Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Lawyers for New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez tell jurors they can explain the discovery of gold bars, $400,000, and a Mercedes Benz during the raid on his home. Meanwhile, the Palestinian-American Medical Association reports that approximately 20 American health workers are stranded at a Gaza hospital after Israel closed the Rafah border crossing. In other news, the New York City Fire Museum in Manhattan remains indefinitely closed after an emergency evacuation last weekend. Plus, as Election Day nears, WNYC is turning metro area laundromats into hubs of civic dialogue. WNYC's George Bodarky shares what he’s been hearing from people between wash cycles.