the campaign trial. in south korea, police are taking the blame for that deadly halloween crowd stampede that killed more than 150 people. mostly young adults including two americans. and the conservative supreme court majority takes up affirmative action today in college admissions. singling a possible reversal on another issue that had been law. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington on halloween. the attack on paul pelosi spurring a flood of conspiracy theories and disinformation including from twitter s new owner, elon musk, who tweeted an opinion, an opinion article from a low credibility source to his 100 million followers about the attack. and although many republicans have condemned the violent attack on the speaker s husband, republican governor glenn youngkin made light of the assault just hours after it happened. speaker pelosi s husband had a break-in last night and he was assaulted. there s no room for violence, but we re going to send her back to ca
very successful. that was speaker kevin mccarthy back in january trying to make the case as he worked to become speaker of the house, his majority would come together, learn from that moment and be able to succeed at the moment the united states federal government is on the brink of a government shutdown with less than 40 hours left on the clock. right now speaker mccarthy is throwing a last-ditch hail mary as he struggles to overcome a rebellion in the house gop as we speak, the house rules committee trying to clear a way for a vote on a cinematstopgap bill. at this point, despite conservative additions into the legislation, mccarthy stunt i have peer to have enough republican votes to pass it. he is refusing to say if he will cut a deal with democrats if it fails. do you have a plan b if this why would i tell you? in this job, you ve got to have a, b, c, d, e, f, g. what letter are you on now? again, that was mccarthy back in january. the question this morni
In maloney s district alone, gop aligned groups shelled out millions in the last two weeks. what he said to me is republicans are setting money on fire here. this isn t a function of lighting money on fire. this is a function of voters in this district are fed up and want change. across the map, republicans investing in states that have elected democrats for decades. blanketing the air waves with ads. democrats focused on contrast. especially on abortion rights. do you think it s overblown? yes, because nobody s in jeopardy of having their reproductive healthcare taken away from them here in new york. that might explain why these blue state seats are in play for republicans, but democrats are still competitive in red states that have abortion restrictions. polls show that s where their pro-choice messaging is
house democrats tried to bring up the tax extension on capitol hill. the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday mr. speaker, mr. speaker. mr. speaker! that was a democrat there trying to get the attention. he failed. less than a half hour later, after cutting off the democrats the house republican leader was asking, where are they? we re here, ready to work. looking for our counterparts to sit down with us. so when will the games be set aside and both sides actually start working together to save you money? dana bash working her sources on capitol hill. republicans seem to be on the defensive now. i want to read you from the wall street journal editorial today. the wall street journal generally a conservative editorial page. they call this a fiasco. quote, the gop leaders have somehow managed the remarkable feat of being blamed for opposing a one-year extension of a tax holiday they are surely going to pass. this is no easy double play. so the wall