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but who wants it? and with the chamber paralyzed without a leader, some members of the gop want a certain former president to take over instead pushed to the brink. more than 75,000 health care workers hitting the picket line. their demands and how it could impact your medical care the former billionaire once hi hailed as tking of crypto comes crashing down in the courtroom vaulting into the history books. simone biles leads team usa. how uber can help you with the dreaded gift returns this holiday season it's thursday, october 5th "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm jessica layton. this morning the house is in rsw

s recess after three seismic days that left it without a speaker some members are already vying to replace the ousted mccarthy, while others are working to make sure thisse sure this never happens again. >> reporter: the republican scramble to find a speaker with the house now at a stand still i think the view from the outside is that the house is paralyzed. >> that's a good description >> reporter: the house won't return to vote on a new leader until next week. already jumping into the race, current number two republican steve scalise. >> this is really important that we get this right. >> reporter: and conservative firebrand, jim jordan. >> i feel like i can unite the conservative voters. >> reporter: former president trump writing, why is it republicans are always fighting among themselves why aren't they fighting the far-left democrats >> i'll do whatever it is to

help, but my focus, my total focus is being president until there's a speaker, critical work is left to languish, including another potential shutdown showdown 44 days away. and president biden speaking to peter alexander. >> it does worry me. but i know there are a majority of members of the house and senate in both parties who have said that they support funding ukraine. >> reporter: all of it after that historic move eight republican hardliners joining with every democrat to remove speaker mccarthy. that handful of republican holdouts upset after mccarthy worked with democrats to avoid a government shutdown. and empowered by a new rule, allowing just one lawmaker to call a vote to remove the speaker. >> i don't regret standing up for choosing governorance over grievance. >> reporter: those conservative hardliners are not backing away. >> i just want someone to keep

interest word us to. >> reporter: and jon moderates are pleading to change the process. >> i think no speaker should ever have a proverbial gun to their head at the whim of one or in this case, eight members. >> if you stood around here, you might see folks breaking out in a fistfight. months after his student debt relief plan was shot down by the supreme court president biden is continuing to take action to help borrowers he announced an additional $9 billion in debt relief, bringing the administration's total debt cancellation for 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 get this lives in order. >> this latest action is set to impact 125,000 million americans. it comes as student loan payments resume for the first time in three years. more than 75,000 union members for kaiser permanente walked off the job yesterday, targeting more than 40 medical offices and hospitals across several states david noreaga is out on the picket line. >> reporter: in a year of labor unrest, a new record the largest medical workers strike in american history nurses, techs, janitors. the people who make the hospital run, walking off the job for three days by the tens of thousands, in five states and washington, d.c. they're demanding higher pay and better staffing from kaiser permanente, the largest medical

group in the u.s a lead negotiator says they have not been bargaining in good faith. >> i'm tired of being a short-staffed hospital i'm sick and tired of come together table and keyser not showing up >> reporter: it used to be considered one of the best places to work in health care. it offered good pay and unusual unusually good relationships he's worked in the area for 20 years. >> everyone's asked to do more and more and more with less and less >> reporter: how do these staffing shortages affect the patients >> they are a made to wait longer for just basic care >> reporter: the june says the key to solving the staffing crisis is more money they're asking for 6% a year

ke cas executives say that wages aside, the two parties aren't so far apart. you're saying the company and unions agree on the staffing question >> we agree theres is a crisis >> reporter: in california, they say 20% of the market. >> we have to balance that with the affordability of health care >> reporter: better than average is not good enough >> that just means that they are not as bad >> reporter: fort tif the threey strike doesn't get the workers what they're asking for they plan to walk out again this time for five days. >> our thanks to david noreaga for that report. a funeral service will be held today for the late senator dianne feinstein

former house speaker nancy pelosi was among the people to pay their respects the service will be at city hall where fine einstein launched he career pleas pelosi will speak at the memorial along with chuck schumer. the service is closed to the public but will be streamed online the fraud trial of sam bankman-fried under way in new york city. the 31-year-old ran ftx before the entirae enterprise came tumbling down. prosecutors saw he knowingly lied to customers and used their money to buy property in the bahamas and settle debts for his hedge fund he denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers said their client made bad business decisions in good faith. if convicted he could spend the rest of his life in prison

