Producer Phil in for John: the murder investigation of a Georgia man jogging on the street involves renewed questions about prejudice, racism, stereotypes and a two-tiered criminal justice system. In February, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbrey was jogging in Brunswick, Georgia. Arbrey is black. He was confronted by two white men armed with rifles and what transpired was captured on video recording. Now two white men are charged in the young man's murder and the looming criminal case promises to knock the virus pandemic from the lead story on American news websites and news coverage. Why the deadly confrontation has numerous similarities to the February 26th, 2012 George Zimmerman fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida.

Danny Westneat column about 70 yr old COVID+ patient on a ventilator for 4 weeks and recovered (at Swedish Hospital in Seattle), the longest hospitalized patient to survive, the man doesn't remember most of his hospitalization from early March to early April, the rare procedure of a heart catheter to save his life, a KVI listener e-mail asks about donation solicitations to Trump campaign that look questionable, why you should funnel your campaign contributions to local candidates in WA instead of Trump's re-election, Gov. Inslee's office overlooked an important element of the Phase 1 re-opening of car dealerships, how Inslee's office could have better handled the re-opening of car dealerships,

two fires at illegal/trespassing Seattle homeless camps this week show how completely unprepared Seattle officials are to maintain public safety, one business leader asks what happens if I-5 in Seattle is crippled due to fire at the same time West Seattle Bridge is shut down, its appears that State officials are just passing the buck on accountability about preventing fires around the I-5 corridor in Seattle, no response from Pres. Trump yet about latest revelation about how Mueller investigation exceeded its originally stated scope, former Seattle Seahawk player confronted at gun point by wife after allegedly caught in a sexual tryst, re-opening examples from other states but lots of customers are still exercising caution and that's what the Inlsee Administration can't seem to grasp, red flags go up about Inslee Admin. restrictions on attending drive-in church service in your car.

R-90 organizer, Mindie Wirth, the cable TVW can't air descriptions of the sex-ed curriculum during a legislative hearing because its too graphic but the curriculum supporters want to teach it to elementary school students, you can use this link to find a place to sign the petition and remain socially distanced, a half-million dollars has been donated to a TX salon owner for her jail sentence and refusal to close her shop based on 'essential' business restrictions, at the same time she's jailed for her refusal there have been 1000 jail inmates released early to prevent virus spread in the county jail, and it turns out the judge who ordered her to jail has some acute political preferences, why John thinks the 1993 accusation against Joe Biden lacks legitimacy and/or why the accusation is incredibly difficult to believe, why the appearance of political bias is a factor in this 1993 claim, what % of fatalities have occurred in nursing homes, why that % is instructive as states begin to re-open, new White House press secretary turns the tables on reporter who tried to ask a loaded question.

GUEST: Brown Bear Car Wash president, Lance Odermat, is apoplectic to find out Gov. Inslee's Administration still won't approve the opening of fully automated car washes where the driver never has to interface with an attendant, reasoned crisis management is lacking in Olympia right now, Inslee administration hiding behind bureaucracy, TX Governor steps forward on behalf of Dallas salon owner jailed for refusing to close her shop as an 'un-essential' business,

GUEST: historian, Sr. Fellow at The (Stanford University) Hoover Institution, and CA farmer, Victor Davis Hanson: how the projection for California went from 1 million deaths to a tiny fraction, how governmental experts over-stated or over-estimated COVID-19 scenarios and why they didn't listen to health care professionals on the front lines, how it appears politics quickly infected the response (locally and nationally) to the virus.

A homeless man from Kenmore WA is now nominated for a prestigious award after selflessly responding to help a crime victim.

NYT letter to the editor about Tara Reade, the letter is from a former NYT DC bureau reporter who has now founded two other prominent DC/Beltway news websites, why the letter didn't want an investigation on behalf of Reade (spoiler alert: it comes back to anti-Trump mentality), inconsistencies in Reade's allegation, the fear on the left that Biden's candidacy will be tarnished or derailed, how so many White House pool reporters are merely "activists with a by-line" to portray a viewpoint rather than an unbiased report; a report about COVID patients in a PA nursing home that weren't taken to a hospital, the percentages of deaths (in states) connected to nursing homes are predominant, is it plausible that removing those nursing home patients to hospitals may have reduced deaths or other infections?

Several Republican State lawmakers sue Gov. Inslee over his statewide restrictions, the lawsuit seeks to give the oversight to the Legislature, Inslee's claim that the virus will comeback with a vengeance misses a salient point, Inslee prefers selective science, Trump's visit to Arizona yesterday included this contribution of testing equipment for the Navajo Nation, KVI's Mark Christopher gives his report about fishing and social distancing in Mason County yesterday, GUEST: organizer of Facebook.com/SafelyBackToWorkWA (and John's tech go-to-guy), Dave Parkhurst, preparing and helping small business owners to be safe and ready to re-open; KVI's Lars Larson has a contrarian view of the new lawsuit against Gov. Inslee by a group of Republican State lawmakers.

