI's Lars Larson notes that there's no public reporting of 3 Portland police officers losing partial vision as the crowd attacks them on Portland streets, a Portland HS fires a football coach and the coach suspect's its because he's a police officer.

Republican candidate for WA governor, Dr. Raul Garcia, tells KVI how he feels about Trump in 2020 and answers a series of questions ranging from gun rights and mental health to sanctuary policy, the Pentagon has decided to re-open all schools that fall within a singular category this September, a CA nurse goes into hysterics yelling at people on a lake shore that they're not socially distancing, do Seattle and Portland protesters know that Amazon and Starbucks are donating generously to their so-called causes?? Country Time Lemonade has a great plan to help kids who can't open a summer lemonade stand during the virus pandemic.

GUEST: Republican candidate for WA 8th District U.S. Congress, Keith Swank, talks about his campaign to challenge incumbent Rep. Dr. Kim Schrier, Swank is a 30-year WA resident and a local police captain, the importance of border security on the southern US border, the importance of stopping the drug flow and get addicts into treatment to save lives, why Seattle/Portland mayors are wrong for their stance on federal officers protecting property in the respective cities, how does Swank differntiate himself against his other Republican challenger for the WA 8th District (north central Pierce County, into eastern King County and over the I-90 corridor to Kittitas and Chelan Counties).

GUEST: Republican candidate for WA 8th District Congress, Jesse Jensen, talks about his campaign to challenge incumbent Rep. Dr. Kim Schrier, Jensen provides 3 quick examples of issues he disagrees with Schrier about including the threat to jail business owners who opened up in defiance of virus shutdown orders, why he supports victims of DV being allowed to obtain a gun for protection, Jensen is a military veteran who worked in South Dakota politics before moving to WA, how he can bring jobs to Ellensburg and make Auburn safer, why Schrier voted to make Seattle's $15 minimum wage a national minimum wage.

The opposition by Seattle and Portland mayors (among other Trump opponents) to federal law enforcement officers in those cities is the exact plot of a major Marvel Comic "Captain America" movie,

an update on last night's Seattle arson and other property damage destruction, new report says King County deputy prosecutors refusing to charge arrested people for felonies like assaulting police officers, the flimsy claim by Seattle school officials that shutting down schools and continuing on-line learning (in Sept.) is for the kids' safety, what Republican candidate for WA governor--Dr. Raul Garcia--would do about K-12 instruction this fall during the virus pandemic.

GUEST: emergency room doctor and Republican candidate for WA governor, Dr. Raul Garcia, talks about his entry into the political world, Dr. Garcia is a former staffer for US Senator Bob Dole, Dr. Garcia addresses how Gov. Inslee handled the unprecedented virus pandemic, he notes that Gov. Inslee didn't protect the most vulnerable population, Dr. Garcia grew up in Cuba before reaching the U.S., the role of gov't is to educate not mandate.

Dr. Garcia lives in Tri-Cities and works at a Yakima hospital, Yakima County's virus infection rates are bad because of a lack of trust in state government, Dr. Garcia suggests education to encourage face-mask usage rather than mandates, what would Dr. Garcia do if he was governor about re-opening K-12 schools in September, what he'd do to protect teachers in the vulnerable health or age brackets, why Dr. Garcia's focused on small business and health care in his campaign, he'll prioritize mental health treatment if elected.

Why he thinks Seattle's failed CHOP fiasco will play a big factor in this November's election, why its time to govern logically, speed round questions: guns, abortion, free trade and China, sanctuary city policy, police cooperating with ICE.

Why he thinks now is the time a Republican can win across WA, how he organized a wide-ranging group of Republicans and professionals to support his campaign, what does he say if he's asked in a debate if he's voting for Trump in November?

15 people shot and wounded outside funeral home amid drive-by in Chicago, new poll says 24% of WA voters are undecided on who they like for governor, same poll says 76% of WA residents opposed 'defunding police', how the King County Council is attempting to strip power from the voters and consolidate power between the Democratic majority council and the Democratic county executive, a parent in Kent schools says the on-line learning must be better this fall than it was in the spring, imagine if Congress decided to let state legislatures appoint each state's 2 U.S. Senators instead of allowing the people to elect their U.S. Senators, why Portland protesters are like the Confederates attacking the Union during the Civil War.

GUEST: Bothell Police captain, Mike Johnson, shares the news about a fundraiser for slain officer Johnathan Shoop, how KVI listeners can step forward and help donate to Officer Shoop's family.

Portland's 54th straight night of protests is closing in on a record, Twitter Beef: Texas style! KVI exclusive: primary election campaign shenanigans are coming to light in Whatcom County, the postal workers union used their mail delivery access to put campaign fliers rubber banded to the primary ballot in mailboxes, the picture uncovered in Seattle about wearing masks during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.

