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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 celebrations in seoul. the area was brimming with party goers making it hard to move and breathe. many people fell over and were rambled by others around them. some were so desperate to get out, they tried to climb over walls. it was so crowded that by the time emergency crews got there, they struggled to reach people in need. let's get to ivan watson who joins us life from seoul. families of the victims are dealing with the loss of their loved ones in the midst of this tragedy. what's the latest on all of

this? >> so many people. their lives cut short in this senseless disaster that took place. i'm in ite-wan in this neighborhood of seoul. it is normally a busy shopping district and night life district and it is completely blocked off. because of the scale of the disaster that took place here. the old u.s. military base is down the road there and this is where the throngs were gathered on saturday night to party for a halloween weekend in costumes and where things went terribly, terribly wrong. i'm going to bring you over to here. as you can see now, the attention of the korean media, the international media is here. and over there is the entry way to this little alleyway where so many people lost their lives. i think we can show you with a map of just where the surge of

the crowd took place. where people fell on top of each other. by the scores. and where we believe the majority of the loss of life took place as people were piled underneath, just piles and piles of other members of the crowd so much so that the rescue workers struggled to pull people out of the weight of the crowd. you have people putting out candles in honor of the victims. it is the beginning of several days of mourning declared by the president here. and we have been hearing from some of the eyewitnesses and survivors of this. let's take a listen to what one woman had to say about what she witnessed that night. >> it was about you versus other people. i wanted to get out of there. i was using my arms squishing

out. i didn't care my clothes were getting ripped. i got out of there on the sidelines with my friends and it was really hard. i had bruises on my arms. we got into thelines luckily. and we were kind of standing up on this brick wall. and we could see above. and, yeah. it was just shoulder to shoulder. people just couldn't breathe. the shorter people were just trying to look up in the air to get some sort of air. it was just, yeah. it was a a nightmare. >> of the 154 people confirmed dead as of saturday night's crowd surge, one person has yet to be identified. to give you a sense of the ages here. the south korean minister of education says five of those who died were high school students. one was a middle school student. in addition to the vast majority of korean victims, there were also 26 foreigners.

people from countries like france and thailand and china, iran and norway. two american students went to the campus of the university where they were studying for their semester abroad. a community there devastated. an administrator telling me that these young americans have just arrived in late august. got covid as soon as they got to korea. and just basically weeks later, this terrible disaster happens here. of course, an investigation is underway. rosemary? >> it is just unbelievable and shocking. ivan watson joining us live from seoul, many thanks. two dozen foreign nationals from many countries were among those killed in saturday's clash. china's leader xi jinping said he was shocked to learn of the tragedy which killed four chinese nationals. he has sent condolences to the

president of south korea, the victims, and all the families. u.s. president joe biden is also expressing grief after learning two americans died in that crush. he says he and the first lady are devastated, adding that their hearts to go out to the victim's families and they are praying for the recovery of all those injured. in just eight days, american voters will decide key races at the state and national level including the contest for control of congress. top power brokers from both parties have been cam pawning for their candidates in battleground states. among them, former presidents donald trump and barack obama as well as president joe biden. right now, obama is in the middle of a five state tour. on saturday, he tried to convince voters in wisconsin and michigan that the democrats will fix the economy.

but in new york, conservative star ron desantis urged people to vote republican. he said lee zeldin was the better choice in the governor's race there. new york is one of many states holding early voting right now. so far, more than 20 million preelection ballot haves been cast nationwide. well democrats are hoping they can sway still undecided voters. cnn's kevin is following developments from wilmington, delaware. >> reporter: democrats are narrowing their closing argument now in the final stretch of this midterm campaign. and they are centering on this warning about what might happen if republicans were to gain control of congress. you hear that from president biden. from the first lady, from the vice president, even from president obama all trying to narrow their focus on the economic issues. issues like social security. medicare, trying to get those issues in front of voters

before november 8. they face serious head winds. economic head winds. political head winds and historic head winds. typically, the president's party fares poorly in his first midterm elections. now listen to a little bit of how president biden described his strategy for the coming weeks. >> i will be spending the rest of this time making the case that this is not a referendum. it's a choice. a fundamental choice. a choice between two very different visions for the country. and that's is what it is about. >> you notice the president is here in delaware. he did not spend this weekend on the campaign trail. we do expect to see him next campaigning in florida on tuesday. for the democratic gubernatorial candidate there. that race is interesting because it does have a national dynamic. the republican governor ron desantis eyeing national office. the former president donald trump also now lives in florida so this will be an interesting

