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Need2Know: Pelosi's Taiwan Plan, U.S. Kills Al Qaeda Leader, Britney Griner Back In Court

let's start overseas. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now expected to visit Taiwan. That is part of her tour of Asia and according to the Taiwanese and U. S. Government officials, the stop comes despite warnings from the biden administration and from chinese officials monday china's Foreign Ministry warned against the visit and said its military won't sit by idling if Beijing its sovereignty and territorial integrity is being threatened. Now, a U. S. Official says the Defense Department is monitoring chinese movements in the region and they're working on a plan to keep Pelosi safe and the most wanted terrorist in the world is now dead. A U. S. Drone strike killed one of the main 9 11 planners. President Biden said targeted americans for decades. The White House confirm the US killed Ayman El sorry. He in a drone strike sunday morning President biden announced the strike last night. The White House says no civilians were injured during the attack and no american personnel were on the ground during it. Meanwhile, the Mckinney fire in northern California has turned deadly as two people were found dead sunday inside a vehicle that was caught in the fire's path. The Mckinney fire, now the largest in California this year, has burned more than 50,000 acres since friday and is still 0% contained. More than 2000 people have been evacuated including some hikers pulled from the pacific coast trail. Now there are a chance of thunderstorms through Wednesday. So firefighters are hoping that that rain will help suppress the fire and the world of politics is waking up this morning and it's the morning of another primary election day in a handful of states. Yeah, that's right. Five states head to the polls today for standard primary elections, but only one in Kansas heads to polls to decide on a ballot measure directly dealing with the future of abortion. In that state, that ballot measure is an amendment to the state's constitution called the value them both amendment referring the anti abortion position of value in both the mother and the fetus. The amendment would undo a 2019 decision from the Kansas Supreme Court. They found a right to an abortion in the state constitution. It would also open the door to more abortion restrictions, including a full abortion ban, that some of the most conservative members of the Kansas legislature have been seeking for a long time. This vote is coming about a month and a half after the Supreme Court's decision to strike down roe versus wade and the federal constitutional right to an abortion Kansas vote today is the first up or down vote on an abortion related ballot measure since the court's decision and it's expected Alicia to be very close. And of course baker, this vote begs the question is the outcome of this vote, potentially a bellwether For the midterms in the states beyond Kansas are maybe not right. So it's hard to say what the impact will be because so many things about this vote are very particular to Kansas. This vote is happening in a primary election that will almost certainly see less turnout in the general election in both 2020 and 2018 turn on the Kansas primary was about half the turnout in the general. No matter which way the vote goes, it likely won't be as representative as it could be. Absolutes. We'll continue to watch that layer for you today. Meanwhile, turning to some of the business stories we're following for you this hour. Pepsi making a big move now into energy drinks, monday Pepsico announcing a $550 million investment in Celsius. The companies pitching their beverages as healthy energy drinks, They're targeting younger consumers who are active and exercise company also claims that those beverages help increase metabolism and burn calories. Meanwhile, his Tiktok coming for apple music and Spotify while their parent company Bytedance filed a trademark application with the US patent and trademark office in May for Tiktok music. That trademark includes a mobile app letting users purchase, play, share, download music songs, album and lyrics by dance music already runs a streaming app called Reso. In India brazil and Indonesia. Finally, KFC has added chicken feet to their menu, but now you're likely not going to find them in your next bucket here in the states. The feet only gonna be offered in china. That's where a dim sum staple and a delicacy and it's all because of inflation. The ceo of young china KFC's parent company says higher food and oil prices require KFC to be more fish and use every part of the chicken. As a result, yum china, which also owns taco Bell and pizza hut chains in china, saw their profits fall 16% from april through june, mainly because of covid lockdowns into chicken feet. Actually, I am really gonna get some of my friends, they won't eat it, but I do and I love it. I mean, look, I'd eat anything, I just don't know how how much meat.