GUEST: news columnist & documentary filmmaker from Seattle, Chris Rufo, obtained the leaked King Co. Executive memo to shutdown the county jail, what shutting down King County's largest jail with no replacement means for letting criminals go free into the community, why liberals would rather have a low prison population than a low crime rate, CHOP's example last month shows why this idea of de-incarceration and defunding police is bound to fail, statewide WA polling shows the public doesn't want to defund police, why the next 3-6 months are crucial to the future safety of Puget Sound and WA,

GUEST: Crosscut.com writer and former Seattle Weekly editor-in-chief, Mike Seely, posted a column about the logistics to restart schools, says the "silence was defeaning" from the left side of the political spectrum about getting kids back to school this fall amid the pandemic, Seely says we need to "re-imagine" what outdoor learning can be to get students back to school, the virus doesn't transmit outdoors so use that as a spring board to bring students and teachers back together, Seely describes some of the positive and negative feedback he got for his Seattle Times op-ed on this subject.

How Portland insurrectionists attacking federal buildings are like Civil War's Confederates attacking Union buildings, new WA statewide polling shows voters are undecided about governor but definitely oppose defunding police, King County's top elected officially unilaterally announces he's going to close the King Co. jail in Seattle and not replace it, so what does that mean for convicted criminals getting community release instead of actual jail time?

Two south King County School districts have pulled back on plans for at least part time in-person learning for the upcoming school year, the on-going dilemma of on-line instruction being a poor replacement for in-school instruction amid the fear of virus spread, should WA teachers that earned sizeable pay raises the last few years give back some of that salary this year if schools remain closed for on-line learning? Game show host, Alex Trebek, talks about the experimental cancer treatment he's receiving, talks about facing the family decision about 'quality of life' if the treatment doesn't work, says his treatment is on the right track but he's a realist.

Body cam video reveals the bottles and fireworks thrown at Seattle cops Sunday when marchers turned violent at the West Precinct, no Seattle politicians have condemned the property damage and antagonism toward police officers, Pres. Trump tweets about face masks which is a noticeable turn from his previous public skepticism about masks so what changed?, a theory about Seattle's CHOP that emerged from Pres. Trump's Sunday news interview with Fox's Chris Wallace, when Seattle liberals want to crack down on violent radicals (like last Sunday) they can do it but they're simultaneously afraid of these mobs, a KVI callers asks why are so many Seattleites silent about the dangerous chaos ranging from Sunday's violence to the CHOP fiasco, look at the prosecution of St. Louis homeowners who held their firearms in front yard as a protest mob broke through a fence to get into their neighborhood, KVI's Lars Larson says the "you break it you buy it" political philosophy applies to Portland.

GUEST: West Seattle resident and Antifa watchdog, Katie Daviscourt, saw the Sunday damage and destruction in downtown up close, she calls Sunday's violence "highly organized crime" being passed off as an ICE protest, the marchers were attacking corporations and big businesses in downtown Seattle (Starbucks and Amazon), she says the Seattle crowd seems intent on keeping pace with Portland as a center for damage/destruction, Daviscourt was confronted by a face-masked vandal who yelled at her to put her phone down while she was video recording the damage at an Amazon Go store.

Will he demand the catcher wear a face mask or will the regular mask be sufficient?? Visual daily double from Portland's latest nightly melee, the stunning video revelation of drone footage from China and the bizarre answers from a Chinese Ambassador on BBC TV about the treatment of ethnic Uighurs handcuffed and transported on trains, Whatcom County mail in ballots are delivered with a candidate's campaign placard attached in some mailboxes.

the Seattle mom of the 19 year old murdered inside CHOP one month ago is suing the city and the state for wrongful death, why the mom should receive a hefty financial judgement in this case, a Portland police officer gets real about the continuing behavior of nightly protests and that there are more black people in law enforcement then there are in the nightly protest crowd, only one person arrested after 12 Seattle PD officers were injured when the violent "anti-ICE" crowd threw bottles and fireworks at cops at the West Precinct, Twitter 2-fer: fake news headline from a twit news outfit, read deeper into the story to find out that headline is a major fake out to the reader.

GUEST: owner of Carolina Smoke BBQ in Bothell, David Hayward, talks to KVI about the fundraiser he has planned this Saturday to help out the family of Bothell Police officer Jonathan Shoop who was killed in the line of duty last week, King County voters be warned: liberals on the King Co. Council begin their push today to take away the citizen's right to vote on electing the county sheriff.

