Top of the hour on cnn newsroom. Im victor blackwell. And im bianna golodryga. President biden is in florida to rally democrats ahead of the midterms. Meantime two major developments in the two separate investigations involving the former president the Supreme Court has just rejected senator Lindsey Grahams request to block a subpoena into the 2020 election in georgia where a District Attorney is demanding that he testify before a grand jury. The Committee Investigating the january 6th insurrection they could be one step closer to getting former President Trump to testify. The committees in discussions with President Trumps attorneys, and he has an obligation to comply and we, you know, treat this and take this very seriously we havent made determinations about the format itself but it will be done under oath, it will be done potentially over multiple days, we have significant questions based on the evidence that we developed and as i said what we know already about the extent to which
committee, and while the subpoena was expected, it is the committee s most aggressive step yet. it could result in an epic legal battle which frankly is also anticipated. the panel is asking for phone calls, texts, videos from the former president relating to the attack on the u.s. capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it s also demanding trump testify under oath on november 14th. in a letter accompanying the subpoena, the panel said this. as demonstrated in our hearing, we have assembled overwhelming evidence including from dozens of your former appointees and staff that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter joins us now. the january 6th committee making it clear that they see trump as the central figure of this effort. reporter: exactly, victor. the center of everything. that is what this cover letter and
watching us here in the united states and around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom i turned around and i told the crowd come this way. people are dying. tragedy strikes a halloween celebration in south korea. more than 150 people have been killed. cnn is live in seoul on the search for answers into what happened. plus the u.s. is now nine days away from the midterm elections and voters have been turning out in record numbers. we ll have a report from one key state. and the white house is accusing the kremlin of weaponizing food as russia withdraws from a key grain deal with ukraine. we ll have reaction. south korea s president is offering support and condolences to families who have lost loved ones in chaotic crowd surge. images of the tragedy have been pouring in and we have to warn you, they can be very hard to watch. you will zeros of bodies see rows of bodies and now at least 153 have died including 24 nationals, some 82 have also been injured, among them at leas
this much legislative success. who s talking to chris wallace airs right after newsroom. it s a fundamental choice, a choice between two very different visions for the country. they re using the bully pulpit in a way that is promulgated hating. this is our year, the democrats can t run on anything they ve done. people don t like what they ve done. they re not interested in solving problems. they re interested in making you angry. and they re hoping that that will distract you from the fact that you don t have answers of your own. 1.3 million georgians have participated in the early voting process. look at the opportunity we have now. that could change a whole election, the power and privilege that we have. two americans are among the dead in a crowd surge that killed over 150 people in seoul. there were 4,100 missing persons cases filed. there are about 100,000 people out here last night. i told the crowd, you can t come this way. people are dying. i m p
Nevada. s before another big issue its happening on the southern border thats for the latest Government Data shows agents have encountered more than 2. 3 million migrants in the fiscal year that ended just a few weeks ago. That number a record high. The head of the National Board of counsel blames President Bidens policies for the worsening situation. But theres absolutely no humanity. If you look back at the record previous to his administration it was just over 300 destin with over double that for just getting worse and worse and worse thats the problem. Bill is alive at the border in eagle pass, texas with more, bill. Parks arthel, good afternoon to bring eagle pass as part of Border Patrol Del Rio Sector which was the number one busiest sector with more than 470,000 illegal crossings went fiscal year 2022. We are picking up right where we left off or take a look at this video was shot earlier this morning here in eagle pass with her drone team this is another sizable group of well