Seattle City Councilman dodging his constituents over concerns about homeless problems in the Ballard neighborhood resurfaces on the day of a major tent sweep to say he opposes the sweep(s), what's the obligation of the homeless people to follow the law, last week's KOMO News story about the councilman shows he's every bit as aloof as the previous council member, new data shows what's growing in popularity and what's fading in popularity for smart phone apps, the popularity mirror the new market demands within the COVID-19 restrictions, the losing apps include rideshare and real estate companies, AirBnB dropped by half in 2 months.

Cinco de Mayo faces the same fate as St. Patrick's day, new video emerges of a TV animal show host getting stung by Asian giant hornet, new UW IHME projection estimates the current death rate of COVID will double in the US by August as states re-open, so were the previous estimates all bogus?, calculating this balance between jobs and public health, how Trump can simultaneously boost his approval and drop his disapproval rating, it begins with ignoring the detractors (both in news media and Never Trumpers), an example involves the Biden/Tara Reade story, a Seattle music radio legend just passed away so we pay a KVI tribute to Gary Lockwood.

GUEST: KVI's Kirby Wilbur joins John because 50 years ago today the Kent State Massacre scarred America, how the deadly events on campus in Kent OH shook UW and Seattle, how the 1970 fatal shooting that killed four and wounded nine fueled momentum to end the military draft and ultimately the Vietnam War.

barber shop owner defies Gov. Inslee's 'essential' business restriction, how the curve is flattening this week that shows more businesses can re-open, why are we still locking down WA?, state parks re-open tomorrow, Colorado's governor has taken a much swifter path to re-opening than Gov. Inslee, balancing public health with economic survival, Inslee's using more political criteria on these decisions than Colorado's governor, steelhead salmon Columbia River update...

the flaw in the logic of lockdown supporters saying we'll be right back where we started with COVID fatalities, why Seattle allowing farmers markets to re-open undercuts this argument, people are going to come back incrementally rather than in one massive rush, the R-90 campaign and the current success rate of WA schools with math/science/reading curriculum.

John rebuts some of this morning's ABC News updates about Texans recreating at a river when police arrived, the distorted claim that 'deaths are rising' (the increase was from 4 to 7 in one state), GUEST: R-90 campaign organizer, Mindie Wirth, gives an R-90 update and says their returned signatures are running ahead of schedule right now, the controversial sex-ed curriculum will sever the connection between sexual behavior and value judgements at the heart of this statewide debate,

churches re-open in Idaho with several precautions in place to prevent COVID infections, WA now facing arrival of 'murder hornets' an invasive species from Asia,

GUEST: WPC's enviro policy director Todd Myers is also a bee-keeper and these Asian giant hornets are a threat to honey bee colonies in North America, how the Asian giant hornet targets/destroys the honey bee hive, the 'murder hornet' can spit venom as well as sting , the threat to humans is also wicked unpleasant, if you suspect you see an Asian giant hornet you should contact the state or federal agriculture department; 50 years ago today: the Kent State massacre.

UW students shutdown I-5 in protest over Kent State massacre 50 years ago this week, GUEST: founder of Hops N Drops restaurants, Mark Eggen, his pub-style restaurant chain founded 11 years ago started in Bonney Lake, his vision was to open neighborhood restaurants in places where other restaurants wouldn't open, a varied menu designed to please families, how Hops N Drops is handling the COVID shutdown and why they've waited until today to re-open.

RIP to the NFL's winningest head coach, music to match this week's sunny spring weather, SF police chief orders officers to stop wearing 'thin blue line' masks after May Day protest patrols, GUEST: KVI's Kirby Wilbur on the anniversary of the UW student protest that shut down I-5 after the US invaded Cambodia, how the protesters were used by the hard-left communists of the time, how students perceived the Kent State massacre and impacted the remaining years of the draft and the Vietnam War.

Kent State University actually posts a webpage correcting often mistaken or error-laden accounts of the shooting.

More examples of King County officials enabling homeless addicts, why this doesn't look good for future improvement of Western WA repeat crime and homeless problems, the double standard regarding sexual assault allegations between Kavanaugh nomination and Biden 1993 accusation, Biden polling compared to Trump on virus pandemic performance, how Trump's popularity could be much higher if he did one simple thing regarding the daily COVID-19 press briefings.