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ahead on "cnn newsroom," pulling out all the stops in pennsylvania. president biden teaming up with his former boss, barack obama, to get the pblue vote out, whil trump rallies republicans. it seems he has a new nickname for his most likely challenger to lead the party. we'll have details plus analysis from a former member of congress for the state. and destruction left behind in america's tornado alley. the latest from cnn's world weather center. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. first, we are following a developing story out of eastern africa. a commercial aircraft of an unknown number of passengers has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania. the plane was owned by precision air, which said a rescue operation was now underway for possible survivors. the airline said it went down near their airport located on
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lake victoria's western shore. the president of tanzania has taken to social media to urge calm while rescuers work at the site of the downed plane. the president says that he's saddened to hear of the crash and has sent condolences to those affected. precision air is a tanznian airline and we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. the u.s. is just two days away from an election that will determine the plans of power in congress. on the ballot are all 435 seats in the house, as well as 35 of the senate's 100 positions. now, this year, 36 states are also holding races for governor, which will further shape the political landscape of the country. and it seems voters are fully aware of what's at stake, as millions have already cast their ballots in early voting. was to win more support for their candidates, each of the last three u.s. presidents held rallies in the battleground state of pennsylvania yesterday. on the democratic side, barack obama shared the stage with president biden. both of them stumped for john
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fetterman in the closely watched senate race, and they also warned that democracy itself is on the pballot. listen to this. >> this isn't a referendum this year, it's a choice. a choice between two vastly different visions of america. vastly different. maybe it's in our blood, but john and i believe that it's all about fighting for working and middle class people. >> elect john fetterman to the senate, please. he'll protect social security and medicare and guarantee that veterans are always cared for. always, always, always. >> a fair economy that gives working people a fair shot. that's on the ballot. fundamental rights are on the plat. truth and facts and logic and
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reason and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot! the stakes are high! >> meanwhile, on the other side of the state, donald trump campaigned for the republican candidate mehmet oz. he also used the event to rally his own supporters as he prepares for another presidential run. here he is. >> the election was rigged and stolen and now our country is being destroyed. i ran twice, i won twice, and now in order to make our country more successful and safe and glorious, i'm just going to tell you, i really believe -- i'm not going to say it right now. everybody, i promise you, in the very next, very, very short period of time, you're going to be so happy, okay? we're winning big, big, big in
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the republican party like nobody has ever seen before. there it is, trump at 71. ron desanctimonious at 10%. >> interest in the midterm election has been high from coast to coast. more than 38 million preelection ballots have been cast in 47 states, some of the states bringing big voter turnout are texas, florida, and california, as you can see on the map. and here in georgia, more than 2.5 million votes have been cast, which is a midterm record for the state. now, the fact that three presidents descended on pennsylvania just two days before the midterms underscores the state's critical importance during this election cycle. cnn's jessica dean is in la latrobe, pennsylvania, with the latest. >> three presidents, one day, all in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. former president barack obama and president joe biden rallying democrats, trying to get the base to turn out for all the democratic candidates in pennsylvania. most specifically, john fetterman in what will be a
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pivotal senate race that could very likely determine who controls the u.s. senate. we saw former president obama and fetterman in pittsburgh earlier on saturday. they then traveled across the state to greet president biden and all rallied together with a larger group who's on the democratic ticket here in pennsylvania, in philadelphia. both democratic strongholds. and to win statewide in pennsylvania, you must have your base turnout strong, so democrats certainly going to their bases, really trying to rally them. and then here in latrobe, pennsylvania, former president donald trump, right behind me, speaking to a giant crowd of people attending his rally tonight, where he's here to rally support for republican candidates here in the state of pennsylvania. trump flying in on his plane to talk to people here. fetterman's opponent, mehmet oz, the republican who's really tacked to the middle in this
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general election, cast himself as a moderate, giving a shortened version of his trump speech, and not mentioning former president trump or the gubernatorial, doug mastriano at all, sticking to what he's been talking about unity, about bipartisanship, about moving forward, and trying to appeal again to independents and conservative democrats here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. at the same time, appearing here at this trump rally to really rally the base. again, republican voters in the more rural parts of the state turned out in huge numbers for former president trump, really helping him carry the state back in 2016. oz hoping to capture they're support as well. jessica dean, cnn, latrobe, pennsylvania. i like to bring in charlie dent, a cnn political commentator and former republican u.s. representative for the state of pennsylvania. he's also the executive director of aspen institute and he joins
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us from pennsylvania. let's start with what we saw last night. three presidents. do you think any of them will make a difference to the race at this stage? >> i think the die is already cast, kim. really, frankly, i think really what these three presidents are doing is trying to gin up turnout. but in the case of donald trump, he really doesn't appeal to swing voters. so i think it's a mistake to bring him in to swing states like pennsylvania nevada, michigan, georgia, arizona. not a smart move. you know, president obama did not have a good track record when he was president in terms of midterm elections. and of course, joe biden has an approval rating in the low 40s, and so he's underwater. but right now, i think, really, the race in pennsylvania, at least the senate race is one where dr. oz seems to be surging. the polls have tightened. in fact, i think they're dead even.
