will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. shutters down, empty platforms it s the most disruptive train strike yet. i ve got no train, so now i m having to. i ve just rung my husband, he s got to drive two hours, well, longer than that, down to here, to pick me up. everything has gone up in price so they need to be paid for the work they are doing. but i don t like the strike, no. so, for my money, 100% behind them, all power to them, - and i hope they win. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to raise money for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant changing her plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked. the red lines on this map sh
really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an american society, that it s okay to disagree. san francisco s district attorney makes a plea for decency in the national discourse following the politically motivated attack on nancy pelosi s husband and now we re learning more about what the suspect had planned for the speaker of the house. meanwhile, that disturbing attack is becoming a punch line for more and more republicans. the latest coming from the far right nominee for governor of arizona. and also ahead, affirmative action goes before the supreme court with justices hearing arguments in two cases tied to college admissions. good morning, and welcome to way too early, tuesday, november 1st. we are exactly one week from election day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. the man accused of breaking into nancy pelosi s home and brutally attacking her husband has been set wit
and smiling for selfies just hours before the tragedy. many parents here flooding a community center to find support. truly heartbreaking. additionally, much of the world will be watching brazil today to see what outgoing jair bolsonaro will do. bolsonaro lost sunday s presidential runoff election to lula da silva by less than two points and so far he has not officially conceded. in fact, bolsonaro has remained out of public view since election night and has not delivered any remarks since losing. one of brazil s largest newspapers reports his team did draft a concession speech for bolsonaro to give yesterday but then he didn t. bolsonaro has hinted for months that he and his team may challenge the election results if they do not go his way. since sunday s election loss bolsonaro supporters have set up 200 road blockades in 18 states
could somehow turn to them to keep him in power? the good news on that front is that military officials have been briefing brazilian newspapers that they have no appetite at all for a coup. but there has been some political violence in the run up to the selection and there is heightened uncertainty about what will happen when the polls close and the results are announced tomorrow night in this first round election. jair bolsonaro swept to power four years ago in a wave of discontent over corruption within the country. and disillusionment with mainstream politics. he has certainly been a different kind of leader. but has he done anything to tackle those issues? well, bolsonaro has wrapped himself in populist, pugnacious conservatism. he has accelerated deforestation of the amazon rainforest. he has increased gun ownership in brazil. he is campaigning on a platform of god, faith, family and homeland, so he