during halloween festivities. the husband of speaker nancy pelosi remains in the hospital recovering from a violent attack inside his home as police say this was not a random attack. plus record early voting continues across the country. in georgia, almost 1.5 million ballots have already been cast. and an 8-year-old has accomplished what no other kid his age has ever done before. climbed to the top of el capitan. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin in the south korean capital, seoul, where a halloween celebration went terribly wrong. the death toll is now up to 149, and many others are injured. some of the video we re going to show you, it is very disturbing. many of the victims, they are young adults looking forward to their first big halloween party since covid restrictions were lifted. it appears they were trapped in a crowd crush in a packed and popular nightclub district. investigators are trying to piece together how this tragedy happened. south korea s pres
to prove fear ending up as a mean and a bizarre and alarming clash between china and the philippines on the high seas, the chinese coast guard launching a quote, brutal assault, a filipino general while slamming beijing s over the attack saying, quote, only pirates do this and artificial intelligence may be coming for all our jobs. and faster than thought possible. a new survey has a stark warning for americans were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. the cnn news central just one week from today, president biden and former trump will go head to head right here on cnn, the debate in atlanta will be the first of this year s presidential race. and we just learned that former president trump will get the final word after a coin flip to determine the order of closing statements and podium placements. but before they we take the debate stage next week, both candidates are preparing in very different ways today, president biden headi
And we will be talking politics. Will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday . All coming up on washington journal. You can send us a tweet. Good morning. We begin with afghanistan. American troops on the ground in what has become americas longest war. Joining us live is brig. Gen. William graham. Thank you for being with us on this holiday. Thanks for having us. Happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. Host he is joining us via skype. So there is a little bit of a delay. Lets begin with what is americas longest war. From your standpoint what are some of the Biggest Challenges on the ground . Guest in just a minute and we will get that out of the way. This is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the Afghan People. The new u. S. Policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanistan. There is true optimism here. By someed here today amazing american patriots. You guys ha
Rolled over again. That makes saturdays drawing now worth more than half a billion dollars. This is what we came here to do. Later first look at the four. Celebrity judges diddy, dj khaled and Meghan Trainor tell u what makes this show so unique. Two of the singers hand picked by the super stars will join us live. Good day at 9a starts now. Good day, everybody. Its 9 01 on this snowy thursday january 4th and, boy, what a start to the morning for a lot of us in this region. My goodness. Got started early and figuratively. The big story the bomb cyclone. Well call a snowstorm. Its been fall along morning long. The snow should wrap up soon in the area but blizzard conditions couldnt further east and all the way up the Atlantic Coast right now. The first real wint storm of 2018 has brought the region to a standstill most schools in the area are either closed or delayed. Many of them closed. The federal government opening late. And again were not the only ones feeling the effects the snow h
Security flaw targeting almost every mack user. Apple working on a fix. What you need to know now to protect yourself. And later, so much for taking it back to his tennessee roots. Justin timberlakes first single from his album s out and its filthy. Well show you more of that dancing robot coming up. Good day at 9a starts now. I like this one. Getting ready super bowl. Its amazing the strategy now you just drop the new music whenever you feel like it. Everybody talks about it because its out. They didnt expect it. No more old school wait till im glad hes back. I know he took time off to be family man. This new song is slow burning. It hits you like sexy back to today. That was a jam. I thought that way about suit and tie. Oh yeah. Okay. We shall see what happens. If hes like your girl hell drop them all in the next week and then girl, steve. You know your favorite. I do heart her. Hey tt. I didnt want to see it. Only holly got me coloring book of taylor swift for christmas which ive be