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and in an environment like this, dead even will accrue to the party in power. on the other hand, we have a democratic race in pennsylvania, where the democrat, josh shapiro is going to win and beat the republican, doug mastriano, who is an election denier and a candidate who has not been able to raise any money, and who is running in the most unconventional and unorthodox of campaigns. it's a terrible campaign and he's likely to lose there. and there are three very competitive house seats in pennsylvania that democrats hold, that could easily flip to the republican column. >> yeah, he's only been trying to appeal basically to the base. so i want to go back to the senate race, and the debate between fetterman and oz. i mean, we used to talk in politics about debates being the election turning point, then the conventional wisdom sort of changed, and, you know, people thought it was kind of an exaggeration, but do you think that in this case, it might actually have played a huge role, after all, fetterman was leading in the polls until after that debate.
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>> yeah, the debate was a disaster for john fetterman. we all sympathize with him because of the stroke that he experienced. his campaign set the bar so low, but they didn't set the bar low enough. fetterman wasn't able to explain himself on various positions, whether it was on fracking for natural gas in pennsylvania, with the crime issue. he wasn't able to articulate it. and i think it's caused many voters to question john fetterman's ability to serve in the senate. so that was really the issue. ordinarily, these debates probably don't matter that much. each side takes its shots, but there was one candidate that looked very sharp and crisp in his responses, that was dr. oz. and the other, i couldn't tell you if it was the stroke or the fact that he wasn't a very good debater, or he didn't have a great grasp on the policy issues, but whatever the case may be, it's going to cause voters to question his capacity to serve. so i think in this case, a debate really did matter and
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we've seen movement. i'm told, by some reliable pollsters that 60% of pennsylvanians saw some part of that debate and that college-educated men are now moving away from fetterman towards oz. and so you're seeing something happening here and it could be a major factor in the outcome of this election. >> yeah. let's talk about the political geography of the state. i mean, pennsylvania has the liberal cities sort of on either side. very conservative in the middle, so often a state will swing, depending on whether the urban voters actually turn out. and i'm wondering, you mentioned crime. how will the issue of crime play into this? it's often a galvanizing issue for republicans stoking fears about nonexistent crime waves. they do that all the time. but in philly and pittsburgh, the rise in crime is real. >> especially in the city of philadelphia. in the city of philadelphia, last year in 2021 had 561 murders, which is more than new york city. a city that's five and a half
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times city of philadelphia. so this is a very real issue in philly. and i know this, because i have two children and a niece living in the city and this is a front of mind issue. people talk about it. they're altering their behavior. it is a less-safe city. and what oz has done, effectively, in the campaign, he has been contrasting the votes of john fetterman and josh shapiro, both of whom serve on the state board of pardons, where shapiro has voted opposite fetterman over 200 times. and so fetterman is being accused of, you know, voting to release murderers. including one guy who killed another person with garden shears. stabbing him 26 times. and so there's all of these issues that are coming out there, and particularly in the philadelphia market. so it's a big issue. i would say, after inflation and the economy, this is a very big issue. and it shouldn't be minimized. i would argue really since the george floyd murder and the ensuing protest, some of which
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turned violent, i think the democrats have been in a rather defensive position on the crime issue, since that time. and we're still witnessing that today. >> yep. >> listen, pivotal races there, all eyes will be on your state, charlie dent, thanks so much for speaking to us. really appreciate it. >> thanks, kim. great to be with you. >> an election official in pennsylvania say more than 3400 mail-in ballots are at risk of being rejected and that number is expected to grow as more ballots are returned. authorities say the ballots have incorrect information, missing dates, or missing secrecy envelopes. it's an alarming development, given the national implications of the races in battleground states. the election officials are urging voters to take immediate steps to get replacement ballots. and pennsylvania is just one of several key swing states to watch on election day. later this hour, we'll also take a look at arizona, georgia, and wisconsin. now, those states all have multiple critical races that will impact issues like abortion and reproductive rights.
