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[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 a gag order. plus, the former president says he will take the stand. >> he always argues that this is free speech. trump is routinely testing the bounds of what's appropriate and what's legal. >> hunter biden has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges stemming from his purchase of a firearm in 2018 while he was a drug user. >> norah: concern over self-driving taxis. what you need to know after a woman is run over in san francisco. ♪ ♪ didn't buy a ticket for last night's powerball? you're in luck. no one won. now the jackpot is at $1.2 billion. ♪ ♪ >> washington's national cathedral has a new view. the story behind this stained glass and the stain on history it replaced. >> the whole thing in the most beautiful way is very, very powerful. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we begin tonight on this historic day here in the nation's capital. for the first time in the history of american democracy, and the first congress of 1789, the speaker of the house has been removed from his position as the leader of the chamber. by a vote of 216-210, lawmakers booted speaker kevin mccarthy, throwing the house into chaos and into unprecedented territory. mccarthy seen here walking away from the chamber in bitter defeat after facing an uprising from the far right faction of his own party. florida congressman matt gaetz, a longtime critic and thorn in the side of mccarthy, led the revolt, after the now-former speaker worked with democrats on a funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. only eight republicans voted to vacate the chair. but 208 democrats refused to come to mccarthy's rescue and save his speakership. we've got a lot of news to bring you tonight, and cbs's scott macfarlane will start us off from capitol hill. what a day. good evening, scott. >> reporter: good evening, norah. kevin mccarthy's speakership lasted nine months, with critics inside his own party threatening to move on him throughout. today, they made their move and left half of the u.s. congress in a state of uncertainty. for the first time in its history, the u.s. house stripped its speaker of his job. >> the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. [gavel sounds] >> reporter: hours after the vote, mccarthy blasted the republicans who unseated him and announced he won't run for speaker again. >> i don't regard to my efforts to build coalitions and find solutions. i was raised to solve problems, not create them. so i may have lost the vote today, but as i walk out of the chamber, i feel fortunate to have serve the american people. i leave this speakership with a sense of pride and accomplishment and yes, optimism. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy's rocky leadership of one of the most narrow majority is ever in the house of representatives that that he earned over after a marathon drama in january ended with a dramatic flourish as a republicans joined all house democrats to remove him. >> chaos is speaker mccarthy. chaos is somebody who we cannot trust with their word. >> reporter: florida republican matt gaetz led the challenge, citing complaints about mccarthy's deal with president biden to avert a debt ceiling crisis in may and the 11th-hour deal to avert a government shutdown saturday, in which mccarthy secured more support among democrats than republicans. >> there is nothing selfish about wanting a speaker of the house who tells the truth. >> reporter: for now, the house turns to a temporary speaker, north carolina republican patrick mchenry, until a formal vote occurs to choose a new speaker. >> keeping government open and paying our troops was the right decision. i stand by that decision. at the end of the day, if i can lose my job over it, so be it. >> reporter: many republicans who backed mccarthy worry the party infighting will hurt them in next year's election. >> i think it is sending a terrible signal to the electorate in advance of the '24 election that this republican majority cannot govern itself. and we need to change that. >> reporter: mccarthy had hoped some democrats would vote to save him, but they decided to back his removal after watching video this morning in a private of mccarthy on sunday's "face the nation," blaming democrats after they helped him avert a shutdown. >> i wasn't sure it was going to pass. you want to know why? because the democrats tried to do everything they can not to let it pass. >> democrats saved the day, and he goes on tv hours later and says republicans did it, republicans were leading. which is insane. >> reporter: amid the uncertainty, the house has canceled for the rest of the week, and the set for new speaker next week. >> norah: scott macfarlane on the hill for us. thank you. lets head down pennsylvania avenue to the white house, where cbs news' nancy cordes is talking to her sources, and nancy, this vacancy has serious implications for a number of issues that are important to the american people. what's at stake? >> reporter: well, norah, there is no gloating on this end of pennsylvania avenue tonight. we just got a short statement saying