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full hostage, unquote. and he did not tell him truth, as he saw it, he would breaker kneecaps. john berman here in for anderson, those words from the federal criminal complaint spell out an attempt to take how speaker nancy pelosi captive, interrogator, and beat her savagely if the answers did not come out right. the complaint says the suspect -- considered a certainty. today we saw a separate state charges as well, including attempted murder, more on that shortly. but just stop and think about what is already on the table. according to federal authorities who have now charged him with assault on paul pelosi, and attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi. this man says he wanted to break the kneecaps of a detour old woman and do it to make a political point. quoting again from the filing. of course, the interview the palpitated that if you nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party. the document goes on in graphic detail about what the suspect
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said he intended. but the bottom line is simple enough. according to the suspect himself, this potentially deadly attack on paul pelosi was part of a politically motivated attempt to kidnap and harm the speaker of the house. the most powerful woman in american politics, second in line to the presidency. it is shocking, it should not be surprising. not when you consider the way pelosi has been openly demonized, often using violent imagery to do it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we'll, if it isn't big -- >> we are tired of being pushed around. >> open the borders. >> gas prices! >> the good people of arizona have had enough of you, it is time for a showdown. >> that arizona senate candidate played big money or that during super bowl. he is not alone, going to the
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new york times setting data from the track -- so far this year, republicans spent more than $61 million on ads attacking speaker pelosi. as that have not added about 143,000 times. now, by no means are all these ads violent, but you can see a frequently she is targeted. that is on top of all the conspiracy theories from the far right and the 2020 election lie which is practically become a token of faith amongst even some otherwise mainstream republicans. but it all to gather and you have a toxic while spring for some tutoring from. even worse, it is not surprising, and not even knew or even strictly partisan. listen to this georgia republican election official warning about where such things might lead from december of 2020. >> it hasse to stop! . mister president you have not condemned these actions or just language. senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions.
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this haster stop. someone's gonna get hurt, someone's gonna get shot. someone's gonna get killed. and it's not right. it is not right. >> that is a georgia republican just a few weeks before a violent mob with storm the capitol. behind those doors, by the way, are the speakers offices and those rioters, one of whom police fatally shot, we're trying to get to her. the former president and others would subsequently try to make a martyr out of the dead rioter, incorporating her, intern, into the midst and conspiracy theories about the insurrection. all there for the next terrain person to drink out of. so we already see lies and incitement. some of them targeting nancy pelosi by name. they've already seen warnings, it was leading to violence. we have seen the violence. we have seen the violence justified with more lies. and now, in the wake of this latest act of political violence, we are seeing more attempts to explain it away. >> with paul pelosi, that is a
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terrible thing. the followed is a terrible thing. look at what is happened to san francisco in general. look at what is happening in chicago. it was far worse than afghanistan. look what happened in chicago in one weekend, last weekend, it's brutal. it was like a war zone. >> see, not politics, just crime. which was a talking point for a while until something more toxic came along. a conspiracy theory that the crime was actually about something else, we won't even dignify it by mentioning the details. but it was enough for elon musk, the new owner of twitter, tweeted out with the line, quote, there is a tiny possibility that there might be something more to this story than meets the eye. he later took that tweet down, but not before it had been re-tweeted more than 28,000 times. the the conspiracy theory he reposted came from a website that once fully falsely claimed that he la quinta died in place by a body double. the website was filled of memes and conservatives with the january -- told cnn he seemed, quote, in
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touch out of a truth reality. but even if that is the case, even if he is especially susceptible to all the lines, conspiracy theories, ads with violent imagery. it doesn't mean public figures who should know better also are. elon musk wasn't out of touch with reality when amplified a conspiracy theory. that senate candidate knew what he was doing when he made that ad of him shooting nancy pelosi. donald trump knew what he was doing when you glossed over the attack on paul pelosi is just more of the same big city crime. and this congressman knows what he is doing here. >> on your twitter feed, you posted this video we are gonna show. just a few days ago, where you are firing a gun. it says, enjoyed exercising my segment rights. hashtag fire pelosi. why is there a gun in a political ad at all? >> it was an act. i was tweeting -- >> hashtag fire pelosi with a weapon? >> well -- >> wouldn't of pink slip be