stop. one that the white house had been trying to do for a number of months. it had to be canceled for various reasons so it will be interesting to see if president biden ties that all together when he speaks there on tuesday. later in the week, we expect the president to go to new mexico. he is also expected back in pennsylvania before spending election night in maryland. those are not necessarily the most high profile races of this midterm cycle but they would be an opportunity for the president to get his message out to voters before november 8th. cnn, wilmington, delaware. well, though mr. biden is making his rounds backing democratic candidates, republicans say it won't make a difference in the midterm elections. they say voters are angry about the soaring cost of living. >> this is our year. the democrats can't run on anything they have done. people don't like what they have done. they don't like high inflation or gas prices or food prices

up. the public doesn't like an open border or high crime. that's what the democrats are known for. they have done all these things. democrats did it. they did it and they want to run away from it. >> and here in georgia, republican governor brian kemp and democratic nominee stacey abrams face off sunday in their final gubernatorial debate. early voting has already started in georgia but many voters have yet to cast a ballot. the pair sparred over key issues like the state's economy, abortion rights and concerns over growing crime and gun safety. here is just a portion of their debate. >> gun violence is now so prevalent and so rampant, i believe georgia's ns are ready to take action. democrats and republicans came together and finally passed common sense gun laws. georgia is known as part of the

lead pipeline. it is so terrible in georgia when it comes to the weakened gun laws in the state that we were the subject of an episode of fbi most wanted. because georgia is so easy to get a gun, and transfer a weapon, while mr. kemp will say it is only for people who are not law-abiding, everyone is law-abiding until they break the law. >> two years ago during civil unrest when we were on the ground and state law enforcement helping the locals keep the city of atlanta from being burned down, and making sure that the protesters that deserved the right to speak their mind for injustice that they had seen with their own eyes, there was people in that crowd walking with those people with ar-15s on their back. legally carrying weapons. and we had no problems because we were working with them and they were listening to us. because they were law-abiding

citizens. also, you know, dragon con, 60,000 people walking in downtown atlanta. they are on public spaces every day. they have the athens fest. ms. abrams is trying to carry about the constitutional carry legislation to simply let you abide by your second amendment rights and she doesn't want to talk about her cosponsoring legislation that would confiscate your firearm. >> governor kemp has led in most polling of the race. but abrams has a strong base of support. so let's bring in ron brownstein. cnn senior political analyst and senior editor at the atlantic. he joins me now live from los angeles. good to have you with us. >> hi rosemary. >> so just days away from the midterm elections and more than 20 million early ballots have already been cast. highlighting just how crucial these elections are in the minds of voters. so let's start with those two

competitive races playing out right here in georgia where republican herschel walker is facing democrat rafael warnock and the governor's race between brian kemp and stacey abrams. so what will likely happen in both races do you think? >> when you heard in the package a minute ago, president biden said this is not a referendum. it's a choice. that's not a given. that's the key dynamic. whether it is a referendum or it is a choice. you see that especially in many of these senate races. in 2018, president trump's approval rating nationally was about 45% on election day. and president biden may be very close to that. on election day in 2022. the difference is, is that trump's approval was over 50. thus boosting republican candidates in a number of the

highly competitive states. that's not true this year. in almost every state that is close in the senate race, president biden is looking at approval rating really closer to 40 than 50. that is why republicans want it to be a referendum on what democrat haves done. what warnock and other democrats have done like fetterman in pennsylvania, what they want to do is make it much more of a choice between them and the republican. in almost all of these same states biden is underwater, a majority of voters have unfavorable views about the republican nominee. certainly herschel walker is caring as much baggage as any nominee in the country. really the issue in the end is going to be can warnock force

this into a choice about two individuals? if individuals in georgia say they want to continue in biden's direction, that is not a winning defense for democrats. >> of course, other crucial states to watch when it comes to determining control of the senate. include pennsylvania, nevada, arizona, ohio, and wisconsin. where do you see these races going? what do you think will happen when it comes to the senate? >> the inner circle is pennsylvania on the one side. and georgia and nevada on the other. it is possible that other races could tip. switch party allegiance. republicans still have a shot, a very real shot in arizona. they may have a shot in washington or colorado. and democrats may have a shot in ohio and wisconsin as you mentioned. but the likelihood in this year is that all of those are going to be hard for the other party to flip. which means that when you get down to it, you have

