Alleging it operates as an illegal monopoly. A federal lawsuit filed today as you coos the ecommerce giant of strong arming Small Businesses and harming consumers. Cbss jo ling kent has the det details. Reporter the federal trade commission is taking major legal action against amazon, calling it a monopoly power. The agency, along with 17 state attorneys general, filed a landmark lawsui in Seattle Federal Court today, alleging the Online Shopping giant exploits its monopolies in ways that enrich amazon but harm its customers. The ftc claims that amazon stifles competition by charging sellers like Small Businesses higher fees, which causes Online Shoppers to face artificially higher prices even when shopping somewhere other than amazon. The government also accuses the platform of replacing search results on amazon with paid ads, putting its own brands over higherquality competitors. Amazons top lawyer responded, saying the practices the ftc is challenging have helped to spur competition and innovation across the Retail Industry and have produced greater selection, lower prices, and faster delivery speeds. The lawsuit filed by the ftc today is wrong on the facts and the law. If the ftc wins against amazon, how will things change for shoppers . Youre going to see lower pleisss. Not just lower prices, but youre actually going to have choices. You might see a lower price on one site than on a different site, instead of right now where you just see amazon acting as this dominant monopoly. Reporter when i asked, the ftc declined to say whether it wants to break up amazon, but it is seeking structural relief, which could mean the Company Selling off some of its parts. But for now, there is no court date set, and amazon says it is ready to make its case in court. Norah. Fascinating story. Jo ling kent, thank you so much. Back here in washington, members of congress are scrambling to avoid a Government Shutdown. It appears to be an uphill battle in the house with hardright republicans seeking to slash spending at all costs. Cbss Nikole Killion reports from capitol hill, where time is running out. Can you guarantee that there will not be a shutdown at the end of this week . Look, i have worked all my time to make sure that there would not be a shutdown. Reporter House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy is urging members to back a package of longterm spending bills to Fund Agencies from the Defense Department to Homeland Security, but with a caveat. To include legislation that beefs up border security, a demand pushed by some conservatives. Why are you making this such a Sticking Point to keeping the government open . Because its so easy because the house and senate didnt pass a new bill. If the president wants to shut the government down because he thinks the border should continue to run like this reporter but the legislation is unlikely to pass the senatee and avert a shutdown. Theres no reason for us to be in this position. Reporter in a new video, President Biden warned of the potential consequences, including Service Members who could go without pay. About 800,000 federal workers could also be furloughed. Jessica la poin is a single mom who works for the Social Security administration. Were just waiting and almost feeling abandoned by congress at this point as were still expected to work for the American People without getting paid. Reporter tonight the Senate Unveiled a new bipartisan plan to fund the government through midnovember. It includes Disaster Relief and aid to ukraine, but that could be a nonstarter for some House Republicans who oppose more ukraine funding. Norah. Norah. 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Persistent Drought Conditions have lowered levels of the Mississippi River, allowing saltwater to creep in from the gulf of mexico, where it threatens to contaminate the freshwater. Cbss Omar Villafranca is in new orleans where the city has declared an emergency. This is pretty significant. Reporter heath jones is with the army corps of engineers. Theyre in a race to fix a looming threat brewing underwater. Extremely dry conditions over the past few months have led to historic low levels on the Mississippi River, allowing dense saltwater from the gulf to creep its way upriver, which could affect the ability to treat and supply Drinking Water in new orleans. In july, these boats built an underwater levee to try and slow the saltwater. But last week the sill was overtopped. Now engineers are working to increase its height by 30 feet. Were about 20 miles south of new orleans in black amans parish and this is where the army corps of engineers is adding to their sill. Theyre taking silt from the bottom of the Mississippi River and then stacking it over here to form a higher barrier to try to slow down the saltwater. If you get this barrier higher up, how much time do you think that buys you . 10 to 15 days. Reporter so far, the dense saltwater has moved about 70 miles upriver. Its predicted to hit bell chase in Southern New Orleans by the middle of next month. Solutions include using barges to ship millions of gallons of water to Treatment Plants or tapping into other Water Resources upstream. Donald link coowns several restaurants in the big easy. Hes already inquiring about water tanks. Im not just going to sit here and hope. Hope is not a plan. Were going to get ready for it and hope that it never happens. Reporter the underwater battle is having ripple effects on boat traffic. Parts of the Mississippi River behind me will go down to one lane for big boats, and thats going to slow down the shipment of important goods like grains and soybean. But its only temporary. Norah. Omar villafranca, thank you so much. And theres breaking news tonight. Police reveal a possible suspect in the murder of a young tech ceo in baltimore. Weve got the details next. Breaking news tonight. Police in baltimore just released a photo of the man theyre looking for in connection with the death of a 26yearold tech ceo. Investigators say the body of pava lapere was found in her apartment on monday and that she appeared to have suffered blunt force trauma. Earlier this year, she made the prestigious forbes 30 under 30 list for social impact. Later today, Police Issued an arrest warrant for jason billingsley. He is considered armed and dangerous. Target announced today that its closing nine stores in major cities next month because of theft and organized retail crime. The company says the wave of shoplifting is threatening the safety of its workers and shoppers. Stores are closing in new york city, seattle, san franciscos bay area, and portland, oregon. Theres news tonight about a Historic Academy award that went missing for decades. Well, thats straight ahead. Theres big oscar news tonight. Hattie mcdaniels long lost Academy Award is finally being replaced this weekend in a special ceremony. Mcdaniel was the first African American to win an oscar for her supporting role in the 1939s gone with the wind. When she died in 1952, her historic award was donated to Howard University, where it was displayed until it disappeared in the late 1960s. This sunday, Howard University will receive an official replacement oscar in a ceremony called hatties come home. The new york city balle i when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. Hi, im joel osteen. Im excited about being with you every week. I hope youll tune in. Youll be inspired, youll be encouraged. Im looking forward to seeing you right here. You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race thats been designed for you. Finally tonight, one of the best known Dance Companies in the world is takings bow with the celebration of a major milestone. Cbss nancy chen shows us whats old is new again at thehe n newk city ballllet. [ applplause ] reporteter a joyful momentt onststage. 