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more fitting if it was about firing her? why a gun? >> it's interesting, exercising our-centric amendment rights. >> that's not a debate. >> having fun, some fun. cnn's josh campbell joins us now from san francisco worthy district tierney laid today charges against the suspect. josh, the suspect is expected to be arranged tomorrow afternoon on state charges. let's listen to a san francisco da -- said just a short time ago. >> two police officers arrived at the front door. two minutes after that 9-1-1 call. when that door was opened, the defendant was holding his hammer, which mr. pelosi appeared to be attempting to control by holding a portion of that hammer. the defendant then pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi, and violently struck him in the top of the head. >> the da was also asked if this was an assassination attempt. what was the response? >> she thinks this was, of the
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charges that the district attorney announced, john, attempted marty. she says that particularly in the final moments of this incident at the residents here behind me early friday morning, that as police arrived, when this suspect struck flow, see according to cnn sources, that was at least two times, fracturing his skull. again, she thought that he was trying to kill most pelosi. we also learned that according to this new fbi affidavit today that it wasn't just mr. pelosi that was the intended target, but also how speaker nancy pelosi. and in really chilling detail, according to the confession -- the fbi says that his goal was to take speaker pelosi, breaker kneecaps, and analysis repulsive, just to give you a sense of the level of vitriol that we are talking about, he wanted her to be wheeled into the capital as a display to other members of congress. in his words saying that there are consequences to your actions. just really troubling details we learn today, john. >> so, josh addition to the federal assault charges,
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explain the other federal and state charges suspect is now facing. >> this was a big day in the investigation, john. within a matter of hours we saw defense come in, and then said facials with a litany of charges. in addition to the one attempted assault of mr. pelosi, and that charges actually assaulting a member of a public official. the suspect has also been federally charged with attempted kidnapping. that pertains to the house speaker, nancy pelosi. because again, in that confession, the federal government alleges that the suspect says we are working -- take her hostage. in addition to the federal charges on the stateside, we are talking about attempted murder. we are talking but assault. we are talking about all dubious are just. it's worth pointing out that if this guys convicted, he's almost certainly going to jail for a very long time. the federal charges alone carry a combined sentence of up to 50 years in prison, john. >> what about paul pelosi's condition? how is he doing tonight, josh? >> he remains in intensive care. this was a very violent struggle. this was a very violent series of injuries that he received.
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we are talking about someone with a factored skull. he has a lot of recovery ahead of him. which is why it has been so repulsive to actually hear a lot of politicians, a lot of political leaders actually laughing and making light of what happened in this violent struggle. the spouse of a u.s. house member being brutally assaulted. and a two-year-old mcmahon. again, a fractured skull, extremely serious injuries. he is continuing to recover from the hospital tonight. >> josh campbell, thank you for your reporting, keep us coasted. joining us now cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi deputy director eta mckay, also seen-in-chief lawyers meant intelligence analyst john miller himself. andy, i want to start with you. what stands out to you about the charges we've seen so far, both federal and state? >> well, john, thing which, employment got blasted glory details in the affidavit, the thing that jumps out to me it's a question of when hearing a lot of people of saying and talk about today in the coverage, is an active domestic terrorism? there is some very clear science in this affidavit that
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the government believes it is an act of domestic terrorism. first, of course, that the agent the field whose words were reading is someone that is a specialist in investigating domestic terrorism. so that tells us the bureau sees this case, this investigation is one that is being managed by the counter-terrorism division. and then secondly, i would say, john, the facts as alleged by the government in the affidavit fit perfectly the statutory definition of domestic terrorism. so 18 usc, 23, 30 150 believe. which basically defines inactive domestic terrorism as a crime at the federal or state level. it's a violent crime, and one that is committed for any number of different intense. one is to influence the conduct of government. but the fact we read in this affidavit about this individual 's intent to shatter nancy pelosi's kneecaps, we have that
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work is a message to the rest of congress when she was wheeled back into the capital, i mean, i think there's no question that that fits very squarely the definition of domestic terrorism. >> domestic terrorism. do you agree with that? >> i think, when you look at the suspect's statements, and when you look at the suspect's actions, that's almost like he read the two statutes, and tried to meet every violation of the statutes that he could. i mean, you've got two cases here, john. one is the da's case, which is a simple case. and very important. that's a felony that occurs in the presidents of police officers, recorded lightly on body camera, well that's a possible cause for a rest. mr. pelosi as a witness, but they could've made the arrest without him.