A BLM mural next to Trump Tower in NYC is painted over by a black woman, the visual of what happened sent observers into confusion, the formula that anti-police and defund police activists have right now is the same one that surfaced at the end of the 1960s protests and it lead to a decade long increase in crime during the 1970s.

damage and destruction in Seattle when an anti-ICE protest cloaks fascists who begin destroying government buildings and several businesses, numerous marchers bully and verbally threaten a KOMO photographer and reporter, Pres. Trump tweet about Portland melee Saturday night, Portland's police union president says nightly animus by protesters has gone far beyond police reform and justice for George Floyd, where are the state and Seattle politicians to denounce this bullying and intimidation of the free press yesterday?, maybe Trump should send in National Guard to defend Seattle if Seattle officials can't keep property and the city safe, KVI's Lars Larson says it looks like things will get worse in Portland before it gets better because of a new county prosecutor taking office next month.

waking up this morning to a disturbing story of a fatal attack at a Federal judge's home that has frightening parallels to the murder of a Federal prosecutor in Seattle 20 years ago, remembering the legendary life of civil rights leader and US Congressman John Lewis, the fascism on display in Seattle from the group that claims to be "anti-fascist", none of Seattle's highest level politicians have condemned yesterday's abhorrent treatment of a KOMO News reporter and photographer by part of the mob causing property damage and vandalism downtown.

Another voice says if these damaging and dangerous protests in Seattle/Portland/NYC continue its going to jeopardize Biden's chance of beating Trump, how John Lewis the work horse beat another civil rights show horse to win his Georgia Congressional seat, how Christian faith informed John Lewis's civil rights work and achievements, how John Lewis's legacy compares to the tactics today of the activist/BLM crowd breaking windows/spray painting graffiti/pulling down statues, an inventory of all the injuries to police officers in Seattle and destruction caused by a crowd opposing ICE, the death threat to Amazon's CEO spray painted on a vandalized downtown building,

Portland Police officer candidly shares stories about how white protesters use racial slurs to taunt black police officers during the last 50 days of nightly confrontations,

a closer look at latest WA COVID-19 infection and death stats, GUEST: CEO of Safeology, Jim Michsel, from Everett WA says that UV light can be a game changer to re-opening schools in September because UV light kills 99.5% of virus both in the air and on-surfaces, Michsel says his company has been selling these UV lights to hospitals and hotels for years.

CNN just hired NBC sports host Bob Costas which seems to be an easy political fit for both sides, the battle over face masks gets political, the political divide is most pronounced in three southern states, the White House doctor for both Obama and Trump has some valid points about the confusion over wearing masks, 51 years ago today: the NASA lunar landing occurred, the violence and destruction connected to yesterday's downtown Seattle "anti-ICE" march, the incendiary devices used by the crowd, the patently fascist behavior of the crowd threatening and bullying a KOMO News team.

the palpable confusion and/or defiance over wearing face masks during virus pandemic, start with the legal battle in George between governor and Atlanta mayor's dispute, Arkansas's governor is urging everyone wear masks, black Seattle Police officers hold a forum to talk with black residents about their opposition to defunding the city police budget, some very candid talk about public safety and race relations in this Seattle meeting, only 130 accounts were targeted in Twitter financial scam breach earlier this week, Portland chaos and conflict overnight, a Portland Police officer speaks out about on-going antagonism at nightly anti-police protests, some family summer fun in August at Redmond WA's Marymoor Park, NYPD arrest man who attacked the police chief in a melee during an activist march, how NY's defund police push is endangering public safety for ordinary people, a KVI caller sounds off on political activism emboldening criminals to run wild because there's less chance of being caught/confronted by officers.

GUEST: KVI's Lars Larson covers yesterday's threat by protesters in Portland to burn down a police precinct, Lars hammers the Portland mayor over the on-going activists antagonizing law enforcementon, Lars points out that ordinary people are increasingly afraid to denounce the radical activists for fear of 'cancel culture' proclaiming you a racist for disagreeing.

More good news about COVID vaccines is emerging, Producer Phil takes over for an ailing John Carlson to finish the day's show, the 20-year-old Bothell man hit and injured in a cross-walk talks about the events leading up to the fatal shooting of a Bothell cop this week, the young man praises police officers, he was flung 50-feet when the suspect's vehicle rammed into him, Carolina Smoke BBQ in Bothell will hold fundraiser for Bothell Police officer killed earlier this week, Jonathan Shoop, a unprovoked stabbing attack wounds a man and his dog in their driveway in Shoreline, we listen to a an eyewitness account about how deputies opened fire on the random attacker when he wouldn't drop the knife, how the Shoreline attack reflects on attempts to defund police.

Producer Phil subs for John Carlson.

GUEST: WPC's Mariya Frost tackles 3 transportation issues that are brewing this week, we start with "re-imagining" light rail, red flags and privacy issues crop up with the pay-per-mile tax (aka Road Usage Charge), lastly Frost filed a public records request to force Gov. Jay Inslee to answer some questions about $30 car tab tax relief, .

The 'feel good' story of the week: movie actor surprises young boy who helped save his younger sister from vicious dog attack, CHOP "The Sequel" emerges in Seattle (and the irony of who is calling police to kick out CHOP 2.0), Obama and Trump's former White House surgeon has a unique take on the issue of wearing face masks during the virus pandemic, why the excuse 'its uncomfortable' isn't enough reason to avoid wearing a mask, lastly can conservatives steal a play from the progressive's play book in a campaign to scale back very expensive light rail expansion??