Carlson recounts an errand into W.Seattle yesterday and the place he visited was packed instead of empty, people on Alki skating and playing beach volleyball, Italy has now overtaken China for the most COVID-19 deaths, four US Senators now under scrutiny for selling stocks after receiving a closed-door Corona Virus briefing back on January 24th, GUEST: founder of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, worries about the Congressional mistake of "we must do something" instead of doing something constructive that will actually help when it comes to a federal financial response to COVID-19 economic crisis, the concept of federal gov't sending checks directly to American workers to help improve the economic paralysis, Sen. Lindsay Graham walks back his opposition to sending American workers a gov't check, why Norquist disagrees with Sen. Mitt Romney's $1000 a month to each American proposal, Nikki Haley resigns from Boeing board of directors in disagreement over financial bailout.

Trying to get a haircut during COVID-19 proved tougher than Carlson had planned, KVI's Lars Larson analyzes the current Congressional plans to address economic paralysis of COVID-19 and what will really help American workers, why the current unemployment disbursement system is a better avenue for reaching workers, Gov. Jay Inslee requests Trump send hospital ship USS Mercy to Seattle at same time CA Gov. wants it sent to LA (that's Los Angeles, not Louisiana),

GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, says in the next two weeks the shutdown of the US economy has to end because it is absurd and too costly, Moore says there has to be another way to combat the virus than shutting down the economy, CA would have 40 million residents incarcerated in their homes per latest politicians' edicts, reversing economic shutdown needs to be done in thoughtful way (like suspending payroll taxes and guaranteed lines of credit for small businesses), IRS officially switches Tax Day from April 15th to July 15th; KVI callers sound off on the best way to help Americans laid off or downsized in the COVID-19 economic paralysis.

GUEST: -- Sharyl Attkisson fact checks a NYT story about COVID-19, Sound Transit light rail ridership down 70% this week per COVID-19 tele-commuting shift, Hollywood actress goes full Libertarian amid COVID-19 social distancing ethos, Laura Ingraham roasts CA Gov for comparative stance on border security after ordering 40 million residents to stay at home to combat COVID-19, CA governor's 'stay inside your home' order for 40 million residents vs. rethinking COVID-19 shutdown editorial in WSJ this morning, KVI callers sound off on COVID-19 response between Trump's decisions and CA governor ordering 'stay at home' edict, LIVE coverage of Pres. Trump's daily COVID-19 briefing.

Producer Phil's Costa Rica trip is off (next month) after their country orders 1-month shutdown of incoming tourists, Costa Rica's economy is virtually all driven by tourism (plus coffee exports), the WA/BC border shutdown to combat COVID 19 takes form.

How China, Italy, Iran and US compare with their COVID death rates over the last 10 days.

Volunteers in Georgia (that's the US, not the former Soviet republic) join up to stitch protective coverings for medical masks which are in short supply for nurses/doctors treating COVID-19 patients, why doesn't the US have a strategic medical mask supply set aside for a viral pandemic like COVID-19 or other corona virus? Bonus story: volunteers in WA are also building extra PPE masks for nurses and docs who are running out of such supplies right now.

zero new infections reported in Wuhan (China) for today, the zero infections (report) is a good sign but only a tiny first step, consider our Puget Sound mass transit ridership during COVID-19 restrictions, the Trump critics who complained about his border security don't say bup about numerous foreign countries (Germany, Australia, Canada) locking down their borders amid COVID-19 suppression, a KVI caller shares his bus riding experience amid social distancing,

99+% of COVID-19 deaths in Italy were people who had underlying health problems, millenials defying social distancing warnings to stave off COVID-19 spread are the new pariah, spring breakers in Miami show how shallow they are about avoiding contact to prevent COVID-19 spread, (embed)

Gov. Jay Inslee tries to quash rumor he's about to impose Shelter In Place order, a KVI caller worries about the fate of nurses on the front lines and possible spread to the nurses' children, a KVI caller disagrees with John about the fatality rate of COVID-19.