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the climate crisis, education, the economy, and much, much more. we'll have reports from our correspondents in each of those states coming up in just a few minutes. the death toll now stands at two from the powerful tornadoes that struck texas, arkansas, and oklahoma friday night. the governor of oklahoma declared a state of emergency in four counties on saturday. he says more than 100 homes and businesses were destroyed, the worst damage in ida bell, a small town just north of the border with texas. after touring the area, the governor posted a video message, identifying the victim killed in oklahoma as a 9-year-old man. a second person was killed in texas, but no details were provided. let's get the details now from cnn meteorologist karen maginnis. karen, people still coping with all the damage that we saw on friday. what can you tell us? >> it was devastating, kim, and this close to the holidays, and people trying to get their lives back together, it's been just
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over 24 hours and the national weather service survey crews have gone out and taken a look at just how strong some of these tornadoes have been. the strongest of which, impacted northeast texas into southwestern oklahoma. that's where the worst damage was reported. they're saying between an ef-1 and an ef-3, that's enhanced fujita, a message of how they can gauge the strength of these tornadoes, an ef-3, they're estimating that particular tornado, there were several, but the one that moved into southwestern oklahoma had supporting winds associated with it at 160 miles per hour. all right. it looks pretty good going into sunday across the eastern third of the united states, with lots of temperatures way above normal for this time of year. 75 degrees in boston. that's ridiculous! new york city, temperatures in the 70s there. it's going to last another 24 hours. we'll see it for sunday into
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monday. but these are record-high temperatures that we saw on saturday afternoon. hartford, connecticut, should be about 50 degrees or so. it was 78. erie, pennsylvania, a year ago, the temperature was 47 degrees. so, it's very dramatic. and it looks like for tuesday, if you're going to the polls, it looks like those temperatures are still going to be mild across the southeast. they really start to cool off rather dramatically across the northeast and into new england. i want to point out this. officially, hurricane season isn't over until the end of november. i'm not saying we're going to have a hurricane or even a tropical storm. but we do have a disturbance, and this is in the northeastern quadrant of the caribbean. and this is what we anticipate. it looks like it's going to kind of continue a circuitous route, go up, dip down a bit, and then perhaps be the influencer for weather coming up as we go towards the next 5 to 6 days.
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this disturbance has about a 70 to 80% likelihood that it will become a little better organized. will it become a tropical storm? it's highly unlikely, but the characteristics would be, you know, there's not a lot of difference as far as what you'll experience with heavy rainfall and strong winds. we'll see a rip current. a lot of these areas will see some pretty heavy rainfall. that's pretty far out, kim. that's about five to six days out. but as we take a look at this, it looks like this is going to be a significant weather maker going towards the end of the workweek. back to you. >> something to watch for. karen maginnis, thanks so much. ukraine is rejecting iran's new statement about supplying military drones to moscow. still ahead, why president zelenskyy believes his own air defenses proved iran wrong. stay with us.
