Hello, my friend. Good to see you. Let's do this. It's Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, Ash Wednesday for a lot of Christians. That's today. This is First Thing with Kevin Mano. Real quick look at all the top headlines as you start your day. And the show starts right now.

And we always start with the top story. President Trump gave a speech last night. The first

congressional address of his second term, he spoke about Ukraine, tariffs, egg prices, childhood

cancer, executive orders, and Elon Musk. A couple moments that are getting the most attention

this morning came from two Democrats that were present for it. First, as Trump was entering the House chamber, Representative Melanie Stansberry was standing

behind him with a sign that said, this is not normal. You could see it on camera before somebody

ripped it out of her hands. And then during the speech, Representative Al Green of Texas,

who has been a longtime opponent of Trump's, heckled him.

He was yelling no mandate, and he was removed.

In the end, it was the longest annual dress to Congress by a president, one hour and 39 minutes.

The previous record set by President Clinton was one hour and 28 minutes.

Let's go.

All right, okay.

On to sports. First, the Philadelphia Eagles just made Sackwan Barkley the highest paid running back in NFL history.

He just signed a two-year contract extension worth $41.2 million.

In the NBA, I feel like there have been a lot of these season-ending injuries lately,

and today it's Kyrie Irving of the Dallas Mavericks.

It's been a rough few weeks for the Mavs.

He has a torn ACL in his left knee.

He went down Monday night and their loss to the Kings.

He fell to the floor, but he stayed in to shoot free throws with tears running down his face. He then left the game and yeah, ACL. It's not clear how long he'll be out, but he is done for the season.

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