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a weekend Senate session pushes democrats budget package one step closer to becoming a reality. The package barely making it through the Senate in a 51 to 50 votes with Vice president Kamala Harris casting the tie breaker. The election year promises involved global warming, health care costs, and corporate taxation. The 747 $140 billion package now heads the house where speaker nancy Pelosi is saying representatives would quote move swiftly to get it to president biden's desk and two men convicted in the killing of mod are very have been sentenced to life in prison for a second time. A federal jury convicted Gregory and Travis McMichael in february for violating our very civil rights, saying his murder was a racially motivated attack. They had already been sentenced to life without parole in state court. The third man convicted William Roddy bryan got 35 years for federal hate crime convictions. We'll have much more on this story later in the show and police in Albuquerque are on the hunt for a car that may be connected to the killings of four muslim men. This is the vehicle officers are trying to find, it's a gray Volkswagen sedan over the past nine months, four muslim men have been killed in the city with the most recent homicide happening friday night police are now trying to determine whether they are all linked given the victim's race and religion was the same. Authorities cannot say for sure whether these attacks were all hate crimes until they have identified a suspect. Schools nationwide are taking a closer look at safety after the Vivaldi school shooting with one county adding a ar 15 rifles to campuses. In Madison county north Carolina, the sheriff says he wants deputies to be prepared in the event of a similar incident. The rifles will be handled by trained school resource officers and safe containing breaching tools and additional ammunition will also be on campuses. Arming schools is a controversial concept with opponents arguing firearms in schools can lead to dangerous situations Despite COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers being available for more than a month. Now, very few Children under five have actually gotten them when it comes to Children between six months and four years old, only about 5% have received a vaccine for 5 to 11 year olds. That number was around 18% a month after CDC authorization. Now, some of the reasons parents of toddlers are holding off included waiting for fall checkups, previous infections or hesitancy surrounding how new the vaccines are. The beloved actress and singer Olivia. Newton john has died at 73 years old. Her husband saying she passed away surrounded by family and friends at her California ranch. Newton john has fought breast cancer for decades sharing her journey and dedicating resources to medical research. She is best known for her roles in films such as grease and Xanadu. Her family is asking fans to make donations to the Olivia Newton john foundation fund instead of sending flowers, Turbulent air travel is still wreaking havoc on thousands of flights across the US This morning alone, more than 300 flights were canceled and more than 1100 were delayed. That came off a rough weekend with more than 1600 cancelations and roughly 15 1000 delays across saturday and sunday weather was to blame in many cases like Chicago's heavy rain and flash flooding. But staffing shortages are still causing many issues for many major airlines and a very special visitor is back in Mississippi. Researchers discovered the first sea turtle nest in the state since 2018. Scientists say the tracks likely belong to a kemp's Ridley sea turtle, which is an extremely rare species. In order to actually confirm the species identity. Researchers will have to wait until the eggs hatch, which will be in about two months. One official at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies says the nest sighting is a good sign for the environment and proves that turtles are continuing to breed napping at work is generally frowned upon. But at one company, it's actually part of the job description, The mattress bad cancer. The mattress brand Casper is hiring Casper sleepers to snooze for a living sleepers will be required to sleep in company stores and other random locations and when they're awake they'll create social media content to show people what it's like to be a professional sleeper if you're interested qualifications include exceptional sleeping ability, a desire to sleep as much as possible and the ability to sleep through anything if this sounds like your dream job applications are open through thursday, I think I could do this one. And five years ago, Fiona, the hippo captured the hearts of millions. Now she's a big sister and the Cincinnati Zoo needs name ideas. A baby boy was born last week at the zoo and is staying with his mother away from the main exhibit for a few weeks to let the two bond. The zoo is now calling on the public to figure out what to name him. His older sister, Fiona, became a social media star back in 2017 when she was born six months premature with the zoo, sharing her journey online to become a healthy £1300 hippo.