hello, welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. just ahead, midterm elections are just around the corner here in the united states. we will hear the final pitch to voters from republicans and democrats. a huge political comeback in brazil. a former president is set to return to office. but not all of his opponents supporters accept the results. plus, a nation in mourning. we are learning more about the victims of the deadly halloween crowd surge in south korea. we will bring you a live report from seoul. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. good to have you with us. in just eight days, american voters will decide key races at the state and national level including the contest for control of congress. 218 seats are needed to control the house. and right now, it looks like republicans have a slight lead with 212 likely wins. in the senate, about a third of the seats are up for grabs and republicans cours
united states and all around the world, i m max foster in london. just ahead they like to use that power to strip us of our freedoms, our freedom to vote to be safe from gun violence, our freedom to control our own bodies in the state of georgia. government can build an economy is just complete fallacy. it never worked anywhere. voter suppression is just as much a lie as voter fraud. i turn around and i told the crowd, you can t come this way. people are dying. announcer: live, from london, this is cnn newsroom, with max foster. it is monday, october 31st, 8:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where the final stretch of the midterm elections has begun. so far more than 20 million early ballots have been cast and to get more votes candidates are hitting the campaign trail with some urgency. polls show republicans have a slight edge right now and trying to keep that advantage by pledging to fix the economy. this is our year. democrats ca
hour. a violent assault the man accused of attacking house speaker nancy pelosi s husband expected to be charged with multiple felonies today. cnn has learned he had zip ties, duct tape and hammer during that attack. we are live in san francisco. plus, deadly crush, more than 150 people killed after being caught in a suffocating crowd at a halloween festival in seoul, south korea. what we are learning about the two americans who are among the dead. next hour the supreme court set to hear arguments in two cases that could upend how college admissions are decided by eliminating or restricting race-conscious programs. let s begin this hour with the latest on the have eggs into the violent a talk on paul pelosi. veronica miracle is in san francisco, melanie zanona is on capitol hill. veronica, the suspect set to be charged today, what more are we learning about what happened in those early hours at the pelosi residence? reporter: good morning, erica. the details that we re
constitutional carry legislation that was simply a let you abide by your second amendment rights. and she doesn t want to talk about her cosponsoring legislation that actually would confiscate your firearm. the two also clashed over the economy and the best way to manage it. take a listen. americans are hurting right now because of a disastrous policy agenda by joe biden and the democrats that have complete control in washington, d.c. thankfully in georgia because we were open even when ms. abrams didn t want us to be, our economy has been incredibly resill yentd. we had two record years for economic development in a row, record number of investment, record number of jobs and people s salaries are going up. the problem is they re not going up fast enough to keep up with joe biden s inflation. we also have the responsibility of understanding what is driving jobs away from georgia. under this governor we lost $150 million in investment.
we have suspended the gas tax since march. to just help them fight through the 40 year high of biden inflation. governor kemp has led in most polling but abrams has a strong base of support. while voting continues across georgia and early voting. cnn s nadia romero shows how some churches are mobilizing the faithful. reporter: it is the last sunday of early voting here in georgia. traditionally called souls to the polls here. people from black churches, once church lets out sunday service, they head on over to the polls in a stroll, a bus, together as a group. that s what s happening all throughout today. on sunday. and it is so important to keep that vote for this community. a community that makes up a great percentage of voters here in the state of georgia. that is what we are hearing