coy, nice to see you. have a great day. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. new day starts right now. way in south korea, i m john berman with brianna keilar. it s one of the deadliest disasters to ever hit that country at least 154 people killed in a crush of halloween party goers in seoul. pictures shared on social media show the crowd crammed into an alley. 26 foreign nationals including two u.s. citizens are among the dead. witnesses saying the narrow streets were jammed with people trying to enjoy the first halloween weekend without covid restrictions. ivan watson is live for us on the scene in seoul. do investigators have any idea what triggered this surge? reporter: just sheer mass humanity in the alley ways just steps from where i m standing right now. this is an impromptu memorial that has cropped up in the 24, 48 hours since the disaster. as you can see, people paying their respects, flowers, handwritten notes, candles, photos of some of the victi
lay out the cases for us. reporter: arguments in the two cases are teed up for this morning. the supreme court will once again re-examine affirmative action but this time with the solidly conservative court it is quite likely that the justices could ban affirmative action once they release their opinion sometime next year. this is all happening as the groups fighting to end the consideration of race in admissions they have been quite outspoken. diversity as important as it is, cannot come at expense of asian americans. reporter: these asian american students are leading a fight against affirmative action. it s time for asian americans to break up with woke diversity. they re at the center of a law enforcement against harvard, accusing the school of discriminating against asian americans to make more room for hispanics and blacks. calvin yang claims he was denied admission to harvard because of his race. it shows there s a trend here. a trend where asian americans
Victory but no longer lula s brazil. years of division and political acry mowny have taken their toll, blind siding the democracy and it could challenge this president like never before. you know, president biden immediately congratulated lula. but made a point to say, look, it is clear these were credible elections. we wait to see whether or not bolsonaro will concede in the coming hours. i want to remind everyone what happens here, this is a significant democracy but not only that in the environmental space many people said they wanted the lula victory to usher in a new era on the environment in this country. people like bernie sanders, senator bernie sanders calling this a return to environmental sanity. paula newton, thank you so much for that report. next, anti-semitic messages appearing in public places over
Of my costume because it was so cold. we don t have that today. and to the midwest, temperatures should be mild. everyone loves candy, chad. even a meteorologist. thank you for being with us. the supreme court could overturn a precedence on affirmative action. and republicans are riding a wave of optimism into the closing weeks of the midterm elections. new cnn reporting next. we ll get 52 plus, herschel walker will win in georgia, keep all 21 of ours.
Friend. lots of love and hugs from atlanta. i love that costume. i m going as the zamboni guy next year. thank you very much. you got it. new day continues right now. affirmative action could be the next major precedent to fall. i m brianna keilar with john berman in person this morning. in just a few hours, the supreme court will hear arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as a factor in admissions. challengers in these cases are targeting harvard and the university of north carolina. they argue the schools admission programs violet equal protection principals and discriminate against asian americans. jessica snyder joins us now.