hey, everybody, we are following big breaking news this hour. president biden set to speak next hour after the supreme court strikes down his student loan forgiveness plan. a decision with consequences for 43 million americans. we are live at the white house coming up. plus, what today s decision means for the economy long term, as millions of borrowers start making payments again. that means less money for everything else. also healed this hour for us, a frightening arrest near the home of former president barack obama, a january 6th rioter caught with weapons and materials to make explosives. and france and fury, over 40,000 police officers fanned out and hundreds arrested as violent protests continue after a teen was shot dead by officers. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments, and they are joining us now. we begin with nbc s monica alba, outside the white house for us. monica, what is president biden s reaction to the court s decision on the student
headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here, in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber about pep ahead, south korea is mourning, more than 150 people in seoul killed in a crowd surge celebrating halloween. we re live with details. and nine days to the u.s. midterms and 19 million people have already voted. we ll take you to one battleground state just ahead. the white house accuses russia of weaponizing food, the grain deal to feed much of africa and the middle east now in jeopardy. we re live with the fallout. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with shock and grief in south korea where at least 150 people have died in a crowd surge. officials say thousands of partygoers gathered for a halloween celebration, but many crashed when the large crowd moved through a narrow alley. one witness says authority shoes have been better prepared. listen to this. translator: seeing this incident, i t
welcome back, everybody. rapper travis scott will not face criminal charges for the deadly crowd surge that killed ten concert goers at the astro music festival in 2021. officials announcing a harris county grand jury decided scott and five others were not criminally responsible. ten people killed, including a nine-year-old died from compression asphyxia when the crowd pushed toward the stage and 24 others required medical treatment. we are following the latest developments on madonna s health scare, a source close to the singer telling nbc news the pop legend is back home and feeling better after being hospitalized for a serious bacterial infection. she was initially hospitalized on saturday and spent, quote, several days in the icu as we re told. a tour to commemorate her iconic 40-year career was scheduled to kick off in july but has now been postponed. we have some new reporting on that chinese spy balloon that flew over the united states
how did it happen and what can change so it never happens again. absolutely devastating. paula hancocks, thanks so much. earlier i spoke about the crush with keith still and he explained how a crowd collapse can create a dominao effect. here he is. so as people fall against each other, these forces become very, very strong, extreme high pressure and many people get caught up. and people are struggling and arms and legs get twisted together. it takes 30 seconds to cut the blood supply from the brain, and you can get compression asphyxia and you can t breathe.