good morning, america. deadly crowd crush. the investigation following a tragic night in south korea. the chaos as more than 150 halloween revelers are killed on an overflowing street. the desperate rescue efforts as we hear from survivors this morning. new details about the violent attack at house speaker nancy pelosi's home. her first statement overnight addressing her husband's injuries. plus, the d.a.'s giving us new insights on the break-in. heavy hitters. pdemocrats and republicans bringing out some big names to the campaign trail in hopes of turning tight races. plus, the big battle in texas, what voters are saying about the issues that matter most. affirmative action

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good morning, america. thank you for joining us on this sunday morning. we have a lot to cover including new details in that hammer atack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. what speaker pelosi is now telling her colleagues about being heart broken and traumatized. >> we'll have more on that just ahead. but first, we get to that breaking news and new information emerging overnight in that tragedy in south korea. the death toll rising with more than 153 people killed in a crush of halloween revelers at a popular night life district in seoul. >> president biden said he and the first lady send their deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones and south korea's president declared a period of national mourning for the victims. abc's lama hasan starts our team coverage in london with the latest. good morning to you, lama. >> reporter: good morning to you, eva. this is truly just tragic and now has become one of south korea's worst-ever disasters. most of those who lost their

lives in the crush are young people in their teens and 20s. at least one of the confirmed dead is an american. this morning, south korea is in mourning as they carry out the heartbreaking task of counting the dead and trying to identify the victims. after disaster striking the heart of the capital seoul when an evening of festivities turned deadly. more than 100,000 people gathered for seoul's first major halloween celebration since the pandemic, converging in a narrow sloped alleyway quickly erupting in chaos. >> i just saw in front of me this mass of people running and pushing and like moving fast and screaming and like panicking. >> reporter: with reports of some surging forward causing a massive crush, killing at least 153 people and injuring more than 82 others, many of them in serious condition. more than 800 emergency services

rushing to the scene, medics and bystanders giving cpr to rows and rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. >> we didn't expect anything like this to happen. there were already too many people. we were on the street and i was already getting pushed. i was trying to hold my friend that passed away close to me. >> reporter: police quickly trying to clear the area, sending out text messages warning people to stay away. the south korean president declaring a period of national mourning saying this is truly tragic. a tragedy and disaster that shouldn't have happened took place in the heart of seoul last night. abc news has confirmed that american student steve blasey, who was on a study abroad program, was one of the victims. he only just arrived in south korea two months ago. his father telling us his boy had an incredible heart and they cannot imagine life without him. so many questions about how a tragedy like this could have happened. janai?

>> absolutely tragic. lama, thank you. continuing our team coverage, let's go to our reporter in seoul, where that disaster unfou unun ununu unfo unfolding. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. see how narrow this alley is where the stampede began, just 14 feet wide. all the dead and injured have been transferred to 42 different hospitals, most of them in their halloween costumes and many of them teenagers not even old enough to have an i.d. tough for police working to identify them. shops here all shut down. mourners started to lay flowers over there. a joint mourning altar will be set up tomorrow down the street and at the city hall. all this going on right now with the body count still rising. guys? >> thank you. in the meantime we move on to some other stories and new details we're learning about the hammer attack against house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. 82-year-old paul pelosi recovering from a fractured skull and other injuries after the assault in their san francisco home. abc's mola lenghi joins us now with more.

mola, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. speaker pelosi saying her husband's condition continues to improve. he's recovering here at this san francisco hospital. this, as the investigation into the suspect continues. the district attorney telling me that investigators are combing through his life and trying to determine a specific motive for this attack. house speaker pelosi speaking out for the first time since that violent attack on her husband and break-in to their home. saying in a statement, our children, our grandchildren and i are heart broken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our pop. the san francisco d.a. telling abc news after breaking in through the back door the suspect david depape made it all the way to the second floor. authorities say after not finding speaker pelosi, his intended target, he allegedly turned his focus to her 82-year-old husband. >> he was able to step away from the suspect for a period of time in order to place that call. >> reporter: pelosi using his cell phone to call 911, keeping

the line open without his alleged attacker realizing so the operator could overhear them speaking. >> a male in the home, that he's going wait for his wife. he stated he doesn't know who the male is. >> reporter: the d.a. says the call was quick but effective. >> i truly believe based on what i know it was life-saving he was able to access his phone and make that call and that he did it so bravely. >> reporter: jenkins saying police responded within two minutes of dispatch, walking in just as the attack unfolded. >> the front door was opened. both men were holding on to one end of the hammer. there was an order to drop the hammer. >> reporter: that's when authorities say the suspect pulled the hammer away from pelosi and attacked him with it. pelosi struck at least twice, fracturing his skull. the suspect then taken into custody. the district attorney says she intends to file charges against depape tomorrow. including attempted murder, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon. she says she's also considering other felony charges including false imprisonment. he's scheduled to be arraigned

