Good morning and welcome to kid news. I'm Kim. Today is Tuesday, December 12th,

23 and we begin with an NFL hothead now the player to watch for football

fans who are hard of hearing.

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver D.K. Metcalf

has embraced American sign language in his touchdown celebrations,

in part to replace his on-field trash talking, which was resulting in hefty fines.

While it didn't keep him from being ejected for an altercation during the team's loss to

the 49ers Sunday, his end zone signing is apparently the real deal and is making the deaf

community happy. Deaf rapper Sean Forbes who performed at the Super Bowl two

years ago told the athletic, D.K. has swag. He had the rhythm to it, where most beginning signers

would be a little more choppy. That could be because DK takes his ASL studies seriously.

He said he started learning it in college to exercise his mind

and take it off football and now meets weekly with an instructor. He said I think it's just great

that I get to challenge myself to learn something new,

and just to bring light to a community who I didn't know felt unseen or felt like they were

being forgotten about. in a last minute plea for aid. The trip is the leader's third to Capitol Hill since Russia invaded Ukraine almost two years ago

and could be crucial.

If Congress fails to approve new funding before Thursday when lawmakers are scheduled to break for the holidays,

Ukraine may not have money to supply its effort to fend off Russian attacks going forward.

Many in Congress approve of funding Ukraine, but according to CNN, some

lawmakers are insisting it be paired with money to address the US-Mexico border

crisis, an issue Congress has not been able to agree on in a decade.

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