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the federal case still have to prove, though, are elements about his motive to intimidate government officials and the performance of their duties. but when you articulate, allegedly, in your interview with the fbi, the capital police in the san francisco release department, that their goal was to have nancy pelosi return in a wheelchair heartbroken kneecaps the congress to intimidate not just her, but the entire two bodies of congress, you're pretty much matching the statute. >> sounds like that's the definition of the statute. -- sentence you might face versus the other charges, here any distinction there? >> well, the interesting and somewhat confounding thing about the law on the federal side, john, is that domestic terrorism is defined in this federal statutes. there's actually no criminal penalty for it. if you could believe, and the stain age, we still don't have -- committing an act of domestic terrorism is not officially a crime at the federal level. however, the chat urges that he faces -- will bring him an extensive
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jail term if he's convicted. particularly the first charge, intimidating, retaliating against a member of congress or federal official by attacking a family member. >> let me play a bit of what -- just said in her press conference. >> with something that we have to take very seriously, and is very sad to see that were once again at a point in history where people believe it's okay to express the political sentiments through violence. and so, i think it demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we're gonna be more respectful as an american society, that it's okay to disagree. but it certainly is something that -- >> andy, you've been in the public eye for some time in probably experience threats on social media and elsewhere. what's your take on this? >> john, it's absolutely terrifying. i can only imagine what the
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speaker and her family are going through right now. i think this is something that unfortunately many people will find themselves by virtue of the work that they do in the public eye. and through the lens of politics, and everyone has strong opinions about that, you become a magnet for this sort of contact, the sort of criticism. you don't worry about it for yourself. but you also worry about it for your family. it's easy to find. people nowadays, it's easy to figure out where people live, and that is the terror that we all live with. plenty of people have reached out to me aggressively over the years. each time it happens, it's shocking. and, really it really and nerves you. >> john, one of the things you hear some people say, whether on social media or un-conservative networks, is that this guy was mentally disturbed. he didn't have his wits about him. this wasn't political, this is someone who is just crazy, for lack of a better word. but does being disturbed preclude being able to be influenced by the type of violent political rhetoric out
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there? >> now. and i think, you know, when we look at the legal history here, he clearly knew right from wrong. he clearly didn't like the fact that mr. pelosi called the police. he clearly articulated he was gonna not surrender, but fight the police. he clearly knew he was gonna assault mr. pelosi. he has a very clear vision. and by the way, this goes beyond even what we've been talking about. i've been talking to people associated with the investigation briefed on the case for a couple days now. and his interviews, you know, he spoke negatively not just about nancy pelosi, not just about the democratic party. he singled out individuals like hillary clinton, he singled out hunter biden, he singled out of this. but here's something interesting. he also made the statement allegedly to the investigators that he wanted to use man's nancy pelosi to bluer another individual to him. which is --
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think about that for a second, john. he's assaulted the husband of the speaker of the house. he's prepared to tie him up and stay in the house for more than a day or so for her to return. where he even expects to kidnap and hold her. and then assault her. and then use her, before or after, to lure a third individual in that residence. this is taken some real turns. >> it only gets more chilling the more you learn. john miller, andrew mccabe, thanks to both of you. next, we'll talk more about the threats many lockers now face, and what's being done to protect them. joining us, a friend of speaker pelosi and fellow calm before new york congresswoman who are self has experienced violence up close. and later, a people in south korea are struggling to come to terms with the death of at least 155 people when a halloween celebration became a deadly crowd surge. for your soul.
