Tuesday, April 26th 2022
FIRST THING with Kevin Manno
Kevin Manno
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🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, how are you? That sounded a little creepy. I'm sorry. It's Tuesday, April 26th, 2022. It's |
| 0:06.0 | first thing with Kevin Mano. You read it, er, ripped through some headlines. Today is the |
| 0:10.5 | anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, still the worst nuclear power plant accident ever |
| 0:15.6 | in terms of death toll and cost that happened on this date in 1986. And the Chernobyl nuclear |
| 0:21.2 | power plant located in Ukraine has wound up back in the news this year. Also on the state, |
| 0:25.9 | three years ago today, Avengers Endgame was released. It is currently listed as the second highest |
| 0:31.5 | grossing movie ever made. It's about $50 million behind Avatar. Avengers! |
| 0:39.4 | A symbol. |
| 0:40.3 | No! |
| 0:42.4 | Okay, let's go jump in. We will start once again with the war in Ukraine. According to reports, |
| 0:47.4 | the attacks are intensifying in much of the country. Yesterday, Russian forces struck five |
| 0:52.8 | railway stations. Russia is calling for the Biden administration to stop shipping weapons to |
| 0:58.0 | Ukraine. They said we are making it worse. Meanwhile, President Biden has chosen Bridget Brink as |
| 1:02.7 | the ambassador to Ukraine that post has been vacant for years. And she is his nominee to fill it. |
| 1:07.6 | Not an easy job. I'm sure the other major story to break yesterday was Elon Musk's purchase of |
| 1:13.3 | Twitter. $44 billion. He said in a statement, quote, free speech is the bedrock of a functioning |
| 1:19.5 | democracy and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity |
| 1:24.6 | are debated. He said he plans on making the social media network better than ever with new features. |
| 1:29.5 | He's also expected to loosen up content rules in the name of free speech. |
| 1:35.4 | Yes, yes, on two sports. One of the big happenings in the sports world this week is the NFL |
| 1:40.6 | draft. We are two days away. It's getting started on Thursday. The Jacksonville Jaguars have the |
| 1:45.6 | number one pick with the Detroit Lions right behind him. Round two and three will happen on Friday |
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