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
watching us here in the united states and around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom i turned around and i told the crowd come this way. people are dying. tragedy strikes a halloween celebration in south korea. more than 150 people have been killed. cnn is live in seoul on the search for answers into what happened. plus the u.s. is now nine days away from the midterm elections and voters have been turning out in record numbers. we ll have a report from one key state. and the white house is accusing the kremlin of weaponizing food as russia withdraws from a key grain deal with ukraine. we ll have reaction. south korea s president is offering support and condolences to families who have lost loved ones in chaotic crowd surge. images of the tragedy have been pouring in and we have to warn you, they can be very hard to watch. you will zeros of bodies see rows of bodies and now at least 153 have died including 24 nationals, some 82 have also been injured, among them at leas
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
united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, families in south korea are demanding answers as the nation mourns after a halloween celebration turns tragic. we are live in seoul with the latest. here in the u.s., we are just eight days away from pivotal midterm elections with control of congress at stake. we will look at which races are closest and where the heavy hitters are going to next on the campaign trail. speaking of critical elections. they tried to bury me alive and i am here. a former president makes a comeback in brazil. what the leader known as lula is telling his backers and how his opponents and supporters are reacting. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. thanking for joining us, south koreans are demanding answers from authorities after at least 154 people died in a crowd surge. many want to know why there was very little crowd control during the large halloween cel
It was just halloween weekend, which is the foreigner, the night life district, the gay district of seoul. really a central hub in the city for a lot of people. so halloween weekend is the biggest night of the year for the neighborhood in seoul. a lot of people were expecting the crowds pre covid. i know a lot of friends who just totally avoided that area that weekend but for a lot of other people, it s a destination. a fear of missing out sort of thing because it s where almost everybody goes. halloween is not a traditional holiday in korea by any means, but over the past few years, it s really kind of picked up pace. especially in this neighborhood. it felt like home to be walking and the neighborhood and you see halloween decorations around so that s what this weekend was for a lot of people and obviously ended up a lot different will.