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possible russian withdrawal from khe kherson, but moscow has been sending in reinforcements. meanwhile, russia is planning to use more hard-core criminals to fight in the war. president putin has signed a law to conscript murderers, drug dealers, and others who were recently released from prison. the move could potentialliy allw the deployment of hundreds of thousands of people who were previously banned from the military. back in ukraine, president zelenskyy says he's not buying iran's new plan about supplying military drones to russia. iran did an about-face on friday, saying it sent a limited number of drones to moscow in the months before the war. the statement came after weeks of irani denial that it provided any drones to russia. president zelenskyy says iran's new claim still doesn't add up. for more, salma abdelaziz joins us from kyiv. salma, ukraine pushing back hard on those drone claims by iran. >> yeah, a very significant admission from iran's foreign minister to a press conferencing that, yes, iran did provide a limited number of drones to
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russia. but, and this is a very big but, it was prior to the conflict, months prior to this conflict, and that iran has no knowledge that russia is using those drones here in the war on ukraine. let me start by clarifying this right away, kim. we do know that iranian-made drones are being used here in ukraine, because ukrainian officials have found the remnants of them after they struck at apartment buildings or terrorized citizens and have been able to show those remnants to journalists, as well. what was also curious about this statement from iran's foreign minister is that he then went on to ask ukraine to provide concrete evidence. take a listen to how president zelenskyy responded to all of this. >> today, there were messages from iran, from officials representatives. there, they decided to admit that they did supply drones for russia terror, but even in this confession, they lied. we shoot down at least ten iranian drones every day. and if iran continues lying about the obvious, it means that the world will make even more
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efforts to investigate the terrorist cooperation between the russian and iranian regimes and what russia is paying iran for such cooperation. now, not only has iran provided russia with weapons, western sources say that tehran is preparing to send even more weapons to russia, including more drones and ballistic missiles. that's, of course, very crucial to russia. that's used a great deal of his arsenal here in the invasion of ukraine. it could help boost the fight for kherson. so a very curious statement there from iran. and a final point, this could also have consequences for iran itself, kim. the united states, other allies have said that they will step up sanctions if iran continues to support moscow in this fight. >> and salma, another story we're following, a russia-appointed judge in the self-proclaimed donetsk people's republic is in serious condition after an alleged assassination attempt. what more can you tell us about that? >> yes, very interesting report
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that came out in the evening hours yesterday. russian-appointed officials saying that a russian-backed judge in the donetsk region, this is a russian-occupied region, is now in critical condition after there was an assassination attempt on him. this judge is significant. he was the judge who sentenced three foreigners in june to death, including two british fighters who had been here fighting with ukrainian forces. now, russian-backed officials, moscow blaming ukraine for this. ukraine not responding. but this isn't the first time we've seen this, where russian-backed officials have been attacked in these very shadowy circumstances. and you always get that sense, kim, that, yes, we have this open war on the battlefield, but there's also this kind of covert war that happens in the shadows, kim. >> thanks so much, salma abdelaziz live in kyiv. the u.s. military says that it's ultra-advanced long-range bomber, the b1b lancer was among the 240 war planes involved in last week's air defense drills
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with south korea, known as vigilance storm. those exercises infuriated north korea, which fired off dozens of missiles in protest, including a suspected icbm that apparently failed in mid-flight. on saturday, the european union strongly condemned those missile launches as illegal and a dangerous escalation. all right, still ahead, much more on the u.s. midterm elections, including the republican strategy to win arizona's races for governor and senator. plus, wisconsin republican senator refuses to say if he'll accept tuesday's election results. we'll hear his answer when pressed about it by one of our correspondents. stay with us. and to support my family's immune health, i choose airborne. unlike some others, airborne gives you vitaminin c and so much more. it's an 8 in 1 immune support formula. airborne.. do more.
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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." we're touurning to a story we'r following out of eastern africa. this is the first images we're receiving of a commercial aircraft that's crashed into a lake in tanzania. the plane was owned by precision air, which says a rescue operation is now underway for possible survivors. tanzania's president is urging calm while rescuers work. the president says he's saddened to hear of the crash and has sent condolences to those affected. the airline says it's went down an aircraft located on lake victoria's western shore. precision air is a tanzanian aircraft and we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. in just two days, the u.s. will hold an election that learn
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the the balance of power in congress. on the ballot this year, every seat in the house, more than a third of the senate, and 36 governors. with so much on the line, many voters have wasted no time in making their picks. more than 30 million preelection ballots have been cast in 47 states with a record number of here in the swing state of georgia. i want to take you to two other states that could have a profound impact on the election outcome. we'll begin with cnn's kyung lah in arizona. >> reporter: it is a mad dash across arizona with three days left of campaigning. we are in the phoenix suburbs and what you can see behind me is the arizona first get out the vote bus tour. it is the top of the republican ticket, all campaigning together. including republican gubernatorial nominee kari lake as well as senate nominee, blake masters. these republicans are making the
