hatching right now, a deadly shooting at a dallas hospital sparking outrage today. the suspect, on parole and wearing an ankle bracelet. plus, a pledge to keep the student debt relief program moving full speed ahead, just as a court rules to hit the brakes for loan cancellations for now. and which major retailers won t be open on thanksgiving day? you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. in new york, officials say they re working to tackle the rising crime on the subway system. the city has sewn a seen a wavef crimes like this one. police releasing video of someone pushing someone off a subway platform. police are searching for the suspect. the nypd says subway crimes have skyrocketed 41% from the same time last year. the mayor and governor announcing new plans to address the problems. cnn s reporter is joining us live now. gloria, what are officials saying? reporter: that video you just showed there in many ways
a debate coming up. john: begin with the supreme court hearing arguments today on what could be one of the most consequential rulings for higher education in decades. hello, john roberts in washington and hello to you this afternoon. gillian: good to be with you, john, on this spooky halloween. john: good to be with you as well. gillian: i m gillian turner. whether to end affirmative action policies in a pair of cases. john: opponents argue the criteria has harmed millions of students, particularly asian-americans. david spunt starts us off live outside the supreme court. did justice brown jackson recuse herself. that s right, because of her position on the harvard board of overseers, and her connections to harvard university. she thought it was best she sits out. there are two separate cases, overall affirmative action affects millions of students across the country and the justices began hearing two arguments three hours ago. started with the case out of the uni
handful of battle grounds. ohio, georgia, pennsylvania. the republicans who are trying to flip control of the senate say they see opportunities in some races that have not been getting as much attention. i think we clearly pick up georgia, clearly pick up nevada and a good chance in new hampshire. we have a really good chance in arizona. and joe day is behind. and levy is behind five points. depends on the night. i think we ll have a great night. the closing argument for democrats is all about republicans. warning if congress clips, social security and medicare benefits are in danger. the republicans say they want to undo the inflation reduction act even though they ll need biden s signature to do that. there s a new abc poll that shows 38% of voters will trust the gop more with handling inflation as 21% say they truth democrats. the president himself has had really limited exposure to the campaign trail lately. the only battle ground on the schedule this week is pennsylv
didn t attempt to run. he just got arrested on the spot. several police officers on site were able to take the suspect into custody and he s now being questioned. police did retrieve a gun and the suspect, again, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. nhk reporters on the scene said they heard two shots while abe was delivering that stump speech. he was there to deliver a speech in support of liberal democratic party candidates ahead of the upper house election, which is set for this sunday. abe is japan s longest-serving prime minister, first elected in 2006 before serving multiple different terms over the years that had followed before stepping down in 2020 because of health concerns relating to a long-term debilitating disease. despite stepping down, abe remained a key player in japanese politics, speaking very candidly about taiwan, hinting even recently at japan s increased military role, possibly military role in taiwan. again, former prime minister shinzo
of africa. didn t think that could happen? it is happening. in africa, china now calls the shots, it takes the natural resources for itself, period. as of tonight there is only one remaining african country that dares to recognize taiwan and it happens to be among the smallest countries in africa, swaziland. everyone else on the continent obeys beijing. how can this be happening? isn t colonialism racist and bad? yes, it is and no one is worse and more racist than the chinese. go on chinese social media sometime and see how they describe the africans they ve subjugated, it s horrifying. why isn t the new york times writing stories about any of this? you know why. because the new york times is on china s side, that s why they all but ignore the brutal chinese colonization of latin america which is also in full swing right now. colonialism violates everything the new york times once claim to believe in but that s okay because i never really believed any of it anyway, it w