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Here. The headlines, you need to know five people are dead after severe flooding across the Northeastern US over the weekend in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia on Saturday, local officials estimated 6 to 7 inches of rain fell in less than an hour trapping multiple people in their cars. Authorities are still looking for two Children, ages two and nine months who also went missing in the storm. Over in Connecticut. Firefighters had to rescue at least six people from their vehicles during the storms. According to New York, Governor Kay Hole, just under 10,000 people lost power in the Hudson Valley. The National Weather service warns that most flood related deaths occur in cars and never to drive through flooded areas. Once again, over 100 million Americans are under heat advisories this morning as the heat wave hitting the Southern Us shows no sign of slowing down. Record breaking. Temperatures were recorded in Death Valley, California and Phoenix, Arizona, Saturday. Phoenix has topped 110 degrees for straight days. So far this year, 12 people have died in Phoenix due to heat related conditions. According to the national weather service, the potentially record breaking heat is expected to continue through at least mid week. In the Southwest Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and South Florida. More than a dozen states are under air quality alerts today as smoke from those Canadian wildfires continue to make its way across the country. Experts say nearly 70 million Americans will be affected by this latest round of poor air quality and decreased visibility as the smoke hits major cities like New York, Chicago and Detroit. Some states are making masks available and activating emergency notifications on roads to keep residents up to date on conditions. Now, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center, there are currently more than 580 fires burning out of control in the country. Results of late stage clinical trials are showing promising results for a new Alzheimer's drug from Eli Lily. The data released today shows the drug helped slow cognitive decline in patients in the early stages of the illness. You may remember just a few weeks ago, we reported that the FDA had granted full approval to another drug lake. This new drug appears to be more effective than Lake. But authorities point out that side effects of it can be more serious including brain swelling and brain bleeds. According to the Alzheimer's Association, there are nearly 7 million Americans over the age of 65 who have the disease. The suspect in a shooting that left four people dead in Hampton, Georgia was killed yesterday in a shootout with police. This is according to authorities following a 24 hour manhunt. Police said 40 year old Andre Longo exchanged gunfire with officers wounding two before being killed. Longo was accused of fatally shooting four people Saturday morning in a residential neighborhood of Hampton, a city about 35 miles south of Atlanta. His motive and any connection to the victims remains unknown as we reported on Friday. A suspect has been charged in connection with a series of murders. The victims of which were found on Gilgo Beach, Long Island, New York. More than a decade ago. Investigators have received more new evidence and information since then. According to the Suffolk County das office, Tierney told CNN earlier today, he feels they can prove that 59 year old Rex Homan committed the three murders with which he is charged. The D A said investigators were also confident they would charge Homan with 1/4 murder. Our sister network news, 12 reports reports. Police have executed a search warrant at a Long Island storage unit. Take a look. Police are still here at the Omega Self storage facility on route 1 10 in Amy. And you can see just beyond the patrol car, they have two white tents that are set up outside of one storage unit. Now, we haven't seen a lot of activity here this morning. Perhaps they worked all day yesterday. Our cameras were here. We did capture them and then took a break overnight, possibly to come back today. Of course, we will see. But again, they have this presence here since early this morning. The news 12 confirmed with homicide detectives that they were indeed executing a search warrant in relation to the Gilgo murder investigation. After a viewer called into our newsroom and said he had been at the storage facility with a friend and saw a massive police presence this as Rex Hu's attorney, Michael Brown released a statement insisting the district attorney's office has the wrong guy. He asserted his client's innocence after pleading not guilty to multiple 1st and 2nd degree murder charges in connection to three of the Gilgo Beach murders. He said his client has no prior criminal record is a father, husband business owner and that there is nothing about Mister Heman that would suggest that he is involved in these incidents. And while the government has decided to focus on him, despite more significant and stronger leads, we are forward to defending him in a court of law before a fair and impartial jury of his peers. Now, it's unclear exactly how long investigators plan to have a presence here at the storage facility. Now, we have reached out to the owner and manager of this storage facility and at this time, they are refusing to comment on who owns this particular unit in Amityville. I'm Caroline Flynn for News 12. I'll send it back to you in the studio and thanks to Caroline for that report according to a CNN source heading overseas. Now, Ukraine has claimed responsibility for an attack on Russia's Crimea bridge that killed two people and wounded a third. The two, the two strikes reportedly took place just after 3 a.m. local time. The bridge is used to both transport supplies for the Russian military and as transportation for civilians. Russia says officials have been dispatched to inspect the damage on the bridge also new this morning. Russia says it has terminated the Black Sea Grain initiative that allowed Ukraine to safely export wheat and other grains in order to keep global food prices down. The deal also made it easier for Russia to export food and fertilizer. In a statement, a Kremlin spokesperson claims this is because the parts of the deal affecting Russian exports quote has not been implemented so far. The Kremlin claims the decision is unrelated to the bridge attack. The woman who inspired the world's famous Birkin bag has died at age 76. Jane Birkin was a British actress and singer who lived in France since the 19 sixties. It was after the chief executive of the luxury design company, Hermes saw Birkin struggling with the bag she was carrying on a flight that the now iconic and very expensive bag was created. The French Culture Ministry called Jane Birkin, a quote timeless Franci icon. Birkin suffered a stroke in 2021 and was reportedly in poor health. A spectator at the Tour de France is being blamed for a major crash yesterday that left a massive pile up of cyclists. The fan was allegedly trying to take a selfie as the riders sped by but when they made contact with one of the bikers, well, it caused a crash that took down about 20 others. One of the sports commentators is quoted as saying this, an arm came out and clipped his shoulder and down. We all came like Skittles. Race organizers are asking fans to pay attention to the riders.