republicans with two top tier opportunities to take away seats now held by democrats. which are nevada and georgia. and democrats having one real top tier opportunity to take away a state now held by republicans. which is pennsylvania. so, the likelihood, the strong likelihood is that chef party wins two out of three of those three races or three out of three, they are going to have the majority. nevada and georgia are both seriously at risk for democrats. fetterman is considered nominally the favorite there to beat mehmet oz. i think the senate is an absolute coin flip. but it is likely as i said that the side that wins two out of three from pennsylvania, georgia, and nevada probably has the gavel at the end of the day. >> and how likely is it that

republicans will take the house? >> the party in the white house has lost fewer than five seats only four times. each time, there was something unique going on in the world. 1962 with the cuban missile crisis. 1998 with bill clinton's impeachment in 2002 with 9/11 an the aftermath boosting republicans and george w. bush. so it is highly likely that republicans win that house. the question is, how big. and whether it is a margin that makes it implausible for democrat to win it back in 2024 or soon there after. the last time democrats lost the house in 2010, they held it only four years which is where they are now. and then, it took them after 2010, it took them eight years to win it back. that would basically wipe out the entire decade of the 2020s . i think the key in the house

is whether democrats can hold down their losses in some of these white collar districts. in a lot of the working class districts to a large extent across racial lines, they are really going to struggle because those are the places that feel the most squeeze by rising gas and grocery prices. those pressures are there, but maybe less intense in white collar districts where more voters may feel free to vote their values like abortion and threat to democracy. so the question is can democrats hold enough of the white collar districts to hold up the overall losses? but holding the house would obviously be breaking the historic tradition with only four counter examples in what, 160 years. >> it is a crucial midterm election with a lot at stake. ron, many thanks. appreciate it. by a razor thin margin, lula will be the next president

of brazil. thousands of supporters cheered in the streets. leftist lula won just over 50% of the vote in the second round defeating the far right current president bolsinaro. lula says he is part happy, part worried about the transition of power. he has not yet received a call from mr. boslonaro concedeing the race. he thanked supporters a short time ago. >> on this historic october 30th, the majority of brazilians made it clear they want more, not less democracy. more and not less social inclusion. that they want more and not less opportunities for all. more and not less respect and understanding among brazilians. they want more freedom, equality, and fraternity in our

country. >> the head of brazil's electoral authority says he thinks mr. bolsinaro will accept the results but some of his supporters might not. videos posted on social media show his supporters blocking highways after his loss. still to come, rescue workers are looking for survivors after dozens of people were killed in a deadly bridge collapse in india. we'll have a live report next. unlock new insights and efficiency-right now. allow monitoring of producuctivy at remote job sites, with next-generation bandwididt. enable ai cameras that spot factctory issues in real time, using next-generation speed. and deliver ultra-capacity 5g coverage that's years ahead of the competition. t-mobile for business has 5g that's ready right now. ♪ what will you do?

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clinging to the collapsed bridge. and now, more disturbing news on the number of people killed in this tragedy. what more are you learning? >> reporter: rosemary, a recently renovated suspension bridge collapsed. at least 132 people were killed in gujarat. we heard from the minister of the gujarat state. he says the agency has lodged a criminal complaint and that an investigation is underway. authorities say some 200 people were on the bridge at the time of the collapse. it took place sunday evening local time, 6:30 p.m. and this is a video. i want to show you. and it is very disturbing and distressing to watch. it has been circulating widely on social media. and it shows you the immediate aftermath of this bridge collapse. and in the video, you see people clinging and attempting to climb the cables and the twisted remains of the bridge after the collapse. all in a desperate attempt to

just make it to safety. some people managed to get to the water, just swim to the river bed. some made it. many others did not. among the victims are children. i want you to listen to what this eyewitness had to say. and the witness did speak to us earlier saying many children were enjoying holidays for the festival of lights. he said all of them fell one on top of another. the bridge is a popular tourist destination. this was a bridge that was built in the 1800s during british rule. it was closed for renovations and just reopened last week. was are looking at live pictures of the bridge in gujarat as rescue workers anted recovery workers comb the scene looking and trying to find any trace of the missing. also in gujarat is the prime minister of india. he was from gujarat state. and he and the aftermath of