that the president hopes that the house elect a new speaker quickly because you are right, this vacancy creates a major for the white house on several fronts. take ukraine, for instance. the president called a meeting with major allies this morning, just to reassure them and to say he is confident that congress will soon pass another aid package for ukraine. but it is hard to see how hcan have that confidence when he has no idea right now whthe next speaker will be and whether that rson even supports aid to ukraine. a number of house republicans don't. >> norah: and nancy, this all comes about just after we averted a government shutdown, but the fix was only temporary. so what does this mean for a future government shutdown? >> reporter: that's right, norah. the clock is ticking. that short deal runs out in just 43 days, so the question is, how do you pass legislation that prevents a government shutdown without a permanent speaker in place who can make some tough calls? tonight, some white house officials are even wondering who is going to want that job. i mean, after all, over the past ten years, all three republican house speakers have either been pushed out or simply gotten fed up with their own right flank. so, if all three of them couldn't hold on in this modern republican conference, norah, it is hard to see who can. >> norah: who wants one of the most powerful jobs in washington? nancy cordes, thank you. we want to turn now to the dramatic ending in the search for a missing 9-year-old. a man is in custody tonight, charged with the kidnapping of a new york girl, and as cbs's jericka duncan reports, a key piece of evidence led police to the suspect and the safe return of charlotte sena. >> reporter: tonight, investigators in hazmat suits are gathering evidence from a mobile home and camper in milton, new york, where 9-year-old charlotte sena was found hidden in a cabinet monday. police say they got a lead when the suspect left behind a ransom note and his dna. >> he literally drove up to the family's mailbox, 4:20 in the morning, and inserts the ransom note, leaving a critical piece of evidence behind: his own fingerprint. >> reporter: new york governor kathy hochul says a break in the case came at 2:30 monday afternoon, when the fingerprint was matched in the state's database to 46-year-old craig nelson ross jr., from a dwi arrest in 1999. within hours, a s.w.a.t. team in full tactical gear, with guns drawn, swarmed ross' mother's home, forcefully entering a camper on her property, where ross was living. neighbors cbs news spoke with, who declined to go on camera, described hearing a powerful boom and witnessing a chaotic scene. at 6:32 p.m., police say the suspect was taken into custody after some resistance. >> she knew she was being rescued. she knew that she was in safe hands. >> reporter: around 400 law enforcement and volunteers searched for charlotte for two days. in a statement to cbs news, the sena family said, "we are thrilled that she is home, and we understand that the outcome is not what every family gets." tonight, ross is behind bars at this correctional facility behind me. he was charged with first-degree kidnapping and faces at least 15 years in prison, and norah, police say additional charges are expected. >> norah: quite an end to this story. jericka duncan, thank you. there was some big news today from day 2 of the business fraud trial against donald trump. the judge imposed a limited gag order this afternoon after trump disparaged a court staff member on social media. cbs's robert costa is at the courthouse in lower manhattan. good evening, robert. so what can you tell us about what the judge did? >> reporter: good evening, norah. that gag order came after a dramatic turn today here at this courthouse, when former president trump went on truth social and falsely attacked a clerk here working for the judge, falsely claiming she is the girlfriend of senator chuck schumer. that post was later deleted, but the judge came out and issued a searing statement to trump and his lawyers, saying no personal attacks will be tolerated when it comes to his staff and to interpret that statement as a gag order. >> norah: and i do want to ask you, robert, because i know you were inside the courtroom for most of the day, what was the former president like? what was he doing? >> reporter: i sat just steps behind the former president. he was whispering to his attorneys, reviewing papers, fully engaged in all of this, but didn't say much inside the courtroom. outside, he went out and told reporters he is willing to testify at some point in the coming months but soon will be on the campaign trail. norah? >> norah: and will be back in court tomorrow. robert costa, thank you. hunter biden pleaded not guilty today to federal firearms charges. president biden's son is accused of lying about his drug use on a form to purchase a gun in 2018. hunter biden's court appearance comes months after a plea deal fell apart. now this puts the case on track towards a possible trial next year, while his father is running for reelection. back here in washington, the threat of gun violence hit close to home for a member of congress. democratic