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cbs's scott macfarlane has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: ohio republican jim jordan, theand and close ally of former president donald trump, had been jockeying for days to become the new house speaker, second in line to the presidency. but today he lost 20 defectors inside his own party. >> a speaker has not been elected. >> reporter: leaving him more than a dozen votes short of the 217 necessary in the house chamber paralyzed two weeks after removing former speaker kevin mccarthy. jordan said he would try again. >> so we're going to keep working and get the votes. >> reporter: those who voted against jordan include moderate republicans in districts president biden won in 2020, worried a jordan-led house could sink their own re-election chances. the nine-term republican is the face of the biden impeachment inquiry that has plowed ahead with little evidence. >> the biden justice department tries to sweep it all under the rug. >> reporter: two years ago he voted to block the certification of biden's 2020 win. and he was in close communication with then-president trump in th

cbs's scott macfarlane reports the last-minute deal is only good for 45 days. >> reporter: 48 hours afterld have stripped the paychecks of millions of federal workers -- >> the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: -- house speaker kevin mccarthy risks being stripped of his job. florida republican matt gaetz, a notoriously fierce critic, is planning an attempt to oust the speaker, slamming him for working with democrats. >> it is going to be difficult for my republican friends to keep calling president biden feeble while he continues to take speaker mccarthy's lunch money in every negotiation. >> reporter: despite being pressed by cbs news, democratic leaders haven't said if they'd join the effort to target mccarthy. if they did, only a handful of his republican colleagues need to vote against mccarthy to put him in danger. >> it is what it is, and i'm going to just focus on what the american people want. >> reporter: some republicans are also calling for the ouster and prosecution of new york democrat jamaal bowman, a former middle school principal who they accuse of pu

we've got a lot of news to bring you tonight, and cbs's scott macfarlane will start us off from capitolday. 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. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy's rocky leadership of one of the most narrow majorities ever in the house of representatives, which he earned only after a marathon 15-round drama in january, ended with a dramatic flourish as eight 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 1

to be on scott macfarlane, thank you.ront is underway after mailing judge was killed on the driveway of his own home on thursday. police are calling at eight targeted attack. the suspect presided over the husband's divorce case earlier in the day. cbs's jeff pegues house the new details on this disturbing cr crime. >> gunshot victim. >> reporter: 50/50 2-year-old judge andrew wilkinson had just arrived home after work when the gunman open fired. >> his wife and son were at home at the time. >> reporter: sheriff brian albert is leading the investigation. >> this was a targeted attack on judge wilkinson. >> reporter: police are searching for 49-year-old pedro argote. just hours before the shooting, investigators say the washington county circuit court judge presided over the suspect's divorce hearing. granting custody of argote's four children to his wife. >> we have responded to the residence for verbal domestic assaults two times within the last few years. but no -- no criminal record that we are aware of. >> reporter: th

we've got a lot of news to bring you tonight, and cbs's scott macfarlane will start us off from capitolevening, 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 narro

we have a lot of news to bring you tonight and cbs's scott macfarlane will start us off tonight from vening, scott. >> reporter: good evening, norah. for a second day, half of the u.s. congress is paralyzed and will remain so indefinitely, raising fears congress is barreling again toward a painful government shutdown. kevin mccarthy's name still hangs above the doorway, but the fight to replace him is on. top republicans steve scalise and jim jordan both officially announced their candidacy's today. >> i think i can. >> reporter: but whether they have the votes to succeed and when the house will eventually reopen for business are both open questions. >> is there anything you can tell us about the schedule or wt happens next? the interim speaker, north carolina's patrick mchenry, had no answers on the days ahead. the only certainty among most republicans today, their disdain for colleague matt gaetz, who led the charge to remove mccarthy. >> i think it was deplorable. i think it was disgraceful. and he put his own petty personal grievances ahead of the country. >> reporter: aides today

scott macfarlane, thank you.apitol hill, we sat down with republican senator mitt romney, who is not seeking a second term in 2024, and we asked him why he thinks republicans are having such a difficult time picking a new speaker. do you think jim jordan is the right republican to be speaker of the house? >> well, it does seem like the republicans in the house are letting the tail wag the dog. the great majority of republicans in the house i think would like to have someone that represents the mainstream of our party. jim jordan represents a small part of the party, but a very vocal part of the party, and they have been calling the shots. he is probably not the first choice i would have made, but it is not my choice. it's up to them. whether h will get the job or not, i don't know. but if he does get the job, it will be a case of the dog catching the car, which is what happens then? i mean, there are people in my party who go to washington to bark, to make noise, not to make law, but to make noise. i think jim jo

