you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we are following multiple developing stories this hour, starting with the zip ties and duct tape. the new reporting into the brutal hammer attack on paul pelosi. what we are now learning about what else the suspect brought with him as he shouted that s nancy? and in south korea, at least two u.s. citizens are among the 154 killed in a massive crowd surge in seoul. we are live in south korea as investigators try to piece together what exactly led to this horrific tragedy. but first, rescue crews are searching for survivors after a pedestrian bridge collapsed into a liver in western india. at least 60 people, including some children, were killed and a dozen others were injured. these frightening videos you re seeing from the scene show people desperately bringing to the fallen structure. it s not clear what caused the collapse. although the bridge was reportedly recently renovated. a top indian official says th
the culture, the public consciousness heading into this halloween. tell us more. reporter: so spirit halloween is opening up 1450 stores this year, that s a record. the company is taking advantage of the fact that there have been so many store closures with the retail apocalypse, all the retail bankruptcies, empty shopping malls. so they are moving into those places and landlords need tenants. and they are taking advantage of the fact that americans are ready to celebrate halloween. they re expected to celebrate $10.6 billion on halloween. that s a record number. that includes costumes for the kids, adults, even the pets. and all of the candy and decorations. we re all spending a lot of money this year, because it s fun to get out there and do this again. i know we want to talk about the memes in just a second.