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House lawmakers are set to vote on protections for same sex marriage here in the U. S. After the overturning of roe V wade sparked worries about the fight, the fate rather of other rights. Now during today's debate, democrats pushed to make marriage equality protection into federal law. While republicans seem to avoid openly rejecting gay marriage, some GOP lawmakers claim the bill was unnecessarily given other current issues in the US and we'll have more on this story from Washington later in this show. So stick around. Now. Another covid vaccine is one step closer to hitting the U. S. Market. A CDC advisory panel voted unanimously to endorse Novak's vaccine. Now, the only step left is for CDC director Dr Rochelle WAlensky to sign off on the shot, which typically does not take long. An important distinction in the endorsement involves Novavax as a primary covid vaccine, not a booster. The majority of americans are already vaccinated. Still, some experts hope that people who are hesitant about M. R. And a vaccines like those from Fizer and Moderna may be more open and Novavax has shot since it uses more traditional technology in a dramatic explosion at the hoover dam briefly caused flames and smoke to go up from the base of the monument. Take a look at this video of the blast, officials say, a transformer at the dam caught fire. But luckily no one was hurt. The fire was put out about half an hour later, there was no risk to the power supply. The exact cause of the fire. Well, that's still under investigation And West Virginia's only abortion clinic is back up and running a judge blocking enforcement of the state's 150 year old abortion banned the clinic argue the law is void since it has not been enforced in more than 50 years and more modern laws allow the procedure. Staffers canceled dozens of appointments in june after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v wade out of fear that providers and patients could be prosecuted under the old law. The clinic is now once again scheduling appointments, but West Virginia's attorney general plans to appeal the state's Supreme Court and also climate change is reaching dangerous levels and President biden can soon take action. The Washington post reporting biden is considering declaring a national climate emergency as he tries to revive his environmental agenda after stalled talks among lawmakers. The declaration could come as soon as this week, just days after Democratic Senator joe Manchin pulled his support for her package that includes billions of dollars to fight global warming. An official emergency designation could give the biden administration more power though. And you can now save the date for the musk twitter face off in court market calendars folks, The Delaware judge siding with Twitter's request to move quickly on its lawsuit over Elon must stalled $44 billion takeover. The judge ordered a five day trial set for october agreeing with twitter's argument that ongoing uncertainty could hurt the company now musk has said he needs more time to investigate fake and spam accounts, but that's not the only lawsuit making headlines in the world of big tech. Amazon is suing the administrators of thousands of facebook groups over fake product reviews. More than 10,000 groups are being targeted for allegedly offering refunds, payments or free products to Amazon users willing to leave bogus reviews. It's unclear who the exact people behind the groups are, but amazon is using the lawsuit to find out and shut them down. And then another e commerce option. Youtube is adding live shopping tools to its platform. Youtube partnering with Shopify for new features that let users buy products without ever leaving the site. Examples of how the system can be used include beauty products and new tech gadgets that are relevant to the videos people are watching Now the rollout starts next week in the US brazil and India with more countries scheduled later this year and an ocean wave in Hawaii took the phrase wedding crasher a little too literally Hurricane Darby causing a wave to spill over into a wedding reception. Hawaii ike's just about five minutes before the ceremony was supposed to start, the wave took out tables and chairs, but luckily no one was hurt and the food had not been laid out on those tables yet. The cake that was also spared the couple went ahead with their vows and the party continued mostly as planned, Take a listen. Honestly, it brought everybody together so fast because our families and friends sprung right away and started picking up all the tables. The other thing that kind of went underwater was our dance floor and and some of our reception tables and all that so They took all that to the other side. And fortunately we were able to have a party and and and and still be able to dance and we were dancing in the grass and and I think the one thing that we couldn't really salvage was our dance floor, but nobody seemed to mind. We had a really fun night. It didn't stop the party one bit. They're young and in love, good for them. Alright. The bride also pointed out that the wild sea spray also looks great in the wedding photos. I'm sure it did. Now U. S. Navy pilot is taking to the skies and making history. The Navy naming Lieutenant Amanda lee to the Blue Angels. Its elite flight demonstration squadron. Now lee will be the first female pilot on the team in its 76 year history. The Blue Angels before dazzling displays at air shows, sporting events and more while also serving as a community outreach and recruiting tool for the Navy. Now, we will train with the Blue Angels throughout the fall and winter, making her official debut early next year