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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 least one american. and investigators are trying to figure out the exact cause, they say it happened during a halloween celebration when thousands packed a narrow alley. those there opening up about what they saw and the friends they lost. >> people coming in, this is like the middle and coming in from both sides.

and more people fell. and i lost my friend. just so many people. just so many people. and i like turn around and i told the crowd you can't come this way, people are dying. >> just heartbreaking. paula hancocks in seoul live at the scene. so paula, as people are now trying to grapple with the scope of this enormous tragedy as we just heard there, what is happening now as some families are still looking for loved ones and for answers? >> reporter: we know that there are still families that are going to community centers for example to try to find any information about loved ones that they haven't managed to get in touch with yet. and they don't know what has happened to them. we know that there have been different areas set up within

seoul, within this close neighborhood to try to track people down, to try to reunite hopefully people with those missing. but as you say the death toll has once again risen, 153 pipe now people now known to lost their lives and dozens more in hospitals.ipe people now known to lost their lives and dozens more in hospitals.pe people now known to lost their lives and dozens more in hospitals.e people now known to lost their lives and dozens more in hospitals. people now known to lost their lives and dozens more in hospitals. certainly is the concern that the death toll will rise even further. so it is a mood of shock and disbelief. in this alley way behind me, you can see the debris, you can still see the halloween decorations. this is the area where that crush happened. we have spoken to many eyewitnesses who were here last nooitd

night and have come back to pay respects and see what happened. one saying that she realized that she was one of the luckien would ones, she was pushed into a stairwell and able to get out of crush.uien ones, she was pushed into a stairwell and able to get out of crush.ien ones, she was pushed into a stairwell and able to get out of crush.yien ones, she was pushed into a stairwell and able to get out of crush.en ones, she was pushed into a stairwell and able to get out of crush.n ones, she was pushed into a stairwell and able to get out of crush. ones, she was pushed into a stairwell and able to get out of crush. we've seen people trying to scale vertical walls to try to get out of the shear number of people that were here as well. eyewitnesses we have spoken to say that there was no crowd limit, no crowd control, that they could see, people just kept coming into this area. the first halloween that there were no restrictions whatsoever including on the shear numbers of people coming in with devastating consequences. now, i spoke to two sisters who were traumatized, they said in shock, they have not left the area overnight, they did not know where to go. and they talked to me about what

they saw. >> when you start seeing bodies everywhere, people drug other people from the crowd so she can revive them because the situation over here was really bad. but people are really crowded from there to here. the people already stuck inside, some people were looking at the others and just faint. just so much blood everywhere. some people just start pressing out and they were trying to wipe the blood and give them mouth to mouth. trying to help them come back to life, but they couldn't. >> reporter: and those two sisters also told me that there were too many victims for the number of first responders that were here. and many people were doing cpr on their own friends. >> so poignant to see those halloween decorations behind

you, and the celebration that should have been a happy occasion turned so deadly. and many questions now being asked as you mentioned about crowd control and the authorities response after. >> reporter: we heard from the minister of interior and safety and he said that he didn't believe that there was a crowd issue at the beginning. he didn't believe that deploying more officials to the area could have solved this issue. of course we're not only 24 hours after the tragedy, so difficult to see how he can come to that sort of decision as to whether or not it could have made a difference. certainly the eyewitnesss that we have spoken to say that it was clear that there was no crowd control, there were no limits on the shear full of people that were able to come into this area. this alley way behind me on a

normal weekend is always packed. there are bars, restaurants, night clubs. this is the heart of the entertainment district here. and it is always somewhere that people not just in south korea but around the world as well congregate to party. it is known as an area where people come specifically for halloween. but the shear number of people that came, tens of thousands at least we're being told by officials meant that this turned deadly. >> yeah, just shocking and heartbreaking. paula hancocks, thanks so much. earlier i talked about the tragedy in seoul with a crowd security analyst keith still and he explained the physics behind the deadly crush. here he is. >> once the density, the packing density, the number of people per square meter increases above six or seven, there is a high risk of shockwaves, progressive

crowd collapse and people dropping bike like dominos. more people you have in a confined space, the greatest the arriving. so it is very much number of people per square meter and duration of exposure, geometry and any escape routes that might have been available. so this is a progressive crowd crush. and it can get amplified through a crowd. so the physics are horrendous. the an nalogy is very simple. don't allow density to exceed that critical limit. and then you can keep the environments safe and flowing freely. >> what do you mean by a progressive crowd collapse? you have used that term a couple times about. >> certainly. this is when people feel against each other and you get a wave of the crowd falling over like dominos. so -- but in two dimensions.

