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"Of northwest Washington as we continue to watch clouds and 83 degrees with some intermittent sunshine in northwest everything you need P .L .P. news everything you need every time you listen the W .T .O .P. producers desk is wired I .P .W. local 26 where electrical contractors come to grow good morning I'm Mark Lewis Jacob Kerr is our producer the top story we're following an unlikely ally emerging in the effort to bring the Washington commander stadium back to D .C. at the old R K .F site the chair of the D .C. oversight committee in Congress Republican James Comer who has been highly critical city on crime and other issues is preparing a bill that have passed would clear the way for a stadium to be built in C. D the Washington Post says is an extension of the lease for the city to use the federal land at the R. F. K site why Comer is getting involved is unclear but it could be a way to fall the relationship between his committee and the mayor one big issue unresolved is the D. C. city council which is split on bringing the stadium back D. C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton says the mayor and the council not Congress should decide how to move forward Kyle Cooper W. T. O. P. News ethics reform for the U. S. Supreme Court will be a big issue when Congress returns into session next week the story from W. T. O. P.'s Mitchell Miller today on hill the Democratic Senator Dick Durbin says he was disappointed to see Chief Justice John Roberts and the high court's term without taking action on ethical issues that he says are plaguing the court Durbin says many questions remain regarding the court's reputation and credibility earlier this year Durbin noted that he's been pressing ethics issues for the high court for more than a decade so this is not some newfound interest I've been working on it for years but the issue flared again up after reports that Justice Clarence Thomas never revealed luxury trips he made that were paid for by a GOP Republicans charge that Democrats are trying to target conservative justices because they're upset with their decisions on Capitol Hill Mitchell Miller WTOP news later today President Biden will be rolling a new set of initiatives to attempt to reduce health care costs one of the actions is a crackdown down on short -term health insurance plans which the administration has argued can leave patients saddled with hefty medical bills the proposed rule would limit the duration of those plans to three months with the a option one of -month extension it would reverse the Trump administration's expansion of short -term health plans which allowed them to be renewed for up to thirty six months those plans are not required to offer for comprehensive health coverage and they can discriminate against people with pre -existing conditions the Trump House White said they were a cheaper alternative to Obamacare the Biden administration calls the short -term plans junk insurance 1134 the last of the US declared chemical weapons being destroyed now workers at the Bluegrass Army Depot in eastern Kentucky are destroying it's filled with a nerve agent it completes a decades -long campaign to eliminate a stockpile that totaled more than 30 ,000 tons by the end of the Cold War Kingston reef is a Defense Department arms control expert the munitions are drained of the agent and the agent is mentally neutralized he says munitions are destroyed by intense heat the Pueblo Colorado Army Depot destroyed its chemical agents last month Kim Jackson is a manager at the destruction plant we are ridding the United States of our declared chemical weapons stockpile and it can never hurt another citizen or the community ever again it is mission complete I'm Donna Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Beijing where she is warning China to put an end to what she calls unfair economic practices secretary spent the day hearing from American businesses in China her message to company representatives including from Boeing and Bank of America we know it hasn't been an easy time for you I've been particularly troubled by punitive actions that have been taken against US firms in recent months that's reference a to raids this spring by police on three companies the Chinese government without offering solid evidence said or suspected of spying that was CBS correspondent Elizabeth Palmer the recent protests in France have revealed a new trend small towns in France are recovering after the recent violence spread beyond big cities the government estimates more than 500 cities towns and villages were affected by unrest that ignited over the deadly police shooting of a teen during a traffic stop these are areas usually known for their wine and cheese social networks help spread the demonstrations far beyond the usual urban centers Wendy Gillette CBS News. 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