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headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here, in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber about pep ahead, south korea is mourning, more than 150 people in seoul killed in a crowd surge celebrating halloween. we re live with details. and nine days to the u.s. midterms and 19 million people have already voted. we ll take you to one battleground state just ahead. the white house accuses russia of weaponizing food, the grain deal to feed much of africa and the middle east now in jeopardy. we re live with the fallout. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with shock and grief in south korea where at least 150 people have died in a crowd surge. officials say thousands of partygoers gathered for a halloween celebration, but many crashed when the large crowd moved through a narrow alley. one witness says authority shoes have been better prepared. listen to this. translator: seeing this inciden ....
to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim bruin hube letter ahead on cnn newsroom, south korea is in mourning right now. more than 150 people in seoul killed in a crowd surge celebrating halloween. a week and a half to u.s. midterm elections, and early ballots are coming in by the millions. one battleground state, see where else each party s heavy hitters are campaigning. the white house accuses russia of weaponizing food. a grain deal to feed much of africa and the middle east now in jeopardy. we re live in kyiv and johannesburg with the fallout. south korea has declared a national day of mourning of a of ap aft chaotic crowd surge claimed the lives of at least 151 people. thousands of partygoers had gathered for a celebration, but the turn ute so large and the space so small, many people got crushed in the middle of the crowd. here s how one witness described the scene. i saw the people going to the left side. ....
And anybody traveling will have issues with the rain. jericka, though, limited cold air. so, the saving grace is, not a lot of snow for anyone. duncan: some people do like the snow. thank you, mike. well, it was a perfect picture-perfect day of weather in new york city for the annual thanksgiving day parade. cbs elise preston was there, and has more on how americans gathered today to celebrate traditions, and of course, give th. >porterthe massive balloons in the macy s thanksgiving day parade kicked off the holiday this morning, baby yoda leading the way. ( cheers ) we re so super excited. welcome, bluey! reporter: bluey, an australian cartoon character, was one of the new balloons this year, and plenty of old favorites made a return to the skies. i got my turkey hat. i got my turkey socks. reporter: for many, it was the first big post-covid family event. it was kind of, like, hard during the pandemic, and now we get to enjoy it again. reporter: also enjoying the par ....
mhorrendous that it happened to so many people. and it doesn t take that much force to break ribs and even kick a kill as you ve described. absolutely. there were studies done for crowd safety and it looked at various experiments on humans and data published, which you can t replicate now because of course it is significant risk to anybody exposed to high pressure and high density. but it takes five people pushing against one to collapse a rib or smash a head. and if you have that multiplied by tens of thousands of people, it just doesn t bear belief. it is utterly horrendous. the fact that this was the first big post-covid event in seoul, i mean what role might that have played here? ....
Pressure to cause damage, to break ribs, even kill, as you ve described? no, exactly. studies that were done after hillsborough, a book called engineering for crowd safety looked at various experiments on human frames and forms. data was analyzed and published then, which you can t replicate now because it s significant risk to anybody being exposed to high pressure and high density. but it takes five people pushing against one to break a rib, collapse a lung, or smash a head. so if you ve got that level of pressure, multiply it by tens of thousands of people. well, it just doesn t bear belief. it s utterly horrendous. the fact that this was the first big post-covid event in seoul, what role might that have played here? we have seen that after the covid lockdowns, people coming back into public spaces, there s a degree of forgotten behavior. ....