cpac s dominated this year by trump loyalists, like representative jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gates, kari lake a prominent election denier, who lost the governor s race in arizona last december was also a guest speaker. so is steve bannon, and pillow salesman mike redell. key republican leaders like house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and rnc chair woman did not take part in cpac this week. meanwhile, other possible presidential candidates sat out the conference in favor of a different event this weekend. a sign of how the republican party remains splintered with some of its members trying to chart a new path forward, and leave donald trump far behind. instead of cpac, florida governor ron desantis, former vice president mike pence, south carolina senator tim scott, and new hampshire governor chris sununu opted to attend a private retreat with donors hosted by the conservative organization club for growth. another group has
like representative jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gaetz. keri lake for, example, a prominent election denier who lost the governor s race in arizona last year, was also a guest speaker. so or steve bannon and pillow salesman mike lindell. key republican leaders like house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and our and see chairwoman, rhonda mcdaniel, did not take part in cpac this week. meanwhile, other presidential candidates possible presidential candidates set out the conference in favor of a different event this week. a sign of the republican party remains somewhat splintered with some members trying to charter new path forward and leaving donald trump far behind. instead of cpac, florida governor ron desantis, former vice president mike pence, south carolina senator tim scott, and new hampshire governor chris sununu opted to attend a private retreat with donors hosted by the conservative organization club for growth. the group
newsroom . i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news in south korea where 59 people are dead and 150 others are hurt. that is in seoul, the capital. and it happened at a halloween festival. i want to show you some of the scene. we have to warn you this video is graphic. it is an incredibly chaotic scene. you can see people performing cpr on some of the victims on the scene. it is unclear what caused people to collapse in these kind of numbers. will ripley is at the keep. will, you re right there. this is just unbelievable what s occurred. what more can you tell us? when we arrived, people were on the phone, sobbing, calling their loved ones to let them know they were okay. that chaos has turned into a stunned sense of shock in the nightclub district of seoul where tens of thousands of people have come to celebrate halloween. they were packed so tightly into some of the side streets. in fact, the party that was happening was at a hotel just behind me. we a
the district attorney on the case is outfront tonight. new video of new russian recruits desperately pleading with their leaders saying they re being sent to the, quote, meat grinder. bring in the big names. all out on the trail tonight speaking in our hour. we ll take you there live. let s go outfront. outfront this evening, the breaking news. paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi is now out of surgery for a fractured skull. this after police say an intruder broke into their home overnight and attacked with a hammer. that intruder also attempted to tie mr. pelosi up until nancy got home. speaker pelosi was in washington at this time. but sources tell cnn the intruder repeatedly asked where is nancy? the rampage. the suspect is now identified as 42-year-old david depape of california. he is facing charges of attempted homicide as well as burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse i m going to talk to the district attorney in charge o
elections, this just hours after the brutal attack on nancy pelosi s husband in their san francisco home. sources revealing the suspect was looking for the house speaker, shouting, where is nancy. and now we re learning that paul pelosi called 911 during the break-in and kept the line open. also tonight, big-named democrats are heading to the campaign trail right now. obama, biden, harris, stumping for candidates in critical races, as many democrats fear the momentum is with the republicans 11 days before election day. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. federal officials are now warning of political violence coming hours after the very disturbing attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. he was hit with a hammer inside their san francisco home by an assailant who apparently was trying to track dow