lawmakers return to the house of representatives to get the ball rolling on a

replacement speaker for kevin mccarthy we have the latest on the capitol hill dysfunction live from d.c it could be one of the worst atrocities of the ukraine war. more than 50 people killed in an explosion in a village in the east "the drew barrymore show" will return, but her head writers will not it seems that the return from a strike did not go over well. from the pitch to the pass we'll tell what you's in store around lady arm wrestlers going over the top and beyond, all for a good cause it's friday, october 6th "early today" starts right now hi there, i'm frances rivera >> good friday morning, i'm jessica layton the house won't elect a new speaker until next week, lawmakers will return to the chamber today to deal with the fallout of tuesday's removal of kevin mccarthy but the new fight for the speakership might be overshadowed in d.c. by the

white house's major actions right now to deal with the migrant crisis, with the biden administration revamt ping construction on an infamous trump project and ramping up deportations for more on this we go to brie jackson in washington. what does the speaker's house look like in this early stage right now? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. the house returns from a brief recess, following the successful ouster of house speaker kevin mccarthy on tuesday. now the inter-gop fight to replace mccarthy begins ahead of next week's expected vote. the two major declared candidates, scalise and jordan, will begin to make their case to colleagues both men were supporters of mccarthy, and congressman matt gaetz who spearheaded mccarthy's removal effort said both would be an improvement over mccarthy. both jordan and scalise have already secured endorsements from several of their colleagues, but only one of them has backing of the party's

presidential frontrunner following reports from other gop figures, former president trump confirmed on truth social early this morning that he will be endorsing jim jordan in the speaker's race while trump has mostly shot down calls from gop lawmakers to run for speaker himself, his shadow still looms large over this process. a republican lawmaker says that trump is considering traveling to capitol hill next week in an attempt to unite the gop caucus. if he does, it would be his first appearance at the u.s. capitol since the events of january 6 over two years ago >> and brie, speaking of donald trump, he did have some things to say about the white house's latest actions on immigration. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: so on thursday the biden administration moved to waive 26 federal laws in order to allow for further construction on the border wall in southern texas. while dhs secretary mayorkas wrote in the agency's notice

that the ongoing influx of migrants across the southern border presents the need to build new barrier, president biden provided a different rationale on thursday. >> the border wall money was appropriated for the border wall i tried to get them to redirect at that money. they didn't. they wouldn't. and in the meantime, there's nothing under the law other they have to use the money for what it was appropriated. i can't stop that. >> do you believe the border wall works >> no. >> reporter: biden had repeatedly promised to not build any more of the border wall if elected. the project was a corner stone of the trump presidency. now this prompted trump to call for an apology from biden on truth social thursday, over quote, taking so long to get moving on construction of the wall thursday also saw the biden administration announce that it would be resuming direct deportation flights for venezuelan migrants that they

say unlawfully crossed the border it cops lemes less than a monthe dhs granted temporary protected status for thousands of venezuelans in the u.s an official said these two actions do not contradict each other. >> all right, brie, thank you. a former attorney for donald trump is facing a large bill from the government. the irs says rudy giuliani owes more than a half million dollars in unpaid taxes. a recent court filing shows the irs gave notice in august at that they were placing a lean lien on his property in florida. a spokesperson says giuliani has worked out a formal agreement to pay off the liability. in wisconsin a man is in custody after police arrested him twice in one day, first for allegedly bringing a gun to the state capital and demanding to see governor tony evers. he showed up shirtless with a

handgun and was arrested for openly carrying a firearm at the capital. the man bailed himself out of jail and returned hours later, once again demanding to see the governor this time, allegedly armed with a loaded ak-47-style rifle and a collapsible police-style baton he was taken into custody for psychiatric evaluation the governor was not at the capital at the time. after multiple attempts, alabama officially has a new congressional map. a federal court on thursday ordered the state to adopt the newly-drawn map, which includes a second-majority black district this summer, the supreme court ruled that then their map was in violation of the voting rights map by only including one majorblac district and now to a massacre of the innocent if ukraine.

more than 50 people have been killed in a likely russian missile attack in the kharkiv region ukraine is condemning what it calls terrorism, while vladimir putin denies that russia is responsible. nbc chief foreign correspondent has the story. >> reporter: a huge russian missile effectively wiped this tiny village off the map, flattening what was main street in eastern ukraine there's hardly a trace of the grocery and coffee shop that were here. residents say there were only 330 people living in the village. in an instant, more than 50 were killed relatives from the surrounding areas rushed over as soon as they could search for loved ones valeria looking for her mother, saying the villagers were holding a memorial for a soldier when it hit. there was a coffee shop here she said zelenskyy called the attack a deliberate and brutal act of

terrorism. while at an economic forum in russia, president putin took no responsibility for any of this he claimed russia did not start the war p ukin ukraine, just the opposite he says russia is trying to end it that's his message to the russian people even though russia invaded ukraine and is continuing its daily attacks that devastated a sl sleepy village >> our thanks to richard for that update. paris fighting and currently losing a fight against bedbugs the pests have my gigrated from transportation and hotels. molly, what's the latest happening in paris >> reporter: good morning, yes following the story from the very safe distance from across the english channel in london

