WA residents just gave an impressive financial donation to Salvation Army to help people hurt by COVID-19, Gov. Inslee extends his "stay home" order for 1 more month, the fatality trend line for WA is looking more and more encouraging--especially over the last five days.

Trump vs. 3M, small business are being encouraged to enroll in the Federal SBA loan program starting today to receive completely forgivable loans, Carlson explains why this is not a bailout, a KVI caller disagrees about the loan program not being a bailout.

fatality stats revisited, more leaders are urging Gov. Inslee to make gun stores (and ranges) 'essential' businesses to stay open, Constitutional argument to exercising your 2nd Amendment rights, sick burn about May Day protests from Seattle TV anchor/host,

RIP musical icon Bill Withers who voiced some of the most emotionally impactful songs of all time,

GUEST: economist Steve Moore -- Democrats trying to use pandemic as leverage to pass more gov't control measures and the Green New Deal, workers at the lower end of the job skills spectrum are being hurt the most during the economic and 'stay home' restrictions,

GUEST: host of Full Measure, Sharyl Attkisson, previews her new report about how US Army medical teams are researching corona virus to combat pandemics.

RIP soul music singing legend Bill Withers, a KVI caller suggests some financial come-uppance for the US to deliver to China, Dr. Anthony Fauci says that Pres. Trump has always been cognizant of pandemic seriousness in the US, Bill Gates says elected politicians didn't heed his 2015 warning to better prepare for the impacts of a viral pandemic, Seattle city councilwoman tweet brings into question the tax-exempt status of a local church,

worst case scenarios about COVID-19 fatalities keep improving, focus on the data and actual results instead of political brickbats when it comes to COVID-19 response, KVI and our statewide sister stations (5 total in Seattle and Eastern WA) just raised $57K for Salvation Army to help people hurt by COVID-19, a KVI caller predicts Inslee will extend statewide shutdown into June with the unspoken side-effect to hurt Trump's re-election chances, why Bill Gates describes social distancing as a recurring bad dream, CA gov praises Trump for COVID responsiveness so why can't Gov. Inslee conduct himself the same way?

Today's unemployment numbers hit 6.6 million for the week, some of this week's numbers might be skewed because of last week's difficulty for people to sign up/register, city of Tukwila about to be crushed by loss of sales tax during COVID-19 restrictions and shutdowns, Tukwila prepares to cut salaries and furlough workers due to economic paralysis from COVID-19 and statewide restrictions, city next door to Tukwila says they won't face any such problems, good news/bad news: your pet can infect you with COVID-19 but its extremely rare (spoiler alert: make sure you wash your hands to be safe).

social distancing is leading to emotional distancing at stores, the cozy (if not corrupt) relationship between the World Health Organization (WHO) and China gets even more scrutiny, a Japanese deputy PM slams the WHO saying it should be called the CHO, Pres. Trump responds (via Twitter) to Democratic critics in NY and WA Gov. Jay Inslee, conversely CA governor has been very complimentary of Trump's assistance,

new jobless claims double again, the dumbest law just enacted by the WA Legislature and Gov. Inslee, why Bellingham's liberal mayor just suspended their version of this state law.

Trump has never over-ruled his two appointed COVID-19 medical experts Dr. Fauci or Dr. Birx, April will be the worst economic month in US history, unemployment may eclipse the Great Depression 25% mark, Larry David records PSA about staying home to watch TV, the single best exercise you can do while you're observing the COVID-19 shutdowns, three US intelligence officials say China's deception over COVID-19 infections and death stats put the rest of the world in jeopardy, now 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment in the last two weeks, Boeing announces voluntary lay-off plan.

Malaysia's Ministry of Children and Families issues the most politically incorrect advice you can imagine during COVID-19 outbreak, the advice to wives almost sounds like it could have been an April Fool's Day story (spoiler alert: its not), the inadvertently funny response when CNN's Chris Cuomo asks his NY Governor brother if he's running for president, round-up on the latest worldwide COVID-19 stats and why Italy's accuracy is now being called into question.

