CNN show host professes that more countries are doing what Trump is asking them to do, why 'Trumpism' is catching on in other countries, why national media never picked up on this angle from last week's Davos economic summit, Europe's struggles with managed economies are the failure that is prompting this embrace of Trump's economic view, the co-founders of Home Depot speak out about the economic illiteracy of presidential candidate (and Vermont Senator) Bernie Sanders.

stunning news of the death of NBA future hall-of-famer Kobe Bryant, his daughter and 7 others in a helicopter plane crash outside of L.A., nobody survived the helicopter crash, heavy fog at the time of the crash, Grammy Awards open with tribute to Bryant, GUEST: ABC News reporter Alex Stone outlines the concerns of investigators after the fatal helicopter crash, 2 suspects in last Wednesday's downtown Seattle fatal shooting rampage are still on the run, two Republican Senators explain why the Trump defense team stymied the impeachment argument made by Democrats, John Bolton's role in impeachment process is taking on new scrutiny this morning, Bolton's new book takes on the same model that James Comey's book did.

GUEST: Seattle Police Guild (union) president, Kevin Stuckey, responds to the continuing coverage of last week's downtown Seattle fatal shooting rampage and injured people at 3rd and Pine, why Seattle needs at least 200 more police officers on the street, Seattle elected officials aren't doing their part to stop repeat offenders, how politically correct ideology of 'de-incarceration' is hurting Seattle, how the city's LEAD (drug diversion) Program works in practice for drug addicts, Seattle NBA star Jamal Crawford wants Kobe Bryant to be the new NBA logo to honor his impact on the league,

how Kobe Bryant befriended a stand-out Cashmere WA high school basketball player, Carlson talks about the reluctance to fly on helicopters compared to small planes, local mom of downtown Seattle fatal shooting suspect begs her son to turn himself in to police.

Seattle Sonic legend Gary Payton talks about his Kobe Bryant friendship and family connection after he played one season with the LA Lakers, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith says Bryant had been using helicopters to travel around LA for years, how helicopter commuting is far more prevalent in LA and NY then other US cities, Seattle musician (Guns 'N Roses bassist) Duff McKagan writes letter about how dangerous Seattle is because of repeat crime problems, KVI callers sound off on Seattle's repeat crime problems, the nexus of drugs (legalization) and addicts in Seattle, and why the King Co. Health Department officials are to blame for Seattle's crime problems.

A parody of when Google search data creates the Borg that knows everything you've done and tries to correct your aberrant behavior, exaggerating to make a point, an angry Iowa dad confronts Elizabeth Warren during a "selfie" line she always does, their exchange about free college goes viral on social media this week.

Seattle's mayor confronted with a question about Seattle crime being a crisis and she disagrees, a 20-something Seattle Millenial seems to grasp Seattle's crime problems better than the mayor, Gov. Jay Inslee is asked three times what he'll do to prevent a repeat of the latest fatal shooting spree in downtown Seattle and fails to provide a coherent answer, a deeper look at the prior crimes of the two Seattle downtown fatal shooting suspects who are still on the loose. House Impeachment manager unwittingly undercuts their professed case against Trump.

Seattle's Washington Athletic Club leaders excoriate city officials over continuing crime problems embodied by two fatal shootings near Westlake Center (Mall) this week, Democrats in WA Legislature are considering a bill to restrict when statewide initiatives can be put up for vote in an obvious attempt to restrict initiatives from Tim Eyman.

A KVI listener e-mail from a retired Seattle firefighter gives perfect perspective to how far the city has descended due to homeless problems in the last 20 years, a regular guest on KVI's Kirby Wilbur show calls Kirby's show to share what he discovered when he asked a Seattle City Councilwoman was intending to do to halt violent crime after this week's 2 fatal shootings near Westlake Center (Mall).

You've probably heard of the phrase "its wine o'clock" but now a group of Canadian moms is doing the same for Mary Jane, two anecdotal answers that Americans really aren't paying attention to the Senate impeachment trial of Trump right now.

Seattle PD arrested 7 people running a drug den/heroin injection site inside a homeless tent,

KOMO anchor Eric Johnson delivers a succinct and pitch-perfect summary of all the Seattle policy failures that culminated in this week's 3rd and Pine gun fight that killed one woman and wounded 6 by-standers, GUEST: Sharyl Attkisson previews her new report about how Virginia is now the new political battle ground over gun rights vs gun control.

Mischief going on this week in Olympia Legislature GUEST: WPC's government reform director, Jason Mercier, explains the latest push by Democrats who are trying to restrict statewide initiatives and what it means for $30 car tabs, the restriction would seem to be a First Amendment violation of restricting political speech, the deceptive way this bill was drafted to avoid public or media scrutiny,

GUEST: WA Secretary of State Kim Wyman opposes King County's upcoming experiment to conduct a small election with 'smart phone/on-line' voting, Wyman says ballot security via the Internet is not safe enough to produce a secure result, also Wyman is asked about the Constitutionality of an Olympia Legislative bill restricting the scheduling of statewide initiatives, GUEST: economist Steve Moore recaps this week's Davos summit with Trump vs. the "Eurocrats", Trumps speech about the 'prophets' (or is it 'profits') of doom who are consistently wrong about the environmental claims and predictions of calamity.

We're still consumed by the big story of the day: Three shooting suspects involved in two fatal shootings are still on the loose in Seattle after two people were killed on separate days just 2 blocks apart.