hoping they don't my greigrate here emmanuel gregoire has called this a serious public health problem and is calling on the prime minister to act. a couple years ago in the pandemic, in 2020, the government actually launched a campaign to tackle the problem, launching a help line, 24/7 that anyone could call for expert advice to put it in perspective the stats that we have, one in ten french households had a bedbug infestation between 2017 and 2022, but guys, the videos i'm sure you're showing right now. the creepy, crawl ey videos raising people's alarm will they migrate over to london expert says likely they are already here but the euro star train goes back and forth all day long. and yaro star says they are

ready to step up preventive treatment as necessary across the network. the bigger question with paris, will paris be able to get this under control, and tare are olympic events outside of paris, too. are the country be able to get this under control by the olympics nine months away. >> oh, man, what a distraction with such a big event. thank you. a new study says people who use weight loss drugs like ozempic and wegovy could be at risk of bad stomach problems the drug slow down the speed that food passes through the stomach making people feel fuller for a longer time but it could cause gastrointest inal issues it is feeling like fall for much of the country this weekend. angie r angie lassman is tracking the cold front >> we're having a little chill

in the air in the forecast we've dealt with summer-like conditions across much of the country. not the case anymore look at these frost and freeze alerts for 6 million people, specifically the northern plains fargo, rapid city, you can see why. 30s out there for rapid city and miles city casper in the mid-40s. it is a chilly start for that section of the country we're still going to end up in the 70s across much of the northeast. but notice how many cooler for minneapolis. 50 for your afternoon temperature and that chill spread as little farther to the east cincinnati hits the upper 50s. pittsburgh, too. by the time we getfa th into th later parts of the weekend, 55 for pittsburgh by monday we've got a cold front we're going to track through the day today bringing additional rain chances for folks in thee gulf s

in new orleans, a whole lot of sunshine is expected for little rock this afternoon with a high of 79 degrees. and that is a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. >> okay, angie, thank you. "early today" is back in 60 seconds with the new writer strike fallout for drew barrymore. >> the wga may have struck a deal, but her top writers are refusing to go back to work. hey! you guys want to come in? my mom made dinner. make your table legendary, with country crock. ma, ma, ma— ( clears throat ) for fast sore throat relief, try vicks vapocool drops. with two times more menthol per drop, and powerful vicks vapors to vaporize sore throat pain.

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over >> five months off and we are back >> i've got a show to do >> reporter: as tv studios opened their doors again following the months-long write ares strike, the"the drew barryr show" forced to return without its head writers sources close to the show say offers were extended after the strike and all three writers declined "the drew barrymore show" now interviewing new right writers to fill the top positions. >> the fact that there are hurt feelings here, leading to senior writers to decide that they can find opportunities elsewhere doesn't surprise me in the least. >> reporter: it's the latest obstacle for barry more who weeks ago faced harsh criticism. >> i would just take full responsibility for my actions. >> reporter: posting and then derec deleting the apology >> i just wanted to make a show that was there for people, and i

thought if we could go on during a global pandemic and everything that the world has experienced through 2020, why would this sideline us? >> reporter: the move drawing major backlash from union members on the picket lines. barrymore later backtracking that position and pausing million the strike ended >> good evening, i'm seth meyers >> reporter: many shows like late night and the "tonight show" already making interest return with others like the talk expected to follow close behind, all avoiding the public condemnation that barrymore faced. >> i think the more lethal or challenging consequence she's going to come up against is these are her colleagues she's going to have to look these people in the eye and they're going to say why did you make this decision in and the crisis is the crisis of trust with her colleagues. >> reporter: the show set to

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wrestlers or "claw", have been battling it out for 15 years we have more on the women's fight for a good cause >> reporter: it is a battle of strength but it is so much more an arm wrestling show unlike any other. >> i can't imagine a better thing to be a part of. ladies arm wrestling and for a good cause >> reporter: it is a carnival-like atmosphere under the tent in charlottesville. >> why not do this you get to dress up. you get to meet amazing people and fund raise >> reporter: the ladies adopt personas, dressing up in character. >> i like to have a way to express my strength and also my costumes my strategy for tonight is to

gouge them and have lots of showmanship. >> reporter: events like this have helped the charlottesville lady arm wrestlers raise over $100,000 over the last 15 years, for several charlottesville area women initiated causes >> we infuse them with a certain amount of cash that would really pump their ability to extend what they do as a women's group. >> reporter: hundreds of people show up. >> there's two ways to win crowd favorite and physical competition. >> reporter: revelers can purchase claw bucks to influence the ballot >> can you also bribe the judge. you can also bribe the ref you can bribe wrestlers to throw. >> reporter: donations to the group are tax-deductible claw under the non-profit umbrella >> it's just a great time. >> it's a great time for a great cause. >> our thanks for that report. i've got to work on my upper

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