the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. [gavel sounds] drama at the capitol. the u.s. house votes to oust it speaker. norah: kevin mccarthy out as speaker. congress grinds to a standstill without someone in the role. a little girl who went missing in upstate new york is now home with her family. state police still on the scene where they captured the suspect. we ve watched as investigators covered in white have gone in and out of this home with paper bags and what appears to be several gun cases. norah: a special look at crime in america. what s behind the rise in carjackings around the country? after a sitting member of congress is held at gunpoint by three armed men right here in the nation s capital. i looked at one with a gun, another with a gun, i thought one behind me, so they said they wanted my car. i said sure. norah: new details from donald trump s fraud trial after the judge issued
an unprecedented morning in washington. there s no clear speaker of the house, no date to elect one. new details about who republicans might pick next the day after the wall street journal says they cut off their own heads. a brand-new gag order is now in place as donald trump soon heads back to court in new york this morning. and in georgia, prosecutors there, they re making moves. new reporting on the plea deal they re floating to multiple people charged alongside donald trump. a historic strike happening right now that could affect millions of americans health care. 75,000 kaiser permanente workers walking off the job, making this the largest u.s. health care strike ever. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. cnn news central starts right now. this morning there is no speaker of the house of representatives, no clear sense who will be speaker, and no certainty when there will be a speaker. it is a veritable congressional abyss and an unprecedented
court for his civil fraud trial, former president donald trump is heading back to the campaign trail, but not before going after the judge who put him under a gag order. we ll take you live to the c courthouse. and police searching for suspects after a mass shooting during home come week celebrations at a university. we ll have the latest on that search. we re following these latest developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. and now there are two, minutes ago house majority leader steve scalise made it official announcing that he will run to replace kevin mccarthy as house speaker. it comes just hours after hardline conservative jim jordan publicly said he will run. both need to win over more moderate members of their conference. and there s no time to waste, a floor vote on the speaker is expected next week in then the house is essentially paralyzed with a deadline looming in november. melanie za nnona joins us on capitol hill. what do w
a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom the office of speaker of the house is hearby declared vacant. a day we ve never seen. i will not run for speaker again. mr. trump, will you be testifying? yes, i will. gag order from judge engoron after trump attacked the judge s clerk. a passenger bus plunges from a bridge. two of the victims were children. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, october 4, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the gears of government have essentially ground to a halt after the unprecedented ousting of u.s. republican house speaker kevin mccarthy. tuesday s extraordinary vote pushed by hardline conservatives ma ma makes mccarthy the first voted out in u.s. history. the republican party has now 34 plunged deeper into extraordinary. it is extraordina
here are tonight s headlines. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. drama at the capital. the u.s. house votes to oust it speaker. norah: kevin mccarthy out as speaker. congress grinds to a standstill without someone in the role. a little girl who went now home with her family. state police still on the scene where they captured the suspect. watch as investigators covered in white have gone in and out of this home with paper bags in what appears to be several gun cases. spirit a special look at crime in america. what s behind the rise in carjackings around country? after a sitting member of congress is held at gunpoint by three armed men right here in the nation s capital. i looked at a gun, another one with a gun, one behind me. my car, said sure. norah: knew details from donald trump s fraud trial after the judge issued a gag order. plus, the former president says he will take the stand.