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Let's start with a wraparound. Today's need to know headlines, authorities confirm they are finding more bodies after deadly tornadoes ripped through the southeast, at least nine people are dead a massive twist who ripped through Selma Alabama. In this drone footage, You can see homes and businesses torn apart. At least 35 tornado touchdowns were reported. These twisters also hit Mississippi Georgia and central Kentucky will have the latest from the ground and an update from California in the next few minutes and human era may be to blame for that massive FAA systems outage. The one that caused more than 10,000 flight delays on Wednesday. NBC is reporting a corrupted file impacted both the primary and backup systems that communicate with pilots and that at least one contract employee. Maybe two could be at fault. The failed system is 30 years old and is called no tam. It was installed in 1993 and it is not scheduled to be updated for another six years. Some sad news out of the music world lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley died last night after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest. She was, she will be laid to rest at Graceland next to her son Benjamin. Her mother, Priscilla Presley issued a statement saying she and her family are shocked and devastated and are asking for privacy at this time celebrities and other notable figures are flooding social media paying tribute to nancy nancy Sinatra tweeted in part Quote every now and then I find myself wishing very hard that there is a hereafter and tonight is one of those nights Presley was just 54 years old. If you're looking at health insurance options this year, there's a big deadline coming up this weekend. Most open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act ends sunday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says 16 million people signed up since november 1st. That's a record. More than three million of them are new to the exchange this year. The government says the Affordable Care Act is coming. It's becoming more popular to be frank after federal enhancements, reduced prices. Most people can find plans that cost less than $10 a month. But if you lose your health insurance later in the year, you can still enroll. There's a new omicron variant and it's spreading very quickly in the U. S. The CDC says X. B. B 15 is now responsible for an estimated 43% of new covid 19 cases across the U. S. Last week it made up About 30% of new cases. That's a notable concentration by the way of this variant. In the east where it was first emerged in the fall, the rise of this variant coincides with an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, especially among seniors. UFO sightings have jumped in the past two years and almost half remained unexplained. 163 of the reports often come from Navy and Air Force pilots were classified as balloon or balloon entities. A handful of others were found to be drones, birds or even plastic bags, but 171 other incidents remain unexplained. These UFO sightings are a growing concern for lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Some are worried that they're not worried not just about extraterrestrials, but also the possibility that foreign enemies are using unseen technologies.