WA unemployment is approaching 1-million people, at 8:05a Carlson interviews the daughter of a 2008 murder victim who was sounding the alarm bell about the possible early release of her mother's killer (a mass murderer convicted in Skagit County), SCOW rules against early release of even more prison inmates and it would have included violent offenders and the mentally ill, the SCOW ruling was 5-4 which is scary to ponder, how the anti-Trump 'left' tried to distort Trump's daily press briefing comments yesterday,

new UW modeling data today could pave the way for Gov. Inslee to re-open 3 aspects of the economy, a new poll says about 1/3 of Americans are conspiracy theorists when it comes to COVID-19 vaccination, why are WA's lower population areas still on lock down when the COVID stats plateaued 3 weeks ago?, shared sacrifice only works when the public sees the benefit in the sacrifice.

State Supreme Court rules against early release of more (violent and mentally unstable) prison inmates, in a surprisingly close 5-4 decision the high court ruled that state DOC is doing enough to keep prisoners safe respective of COVID-19 spread, the lawsuit was radical and extreme,

here are the last names of the dissenting State Supreme Court justices in yesterday's ruling (by dissenting they approved the release of these inmates) Gonzelz, Yu, McCloud, Montoya-Lewis all judges who voted in dissenting opinion to approve prisoner early release, deceptive headline about a 4-month-old baby dying in NYC from COVID-19, one pharmaceutical researcher says COVID-19 vaccine timeline might be cut in half.

GUEST: economist Steve Moore talks about the latest Congressional relief bill for COVID-19 and the political fight from Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

GUEST: host of Full Measure, Sharyl Attkisson, is asked if Trump's daily COVID-19 press briefings are a net benefit or net negative for his public approval.

GUEST: Sedro Wolley WA resident, Tonya Fenton, speaks about new court ruling that will prevent release of up to 10,000 violent and some mentally ill prison inmates due to COVID19 concerns, Fenton's mom was murdered--her dad wounded and almost killed--in a 2008 Skagit Co. shooting mass murder by Isaac Zamora, Fenton posted a tearful and heartfelt video message opposing Zamora's early release and it was viewed over 200,000 times.

The unintentionally funny possibility that Joe Biden might select Stacey Abrams as his VP running mate, why last night's 1st round Seahawk draft pick leaves open the possibility of resigning a key free agent Jadeveon Clowney,

GUEST: Franklin Co. Commissioner Clint Didier rejoins the show, in a 2-1 vote yesterday the other commissioners voted to reverse his motion earlier this week to over-ride Gov. Jay Inslee's job restrictions, how legalities played into the decision to reverse the plan to open up jobs, Didier frets about how deaths are classified between flu and COVID, Dr. Anthony Fauci awesome answers about intellectual honesty he provides Pres. Trump.

GUEST: Mark Cooke, policy advisor to I-1715 joins the podcast for an interview about this new statewide initiative in WA to decriminalize drug offenders and get them to drug rehab treatment rather than pushing them through the criminal justice system, the problem with tacit decriminalization in Seattle, I-1715 is aimed solely at possession crimes--not other crimes committed under the influence, why KVI's John Carlson hopes I-1715 makes the November 2020 general election ballot.

a Bothell/Woodinville spa owner with 35 employees uses PPP to pay employees instead of putting them on unemployment and now they're upset with her, the story underscores how employers are competing with the unemployment line right now, why illegal aliens might shift into these jobs, Gov. Inslee claps back at Franklin County's vote,

so what happened with that North Korea/Kim Jong Un story from Tuesday?

The politics of Earth Day on its 50th Anniversary and why conservatives can stake a legitimate claim to environmental protection without resorting to alarmist tactics, KVI's Lars Larson examines the growing push back against Gov. Inslee's jobs restrictions and why other states didn't go as far as Inslee did without suffering adverse impacts.

tearful and emotional video message of a Skagit County (WA) woman discovering that her mother and friend's murderer might be part of early release on prisoners by Gov. Jay Inslee, the 2008 murderer was too violent for Western State and was then sent to Monroe's prison, if you oppose this convicted mass murderer from receiving Inslee's early release tell the Governor how you feel by calling his office 360-753-6780, latest unemployment claims (4.4 million) bring 5-week total to 26 million in the US--yet the stock market (DJIA) is trading up anyway.

