Hi there, good to see you. It's Friday, May 17, 2024. Happy Friday, friends. It's first thing with Kevin Mano.

Super quick look at all the headlines as you start today, and the show starts right now.

And we always start with the top story. This headline is everywhere this morning.

We knew it was coming in yesterday.

The Justice Department formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

This won't automatically legalize it for recreational use or anything, but it does now recognize

the medical uses.

The DEA still has to approve this, so it's not quite there yet.

But President Biden spoke in a video yesterday calling it monumental.

He said far too many lives have been upended because of a failed approach to marijuana, and he's

committed to writing those wrongs.

Pest up.

All right, okay, getting into sports here.

This has been a big story out of the sports world all week.

The kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, his name This has been a big story out of the sports world all week.

The kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, his name is Harrison Butker.

You gave a pretty controversial commencement speech.

He covered a lot of ground.

Part of it was about how women belong at home,

while men need to provide.

There was a lot there.

The internet sort of exploded and now the NFL has responded.

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