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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 ....
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? ....