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KPIX CBS July 3, 2024

There was no crime. Norah donald trump and his son Eric Enter A Manhattan courtroom fighting a more than 250 million lawsuit. Could he lose control of some of his high Profile Properties like trump tower . No matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. Congress did the unexpected. Lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill over the weekend avoiding a government shutdown. But there is a new political crisis developing. The push to remove House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Its becoming increasingly clear who the Speaker Of The House already works for, and its not a republican caucus. Norah breaking news, police say a 9yearold missing girl has been found. The suspect in custody and what we are learning. The Largest Health care strike looms, as they hit the picket line, what are their demands . The details tonight. Student Loan Payments are back for millions of americans and why it could have a negative impact on the economy. Im now in more debt than the amount of money that i have ever had in my pocket. Norah simone biles vaults into history with one of the most difficult skills that will now be named after her. Bono and the edge said that it was an offer they cannot refuse. Opening sphere, the new las vegas arena. We would be mad not to do this. Because it is a new medium. This is really mindbending. Norah good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. Tonight after years of donald trump bragging about his net worth, the trial in new york is underway taking direct aim at just that. The fraud trial against a former president , his family and the Trump Organization started today. Prosecutors accused trump and his family of inflating the value of its assets and net worth on financial documents. Before entering the courtroom, trump called the lawsuit a sham, and criticize a judge and Letitia James. The same judge found donald trump, his sons don jr. And eric had inflated the value by billions of dollars for a decade. This is not a criminal case, so no jail time, but trump could be forced to give up his famous new york Properties Like trump tower. Cbss robert costa is going to start us off tonight from outside the courthouse in manhattan. Good evening, robert. Reporter good evening, norah. Former President Trump did not need to be here today. But he decided to show up. Sources tell me for him it was deeply personal. And he wanted to defend a business that is so intertwined with his life and with his political career. Former President Donald Trump sat stonefaced in court this morning, the fate of his new York Properties including trump tower and his Family Business at stake. New York Attorney general Letitia James who brought the 250 million Fraud Lawsuit against trump and his Adult Children sat just feet away from the former president and his son eric. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. Reporter trump used the occasion to attack james and the judge. We have a racist Attorney General who is a horror show who ran on the base that she was going to get trump before she even knew anything about me. Reporter trump is accused of misrepresenting his net worth by three and a half billion dollars, securing his assets to secure better loan terms. And claimed his trump penthouse was nearly three times its size. And valued maralago as high as 739 million, nearly ten times its worth. According to james office. Attorney Kevin Wallace told the judge they were lying year after year after year. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen said in a deposition in court that he and former Trump Organization cfo Allen Weisselberg were tasked with inflating assets to obtain the number that trump wanted. Lets say he would say he is worth 6 billion. Well, he wanted to be higher on the forbes list. And he then said im actually not worth 6 billion, and worth seven, in fact, i think its actually now worth eight. Reporter trump attorney chris kies called trump a serial liar and everyone has a different opinion as to valuation. The former president called the trial rigged and a witch hunt days after the judge ruled he had committed fraud. What we have here is an attempt to hurt me in an election. Reporter i was inside the courtroom sitting just steps behind the former president and tensions were high. The Attorney General sat in the first row, she watched trumps every move, and at one point he glared at her as he left the room. This is a dramatic scene unfolding as trump tries to protect the company has long lead, norah. Norah quite a day, robert costa. Thank you. Now to some breaking news, a missing 9yearold girl that disappeared during Family Camping Trip has been found safe. New York State Police say Charlotte Sena is in good health and a suspect has been taken into custody. Cbss Jericka Duncan has the latest details. Reporter tonight the investigation is still ongoing as Charlotte Sena is reunited with their daughter. This comes after a two day search for the young girl, 400 Search And Rescue personnel used canines and drones hoping to find any clue that could lead them to her. Just hours ago family and friends were panicked. She is just a sweet adorable girl. Reporter charlotte have been camping with family at Morel Lake State Park about 45 minutes north of albany, new york, according the state police around Saturday Night she went for a bike loop with friends doing the last loop alone. When she did not return 15 minutes later, her family began looking for her. Around 6 45 p. M. Heard bike was discovered and her parents reported her disappearance to new York State Police who were on site by 7 00 p. M. An amber alert was issued sunday morning. In 2022 the fbi documented over 359,000 reports of missing children nationwide. Nonfamily abductions are very rare in the United States today. Cases like charlottes . Just like charlottes. Reporter new york governor kathy hocul brought attention to her case at a News Conference and day. We are leaving no stone, and a branch untouched and examined. In our search to find charlotte. Reporter investigators have wide and that search took incredibly cleric pulled to police who helped her return safely. Jericka duncan, cbs news new york. Norah Jericka Duncan, thank you. Back here in Washington Kevin Mccarthy is fighting to keep his job as fellow republicans threatened to remove him as Speaker Of The House. The threat comes after mccarthy worked with democrats to avoid a government shut down. Cbss Scott Macfarlane reports that a lastminute deal is only good for 45 days. Reporter 48 hours after a shutdown that would 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 mccarthys 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 saturday. Bowman apologized and said he thought the alarm would open the locked doorway as he rushed to votes. The House Administration and the Capitol Police are investigating. Meanwhile President Biden is urging congress to restore aid for ukraine. Too many lives at stake, too many children, too many people. Reporter which was cut this weekend to appease some conservative republicans who think taxpayers have spent enough. Is there any risk in waiting