tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury, investigating the former presidents actions surrounding the january six riot and an attempts to overturn the 2020 election election. i am john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate, illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened in the last few years, it s easy to get numb to the mind bending is historical explosions taking place. it s the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside, and add to that, he might run against trump in 2024. it s also the first time that this vice president has testified under oath about the today we are rioters were seen yelling, hang mike pence at the capitol, as well as personal interactions with trump and the events leading up to that day. he previous
the shooter who you see on the screen appears to have been unable to find anyone to shoot. we can also see how quick and brave the response from both staff members and the first responders was. this woman was outside the school, out in the open when police arrived. not only was she putting herself in danger by not getting into a more secure location. but listen how she communicated to the police when they arrived. that woman quickly and concisely told the police everything they needed to know, be careful, two kids might still be in the hallways, people inside are telling her that the shooter is upstairs. seconds after that, the police had entered the building. the police then cleared the room, they cleared room after room methodically and with breathtaking speed. it s clear they have trained for this moment. and when they ultimately heard gunshots, they sprinted toward them. they neutralized the shooter. it s a testament to the teachers in a building for locking down so effec
weapons can do an ungodly amount of video in no time at all there s one other piece of video, it s important in how elected officials respond every time we go through a mass shooter. last year after a shooter killed 19 students and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. republicans were blaming one thing, doors. unlocked doors. republicans made a huff about how the policy solution after uvalde was hardened locked doors. we talked about what we need to dobo to harden schools, including not having unlocked back doors. if the school was on lockdown, could the doors have been locked? ve classroom doors should be hardened tooo make them lockabl from the inside and closed to intruders from the outside. put a pin in that for a second. take a look at this. this is how the shooter entered the school yesterday. they used a semiautomatic weapon to shoot their way through the doors. i have no idearo if the door wa lockedth or not, clearly it didt matter. i m sure republican senators would
quote, it felt like armageddon. the lead starts right now. a new baby, one of the thousands of innocent people killed earlier today in that catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked turkey and syria. the scramble to reach the people buried alive beneath crumbles buildings. then, we re learning more about china s suspected spy balloon shot down over the united states, including the concern that it may have had explosives onboard. plus, arrests in a neo-nazi plot to completely destroy an american city by targeting electrical substations. the details coming up on the wild conspiracy. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead. the frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than 3,400 people. a number that tragically continues to grow, seemingly every hour. the earthquake striking turkey and syria earlier this morning. powerful aftershocks complicating the rescue efforts, making things
we begin with developing news from south korea. it s reported that at least 59 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. it happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in a popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party goers. more than 150 people are injured and it s feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness freelance journalist raphael rashid. let s hear what he said. it isa it is a night out for a lot of people, including myself. iwas in the area. when i arrived to ward 7pm it was very clear that there were so many people here, probably the most i have ever seen in this district, and the crowds were just gathering more and more and towards ten p m or 1