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Let's get to this morning's need to know headlines. It is a very busy Friday. We go, we are going to start with the US government shutdown. That's likely in just eight days unless Republican lawmakers can agree on a short term funding bill yesterday. House leader Kevin mccarthy's proposed military appropriations bill was blocked for the second time this week by far. Right. Members of his own party mccarthy has slashed budgets and introduced impeachment proceedings against President Biden to appease his fellow GOP members. He said after yesterday's failed vote, quote, this is a whole new concept of individuals who just want to burn the whole place down. If the government does shut down, it means many federal workers will go without paychecks if it goes long enough federal aid, like child care, food stamps and housing vouchers could be in jeopardy. A bus carrying high school students to band camp crashed on interstate 87 in upstate New York yesterday afternoon leaving two dead and more than 40 injured. Officials confirmed the two deaths were the Farmingdale High school band director and a teacher, New York. Governor Kay Hoe said in a post on our hearts are with all who are impacted by this horrific situation. In a news conference. The governor said the crash may be due to a faulty front tire. And here's the latest on the investigation into that crash learned a charter bus carrying 40 Farmingdale high school marching band students and four chaperones went off the road and down a 50 ft ravine around 1 20 in the afternoon. On Thursday, two adults died. Farmingdale band director, 43 year old Gina Pelita and 77 year old Farmingdale resident and former Farmingdale high teacher, Beatrice Ferrari. 40 people were hurt including at least five students in critical condition. The charter bus was one of six on its way from that Long Island High school to Greeley Pennsylvania for a banned camp this weekend. And in a Thursday press conference, officials believe a front tire may be to blame for all of this. But imagine the fear, the screams in the aftermath when these high school students, many of them freshmen were surrounded by this chaos but they endured. They were strong. According to the NTSB website, their investigations take a year or two to complete noting that the timeline can vary on outside factors. Dausa, thanks for that report. Very scary. Newly released audio describes the moments after an unidentified F-35 fighter jet ejected from his jet fighter pilot, excuse me, ejected from his jet in South Carolina on Sunday in the 911 call audio obtained by the associated press. The pilot is heard saying this quote, we have a military jet crash. I'm the pilot. He then added, I'm not sure where the airplane is. It would have crashed, landed somewhere I ejected. Now residents of the city of North Charleston is also heard explaining to the 911 operator that a pilot just parachuted into his backyard. Now, the debris from the crash jet was found on Monday. The US military says that jet is worth $80 million and it was lost. Well, the FAA says it's investigating a laser incident. Two flight crews reported seeing lasers pointed at their planes yesterday morning near Boston. The agency says the crews are of Jet Blue flight 494 and Jet Blue flight 972 both reported ill nation from a green laser during their flights. Officials say no injuries were reported and local authorities were also notified of the incidents. Now in 2022 the FAA got nearly 9500 reports of laser strikes against aircraft. What is wrong with people really? And a contractor working for the US government has been arrested on espionage charges. The justice department released that yesterday, Abraham Tekle Lema who is from Ethiopia is accused of giving classified information to a foreign country. Court documents show Lema used an encrypted messaging app to send photos, maps and satellite images to the foreign country. Lema had access to classified information through contracting positions he held with the Department of State and Justice Court documents don't identify the country he's accused of spying for. We're learning more disturbing details about that. Bronx Day Care Center where suspected fentaNYL exposure led to the death of a one year old boy. Last week, police searched the building again and on Wednesday, they found a trap floor and a stash of drugs hidden under a play area. Three other Children at the Day Care Center were hospitalized after being exposed to suspected fentaNYL daycare owner, Gray Mendez and Carlito Acevedo Brito, who was renting a room from Mendez were arrested on Saturday. They faced state and federal charges in connection to the toddler's death. Additionally, yesterday, a New York City grand jury voted to indict Mendez and Acevedo Brito on several unspecified charges and that school building where 17 people were shot and killed in Parkland Florida will be demolished next year. School officials said yesterday the demolition of the building at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School will take place at the end of the school year. The building has been closed and fenced off since the deadly school shooting in February of 2018. I actually remember covering that on the ground. Members of the Parkland community have been calling for the building to be demolished for years. Now, when prosecutors have said they needed to preserve it for evidence in the trial of the shooter. A Northern California Coroner's office is confirming that actor, Angus Cloud, he died of accidental drug overdose in July. Cloud's cause of death was acute intoxication after reportedly taking cocaine, fentaNYL, methamphetamine and other substances. Cloud starred as Fez o'neill on the HBO series Euphoria. He was pronounced dead on July 31st in Oakland, California. Cloud's family said the actor was struggling to cope with his father's death saying quote, Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.