Former Mecklenburg County Commissioner Matthew Ridenhour joins Bo Thompson and Brett Jensen talking about the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners voting unanimously to rescind the county mask ordinance effective February 26th.
Advertisements seen during the Big Game show the automotive industry reaching internal-combustion-engine-surrender mode, and a short tribute to a couple of kind souls who have made that precious trip home.
WBT afternoon host Brett Winterble joins Bo Thompson, Beth Troutman and Jim Szoke talking about halftime performances past and present at the Big Game, including "Up With People," wholesale prices up with accelerating inflation, and news that there is a partial withdrawal of Russian troops from near the Ukraine border.
Our auto expert Tom Blocker joins Bo Thompson talking about prevalence of electric-vehicle themes in most of the automotive commercials that aired during the Big Game of football on Sunday.
Beth Troutman joins Bo Thompson and Jim Szoke in studio talking about the halftime-show artists performing at the Big Game this weekend, the late Carolina Panthers' linebacker Sam Mills being named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, exploring some crazy dreams that Beth, Bo and Jim have had, and picks to win the Big Game on Sunday.
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R/NC) joins Bo Thompson and Brett Jensen talking about a sanctions package that could be put into place if Russia invades Ukraine, and the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and Senator Tillis' opinion about whether or not Vice President Kamala Harris could be nominated as a replacement.
Our cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton joins Bo Thompson with her take on Meta Facebook's recent stock dive and threats to pull Instagram and Facebook in Europe over privacy laws, and the Foo Fighters big concert scheduled in the metaverse to follow the Big Game this Sunday.
Mick Mulvaney joins Bo Thompson talking about former Vice President Mike Pence contradicting former President Donald Trump's assertion that Pence had the right to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election, an N.C. Supreme Court striking down of new voting maps drawn by GOP lawmakers, and the RNC censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.
WBT afternoon host Brett Winterble joins Bo Thompson and Brett Jensen talking about the shrinkage of Facebook's user base and drop in stock and former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL.
Our longtime legal analyst Bill Graham joins Bo Thompson with his reaction to the news that associate justice Stephen Breyer will be stepping down from the Supreme Court and the idea that Vice President Kamala Harris could be nominated to replace him on the high court.