in court on tuesday. eva? >> mola lenghi there in san francisco. mola, thank you. to the midterm elections now just nine days away. a new abc/ipsos poll putting the economy and inflation as the top issues for nearly half the voters, a significant rise from just a few months ago. this weekend heavyweights from both parties are hitting the campaign trail. abc's maryalice parks joins us with the latest from capitol hill. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: eva, good morning. more than 20 million americans have already voted, now including president biden, and we're seeing across the country a lot of these races really tightening seeming to be much more competitive in the polls in these last few days. >> joseph biden now voting. >> reporter: with just over a week until election day, president biden getting his vote in early, alongside his granddaughter. >> it's her first vote. >> congratulations. >> reporter: his wife, vice president and former boss all fanned out across the country hoping to fire up democrats. >> because this election

requires every single one of us to do our part. >> reporter: in michigan, former president obama painting a stark contrast between democrats and republicans. >> you know what their big economic policy is? they want to gut social security and medicare and then give big tax cuts to the wealthy. >> reporter: both parties aware the economy is top of mind for voters. republicans campaigning hard on the record inflation, blaming democrats for the rise in costs. in new york, florida's governor ron desantis, himself a major power player, campaigning for the gop gubernatorial candidate lee zeldin. >> we have the worst inflation in 40 years with no end in sight. >> reporter: in new hampshire democratic senator maggie hassan in a tight race to keep her job, telling me she's pushing president biden to do more to bring energy costs down. >> there's a lot more work to do and i keep pushing the administration to release more home heating fuel from the home

heating reserve among other things. we've just got to keep continuing to work on lowering other costs too. >> reporter: now in new hampshire i also talked to congressman chris papis, also in a tight race for re-election. both he and senator hassan have opponents who at times have denied the results of the 2020 elections. both of them are running on this clear message that they think democracy is on the ballot this year. i got to tell you a lot of voters i spoke to up there told me that was why they were getting out to vote. eva? >> all right, maryalice, thank you. tune in later for a special edition of "this week" live from dallas, texas. martha raddatz travelled across the country to find out what's driving voters to the polls for critical senate races that democrats are fighting to hold. plus, she goes one-on-one with senator rick scott talking about republican efforts to flip control of congress. janai? staying in washington now, to the supreme court where tomorrow the court will be taking up the divisive question of affirmative action. abc's ike ejiochi joins us live

from the supreme court explaining the cases dealing with admission policies at two major universities. good morning to you, ike. >> reporter: good morning, janai. on monday the nation's highest court will begin hearing two cases reconsidering the role of race in college admissions. the supreme court has had a 40-year precedent permitting the limited use of race as one factor in admissions. right now roughly 20% of four-year public universities consider race during their admissions process, according to ballotpedia. now a conservative advocacy group is asking the justices to reverse course and issue a ban on race-conscious admissions policies nationwide. the suit filed against harvard university contends that its policy discriminates against asian american applicants. claiming asian americans are significantly less likely to be admitted than other similarly qualified applicants. now the second case filed against the university of north carolina at chapel hill argues that its current race-conscious admissions process violates

title vi of the civil rights act and the constitution and that its use of race is not limited enough. now this is the first test for affirmative action before the current court with its conservative majority, including three justices of color and now the first black woman justice, all tasked with deciding how a university can assemble a diverse student body. now the conservative majority is poised to possibly significantly roll back precedent, if not overturn it entirely. still a decision isn't expected until late spring. whit? >> ike ejiochi, thank you. we turn now to the economy and what's looking like another interest rate hike coming this week. the federal reserve meeting wednesday in its continued effort to restrain inflation by increasing the cost of borrowing. abc's deirdre bolton is here with more on that. deidre, good morning. >> good morning, whit. the fed is forecast to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points on wednesday. the aggressive moves so far have pushed the average 30-year mortgage rate over 7%. that's a 20-year high and more than double the rates at this time last year.