mccarthy denied, and shouting late at the white house. >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you.morrow when laphonza butler is sworn in to fill the seat of the late california democrat dianne feinstein. butler is the president of emily's list, fund-raising group that backs female candidates who support abortion rights. she will be the first openly gay senator to represent california and the only black woman in the u.s. senate, butler will fill the seat at least until next year's election. late night talk shows are returning to the airwaves tonight, following the end of the wga strike, the gear of the strike has seen unions nationwide demonstrating their collective power. the latest example is what could be the largest walkout of health care workers in american history. cbs's elise preston reports on the new developments from the bargaining table. >> they are back. >> anything happen, with riders on the job, late night talk shows have returned. while oneness settled, today the actors and production companies are back at the bargaining table. they have been out since july. >> if th

cbs's scott macfarlane reports that a last-minute deal is only good for 45 days. >> reporter: 48 hoursould have stripped the paychecks of millions of federal workers. >> the motion to reconsider is on the table. >> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy risks being stripped of his job. matt gaetz, a notorious fierce critic is attempting to oust the speaker, slamming him for working with democrats. >> it is going to be difficult for my republican friends to keep calling president biden feeble. while he continues to take speaker mccarthy's lunch money in every negotiation. >> reporter: despite being pressed by cbs news, democratic leaders have not said if they join the effort to target mccarthy. if they did, only a handful of republican colleagues even voted against him to put them in danger. >> it is what it is. and i will just focus on the american people want. >> americans and counting. >> reporter: some republicans are calling for the ouster of jamaal bowman, a former middle school principal who they accuse of pulling a house office building fire alarm to delay the tense proceeding s

scott macfarlane reports tonight from capitol hill. >> a sober warning from the director of the fbi that between israel and hamas could lead to attacks in the u.s. >> are most immediate concern as violent extremists, individuals or small groups will draw inspiration from the events of the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> director christopher wray says domestic terrorists could target jewish or muslim communities, he specifically referenced a man in houston earlier this month. >> who had studied how to build bombs and posted online about his support for killing. >> he was referring to sohaib abuayyash, and coat, court records prosecutors allege that 20-year-old jordanian living in texas seen here in a firing range trained with weapons to possibly commit an attack and talked of killing people of particular religious faiths. >> we shouldn't stop conducting our daily lives. going to schools, houses of worship and so forth, but we should be vigilant. speak of the fbi is probing anti-semitic threats against students at cornell university and

we have a lot of news to break u tonight and cbs's scott macfarlane will start us off from capitol hillod 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 it speaker of his job. >> the office of speaker of thee house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy's rocky leadership of one of the most narrow majorities ever in the house of representatives, which he earned only after a marathon, 15-round drama in january, ended with a dramatic flourish, as eight 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

scott macfarlane has that story. >> reporter: inside the intimate ford's theater near the white house the end of the civil war, the presentation of "our american cousin" was to be a moment of celebration and joy, with abraham lincoln in the president's box. >> he came here that night to unwind. >> he did. absolutely. it was one of his favorite things to do. >> reporter: april 14th, 1865, a date students of history know quite well. confederate sympathizer john wilkes booth broke into the unguarded box, shot lincoln, and barreled down to the stage. >> and all of a sudden you have chaos unfolding here in the crowd. people on the first floor are clambering up onto the stage to get after booth and to also get up into that box. >> reporter: and attack an attack the national park service ranger and hifrptian garrett cause says left an indelible mark on the nation. this summer when a boston auction house put up for sale what it said were a pair of front row tickets on the upper level to the show they expected the tickets could yield more than $60,000. and were they right. >> here they are rig

cbs' scott macfarlane reports, the only thing certain among the gop is the anger. >> reporter: for ohiolican jim jordan, his race to be speaker, second in line to the presidency, was like quick sand. >> speaker has not been elected. >> reporter: the harder he fought, the deeper he sunk. >> it's time for him to step down. it's a clean slate with no baggage. >> reporter: bleeding support, jordan was forced to leave the race today, ending a fight that included anonymous threats against republicans who had voted against him on the house floor. at least three members acknowledged they received threats, and nebraska republican don bacon reported his wife got anonymous text messages that her husband wasn't a team player. >> i think any efforts at any level to try to intimidate, to try to pressure, first, backfire, and second, are unacceptable and have to be rejected in the strongest of terms. >> reporter: jordan denied he or his allies had any involvement in the threats. your colleagues feel threatened. is there more you can do to tamp that down? >> there's no place for that. we are totally ag

we have a lot of news to bring you tonight, and cbs' scott macfarlane will start from capitol hill. >er: for a second day, half of the u.s. congress is paralyzed and will remain so indefinitely. raising fears that congress is barrelling again toward a painful government shutdown. kevin mccarthy's name still hangs above the doorway. but the fight to replace him is on. top republicans steve scalise and jim jordan both officially announced candidacies today, but whether or not they have the votes to succeed and when the house will reopen for business are open questions. is there anything you can tell us about the schedule? what happens next? interim speaker mchenry had no answers on the days ahead. the only certainty among most republicans was their disdain for colleague matt gaetz who led the charge to remove mccarthy. >> i think it was deplorable, disgraceful. he put his own petty, personal grievances ahead of the country. >> reporter: gaetz continued to attack his colleagues. >> the nerve of the establishment republicans to have to have a week to have a good cry and then blame us for