The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

We give a Sawkar Salute to a new project underway in the ‘Heights’ neighborhood of East St. Paul with Habitat for Humanity building affordable housing putting together 74 units of which 35 are part of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project this fall!

With all of the rain we have been getting, southern Minnesota is facing a lot of flooding so Governor Walz and others are stepping in to help. Also tomorrow, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren will be in Minneapolis to represent the Biden campaign. We chatted with Blois Olson about that, Stanley Cup Game 7, Donald Trump fundraising and more!

Its that time of the week, football and finance with stock market star, our very own Pete Najarian talking stocks, JJ McCarthy first pitch blunder, Kirk Cousins tampering and more! 

Vineeta had the chance to catch up with some of the players before their venture out west to Oakland and we gathered some of the players thoughts on one last run playing at the Coliseum before the A’s move to Sacramento and then Las Vegas in the coming seasons! 

In today’s Rash Report with John Rash we chatted about the recent warning from the Surgeon General about the need for warning labels on social media as well as previewed the big debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump next Thursday night! 

It is supposed to rain this weekend so why not head to the theaters and see the new release of “The Bikeriders” starring Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and more - we got Rusty Gatenby’s take on this movie and even talked about another hit movie - Inside Out 2!

More students are taking interest in trade jobs for careers and Richard Petty alongside motorcycle legend Billy Lane helped students from Lakeville and Minneapolis build rat rod go karts and are going to be revealed Friday night! “The King” Richard Petty joined us to talk about that journey, teaching kids the importance of careers in the trades and “Back to the 50’s” festivities! 

Twins made it close last night but lost a second consecutive game in 10 innings to Tampa Bay but the Twins did leave this homestand with a 7-3 run as they now head out west for the rest of the month - Henry Lake gives us his thoughts on the late heroics from Jose Miranda and his improvements - also his thoughts on JJ Redick 

We ventured over to Golden Fig to try and come up with some gifts to repay the Dallas KRLD bet between the Wolves and Mavericks and talked to Laurie Crowell, owner of the Golden Fig about some great gift ideas! 

We have seen plenty of rain this past week and there is more still to come this weekend with potentially severe weather conditions, Paul Douglas joins to give us the latest in the forecast for today and through this weekend!