congresswoman -- congressman henry cuellar of texas was carjacked by three armed attackers outside his apartment building last night. cbs's nicole sganga reports car thefts in other cities have surged this year. >> reporter: just blocks from the u.s. capitol, texas representative henry cuellar says he was swarmed by three assailants, donning masks and black clothing. then carjacked at gunpoint in d.c.'s navy yard neighborhood. >> i do have a black belt, but i recognize when you have three guns, i looked at one with a gun, another with a gun, i thought one behind me, so they said they want in my car. i said sure. >> reporter: the congressman said police recovered his suv and his phone just two hours later. violent crime is now up 39% in the nation's capital compared to last year. and motor vehicle theft rose by 106% here this year. >> the vast majority of carjackings are armed. >> reporter: bruce jacobs is a professor of criminology. >> in fact, we have seen a number of cases in the data where carjackers are either live streaming their offense, or at least bragging about it. >> reporter: carjacking is a social media-friendly crime. >> yeah, i would argue that that's true. >> reporter: while violent crime is trending down nationwide, data from a recent study of 32 u.s. cities shows motor vehicle theft are 104% higher in the first half of 2023, compared to 2019. >> it's just a matter of somebody coming up to your door, throwing you out, and getting in. and that really does take seconds. >> reporter: this carjacking occurring just eight months after minnesota congresswoman angie craig was assaulted on an elevator in her d.c. apartment building. meanwhile, u.s. capitol police say they are still searching for the suspects behind last night's incident. norah? >> norah: nicole sganga, thank you very much. jury selection is underway in the criminal fraud trial of fallen crypto king sam bankman-fried. the 31-year-old accused of stealing billions of dollars in customer deposits on his cryptocurrency platform ftx and using it to prop up his hedge fund, buy real estate, and for other personal investments. he is facing federal charges, including wire and securities fraud and money laundering. now to a life-threatening accident that took place last night in san francisco involving a woman and a self-driving vehicle. cbs's kris van cleave reports an investigation is already underway. >> reporter: tonight, this shocking image is raising new questions about the safety of self-driving robotaxis. you can see a woman pinned underneath these cruise av in san francisco, leaving her hospitalized in critical condition after firefighters were able to free her. >> the patient was transported within 10 minutes of the arrival of the first rescuers. >> reporter: video from the cruise vehicle reviewed by cbs news shows the woman crossing against the light and getting hit by another vehicle. she is then launched into the path of the self-driving car. cruise says it braked aggressively to minimize the impact. san francisco police are investigating. >> the real question in this investigation will be, could a human driver have detected the person in the road more quickly than the autonomous system could have? >> reporter: cruise says its cars are involved in 65% fewer collisions than rideshares driven by people, but in august, cut its bay area fleet by 50% after two accidents on the same day. the robotaxis have drawn public outcry, with some residents disabling them by putting traffic cones on their hoods. >> a little scary that your fate is in someone else's hands or some technology's hands. >> reporter: and in austin, it was mass cruise confusion last month when several of the avs stopped in the same area, clogging streets. cruise says it has about 400 of the self-driving vehicles on the roads in several cities across the u.s., including here in phoenix. the company has never had a fatal accident, and tonight, says it is cooperating with the police investigation as officers try to track down this apparent hit-and-run driver. norah? >> norah: kris van cleave, thank you. it was a historic moment at the u.s. senate today when its newest member, senator laphonza butler, was sworn in, replacing the late california democrat diane feinstein. butler is now the only black woman serving in the u.s. senate and the first openly gay senator from california. she was sworn in by vice president kamala harris, the last black woman to serve in the senate. an 11-year-old boy charged with attempted murder after a shooting that was caught on camera. we have the details next. we have the details next. ght on camera. we havave the detatails next.. i'm m 65. and d really smamart later i'm m 70-ish. consnsider an aaaarp medidicare supplplement insusue plan frorom unitedhehealthcar. with t this type o of plan, you'llll know upfrfront about how much y your care costs. which mamakes plannining yourur financialal future eaea. so call ununitedhealththcare ty to leaearn more ababout the oy plplans of theheir kind wiwith the aararp name. and set t yourself and yoyour future e self up with an aaaarp memedicare supupplement plpn fromom unitedheaealthcare. 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