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eric swalwell. sadly, this is no longer a rarity for federal lawmakers. cnn's whitney wild has been looking into -- this joins us now. whitney, earlier this month, republican senator susan collins said she, quote, wouldn't be surprised if a senator or house member were killed. and quote. what's the level of concern tonight among lawmakers not just for themselves, but their families? >> there is heightened concern, because what law enforcement sources has told us is that in the last few years, these threats to lawmakers also include threats to their family. we know there is some members of congress who are very frustrated by the fact that they've had difficulty getting federal funding or at least getting federal resources to protect them. adam kinzinger telling my colleague, that cohen, that he brought a threat we, that he says was directed to his wife and his young child, his infant
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at home, we brought it to capitol police, and they said, look, you're among a group of people that get a lot of threats. -- capitol police doesn't have the people to put a detail an every member of congress. this is another stark reminder of how serious the security situation is and how difficult it is for law enforcement to get in front of. >> 435 members of the house, 100 members of the senate. how does the capitol police -- had to officials make decisions about where to allocate protection? >> significantly, its threat based. what they do is they take a threat assessment for each member and decide what's in appropriate subcommittee package for the member. sometimes the package comes and goes. a member gets a detail, and member doesn't have a detail for a period of time depending on the threat landscape. but quite often, the major concern is the outside of the building. once you're inside the building, say for january 6th, for the most part, it's extremely secure location. it's just crawling with capitol police. the major concern is once those
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members go back to the district when they don't have as much protection, so this is starting a new conversation about what the options might be. we know congressional sources have told us that there's a lot of discussion underway about what can be done for members as well as their families once they go back to their home districts. >> if they're gonna boost security, any sense of a timeline for when it would happen? >> we don't know. the reality is it's gonna take a lot of logistics. as i said, capitol police is already strained to deal with the mandate that they have now. they're trying to physically protect that area. this continues to be an extremely volatile time threat wise. they're swamped with work just here in washington. what they can do is start working more closely with our law enforcement partners across the country to assess what security gaps their partners on the ground might be able to fill. often, what capitol police will do is work with the local
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police department to say, okay, can you pick up the so that? i see that sometimes when members are going on a trail for example. but it takes a lot of coordination. this is not an overnight fix. it's gonna take, ultimately, more funding. we know that senator chris murphy told my colleagues earlier today that they're looking at all the security options, particularly for these high profile members in leadership, john. >> an enormous task. what, me thanks for your reporting. well that's now, a member of the california congressional delegation. jackie speier. nice to see you tonight, congresswoman. thanks for being here. i know you not just a colleague of speaker pelosi. you're also friends. what's your reaction to these chilling details, including a possible desire to hold speaker pelosi hostage and break your kneecaps? when you think? >> john, when i heard the references to the affidavit, i literally had chills. i got teary eyed. i can't begin to tell you how it pains me for the speaker and paul pelosi, and their children and grandchildren. and what it says to all the other members and all the other
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potential members who are running for office. and the fear it's gonna place in all of them. is this really worth? what's happened is a result of donald trump -- qanon message, and also to attack. so, he himself has attacked speaker pelosi 800 times based on a new york times analysis of all his tweets. more recently, he has said things like, well, you know, people are really angry. and there's gonna be some terrible things that are gonna happen to those members. you have people like marjorie taylor greene saying that the speaker should be executed and honk. words matter. members of congress who speak in those kinds of terms should be called that. i let a son share of paul gosar, because --
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in a meme in which he had the crosshairs of a gun. we've got to stop it. and for the most part, we've basically just kind of talked to, well, that's just extreme rhetoric. well, extreme rhetoric is turning into horrific actions. and i think that we've really got to do more. now, they've been 10,000 tried threats alone in the last year that have been reported to the capitol police. 10,000. that's more than doubled in the last five years. i've had a number of threats that were actually taken to court, convictions actually provided, and people now serving time in jail. but we don't necessarily