so if you're considering buying a $400,000 house, 12 months ago the monthly payments on 30-year mortgage at 3.5% would have cost you close to $1,800 a month. now that exact same home would require monthly payments of more than $2,700 a month, a difference of more than $900. the fed is slowing down the housing market and the spending related to it. when people don't buy new homes they tend not to spend much on furniture, appliances, home decor or yard gear. there's a huge carryover effects, whit. >> speaking of spending, we're coming into the big holiday shopping season. what effects could this rate hike have on the shopping that people will be doing? >> whit, increases and experiences on credit card aren't pay off every month will cost 20% more. if you look at the average credit card rate, 18.9% last

week and that rate will go even higher. as a reminur crrate and negotiate a lower rate. especially if you're a good customer, they'll want to keep you. whit? >> deirdre, thank you. eva? overseas now to brazil where people in the world's fourth largest democracy are voting today in a contentious presidential election that has global implications. abc's matt rivers is in sao paulo where polls have just opened. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, eva. polls just opened a few moments ago. a steady stream of voters going into this poling location behind me to participate in an election where you could argue the viability of brazilian democracy is at stake. many global issues affecting americans also in play here in brazil. this morning, the world's eyes on brazil as its people vote to determine who their next president will be as its two most polarizing politicians vie for that top job. that decision affecting everything from the fight against climate change to the global rise of far-right candidates.

on one side incumbent president jair bolsonaro, a conservative, nicknamed, quote, the trump of the tropics. criticism over a botched covid response and a sharp increase in amazon deforestation in part opened the door for his opponent, the former president lula da silva. a political legend, he was convicted and jailed on corruption charges that were overturned last year. in a deeply divided election, lula's supporters here say they're not just voting for his policies but the future of brazilian democracy. thousands of lula's followers took over the streets this weekend. polls show lula with a slim lead. if bolsonaro loses, he said he might not accept the results. he's argued, without proof, that voting machines can be rigged with millions of his supporters already crying foul. [ speaking in non-english ]

>> reporter: if he doesn't win, then i know it's because there is fraud, he told us. the question now if bolsonaro loses when the results come in tonight, does he question those results and does that spur his supporters take to the streets? as one expect told us here yesterday, things are very tense right now in brazil with the threat of political violence a very real possibility. eva? >> a lot of eyes watching to see how that plays out. matt, we want to take a moment to welcome you to "good morning america" and abc news, your first hit for the show, good to have you. >> reporter: thank you so much. i'm happy to be here. >> fun fact, matt and i used to work together in philly. competing stations. >> eva worked with everybody in philly at some point. >> good to have you, matt. turning now to a new report due out tomorrow on strange sightings in the sky. we could get some answers to what has appeared to be unexplainable.

there are incidents seemingly without explanation. they're called unexplained aerial phenomena, the new official term for ufos and the government is set to give congress its first annual unclassified update tomorrow on halloween. last year the first-ever report listed a total of 144 incidents, only 1 of which could be explained. now we found out the latest extent of these incidents. >> reports of ufos occur sporadically over time. just because we're not able to explain it, doesn't mean it's aliens. on the other hand, you have to keep an open mind on what could have caused these phenomena that people have seen. >> reporter: while a u.s. official says the most recent uap incidents could be explained as a mix of weather balloons, airborne clutter, foreign surveillance, others remain a mystery. like this navy video from 2004 and declassified by the pentagon

showing an unexplained aerial phenomena. >> my gosh. we're going against the wind. the wind is 120 knots to the west. >> reporter: investigators finding answers to others like this sighting stunning navy pilots off california's coast in 2015. >> we were seeing them every day we were flying. >> reporter: officials now say it's believed that the objects strange movements were caused by the sensor aboard the plane. doo doo doo. officials now say it's believed that the object's strange movements were caused by the sensor aboard the plane. nasa also has a new panel studying these, their report is expected in the middle of next year. >> like steve ganyard said, doesn't mean it's aliens but have an open mind, and we do. want to move on to another concern this morning. there is a concern over some pharmacies across the country reporting shortages of a widely used antibiotic. the fda saying there's a shortage of amoxicillin, specifically in the liquid form. it's prescribed for bacterial infections particularly in young children. one of the largest manufacturers