#ShutItDownJay is trending and the debate about it is getting intense, an emergency field hospital being erected on a soccer field in Shoreline WA in case of COVID-19 over-flow need, why are local bus and light rail transit getting a pass on the government orders to social distance or tele-commute?, bus routes are still at normal levels even though commuters are staying home, a long list of previous infectious diseases that are named for the geographic location where they were first detected (in the on-going debate about Wuhan flu being racist or not).

why next year's flu season is expected to be so much smaller than 2020, a 42 year old Snohomish woman dies from COVID-19 this week which puts her in a unique category compared to almost all the other WA deaths, Speaker Pelosi makes an unexpected suggestion to Pres. Trump,

LIVE coverage of Trump and administration's daily COVID-19 press briefing, an initial study that could have some promise and immediate accessibilty to treat infected patients, Kelly Anne Conway pushes back against White House pool reporters about a report that a White House staffer referred to COVID-19 as Kung Flu.

quietest St. Patrick's Day ever, the one local restaurant you can go to and still enjoy an eat-in experience, Pres. Trump pushes back on the narrative that you can't call COVID-19 the Chinese flu, a major question surrounding Bernie Sanders plan to give Americans $2000 each to survive the COVID-19 outbreak, Conservative writer (and attorney) Heather MacDonald disagrees with the blanket closures and restrictions imposed for CORVID-19, why she feels the widespread closures and restrictions per COVID-19 are an over-reaction, the economic depression politicians are inviting is cruel to workers, a better response would be building up hospital resources rather than ordering shelter in place requirements, she asks rhetorically if this societal shutdown is going to be an annual occurrence to the flu response, Seattle celebrity power couple announces 1 million meals to local food bank for COVID-19 relief, Bernie Sanders announces he's reassessing his presidential campaign after losing all three Democratic primaries yesterday (FL, IL, AZ).

GUEST: conservative author, attorney, Heather MacDonald, has penned a contrarian column about COVID-19 response so far, Carlson disagrees with some of her conclusions, her cost benefit analysis about the government mandate for closing and restricting businesses, San Fransisco's "shelter in place" requirements, when to apply social distancing, the hysteria connected to 'shelter in place', the precedent of government taking emergency power could be attempted by Democrats in the name of climate change in the future, the hallmarks of contagion with COVID-19 that require suppression at the front of the bell curve, calculating the costs of containing COVID-19.

Ohio cancels primary voting today while three other states soldier on with standard voting, Carlson notices an all night restaurant in Seattle has boarded up their windows after yesterday's forced closure by Gov. Inslee, our fellow KVI staff have cleared out of our building, analyzing the public pushback to widespread closures ordered by gov't officials, Pres. Trump responds to NY governor's political attack over COVID-19, West Virginia so far has zero cases, Canada's prime minister does something Trumpian to blunt COVID-19 spread, WaPo story something not true at all, Trump's transcript proves the falsehood, ICU beds per capita in the US compared to European countries with 'universal health care'.

We start the podcast with an audio clip from a WA State Health Dept. official speaking somewhat dismissively about "novel corona virus" from Jan. 21st, if the same comment were made by a high ranking health official today (7 weeks later) this state official would be persecuted, the audio clip from January goes to show how fast everything has changed for Washington and the U.S. in the last 7 weeks, gun sales spike amid COVID-19 in three states and one of them is WA, safety and security come to the fore in uncertain times, the Chinese propaganda about the source of COVID-19 is playing into the US politically correct social justice warriors criticizing anyone describing it as the 'Wuhan corona virus', Newt Gingrich is warning Americans about COVID-19 because he's in Italy right now.

Corona virus now creating a unique impact on US more extensive than Sept. 11th aftermath, Gov. Inslee orders more extensive closures and restrictions on restaurants, bars, recreational venues, Corona virus impact on the WA governor's race, Joe Biden vs Bernie Sanders debate last night and why Biden managed to prevail in the one-on-one match-up, Kent Mayor's prediction about King Co. COVID-19 quarantine site in her city just came true, the global look at Corona virus right now, the worst is over in China but still at a peak in Italy.

