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
Electricity, and water? 40% of the capital is without water. at least 270,000 people are without power. that number hopefully will go down overnight. andrea? molly hunter. thank you very much. stay safe. and the supreme court hearing today arguments on affirmative action in college admissions involving two cases that could end up in a precedent shattering decision next year. the they ll decide whether the limited consciousness of race and admissions to create more student bodies is permitted by the, as permitted i should say, by the high court decades ago is unconstitutional. if they rule in favor of the position that it is not constitutional, it would be the second time this new super majority has overturned long established precedent after doing so on roe v. wade last june. joining me now, yamiche, also