GUEST: ParentsForSafeSchools.com, and R-90 organizer, Mindie Wirth, talks about the need to gather petition signatures by June 10th, she says the campaign has sent out over 70,000 petitions for people's signatures, R-90 would force (if it qualifies for the Nov. 2020 ballot) a statewide vote on the recently enacted Comprehensive Sexual Education Curriculum signed by Gov. Inslee.

Your chance to win a $50 gift card to Ivars (and listen to KVI's Kirby Wilbur Show today from 3-6p for another chance to win), Sno.Co. Sheriff frustrated with Gov. Inslee's 'stay home' order and 'non-essential' job restrictions, why its time for a safely balanced reasonable approach to re-opening jobs.

how the push back on jobs/economic restrictions are like the speed limit restrictions after the 1970s oil embargo, GUEST: Pasco Chamber of Commerce executive director, Colin Hastings, explains the jobs climate in the north part of Tri-Cities that is stirring this push to allow jobs to re-open in defiance of Gov. Inslee's 'stay home' and 'non-essential' jobs order, how the lack of restrictions in Oregon has siphoned jobs to the south and away from Tri-Cities area.

Rep. AOC isn't ready for America to go back to work, so what exactly is she saying?, this HuffPo writer is upset Trump can't see in to the future, 8 states have not issued any stay at home orders so how are they faring in the pandemic? These 8 states have 17 million people and 402 deaths, compare that to the 47,000 deaths in the rest of the US for roughly 300 million people, Gov. Inslee's plan to release prison inmates early may include a 2008 mass murderer in Skagit County (WA) and one of those murder victim's daughter gives a tearful/emotional plea for the governor to keep the convicted killer locked up.

Its Earth Day, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers, looks at lessons learned from Earth Day's past, comparing the quality of the environment today to the first Earth Day in 1970, creation of EPA and Clean Air/Water Acts, look at why China has dirty air and water today, the absolutism of economic recovery or environmental destruction, quantifying environmental stewardship, charge electricity rates based on demand/peak demand, busting a good environmental myth (spoiler alert: rooftop solar panels). (EDIT out John's reference to seeing the blog post), will COVID-19 be the nail in the coffin of your re-usable grocery bags??

Gov. Inslee is either slow or cautious (depending on your view) about lifting restrictions and re-opening the economy, Inslee says he won't re-open anything before May 4th but says three areas will be the first to open (elective medical surgeries, residential construction, some personal recreation), one Eastern WA county will openly defy Inslee's statewide order on 'essential' jobs, that county's sheriff says he won't enforce Inslee's 'stay home' or 'essential' jobs order, Trump announces he wants US Navy to shoot/destroy any Iranian gunboats threatening US Navy ships in Persian Gulf, Missouri's Republican AG sues China in federal court for billions in damages connected to COVID-19 pandemic, GUEST: Republican candidate for governor Joshua Freed talks about why he's suing Gov. Inslee over his statewide restrictions religious gatherings, how Freed would have handled the designation of 'essential' jobs if he had been in office as COVID-19 pandemic emerged, Inslee's state address last night justifying his continuation of the restrictions on 'essential' jobs and 'stay home' order.

The national media's coverage of COVID-19 stories have been awful yet the local news media in Seattle has done a solid job of covering/scrutinizing Seattle/statewide stories, consider how badly the national news media botched the coverage of available ventilators all of this goes back to a briefing in March about FEMA and 130,0 ventilators.

oil futures hit the floor, questions swirling about health of North Korea's dictator, Trump announces via Twitter he's temporarily shutting down legal immigration, GUEST: Exec. Dir. of Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian, assess Trump's immigration announcement, making sense of which 'advisors' within the Trump White House might be behind this Trump plan, don't overlook the lobbying power of industries to temporarily stop legal immigration during the unemployment crisis right now, remember: Rhode Island's governor wanted all cars with NY license plates stopped at their state border before entering.

KVI's Lars Larson notices the bizarre convergence of news stories (oil prices, North Korea, and Trump immigration executive order) on April 20th (aka 4/20)

GUEST: foreign affairs analyst, retired US military Ralph Peters, how to punish China for the fallout connected to COVID-19 pandemic, how China could buy Italian assets on the cheap after Italy's financial crush under the COVID-19 shutdown/fatalities, what to make of North Korea speculation on Kim Jong Un's health, city official kicks out an NFL legend from a park closed for pandemic reasons, Tweets from Twits Early Edition...

new report says its a lot more likely that Californians had COVID-19 and never knew it, Carlson discovers he just tested negative for COVID-19 (after having some slight symptoms about a month ago), GUEST: State House Republican Leader, J.T. Wilcox, talks about what it takes to lift Inslee's COVID restrictions and re-open the economy, keeping people safe while simultaneously allowing business sectors to resume operating, business get back on their feet.

