Kirby Wilbur in for John Carlson, owners of the Yakima Fruit Market in Bothell send a thank you letter to KVI about the looming showdown with Sound Transit, presidential candidate (and U.S. Sen.) Elizabeth Warren comes to Seattle this weekend, Trump shows a sense of humor about Greenland story,

Jay Inslee meets one debate criteria but is badly missing on a second requirement, wife of Joe Biden (Jill) tries unique campaign tactic in New Hampshire, Pioneer Square business owner vents frustration after enduring 6 break-ins/smashed windows in 2+ weeks, the crime points back to Seattle's short-staffed police force, Everett bikini barista legal costs are, um, racking up.

GUEST: Washington Examiner reporter Anna Giaritelli explains her coverage of a US counter-smuggling operation deep inside Mexico's northern border, how Cold War era military planes are being deployed in the current war on drugs south of Mexico, should The Tacoma Dome paint an Andy Warhol flower on its roof?

mold problem displaces 46 military families at JBLM housing, Happy Birthday to Bel-Square Shopping Mall in Bellevue, a notable Democratic U.S. Senator seems supportive of buying Greenland, GUEST: KOMO's Carleen Johnson invites listeners to support this Saturday's Stand Up For The Cure paddle boarding fundraiser at Issaquah's Lake Sammamish.

Al Gore 2006 prediction on green house gases comes back to haunt him, History Mystery stories include a first in American tackle football, Leon Trotsky's demise, a communism benchmark, the arrival of the first African slaves in what became Virginia, and a racist notion that dominated white thinking in the 17th Century.

Reminiscing about Route 66, a quick history lesson about E Pluribus Unum circa 1776, why Hercules was not selected as part of the American national seal, new info about Pres. Trump's 13 yr old son, cautionary story about Sharia law as Saudi court rules in a case involving a WA woman divorcing her Saudi husband.

RIP Peter Fonda who was another memorable symbol of 1969, Trump receiving a lot of campaign donations from an unlikely city in WA, even one business is publicly backing Trump over the socialist leaning Democratic candidates, Portland OR violence as Anti-Fa and Proud Boys clash during dueling rallies,

Beto O'Rourke's latest virtue signaling is unintentionally funny, Pioneer Square two shootings on Friday night involve arrested suspect who is convicted felon yet managed to (allegedly) obtain a hand-gun, a Democratic Congresswoman tries to portray Anti-Fa in Portland as "peaceful protesters", 13 arrested in Portland when Anti-fa attacks Proud Boys group including this hammer attack (see video embeded above).

Hong Kong's protest against China get even bigger, GUEST: co-owner of Yakima Fruit Market in Bothell, Stuart Poage, talks about how his business might get forced out due to a Sound Transit bus-only lane, the transit expansion is creating a David vs Goliath situation so how can a small business attain equity against a major government bureaucracy?

US Congresswoman calls for boycott of HBO's Bill Maher, the comments from Maher about the anti-Israeli BDS movement, optimism or pessimism is the issue of the day with the US economy.

The latest Hong Kong protest is impressive for its massive size (an estimated 1.7 million people), two Rolling Stones musicians made a covert visit to Seattle's Museum of Flight last week, GUEST: Museum of Flight's spokesman,Ted Huetter, talks about the special visit connected to The Concorde and the final chance for people to see the Apollo 11 moonwalk exhibit. Seattle city council woman versus the Seattle Police Chief on anti-cop bias by council members, Beto O'Rourke plays the race card, Trump's actually gaining momentum in Seattle and WA.

Seattle's Police Chief expands her criticism of the city council for failing to be more supportive of officers, one of the city council members gunning for higher office refuses to acknowledge the morale problems on the force (and officers resigning to take policing jobs elsewhere); the bad news about sockeye salmon returning to Lake Washington through the Ballard Locks.

The Rolling Stones in Seattle in 2019 versus 1965, after recent ICE raids on meat packing plants in Mississippi a lot of documented workers stepped up to apply for jobs, an illegal alien deported after being convicted of child rape in WA is now back in the U.S., conservative Mollie Hemingway's reaction to the new tactic by the New York Times, a UW professor responds to the political claim that climate change is an existential threat to human, er, mankind plus a response to politicos like AOC and Jay Inslee.

