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So who won the debate last night? Ari breaks down some of the highs and lows // Seattle starts hiring unarmed 'alternate response teams' to respond to 911 calls // Nikki Haley called on Republicans to “stop demonizing” abortion during the first Republican primary debate // Oliver Anthony and the sorry state of Rolling Stone // A judge has ruled that level 3 sex offender Stevan Knapp, WILL NOT be going back to the Garden House in Enumclaw and will remain on McNeil Island // Mayor London Breed speaks during a rally held outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to demand the court overturn and injunction prohibiting the city from sweeping homeless encampments // Friendly Faceoff with Batya Ungar-Sargon // Nikki Haley slams Ramaswamy at the GOP debate on foreign policy // It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say // GUEST: Tommy Pigott, Strategic Communications Director for RNC Research joins Ari to break down the Republican debate

6am hour -- Vivek Ramaswamy running for President as the Millenial Donald Trump, Ramaswamy received the verbal fire that was predicted to go in Ron DeSantis's direction, KVI callers sound off in favor of Tim Scott but the debate rules worked against Tim Scott last night, KVI's Lars Larson thinks Ramaswamy fared best in last night's debate, currently 150+ million clicks for last night's Tucker Carlson interview with Donald Trump.

7am hour -- Tucker Carlson "says the quiet part out loud" about the escalating tactics by Democrats against Donald Trump, never seen a scenario like Democrats going after Trump (vicious, savage political and personal sustained attack), NE Seattle Little League team loses extra-inning heartbreaker 1-0 to Texas but still has hope as they enter the loser's bracket to advance to a championship.

8am hour -- Tacoma Police officer shot and wounded and two juvenile suspects--age 14 and 15--are arrested for the shooting, its the 2nd time in two weeks a juvenile with a gun has been arrested for shooting a Tacoma cop, hypothetical question at Republican debate asks if candidates would support Trump as the party nominee in 2024 if he's convicted of crimes among his 4 pending cases, Ramaswamy's swipe at Nikki Haley over defense contractors backfires for one KVI listener.

According to KVI's John Carlson, Tucker Carlson "says the quiet part out loud" about the escalating tactics by Democrats against Donald Trump. The question put to Trump by Tucker Carlson is if Democrats are willing to attack or assassinate Trump based on their political war against the 45th President.

Tacoma Police officer shot and wounded and two juvenile suspects--age 14 and 15--are arrested for the shooting, its the 2nd time in two weeks a juvenile with a gun has been arrested for shooting a Tacoma cop.

GUEST: Sherrie Jones is the grieving aunt of Wendi Traynor who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in Milton WA, Jones and Wendi's family members are urging the public to tell the judge handling the murder plea to give Joshua Ellis the maximum sentence allowable next month in Pierce County court. In addition to Jones's interview, KVI's John Carlson interviews attorney Anne Bremner about how the conviction of ex-boyfriend Joshua Ellis and his subsequent appeal that over-turned the case has now resulted in a plea deal by the Pierce County Prosecutor, Mary Robnett.

6am hour -- the musical and political odyssey of Oliver Anthony continues as his song hits the Billboard charts, Carlson's Legendary Lyrics contest today, two Seattle juveniles are arrested in connection with possessing 5 guns in Capitol Hill neighborhood, GUEST: Bellevue Police spokesman, Meeghan Black, updates the medical progress of a Bellevue PD motorcycle officer injured during VP Kamala Harris motorcade in Seattle a week ago, "nothing short of a miracle" for officer Kevin Barretta's condition, BellevuePoliceFoundation.org is coordinating monetary relief for Barretta's wife and family for a recovery fund.

7am hour -- GUEST: Sherrie Jones is the grieving aunt of Wendi Traynor who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in Milton WA, Jones and Wendi's family members are urging the public to tell the judge handling the murder plea to give Joshua Ellis the maximum sentence allowable next month in Pierce County court; unscientific poll by KOMO blames elected officials for WA awful crime problems, Pres. Biden's Maui visit after horrific wildfire carnage ranges from shaky to downright embarrassing, compare the favorable media coverage of Biden's Maui visit to how the press corps pilloried Pres. G.W. Bush over a picture from Hurricane Katrina,

8am hour -- the unique history of how today's Legendary Lyrics contest song became a hit 2 years after it was originally released, one WA county will now pay government employees full time pay for a 32 hour work week, the inexplicable math that accompanies this switch to a 32-hour work week, AG Bob Ferguson is ironically warning Spokane area residents about price gouging amid wildfire damage there, how KVI listeners can help support a Bellevue PD officer badly injured as a motorcycle officer in motorcade last week for VP Kamala Harris in Seattle, the selective memory of woke activists trying to cancel one of Queen's most famous rock songs.

GUEST: Bellevue Police spokeswoman, Meeghan Black, updates the medical progress of a Bellevue PD motorcycle officer injured during VP Kamala Harris motorcade in Seattle a week ago, "very long recovery ahead of him" after falling 50 feet off his motorcycle from the freeway on-ramp on to I-5,

"he has a guardian angel" for him to survive that fall, "nothing short of a miracle" for officer Kevin Barretta's (check spelling) condition, the officer has 3 sons under the age of 5, the BellevuePoliceFoundation.org is coordinating monetary relief for Barretta's wife and family for a recovery fund.

Washington's San Juan County, encompassing the major islands of the Salish Sea, will now pay government employees full time pay for a 32 hour work week. KVI's John Carlson examines this new employment policy after a union contract is finalized for county workers. The inexplicable math that accompanies this switch to a 32-hour work week.

Pres. Biden's Maui visit after horrific wildfire carnage ranges from shaky to downright embarrassing. KVI's John Carlson compares the favorable media coverage of Biden's Maui visit to how the press corps pilloried Pres. George W. Bush over a picture from Hurricane Katrina.

6am hour -- guerilla journalist exposing Anti-fa proclivities in Portland OR (and beyond) just won a $300,000 judgement against defendants who beat and attacked him, the Thurston Co. Sheriff candidly criticizes the judge for the no-bail decision on the 18-yr-old suspect, Insleenomics: Seattle-area residents are facing the steepest increases in electricity bills and a spike in natural gas prices in the last 10 years, NE Seattle Little League team wins again--now into the quarter finals.

7am hour -- the two whole sale changes Vivek Ramaswamy would make to federal bureaucracy if he wins the 2024 US Presidential election, how the 38-year-old Ramaswamy will shape the 2024 campaign even though he most likely won't win the nomination, how Ramaswamy's predilection for the Monroe Doctrine (foreign policy) will be impossible to uphold, more legal and political scrutiny for WA AG Bob Ferguson after he sued Value Village, a California librarian tries to shut down a former college athlete speaking about biological born males competing in women's or girls sports.

8am hour -- GUEST: digital journalist and homeless industrial complex watchdog, Jonathan Choe, tracks the court case today of a stabbing suspect on Seattle light rail who stabbed an Asian passenger 20 times in unprovoked attack, passengers had to intervene to stop the stabbing on the light rail train near Beacon Hill, "streets have become the new (mental health) asylums", ferry staffing problems and the legacy of Gov. Inslee's sever over-reach on his COVID vaccine mandate, the Seattle Firefighters union endorses two challengers in key city council races putting tougher scrutiny on to two crime-and-drug-addicted-homelessness enabling incumbents, we're now learning that the plea deal for Hunter Biden that just got scraped was even more lenient than previously reported.