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poison chalice in the eyes of many house republicans some even want donald trump to go for it. a live report from d.c. ahead. pope francis continues to slowly liberalize catholicism. he's hinting at allowing same-sex couples to be blessed by the church. we'll have the latest in a report live from rome. we have the stunning pictures from extreme weather plaguing the south and then angie lassman tells us what's ahead, including that tropical storm that may or may not hit the northeast this weekend. it's biggest health care strike in u.s. history 75,000 kaiser permanente workers have walked off the job. arabile joins us to explain what it could mean for the economy. and we have all the latest from the world of sports, including simone biles and team usa jump nagt ing into the histy books o books on the world stage i'm frances rivera

>> i'm jessica layton. this morning the house is in recess after three seismic days that left the chamber without a leader while the process to elect a new speaker of the house doesn't really begin until next week, some members have vying to replace the ousted kiffinevin mccarthy, while others are trying to make sure this never happens again. tensions are still running high if washington. what exactly comes next for the house in. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. house republicans are set to vote in just under a week on october 11 to elect their new nominee for speaker of the house. wednesday saw two republicans put their names in to replace kevin mccarthy, steve scalise and ohio's jim jordan. scalise has been mccarthy's second this command for years and has had his name previously floated as a potential speaker jordan, meanwhile, is a chair of

the house judiciary committee and has made a name for himself as the top defender of former president trump and other conservative causes. jordan also supported mccarthy ahead of tuesday's vote. whoever ends up as the nominee will need a majority of house votes in order to take the gavel. famously, mccarthy's election this past january was a multi-day, 15-round process that only ended after he struck a deal with hard-line republicans. congressman matt gaetz said both jordan and scalise would be a better choice for speaker than the previous occupant. now, as the speaker of the house is not required to be a member of congress, some republicans are pushing for former president trump to put his hat in the ring trump responded to those calls while appearing for the third day at his civil fraud trial on wednesday. >> a lot of people are been calling me about speaker all i can say is we'll do

whatever's best for the country and for the republican party >> reporter: mean while, mccarthy's ouster has been met with backlash, both in and outside of the house gaetz has taken criticism for his actions, with some in his own party saying that the removal process has made it more difficult for republicans to govern, others, including mitch mcconnell are calling for the next speaker to do away with the motion to vacate, saying that it makes the speaker's job equipment possible back to you. >> all right, brie, thank you. months after his student debt relief plan was shot down by the supreme court, president biden continuing to take action to help borrowers. he announced an additional $9 billion in debt relief, bringing the total debt cancellation to students to $127 billion >> this kind of relief is life changing for individuals and their families but it's good for our economy as

a whole as well. by freeing millions of americans from the crushing debt of student debt it means they can go get their lives in order. >> this latest action is set to impa impact 15, 125,00125,000 americ. former house speaker nancy pelosi was among the many to pay respects to dianne feinstein as she lay in state at city hall. she was the city's first female mayor. pelosi will speak at the memorial service along with kamala harris and clhuck schumer the fraud trial against sam bankman-fried is under way in new york city. the 31-year-old ran ftx before

the entire enterprise came tumbling down late last year prosecutors say he knowingly lied to customers and took the money for himself. he denies any wrongdoing his lawyers in court yesterday said their client simply made bad business decisions in good faith. if convicted, he could face a 115-year prison sentence pope francis says he is open to having same-sex couples blessed. he stopped far short of recognizing gay marriage, it could signal a significant shift in the position of the church. let's go live to claudio lavanga. the timing of the comments is significant. why is that? >> reporter: morning, jessica. it is significant, because it came just ahead the opening of the synod yesterday which is

a big gathering of bishops from around the world to debate and probably argue over several fractures on issues that are hot issues in the catholic church, such as should priests allowed to be married, should divorce and remarried couples be allowed to get confession and also especially how does the catholic church deal with lgbtq catholics. that is one of the questions posed to pope francis by this cs and the pope said there could be some sort of blessing for same-sex couples, unions, as, provided that they are not confused with the marriage which to the catholic church only a union between a man and woman. this of course very far from shall being an approval of gay

marriage two years ago, the vatican on that issue said there cannot be any blessing of same-sex unions, because you cannot bless sin well, not today's day two of the synod. when those tough issues will be debated, it will be a heated debate indeed. >> claudio, thank you. a deadly plane crash caught on camera in oregon. the small eaircraft plunged out of the sky, crashing through the rav of roof of a home outside portland. the pilot and instructor were killed the people inside the homemade it out safely. we want to turn to extreme weather if the south more than 60,000 power outages are reported across texas. the university of texas at arlington urged their campus to stay in place because of the

hail you can see in this video strong wind gusts were blowing debris all over this soccer field we'll find out if there are more storms on the way angie lassman joins us with our forecast hi, angie, good mo, angie, good >> amorning. the answer to that question is he we will have storms but they won't be severe. the severe risk is much lower through the day today. cold front is stretched and will bring heavy rain to texas. showers and thunderstorms to the portions of the midwest as well. this cold front is going to change things as far as temperatures go on the backside of it as well. you'll notice the bigtemperatur drop we have scattered showers for folks in the northeast that's a taste of what's going to work into new england as we get into saturday as tropical storm philippe starts to inch

closer to the u.s. coast that will happen later saturday. today stillna into the 80s. still feeling like summer. minneapolis, 51 degrees. 40s in bismarck. we'll see temperatures get a littleore fall m lp into the 90s. showe showers expected from san antonio to houston and that's a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. we're back in 60 seconds with new evidence revealed in court as the suspect in tupac ha ha

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evidence >> reporter: for the first time we are seeing the evidence prosecutors used to secure their indictment, including photos of tupac's bullet-riddled car and surveillance video of him leaving a casino the grand jury heard from davis himself, who admitted after his nephew was attacked by tupac he was inside the car when his nephew opened fire >> he leaned over, rolled down the window, pop. >> reporter: tupac's family has mixed mosts. >> i mean, the feeling was, really wow. 27 years is a long time. >> reporter: as the only man still alive in the car that night, prosecutors say davis is left to blame for one of the infamous cold cases in history ford says it is laying off more employees as the united auto workers strike continues into the fourth week

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