The Andrew Walsh Show

President Obama's speech today made the plan moving forward clearer. A Congressional vote on a military strike is getting postponed, so a deal can get worked out for Syria to give up their chemical weapons. -DAVE OF THE DAY: Dave looks at whether not following up on a military strike will make the US look weak. -Rachel Belle reports on the positive changes going on at the local Police Academy. Andrew has had some ugly interactions with police that really didn't need to be. -A Canadian family is going to the extreme of living like they live in the 80s in order to get away from those addictive iPhones and iPads.

David Mark of Politix joins the show to discuss President Obama's speech on Syria and whether the administration lucked into a non-military option. -Should the government start making it harder to get spur of the moment tattoos? Resident tattooed team member Sean DeTore says no. -UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD IDEA: The gang round up some headlines that sound like bad ideas, but might not be, including K-cup Campbell's soup and an app that encourages you to throw your phone high into the air.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: President Obama made his case to the American people for why we need to intervene in Syria. -President Obama mentioned that a military strike is still not the preferable course in his speech and that the administration has been trying diplomacy for years. So why are people quick to say we're jumping into Syria? -How is the paid sick leave law affecting local businesses? A new report says Seattle's businesses are still growing faster than most of the nation. Makini Howell, chef and owner of Plum Bistro, joins the show to talk about how her business is doing better than ever. -A viral video of a girl apparently catching on fire after some twerking gone wrong was revealed to be a hoax. Jimmy Kimmel was behind it.

President Obama made the media rounds today ahead of his big speech tomorrow on Syria. Things got even more interesting when he wavered on his mandate for a military strike with the possibility of Syria surrendering their chemical weapons. // Some skeptics are casting doubt on Diana Nyad's record swim from Cuba to Florida. Nyad's group is releasing data that seems too good to be true, but isn't that how record-breaking swims should look? // A Seattle woman is sought by police because she bizarrely attacked a 7-11 clerk with liquid cheese that she wanted to put in her Doritos bag. Ken sees a growing product base for the convenience store here. // A Texas signage company is shocked by the negative reaction to a truck tailgate decal that makes it look like there's a bound, unconscious woman in the truck bed. // NIGHTCAP

An appeals court ruled in favor of a Sodo arena. Ken says the longshoremen should like the arena deal because it will fix some of the traffic problems that are already present. // Pope Francis has been cold calling Catholics around the world and giving them counsel. He is cementing his legacy as a Pope of the people. // A UW study says half of distracted drivers are texting. Ken never texts. // The CIA finally admitted the existence of Area 51, but what does it change for UFO experts? James Clarkson of the Washington State Director for the Mutual UFO Network joins the show to explain why the government lying about Area 51 affects his area of expertise.

President Obama is open to a new proposal that would delay an American military strike on Syria, but he adds that it wouldn't have happened if military action wasn't on the table. // Assad sat down with Charlie Rose and tried to blame the use of chemical weapons on the rebels and insinuated that future chemical weapon use would come from them. // The Seahawks eked out a win despite doing a lot wrong on Sunday. Ken was on the edge of his seat and the verge of filling the curse jar. // The Puget Sound VA hospital got the lowest rating it could in an internal review. Ken shares a hospital horror story from his past when he bled out then woke up during the botched surgery. // Dennis Rodman is back from another leisurely trip to North Korea with fresh defenses of his good buddy Kim Jong Un and new North Korean basketball job.

Did President Obama lose the will of the people by waiting too long to respond to Syria's use of chemical weapons? The longer we wait, the more people question why we should get involved. A wealthy Chicago man bought a billboard to help him get some dates and it's working. A sneaker ad that features an apparently dead dog has people in an uproar and company apologizing, but Ken thinks it has gone too far. Wal-Mart manager fired for posting picture of Muslim women in his store with the caption "Halloween came early this year" on Facebook. E-cigarette use is on the rise in high and middle schools. States somehow haven't banned their sale to minors. NIGHTCAP!

