to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim bruin hube letter ahead on cnn newsroom, south korea is in mourning right now. more than 150 people in seoul killed in a crowd surge celebrating halloween. a week and a half to u.s. midterm elections, and early ballots are coming in by the millions. one battleground state, see where else each party s heavy hitters are campaigning. the white house accuses russia of weaponizing food. a grain deal to feed much of africa and the middle east now in jeopardy. we re live in kyiv and johannesburg with the fallout. south korea has declared a national day of mourning of a of ap aft chaotic crowd surge claimed the lives of at least 151 people. thousands of partygoers had gathered for a celebration, but the turn ute so large and the space so small, many people got crushed in the middle of the crowd. here s how one witness described the scene. i saw the people going to the left side. i act
buenos dias. good morning, welcome to your new day. it is sunday, october 30, halloween eve. i m boris sanchez. halloween eve. good to be with you. i m ambra walker. thank you for starting your among morning with us. we start in asia. south korea declaring a national day of mourning after a deadly crowd surge killed 153 people who were out celebrating halloween in the capital of seoul. we have to warn you, some of the images we re going to share are graphic. authorities are still investigating exactly what caused this crowd crush. but emergency officials first began receiving reports of people buried in crowds on saturday evening. there were thousands of people out that night in an area of the city with very narrow streets as you can say. they re packed in alleys. and witnesses say people were trapped and panicked because they couldn t breathe with dozens of people being administered cpr on the sidewalks. i turned around and i told the crowd, you can t come this way.
thanks for being with us. i m fredricka. cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re following multiple developing stories this hour. zip ties and duct tape. a new cnn exclusive reporting into the hammer attack on paul pelosi. we re learning what else the suspect took as he shouted, where s nancy. in south korea, at least two citizens are among 154 people killed in a massive crowd surge in seoul. we re live on the ground again in the capital city, as investigators now try to piece together exactly what led to this horrific tragedy. but first, we begin with breaking news out of india, where at least 60 people, including some children, are dead after a pedestrian bridge collapsed. more than a dozen other people were injured when the bridge fell into the river below. you can see it, just incredible footage. the video from the scene shows people desperately bringing to the fallen structure. it s not clear what caused the co
oh, my gosh. this is the nightclub district in seoul. it was a halloween party. it s being described in local media as a stampede. we want to show people how narrow this street is. the husband of nancy pelosi violently attacked with hammer. he kon fronted mr. pelosi shouting where is flan si. nancy. this is what happened when you convince a third of the country the election was stolen. candidates are bringing out big name surrogates. every republican politician seems obsessed with two things, owning the libs and getting donald trump s approval. we ve seen something of a momentum shift towards dr. oz. trump is still very popular in pennsylvania. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. heartbreaking scene has been unfolding all night in the south korea kran capital. 146 people died in a nightclub district. many others are injured tonight. some of the video we re getting in is graphic. it appears the people got trapped i
suffocating. some who fell down apparently crushed under a growing pile of people. official causes of death not confirmed, but yun hap reporting dozens suffered cardiac arrest. i saw the people going to the left side, and i actually saw the person actually getting to the opposite side. so actually, the person in the middle, they got jammed. and they have, you know, no way to communicate. and they, you know they cannot breathe. reporter: the fire chief calls this a presumed stampede. the investigation is ongoing. social media video shows emergency crews struggling, pulling injured and unconscious victims from the narrow al alleyways jammed with hundreds if not thousands of people. south korean president yoon suk-yeol holding an emergency cabinet meeting. the tragic incident being treated as a national disaster.