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Let's get to this morning's needs to know headlines Kristen security in Washington ramping up in advance of former President Trump's arraignment today. Trump is expected in court later today for a pretrial hearing following his indictment on four counts of attempting to block the certification of the 2020 election and his conduct following the riot at the Capitol on January 6th. Trump is expected to enter a not guilty plea in a truth social post yesterday, Trump argued in favor of moving the case to West Virginia saying Washington's heavily democratic electorate made it impossible to get a fair trial. This will be Trump's third arraignment so far this year, we will have more coverage on this later in the show and a woman escaped what the FBI is calling a dungeon made of cinder blocks in Oregon. The woman who is from Seattle told authorities that she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a man posing as an undercover police officer. She was able to break through the door on the makeshift cell and escape telling police that she believes he intended to kill her. The man Zuberi, excuse me, is now in police and the FBI believes that Zuberi targeted six workers in at least 10 states from 2016 to 2023. They're asking the public to share any information that they may have on potential victims and a federal jury acquitted a Louisiana State trooper accused of beating a black man during a traffic stop. That's despite body camera footage showing the trooper hitting the man times, Aaron Bowman was left with broken ribs, a head injury, a broken jaw after the incident, his attorneys argue the trooper, Jacob Brown violated his civil rights. Now, if convicted Brown would have faced up to a decade in prison, Brown also faced simple battery charges and a separate arrest where he and two other troopers slapped and punched a man, they were arresting after he had surrendered elsewhere. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he and his wife Sophie Georgie Trudeau are separating after 18 years of marriage. According to his office, they have signed an official legal separation agreement and in a statement posted to Instagram Trudeau wrote after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we've made the decision to separate. As always, we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each other for the well being of our Children. And we ask that you respect our and their privacy. And actor Leah filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Church of Scientology and the head of the institution. David M. Romi alleged she was harassed, stalked and threatened for a decade. She released a statement yesterday. It said this quote for 17 years. Scientology and David Miss Cabbage have subjected me to what I believe to be psychological torture, defamation, surveillance, harassment and intimidation. Significantly impacting my life and career. I believe I'm not the first person targeted by scientology and its operations, but I intend to be the last. And the Church of Scientology has not responded to this lawsuit elsewhere. A Louisiana woman has sued the makers of the weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Munjo claiming that she experienced severe stomach problems after taking the medication. 44 year old Jacqueline Bjork Lung is accused in the drug makers, Nova Nordic and Eli Lilly for failing to warn users about the health problems allegedly caused by taking the drugs. It does include severe gastropar or stomach paralysis as well as persistent vomiting. The condition slows or stops the movement of food out of the stomach and into the small intestines. Adidas has made $437 million from the first release of Yeezy Sneakers since cutting ties with rapper Yay, formerly of course known as Kanye West. The split between Adidas and Yay came in October after the rapper made anti Semitic comments targeting Jews. Since then, the company has looked for ways to dispose of $1.3 billion worth of Yeezy Sneakers. Adidas released the second batch of sneakers yesterday and said it will donate to organizations like the anti defamation league. The first batch of shoes which sold in June helped the company bring in $192 million in profits in its second quarter. An algorithm designed to uncover asteroids roaming near earth has revealed its first potentially hazardous asteroid. It's according to researchers from the University of Washington who helped develop the algorithm known as helio link 3D. The space rock is about 600 ft long and it's believed to be closer to the moon than the earth. It's about 140,000 miles from earth's orbit. The new technology is meant to monitor asteroids near earth to ensure that they don't collide. Scientists did confirm the asteroid poses no risk to earth for the foreseeable future. Hannah. Did you ever see that film? Don't look up about the about an asteroid crashing into earth? No, those are Leonardo Dicaprio, right? And Jennifer Lawrence. No, I did not see it. But is that, is that the premise pretty much for some Academy Awards? It's one of those things that I think was very buzz worthy at the time I remember in this modern age, these are real concerns that people have. Sure. Well, it's so interesting. So this technology apparently is much, you know, it's faster and better than the previous technology they were using. They're going to use it in an observatory in Chile starting next year. I did not know this right now. A lot of these observatories look at the sky four times a night with their telescopes, with this new technology, they're going to have to do it half the time, which means they can scan the sky even faster. Right. Isn't that amazing? I'm just so intrigued by these space stories and the technology that comes with it. It is pretty amazing. So, here's to hoping that we don't have any asteroid problems. Right. And I might be watching that movie this weekend. Yes. I think that might be it.