buenos dias. good morning, welcome to your new day. it is sunday, october 30, halloween eve. i m boris sanchez. halloween eve. good to be with you. i m ambra walker. thank you for starting your among morning with us. we start in asia. south korea declaring a national day of mourning after a deadly crowd surge killed 153 people who were out celebrating halloween in the capital of seoul. we have to warn you, some of the images we re going to share are graphic. authorities are still investigating exactly what caused this crowd crush. but emergency officials first began receiving reports of people buried in crowds on saturday evening. there were thousands of people out that night in an area of the city with very narrow streets as you can say. they re packed in alleys. and witnesses say people were trapped and panicked because they couldn t breathe with dozens of people being administered cpr on the sidewalks. i turned around and i told the crowd, you can t come this way.
washington. the death toll grows after a russian missile strike destroys an apartment building in ukraine. the mayor of dnipro says the search for survivors is doubtful. on the eve of martin luther king jr., joe biden tells the church, quote, this is a time of choosing. we begin in ukraine with the devastating missile strike on an apartment building in dnipro. right now the death toll is at 30 and that is expected to keep rising. officials say there could be up to 40 people still under the rubble. cnn is on screen. reporter: we are seeing on the ground complete devastation. obviously a densely populated area. this building here, this residential building was just completely flattened by a cruise missile. people are breaking down in tears at the devastation unfolding in front of them. the ukrainians say they are trying to search for survivors, but, of course, that search is very difficult. the scene, apocalyptic as rescuers sift through the debris searching for survivors
pro patrols the schools. they ve suspended them and they re going to put them on desk duty. this was certainly a shocking development. not something anyone expected, but something that family members have been wanting for quite some time, jake. and it was not justifiering, shimon. one of the department s administrators resigned today as well. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, the administrator, a man by the name of ken miller, he s the number three administrator at the school. what he does, this is actually the lieutenant, lieutenant hernandez on your screen, just to be clear. this is the lieutenant who did the vetting of the officer that they hired who eventually got fired from the dps. there s documentation that this lieutenant, miguel hernandez, received a document, received a letter from the dps saying that this officer was urn investigation, but somehow they still hired him. this is ken miller here on your screen. this is the man who was put on leave and now also r
how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession. this will clear convictions for several thousand americans. president biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted on similar state charges. the biden administration also says it will continue to review the federal classification of marijuana. right now, it is still a class 1 drug alongside heroin and lsd which means according to the government, cannabis has no accepted medical use at the federal level despite study after study. it is legal in 37 states
ian now stands at 109. all but four of them in western flo florida. today people who evacuated from sanibel islandone of the hardest hit in the state, will be allowed to return to survey their losses. it s going to hit home. it s going to be emotional when they see their properties up close and the amount of damage that this storm inflicted upon them. more now from cnn s carlos suarez. he is in fort myers. reporter: the need for help in florida, immediate. at one food distribution site in north fort myers, the line of cars grew by the hour. the cajun navy foundation on the ground in florida for days handing out crucial supplies for residents without basic services. we got diapers. i know there s water, food. reporter: thousands so far have been rescued from destroyed or flooded homes with harrowing stories of survival. i got pushed away and went around the building and i was able to find some bushes. i grabbed onto it. pulled myself in. halfway in. and i just stay