All right now.

It's Monday, August 5th, 2024.

Hello friends, welcome to First Thing with Kevin Mano.

Super quick and efficient look at all the headlines across the board and it starts right now.

And we always start with the top story. Today is another update on the presidential race.

The question of whether or not former President Trump and Vice President Harris will debate has been going

back and forth he just backed out of an ABC debate and is saying he'll only face off

against her if she agrees to one hosted by Fox News next month. Trump said

quote I'll see her on September 4th or I won't see her at all.

She then wrote on social media, it's interesting how any time, any place becomes one specific time, one specific place.

We'll see how it shakes out. Also, it's reported. one specific time, place.

We'll see how it shakes out.

Also, it's reported that Harris met with three

potential running mates over the weekend.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walls, Pennsylvania Governor Josh

Shapiro, and Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona.

An announcement is coming soon.

All right, okay, on to sports.

It's all Olympics.

The big stories from over the weekend were Katie Ladecky winning her ninth gold

medal. That's now the most golds for an American female swimmer ever.

That's huge.

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