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FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Wednesday, February 16th 2022

FIRST THING with Kevin Manno

Kevin Manno

News, Society & Culture, Arts, Daily News

5.02.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Get informed. Quickly. Sandy Hook, Simone Biles, Bob Saget, Alec Baldwin, Sonic the Hedgehog, A Christmas Story, Chip 'n Dale, Coachella, BTS, non-alcoholic beer & more...

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up? Welcome to another day another show. It's Wednesday February 16th, 2022.

0:05.2

It's first thing with Kevin Mano. Today is National Britney Spears apology day. I just made that up, but it should be!

0:12.2

This is the anniversary of the day she shaved her head and got a tattoo. It happened on the state in 2007.

0:17.6

We pushed her there. All of us. The media especially. We know that now. We should have listened to that leave Britney alone, kid.

0:23.6

So for the way we collectively mistreated Britney for all those years, we are sorry.

0:35.2

Alright, we always start with the top stories President Biden spoke yesterday and delivered a message to the citizens of Russia.

0:40.6

He said that the US and NATO are not their enemy. He again offered a path of diplomacy over violence hoping to avoid a war.

0:47.6

And he used the opportunity to let Americans know of some of the hardships that may come our way if war does break out including soaring energy prices.

0:55.3

It is reported that Moscow has pulled some of their troops back from the Ukraine border so we will keep watching.

1:00.5

Remington Arms has agreed to pay $73 million in a settlement with Sandy Hook families. This comes more than seven years after the families initially filed the lawsuit.

1:09.3

This is the first time a gunmaker has been held liable for a mass shooting.

1:13.6

To sports your daily Olympic update, we managed to get our hands on a gold a silver and a bronze yesterday.

1:20.7

The gold and silver came in men's free ski slope style and our speed skating team is skating back home with that bronze.

1:27.8

The US is third currently with 19 medals and according to a new survey of 1,000 people, 9% of people say the Olympic should allow performance enhancing drugs.

1:37.9

That seems like a high number 9% and while we're on the subject of the Olympics, one of the greatest of all time is doing a double backhand spring all the way to the altar.

1:47.9

Is that even a move? I didn't bother looking it up. It sounds good to me.

1:50.8

Simone Biles just announced that she is engaged to her boyfriend of nearly two years. Jonathan Owens, he plays football for the Houston Texans.

1:57.7

They actually met on a dating app, which is funny. I've got the engagement photos posted in our Instagram stories.

2:03.6

Their height difference is fantastic. He's on a knee and he's just about as tall as her. It's cute.

2:08.1

Congrats guys. And we just find out that the Super Bowl on NBC was the most watched show in five years over 112 million viewers tuned in.

2:17.2

That's a 13% increase from last year. That's a lot of people. I understand why his knees were weak and his arms were heavy.

2:23.0

Alright, a few entertainment headlines for this morning. Bob Sagitt's family filed a lawsuit to block the release of any more materials relating to his death.

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