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here in chicago we are quiet. we're tracking some rain as well as some severe weather. we have video coming in yesterday. this is a tornado touching down in magnolia springs, alabama. the severe threat is diminishing here. you can see the radar. this will work its way up east. rain tonight. trick-or-treating from pennsylvania down into virginia and north carolina, this will impact some of your plans. will continue off to the east like d.c., anywhere from one to two inches of rainfall expected three two one get sundayxpected morning. you can see the low cloud deck and reduce visibility this morning. so be careful out there a sunny and mild afternoon on the way

beautiful weather for halloween cloudy skies. no rain, but looking at the showers arriving overnight monday with much colder air headed our way upper 60s today in oakland once again with 68 in fremont 72 in napa and san jose and the accuweather 7-day forecast our level one system tuesday and wednesday with cold mornings. >> reporter: quiet, beautiful start in chicago. rain expected later tonight and tomorrow. the good news much of the country not going to see temperatures below freezing tomorrow. whit? >> we like that, a little costume flexibility it gives you. cheryl, thank you so much. we appreciate it. there was no big winner in last night's huge powerball drawing, which means monday's jackpot is estimated to reach $1 billion. that will be the only -- just the second time in powerball history the jackpot reaches a billion. don't throw out your tickets just yet.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. liz: good morning. san jose police are working multiple shootings this morning. the first happened at a home around 11:30 last night. multiple people were shot and police tell us two victims have been taken to the hospital.

we are unclear of their conditions now. a motive is not known at this time. the second shooting happened after midnight. a man suffered potentially life-threatening injuries. we are waiting on an update from police and bull shootings. let's get a check of the forecast -- in both shootings peerless this get a check of the forecast. lisa: we have a dense fog advisory. you can see visibility reduced. temperatures are milder today, 60's at the coast to mid 70's and sunny inland.

♪ everybody wants something from me ♪ welcome back to "gma." that's adele's new music video for her song "i drink wine," and while promoting the video, she spilled the tea on the one role she'd be willing to play on broadway. adele says she's not a huge theater fan, but loves mama rose in "gypsy." a tony would give adele egot status. >> she can do theater for sure. all right, here's a look at some of the other big stories that we're following this morning. happening right now, reports that new twitter owner elon musk

has ordered company-wide cuts, and the lay offs could be coming right away. "the new york times" reporting that layoffs are expected to happen before tuesday, when employees are due stock payments promised by musk as he took twitter private. also right now, the president of somalia asking for other countries to send doctors to help treat close to 300 people that were injured in two car bombings. more than 100 people were killed. the toll is expected to rise. the al qaeda linked extremist group has claimed responsibility. a controlled explosion took down nasa headquarters building at marshall flight center in huntsville, alabama. the center home to really big history. the rocket that propelled the apollo mission to the moon was developed right there in that building that no longer exists. we do start this half hour with a 9-year-old girl being hailed as a hero this morning, her quick thinking saving herself and her little brother when they were carjacked right outside a convenience store. abc's morgan norwood has more on what the youngster and her mom are saying about the frightening

ordeal. >> my kids are in the car. my kids are in the car. >> reporter: harrowing moments for this las vegas mom and her two children, victims of a car jacking last monday at this 7/eleven. >> when i walked in there was a guy sitting at the slot machine. >> reporter: karen quinn briefly leaving her 9-year-old daughter nila and her 11-month-old son king in the car. >> he ran straight to my car. i ran outside behind him. >> reporter: karen followed the man out, but before she knew it her key fob unlocked the driver's side of the car. >> my daughter was screaming mom, mom. >> reporter: the man sped off with the kids in the back seat. their mother frantically running after the car. >> he was driving fast and i didn't want to die. i just closed my eyes and i was thinking what i'm going to say. >> reporter: this fourth grader stayed calm knowing she had her baby brother with her. >> i was like, please let us out of the car. please, sir, please. can you let us out the car? i don't got nothing to do with this. >> reporter: after the five blocks the man finally pulling over and letting them out. >> the only thing i was worried

about was my little brother. i grabbed his binky and me and him ran. >> reporter: it was dark and she would walk those five blocks barefoot with her brother king in her arms. >> i just kept running and i saw a 7/eleven. >> when officers arrived to help they reunited a grateful mother with her children. >> i just broke down and cried. i started thanking god. i dropped to my knees and i just started holding them and caressing them and telling them i'm sorry that happened to them. >> reporter: according to a gofundme account for the family the car was found but was totalled. it's also unclear this morning whether that suspect has been arrested or in custody, as for nahla praises pouring in for her this morning. the las vegas police department calling her a hero and the city plans to honor her. janai? >> the good news is that they are safe, and she absolutely is a hero. morgan, thank you. we're going to change gears now and get a check of the