so it forms very much like a shockwave. we have video foot thinage and forces get amplified so as people fall against each other, these forces become very strong, extreme high pressure and many people get caught up. and at that point, people are struggling to get up and arms and legs get twisted together. it takes 30 seconds to cut the flood supply off to the brain. if you have too much pressure on your chest, you can't breathe, ogs again deprivation sets in and you get phenomenon called compression or crush asphyxia where the amount of weight on your chest is so great that you can't breathe. we're hearing from u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi for the first time since her husband paul was viciously attacked in a home invasion on friday.

he remains hospitalized with serious injuries. in a letter to her colleagues, she said her family was heart broken and traumatized by the assault and grateful for the support from members of congress. president biden said those condolenceses would mean more if political leaders also condemned the dangerous rhetoric that insights such attacks. here he is. >> the talk has to stop. that is the problem. that is the problem. you can't just say i feel badly about the violence, we condemn it. condemn what produces the violence. and this talk produces the violence. >> the 42-year-old suspect will be formally charged tomorrow with his arraignment set for tuesday. nine days from now, american voters will participate in one of the most consequential midterm elections in modern times. early voting is under way with

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and the european union foreign policy chief is urging russia to reconsider the decision and return to the grain deal. and cnn reporters are coverings impact of russia's decision. david mckenzie is in johannesburg, but first nic robertson in kyiv. bring us up to speed about why russia made this decides and the reaction. -- the decision and the reaction. >> reporter: it seems that the decision russia has taken from a ukrainian perspective is being perceived in the framing of putting pressure on ukraine, putting pressure on ukraine's international partners to put pressure on ukraine to come to terms on a peace deal with russia. the terms of which ukraine and the international backers are absolutely not prepared to accept. and some of the indicators in this have been coming over recent weeks according to president zelenskyy.

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welcome back to all of you watching us in the united states, can in aada and around world. south korea is in mourning after a chaotic crowd surge killed at least 153 people. officials say the victims were crushed when thousands of halloween partygoers packed a narrow alley. and south korea's president has declared a national mourning period to honor the victims. many people are still considered missing, their friends and family desperately searching for them hoping that they made it out alive. and will ripley has details in this report which we must warn you contains graphic images. >> reporter: halloween horror and heartbreak in the popular night life district. nightmare scenes. narrow allies lined with

lifeless bodies, many in costume. frantic first responders trying to save them. this is a row of stretchers that we initially thought were waiting for potential survivors of this incident. this halloween party, thousands were packed into a relatively tight area. but we now realize that these stretchers are being used to bring back bodies. and we're just seeing body after body rolling past here. most hurt or killed in their late teens and 20s. the local fire chief says young people from south korea and beyond. witnessing say these iconic festivities always draw an international crowd. and this video on twitter shows an apparent lack of crowd control. a sea of bodies pouring into a tiny area. an ominous warning telling

people to be careful. police and emergency crews crush to the scene. shortly after 10:00 p.m. local saturday night. and the news agency reported that emergency lines flooded with calls from people in the packed area saying they were stuck, suffocating, some who fell down, apparently crushed under a growing pile of people. official causes of death not confirmed, but dozens suffered cardiac arrest. >> i saw the people like going to the left side. and i actually saw the person actually getting to the opposite side. and so actually the person in the middle, they got jammed. and they have like no way to communicate. they cannot breathe. >> reporter: fire chief called it a presumed stampede. investigation is ongoing. social media shows emergency crews struggling pulling injured

and euncon conscious victims fe alley ways. and the south korea president holding an emergency cabinet meeting. the incident being treated as as in s in a al disaster. authorities say that morgues are filling up fast. family and trend friend waiting words on loved ones that haven't come home. will ripley, cnn, seoul. stay with cnn, we'll be in seoul for a live report in about a half an hour. in iran, blood shed continues as anti-government protests are met with violence.