Woodstock concert 50th anniversary, farmers seem to be supporting Trump on China tariffs even if it means short term pain before long term gain, WA Supreme Court rejects legal challenge to "Three Strikes" law, Canadian woman miraculously survives mile long skydiving descent when neither parachute opens, new poll says 63% of Americans think Trump will win re-election next year, GUEST: economist Steve Moore addresses the week's stock market turmoil, tariffs and China concerns.

the story of Max Yasgur (a Republican) allowing the hippies to hold Woodstock concert at his farm, illegal alien convicted of child rape in WA is arrested crossing in to US for the third time, an Oak Harbor rally this weekend in response to the WA A.G. Bob Ferguson suing the U.S. Navy! GUEST: Morgan Cooper from Whidbey Island talks about the rally, soccer phenom Megan Rapinoe is defiant in equal pay quest this week.

China and Hollywood, economic and political impacts are starting to change and influence movies, how this parallels 1930s film making regarding Nazi-era Germany, when a foreign government hostile to the US makes demands for their domestic market.

The Rolling Stones rock Seattle, GUEST: co-author of "Justice on Trial" and senior editor at TheFederalist.com, Mollie Hemingway, discusses her new book about the political attack on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, how the Democrats' tactics on Kavanaugh backfired, perspective on Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford's high school years, who Trump might nominate if he's able to appoint another high court justice, Philadelphia mayor calls for more gun control after drug raid suspect shoots/wounds six cops,

GUEST: ABC News correspondent, Michelle Franzen, reports that lead contamination is discovered in drinking water in Newark NJ, the growing crisis gripping is bringing fresh attention and scrutiny to 2020 presidential candidate Cory Booker's own record when he was that city's mayor, Portland OR protest face-off this weekend increasing concerns about violent clashes.

Rolling Stones concert highlights, GUEST: ABC News correspondent, Aaron Katersky, updates the end of an agonizing stand-off over a police drug raid in Philadelphia PA where 6 officers were wounded, the drug dealing suspect's background and how is attorney intervened in the middle of the 7 hour stand-off, the PPD chief's relief that no one died during the entire ordeal,

GUEST: UW Atmospheric Sciences professor and acclaimed weather blogger, Cliff Mass, addresses the hyperbolic claims that Presidential candidates are making regarding climate change as an existential threat to human existence, how Mass is being accosted for his latest conclusions about humans adapting to climate change (and the power source he thinks will eventually eliminate fossil fuels to power the planet), how the media is fueling a lot of misconceptions about climate change.

Co-author of "Justice on Trial", Mollie Hemingway, talks to Carlson about the extensive research in to the Democrats' bitter attempt to derail Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, how major media outlets are now ignoring the book and its explanation of how Democrats' tactics ultimately hurt their credibility in key U.S. Senate races, the audacious apocalyptic climate change claims by the likes of U.S. Rep AOC and WA Governor Jay Inslee, some common sense answers about those climate change alarmists from a UW professor, how the news media fails to portray such a nuanced issue like climate change.

Sorting out the US/China trade dispute and why China is pushing back on Trump, how Washington farmers are impacted by the latest Chinese maneuvering, how does this end and will it lead to global financial crisis?, the per capita GDP isn't very good for China, a Republican US Senator shares some big ideas about preventing mass shootings and gun violence, (political blame game of partisan bickering), the concept of 'red flag policies' to prevent mass shootings, the difficulty of due process with 'red flag policies', why 'extreme risk protection orders' can work if supervised properly.

Seattle pitchfork attack involving violent repeat offender, pitchfork attack suspect was just released from jail in Tacoma 4 days prior, more disgraceful info about jail house suicide of accused child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, how the jail house protocol in NY mirrors what happened in Monroe prison regarding guard Jayme Biendl's murder, the Rolling Stones have arrived in Seattle, more collateral damage for an American family at the hands of an illegal alien suspected of drunk driving, KVI's Lars Larson assess the possibility of violent confrontation with two opposing political groups gathering in Portland Saturday.

NY Times writer publishes an "on background" interview with Jeffrey Epstein after his jail house death was announced, the interview from one year ago shows Epstein's relationship with numerous famous people, the NYT writer explains what he always felt was a creepy vibe about Epstein, Epstein bragged about his fondness for teenage girls and questioned the 21st (and 20th) century cultural stigma against it; the renewed debate about gun control ironically exposes the paranoia label thrown out by Democrats saying the government is not coming to take your guns, the audacity of this tweet by Washington U.S. Senator, Patty Murray.