Good morning and welcome the kid news. I'm Tori. It's Wednesday, August 3, 2022.

And we begin with a teenager who's not yet old enough to drive a car making quite the

name for herself at the helm of a sailboat. While dad slept, 14-year-old merit-sellers

took charge, navigated the winds, and made critical decisions that led to a come from

behind victory in Michigan. The father-daughter duo from California was competing in the annual

Bayview Macanaw race, 33 hours of non-stop work aboard a 36-footer. The pivotal moments

came at 3am. She tells reporters she was trimming the sail, eating sun chips, and thinking

how much she just wanted to go to bed when her moment to make a move came. She did, and

vaulted their boat from two miles behind to two miles ahead.

What's next? Merritt hopes to double down and convince her dad to do the trans-Pacific

yacht race from California to Hawaii, a 2,500-mile journey that can take up to two weeks.

A chess-playing robot may be needing a reboot after breaking the finger of a seven-year-old

challenger during a recent tournament in Russia. The young player didn't realize he needed

to give the robot time to answer, so when he made his move too quickly, the machine grabbed

him. According to officials from the Moscow chess federation, the boy who is among the best

players in his age group had his finger placed in a plaster cast and came right back to

the board. The robot was competing against three children at the same time. Has been

on the chess competition scene for about 15 years, and officials say they know of no

previous incidents. But there is talk now that perhaps some updated safety features may

need to be added.

The question of will she or won't she is over? As the speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi

arrived yesterday in Taiwan, despite China's strong disapproval. The problem is that China

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