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Let's get to this morning. We need to know headlines. In the meantime, we're going to talk about the weather. Extreme heat continues to hit the Southern US leading to a record breaking heat wave in Phoenix. Today, the Arizona City will record its 19th straight day with temperatures reaching above 110 degrees. Its longest ever last night, Phoenix recorded a daily low of 95 degrees, its highest overnight low in recorded history and it's not just affecting the US in Italy. A second extreme heatwave is expected to hit this week leading to 104 degree days. Average temperatures in southern Italy are typically in the mid 80 s just to give you some context. Here, areas in Northwest China reached a high of 126 degrees on Sunday. Yesterday, the head of the World Health Organization tweeted quote, the climate crisis is not a warning. It's happening. I urge world leaders to act now and A US national is being held ahead on North Korea after crossing its closely guarded border with South Korea. That's according to the United Nations Command, the person was on a tour of the joint security area, part of the Demilitarized Zone between these two countries. Private tours are common in the region according to the UN. And the person then crossed the border into North Korea without authorization and is being held by the North Korean government UN command says they're working with their contacts in North Korea to resolve the incident. They released the names and photos of two Children still missing after severe flooding in Pennsylvania. Over the weekend, we told you about this yesterday. The search is still ongoing for two year old Matilda shields and nine month old combat shields after they were swept away during flash flooding in Bucks County on Saturday. Their mother, Katie was confirmed as one of the victims of those deadly floods which claimed the lives of five people. According to a release, all five victims cause of death was drowning. Fire department officials say search efforts for the two Children have tripled now that weather conditions have improved and the US Coast Guard offloaded over £11,000 of cocaine and £5500 of marijuana in San Diego. Yesterday represents over $158 million worth of drugs while three US GC vessels captured the drugs between May and July while working alongside other US agencies and the Mexican Navy in the Eastern Pacific. In a release. A coast guard commanding officer wrote our team worked incredibly hard day and night to stop three smuggling vessels preventing more than five tons of illicit narcotics from reaching American soil. Officials in Oregon now say the deaths of four women whose bodies were found in wooded areas earlier this year are linked to at least one person of interest. The victims are 22 year old Ashley real 22 year old Kristen Smith, 31 year old Bridget Leanne Webster and 24 year old charity Lynn Perry. The announcement from prosecutors is a reversal of an earlier statement from the city's police which said the four deaths as well as two others did not appear connected. Prosecutors also say the medical examiner has not determined a cause of death for any of these women. And Hannah, the suspect accused of leaking classified documents from the Pentagon is asking to be released from prison while he awaits trial. Defense attorneys for 21 year old Jack DEA pointed to the pre trial releases of former President Donald Trump or his co defendant Walt Nada who are also facing charges in a classified documents case. Tara's lawyers say he does not have means or motive to fly. Like the former president and Nada does claim the government greatly over exaggerates Mr Tahira risk to national security. The judge ruled against pretrial release back in May but attorneys are asking a different judge to reconsider. Georgia Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a bid by former President Donald Trump to try to head off a potential indictment for tampering with the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state yesterday, all nine justices said Trump's lawyers had failed to make a persuasive case for shutting down the inquiry led by Fulton County District Attorney, Fannie Willis. In their ruling. The justices said the Trump team had quote not shown that this case presents one of those extremely rare circumstances in which this court's original jurisdiction should be invoked. And the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how a United Airlines flight from Switzerland lost its emergency evacuation slide in mid air. The FAA says maintenance workers discovered the slide was missing after the plane landed safely at Chicago's o'hare International Airport. Meanwhile the slide touched down in a residential neighborhood, a few miles from the airport hitting a family's house before coming to rest in the backyard. No injuries have been reported and lighter news for the third time in the game's history. Kristen the powerball jackpot could reach over a billion dollars after last night's drawing, failed to produce a winner yet again. No tickets match the six numbers drawn for the $900 million prize making it the 38 consecutive drawing without a winner. A surge in ticket sales for tomorrow's drawing is expected to send the jackpot soaring to around a billion dollars. I hate to share the odds but I have to do it. The odds of winning it all are just one in 292 million. But Kristen despite the odds I think we should still play. What was that motto here in New York for the lottery? All you need is a dollar and a dream. I like that. Have you ever entered one of these? I don't think, I think I have like with co workers when it's a big jackpot like this, but I don't think I've ever entered so, like, single, like going in and buying a ticket. What about you? Never one in 292 million Hanna. But still I got to admit 292 million is only a fraction of a billion dollars if you win the whole thing. This is why you are our finance guru Kristen, in fact, a shameless plug stretching your dollar. Kristen Scher 12 30. But yes, those are great odds when you put it that way. It sounds doable. OK? But important because I'm stretching your dollar. Thank you. We did cover this topic and you know that 70% of lot of winner actually file for bankruptcy after winning. So no matter what in your life, even when you come into money, you want to speak with an adviser, an expert to set you up for success, right? I mean, you don't want the pendulum to swing so far one way or the other. A budget is still important and yes, if you win a billion dollars, I think you can still budget for a yacht. I think you're absolutely right. And that's why Cheddar has got you covered for that.