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Just over one month after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama and Vice President Biden are set to announce their plan for action on reducing gun violence. We'll carry the President's remarks live from the White House and hear what Beth Flynn of Washington Ceasefire and Phil Watson of the Second Amendment Foundation have to say about his proposals.
Also this hour: Could there be life on distant "exomoons?" We talk with the University of Washington's Rory Barnes about new research into the possibility. Plus, Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell is running for mayor. He joins us in the studio to talk about his run.