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FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Tuesday, May 30th 2023

FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Kevin Manno

News, Society & Culture, Arts, Daily News

5.02.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony, Army pfc Luther Herschel Story, Memorial Day shooting in Hollywood, Florida, NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals are both set, intruder at the home of Benedict Cumberbatch, Little Mermaid final numbers, Martin Scorsese met with the Pope ahead of Jesus movie, Johnny Depp postpones concerts, Sarah Snook gave birth, Blue Ivy on stage with mom, Elizabeth Holmes expected to report to prison today, 12-year-old boy graduates college with 5 degrees, high ketchup prices & more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, hey, hello. Hi. How are you? Let's go. Brand new day starts now.

0:05.7

That's Tuesday, May 30th, 2023. Good morning, my friend. It's first thing with Kevin Mano. Thank

0:10.9

you for being here. Hope it was a nice long weekend for you. A few celebrity birthdays before

0:15.8

we get to all the headlines today. Another list of musicians celebrating birthdays today.

0:20.1

Celo Green, Happy Birthday. Adina Menzel or Adele Dazeem is John Travolta Cullsert.

0:26.1

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Winona Jada. They're all celebrating today.

0:31.1

In sports history, I thought this was interesting. The first Indy 500 took place on this date

0:37.3

in 1911. So 112 years ago, the winner drove at an average speed of 74 miles an hour. 74. It took him six

0:46.3

hours. They go a little faster these days. Oh, okay. All right. Let's jump in. Quick look at all

1:00.1

the headlines. We start with the top story and today we'll start with a quick look at Memorial Day.

1:04.4

Yesterday was the 155th National Memorial Day observance. President Biden was out at the Arlington

1:10.8

National Cemetery for the annual wreath laying ceremony honoring the estimated 1.3 million U.S. soldiers

1:17.7

to have died fighting for our country. He addressed the crowd and said, quote, we must never forget

1:22.9

the price that was paid to protect our democracy. We must never forget that lives these flags,

1:27.2

flowers, and marble markers represent. Side note, but today actually marks eight years since the

1:32.6

President lost his son, Bo, to cancer eight years ago today. One of the stories that got a lot of

1:37.8

attention yesterday was the story of Army Private First Class Luther a hersial story. It was awarded

1:43.0

a Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War back in 1950, although he never came home.

1:48.3

His remains were never found until recently back in April, a U.S. military lab was able to identify

1:54.5

his remains. And after nearly 73 years, he was able to come home. There was a proper Memorial

2:00.5

Day burial for him yesterday at the Andersonville National Cemetery in Georgia near his hometown.

2:08.6

All right, okay. Let's talk about sports now. The NBA Finals are set. And my microwave

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