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All right, let's get to this morning's need to know headlines at the top. Today, unionized health care workers have struck a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente after the biggest health care strike in us history, the historic strike included more than 75,000 workers and lasted just three days. While further details of the agreement are not immediately available. The union was demanding better wages and staffing at Kaiser own locations. The health care giant runs 40 hospitals and more than 620 medical offices serving 12.7 million members. The union had warned Kaiser of a larger and longer strike extending into November if a deal was not reached by October 31 and the Israeli military has ordered the 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to evacuate to the South within 24 hours. Israel sent more than 300,000 reservists to its border with Gaza ahead of a possible ground invasion into the territory. Hamas is telling residents of Gaza to remain in their homes. Despite Israel's warning, the UN is urging Israel to rescind the order saying that evacuating so many people will be impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences meantime, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Tel Aviv earlier today for meetings with his Israeli counterpart and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He spoke in Tel Aviv a short time ago as the US Secretary of Defense, I am here in person to make something crystal clear. America's support for Israel is ironclad. There is never any justification for terrorism and that's especially true after it is rampage by Hamas and anyone who wants lasting peace and security for this region must condemn and isolate Hamas. Austin's visit comes after the Secretary of State Anthony Lincoln's trip to the country yesterday. And the US says American citizens and Israel can begin leaving the country on charter flights starting today. The state department says flights will take Americans and their immediate family members from Israel to either Athens, Greece or Frankfurt in Germany. Officials say the transport will also include trips by sea to Cyprus. The State Department is warning Americans to reconsider traveling to Israel saying the situation in the country remains dynamic and mortar and rocket fire may take place without warning. While the State Department estimates this travel assistance will help thousands of us citizens a week. Us citizens seeking to get in touch with the US Embassy in Israel can call the number on your screen for more information. You'll see that available online at travel dot state dot gov and audio calls of 911 calls made by La Hana residents during the deadly wildfire on August 8th shows how residents were left with few resources in options as they attempted to evacuate from the quickly moving flames. The audio was released by Maui County to the associated press as part of a public records request calls took place between 3 30 pm and 5:30 p.m. In multiple calls, residents expressed concern about elderly people who couldn't evacuate on their own and others were attempting to evacuate but were trapped by blocked roads or heavy traffic. And at least one call, a dispatcher said there were no emergency vehicles available to help residents and a shooting at Philadelphia International Airport last night has left one police officer dead and another wounded and in stable condition. That's according to the police commissioner, the officers approached people breaking into a car at the airport parking structure just after 11 pm when the suspects opened fired police are investigating whether an 18 year old man pronounced dead at a local hospital was involved in the shooting in a post on X. The commissioner wrote quote, we will continue our search for those responsible and won't stop until all are in custody. A jury found one of the officers charged in the death of Elijah mclean guilty of homicide. Yesterday, Colorado Officer Randy Roma was convicted for criminally negligent homicide and third degree assault. The second officer Jason Rosenblatt was found not guilty of manslaughter and assault while mclean an unarmed 23 year old black pedestrian died in August of 2019 after police put him into a Chokehold and paramedics injected him with Ketamine. The officer who put mclean in a Chokehold as well as the paramedics who treated mclean will go on trial in the coming weeks. Roma will be sentenced on January 5th and at least one tornado hit Florida yesterday, damaging homes and businesses leaving down power lines and scattering debris across roads. Millions of Florida residents were under tornado watch yesterday as storms tracked across the state. The National weather service in Jacksonville confirmed or tornado with speeds of 115 miles an hour hit Florida's Atlantic Coast in Clearwater Beach. Officials say at least two homes were destroyed in another suspected tornado. So far, there are no reports of serious injuries or death.