videos posted to social media show protestors encountering gunfire and tear gas. kurdish rights group says special forces staysed on the roofs of government buildings opened fire on demonstrators. and now head of the revolutionary guard is warning that saturday is the last day of protests and they said do not come to the streets again. and nada bashir is joining us now. and so explain what that means, what the kons questionconsequen. >> reporter: and we've seen the brutal tactics being used by the iranian security forces. tear gas, metal pellets being shot at the crowds and of course live fire being used against glon stra demonstrate tors. and now this warning and so concerns that the crackdown

could intensify. so there was a very direct warning particularly for students and young people in iran who have been at the forefront of this protest movement since it began in september. they say don't come to the streets, today is the last day for what he described as riots. but according to one human rights organization, in the northwestern portion, those protests are still continuing. we've seen video of students taking to the streets. and we've seen brutally time and time again, we've seen the rising death toll according to the united nations already at at least 250 protestors killed since the demonstrations began.

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secretary of state antony blinken has voiced support for the proerttestors and any attem of accusing foreign actors, the iranian regime is simply not listening to the will of the people still continuing to the take to the streets and demanding that fundamental human rights and freedoms are upheld and respected. >> nada bashir, thanks so much. two car bombs have killed at least 100 people in mogadishu. the second one went off as rescue workers were arriving. and al shabaab is increasing attacks on civilian targets after the president declared an all-out offensive on the group. the latest attack is in the same area where a truck bomb killed about 500 people in 2017.

polls eas open in about 90 minutes for brazil's hotly contested presidential runoff election. voters will have to choose from bolsonaro or lula. and the latest polls show that the race is narrowing with about 52% saying that they would vote for lula. closer than just a few days ago. brazil's presidential campaign has been dominated by hot button social issues, personal attacks and misinformation. voters say the main concerns are the economy and other areas that impact their daily lives. paula newton is looking at a few more issues weighing on the voters' minds. >> reporter: millions more in brazil now are armed and ready. ready to load. aim. and fire.

gun ownership, who can own them and why people need them is an election issue. and it is the president himself jair bolsonaro who wants more brazilians to bear arms. he has loosened laws and made promises of more gun rights to come. win or lose, bolsonaro's armed masses aren't going anywhere. one of the owners of this gun club tells us bolsonaro is the best gun salesman he's ever had. >> translator: basically did free advertising encouraging people to buy guns and defend themselves that way. >> reporter: and daniel tells me that he believes bolsonaro's opponent tried to crack down on gun ownership. doubts it will work. but like most gun owners he is not chancing it, he is voting for bolsonaro. many devout evangelicals are

faithful to god and bolsonaro. this pastor says that it is his right to take the stand on politics and influenceoffs in his battle against abortion, gay rights. >> translator: current president has an agenda aimed at protecting all of that, the principles that are in our practice. >> reporter: and so lula doesn't trust him even though he wrote an open letter saying that he wouldn't touch religious freedom. >> translator: his public stance is that he will regulate not just the church but the media and social media. >> reporter: to be clear lula has never said that he will restrict the media, guns or religious freedom. which brings us to the issue of misinformation. as presidential supporters at this rally claim lula will separate brazilians from their

creator, they accuse judges of bureaucrats of shutting down free speech with new regulations aimed at stopping the spread of false information. bolsonaro's son tells us his father is defending freedom and will fight what he calls censorship. >> unbelievable. they just arrest you. >> reporter: lula meantime campaigning on reversing bolsonaro's influence on social issues which he says have ruined brazil. believe me he says, we are going to revive this country. in this tight presidential runoff, it has been a ballot box trifecta. guns, god and so-called fake news. where voters stand on each contentious issue will shape this country's future. still ahead on "cnn newsroom," a new study says the pandemic could have long lasting