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recognize that all of these cases could in fact -- be illegitimate. under certain circumstances. >> you are talking about the language that's being used here, and how people are speaking. one thing i want to say is donald trump, when we played the sound earlier -- seems unfortunate, but he likened it to crime and other cities. kari lake, who's running for governor in arizona, appeared to joke about the attack on paul pelosi which was answering a question about school security. listen to this. >> it's not impossible to protect our kids at school. they act like it is. nancy pelosi, well, she's got protection -- apparently her house doesn't have a lot of protection. but -- >> a laugh line there. what does that say about the
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state of politics in the country? >> it says to the specific universe of people, as long as it's not happening to their people, they think it's pretty funny that it's happening to the other party. unacceptable if it's happening to members of the other party. until the republicans speak out strongly against us, and join with the democrats to make sure any conduct by members in congress or people that try to address members of congress in vicious ways are properly handled, it's gonna continue. because it's been licensed by the former president. unfriendly, not a lot of people have been held accountable. >> how does that impact your ability remembers ability to do their jobs? >> and then to town halls in the last five days. i'm more anxious, and i think for all members, that's be more -- associated with them being out with their constituents. for the longest time, we were doing telephone town halls. that's pretty safe. but your constituents expect to see and shake your hand and be able to ask you questions. and that's gonna become something that members are gonna really evaluate very carefully. and whenever i do have meetings
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like that, this local police that are called upon to be president. so it's a resource issue as well for the local police. >> congressman, stick around for a second. we just got a new statement from speaker pelosi. let me read this out loud. it says, quote, since the horrific attack on paul early friday, we've been delusion with thousands of messages conveying concern, and warm rush. we're most grateful. thanks to the excellent trauma care medical team at san francisco general hospital, paul is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process. >> a long recovery process. your reaction? >> that was one of my face. you can't have a fracture to this call and not be concerned about what leads.
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i don't even want to anticipate what the issues are. but if she's saying long recovery, that means it's impacted part of his functions. this is so egregious. i think the american people need to sit back for a moment and think about if something like that happened in their home. the sanctuary. this is someone who is-bent on doing vicious actions, and he succeeded. so, my heart just aches for them and for their whole family. they have been so divided, and she's given so much of her life to this country and two -- children particularly in our country are well-served and pass through so much legislation, and frankly, without her, this would not have passed. but that was the affordable care act, the infrastructure
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bill, so many bells. >> we do appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> coming up, we'll turn to the midterms just eight days away. a look at some -- house races putting new polling on key senate races that could determine which party is in charge next term. we're looking into sexual harassment in hollywood. you used to work for harvey weinstein? we have allegations of harassment and assault. i said no so many times. how close are they to going on the record?
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and in the morning we are eight is away from election day, more than 21 million americans have already voted early, and about the only thing we can say for certain is that -- key senate house races to watch, why they may be bellwethers for the midterms as a whole. tonight, we have new polling on those key senate races that will determine which party is in the jet majority come january. i'm joined by -- were at the magic wall, it is to go, john. what he looking? at >> 50 50 times we hadn't. vice president harris breaks it. democrats control the senate. here we are, it is at. one week of campaigning left. the yellow states -- lead democrat. let's look at this for a new polls.
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they impact how you look at this. let's go through quickly and will do the stakes. john fetterman, democrats, up in pennsylvania, just up. just outside the margin of error. -- democrats want to hold it. very close. and a state now held by a republican. that's pennsylvania. he moved to georgia, no clear leader here. 49, 46. the democrat, incumbent, raphael warnock, ahead if you want to clot that, but not -- statistically, that's a tie. remember on election night, if no one gets 50 plus one, we have a runoff in december. georgia, very close race to the end. now, often no. catherine cortez is the most vulnerable democratic senate incumbent republican. democrats think they're gonna close and win the race, barack obama -- help with turnout, we don't need to tell you, that 47, 47 -- if you look at the polling numbers, democrats feel a little better about -- incumbent democrat's mark kelly. that's outside the margin of error. but -- added to soften arizona in the final days. that tells you democrats are a bit nervous.
