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HOUR 1 

• Tom and Rick talk about new highway construction in the Valley and the Parks Hwy upgrades
• Historic flooding and fatalities on the East Coast from Hurricane Ida / (FOX News) and (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2021/09/01/ida-remnants-pound-northeast-with-rain-flooding-tornadoes/
• Retired SEALs discuss how President Biden abandoned principles with his Afghanistan decisions / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TIViMcz9E8
• U.S. Supreme upholds the new Texas abortion law (you can’t abort after 6 weeks) / (NPR) /  https://www.npr.org/sections/news/
• Former Alaska Attorney General John Havelock passes away at age 89 / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/09/01/former-alaska-attorney-general-john-havelock-dies-at-age-89/

HOUR 2

• Tom and Rick talk rental cars, car sales, and AirBnBs 
• Mayor Bronson revokes daycare support program for MOA employees that are new parents / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2021/09/01/anchorage-mayor-bronson-revokes-policies-for-city-workers-intended-to-support-new-parents/
• Over a million are still without electricity in Louisiana 
• Monoclonal antibodies work to prevent COVID but should not be a replacement to COVID vaccinations / (AK’s News Source) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/09/02/monoclonal-antibodies-available-effective-dont-replace-vaccine-doctors-say/
• Anchorage’s DUIs and sexual assault numbers climb compared to last year / (AK News Source) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/09/02/anchorage-duis-sexual-assault-numbers-climb-overall-crime-levels-similar-last-year/