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FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Thursday, September 21st 2023

FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Kevin Manno

News, Society & Culture, Arts, Daily News

5.02.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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0:00.0

Hello, how you doing? You're ready? Let's go. It's Thursday, September 21st, 2023, and it starts right now.

0:08.8

Yes, yes, it's first thing with Kevin Mano me just a quick look at all the headlines. There are a lot of them today.

0:15.8

We'll start with a few celebrity birthdays. Jason Derulo is 34 Maggie Grace's 40. Nicole Richie is 42.

0:24.4

Not 40 also. She's 42 years old. Liam Gallagher, Alfonso Ribeiro, Luke Wilson,

0:29.6

Faith Hill, Dave Cullier, Bill Murray, and Stephen King. That's a long list. I'll celebrate

0:34.8

birthdays, happy birthdays. And on the state history, two anniversaries to mention today's 25

0:40.8

years ago today, Will and Grace premiered on NBC. And 30 years ago today, September 21st,

0:47.0

in 1993, Nirvana released their final album in utero. It turns 30 today.

0:59.6

Let's go. You always start with the top story. The big one out of Washington yesterday was the

1:10.2

testimony of attorney general Merritt Garland. He was grilled by house Republicans over the Justice

1:15.9

Department's handling of the Hunter Biden and former president Trump cases. It basically accused

1:20.8

him of favoring the president's son. They said he's protecting Biden and attacking Trump.

1:25.2

I was honestly a pretty heated hearing. Garland said that he wanted to make it clear that he

1:28.8

did not interfere with the Hunter Biden investigation in any way. In response to their accusations,

1:34.4

he said quote, our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress, or from anyone

1:39.2

else about who or what to criminally investigate. The Justice Department works for the American people.

1:44.6

He also said our job is to uphold the rule of law. Our job is not to do it is politically correct.

1:49.5

At one point, the hearing was interrupted by a protester telling Merritt Garland he needs to

1:53.7

repent before God. But the whole thing, the whole hearing lasted about five hours.

2:01.8

All right. Okay. Getting into sports here. We got an update yesterday on something that happened

2:06.4

over the weekend. In case you missed the story, a 53 year old man named Dale Mooney died inside

2:12.2

Gillette Stadium on Sunday during the Patriots dolphins game. At first, that was the headline that

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