to provide that aid . Certainly on the battlefield, but more importantly the risk comes in what our partner nations are saying. Reporter the republican seeking to oust mccarthy accuse him of a secret side deal with the white house guaranteeing ukraine funding. Mccarthy denied it tonight. The president despite referencing it yesterday did not address shouting questions from reporters about it late today at the white house, norah. Norah Scott Macfarlane, thank you. History will be made in the u. S. Senate tomorrow when Laphonza Butler is sworn in to fill the seat of the late california democrat dianne feinstein. Butler is the president of emilys list, a Fundraising 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 hold a seat at least till next years election. Late night talk shows are returning to the airwaves tonight following the end of the wga strike. The year of the strike has seen unions nationwide demonstrating their collective power. The latest example is what could be the latest walkout of Health Care Workers in american history. Elise Preston Reports on the new developments from the marketing table. Reporter they are back. Anything happen in the last five months . Reporter with writers that are back on the job, late night talk shows have returned. While one is settled, today the actors and Production Companies are back at the bargaining table. They have been out since july. If they gave into all of the unions demands, it would barely make a dent in the profits. Because everything has gone about salaries. Bread, rent. Thats been a nearly universal theme as we see picket lines around the country. Uaw strike now in its 18th day. A strike of more than 40,000 culinary workers in las vegas appears imminent. The ability to own a home and your kids do better than you, nobody is talking about that anymore. Reporter and on wednesday 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in five states are poised to walk out. This map shows how many strikes are currently active. And number of workers who have been out on strike this year up tenfold from 2021. Recent decades worker pay has increased 18 percent with the nations top ceos it has gone up a staggering 1400 . And even when there is labor peaks, the message is still clear. So the Writers Guild went on strike and thankfully won, but it took a lot of sacrifices from a lot of people to achieve that. Reporter its not just the striking workers impacted by the coasttocoast labor locations. Its a nearly 10 billion loss to the u. S. Economy. Norah. Norah elise preston, thank you. The pandemic era pause on Student Loan Payments is now over adding a monthly expense to have millions of americans. For many that will result in some drastic Household Spending cuts. Cbss carter evans takes a look inside the numbers. Hey, payments start again in october. Reporter the constant reminders are inundating and filling the inbox, the Berkeley Grad hosting 28,000 on federal student loans. Im now in more debt than the amount of money i have ever had in my pocket. Reporter belinda grew up poor and south l. A. , raised by immigrant parents from el salvador. I can recall sleeping on a mattress with my three other siblings and my parents on a second mattress on the floor and thats all we had. Reporter now the 31yearold has his dream job at a nonprofit that fights for borrowers. He makes about 80,000 a year, but much of that goes to supporting other family members. Restarting Loan Payments will mean painful cuts. 200 or 300 is a difference for me being able to purchase medical coverage or me being able to pay for my familys food. Reporter or being able to rent this house. Whats going to change when you have to start paying the loan back . Im giving up the house. Reporter what will you do . Couch surf. Reporter repayments are due for 43 million borrowers. They found that most will cut back on vacations and restaurants, as a last resort, some will have to cut essentials like groceries. This is going to pull out about 6. 5 billion per month from consumer spending. The question is will it reduce inflation and at the same time increase unemployment . Reporter until a student debt is settled, he cant achieve his ultimate goal, buying a home for his parents. Just a thought of being able to give my parents at key would never happen. Reportr and now the deceptive number of robocalls and emails are soaring, some from scammers offering to every student debt for a fee. Now if you have any questions, the federal trade Commission Says you should call your loan service directly. Norah. Norah an important warning, thank you. Tonight more than 400 victims of alleged child sexual abuse are suing the state of maryland over crimes they say took place years ago. It comes after a new law went into effect that lifts a civil statute of limitations on these cases. In a cbs news investigation cbss adriana diaz spoke to one of the survivors about having their voices heard. I never knew what it was until it happened personally to me. Reporter 49yearold Claudian Mclain was 14 when she was sent to this maryland juvenile Detention Center for stealing bicycles. Instead of reform, she got trauma. You dont know what the [bleep] is going on. Reporter maclean says she complained to her mother, authorities, and Nothing Happened . Nothing. Im just starting to come to terms with it about ten years ago to be honest. Reporter we cant expect children to come forward in the same manner and time. That an adult would. Attorney with leading lawsuits including claims against the state alleging it failed to protect children. How many people have come forward to you . Over 400. The number is rising. Reporter cbs news found dozens of reports over the decades that detail abuse in marylands juvenile detention. Why not go after the perpetrators themselves . Because the state put them in charge, and the people that read these reports, they could fix it. And i dont know why they didnt. Reporter marylands attorney General Office says it cannot comment to do to pending litigation. This really allows us to open their books and find out what they were doing. Reporter the new law was proposed by American State Delegates Ct Wilson who was abused as a child by his adoptive father. Reporter how many times did you introduce this legislation . At least six. At least. It was very surreal to see that. Reporter what do you say to the people who made it possible for you to bring this lawsuit . Thank you. Without them, we would still be sitting in silence. Reporter what was interesting, norah, by lifting the statute of limitations, maryland is exposing itself to lawsuits like this one. 37 other states have introduced legislation that would expand the window for victims to come forward and seek justice. Norahah such an n importantt invevestigation,n, Thank Youou Y much. Simonene biles Pululls Off Anonr Vault for r the historory books. Thatss next. Bubut im prototected withth a. Arexvy is s a Vaccinee Usused to Prevevent Lowerr respiriratory Disesease Fromv in people e 60 years a and ol. Rsv can bebe serious for those e over 60, includining those wiwith ast, diabeteses, copd, and cecertain otheher conditio. But t im protecected. 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