breaking overnight relief sweeps over an upstate new york community this missing girl found safe, two days after she disappeared

at a state park. how police tracked down the 9-year-old and her accused abductor will kevin mccarthy lose his grip on the speakership by reaching across the aisle? the new threat within his own party that could throw the house in disarray -- the the head of ftx, sam ba bankman-fried. and ready to laugh again, how they handled the gap during the writers strike and the nobel prize winners were so surprised by the news they thought it was a prank at first. "early today" starts right now good morning, and thanks for joining us, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news in new york after days of frantic searching,

a 9-year-old girl has been found alive. [ applause ] charlotte sena's family celebrated the news that their little girl would be coming home nearly 48 hours after she vanished from a state park >> a ransom note led them to charlotte. it was left around 4:30 in the morning in the mailbox of the little girl's home a finger print on the note matched the fenger prints from the suspect taken from a dwi arrest in 1999 officers found that suspect inside a camper behind his mom's house. after taking him into custody, they also found charlotte. >> little girl was found in the cabinet, covered she was rescued. and she knew she was being rescued. she knew she was in safe hands. >> charlotte was taken to the hospital to be checked out, but authorities say she does appear to be in good health the suspect has been identified

as 47-year-old kcraig ross jr. is he is being questioned. charges are expected but not yet filed. on monday, former president trump arrived in court for the suit against him and his companies. the name whose man adorns numerous buildings in new york city listened as prosecutors said that his empire was built on lies and deception. laura jarret has more. >> reporter: donald trump once again in a courtroom, with the fate of his business empire now on trial >> today in court, we will prove our case >> reporter: new york attorney general letitia james accusing trump, his sons and his namesake company the trump organization of exaggerating the value of his real estate properties, including trump tower, mar-a-lago and 40 wall street by

over $2 billion. to receive better loan terms from banks >> no matter how powerful you are. no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. >> reporter: just outside the courtroom doors, the former president attacking james, a democrat, for bringing the civil suit >> they give pme a fake indictment, i go up in the polls. >> reporter: and going after the judge who's also a democrat. >> we have a rogue judge who rules that properties are worth a tiny fraction, one one hundreth, a tiny fraction of what they actually are >> reporter: the republican frontrunner arguing the banks were not victims of fraud and blasting the suit as election interference >> they're wasting everybody's time for many months on this case where banks got paid a fortune, loan money got paid money back didn't even need that money. >> reporter: but the judge already rejected that argument, pointing out the state only needed to prove his financial statements were false and

misleading, and mr. trump quote clearly contained fraudulent valuations the key issue, who's to blame for the fraud and how much should be paid for the penalty n a deposition video mr. trump suggested checking the accuracy of financial statements was the task of his long-time chief financial officer and co-defendant >> was allan weisselberg responsible for that >> object to the form. >> i would say yes >> our thanks to laura for that report new in morning, republican congressman matt gaetz will try to oust kevin mccarthyover the house speaker's compromise with come d democrats that narrowly averted a shutdown a deal was struck to allow any member to prompt a vote to

remove him from the chair. >> at this point next week, one of two things will happen. kevin mccarthy won't be the speaker of the house, or he'll be the speaker of the houseworking at the pleasure of the democrats. >> the stopgap deal only keeps the government funded until mid november and several key sticking points remain, including funding for ukraine. mccarthy himself is strike ing defiant tone. >> bring it on let's get on with it and let's get governing. if i made sure government didn't shut down, let's have that fight. >> several house democrats, including alexandria ocasio-cortez have said they would vote to oust mccarthy in any vote more than two weeks in the uaw strike 340 ford workers have been laid off at two factories, fwhun ch one in chicago and one in lima, ohio the latest four layoffs come in addition to the 600 dismissals

announced last month the detroit news cite d a consulting firm that says there have been $4 billion in losses so far that includes $325 million in lost wages for workers let's turn to philadelphia, where many have been left stunned bit murder of a journalist josh krueger was known for advocating for some of the most vulnerable people in his community. he was found shot and killed monday inside his home weeks earlier he had posted online that he was being threatened our george solis is following the story. >> reporter: philadelphia police are investigating the brutal murder of josh krueger. >> he was loved by so many people he didn't deserve what happened to him you're in your house and somebody can just barge in and kill you and for what