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argument that it is time for a new party to be in charge here in the state of arizona. when they are closing on issues about the economy as well as border security. on the democrat side, dr. jill biden has landed in arizona. she is campaigning with democratic incumbent senator mark kelly. the democrats making their final case that if republicans are elected in just three days, it will mean that they are too extreme to be with the mainstream of arizona voters. take a listen. >> if you like paying too much for absolutely everything, not being able to afford gas and groceries. hey, there's a u.s. senate candidate for you. his name is mark kelly. he caused all of these problems. he will make them worse if we give him more time to rubber stamp biden's agenda. but if you and your family deserve better, send me in there, we'll retire mark kelly, and i promise that i'll make you proud. red wave incoming. thank you and god bless you. >> go out and wait for the election results to come in, and
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it might take ten days, because we're still arizona, but i vow to you when i take office, we will reform our elections and restore honest, transparent elections in arizona. get out and vote, everybody! i love you, arizona! >> and arizonan families are struggling right now with rising costs and gas and groceries and housing. so we've worked to address this issue and every day i spent in the united states senate, i'm going to keep working on this issue to bring down costs. >> reporter: all of this campaigning is happening in the phoenix area today. tomorrow, they head to the tucson area. kyung lah, cnn, chandler, arizona. well, both senate candidates here in wisconsin are making their final campaign stops with just days to the election. senator ron johnson appeared alongside republican candidate for governor, tim michaels here in waukesha, and senator johnson made it clear to his supporters, that this election is a fight for freedom. now, he also doubled down on comments he made earlier this
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week, where he was asked if he would accept the results of tuesday's election. he didn't outright say "yes." instead, he told us, i sure hope i can. so, i asked him, at this event, if he would or if he's seen anything that's changed in the days since those original comments that would make him feel better? he instead pointed to a case out of nearby milwaukee of a now former election official, who was criminally charged after allegedly obtaining military ballots for fake voters and sending them to a state representative to make a point. here's some of our exchange. >> and it doesn't make you feel better that she got caught in this instance? >> she's -- she got caught by and being prosecuted and defended by a bunch of democrats. i do not know what's happening. it is the most bizarre story. it's just suspicious. and we should be doing everything we can to restore confidence. >> our strategy has been the same since day one.
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show up everywhere, talk to everybody. we're not assuming anybody's political allegiances and we're not assuming that any part of the state is going to show up for us, and any part of the state won't show up for us. we're meeting people where they are. >> and that, of course, was johnson's opponent, democratic l opponent, mandela barnes. i asked him what his strategy was leading up to the election, but i will emphasize, he said he will accept the results of tuesday's elections. at almost every step we've been to, remarks have been made about how close elections are here in wisconsin. sometimes jokes being made. but those jokes are slated to become reality on tuesday, as polls have shown no clear leader in these races. instead, what's been clear are the stakes for these candidates, as both of them have been campaigning on the country being on the line. omar jiminez, cnn, waukesha, wisconsin. >> in other election news, a critical error with ballots in georgia's cobb county. officials say hundreds of
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absentee ballots were mailed out yesterday, just before election day, and they're blaming procedural changes in the office for the mistake. cnn's nadia romero has more. >> reporter: more than 1,000 absentee ballots requested, but not mailed out in cobb county, georgia. that area covers the metro atlanta area. and officials there say this was done by human error. that they had a new supervisor in the role, after seeing a lot of turnover in the elections department, and seeing her not double check the processes to make sure those requested absentee ballots were mailed out. they also gave other reasons why. take a look at a statement, partly released by the board of elections chair, saying while human error was clearly a factor, i believe reduced time frames for the repeat of requests for and processing of absentee ballots provided under, is b202 as well as turnover in
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the office are significant factors. and she was referencing the law that changed voting laws and processes across the state. we are told that those people who did not receive their absentee ballots who are part of that large number are getting those ballots sent out to them by overnight mail. they're being contacted by phone and by email and some of them are being told to vote in person on tuesday if possible. nadia romero, cnn, atlanta. one week after a deadly bridge collapse, the grief and the questions as families morn. we'll have the latest when we come back. plus, a somber moment as thousands in south korea remember the victims of the deadly halloween crowd crash. the growing calls for accountability, next. 360 smart . the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms and efeffortlessly responds to both of you. our r smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per nighght. proven quality sleep. only from sleep number.. if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms
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children. an investigation underway to determine exactly what happened, but as questions linger about why a bridge that was recently renovated would collapse, families know that nothing can replace the loved ones they lost. ve vedika sud reports. >> reporter: a grieving father lights an oil lamp in front of his son's portrait. he last saw his son on october 30th, when his 10-year-old cousin and uncle took a bike ride to the city's popular tourist spot, the hanging bridge in western india. >> translator: they were so excited when they left the house and promised to be back soon. >> hours after, a cable of the bridge snapped, the bodies were recovered from the river. ever since, his relatives and neighbors have been visiting their home to offer their condolences. but words have failed to comfort this mother, who has lost her