Brian White, one of the plaintiffs who helped push SeaTac's wage ballot measure onto the ballot, joins the show to explain why he strongly supposes the initiative. A South Carolina man who wore a sandwich board sign that said "Need Kidney 4 Wife" is finally breathing a sigh of relief because they found a suitable donor. The Montana judge who badly bungled the sentencing of a convicted rapist is unable to fix the ridiculously low sentence he gave the former teacher. 42% of incoming Harvard undergrads admit to cheating, but Nick convinces Ken that this isn't a big deal. Yelling at and insulting your teen is just as bad for them as hitting, according to a new study. Ken says this is bunk.

President Obama will speak about Syria to the American people on Tuesday. What if Congress really does vote down military action? Ken likes the way the State Liquor Control Board is handling the new pot rules. The Seahawks finally kick off their season on Sunday. An American Indian tribe has launched an ad campaign to encourage the NFL to change the name of the Washington Redskins. Ken and Nick debate whether Redskins is really an epithet. King County is set to finally outlaw urinating and defecating in public thanks in part to a recent rash of cyclists defecating on rural King County lawns.

Jason Rantz is in for Curley and Walsh. Rantz continues the debate on whether we should intervene in Syria. Dr. Karam Dana, an assistant professor at UW Bothell, joins Jason to address the concern that American intervention sides with the Syrian Rebels. A Luddite family says no to technology for their young children. Is this a mistake? Next, Geekwire's Todd Bishop joins Jason to breakdown the new iPhone. Finally, Jason questions whether we should still tip?

Jason Rantz is in tonight for Curley and Walsh. FIRST THINGS FIRST: Rain! Jeff Renner, from the KING5 Weather Center, speaks with Jason to update us and look ahead to the rest of the week. Paul Floyd, of stratfor.com, joins Jason to share his global intelligence expertise on the situation in Syria. How should we intervene? Or is it a question of whether we intervene or not? Next, Jason explains how Obama fumbled the Syria narrative.

Jason Rantz is in for Curley and Walsh. Dawn Gearhart, the Teamsters Local 117 Business Representative for local taxi drivers, joined Jason to add a union's perspective to the ongoing taxi driver vs. Uber debate. Is the ongoing Taxi Driver vs. Uber debate, really a debate between taxi drivers and their outdated model? Next, Jason speaks with Professor John Yoder, who believes we have to consider alternatives to traditional military strikes, such as cyber warfare. Maria Rodale wrote an open letter to President Obama where she compares pesticides in our food to chemical attacks in Syria. So, Jason reacts.

Secretary of State John Kerry says America is not going to war and doesn't want to. -Andrew defends Sen. John McCain for playing smartphone poker during a Senate meeting about Syria today. -Reports are breaking that Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro has committed suicide in prison. -Andrew applauds Sen. John McCain for setting a Fox News interviewer straight on Muslims and how they aren't all terrible people. It's somehow a point that needed to be made. -We listen to an amazing story of what white people could do every day to stick up for people of color is discriminating circumstances. -NIGHTCAP

The Stranger's Dan Savage led a protest against Russia's anti-gay laws in Seattle today. It got a good-sized crowd; especially given it was the Tuesday after Labor Day. -Employees at a mall shoe store decided to stick it to their boss by quitting in a very public way. -Diana Nyad completed a record breaking swim from Cuba to Florida on Labor Day, but one KIRO host isn't on board with all the accolades she is receiving. -Andrew announces a new show voicemail where listeners can leave us a message and plays one voicemail where one awesome listener is already offering some sage advice.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: President Obama shored up support in Congress today ahead of the coming vote on whether to approve military action in Syria. Andrew is split on whether to support a strike and so are the American people. -Secretary of State John Kerry reassured the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that boots on the ground would only happen if something catastrophic happened. -The owners of the bakery in Oregon that turned away a gay couple are claiming to be victims now. Andrew says they can cry him a river. -The mayor of a small town in Alaska was hospitalized after being attacked by a dog, but the attack is nothing unusual even though this is a very unusual mayor.