75 years of excellence included dancers from the very start. Look how much the seats were. 3. Reporter ruth was 16 when she started the new York City Ballets first performance in 1948, and her shoe broke midshow. The show must go on. What am i going to say . Excuse me, please . I have to go offstage and fix my shoe. Yeah. No. You do what you have to do. What was the audience reaction on Opening Night . The applause was thunderous. Reporter the performance was born out of the Creative Genius of renowowned choreographer and Company Cofounder george balancen sheen. And then just get the arm moving. Reporter the ballet a first female associate artistic director wendy whalen, a former principal dancer, now helps decide whats performed. Balancen cheen would commission female choreographers always a little bit. Now we have a fullon commitmtmt to it, especiaially to diverse women. Thats very, veryy importatant me. Reporter the company t toda is one o of the woworlds moso prestigigious. Nobodody knew it wasas going be this great company. Its wonderful. Reporter a celebration 75 years in the making. Nancy chen, cbs news, new york. And thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back later for cbs mornings. And you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews. Com. Reporting from here in the nations capital, im norah odonnell. This is cbs news flash. Im Shanelle Kaul in new york. The Writers Strike is over. Wga members will be able to return to work today after the governing boards and negotiating committee for the union voted to recommend sundays agreement. The unions rank and file will vote to ratify the deal from october 2nd to the 9th. The Supreme Court has rejected a congressional map in alabama that defied Previous Court orders to create a map with more than one majority black district. The decision means a new map created by a courtappointed cartographer will likely be enacted before the 2024 election. And today is googles 25th birthday. As in previous years, the company is celebrating the occasion with a special doodle. For more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. Im Shanelle Kaul, cbs news, new york. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. We begin with the breaking news. A judge just ruling that donald trump, his sons don jr. And eric, and the entire Trump Organization committed extensive and persistent fraud over a decade. The ruling says the former president inflated the value of his assets by billions of dollars and then lied about his net worth on financial documents to banks and insurance companies. This now leads to the cancellation of the companys new York Business license, which means the Trump Organization could lose control over Properties Like trump tower in midtown manhattan. Tonights decision is a major win for new York Attorney general Letitia James, who is seeking a fine of 250 million and a permanent ban on the Trump Organization, including trump himself, from doing business in new york state. Cbss Scott Macfarlane is going to start us off tonight. Good evening, scott. Reporter good evening, norah. Donald trump launched his political career saying hed mastered the art of the deal. A judge has ruled trump inflated some of his net worth and some of those deals. A judge has found donald trump engaged in fraud, overinflating the worth of his Real Estate Holdings and misleading banks and insurers. The ruling comes days before the Trump Organization is to stand trial in a civil case alleging years of fraud and misconduct brought by new York Attorney general Letitia James last year. Claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. Its the art of the steal. Reporter in the ruling, the judge found trump and top executives at the Trump Organization lied about his assets in order to secure favorable loans and lower insurance premiums. In one instance, claiming his 10,000 square foot apartment was roughly 30,000 square feet. The judge summarizing trumps approach to bookkeeping, this is a fantasy world, not the real world. The lawsuit from attorney general james seeks a quarter of a billion dollars. There cannot be different rules for different people in this country or in this state. And former president s are no different. Reporter when trump was deposed in the case in august of last year, he pleaded the fifth and then repeated it more than 400 times. Is that correct . Same answer. Reporter trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and lashed out at james for bringing the suit. This raging maniac campaigned for office, ranting and raving about her goal. Her only goal is we got to get donald trump. We got to get him. She knew nothing about me. I never heard of her. Reporter in a statement to cbs news, a trump spokesperson calls the ruling fundamentally flawed. The judge has also ordered sanctions of some of trumps attorneys, norah, saying some of their arguments were, quote, frivolous. Scott macfarlane, thank you. Well, tonight the list of democrats calling on senator bob menendez to resign is growing. Fellow new jersey senator cory booker now among the more than 20 Democratic Senators saying menendez needs to step aside. Menendez is back on capitol hill today but is set to appear in Court Tomorrow on three counts of federal bribery charges. This afternoon, menendez once again rejected calls to resign, claiming he is innocent. Now to President Bidens historic trip to michigan to walk the picket line with United Auto Workers in their strike against detroits big three automakers. Cbss robert costa reports the president stood in solidarity with Union Members and told them to stick with it on day 12 of the walkout. Reporter wearing a union ball cap and armed with a bullhorn, President Biden told the striking United Auto Workers to keep fighting for higher wages. Unions built the middle class. Thats a fact. So lets keep going. You deserve what youve earned, and youve earned a hell of a lot more than youre getting paid now. Reporter for President Biden, who exchanged fist bumps with the workers, the historic visit to the picket line was personal and political, underscoring a long career backing labor. 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