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This morning's need to know headlines. This is big news. After 146 strike days, Hollywood Writers and studios have reached a tentative deal. The Writers Guild of America and the alliance of motion picture and television producers reached the agreement yesterday which could bring the writers strike to an end. The terms of the three year contract have not yet been announced but the contract will need to be approved by the guild's members before they can get back to work. In a statement. The WG A said quote, we have one is this contract is due to the willingness of this membership endure the pain and uncertainty of the past 146 days. We can say with great pride that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for riders in every sector of the membership. The guild is suspending w a picketing as of today, the SAG after actor strike however, still ongoing and just six days remain for Congress to fund the government before a shutdown. House Speaker Kevin mccarthy has been unable to pass a short term spending bill due to far right. Members of his own party calling for significant spending cuts on Saturday mccarthy held a call with GOP members telling reporters that he's hoping to make some progress. This week. Over the weekend, the house advanced for appropriation bills but they will likely not pass the Democrat controlled Senate and we'll have more on a possible government shutdown. Later in the show, a train crash in Florida. Saturday has left six people dead including three Children. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office, a Cadillac suv heading for a nearby quinceanera drove across tracks into the path of an oncoming train. The sheriff's office initially confirmed five passengers were killed in the crash including 2 17 year olds and a nine year old. The driver and one passenger was transported to the hospital in critical condition. Yesterday, the sheriff's office confirmed the driver also died from his injury saying quote, I continue to ask our community to keep this family, their loved ones and first responders in their thoughts. Well, post tropical cyclone Ophelia is forecast to continue reeking today weakening today after bringing heavy rain and winds to the east coast over the weekend, the storm made landfall in North Carolina at near hurricane strength in North Carolina and Virginia. 70,000 households lost power according to power outage dot us, five people had to be rescued by the coast guard after getting stranded in choppy waters. The storm then moved north causing heavy rainfall and flash flooding along the mid Atlantic coast over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center has discontinued warnings for Ophelia and there's a new women's marathon world record. Ethiopian runner Tis Asifa broke the record times by two minutes during the Berlin marathon yesterday, as finished yesterday's race in two hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds breaking a previous record set by Kenyan runner Brisky at the Chicago Marathon in 2019 who also won the Berlin race last year was six minutes ahead of other runners during yesterday's event. Get ready to play. Today's powerball ticket will be worth an estimated $785 million jackpot will be drawn at 11 pm Eastern time after no one claimed the $725 million dollar prize on Saturday, players are required to pick five numbers from 1 to 69 1 number from 1 to 26 for the red power ball on Saturday. One person in Michigan won a $2 million cash prize, three winners in California, New York and Florida won a million dollars in cash prizes. Now, if there's a winner tonight, they'll be able to choose between the full price paid out in installments over 20 nine years or a lump sum. That's estimated to be $367 million before taxes. Well, the Super Bowl halftime show, Hannah officially has a headliner R and B superstar Usher has been selected to perform the 2024 Super Bowl half time which will be presented by Apple Music and take place on Sunday. February 11. The news was announced yesterday with Usher saying in a statement, quote, it's in honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list. I can't wait to bring the world to show unlike anything else they've seen from me before.