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alarming report showing just how badly the pandemic may have impacted education in america. according to a national assessment, math scores among fourth and eighth graders saw their biggest decline since the u.s. started keeping track 32 years ago. reading skills have also dropped significantly prompting the u.s. education zebsecretary to call which i think. jake tapper asked anthony fauci about the scores. here he is. >> i would have hoped had we would have done more to get the kids in schools safely to protect them to surround them with people who are vaccinated by providing a great deal of

improved ventilation in the school. >> gabe cohen has more on the nation's report card. >> reporter: an alarming snapshot of learning loss from the pandemic. new test results from the nation's report card show in most states fourth and eighth graders are falling behind in reading and math. mast scores are historic. the worst decline ever ready rro roed recorded with roughly 25% of fourth graders and 38% of eighth graders performing below the basic level, lowest of the three achievement levels for the test. students who were already struggling in school showed the most dramatic dropoff. and secretary of education car company in a calling it unacceptable. >> we were it's isolated and that is a huge problem. >> reporter: this eighth grade teacher on long island would

also has a daughter in eighth grade. >> my daughter is struggling in math. and a lot of the things we're seeing emotionally, behaviorally, are putting a huge strain on what you are seeing in the classroom. >> reporter: this is more than a month after similar results showing math and readings fell not seen in decades. they are requiring at least 20% on learning loss. and schools nationwide have been trying to hire more staff but with teacher burnout, many face a teacher shortage especially in rural areas and those with more low income families and students of color. at this high school, some classes have more than 70

students. and in other rooms para educators are teaching lessons prepared by a certified teacher. >> i struggled with math so i needed help, i need somebody to break it down a different way. if there is nobody who has the extent knowledge do that, i'm going to shut down and i think many of our students might be shutting down as well. >> earlier i spoke with sean rear reardon, professor of education at stanford graduate school and we discussed the findings and whether there was a rural/urban divide or difference between red states and blue states. here he is. >> there are differences among different communities but not dramatic. normally the dramatic differences among red states and blue states you might expect. for example if you compare california where they were closed longest and then texas and florida, two states where

schools were barely close at all, learning declines were identical in california, florida and texas essentially. so the red/blue, closed/open didn't seem to make that big of a difference. that is not to say at the school district level we did find that school districts that were closed more had larger declines than those that were open. but those differences were dwarfed by the general overall decline. so it suggests whether schools were remote or not played a modest role, but what really effected kids is just all the other ways that the pandemic affected them, their families, their teachers. >> what lessons can we learn about balancing health concerns and long term educational impacts for the inevitable next pandemic? >> i think one thing that we could do that we don't do is do a better job monitoring as we go how children are doing. every week we got updates on

what the case rates were for covid in every community and updates on hospital rates, hospitalization rates and how many beds were available. and so it was easy to sort of see, okay, where do we need to sort of be paying more attention this week or next week. but we didn't have the same kind of information about school. it wasn't possible to say where the communities where the kids are really starting to fall behind in school. we had to wait until spring of 2022 to get that information retroactively. and i think if our education systems were able to kind of do a better job monitoring kids, not that they don't monitor them, but that data is not sort of available in a way that allows officials to kind of make strategic decisions about where to kind of target resources in real time rather than having to it with a and solve the problem two years later. >> and it is such an important

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spring when we climatologically have the most tornados per month. we have the cool versus warm and that is what is happening now in the fall months as well. we're getting the change of seasons, different air masses settling in and then exiting the region and then an uptick in the thunderstorm activity as well as our tornado activity especially across the gulf coast. we've had nine reported tornadoes yesterday. really near the border of mississippi and alabama. and they were responsible for some mean or roof damage to an elementary school as well as toppling trees and power lines as well. here is an ominous lowen thattithat ing hanging cloud that crossed the highway. and good news is that the severe weather threat is waning as time goes on. so that is not the major problem going forward. but we still have the influx of moisture near texas panhandle, so pensacola and gulf shores,

these areas being hit hard. could get a couple inches. and this all started midday yesterday. you can see the flurry of tornado warnings that popped up really just east of gulfport into mobile and just west of pensacola. and all thanks to this upper level low that is slowly rotating about, drawing in moisture from the gulf of mexico and producing copious amounts of rain as well. and so that is really the threat. and this has been exceptionally dry along this area. and we have severe drought in place even worse toward the plains where 100% of the state 6 oklahoma under drought conditions as we speak. and tropics, we're monitoring a wave, 70% chance of development going forward this week. and we'll look for activity to impact central america but no threat to the united states. >> all right, good to hear.

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