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what are we looking at here? democrats want to -- the republican incumbent. why they want to pick this up? this will give democrats to 51. if they hold this one and that one. but what if democrats -- this is the most likely want to flip now. this is why these four races are likely to determine control of the senate. if that, happens democrats are back to 60. what about georgia? republicans -- this is all hypothetical at home. we're just walking through this in the final days here. this is why rick scott thinks they can get to 52. he thinks rick scott, who runs the -- he thinks they're gonna close strong and get pennsylvania. you think they're gonna get georgia. he thinks they're gonna get around to 52. doesn't mean that's not gonna happen, but those four races, likely to decide in the and whether this stands or whether it floats. >> very quickly, a couple sleeper races here. new hampshire, and perhaps ohio, where the parties have hopes, but it may not turn out to be what they want. >> coming back to it now.
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these are races -- republicans still think -- we'll see if that happens. maybe -- get above 15, the democrats, whether it's ohio, whether it's -- joe biden's first midterm, should be leaning red. they're remarkably competitive. >> i protect you will be here for many hours in the weeks to come. >> week plus ahead. >> thanks, john, appreciate it. the latest on the ground in seoul, south korea, after a deadly halloween disaster over the weekend that left 150 dead, including two americans. cture. with the right balance of risk and reward. so you can enjoy more of...this. this is the planning effect.
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>> south korea grieving the loss of 155 people who died over the weekend after halloween festivities led to a massive crowd rush. authorities say at least 149 people have been injured, including a few serious. but -- questions are emerging about the government's handling of the incident in the lack of crowd control leading up to the tragedy. cnn's paula hancocks is in seoul what the latest. >> once the heart of seoul's nightlife, now a sight of
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endless grief and loss. south korea is in a period of national mourning. 155 lives were lost in a crowd surge saturday night. >> there was just waves of people coming in. this is like the middle of town. they're coming in from both sides. people fell. i lost my friend. there were so many people. what do you gonna do with all those people? and i turn around, and i told the crowd, you can't come this way. people are dying. >> stop green officials admitting there were no guidelines for dealing with the halloween festivities. a street event without a host. they deployed 137 police officers to deal with tens of thousands of partygoers. eyewitnesses said they saw no attempt to control the crowds. >> it was you versus other people. i just wanted to get out of a.
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i was using my arms, scorching known, i don't care my clothes are getting ripped, or had bruises on my arms and, staff i'm trying to maneuver. it was just shoulder to shoulder, people just couldn't breathe. the short of people were just trying to look up in the air to get some sort of air. >> the tragedy has echoed around the world. 26 foreigners lost their lives here. the victims, some teenagers, some of their twenties, included -- who had only been in south korea for two months. >> i feel like i have a whole me. a big hole in my chest. i wish it didn't go. >> a nursing student from kentucky who was studying abroad in seoul, the niece of representative brad -- in a statement he called her a gift from god. just to have hundreds of families dealing with a life-changing event of that night. grieving with the nation and shock and demanding answers. >> we're seeing a huge outpour of grief here in seoul. this is one of the makeshift memorials. this is less than 100 feet from
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where many lost their lives. people laying flowers, bringing tributes to those victims we saw earlier. one man was here who lost his big sister. he said he didn't want to leave the spot where she died. some of that anguish is turning to anger. where the police? where was the crowd control? just 350 feet away across the road was a police station. the try to help the situation? these are the questions that investigators are gonna be asking. these are the questions many people coming here emotional, tearful, laying flowers, want to know the answers to. >> unimaginable tragedy. paula hancocks in seoul, thanks so much. and ukraine today, or shut launched a new -- parts of the capital without electricity or water. >> -- partly in response to attacks on a russian fleet. the company's energy system
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suffered more attacks since october ten than in the previous eight months of the war. russia is suspending but not ending its participation in the black sea grain export data -- joining me now in southeastern ukraine with the very latest -- clarissa, let's start with strikes on civilian infrastructure. what's the latest? >> well, john, this is becoming a sort of grim routine. every single monday morning now, the last for monday's, ukrainians wake up to air raid sirens and the sounds of russian missiles slamming into key civilian infrastructure around the country. the, day it hit ten different regions, 18 different installations. and we still actually are marketable success on part of the ukrainians, and the sense that they're claiming the air force but they managed to intercept 40 of the more than 50 missiles that flew into ukraine. but still, the ones that did manage to achieve their targets have done significant damage. you have hundreds of thousands of homes without any power.