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youngest child. a familiar scene here, over a dozen people attend a day of mourning. they've lost 12 loved ones. the family had gathered from across the state to celebrate a hindu festival of lights. days later, five grandchildren, four daughters, and three sons-in-law fell to their death while walking on the bridge. it stunned them into silence. >> there have been a lot of deaths. i cannot describe the pain and sadness it's caused. their grandchildren would play in these hallways. now, there are only empty rooms and memories. z >> translator: they used to create an atmosphere of joy for the entire family wherever they visited. it is hard to even think that
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they are no longer with us. the 8-year-old and 5-year-old were days away from heading back to school. they had set off to the bridge with nine other family members, but only three survived. their grandmother is one of them. >> translator: we had reached the middle of the bridge when it collapsed. i was with them. i got help from people. my life was saved, but my daughter, son-in-law, and the children all died. >> reporter: it pains this family to sit by their belongings. a constant reminder of grief and loss. the colonial era bridge has been renovated just days before reopening to the public. it soon turned into a death trap. for some, an entire generation, wiped out.
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leaving homes in complete darkness. vedika sud, cnn, new delhi. >> at least 13 people were killed when fire swept through a nightclub northeast of moscow. the smoke and flames were so intense, people who lived nearby thought the fire was in their own homes. listen to this. >> translator: i woke up by the sharp burning smell and started waking my husband up to determine the source of the fire. we started walking in our flat, checked all the rooms and found nothing. then my husband looked out the window and saw black smoke above the polygone building. after a while, a strong flame appeared. many trucks arrived. all hell broke loose. now they're still extinguishing something. >> authorities say the blaze could have been started by fireworks that were set off by someone inside the club. a 23-year-old man is being held in connection the deadly incident. thousands of people gathered
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in seoul on saturday for a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of a deadly crowd cash one week ago. and he held signs, demanding accountability for the 156 lives lost during halloween festivities. a number of large events across south korea have either been canceled or minimized in the wake of the danger. and angry is growing at official for failing to prevent the deadly incident. cnn's will ripley is on the scene in seoul. >> reporter: i'm at a massive candlelight vigil here in seoul. one of eight locations across south korea, where people are gathering. they're lighting candles, and expressing their grief, their sorrow, and frankly their anger over what happened at the nightclub district in the south korean capital on saturday night, when 156 people died. most of them young people in their teens and 20s, who were out celebrating on halloween and got caught in a horrific crowd crush in one of the narrow alleyways of that packed nightclub district. it's ironic that the crowd out here is estimated to be around
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100,000. that's according to local media and organizers. that's the same number of people who packed in on saturday night. and unlike saturday night, the police are out here doing frankly a very good job of keeping the crowd under control. there are scores of officers, there are barricades, and every step that you take is controlled. the movements of the crowd are controlled to prevent exactly the kind of disaster that happened with all of those young people packed into a very narrow space, unable to get out, unable to move, unable to breathe. and those who fell down, those who got crushed, those who suffocated, and those who died are the ones being remembered here right now. this is in some ways turning into a political event, a lot of people expressing their anger against the current south korean president, saying he is the one who is ultimately responsible for the lack of planning, the lack of crowd control. the fact that the 130 or so officers who were out were mostly looking for drunk and
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disorderly conduct or drug offenses and not able to actually control the throngs of young people. not stopping them getting into a very dangerous situation. the questions, the soul searching continues out here as does the grief for so many people here in south korea. will ripley, cnn, seoul. pakistan's prime minister has overturned a decision from media regulators, which had banned the broadcasting of speeches of former leader imran khan. a government official says the prime minister reversed the order to uphold the democratic d ideals of freedom of expression. regulators say they had opposed the ban, because they feared khan's rhetoric could incite hatred. it followed speech in which he accused the government of plotting to kill him. khan was skhot and wounded in te leg on thursday and he claimed without proof that the prime minister was one of several officials behind the attack. police in philadelphia searching for multiple suspect who is jumped out of a vehicle
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and opened fire on a crowd outside a bar. nine people were shot. two are in critical condition. seven others are in stable condition. now, from the air, you can see a number of yellow police evidence markers. investigators say the attackers might have been after someone in the crowd. police add, this is a busy area with lots of police patrol, but add, quote, we have some brazen individuals in the city that don't care. all right. still to come, tens of thousands of people including world leaders and activists in egypt this hour to tackle climate change at the cop 27 summit. stay with us. she took mucinex e sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who's boboss. mumucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours.
