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Let's get to this morning's headlines. Everyone overnight, the United Auto Workers Union went on strike against General Motors Ford and Lantis. After they failed to reach a new contract workers walked out of three plants in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio. It's believed just under 13,000, the union's 1 45 145,000 members walked out. Workers were looking for the return of benefits that they ceded when auto profits were slim like traditional pension plans and retiree health care for all workers. They are all seeking an immediate raise of 20%. U A President Sean Fein said the union is in it for the long haul. We're ready for this strike to last as long as it takes, you know, these companies got to come to the pump for their workers. They want to call them family when it's easy. But you know what the proof's in the pudding and you know what? They haven't been there, they haven't taken care of their workers. We went backwards in the last 16 years backwards while the ceos gave themselves 40% pay increases in the last four years alone. Our pay went up 6%. Inflation went up 19. We're going backwards and they want to call us greedy. They got the whole thing backwards. So far, the stand up strike only impacts workers at three plants with the remaining members working without a contract. But the union could call for more members to strike if these negotiations drag on hurricane Lee has started to lose intensity as it heads toward New England. The region will be affected as soon as this afternoon. Lee is currently a category one storm with winds of 85 miles an hour, but it's expected to weaken into an extra tropical system in the next 24 hours. Hurricane watch has been issued for parts of Maine and southeastern Canada and a tropical storm warning has been issued for coastal areas in Massachusetts like Martha's Vineyard and a storm surge of 1 to 3 ft is possible from Flushing New York City to the US Canada border. That's quite a large area. Also Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinsky is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House next week. According to sources in the administration, Zalenski is set to be in the US for the United National General Assembly where he will make an address on Tuesday. He is expected to call for more countries to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Just last month, President Biden asked Congress to provide over $20 billion in additional funding for Ukraine. It has yet to pass in July nearly 70 Republican members voted to discontinue aid to Ukraine Zen's last visit to the US was in December of 2022. And Hunter Biden's lawyer has accused House Republicans of quote, improper interference and quote saying that it is more harmful than the allegations against his client. In a letter sent to the justice department yesterday, Attorney Awe accused Republicans of interfering in the ongoing investigation into Biden in the letter obtained by Politico Lowell said Republicans were trying to move the needle of political support for the 2024 election instead of conducting a proper investigation. Adding quote, improper interference was more harmful than Biden's prior possession of a gun. The president's son was indicted yesterday on federal firearms charges and he's accused of lying about his drug use when he bought the gun in 2018. The family of a 13 year old boy who died after being bullied and hit at school has reached a $27 million settlement in court on Wednesday. This little boy Diego Stoltz died nine days after two students hit him at lunch, he then fell and hit his head on a concrete pillar. Diego's guardians sued the Moreno Valley Unified School District after he died in September of 2019. They claimed the school district ignored several complaints they made in 2018 and 2019 that Diego was being bullied. The family's attorney said this in a quote, a quote this lawsuit has put schools on notice to find ways to effectively deal with bullying and to enact real anti bullying policies. So, heartbreaking well, elsewhere, an Arkansas resident has died after being infected with a rare brain eating a the Arkansas Department of Health said the person contracted the rare infection called neglia foy. The person was likely exposed to a pool and splash pad at the country club of Little Rock. Well, the infection destroys brain tissue and causes brain swelling and in some cases death. The centers for disease control and prevention confirmed a sample from the splash pad contained variable malaria and ferry. And the country club has voluntarily closed the pool and splash pad. But there weren't any further details about the person who died. New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has given an update on surgery to repair his torn achilles saying it quote went great. Rogers suffered a complete tear of his left achilles tendon during Monday night's game against the Buffalo Bills in the 1st 75 seconds. He was on the field. Rogers posted an update yesterday on Instagram saying thank you for all the love and prayers and support. Rogers went on to thank his doctor and hospital staff for quote starting me on the road to recovery. Now, the Jets placed Rogers on its injured reserve list after the incident and Kristen he's pretty optimistic. He says he wants to play till 45 just like Tom Brady and has no intention of being a one and done player for the Jets. What this season is going to look like is questionable but you know what he's being Optim. I like that. Certainly some good words for contract negotiations nonetheless. But I got to tell you this whole story, of course, we feel for Aaron Rodgers, we're happy that he's in good spirits and healthy now on his way to recovery. But those poor Jets fans, Hannah, I mean, honestly, they can't catch a break. None of the New York teams really. There's nothing to be proud of these days, but a lot of us are excited about the Jets, but I don't know, we have a new quarterback, we'll see how it goes. Yeah, fingers crossed. We'll channel that optimism. Rogers. We will. All right. According to a new study, the US could be indirectly responsible for causing moons. You might wonder how well according to the Journal of Geophysical Research planets, researchers believe that an Apollo 17 lunar landing module that was left behind in 1972 is responsible is that the module is expanding and contracting to the extreme heat on the moon's surface. A little interesting space fact, here, the moon's surface can be anywhere from minus 208 degrees to 250 °F. It's not believed that the tremors are dangerous to humans, but the data does provide insight into how the moon responds to its surroundings. Another good reminder to take care of mother nature, right? Hannah, you no truer words have been spoken and the technology is amazing that we learned so much about the moon and other planets out there. Incredible. So.