WA is now down to just 3% of all US COVID-19 positive cases, 5140 total deaths in the US (265 deaths in WA), WA Congressman's interview with Fox News host quickly gets contentious, a list of how various Democratic politicians downplayed the COVID-19 threat over the last two months,

Seattle council women want to give city's 100,000 lowest income households $2000 each via their proposed "Amazon Tax".

GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers tracks the good news about Cascade snow pack, how the environmental lobby uses such measurements to pad their agenda, Trump's decision to roll back car emissions standards approved by Pres. Obama, Feds reportedly fining Kirkland Life Care Center over $600,000 for violations related to COVID-19, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces task force to consider investigation of Trump administration per COVID-19 response.

No joking around this April Fool's Day, the one exercise to do during 'stay home' order for the COVID-19 shutdown, 10 reasons this one exercise is so impactful, John shares his regular workout if you want a more rigorous challenge.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the next two weeks are key to prevent COVID-19 infection explosion, WA's Health Dept is having flash backs to the 2020 Iowa Caucus results reporting, 4064 total US deaths and 225 in WA, WA now down to 5th in total COVID-19 deaths after being #1 in US for several weeks, Pres. Trump announces rollback of car emissions standards installed under Obama Administration, a 12 yr old and 13yr old now believed to be the youngest COVID-19 deaths in Europe. GUEST: Tim Eyman per $30 car tabs and latest legal maneuver by AG Bob Ferguson, the conflict of interest between Washington AG Bob Ferguson representing voters on $30 car tabs and also representing Sound Transit in a separate case, how some WA officials tried to claim that gun possession wasn't allowed during an emergency declaration, AG Ferguson falsely tried to claim that Pres. Trump could change the date of the November 2020 Presidential election.

CNN host Chris Cuomo announces he's contracted COVID-19 and is on home quarantine, the New York Central Park temporary hospital being erected right now is being built by a Christian group headed by Rev. Franklin Graham, New Jersey's (Democratic) governor could teach WA Gov. Jay Inslee a lesson or two about the Trump Administration.

a big shift in projected COVID-19 deaths for the U.S., why the next month will be the toughest of all but just a few Americans' lifetimes, the anti-Trump media now complaining about daily press briefings, why the anti-Trump media are worse than Democratic political opponents, Dr. Anthony Fauci says Trump quickly embraced data showing need to extend social distancing order to April 30th, Belgium reports youngest COVID-19 fatality victim is now a 12 yr old girl, NY'ers gather and gawk to watch arrival of hospital ship pulling into city harbor, more backstory to the AZ couple who errantly ingested what they thought was chloroquine and died when it wasn't the right type of the malarial suppressant, CNN reporter asks Trump loaded question about COVID-19 response (in blatant, on-going attempt to portray Trump negatively).

a change in projected COVID-19 deaths expected in the US, COVID-19 kills two Mt. Vernon church choir members and 28 more are infected, how the March 10th choir practice happened to be scheduled at such an inopportune time, FL church pastor arrested for holding Sunday service even after following distance and sanitization orders, should this pastor have been arrested or saluted for the church service precautions, example: why did WA shutdown private people fishing?

Listen to Dr. Anthony Fauci three weeks ago talking about flattening the curve and what WA is seeing now, MSNBC host incorrectly claims USNS hospital ship won't make it to NY this week (spoiler alert: it arrived yesterday).

the urge to purge clutter or do home improvements during the COVID-19 shutdown restrictions, NY and NJ are importing doctors and nurses to handle all the COVID-19 infected patients and the pay is impressive, check out how dedicated one such nurse is about going to America's hot zone to help, Trump daily COVID-19 briefings are the new shiny thing for anti-Trump media, CNN host complains about Trump's daily briefings, anti-Trump media lose their minds and miss the forest for the trees when founder of My Pillow speaks during the latest press conference,

assessing the big drop-off in daily work commuters during the WA 'stay home' order, assessing the prediction that upwards of 200,000 Americans could die from COVID-19, the irony of Wash. DC mayor vowing to jail people for disobeying 'stay home' order, three stories that are absolute head-shakers and it starts with a state parks program...