Olympia Legislature Watch: HB2529 would ban initiatives in non-general election years which opens up a variety of hypocritical contradictions in their argument(s) to support this bill. King County is about to experiment with on-line and smart phone voting, Sec. of State Kim Wyman is opposing this.

2nd fatal shooting in less than 24 hours in two blocks of downtown Seattle, KVI's Carlson was at an event for the Seattle Police Guild when an assistant chief found out what was going on at 3rd and Pine near Westlake Mall, multiple suspects are still on the loose, eye witness explain the rush hour crowd that ran when gunshots erupted, fed up people point out the continuing crime and violence problems in downtown, even the trauma hospital spokeswoman talks about the disturbing increase in Seattle shootings,.

Coronavirus epicenter in Wuhan, China populated by 50 million people, cities being locked down in the area to prevent Coronavirus spread, first day of Democrats opening statements in Trump impeachment is a yawner, KVI's Lars Larson has several questions regarding the three shootings (two fatal) within just a few blocks of downtown Seattle.

GUEST: KOMO News reporter, Charlie Harger, was on the scene covering last night's fatal shooting 206.669.7549, a homeless man witnessed the fatal shooting and then a 9-year-old boy hit by the bullets, the homeless witness told the KOMO reporter that police need to do more to crack down on crime along 3rd Avenue in Seattle, if last night's shooting doesn't prompt city leaders to take a different approach to crime what will?

Several KVI callers note Seattle's pathetic decline over the last decade and the current crime problems, one caller points out it's been 20 years since Seattle had a 'law and order' mayor.

Q13 News reporting that two suspects who allegedly instigated fatal shooting both had prior arrest warrants, suspects are ID'd as 24-year-old men that SPD chief says were in argument that escalated to gun fire, Carlson says last night's fatal shooting could have been prevented if Prosecutor Dan Satterberg (or City Attorney Pete Holmes) had done their jobs, GUEST: KVI's Kirby Wilbur says his source says one of the suspects is under community supervision/probation, unknown if the suspects have any prior felonies.

KVI callers continue to vent frustration at continuing crime problems that could easily be avoided if city officials had (stronger) backbones.

DEVELOPING: shooting suspects discovered to have prior felonies which would preclude them from possessing guns, criminal cases involving both suspects date back to 2015.

Warehouse full of valued hurricane relief supplies found locked up and never dispersed in Puerto Rico two years after they arrived from US officials after two hurricanes annihilated the island, West Seattle woman is the first full-time minor-league hitting instructor in baseball, she's hired by the NY Yankees organization, how a lack of feminism and some creativity with her resume helped her dent the male-dominated world of baseball.

VA gun rights rally stays calm despite emergency declaration by VA governor, even WaPo admits the gun rights rally was peaceful, a Democratic State Rep. declines our KVI interview request to talk about gun magazine ammo restrictions, why would Legislative Democrats want to be so quiet about a gun control issue that they ostensibly want to pass?

Trump announces US will join a climate change initiative to plant 1 trillion trees (which will reduce CO2), GUEST: ABC correspondent Tom Rivers per Coronavirus infection concerns with outbreak in China, the spread of the viral pneumonia comes as the country enters its busiest travel period, when millions board trains and planes -- some going west to Europe and the United States -- for the Lunar New Year holidays, impeachment rules finally announced by Senate Majority Leader, class action lawsuit by UW (union) employees who allege they were tricked into paying union dues after US Supreme Court 'Janus' decision allowing union members to opt out of dues that go to political expenditures.

don't miss your chance to join KVI's John Carlson and Kirby Wilbur for a mouth-watering steak dinner and the political moment of the year at "Steak of the Union" February 4th at Daniel's Broiler in Bellevue, wanna see (or hear) the difference between a principled liberal and a partisan Democrat?

What you can expect in today's Senate vote about impeachment rules, the Clinton impeachment Senate phase took 5 weeks and the Senate phase starting today should take much less, Hillary Clinton really lets people know what she thinks of Bernie Sanders,

GUEST: St. Senator Joe Nguyen wants to pass a capital gains tax to fund education spending and salmon culverts that the state is obligated to pay for, Sen. Nguyen says he'd like to reduce other taxes (like sales, property, gas) and greatly increase taxes on anyone making over $1 million, suggests the wealthy "pay their fair share", the debate hits a disagreement about taxes ever getting cut, Olympia legislative bill proposes a 4-day work week of 32 hours (anything over 32 hours would require OT pay).

local and state political conservatives gather this weekend in Ocean Shores WA for The Roanoke Conference, GUEST: WPCs Todd Myers previews the events set for this weekend's conference and how to share/persuade with the principals of conservatism, bonus topic: Myers puts the current MLB sign stealing scandal in perspective with a story about the same thing happening in 1912, the beautiful irony of a NYC borough president railing on outsiders moving to NYC forcing rents to rise, AOC uncokers more stunners as she condemns Amazon and Jeff Bezos,

a new undercover video released of a Bernie Sanders campaign worker bragging about using gun violence to overthrow US government and replace it with a communist Russian style government,

A song stuck in Carlson's head comes from an obscure TV ad for syrup, what factors lead to an "ear-worm" song getting stuck in your head, the Women's March in Seattle was canceled this weekend, the fate of the Women's March in it's fourth year is in doubt, look at the attendance numbers, the unintentionally funny excuse for why Women (er Womyns) March attendance is dropping, the founders' anti-Semitic comments are likely also a factor in attendance, Gov. Jay Inslee's embarrassing loss at the usually Democratic political friendly Supreme Court of WA (SCOW), the ruling reverses Inslee's unilateral implementation of rules on emitters of carbon pollution.