this disaster took to twitter to respond to this disaster saying he felt greatly saddened. he said i feel deeply saddened by the tragedy. relief and rescue operations are in full swing and all necessary assistance is being provide today the affected. the indian minister said compensation will be given to the injured adds well as the families of the victims. back to you. >> it is just horrifying. christy, thank you for joining us with that live update. still to come, growing calls for russia to renew its participation in a u.n. brokered grain export deal. the latest in a live report from kyiv. inside

delegations from the u.n., ukraine, and turkey have agree today move more than a dozen vessels monday under the black sea grain deal. this after russia decided to suspend its participation. russia's decision follows its claims of drone attacks on the crimean city of sebastepool. russia faces grows calls to renew its participation. it is also facing criticism from many countries including the u.s. which accuses moscow

of weaponnizing food. ukraine's president called russia's decision deliberate. >> what did the world hear that someone allegedly launched drones from a broker? first they talked about war birds. then war insects. now war grain? a killer wheat? what can you say? they are truly sick people. but, these sick people are once again putting the world on the brink of a severe food crisis. russia is the only one to blame for the fact that food will now become more expensive for people across a vast expanse from west africa to east asia. >> and for more, we want to bring in cnnsalma who joins us live from kyiv. more than 200 ships blocked by

russia. what will likely happen next? >> reporter: i think what we will see next, rosemary, is very similar to what we saw earlier in the summer up until july when this grain deal was brokered by the united nations and turkey. what that meant was dozens of ukrainian grain. unable to be exported, unable to make it to many people who rely on the imports across north africa, southeast asia, all around the world. that would mean at least in the short term, we are going to see rising food costs. now, you heard there in that sound byte you played earlier, president zelenskyy accusing russia of using food as a weaponment his allies agree. the united states says russia is weaponizing grain.

there is a growing cost of living crisis. we have to look at the wider picture here as well. this is a deal that was a huge moment in the conflict and extremely important to the united nations. the only major diplomatic breakthrough we have seen since the start of russia's invasion in ukraine and it gave an opportunity to see ukrainians and moscow come to the table at least on one thing. that was grain. now that is off the table. what you will see in the coming days is nato, the international community putting pressure on russia to come back to the know negotiating table. to try to bring this deal back. but you have to wonder, what incentive does the kremlin have to try to revive that deal? president putin has faced major losses on the battlefield in the last few months. this is one of the few ways he can put pressure on the international community and on ukraine itself.

so you will continue to see that pressure from the international community to bring back this deal. at the same time, this growing crisis here in ukraine. this morning we had air raid sirens at 5:00 a.m. when we woke up. we heard the sound of explosions. the one diplomatic breakthrough we have seen throughout this conflict now gone, russia pulling out of it and very little avenues to resolve this. >> it is very frustrating. many thanks. still to come, anti- government protests erupt in iran. triggering fears the government will unleash more brutal and deadly responses against the demonstrators. you're watching cnn newsroom.

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higher education. >> reporter: the supreme court will hear argument ins two cases involving unc chapel hill and harvard and they will re- examine affirmative action. the solidly conservative court could possibly ban the use of race in admissions decisions in colleges and universities across the country despite the fact they have allowed it. since 1987. the past decade, asian americans and white students have been sued saying they have been discriminated against in favor of black and minority students. these cases have been moving up through the courts for years and all of the lower courts have ruled the students who sued unc and harvard saying the supreme court has repeatedly allowed affirmative action at university. but that could potentially all change. in fact, there are nine states around the country that currently ban affirmative action in admissions decisions in their public universities. in fact, the washington post

