Rabbit bunny bunny. That's what they say. Some variation of those words.

If those are the first words you speak at the beginning of a brand new month,

it's supposed to be good luck. It is Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. It starts right now.

Welcome to it, my friends. It's first thing with Kevin Mano. Appreciate you listening.

A few celebrity birthdays before we get to all the headlines, Jason Momoa, the host of Shark Week.

He's 44 today. Adam Duritz at the Band Counting Cros is 59 and Chuck D of Public Enemy is 63 years old.

And on this date, 42 years ago, MTV made its debut August 1st, 1981. The first music video they

aired was for this song. Video killed the radio star by The Buggles.

Okay, feels like there's a ton to get through. So we'll get started. We'll start with the top

story. Today, it's an update on the war in Ukraine. Over the weekend, Ukraine reportedly launched

another drone attack on Moscow. And then Sunday night, President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine said

they're taking the war to Russia. Then Monday morning, Russian missiles hit Zelensky's hometown.

It tack took six lives and injured at least 50 others. It's not totally clear that the strike was

in response to Zelensky's comments the night before, but the timing is definitely making people

draw some conclusions. The latest right now, as of this morning, is that Ukraine reportedly launched

another drone attack on Moscow early this morning. This war has now been going on for 523 days.

All right, okay, getting into sports here. Team USA was back out on the field very early this

morning for their third game in the women's world cup. It was a crucial match against Portugal.

They needed either a win or a draw to avoid risk of elimination and spoiler alert. It was a draw

zero zero. I didn't watch, but it was reportedly not a very great match. But with that,

it do advance to the round of 16. Let's go. They're scheduled to play again on Sunday.

In other sports news, this feels like a mistake or something on a count of the sweltering

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