newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re following breaking news out of south korea. a horrific chain of event and a fast rising death toll in seoul. 146 people are confirmed dead. this happened a t a halloween festival. the video is graphic. it s a chaotic scene on the streets of seoul as people perform cpr. the fire department chief says the cause is presumed to be a huge controllable crush of people. we do not know what led to that crush of people. the white house, at this hour, is weighing in. jake sullivan wrote the reports out of seoul are heartbreaking. we are thinking thof those who lost loved one. the united states stands ready to provide the republic of career with any support it needs. let s get to will ripley who has been covered this. what more are you learning about what happened? reporter: the number of people and families affected by this continues to grow. you re talk about 146 people, at least killed. that s a death toll that has almost tripled since
as a downgraded tropical cyclone. the historically destructive storm made landfall for the second time yesterday. this time in south carolina. more than 180,000 residents lost power almost immediately. that number, reported to have grown to nearly half 1 million as the storm has carved its way through the carolinas. of course, nowhere has been more devastated than florida, where ian s wrath after touching down was deadly, as 77 people confirmed dead. homes literally washed away. entire communities, recovering from being nearly submerged. the president, planning to visit the state to thank its first responders. said yesterday that eons destruction in florida is almost unmatched for our nation. the situation in florida is far more devastating. we will just be beginning to see the scale of that destruction. it s likely to rank among the worst in the nation s, and the worst in the nation s history. you have all seen the scene on television. homes and property wiped out. it s go
candidates are all over the trail yuck trying to convince people to get the pole. we are in georgia and pennsylvania, where important races are still in play. plus i have my conversation with wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes. he could become the first black senator from his state. they also opened up about being the underdog at what republicans are telling him on the campaign trail. and congressman jim clyburn is joining us today. yes, the wig is here, y all. he s going to talk about why he is refusing to give into the idea of republicans winning control of the house on tuesday. i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say! today, y all. bring in the election is a. it has been a long campaign season, but now there s less than 48 hours until the midterm elections. and election day. there s so much at stake in so much going on in this race to the finish. i m talking about control of congress, balance of power in state legislatures and a handful of gove
greetings, you are watching simone. this is, it y all. we are in the home stretch. only three days away from the 2022 midterm elections. candidates, they are making their final pitch to the voters. the heavy hitters are tearing up the trail. we re gonna take you to pennsylvania where president biden and former president barack obama s stumping for democratic candidates this evening. plus, i spent 48 hours in the state that is gonna prove crucial this election. i am talking about wisconsin. and i caught up with the incumbent democratic governor tony ebert. we are on his campaign bus tour across the state. and we talked about why his is one of the most consequential races in this country. and i also hit the home of the 2021 nba champions, the waukee bucks. this election season, the forum is also an early voting site. i spoke to the bucks president about that, and to start wesley matthews about his efforts to clinch young people that their votes matter. i am symone sanders-tow
hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. whatever the results of next tuesday s midterm elections, there is no denying that these midterm elections are taking place with the very real specter of political violence and the prevalence of disinformation as a political weapon, unmatched in modern political times. large swaths of the gop have been swallowed up completely by the disinformation about the integrity of our very election systems, and many on the right have normalized conversations around political violence to the point in which polls show it is accepted by many as a useful tool to achieving the right s political aims. now, this says all sorts of things about the weakness of our democracy right now. more importantly, it says a whole lot of things about the weakness of the gop as a governing party. now, a party interested in governing would be desperate to debate policy and have those debates and win those debates ridded in data and a shared set of facts. there s none