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scrawled on the stadium wall reading kanye is right about the jews. it is a reference to the series of antisemitic comments the rapper made about jewish people recently. other videos on social media show the same message visible on at least one building in jacksonville saturday night. new york city will pay $26 million to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of two men wrongly convicted in the 1965 assassination of malcolm x. the men served more than 20 years in prison. they were exonerated last year after a judge determined there were serious miscarriages of justice. an investigation found evidence demonstrating their innocence was withheld during the criminal trials. one man died in 2009 and was exonerated posthumously. this flu season in the u.s. and the cdc says influenza is

hitting people earlier and more forcefully this year than it was in a decade. it can take a few weeks to fully kick in so experts say to get your flu shot now and if you don't normally get the shot. you may want to rethink that. elizabeth cowen explains why. >> reporter: you may have heard the expression flu by boo. get your vaccine by halloween. i know we think of it as something that peaks in december and january and february, and that is the case. but sometimes you can see a lot of flu in november and looks like this year may be one of those times so get your flu shot. takes about two weeks for it to fully kick in so you really want to get it as soon as you possibly can. this weekend would be terrific. and here is why. here is the reason why we get flu shots when we look at the flu a couple of seasons ago, nearly 500 children died.

many of those children completely healthy. their parents were shocked. adults nearly 25,000 adults died in that flu season. so now let's take a look at how effective flu shots are. if we look at that same flu season, 2019 through 2020. the flu vaccine prevented 6,300 death ins the u.s. it prevented more than a thousand hospitalizations and prevented 7.5 million illnesses. so getting a flu shot could save your life. it can save your child's life. and if you have ever talk today anyone who has had the flu, you know it is miserable. why would you want to put yourself through that? >> but the through that elizabeth cowen mentioned is not the only thing sending the adults and children to the hospital. respiratory illnesses like rsv are causing a spike in medical center admissions. pediatric hospitals have been swamped by patients in recent weeks. doctors are worried the surge

of respiratory illnesses will get worse before it gets better. >> we are having three respiratory viruses out there at the same time revving up. the first is of course covid. and that has been with us for a while. second, as you and elizabeth just were saying, influenza has struck early. a month to six weeks early. and it is seemingly preferentially hitting children and then there is this third virus that has been in the news. rsv. it is a january february virus. what's it doing here now? well, it's here. and it is spreading particularly among children, putting a strain on the beds in the emergency rooms of the hospitals. some of that, particularly the rsv part is because of taking off our masks. we are no longer social distancing. we are traveling, going to religious services.

the children are back in school. all of this provides an environment for these viruses to spread. now, the good news is, we have two vaccines against these three viruses. one against covid. the other vaccine against flu. it is time for everyone to get both of those vaccines to provide the best protection for ourselves, our families, and our communities. >> important advice there. our thanks to dr. william shafner at vanderbilt university medical center. an umbrella may be part of a proper halloween costume on monday night. our meteorologist joins us with the forecast. >> across areas of the great lakes and the northeast as well. it will not be a washout. we will see bans of showers.

if you are tuneed in across georgia, the carolinas, the showers are minimal. we will break down the detailed forecast momentarily. but notice what is happening around the western periphery of the u.s. november is the wettest month. so as we wrap up the month of october into november, wet weather will really be prevalent across the region and get significant snowfall in the higher elevations. the temps below average across the pacific northwest. look t at the east. a remarkable stretch of warmth in store. the average temperature in minneapolis, 50 degrees. the average first date of snowfall, november 4. around thursday or friday this coming week. notice temperatures 20 plus degrees. even 25 degrees above what is considered normal this time of

year. and a flu days before when snow fall, we are talking shorts and tee shirt weather. there are some areas of tropical activity to share with you across the western areas of the caribbean. this is a complex of thunderstorms right now. potential tropical cyclone 15 is the name. it is poised to become the next hurricane. hurricane lisa. it is a quick moving system. in an area that is conducive for further development. our friends in the cayman islands are already issues warnings. winds 45, 65. maybe 80 miles per hour at landfall. quite a bit of wind damage. raleigh, washington, don't be surprise today run into a few

showers, if you go a little later, this forecast is for 7:00. go later and the showers will be almost entirely gone across parts of the south. could run into a few showers around cleveland. it is 66 degrees in louisville. the nicest weather in the country is in kansas city, 70s . rapids city. usually plenty cold this time of year. but middle 60s . rosemary, not too bad around portland in seattle. wet weather expected. >> all right. hope you are ready to trick or treat with your kids. many thanks for joining us. and speaking of halloween, at that night, of course, the power ball jackpot is up to one billion dollars. no one guessed the right combination of numbers on saturday night.

this is only the second time in power ball history the prize has hit a billion dollars. the cash payout would be a little over $497 million. incredible. we could do so much for that. thank you very much. i'm rosemary church. i'll be back with more news in just a moment. do stay with us.