Ride The Ducks in Seattle is officially closing, Gov. Inslee expands closures and restrictions on business statewide, Inslee order shuts down bars and health clubs and it restricts restaurants to delivery/carry out orders only, Marysville WA church turns its Sunday worship service into a drive-in theater, KVI caller just returned from Norway and Sweden to Seattle, COVID-19 prompts German officials to get serious about border security and rigorous enforcement.

A UW professor exposes a mis-leading tweet about COVID-19 in Seattle, Gov. Inslee tries to quash rumor he was intending to send out the National Guard to restrict travel/commerce per COVID-19

GUEST: economist Steve Moore examines the Congressional/Federal stimulus plans so far to off-set Corona virus impact and uncertainty, Moore suggests immediate infusion for workers and business by suspending payroll taxes for 3-6 months, a KVI caller disagrees with how extensively Gov. Inslee has closed down and restricted business in the name of COVID-19 prevention.

a Carlson theory about why fewer homeless people are out and about on Seattle streets right now, the art of gov't officials closing restaurants, lots of KVI listeners are wondering if tribal casinos are abiding by Inslee's public gathering restrictions (spoiler alert: they are), Congresswoman from The Squad wants to use COVID-19 to let criminals out of jail,

what's the difference between capitalism and price-gouging? (here's a case study involving hand sanitizer in the midst of COVID-19 concerns), the answer about price-gouging is classically exemplified in a Leave It To Beaver TV episode, what you need to know about last night's Joe Biden vs. Bernie Sanders debate, how Trump will exploit Bidenbased on an answer he gave last night about illegal aliens with criminal backgrounds.

Congresswoman AOC gives her theory to why Bernie Sanders keeps losing primary elections to Joe Biden in the last two weeks, too bad her theory is utterly destroyed by the margin of loss for Sanders in Michigan and the mail in voting in WA, Sanders percentage of the vote in MI was almost identical to his percentage of the vote in WA, AOC needs to realize the real reason Sanders failed to beat Biden in recent primaries: fewer candidates in the race to divide the voting pool; one of Seattle's most expensive restaurants goes with working class fare amid Corona virus economic downturn.

contemplating how drastically daily life and the next six weeks have changed during the week of Corona virus COVID-19 news, a King Co. judge lifts the injunction on $30 car tabs (but we've still got to get through the appeal), a member of "The Squad" asks a Trump Admininstration doctor about a Corona virus worst case scenario, Trump keeps pressuring Speaker Nancy Pelosi to approve a pay roll tax cut to help workers caught in the COVID-19 economic downturn, GUEST: ShiftWA.com co-founder and Legislative watchdog Randy Pepple explains the Democrats failure to pass a de-facto gas tax hike known as a Low Carbon Fuel Standard, none of the costs associated with the LCFS would go toward roads/infrastructure, a group of four Democrats refused to vote for the LCFS dooming the climate change agenda bill.

judge lifts $30 car tabs injunction likely allowing it to go into effect in a few days, Tom Hanks gives humorous update about his (and his wife's) Corona virus status, Democrats and news media continue their biased portrayals of Trump's Corona virus response, still no expected cost for Congressional stimulus plan to combat Corona virus economic downturn,

GUEST: economist Steve Moore gives the least bad of the federal stimulus ideas Congress is talking about to address Corona virus economic downturn.

GUEST: host of Full Measure, Sharyl Attkisson, writes about the national news media (facts vs. panic) coverage of Corona virus, this Sunday Sharyl airs a special report on cities like Seattle with anti-cop politicians and how it impacts police force staffing and public safety.

Gov. Inslee's substantiation for his 6-week shutdown of all public and private schools in the three most populated counties, what happens to high school seniors facing a 6-week cancellation of classes?, Carlson's theory on why Northshore School District is shutting down its on-line classes for students after Inslee's latest edict on school closures, take a gander at the next step on the WA list of 13 steps to prevent an infectious disease outbreak:

KVI callers sound off on the future of public school classes on-line and possible flaws in that reliance, stock market sell off comparison ires the SJWs, producer Phil's plan to sue China for financial damages due to US economic damages related to the country's negligence on COVID-19 virus.