weather. cheryl scott from our chicago station wls out there. i imagine it's cold in chicago in october. >> reporter: it's chilly here, but our temperatures above average and we're not tracking snow for halloween. we have active weather across the pacific northwest. this will ten to bring in moisture from oregon up to washington. you can see the radar around seattle with heavy rain. it will pick up in intensity tonight into tomorrow. rainfall totals anywhere from two to four plus inches with snow expected in higher elevations. activeer for odunng toen fog around the north bay this morning. also a little bit in the city, but we will warm up this afternoon from the upper 60s bayside to the upper 70s and our warmest inland valleys. >> reporter: in terms of the

halloween forecast, nothing too spooky. we'll have some showers in the chicago lingering into trick-or-treat hours as well as parts of the east coast. back to you guys in the studio. >> nothing too spooky. you didn't see the graphic. >> i was like what was that. he was doing the dougie. there he is again. >> missed him yesterday. today he's still there. thanks, cheryl. coming up on "good morning america," the horror movies scaring up ticket sales at the box office. some answers on why we like a frightful good time. and then all eyes on texas where voting has already begun in critical races. a look at what's at stake. wakanda showed us all that nothing is impossible. [ african instruments and vocal chants ] so how will you share your brilliance with the world? keep forging your own path. and keep shining for everyone to see.

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>> reporter: matthias chase says humans are drawn to playing with the fear, so long as the athlete isn't real. >> it turns out that people learn important things about their own emotional lives, their own responses. >> reporter: that fright also comes with a biochemical response, a rush of adrenaline. >> the fact that that's happening and yet a part of your brain is able to label the experience as a safe one, creates this unique situation where you're able to sit back and enjoy it a little bit. >> he also says that there's a sweet spot when it comes to fear and the motto the scarier the better doesn't apply, but rather striking a balance between fear and excitement. so guys i mean seeing candyman twice in the movie theater -- >> i'm still traumatized by that movie. >> i'm not watching any scary movies. >> thank you, mona. we'll be right back. state farm, i really want that personal price plan... mr. and mrs. alvarez...

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i see it in my office all the time. kids getting hooked on flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes. big tobacco lures them in with flavors like lemon drop and bubble gum, candy flavors that get them addicted to tobacco products, and can lead to serious health consequences, even harming their brain development. that's why pediatricians urge you to vote yes on prop 31. it stops the sale of dangerous flavored tobacco and helps protect kids from nicotine addiction. please vote yes on 31. vote yes on prop 31.

now to "your voice, your vote" the battle for the top job in texas as we take a look at what's important to voters these days. abc's jay o'brien joins us from college station, texas. jay, good morning to you. >> reporter: eva, good morning. ten days out from election day candidates are making their final pitch and here in texas voters face two very different choices for governor and for the future of their state. this morning, in texas, the home stretch to election day is on and the big race here is for the governor's mansion. democrat beto o'rourke hoping the state's increasingly changing demographics might turn this red state blue. >> we'll bring in those who are the targets of suppression and intimidation and make them the

margin of victory when we win on election night. >> reporter: he'll face off against governor greg abbott who showed up last night at the texas a&m/ole miss game. abbott laser focussed on issues like the economy and immigration, including sparking national outrage for busing migrants from u.s./mexico border to other major states. he's pledging to expand the crackdown if he's re-elected. >> that's what we're trying to do to help our local communities and make sure we're going to lighten the load. >> reporter: in small town voters are behind abbott's handling of the border. >> we can't right now support more and more people coming in every single day. >> reporter: down the state as fans prepare to watch texas a&m take on ole miss, carlos is split. leaning to beto on immigration and abbott on the economy. >> i have mixed feelings between both of them. both of them have good things and both of them have not very good things. >> reporter: texas' near-total abortion ban also animating

voters. particularly young women. >> i was pretty mad that was roe v. wade was overturned. i was 17 and i was like hitting that age, about to be able to vote and was more fueled to go out and vote next year. >> reporter: could texas flip from a red state to a blue state that common question now? we spoke with voters yesterday who say they don't see that happening this year but they say keep an eye on that younger generation of texans who might disagree politically with their parents. eva? >> jay, we want to take a moment to officially welcome you, your first weekend here at "gma." thanks so much. >> reporter: thank you. >> it's good to have you here. >> welcome to the team. now we want to take a look ahead to this week's episode of "power trip." we're following the close race in rhode island. >> we're here to cover a congressional race which is not usually tight. thank you. rhode island has not had a republican congressman for 20-plus years, and this year

