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Let's take a look at this morning's team to know headlines big news. We start with breaking news. In fact, as of this morning, India has become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon and the first to land on its South pole while the spacecraft landed safely at 8:34 a.m. eastern time after launching last month, it's the first successful mission to one of the moon's poles. Back in 2019, India launched its first mission to the South Pole but a software issue caused it to crash into the lunar surface just days ago. A Russian mission to the South Pole also crashed news. We've been watching Harold making landfall in South Texas yesterday as a tropical storm bringing torrential rain and flash flooding energy provider. A Texas says as of this morning, 11,000 households have lost power due to the storm mostly concentrated in Corpus Christi as it moved inland. Harold has weakened into a tropical depression and all tropical storm warnings have been discontinued. The National Hurricane Center warns that there are risks of heavy rain through today with scattered risk of flash flooding, landslides and gusty winds and we have a dramatic turn of events in the Trump classified documents case. The Department of Justice says a witness has changed his grand jury testimony after initially making false statements. This witness is known only as Trump employee number four. He's an it worker at Mar A Lago and was represented by the same lawyer as co defendant, Walt Nada. This person initially claimed he didn't remember any conversations about deleting security footage at the property after changing lawyers. Though the DOJ says the witness corrected his testimony. He apparently provided details that led not only to a revised indictment but also charges against Mar a Lago property manager. Carlos D Oliviera. Doj also claims he gave false statements to the grand jury. Now another Trump legal news, four of the former president's 18 co defendants surrendered to Georgia authorities. They are accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, Georgia bail bondsman, Scott Hall attorney John Eastman, former Georgia Republican Party chairman David Schafer and alleged fake elector Kathy Latham all turned themselves in co defendant Rudy Giuliani though he is expected to surrender today that Trump Trump also said on social media that he intends to surrender tomorrow and a rare mosquito borne illness has sickened two people and led to one death in Alabama. According to local authorities, Eastern encephalitis causes fever, headaches, chills and eventually the swelling of the brain or surrounding membranes. About 30% of cases lead to death and the two cases were reported in the city of Spanish Ford. In a post on Facebook, the city cautioned residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites and that the city is currently working with the Alabama Department of Health to test bugs in the area. The Grand Canyon got three inches of rain and that caused flash flooding. It triggered evacuations and blocked roads yesterday. This happened just south of the southern entrance to the canyon in Arizona. The local sheriff's office confirms on social media that 100 people and hotel guests had to be temporarily evacuated. 70 students sheltered in place at the school. And the sheriff's office is also saying thankfully there were no injuries or serious damage. The National Weather Service is extending the flood risk in the area until 10 a.m. local time today. And the former Russian general linked to the leader of an armed rebellion has been dismissed from his post. Russian state media reported today, General Sergei Sain had been head of the country's aerospace forces. Sarava has been missing from public view in recent months prompting speculation about his whereabouts. There were claims that he had been detained because of his ties to mercenary chief Hein who launched a rebellion in June of 2023. Russian state news agency reported that had been relieved of his post and the US Department of Justice is challenging Texas Governor Greg Abbott's authorization to put those large red buoys in the river that divides the US and Mexico. He's trying to do this to deter illegal migrant crossings. Here is the latest moves by both sides in some disagreements. Compromise comes in the middle but along the southern border where Texas installed these buoys meant to deter migrants, middle ground may prove hard to find. There were allegations which I don't know if they were true or not. Allegations that the buoys had drifted toward the Mexico side. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Texas and its Republican governor calling for the removal of the floating wall arguing it was placed without federal authorization. And later saying a survey found about 787 of the 995 ft of buoys were in Mexico Monday as Abbott led Republican governors to the border, he said the buoys have now been repositioned, went back and moved the buoys into a location where it is clear that they are on the United States side, not on the Mexico side. The buoys split opinions as sharply as they divide the water. The buoys are a deterrent. They don't cause a band aid. And if they do, I say what the heck stay on your side of the room 1000 ft of buoys. That may not seem like a lot to those of you out there in the public listening. The fact is it pushes people into the deep water in a federal court injunction hearing Tuesday us district judge David Ezra asked for written closing arguments by the end of the week so he can rule on whether to order Texas to remove the buoys. He said he would make a decision as quickly as he can. Emily Smith, thanks for that report. Dancers who launched a sexual harassment case against Lizzo committed to additional tour dates after the alleged harassment incidents took place. According to documents obtained by NBC, the emails obtained by NBC in them, all three dancers signed contracts in April for the third leg of Lizzo S tour. And an attorney for Lizzo says allegations include a range of factual inaccuracies, an attorney for the dancers say that they're confident in their suit and the plaintiffs merely wanted to keep their jobs until they finally had enough of the abuse.