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Now, let's get to this morning's need to know. Headlines. About 50 million people in the US are traveling over this holiday weekend and they're hitting the roads and the skies. So many of them also got caught up in weather related delays. Yesterday, storms across the Midwest south and northeast triggered more than 5000 flight delays and 600 cancellations. That's according to flight dot com. So far this morning, though flight aware is reporting just over 400 flights into out or within the US are delayed and a little bit over 80 flights have been canceled and high winds and tornadoes led to three deaths in Indiana and Arkansas. That weather also caused tens of thousands of power outages across multiple states and central US including in Michigan and Tennessee. And because of flash flooding in Chicago yesterday, the Xfinity NASCAR race had to be canceled. The national weather service reported some areas got as much as six inches of rain. The race had already been postponed because of lightning and as they head east, those storms may be continuing to impact holiday celebrations according to accuweather today and tomorrow, a good chunk of the east coast is under threat of severe thunderstorms. And I'm talking about an area from Maine to South Carolina. And in Maryland, investigators are looking for at least two people responsible for a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party. The shooting left two people dead 28 injured and it happened just after midnight in the early hours of Sunday morning, bullets hit dozens of people. Baltimore. Police say nine went to the hospital by ambulance. Another 20 walked into emergency rooms and as of Sunday afternoon, nine were still hospitalized, three people are still in critical condition. At least 12 of the people hit by bullets were not even 18 years old. Police still don't know if this was a targeted attack so far, no arrests have been made. Baltimore's mayor is asking anyone with information to speak up. And did you see Emmy winning actor Michael OLLI posting on Instagram? He came out swinging against the US Supreme Court. He's best known for his roles on HBO dramas like the Sopranos and the white Lotus. Well, over the weekend, he made it known he was not happy about the high court's ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who didn't want to make a website for LGBT Q couple. This is what the wrote on Instagram. I've decided to forbid bigots and Homophobes from watching the Sopranos, the white Lotus Goodfellas or any movie or TV show. I've been in. Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don't agree with and I'm opposed to USA USA. He added in a separate comment on the post quote, hate and ignorance is not legitimate point of view. And Pope Francis, his appointment to lead the Vatican office that oversees sexual abuse allegations is being called baffling and a troubling choice over the weekend, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernandez of Argentina to lead that office. Well, now the group bishop accountability dot org says Fernandez refused to believe victims who accused a priest of sexual abuse back in 2019. And this organization is a Massachusetts based organization that tracks abuse in the Catholic church. Have you noticed you can't see as many tweets as you used to be able to on Saturday, Twitter's owner, Elon Musk confirmed the social media platform will have a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can read. And if you are a verified user with a blue check mark, you'll be able to view about 8000 posts per day. But if you don't pay, you're only going to get 800 posts per day. And if you are a newly registered and unverified user, that number shrinks to about 400 posts per day. Musk says this is an emergency measure to address extreme data scraping and system manipulation on the platform. It's unclear how long the temporary limitations are going to be in place. A North Carolina roller coaster was shut down on Friday after a crack was discovered on one of its supporting pillars. Look how fast that thing was going in the video of the Fury 325 roller coaster at Carrow Winds Amusement Park. You can see the beam bending. Look at that as cars with passengers roll by car. Winds. Officials didn't say how long it's going to take to repair the roller coaster but says it's prioritizing guest safety and following proper safety protocol. The ride is apparently one of the tallest and longest rides at the amusement park. It measures get this 325 ft.