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Let's get to those mornings need to know headlines everyone. Tropical storm Azalia could make landfall in Florida as a category two hurricane. Currently, the storm is south of Cuba but in the coming days, forecasters predict it will strengthen and move towards Florida's west coast. And Panhandle governor Ron de Santis issued a state of emergency for countries in the storm's path, warning residents to prepare for power outages. Further east Franklin became the first major Atlantic hurricane of the season. Two people died in the Dominican Republic when Franklin made landfall in the country as a tropical storm last week. This week, Franklin is expected to cause rough surf on the east coast and gusty winds as it passes. Bermuda and vigils were held yesterday for the three people killed Saturday in a racist shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. The gunman initially attempted to enter the campus of Historically Black Edward Waters University was turned away by campus security. He then drove to a nearby dollar tree where he fatally shot three people and himself. The Jacksonville sheriff said, quote, this shooting was racially motivated and he hated black people. The sheriff's office released images of the gunman's weapons including swastikas drawn on the side of one authorities believe the guns were purchased. Legally, President Joe Biden responded to the shooting saying, quote, we must refuse to live in a country where black families live in fear of being gunned down. So sad. Meanwhile, Russian officials say that genetic testing now proves that Yev Prasin was killed in a jet crash last week. The Russian investigative committee released a statement confirming that all 10 people on the official passenger list were killed in the crash. Pozen you may remember was the head of the Wagner military group whose forces briefly marched on Moscow in June. Russian authorities have yet to confirm why they believe the jet crashed us. Intelligence reports said an intentional explosion on board. The Kremlin has denied any involvement in this crash and hearings are scheduled today in two cases involving former President Donald Trump during an evidentiary hearing in Georgia, Fulton County district Attorney, Fani Willis will lay out the details of her charge against Trump and 18 co defendants that's expected to begin at 10, 10 a.m. eastern time. Meanwhile, judge Tanya Chain who is overseeing the federal 2020 election case will hold a status hearing today about the trial date. Special counsel Jack Smith is pushing for the trial to begin on January 2nd two weeks before the Iowa caucus. While the former president, former president's team has suggested April 2026. Some sad news. At least three US marines are dead after an aircraft crashed during a training exercise in Australia. Yesterday, eight marines are currently in hospital, five were in serious condition as of yesterday. Now the Australian Defense Force, the US Department of Defense and the Marines are working together on recovery efforts. According to the marines, the crash happened around 9:30 a.m. local time near the northern city of Darwin. 23 personnel were aboard the Bell Boeing V 22 Osprey aircraft. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. NASCAR driver Ryan Prey was released from the hospital yesterday after his car flipped during a NASCAR Cup Series race on Saturday. Prey's Ford Mustang rolled about a dozen times during the crash after his vehicle made contact with teammate chase Briscoe's car coming out of turn four in Daytona Beach Florida. You can see the wreckage right there. Prey was able to climb out of the mangled Ford with the help of emergency workers. He was transported to the hospital where he was held overnight for observation. Prey tweeted on the social media platform X on Saturday saying quote, if you want to be a race car driver, you better be tough. Stuart Hos racing has confirmed. Prey is headed home to North Carolina after being discharged and is quote awake alert and mobile and was communicating with friends and family. All good news. Yeah, that is good news after that crash. That was nasty and the four astronauts on space crew dragon capsule docked safely at the International Space Station. Yesterday, the four person crew launched on the space X falcon nine from nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. The crew seven astronauts aboard are nasa's Jasmine Mok Belly who was joined by astronauts from Denmark, Japan and Russia. The team will spend five days taking over from the previous crew, six team who will be returning home after their mission. And Simone Biles placed first during the US Gymnastics Championship yesterday in San Jose California. The win was a record setting eighth all around title for Biles at the US Gymnastics Championships. Biles received a standing ovation after her floor exercise which earned her a 15.4 score. She also placed highest on the Cheng vault exercise. Now, you might remember Biles took a two year break in 2021 to focus on her mental health after pulling out of multiple events at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. She finished the competition with an all around total of 118.4 points this weekend, four points ahead of runner up Lee Jones. Great news for Ramone Biles. You might remember back in those Olympics, she got the twist which uh was a mental block, but then used that power to really become a mental health advocate. In the meantime, I love this story so much. Talk about a comeback because a lot when she took the time off two years ago, few years ago, people, like what's going to happen next is she leaving the sport? And she didn't, she came back even better and stronger. By the way, the last time she won that many was when 10 years ago, when she was 16 years old. And she said at that time, you know, she didn't remember everything. She kind of just went with the flow this time around. She's celebrating every moment. She's cherishing everything and she's gotten married too. So her and her husband are doing long distance. There's so much going on with her. But congratulations to Simone Biles. I love this story and it's also really important just to think about mental health and taking a break and just really how having that reset was able to give her the necessity. She needed to be able to fulfill her career and continue on. But sometimes we just need to take a break. She's one of the most high profile athletes who did this, especially at the Olympics. So I'm really glad that we're seeing a success story. Yeah, totally.