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Here are the headlines. You need to know the House is voting this afternoon on Florida. Congressman Matt Gates's motion to vacate to the Speaker of the House Kevin mccarthy just before the vote house. Democrats said they would not support mccarthy with minority leader Hakim Jeffries telling his members they would be voting in favor of the motion to vacate. We encourage our Republican colleagues who claim to be more traditional to break from the extremists in the chaos in the dysfunction in the extremism. We are ready, willing and able to work together with our Republican colleagues but it is on them well, without democratic support. If five Republicans vote against mccarthy, he will lose his position. Gates brought the motion after mccarthy collaborated with Democrats to pass a temporary bill to avert a government shutdown. And the second day of a civil fraud trial against Donald Trump is under way with the former president showing up in court to defend himself against the charges. The lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General, Letitia James accuses Trump and his company of deceiving banks and insurers to gain profitable business deals. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and said the case should be dismissed. Well earlier, the former president said he plans to testify during the trial at the appropriate time. And Trump's former accountant Donald Bender testified today saying Trump and his company withheld certain documents from him regarding Trump's financial statements. The case which does not have a jury will be decided by Judge Arthur and go who just last week found Trump and his two adult sons liable for fraud while Hunter Biden pled not guilty to three federal gun charges. Earlier today during an arraignment hearing in Wilmington Delaware, the president's son was indicted last month in federal court on three counts accusing him of possessing a gun while using drugs. The hearing comes amid a newly launched impeachment inquiry into his father which accuses the president of allegedly profiting from his son's foreign business deals. Republicans have not yet provided any evidence linking the president to any financial benefit. Hunter Biden's attorney said he plans to fight the gun charges which he says are not constitutional and an update today on the Ethan Crumbley case. He's the teenager who shot and killed four and wounded six others at a Michigan high school almost two years ago after a court ruling today, his parents will be forced to stand trial to face charges on involuntary manslaughter. The prosecution alleges they made the gun that their son used accessible and ignored his mental health needs. Well, they've been in custody since just after the shooting housed at the same jail as their son. And the involuntary manslaughter charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. And as for the teen, he'll be sentenced in December after pleading guilty to terrorism and murder. Three scientists in other news won the Nobel Prize in physics earlier today for their studies into how electrons travel and move around an atom. The award went to scientist Pierre Augustina for Kraus and Anne, their work looked at a tiny part of each atom that races around the center in one quintillionth of a second or an a second. It's key within the fields of chemistry, physics, the human body and even our technology and gadgets pretty cool. Here's some good news. A nine year old girl who was missing for two days has been found. Charlotte. Sena disappeared while riding her bike on a camping trip at a New York State park with her parents over the weekend, early yesterday morning, the suspect dropped off a ransom note at Sena's home and police used a fingerprint found on the note to identify a suspect based on d records. Authorities then identified where the suspect lived. Here's New York, Governor Kay Hole on how the rescue unfolded. They have what they call a dynamic entry, a tactical maneuver and within the camp where they located the suspect after some resistance, the suspect was taken into custody and immediately the little girl was found in a cabinet cupboard, she was rescued and she knew she was being rescued. She knew that she was in safe hands. Suspect Craig Nelson Ross Jr was arraigned, charged with first degree kidnapping and is being held without bail. The US army is changing its recruitment strategies in hopes of encouraging more people to enlist. The armed forces have been putting more focus on finding recruits with some college education and work experience as they attempt to compete with a strong jobs market and higher wages. That's according to army secretary, Christine Warmuth, who spoke to the associated press, the army has failed to meet their annual recruitment targets since 2014 and last year, they fell 15,000 new recruits short of their enlistment goal. In addition to the economy, the pandemic interrupted recruitment at high schools. And a Pentagon study showed a smaller portion of us youth would be deemed fit to serve due to health issues in past and or past criminal records. For the first time. The Pope has suggested that same sex couples could receive blessings from the Catholic church in March. Pope Francis said that Claire G could not bless those in same sex relationships because that will bless sin. But in a recently released letter to several cardinals, the pope suggested that while the church still defines marriage as between a man and a woman, those in same sex unions could receive blessings on an individual case by case basis. Tensions between India and Canada are escalating as earlier today, India told Canada to withdraw 41 of its 62 diplomats from the country. According to an associated press source, the move to expel the diplomats comes after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in parliament last month that there were quote credible allegations of the Indian government's involvement in the murder of Canadian citizen and sick leadership. Hardeep Singh Najar, who was gunned down in June near Vancouver.