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
countries, two americans among them. a far right rebuke in the world s fourth biggest democracy. brazil s bolsonaro beaten in his re-election runoff. what could be a big blow to diversity at colleges. today the u.s. supreme court considers ending affirmative action. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. the death toll is now at least 154 in south korea s crowd surge. making it one of the country s worst ever disasters. this morning south korea s president and first lady laying flowers at a memorial alter in front of seoul city hall as the nation begins a week-long period of mourning. senior international correspondent ivan watson is live for us in seoul this morning. are investigators making progress on figuring out what sparked this crowd surge? reporter: we re not hearing any conclusive details about that. i do think that the shock of the scale of this tragedy is still sinking in. i m here just basically a few step
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
these are about affirmative action. we re live outside of the court. plus opening statements in the criminal trial against the trump organization. we ll look at those charges against the former president trump s personal business. and the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi s husband will be charged. what he brought with him when he broke into the speaker s home. but the supreme court will begin hearing oral arguments as can considers two cases on affirmative action in higher education. jessica schneider joins us now now. the supreme court has upheld affirmative action but it could be banned nationwide. all eyes and ears are on the conservative justices because it is very likely they will in fact ban affirmative action in particular the chief justice here john roberts has been outspoken about racial issues in many cases in past years. he put it this way in one of the cases. he said the only way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on
federal authorities say the man that attacked a house speaker s husband also wanted to break nancy pelosi s knee caps. the lead starts right now. federal charges just filed against the man accused of attacking paul pelosi with a hammer. the suspect s shocking intentions revealed in court documents. and only eight days left before the midterm elections. why republicans have growing confidence in key batting ground races. plus, you heard of price gouging for gas. what about water? it almost bankrupting some cities and could cast you it at the grocery store. almost to the lead. we are coming to you with details about the attack on paul pelosi. david depape was charged with one federal assault against a immediate family member of a u.s. official and one count of attempted kidnapping. prosecutors say he knocked out paul pelosi with a blow to the head right in front of police. officers found a roll of tape, rope, a second hammer, gloves, and zip ties of the crime scene. depape l