$50 Ivar's gift card giveaway!, the anti-Trump backlash to new announcement on stopping new immigration while US is burdened with unemployment during virus economic shutdown, consider what other states (GA, SC, FL) are doing later this week to re-open economy and recreation, KVI callers talk about re-opening business and the economic impact of virus shutdown,

GUEST: economist Steve Moore just emerged from a Trump Administration task-force meeting about plans to re-open the economy, prioritize a smart and healthy re-opening of jobs, the American people are indicating their desire to accept the risk of virus spread as they emerge to recreate; on this day in Seattle history...hint: 1962,why Trump's newly announced immigration halt executive order is reflective of a "tug-of-war" inside the White House.

VP Pence responds to Trump's "Liberate" tweets, Inslee's myopic view of the 're-open the economy' protests over the weekend, political vs scientific criteria for the virus restrictions and shutdowns like Inslee's decision to grant early release of nearly 1000 prison inmates (is not based in science), mis-interpreting one's opinion for propensity to break the law, a story that would normally receive a lot of coverage if it wasn't for the virus pandemic, Nova Scotia mass shooting in Canada, disguised his car and himself as a police officer killing 18 now including one UCMP, (edit, new information right now) a new eyewitness account describes a confrontation with the mass murderer, no known motive so far,

WA reached its COVID-19 peak two weeks ago, Carlson attended yesterday's Olympia rally, KOMO coverage link story, looking back: why did King Co. or state officials allow an early March Sounders soccer game to be played if, in the on-going "blame Trump" game its noted that on the Feb. 19th (2020) Nevada debate the words virus, Coronavirus or COVID-19 never came up among the Democratic candidates (or moderators).

Two calls about yesterday's Olympia protest, TX Congressman Dan Crenshaw tangles with HBO's Bill Maher about the narrative that Trump has blood on his hands for early decisions about virus pandemic,

look back on the NYTimes published prediction about projected 480,000 deaths and the anti-Trump media, a CBS reporter tries a 'gotcha' question at yesterday's Trump daily press briefing, frustration among small business owners around Seattle is boiling over registering for programs to help them survive COVID-19 restrictions, good news story about a furloughed worker volunteering his time to help others in Spokane,

the stat to watch to know the trajectory of the COVID pandemic, rebutting Seattle's Mayor saying we're just at the beginning of confronting COVID-19 pandemic, why the 're-open the economy' protests are ramping up now, Gov. Inslee's key mistake in his criticism of Trump's "liberate" tweets yesterday.

GUEST: Ivar's Restaurants, President, Bob Donegan, has coordinated a task-force of other notable NW restaurant owners to draft a plan to re-open sit-down restaurants in a way that complies with distancing and reducing any virus spread, expect about 1/3 of Puget Sound restaurants to close permanently when Inslee does re-open the economy, it'll likely take 3 years for any of those lost restaurants to come back via other ownership, Carlson nails the Donegan quiz question about the influence of food delivery services.

GUEST: Chris Rufo -- new essay about emptying jails amid the virus pandemic which may likely add to the homeless crisis, more examples of the voting public in Seattle saying one thing in opinion polls but doing the opposite when it comes to electing candidates to office,

GUEST: Sen. Keith Wagoner attended yesterday's Olympia protest and shares his take-aways from the crowd and message to Gov. Inslee, Wagoner also talks about the Inslee prisoner early release, this Puget Sound woman fears Inslee's early release plan for prisoners could free her ex-husband who hired a hitman to kill her.

Dr. Prakash Gatta, robotics surgeon from Multicare in Tacoma (Tacoma General/Mary Bridge) has recovered from COVID-19 infection but he's still not sure how or where he contracted it, he's donating his blood plasma for study of a vaccine, the plasma could also be transferred to an infected patient for possible recovery, does Dr. Gatta think COVID-19 will be a recurring infection each year (like Dr. Anthony Fauci has predicted) or will it disappear the way SARS did a few years ago?