AND THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE GREAT. DONNA. WONDERFUL. KATIE. THANK YOU. WELL, HERE ARE NINE THINGS TO KNOW AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI HAS ITS NEW CITY MANAGER, MARIO VASQUEZ WAS APPOINTED AS THE CITY MANAGER THURSDAY. NOW, THIS COMES AFTER PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT WAS FIRED BACK IN MARCH. THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE WILL NOW LEAD THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. CARDINALS PICKED CHICAGO NATIVE ROBERT PREVOST AS THE 267TH POPE THURSDAY, FOLLOWING THE CEREMONIAL WHITE SMOKE FROM THE VATICAN, THE WORLD, AND GOT TO MEET THEIR NEW POPE. HE TOOK THE NAME LEO THE 14TH. HE’D ONLY BEEN A CARDINAL SINCE 2023, AND SERVED AS LEADER OF THE VATICAN OFFICE FOR BISHOP APPOINTMENTS. LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM TONIGHT. DURING A SPECIAL EPISODE OF 2020, THE AMERICAN POPE LEO THE 14TH STARTS AT 8:00 ON KMBC NINE. WELL, STARTING TONIGHT AT 7:00, CREWS WILL CLOSE BOTH EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND 435 FROM QUIVIRA TO ANTIOCH. WESTBOUND 435 TO SOUTHBOUND 69 HIGHWAY. THIS IS FOR THAT BRIDGE DEMOLITION WORK. ALL PART OF THE 69 EXPRESS PROJECT. THE ROAD AND RAMPS ARE SET TO BE REOPENED BY SIX MONDAY MORNING. WE’RE ON THE EVE OF A BIG MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, AS REPRESENTATIVES WORK TO NEGOTIATE A POTENTIAL TRADE DEAL. THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UK, THOUGH THAT’S NOT OFFICIAL YET. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE HOPES THIS MEETING WITH CHINA IS MORE THAN JUST AN ICEBREAKER. WELL, A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT IS HAPPENING TODAY AT UNION STATION. YEAH, THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO BUILD THE WORLD’S LARGEST DIAPER CAKE. THIS WILL BE INSIDE THE GRAND PLAZA TODAY. IT WILL BE MADE UP OF MORE THAN 80,000 DIAPERS. AFTER THE CAKE IS COMPLETED, THOSE DIAPERS WILL BE DONATED TO HAPPY BOTTOMS. THE KANSAS CITY MAVERICKS CAN ADVANCE IN THE KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS TONIGHT. TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS LAST NIGHT IN NEVADA, BEATING THE TAHOE NIGHT MONSTERS 3 TO 1 IN GAME THREE OF THEIR BEST OF SEVEN SERIES. THE PUCK DROPS FOR GAME FOUR TONIGHT AT NINE. WELL, HIT DEEP RIGHT CENTER FIELD. THAT’S GOING TO BE OVER MORTON AND UP AGAINST THE WALL. THE ROYALS BREAK OUT THE BROOMS AS THEY SWEEP THE WHITE SOX. THE ROYALS SCORED TEN RUNS IN THE SHUTDOWN WIN. YEAH, IT’S THE BOYS IN BLUES SIX GAME WIN STREAK. THEY’VE WON 15 NOW OUT OF THE LAST 17. THEY BEGIN A SERIES WITH THE WHITE SOX FROM BOSTON. THE RED SOX TONIGHT BOSTON RED SOX FIRST PITCH IS SET FOR 640. AND THE KANSAS CITY MONARCHS. THEY START THEIR SEASON TONIGHT AT LEGENDS FIELD IN THE MONARCHS ARE HOSTING THE LINCOLN SALTDOGS. THERE WILL BE A SATCHEL PAIGE BOBBLEHEAD GIVEAWAY AND POST-GAME FIREWORKS AS TRADITION. FIRST PITCH IS SET FOR 635 TONIGHT JUST ACROSS THE STREET. RACING FANS ARE ALREADY SETTING UP CAMP AT THE KANSAS SPEEDWAY FOR A WEEKEND FILLED WITH FUN. RACE WEEKEND BEGINS TONIGHT WITH A TIED 150. THE HEART OF HEALTH CARE 200 IS SATURDAY. THEN THE MAIN EVENT NASCAR RACE, ADVENTHEALTH 400 STARTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE KANSAS SPEEDWAY WEBSITE. A LITTL