ford says it is laying off more employees a ford spokesperson says 400 workers at two michigan plants are being laid off this week, bringing ford's total number of layoffs to 1300 since the strike began. according to a memo obtained by the detroit free press, union leaders say the workers would not qualify for unemployment benefits, but they will receive help from the uaw. >> new signs this morning that the actors and studios are inching toward a hollywood ending, after another full day of negotiations. sag-aftra announced in a joint statement the talks willpick bap friday and again on monday it marks the first time they go to the bargaining table since july better pay, ai regulations and streaming are all sticking points in the talks. hey, how about this? could we finally see a break from the fall heat today in

antoday? >> it was a nice change, but i think we're ready to get back to business >> the cold front works its way across the country we have plenty of cloud cover from the midwest to the south. that's where we're watching for the active weather through the day today. doesn't look like we'll have a whole lot in the way of severe storms, but rain and impactful weather from the great lakes to the gulf coast through the day today. places like cleveland, cincinnati, jackson, you could see wet weather today. by the time we get to tomorrow, scattered showers will move into the northeast. behind this front, much cooler conditions will settle in, in the coming days. and parts ofs of new englanwill

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>> reporter: in the sprawling fields of rural tennessee where thousand thousan thousands of black americans were once enslaved, she has spaent spent years working against slavery's lasting impact a typical white family in the u.s. is eight times wealthier than a typical black family. a recent investigation by reuters found five living u.s. presidents and at least one hundred members of the last congress are all direct descendants of slaveholders. what does that say to but the leg siev legacy of slavery? >> it says that power is generational >> reporter: lucretia discovered her ancestors were enslaved by

direct descendants of brett guthrie of kentucky. we made repeated attempts to speak with the congressman he did not respond >> i come from a legacy of teachers and farmers, and i think education is an incredible legacy, but that doesn't necessarily come with vast amounts of economic power. political power. >> reporter: after emancipation, while both families did face their share of struggles and successes, reuters' analysis shows that for lucretia's family, the craigs, a hard won advance was often accompanied by a setback. the guthries found protection in bankruptcy, an option not blacts at the time. in nashville it happened again ronny miller lives in what was once a vibrant business district run by brlack families.

his was one of them. >> they had a grocery store, a restaurant, an ice cream parlor. >> then it was devastating >> reporter: the highway helped with spirit the guthrie family's auto parts company both say they don't fault anyone today for the actions of those long gone. >> but i would ask, you know, how are you making sense of what you're learning, how will this shape your decisions going forward? >> reporter: and lou kree ha says that work still has a long way to go. in the classroom nan congress p br blayne alexander, linden, tennessee. simone biles helps team usa catapult into the history books. and which teams came up ace in the wildcard rounds me up ace in the wildcard rounds

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carolina university. we spoke with the interest and t doctor and the team of doctors. >> reporter: a lot of nights and early mornings are spent in the lab by dr. anderson and her team >> we're trying to make a difference we have a molecule that has been very, very effective in killing cancer cells >> reporter: they are spearheading melanoma skin cancer research as they have developed a molecule they believe will keep cells from growing. >> although it is not a cancer that is as common as non-melanoma skin cancer, it is the most deadly skin cancer. >> reporter: something as rigorous as cancer research can be taxing. that's why lab research specialist kathleen says it's

at work they have dedicated most of the 18 years to finding a cancer stopping solution. she says losing both her mother and father to aggressive forms of cancer had a role in her desi de desire to research of. >> that experience with my parents inspired my interest in cancer research and trying to contribute in some way to lessen the suffering that people have to go through. >> reporter: vandross anderson has since started a pharmaceutical company named after her parents. the national institutes of health is providing funding for current lab testing, but rb tesn dr she says they'll need more investors to keep going.

>> why not us? maybe we've got it we'll see the we're working on the research to get there, to find out if it really is the answer >> what we want to do is make sure that some patients have, that patients have more options. the more options that they have for treatment the greater, the better the outcome >> our thanks to jalen holloway for that report. and honestly, thank goodness for these brilliant minds. what would we do without them. >> and to have the options out there. it's huge to be able to to that do that. >> thanks for waking up with "early today." i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. have a great thursday.

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