The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

For 122 years, Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities has been a place of food and shelter for many! CEO Pam Stegora Axberg shares the long history of providing meals, shelter and faith with the many residents of Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities that have made their way through the doors!

We were pleased to join by a resident of Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities - David who has struggled with alcohol addiction shares his story and how the love of both his family and the love being given by the people at UGM is helping him push through!

A huge part of this ‘mission’ each year is former WCCO Sales Executive Ginnee Berg who is one of many answering the calls at the Mall of America Tuesday morning in hopes to make a difference in many lives through Union Gospel Mission she shares how far a donation goes when it comes to meals and the dignity shown at Union Gospel Mission!

News broke Tuesday morning that Minnesota DFL Ken Martin would be stepping out of the DFL and into the race for the DNC chair - we talked to Blois Olson about this breaking story on this morning’s take!

We kicked off our Union Gospel Mission broadcast today - talking to Gina Landsee, Assistant Clinical Director for Mental Health with Union Gospel Mission joined Vineeta to talk about the services they offer for those in need.

A few things to ponder courtesy of Jill Schlesinger. The host of "Jill On Money" joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News.

They beat Tennessee on Sunday to move to 8-2 on the year. Dane Mizutani from the Pioneer Press was there and joined Vineeta for a recap of the win on the WCCO Morning News.

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Analysis from Professor James Coleman from the University of Minnesota on The WCCO Morning News.

NBC will air a special on the big movie that opens this weekend. Details from TVInsider's Matt Roush on The WCCO Morning News.

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The Wolves got Julius Randle from the Knicks in the Karl-Anthony Towns trade and he came up big Sunday night against Phoenix with 35 points and a game-winning shot. Henry Lake and Vineeta on what it means for a Wolves team still trying to gel early in the season.