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and keep today, you had 40% of people in kyiv are that any water. he started to have lines forming on the street, makeshift water pumps that were erected. the mayor telling people to go out and basically stock up on water in case this happens again. and here in zaporizhzhia, rolling blackouts, 200,000 people without power. the power has now been restored, but there was a time today when the children's hospital here was running an emergency power. and the real fear, john, is that this is not a sustainable situation. because while the ukrainians keep desperately and quickly trying to build back the second these attacks happen, there is a rate of attrition and damage. and there's a level of stress that the grid has come under now that is very difficult to repair, john. >> an attack on the ukrainian people because they refused to
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be occupied. clarissa ward, in southeastern ukraine, thanks so much for being with us. stay safe. still ahead, more on those bellwether congressional races we mentioned earlier. congressman tom mullen asked is warning fellow democrats that the fate of the house could be decided in his new jersey district. he's facing a tight race. details ahead. unreal. the all-new lexus rx. never lose your edge. ♪
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>> as we mentioned, for just eight days from the midterms. another tight race we want to focus on tonight is a new jersey's seventh congressional district held by a democratic congressman -- is facing a tough bid in a district he says is crucial for democrats. he's calling on the party to take more action. cnn's manu raju has the details. >> new jersey congressman tom malinowski has a -- >> hold on to the house without this district. i think that this is a bellwether for the country. >> just four years ago, malinowski -- democrats swept swing districts
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in american suburbs and give them their first majority in nearly a decade. >> this is where it gets serious. >> now, they could be in danger of being swept away in a red wave. >> this is a district that wants leaders to get shut down -- not leaders who are bat bleep crazy. >> the offensive stretching deep into blue terrain. -- top democrat, new york's sean patrick maloney -- >> including one he runs. sources on cnn -- democratic campaign arm is expected to draw additional resources to get malinovski a light boost. >> if anyone's looking to pour some money our way, will certainly be receptive to it. >> -- biden storms through his district from the -- >> very nice to meet you.
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>> and tomorrow rural areas dominated by republicans, he's bracing for a cliff. >> this is basically the median congressional district in america. half of them are more republican, half of them are more democratic. whoever works harder is gonna win. >> now facing the same for he defeated by just 1. 3 years ago. >> tom kaine junior, the son of ex governor tom kaine -- >> before's district lines for change to be more favorable to republicans. and in swing districts like this one, -- donald trump is no longer president. >> it's not on the ballot this year. >> the ex gop congressman who lost a seat in 2018 to malinowski amid an anti-trump wave. this time, this voter anger over sky-high inflation. >> we have a record of the democratic party in charge of both congress and the presidency, and the overwhelming issue is the state of the economy. >> -- avoiding scrutiny on the trail.
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rarely holding public events, and refusing to tell cnn where he was campaigning. new jersey political watchers say that it is not an accident. >> is this is campaign strategy? >> i think it is. i think his strategy is kind of like a run out the clock, avoid the local gatekeepers. >> as malinowski -- >> voted against the law protecting a woman's right to choose. >> republicans are spending millions more than democrats on tv ads here. attacking malinowski for facing a -- after failing to disclose -- during the pandemic as required by law. >> just another insider politician trying to get rich in office. >> how much does that hurt you? the fact that you're facing this investigation? >> all i did was file paperwork. it's hard to respond to unless you put millions of dollars on the air, calling out a lie as a lie. >> manu raju, cnn, new jersey.
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