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Let's get to this morning's need to know headlines everyone. Now to the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas, two additional hostages were released by Hamas. Late yesterday, 85 year old Yo Heed Lifschitz and 79 year old Nurit Cooper were released due to what the group called humanitarian reasons. Lifschitz says she was kidnapped from kibbutz near and then taken across the border into Gaza during the October 7th attack. She described the process as painful and said she went through hell. Lipshitz was photographed shaking the hand of a Hamas militant as she was taken in by Israeli aid workers in a message translated by her daughter, Lifshitz also said she received medical attention. My mom is saying that they were very friendly towards them and that they took care of them, that they were given the medicines that they were given, they were given medicine and they were treated, the people were friendly but they kept the place very clean. They were very concerned about them. In Gaza, the World Health Organization said that two thirds of the territory's health facilities are no longer functional, that includes 12 hospitals. Humanitarian aid has finally started to cross the Egyptian border. But those convoys don't include fuel needed for health facilities to run on generators. Health officials in Gaza say the death toll has risen sharply to 5800 people in the past day after heavy bombardment from Israeli airstrikes. Israel reported the first death of an ID F soldier in the conflict on Sunday, 1400 people in Israel died in the October 7th attacks elsewhere, a dense super fog in New Orleans yesterday left at least seven people dead after low visibility led to traffic accidents on interstate 55. According to Louisiana State police, the major pile up affected 158 vehicles and part of the crash scene caught fire, 25 people were injured and portions of interstate 55 remain closed. The National Weather service says the conditions were caused by a combination of high humidity and smoke from marsh fires. The weather service has issued another dense fog advisory for areas of Louisiana including both New Orleans and Baton Rouge through 10 a.m. eastern time. Today, Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen is set to testify today in the ongoing civil fraud trial against the former president. Trump is also expected to be in attendance at the courthouse today. Now, the New York Attorney General's office has credited Cohen's congressional testimony in 2019 for helping move this investigation forward. In testimony, Cohen alleged the Trump organization exaggerated the worth of its properties and assets. Cohen is expected to testify that he witnessed meetings between the former President and Chief Financial Officer Allen Weissberg regarding Trump's net worth. Weissberg denied these meetings in his testimony. Kristen Joy selection begins today in the trial of a California boat captain who was in charge when a fire led to the death of 34 people on board Scuba boat. The conception was anchored 100 ft offshore when it caught fire on Labor Day. Back in 2019, the National Transportation Safety Board found Captain Jerry Boylan responsible because he failed to post a night watchman was initially indicted in 2020 on 34 counts of seaman's manslaughter. But a judge dismissed those charges. Boylan is currently on trial for trial for one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer and he faces 10 years in prison if convicted Boylan has pleaded not guilty. The centers for disease control and prevention issued a warning to doctors yesterday saying a key drug used to prevent respiratory infections in babies is in limited supply cases of RSV, also known as respiratory since CTL virus have been on the rise as cold and flu season ramps up. The CDC advised directors to identify babies who are at the highest risk for contracting RSV and to prioritize them when prescribing the antibody. The food and drug administration approved the drug before tests back in July. But since then, some drug makers have struggled to keep up with production due to higher than anticipated demands. And the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposed banning a cancer causing chemical that can be found in products like car brake cleaners, laundry spot removers and some arts and craft sprays. The chemical known as trichloroethylene is caused kidney cancer, neurological damage, even death if exposed to high levels. Well, the proposed bill led by Massachusetts, Senator Edward would impose regulations on chemicals like TC and asbestos which have been known to cause cancer for decades but have remained under regulated under federal law as much as £250 million of TC are produced in the US each year. And if passed law would go into effect by next year, a former national security agency employee pled guilty yesterday for trying to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian agent. The person turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. 31 year old Jared donkey pled guilty to six counts of attempting to transmit national defense information to a foreign government. The former NSA employee admitted that in August and September of last year, he attempted to sell copies of three classified documents containing information classified as top secret sensitive information. He started working for the NSA in 2022 and first shared excerpts of classified documents with the undercover agent in August of 2022 Zali apparently requested $85,000 in exchange for these documents. His sentencing is set to take place in April of 2024. He could face up to 20 years in prison. A jetblue plane tipped backward while parked at a gate at JFK International Airport on Sunday night. Take a look at these images. A video that circulated on social media shows the plane tilting backward with the front of the plane up in the air. The jetblue flight had arrived from Bridgetown Barbados around 8:30 p.m. that evening. And a spokesperson from jetblue said quote once at the game due to shift in weight and balance. During the planning, the tail of the aircraft tipped backward causing the nose of the aircraft to lift up and eventually return back down. Jetblue said no injuries were reported and they are investigating the incident.