The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

It is rare that a sequel does better than the original - but Inside Out 2 broke the all-time animated movie record yesterday - we talked to Rusty Gatenby about that and previewed this weekend's theatrical release of Marvel's Deadpool and Wolverine.

An exciting finish to the game yesterday with the Twins winning 5-4 with the help of a Max Kepler walk-off, Mekhi Blackmon ACL injury, Jordan Addison’s comments and more! 

Finally some dry summer weather after a string of storms and rain in the last week, Paul gives us the preview to the weekend which looks optimistic but will it be spoiled by storms? 

From early voting to registration to clearing up Minnesota law with the ballots with the upcoming election - we talked to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on this to clarify the details, now that President Biden has dropped out of the race - how does this affect people’s ballots? He detailed an A.I. false claim that spread through Twitter/X as well regarding the handling of ballots with the change in candidacy!

Midtown Global Market is celebrating one of its original restaurants, Manny’s Tortas - and on Saturday they will be honored for 25 years in the Market. We talked to Manny Gonzalez, co-owner of the restaurant alongside his sister talking to him about the backstory of their business , what he has coming up at the State Fair and more - we give Manny’s Torta’s a Sawkar Salute!

There is an event coming up on Friday where PGA professionals play 100 holes of golf with armed services veterans to raise funds towards Veterans support programs and the Minnesota PGA Section Foundation - CEO of the Minnesota PGA Section Jeff Drimel joined us on The Drive to talk about this great event. Also we talked to Jeff about the upcoming event in September alongside Ian Leonard, PGA Minnesota will be hosting the Bad Pants Open benefitting both the Minnesota PGA Section Foundation and Special Olympics. 

Last night Joe Biden gave his speech acknowledging his decision to step aside of the 2024 Presidential race and spoke on what the rest of his presidency looks like and his endorsement of Kamala Harris. We talked to Blois Olson about the speech and what the timetable for a Vice President looks like? Also, the latest on Governor Walz and the VP process! 

Following in the footsteps of his father and sister, Rob began his Circus career as a member of the Florida State University Flying High Circus. Upon graduation, he began working at Sea World, Universal Studios, and Walt Disney World as an acrobat and stuntman. Rob joined us to talk about Circus Juventas celebrating 30 years as the annual summer circus tradition - featuring this summer's show - Jengala!

While the Twins did not win on Wednesday but the club had a good quality start from Simeon Woods-Richardson, he joins us to talk about his success throughout this first half of the season! Then we asked him about some of his mentors he seeks advice from and also what are some of his routines to his pregame preparation!

From fireworks, to the Torchlight Parade, we chat all things Aquatennial 2024 with the President and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council Adam Duininck, who previews this weekend’s events in and around Minneapolis!