A pair of Republican U.S. Senators are sounding off about the lack of trust-worthiness regarding China's pronouncements about COVID-19 origin and infections, what this means for the U.S. acquiring key products like pharmaceutical drugs from more trustworthy countries, Rhode Island's governor institutes some serious border security in the name of COVID-19 pandemic, a major car manufacturer's board member sounds a little bit like Trump wanting to re-open the economy during COVID-19 response.

Producer Phil in for John Carlson: Your COVID19 Time Line Time Capsule (where we've been and what's been canceled this week), Gov. Jay Inslee fails to answer a key question in a CNN interview, it all goes to Inslee's demand that the federal government do more to handle COVID19 response,

FL Republican Senator tees off on news media for trusting China's COVID-19 stats on deaths/infections, what letter grade would you give for the WA response to COVID19? Involuntarily detainment now in King County if you're out in public and COVID-positive, King Co. officials refused to do this for mentally unstable people connected to drug addiction or repeat criminals, KVI's Lars Larson points out Oregon's decision to change their gas pumping law wasn't too bright, why Inslee earns a B- grade for COVID19 response.

what letter grade would you give WA for the COVID-19 response, remember what the State Sec. of Health said about COVID-19 back in mid January, a Coupeville WA adult care facility has a big spike in COVID-19 positive cases, consider the learning curve for Washington's response to COVID-19 when it originally manifested so similarly to seasonal flu, did WA Legislature pass anything regarding the response to reduce homelessness in the session that ended three weeks ago?

Seattle firefighters and police are holding up much better than NYC right now regarding COVID-19 cases, former Fox News host tweets concerns about being stuck in small apartment with newborn during COVID-19 crisis, Gov. Inslee relaxes restrictions on funerals, CNN host asks Gov. Inslee the $64,000 question about the state's preparedness for COVID and Inslee can't answer the question, a KVI caller assess Gov. Inslee's COVID-19 response.

heavy snowfall in WA Cascades over night, snow shuts down EB I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass this morning,

can local skill hill staff decide to turn on the ski lifts and ski themselves with the current Inslee statewide shutdown?

GUEST: KOMO's Bill Swartz covers the death of 77 year old former UW head football coach, Jim Lambright; Lambright's exceptional career as the team's defensive coordinator, the coaching nexus he comes from in Everett.

Compare the Seattle activist approach to rent relief under COVID19 pandemic to how NYC may approach the same problem, CNN doesn't like COVID-19 being called China or Wuhan Virus, Is this tweet racist:

Gov. Jay Inslee signs comprehensive sex-ed bill into law, now opponents plan a signature gathering effort to force a statewide public vote to repeal it, the COVID-19 restrictions could limit their June 10th deadline for submitting signatures, RIP country music singer Joe Diffie, CBS News caught using Italian hospital footage to describe NYC conditions.

Producer Phil subs for John Carlson: The WSJ reports on possible 'patient zero' at Whuan, China food market and when the 57-year-old woman first exhibited what would become COVID-19 symptoms, the woman has since recovered but the timeline of her illness gives us some clues for what to expect with closures and restrictions across WA, a popular Seattle restaurant co-owner dies from COVID-19 this week and her grieving daughter gives an important reminder to all of us about expressing our love and gratitude, FL restaurant workers split a $10,000 tip that arrived just in time, a streaming video suggestion (see the trailer below) if you like the inside story of rock and pop music in several genres from the 1970s-2000s. (Billy Joel, Metallica, KISS, Ted Nugent, Ozzy Osbourne, Steely Dan, John Melloncamp, Alice Cooper, Mandy Moore, Bon Jovi, Pink, Hillary Duff included).