The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

Friday means Football Finance and FORE! we chat with Pete Najarian about the market effect from the debate, Trump and Biden arguing over golf and the Gophers 2025 recruiting class. 

David Festa made his MLB debut on Thursday afternoon and picked up the win alongside an offensive outburst by the Twins and we recap some of the action and preview their upcoming series against Seattle.

Former Majority leader in Minnesota and GOP Chairman for Minnesota David Hann along with DFL representative Ryan Winkler joined to share their respective responses to Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Debate. 

Another dominant performance by the Twins offense in Arizona last night leading to a 13-6 win over the Diamondbacks, Henry Lake joins to talk a little bit about the hot bats, Carlos Correa with a scare and we also recap the NBA Draft Night Two with Bronny James joining his dad, LeBron in Los Angeles.

Rain, rain and more rain, a little bit of storms as well - all included in the forecast with Paul Douglas joining us on this rainy Friday morning. 

Last night was a strong showing for one and a concerned showing for another - Blois Olson joins to recap CNN Debate 2024 - we dive into some of the poll results and seek potential candidates that could join the fray between now and November.

This week, we said so long to some pivotal people in broadcasting here in Minnesota- Randy Shaver of KARE 11 and Lori and Julia of myTalk 107.1 both signing off this week for the last time. 

In what was an interesting presidential debate last night, Margaret Brennan joined us, she is of course, the moderator for Face the Nation and Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent for CBS. She was LIVE in the studio last night where the debate had taken place in Atlanta - she recaps the ins and outs of the presidential debate from last night, what it means for Democrats and Republicans leading up to November and previews this weekend’s Face the Nation.

A lot of work went into the planning and preparation for the USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials and Sandy Sweetser of Minnesota Sports and Events talks us through the process of pitching Minneapolis, where people can buy merchandise for this weekend’s event and some of the early response and reception they have received!

It was a fun night for the Twins in the desert as they won 8-3 over the Diamondbacks - Derek Falvey joined us to talk about the dominant win, Chris Paddack’s injury, the progress of Matt Wallner and more!