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the Justice Department is seeking to unseal the search warrant on former president trump's mar a Lago estate. This comes three days after FBI agents raided his home. With speculation that the search surrounded confidential documents. The warrant includes details about what suspected crimes were allegedly committed. As well as a list of items seized on monday. We'll have much more on the story later in the show and you don't want to miss that. Meanwhile, W. N. B. A. Star, Brittney Griner and former U. S. Marine paul Whelan could be one step closer to coming home. Russia. Finally confirming negotiations for a prisoner exchange are underway. This comes about a week after Griner was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison for carrying cannabis or Oil Whalen was convicted of spying in 2020 and is now serving a 16 year sentence. The us announced last month it had made a substantial offer for their release. Many are speculating the government may have offered a Russian arms trafficker was serving a 25 year sentence. The CDC is easing its guidance on COVID-19 restrictions. The agency saying the risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from the virus is much lower at least compared to earlier in the pandemic. If a person is not up to date on their vaccines, they no longer need to quarantine if they've. been exposed. Instead. The C. D. C. Says they should wear a mask for 10 days. Get tested on day five for people with healthy immune systems they can stop isolating six days after testing positive if they have not had symptoms regardless of your vaccination status, Let's stick with the coronavirus. Moderna is working on a stronger tool to fight the pandemic. But officials say it will take time. The drugmaker says research is underway towards a one dose yearly booster to battle the coronavirus, the flu and other respiratory issues. The ceo happy hopes to have it ready within the next five years. Take a listen for yourself. The idea is a bit like the iphone whereas we know, you know a lot of us buy a new iphone every every september and you get new apps and you get refreshed apps and that's exactly the same idea which is you'll get covid and flu and RsV in your single dose. Moderna also has dozens of other products in the works, including a cancer vaccine and a monkey pox shot. And speaking of monkeypox cases in the us have doubled in less than two weeks now, surpassing 10,000 infections. The US is hitting the milestone less than three months after the first case of the virus was reported in the country. Wyoming is now the only state that has not reported any cases New York by the way where we are, has the most followed by California and Florida. The government is working on measures to fight the virus including new methods to stretch the limited vaccine supply With abortion rights on the line in many states after the overturning of Roe V. Wade most Americans want the chance to decide for themselves according to a new poll, 70% of Americans say they want abortion rights to go to the ballot box, 54% say if that happened, they would vote in favor of make abortion legal. The USa Today ipsos poll was conducted after Kansas voted last week to keep abortion rights in the state constitution. Many saw it as evidence of backlash to the Supreme Court ruling in june which set off many trigger laws severely restricting the procedure. Things are heating up in Antarctica with new data showing the continent's ice shelf is crumbling more quickly than we originally thought Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs that a rate that nature simply can't keep up with doubling previous estimates. Since 1997, Antarctica's ice shelves have shrunk by 12 trillion tons. NASA's new research raises concerns about rising sea levels which is accelerated by melting ice due to climate change. Serena. Williams took the court for the first time since announcing her plans to retire and it was greeted by a standing ovation. Some fans at the National Bank open held signs with messages like Queen and thank you Williams ended up losing the match against Belinda. Bencic later saying there was a lot of emotions. William has not officially said what her last match will be, but it is believed the U. S. Open later this month will be her farewell competition. Gas prices keep dropping now falling below $4. That by the way, the lowest point since March, according to triple A. The national average price for a regular gallon of gas is now $3.99. While it's still higher than the average just a year ago, it's a significant tumble from the peak of $5.02 that we just saw in june. The price has now been falling for 58 days straight. Triple A says demand for gas has been decreasing because people don't want to pay high prices and we want to wish a happy birthday to an iconic toy lego lego celebrating its 90th anniversary today with a massive birthday cake made out of more than 94,000 bricks and pieces. This video shows employees hard at work building the nine layer layer cake take one layer for each decade. The company is also celebrating with its first world play day with events around the world to encourage and help families and communities to play more lego by the way comes from the danish phrase leg got, which means play well