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Welcome everybody to Cheddars. News wrap. It is thursday june 30th 2022 in Manitoba in new york city. I'm ken, thank you so much for joining us coming up history in the Supreme Court with the nation's first black female justice swearing in. Also more rulings impact authority over the environmental and controversial immigration policy and a bit later the FDA backs a covid vaccine update ahead of possible case surges this fall. That's all ahead here on news wrap. Let's start with our wraparound of today's news cycle. The nation's highest court now has its first black female justice. Take a listen. Yes I will faithfully and impartially and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform discharge and perform all the duties all the duties incumbent upon me incumbent upon me as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States under the constitution under the constitution and laws of the United States and laws of the United States. So help me God, so help me God. So now Justice Kahtani Brown Jackson officially taking her place in the Supreme Court replacing now retired Justice Stephen Breyer. She's coming into her new position during a contentious time in the court. We don't have to tell you that with with Justices issuing several high profile and controversial rulings like the E. P. A decision today and of course roe v wade last week. Speaking of that E. P. A decision, the court has issued a ruling that will curb the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to fight climate change. The 6 to 3 decision limits the E. P. S. Power to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants. It's a blow against the biden administration's efforts to slash emissions in health and human services. Secretary Xavier Becerra called it a public health disaster. But the decision goes beyond just the E. P. A. Could impact the authority of all federal agencies. And while that ruling was considered a loss for the current administration, this next one is being hailed as a win justices ruling in favor of ending the trump era remain in Mexico policy, Chief Justice john roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joining liberal justices on the 5 to 4 vote, the policy called for sending some non mexican citizens who were in the US back to Mexico to wait while their immigration matters were being processed here, immigrants rights supporters have blasted the policy for years, calling it inhumane, will have much more on these decisions. Later in the show, an abortion bans and states with trigger laws are already facing obstacles in Kentucky abortions can continue for now, after a judge temporarily blocked the state's near total abortion ban, The ruling follows a lawsuit that claimed women were being forced to remain pregnant against their will Violating the state's constitution. In a similar move in Florida, with a judge blocking a new law banning abortions after 15 weeks saying the policy violates privacy rights outlined in the state's constitution as well. Also in the wake of the Roe ruling period tracking outflow is developing an anonymous mode. This is interesting. The move is meant to address users privacy concerns surrounding the details of their menstrual cycle. The new mode will let users remove their name, email addresses and other identifying ears from their profile. Now, since the court's ruling, many people on Tiktok have been urging users to delete period tracking apps fearing the data could be used against them in states where abortion would be prosecuted. It's awful. Alright. Fizer is seeking full FDA approval for its covid antiviral pill packs loaded. The treatment is already available under emergency use authorization but full approval means it could be marketed and sold commercially. So far, Fizer has been selling the drug to the government which then controls the pills distribution. About 1.6 million courses of the treatment have been administered since it was given the green light back in December. But while fighter waits for news on That front, it has some other orders to fill the body administration has reached an agreement to buy 105 million more doses of its COVID vaccine with options for up to 300 million. The nation's top infectious disease expert is downplaying the risk of monkeypox. Take a listen for yourself. I think it would be risky to classify it as low medium or high. Given the numbers, I would not say right now at this particular point that it is a quote high risk but the numbers may increase, which means we've just got to be careful and pay attention. Dr. Fauci's comments come after the US announced it's ramping up efforts to confront the outbreak, including more widely available vaccines. More than 300 cases have been confirmed in the US with most of them in California and New York. And the recent $100 million dollar Cryptocurrency heist may have been carried out by North Korea. That's according to Blockchain researchers who say they are strong indications that Lazarus group was behind the attack. The Lazarus group is a hacking collective with strong ties to North Korea. The victim was block chain bridge Horizon, which lets users swap crypto tokens between networks. North Korea is frequently accused of similar cyberattacks but has denied any involvement. If you're watching baseball and don't agree with a call on the field that happens in the job. A house a lot to the empire may be the first person you blame, but you could soon be blaming A robot instead. I don't know how I feel about this Ken. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred saying the league plans to introduce robot umpires in 2020 for the system uses artificial intelligence to call a strike and that relays the information to a human umpire. Part of the goal is to make calls more quickly and accurately. Robot umpires have already been used at some minor league games. I love this. Why because there's no argument there. That's the beauty of baseball is the arguing? No argument. It's 99.9% agree to disagree.