>> reporter: krueger was shot seven times in his home according to police. traces of blood still visible on his front steps. there were no signs of forced entry, and the shooter fled the scene. krueger recently posted on social media about vandalism and harassment a glass egg was thrown at his window and two weeks ago he wrote and facebook that he had been threatened by a person who came to the door. those incidents are part of the investigation. he covered a variety of political and humanitarian issues he noted his own experience with homelessness, hiv formed his writing. >> he made lots of friends and probably as many enemies, but all for good reason, because he was fighting the good fight for sure >> reporter: krueger also spent five years as a city of philadelphia spokesperson. mayor jim kenney writing that his intelligence and creativity and passion shown bright

there is surveillance video they will be using as part of the investigation. back to you. >> george, thank you breaking overnight, tragic news out of alaska, where two soldiers were killed and 12 injured in an accident as they were riding in a transport veh vehicle. now to a scene of devastation in detroit where a house exploded yesterday officials tell our detroit tv station the house was vacant and nobody was inside. there are reports of neighbors saying they smelled gas in the last couple of days. we're back to feeling like summer in october. let's turn to nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann who is tracking all this heat >> temperatures into the 80s and

90s. record-breaking records. we'll break record s once again today. lots of 80s near 90 degrees on the map. minneapolis, 86 degrees. 22 degrees above normal. same thing in chicago. new york city into the low 80s, that's 13 degrees above what is expected for this time of year also in memphis, near 90 degrees. we're looking at temperatures into the 80s once again in new york city. look at chicago. still warm for this time of year, but not quite as warm as today. fall returns this weekend in the northeast. we're looking at tempetures ra

pressure in place. also looking at the chance for storms in the south. houston, 93. all right, guys, that's an a llook at your warm tuesday forecast. the king of crypto heads to trial. sam bankman-fried. trial. sam bankman-fried. i saw how easily it picked up my hair every time i dried it! only takes a minute. look at that! the heavy duty cloths are extra thick, for amazing trap & lock. even for his hair. wow. and for dust, i love my heavy duty duster. the fluffy fibers trap dust on contact, up high and all around without having to lift a thing. i'm so hooked. you'll love swiffer. or your money back! hey guys, check it out: it's mrs. stevens. they say she can make things appear out of thin air. hey! you guys want to come in?

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power >> with ftx, a safe and easy way to get into crypto >> eh, i don't think so. >> reporter: michael lewis, who was working on a book about bankman-fried telling 60 minutes he considered paying donald trump to not run for president again to the tune of $5 billion. >> the question he had is not just is $5 billion enough to pay trump not to run, but was it legal. >> reporter: a spokesman says he is a liar and trying to deceive people his face was splashed over the magazines, comparing him to warren buffett >> what would you like it leave long term? >> i don't give a [ bleep ] about my legacy. >> holy hot dogs the spectacular collapse of one of the world's largest crypto exchanges is bigger than enron

>> he's broke. and he's in big trouble. >> reporter: in november tw2002 t 2022 the whole operation went down >> i think it's fair to say this is one of the biggest financial frauds in american history >> reporter: in december, he was arrested in the bahamas where ftx was based. he was charged with fraud, saying more than $8 billion of customer money went missing and accusing him of using their money to prop up alameda. he pleaded not guilty. the trial will consider whether he spent customers' money on alameda, real estate and illegal campaign contributions prosecutors estimating the

amount he made in contributions. they say he was following the advice of the company's lawyers and didn't realize what he was doing was illegal. after spending months on house arrest in his parents' california home he spent the last few weeks in a brooklyn jail a judge revoked his multi-million bail after he was accused of witness tampering for sharing the personal writings of his previous romantic partner. now she's expected to testify against him. the trial kicks off on tuesday with jury selection. then prosecutors will present their case. it's unclear if he will testify we haven't yet seen a witness list the government mentioned two other witnesses are finalizing immunity agreements. meanwhile, there's a parallel legal battle with some of the celebrities paid to promote ftx,

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here's andrea mitchell >> reporter: the nobel prize in medicine, the last thing a pair of scientists expected when the phone rang >> my husband picked up and was talking to somebody and he just hand it over and said this is for you. >> reporter: did you believe it at first >> not really, you know, because people, you know, can make joke. >> i also thought it was a prank or an anti-vax joke or something. >> reporter: especially surprising because their work had been ignored or ridiculed for decades. theywere working at different departments at the university of pennsylvania when they discovered each other at the copying machine. >> i have to say discovering each other was the real reward >> reporter: we spoke to them two years ago when the covid vaccines were becoming more available. talk to me how skeptical people were about the value of rna. >> i don't know, did we listen to them?

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breaking right now at 5:00, new details on a late-night accident involving a self-driving cruise car in san francisco. a woman is critically injured. ahead, details o