The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

We checked in with WCCO TV Chief Meteorologist on the possibility of some rain amid the galevanting at the Fair and if we could see warmer temperatures on the way in the final few days of August and cool temps abound!

With Tuesday being the day of primaries in Minnesota - there are two seats needing to be filled in Minnesota - we talked to Secretary of State Steve Simon LIVE on the WCCO Radio stage about this, we also circle back on if he would run for governor, got his thoughts on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, how he remembers Melissa Hortman and much more!

Not everyone can enjoy the ‘Great Minnesota Get Together’ - specifically patients at Children’s Minnesota so today we give the Sawkar Salute to The Child Life & Music Therapy team at Children’s bringing the fun activities, crafts, live music and even food to patients at Children’s!

Yesterday marked the first day of the Democratic National Committee meeting in the Twin Cities which featured an appearance from State Senator John Hoffman. Also, it is Primary Day in Minnesota and Governor Tim Walz created a stir by making comments toward current President Donald Trump and the convention - we get Blois reaction to that.

Twins First Pitch today featuring none other than Dan Hayes of The Athletic to break down what is going wrong (or what isn’t) with this Twins team as they are north of the border this morning for a series against the Blue Jays, what does dan make of the Royce Lewis frustrations, and what to look forward to in Toronto including a Louis Varland reunion!

Cannot have Fair shows without Fair food! We have Sarah Hayden of Typsy’s Pies sharing some of the sweet, delicious treats LIVE on the WCCO Radio stage!

You can feel it - it is football season - we are just two weeks away from the debut of JJ McCarthy on Monday Night Football as the Vikings will kick off another season in Chicago - we chatted with Dane Mizutani of the Pioneer Press who covers the Vikings - we talk JJ, Carson Wentz and some of his key takeaways from Training Camp!

She is one of us and she is a member of the Minnesota Aurora - we chatted with Jelena Zbiljic midfielder - she shared her story of growing up in Excelsior and playing at the University of Minnesota as well as the overall growth in popularity that Minnesota Aurora FC is reaching these first few seasons!

Recently Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities did a groundbreaking for their renovation where they are expanding their men’s emergency shelter - we chatted with Pam Stegora Axberg - from beds, to bathrooms, even expanding on the dining facilities she gives us the latest on the work they are doing with expanding the helping hands at Union Gospel Mission!

Huge return for Napheesa Collier after missing seven games - she made an impact yesterday against the Fever - we chatted with Henry Lake about her big game, Carson Wentz and other Vikings quarterbacks, could we see the return of Adam Thielen and Royce and Twins are playing a frustrated game right now on the Twins!