What's up? Good to see you. It's Thursday, August 17th, 2023. It's a brand new day, and it starts now.

Yes, welcome. It's first thing with Kevin Mano, a super easy way to get caught up on the things going on in the world around you.

Before we get to the headlines today, if you celebrity birthdays, as always, TV personality, Juliana Ransick,

Donnie Walberg, Sean Penn, Belinda Carlisle, and new dad, Robert DeNiro.

He's 80 today, celebrating at home with his three-month-old baby.

And in sports history, in American history, 15 years ago, today, Michael Phelps became the first and only person to

win eight gold medals in a single Olympics. He made it happen on this date, 15 years ago.

Okay, let's go. We always start with the top story. Today, it's another quick update on the Maui wildfires.

As of right now this morning, they have confirmed 111 deaths. The number keeps going up.

It's been a theory for a while, but it now seems to be believed the down power lines caused the very first

fire. There are even videos to support that. And that, of course, puts even more scrutiny on Hawaiian

electric for not shutting off the power even after being warned. For now, the other companies that

their focus is restoring power to the people of Maui and an update on President Biden's response

to the crisis. He and the first lady will visit the island on Monday. They just confirm that they're

going to meet with first responders, survivors, and officials on Monday. And in other fire news, I'm

also hearing more about fires raging in Northern California. There are at least 20 wildfires burning

right now. And some residents are being ordered to evacuate scary stuff.

All right, okay, getting into sports here. It really is a soccer news today. In case you missed

it, England beat Australia yesterday in the women's world cup. So the final match is set

England and Spain and all European final. They'll play early Sunday morning and a new champion

will be crowned. And the losing teams of those two semi-final matches will play Saturday morning

Australia and Sweden. That will determine third place. Also according to the associate

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