there's a close race. democrat magaziner is the treasurer of the state. >> kevin mccarthy and the extremists on the right aren't even trying to hide what they're going to do. >> the republican candidate is a longtime mayor of the second biggest city in rhode island. >> i'm seeing his signs more than anyone else. i don't know if that's because republicans are superdramatic. >> we're seeing investment from the democratic party and the republican party at a national level on this seat. >> seth magaziner, your next congressman. >> so last night, dr. biden, the first lady, came to town for magaziner. >> hello. sorry. >> is the current state right now of inflation enough to push republicans into this very, very historically blue seat? do you have any thoughts on the

congressional race? >> i'm a democrat, but if somebody looked good i would go for it. it doesn't matter what they are to me. >> and the new episode of "power trip" drops today. you can stream all episodes any time on hulu. and coming up, we'll go live to london's wembley stadium as espn's dan orlovsky and louis riddick give us a preview of the jaguars/broncos game.

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fanduel and draftkings, two out of state corporations making big promises. what's the real math behind prop 27, their ballot measure for online sports betting? 90% of profits go to the out of state corporations permanently. only eight and a half cents is left for the homeless. and in virginia, arizona, and other states, fanduel and draftkings use loopholes to pay far less than was promised. sound familiar? it should. vote no on prop 27. take on the jaguars in london this morning in the first-ever game to air exclusively on espn+. so joining us now from the announcer booth at wembley stadium are espn's louis riddick and dan orlovsky. guys, good morning to you both. let's jump right in here. set the scene as the jaguars take on the broncos at wembley

stadium. >> this is going to be a great game. two franchises right now that are really facing different challenges. denver broncos, it's all about russell wilson. this is where everyone that follows the nfl really has their eyes on. this is a guy who was paid a lot of money and draft capital was given up for russell wilson. he was supposed to make them a contender in the afc west in particular and the afc overall, so he needs to have a big game. for jacksonville, this is a team that right now that needed to come over here, get away from the states a little bit, get away from jacksonville. they have a young football team trying to find its footing. what better way to find its footing than against a denver broncos team that's reeling right now. >> louis, one is desperation and one is hope. denver's desperation. they're 2-5 and they have to get this win because there's a lot of noise around their organization right now. candidly russell wilson he has to be the eraser. if anything goes bad he has to for jacksonville there h

there is tremendous young talent on this football team. you sit there and go, man, if we can get rid of one or two plays then we got a future. for trevor lawrence, their quarterback was the number one pick in the draft for a reason. he gets the national scene today to show everybody against the defense in denver, that's super bowl caliber, this is why i was the number one pick. >> both these teams looking to turn it around. thank you so much, guys. check out the first-ever game in london exclusively on espn+. check out a "power trip" marathon tonight on abc news, starting at 5:00 eastern. thank you so much for watching abc news. we're always on at goodmorningamerica.com. and we'll have much more later on this morning on "this week." have a good sunday. have a good sunday.

announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. liz: overnight, san jose working multiple shootings. the first one happened around 11:30 last night. multiple people were shot and police tell us two victims have been taken to the hospital. we are unclear of their

conditions and a motive is not known. the second shooting happened a man suffered potentially life threatening injuries in this incident. we are waiting on an update on both shootings. let's get a check of the forecast. lisa: a dense fog advisory for the valleys of the north. look at the east bay. a quarter-mile in napa, san rafael, mill valley. very foggy. san francisco, patchy, dense fog. half moon bay, it quarter-mile. one to two miles from livermore to concord. temperatures on the mild side. it is going to take some time for these guys to bring us sunshine. 44 in santa rosa. 41 by the delta era 51 in livermore erie are 24 hour temperature change, 11 degrees

milder in oakland and san jose. highs today with a lot of sun. the warmest day after the next seven. a lot like yesterday, the coast much cooler. 76 in santa rosa. we have a dry and cloudy halloween. as we get into early tuesday, a level 1 system into wednesday with much cooler weather headed our way and possibly frost into thursday morning. liz: this week with george stephanopoulos is

just nine days to the midterm elections, as races tighten in the final stretch, we're out on the campaign trail. a special edition of "this week" starts right now. the choice couldn't be clearer. the stakes couldn't be higher. >> america is in crisis. revival is coming. >> when we vote we win. >> over 20 million votes already cast, midterm turnout on track to break records. we're on the road, crisscrossing states that could flip control of congress. las vegas is all about hospitality, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, and not all of those jobs have come back. what's driving voters to the polls. so are you hoping for a red wave? >> kind of.