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what do we want? when do we want it? >> now! >> well, this is amsterdam, where hundreds of climate activists breached a runway saturday at the international airport to stop private jets from taking off. officials say air traffic wasn't affected. and in spain, two climate activists were arrested in madrid after they each glued one of their hands to the frames of two goya paintings in the museum. both instances drawing attention to the climate crisis. and on that, the cop-27 climate
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change conference is now underway in egypt. the u.n.-sponsored event takes place this year in sharma el sheik. more than 45,000 people around the world are registered for the conference, including heads of states and climate activists. the stated goal, to deliver real action on the climate emergency. the climate crisis is already threatening some of the most beautiful natural wonders on earth in southern chile. mountain glaciers are in danger of disappearing as global temperatures arrive. and scientists fear local habitats will be severely affected. cnn's rafael romo explains. >> reporter: this is the land where glaciers roar and dolphins bask in the freedom that can only be enjoyed by the fact that civilization as we know it is so far away. this is also where the atlantic and pacific oceans meet at the southern-most point of chile. the south american country extends nearly 4,300 kilometers from north of the tropic of
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capricorn, all the way to the southern tip of the american continent, where cape horn is located. unknown to western civilization until 1616, cape horn has recently become an outdoor lab vatory for chilean scientists who say, they've been able to measure the negative impact of climate change here more than ever before. andres is a researcher and professor in chile. he says higher temperatures that cause glaciers to recede are affecting the marine habitats due to the fact that melting ice produces excess fresh water around the coasts. a 2020 assessment published by the european space agency shows some of the glaciers in patagonia, including chile's san raphael, are retreating faster than anywhere in the world. and the problem of melting glaciers is not unique to chile. researchers at the u.n. educational scientific and
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cultural organization have found that dplash dpglaciers are set disappear by 2050. among the glaciers on the brink of vanishing are two of those in the most beloved national parks in the united states, yellowstone and yosemite, as well as mt.s kilimanjaro in africa. according to unesco, glaciers shed around 50 billion tons of ice each year, which is equivalent to the total volume of water used annually in france and spain combined. and these glaciers have already contributed nearly 5% of global sea level rise in the last 20 years. >> reporter: back in chile, in addition to melting ice, scientists have noticed that the acidity level in fact water has gotten higher because of the greenhouse effect. this harms numerous marine species, including crab, urchin,
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and oysters. on land, the effects of climate change can be just as za devastating. a biologist at the cape horn biological center says they are now seeing non-native insect species here, including mosquitos generalist predators that feed on native plants, animals, and insects, causing serious harm. ricardo, a researcher and professor at a university in chile and the university of north texas compares what's happening to some species to a sick child. temperatures are already over 20 degrees celsius, he says, and what happens to the mother of a child when he has a fever? she disappears. and that's exactly how he and his fellow scientists feel when they see the impact of climate change in cape horn. they are adapted to withstand extremely cold weather, but the opposite can kill them.
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a harsh reality that scientists are already seeing here in the cape horn forests, considered to be among the most pristine in the world. rafael romo, cnn. i'm kim brunhuber. you can follow me on twitter @kimbrunhuber. i'll be back in a moment with more "cnn newsroom." please do stay with us. i'm feeling better. no, you definitely still have a fever. nope, i'm back. body pain? headache? nope. all in one and done. ugh, cuh-congestion? better. cough? fever? better. ugh, bummer. stuffy nose? better. feelingsgs of inadequacy? impending doom? yeah, i'm not your therapist, man. mucinex all in one relieves 9 symptoms in 1 dose. with mucinex, it's not cold and flu season. it's always comeback season. two new ihop lunch and dinner menu items for twice the goodness, twice the flavor,
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