And let's get to this morning's need to know headlines.
We are starting with politics just days after Kevin mccarthy
was removed from his position as speaker of the House,
two high ranking Republican lawmakers have stepped up to run for the position,
house majority leader, Steve Scalise
and house judiciary committee chair Jim Jordan, both say they will run for speaker.
There's also speculation that Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hearn,
the chair of the Republican study committee may potentially join the race.
Funding for Ukraine remains a key issue for the potential new speakers.
Here's what Jordan had to say when asked if he would approve additional aid.
I'm against that.
What I understand is at some point, we're going to have to
deal with this appropriation process in the right way and
we're going to try to do that in the next
to be down to 41 days.
The most pressing issue on Americans mind is not Ukraine.
It is the border situation and it is crime on the streets
and the first speaker vote is expected next week
and the largest health care workers strike in us history is set to enter its second
day as 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente walked
off the job across the country yesterday,
protesting over pay benefits and under staffing
after they failed to approve a contract
negotiations have continued.
And yesterday evening,
Kaiser Permanente said in a statement that a tentative agreement
has been reached on some issues but for now,
the strike continues leading to delays and cancellations.
In what Kaiser Permanente calls non urgent appointments and procedures.
Those include surgeries and chemotherapy treatments.
The $250 million fraud trial against former president,
Donald Trump continues today,
but Trump will no longer be in attendance on his way out of the courthouse yesterday.
Trump once again said any claims of fraud
were false and accused New York Attorney General,
Letitia James of corruption.
James then addressed Trump's statements.
Mr Trump's comments were offensive,
they were baseless,
they were a void of any facts and or any evidence. So Mr Trump is no longer here.
The Donald Trump show is over. This was nothing more than a political stunt,
a fun raising stop
and now we can continue to go forward with our trial
after Trump's departure. The trial's second witness took the stand.
Cameron Harris, he's an accountant who claimed that Eric Trump quote,
set the tone for the company.
He also said the Trump family
held ultimate responsibility for financial statements.
The prosecution alleges were fraudulent
actor Julia Orman best known for roles in films like Legends of
the Fall and first Night has sued Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery
in the court filings,
Orman claims that Weinstein assaulted her in 1995 forcing her to perform oral sex.
Orman has sued the agency CAA for negligence and breach of
financial duty claiming that her agents discouraged her from speaking out.
She also named Weinstein's former company,
Miramax and its parent company Disney in
the suit for negligent supervision and retention
arguing that Weinstein's behavior was well known in the industry.
Weinstein's lawyer and a spokesperson for CIA have denied the allegations.
An unnamed CIA trainee is suing the federal agency claiming it
used intimidation to stop her from filing a sexual assault lawsuit.
The former CIA trainee claims she was sexually assaulted
in a stairwell at the CIA headquarters in 2022
and that the agency repeatedly and improperly tried to discourage her
from filing a criminal complaint and testifying at the abuser's trial.
The lawsuit also claims the CIA
improperly shared the victim's workplace messages with
the abuser's defense to falsely portray her as having an extra marital affair.
The perpetrator was convicted in August for assault
and battery by a Fairfax County court.
And after a summer of record breaking heat,
scientists say the month of September proved to
be far warmer on average than other months.
The European climate agency said today,
the average temperature for September hit a new record high
with the temperatures being 1.7
°F warmer than what we've experienced in the last three decades.
Scientists said September was the greatest departure from
normal temperatures in record going back 83 years.
Well, scientists said Earth is on track to reach the hottest year on record.
With temperatures being 2.5
°F warmer than what we've seen since the 18 th century.
The Nobel Prize in Literature has just been
a
to 64 year old Norwegian author Jan Fossa.
He was given the award for quote,
his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.
The author has written around 40 novels, many novels, poetry collections, essays,
even Children books over his career.
Some of his most notable works include the Sept
novel series, a List at the Fire and Melancholy and a shining.
I like it. I'll have to check him out
elsewhere. Take a look.
Simone Biles led the US women's gymnastics team to
victory again at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in
Belgium. Yesterday.
This was the team's seven straight world title.
The team's combined final score was 167.7 to 9,
beating out Brazil and France while securing the goal for the team also
made Biles the most decorated female gymnast in history earning her 33rd medal.
Biles will compete in the women's individual all around final on Friday.