Join Cheddar News as we break down the top headlines this morning including updates on the gun control reforms, the FDA's effort to ban Juul products, and why Southwest Airlines Pilots are protesting.

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Need2Know: Gun Reform, Juul Ban & Pilot Protest

and there might be just a little bit of relief for us all at the pump this summer. That's because President biden is calling on Congress now to lift the federal gas tax until september. Listen here By suspending the 18 cent gas tax, federal gas tax for the next 90 days. We can bring down the price of gas and give families just a little bit of relief. Now the proposed gas tax holiday would face stiff opposition in Congress, including from some democrats. The president also calling on states to lift their gas taxes. He told oil refining company companies to increase their capacity to also bring down those prices as well. Meanwhile, the chief of police in Uvalde texas has been put on leave as the investigation into law enforcement's response to the devastating shooting heats up at a hearing in Austin this week, we've heard top officials rip apart police response texas public safety chief called it quote, an abject failure. He said police were on the scene within minutes but waited more than an hour to enter the classroom, 19 Children and two teachers died in the May 24 attack and the world of politics waking up this Thursday morning. Ariel Hickson is live in our nation's capital, bringing us the biggest stories unfolding there and Ariel Congress seems poised to pass the most significant gun control legislation in decades. That's right baker today. The Senate is set to advance a major bipartisan gun control bill and here's the kicker. It's expected to pass with Republican support. This makes it like you said, the most prominent gun safety legislation that we've seen since 1994, that's over two decades. The bill is expected to raise the legal age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 close the boyfriend loophole. It also includes millions of dollars for mental health, school safety, red flag laws and incentives to include juvenile records in the national background check system. The tragic shootings in vivaldi and Buffalo put the bill on the map and quickly pushed it forward. A bipartisan group of senators unveiled the text on Tuesday and now they are racing to get it passed and signed into law by the president before the july 4th recess. There are a number of Republican lawmakers who are against the bill asking their colleagues to vote no today. But We have to look at the numbers here. Enough Republicans are on board to overcome a filibuster and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell joined the 10 Republicans who initially signed onto the deal and announced his support earlier this week. Yeah, we heard from senator saying, look, nobody got what they wanted at the end of the day, but it seems like this is a cobble together a pretty good piece of legislation. But does it address all the goals for gun safety advocates here? Well, I think it's perfect that you just said that no one got what everyone wanted because the short answer really is no, it fails to ban any weapons, which is something that many americans have been anxious to see. But regardless optimists say that's a step in the right direction considering that a bipartisan group of lawmakers have come together on a subject that has been so divisive in Washington for decades. Very good point. Ariel Hickson. Life force in Washington, Ariel, thank you, Hannah elsewhere. The Food and Drug Administration is gearing up to order Juul labs to take e cigarettes off the U. S. Market, according to the Wall Street Journal. This decision is expected as early as this week. This will come after a nearly two year review of data presented by the company which was seeking authorization for the tobacco and menthol flavored vaping products. Regulators hoped e cigarettes would be another option for smokers who are trying to quit traditional tobacco products. The by administration announcing they're going to be providing support to import roughly 16,000,008 ounce baby formula Vandals from Mexico. The Department of Health and Human Services is expediting trucks To drive £1 million us retailers. The effort, which will start this weekend is meant to ease the nationwide shortage caused by the closure of Abbott nutrition, that's the largest manufacturing plant in the US. The move will double the amount of imported baby formula into the country to date And major airlines are facing tough turbulence and some pilots have had enough more than 1300 southwest pilots protesting at a Texas airport this week speaking out against what they claim is inadequate pay long hours and not enough staffing. They held signs saying things like our passengers and pilots deserve better. In response to the protest, Southwest said it respects the rights of the employees to voice their opinions. The Southwest Airlines pilots Association has been in contract negotiations with the airline for two years now and US artistic swimmer, Anita Alvarez lost consciousness while in the pool at the World Championship in Budapest on Wednesday, she was in danger of drowning before eventually being rescued by her coach. Andrea fuentes in dramatic fashion, fuentes jumped in after seeing affairs sink to the bottom of the pool. At the end of her solo free final routine, she was taken away on a stretcher and immediately given medical attention team. Usa later announced of ours was doing well and that she still hopes to compete in friday's team event. What a story there, thank goodness. She's okay. Meanwhile, Yellowstone National Park partially reopened on Wednesday that after being closed since last monday because of destructive flooding, droves of tourists came to see old faithful causing along lines of traffic is nearly as 5000 vehicles entering in the gates And that's not as many as a normal summer day, which park officials say can see about 10,000 cars entering the park. A Yellowstone superintendent said the costs and damages of this month's floods are still being assessed right now