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Ten People Hospitalized After Stabbing Attack on U.K. Train; Drone Footage Shows Extent of Damage in Jamaica; Obama Rallies Voters Ahead of Tuesday's Elections; Trump Threatens Military Action in Nigeria; Judges Order White House to Partially Fund SNAP Benefits; U.K. Officials Provide Update on Train Stabbing Attack. Aired 5-6 am ET

Aired November 02, 2025 - 05:00   ET

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KIM BRUNHUBER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, Canada and around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

Nine people are fighting for their lives in the U.K. after a stabbing attack on a train. We'll have a live report on the investigation.

Plus, Nigeria's president is responding to President Trump's call for possible military action there. We'll look at what sparked the threat.

And millions of Americans will head to the polls on Tuesday. We'll take a look at the state of the races in these special elections.

ANNOUNCER: Live from Atlanta, this is CNN NEWSROOM with Kim Brunhuber.

BRUNHUBER: British counterterrorism police are investigating a stabbing attack on a passenger train Saturday that left at least 10 people to the hospital. Nine had life-threatening injuries but no fatalities have been reported. Two suspects are in custody.

Now, social media video captured the massive police response at the Huntington station with law enforcement officers running along the platform next to the park train. One witness described seeing a man with a large knife. Another said she heard screaming and thought it was a Halloween prank until she saw an injured and bleeding man running through the train.

CNN Reporter Barbie Latza Nadeau joins us now live with more. So, Barbie, what more can you tell us?

BARBIE LATZA NADEAU, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, we are expecting to have an update from local authorities in the U.K. coming within the next hour. But we know that two people have been arrested and we know that there are more and more eyewitnesses who were on that train who are sharing their accounts of what happened. Incredibly harrowing experience and as you said many of those people thought it was a Halloween prank and you know it just underscores the difficulty and the prominence of this knife violence in the U.K.

Let's first listen though to what one of these witnesses had to say.

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WREN CHAMBES, STABBING EYEWITNESS: A man was running down with a very clear wound bleeding quite badly on his arm and I thought it was like some sort of Halloween prank at first but then he's shouting that someone's got a knife, he was stabbed and then a few more people come running down the train.

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NADEAU: And you know, Kim, when you listen to these people who were on that train you can just understand how terrifying it was. No one really knew what to do, no one knew exactly what was happening, no one knew if the train would stop and if they could get out to reach safety. So, you know, these situations are of course very, very difficult and authorities are looking at what they could do for prevention.

There has been, you know, a spate of knife attacks, knife violence in the U.K. and they're really, you know, looking at ways to make sure that those things don't happen, especially on public transportation. If that means, you know, putting metal detectors much like you have in the U.S. with gun violence, those are the types of things that are being discussed, Kim.

BRUNHUBER: Yeah, absolutely terrifying attack for so many people. Barbie Latza Nadeau in Rome, thanks so much.

For more perspective on this, we're joined from London by Dal Babu, a former Chief Superintendent for the Metropolitan Police.

Thank you so much for being here with us. You commanded firearm operations for the Met Police for many years. When officers stormed that train last night and faced a suspect with a knife, I mean, give us an idea of what would have been going through their minds in those critical moments.

DAL BABU, FORMER CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT, METROPOLITAN POLICE: Yeah, so this is a train that was travelling from the north of England to London. During the journey it became clear that there were two suspects, one we definitely know was armed with a knife, who was randomly stabbing people. We know that people had really horrific injuries, nine of them are life threatening of the ten.

We know the suspects have been detained. In Britain we have very, very strong laws against gun ownership, so that means that the weapon of choice for people when they're wanting to cause harm is often a knife. If you can imagine if guns were freely available in this country and somebody had a gun and was marauding through a train, the injuries would have been much more horrific and much more in number. So, the knife attack is -- is a challenge that this country has to face and the police are not routinely armed, but armed officers did attend the scene. The train was pulled into an unscheduled stop which allowed the passengers to disembark and then the police to deal with the suspect.

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So, as we understand it, we went for a police conference just to update us as we understand it. Ten people have been injured, nine seriously, and we have two suspects detained.

BRUNHUBER: And counterterrorism police are involved with this investigation. I mean, what does that tell us about what they're looking at -- at this stage of the investigation?

BABU: I think it would be probably too much to read into it that this is a terrorist incident at this stage. I think counterterrorism police are very well resourced in this country, so they'd be assisting in the investigation. But the primacy is that on trains, British Transport Police have the lead and they'll be responsible for investigating this matter.

The incident happened within Cambridgeshire and we have 43 forces across the country. Cambridgeshire is one of those forces, so their officers attended the scene before British Transport Police officers. So, it'll be a combined effort by Cambridgeshire Police and British Transport Police.

BRUNHUBER: And what will those investigators be focusing on right now in sort of these first crucial hours after this attack?

BABU: Yeah, so they'll be about maintaining the crime scene, which is the train. That will cause huge amounts of disruption on the rail network. They'll be securing the platform area where the suspects were detained.

And they'll want to focus on getting as much CCTV images from the train, from the surrounding areas. They'll be interrogating information on the two suspects that have been detained and they'll get ready to start interviewing them with a view for preparing a case for the Crown Prosecution Service to make a decision. So, this is much more slow time.

I think the difficulty we have at the moment is responsible news agencies will check information before they share it, but on social media it's a bit like the Wild West. People have got all kinds of conspiracy theories. People have no thoughts to the loved ones of people who are injured.

And the danger is people are speculating, depending on what their own individual echo chamber consists of. And I think that's not very helpful. So, I think we need to rely on the police, rely on responsible news agencies to share the information and then look at how we move forward. BRUNHUBER: Yeah, and we certainly don't want to speculate. The police are scheduled to give an update in the coming hour, and we'll bring that to our viewers when it happens. In the meantime, I want to broaden this out a little bit more. I mean, this happened on a packed commuter train. From a security perspective, how vulnerable are trains to this kind of attack? And what more can be done to protect people, do you think?

BABU: Well, I think in many ways, this was incredibly good coordination by British Transport Police, the railway companies, a lot of the railways are privately owned. And so, it's coordination between the railway company, British Transport Police and Cambridgeshire Police. The train did an unscheduled stop in Huntington, which is an area within Cambridgeshire, wasn't due to stop there.

So, you had pretty good coordination. Although having said that, I just recall that in all the tabletop exercises I did involving sort of armed incidents, we never had a discussion around an incident within a train. So, this is -- this is a very unusual situation.

There's a huge amount of interest in the U.K. around this from the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, and most of us who travel on trains will be worried around how something like this could happen. So, I'm sure there'll be a review of security and advice and guidance that will be given to people. Because when you're on a train, you know, travelling at 60, 70 miles an hour in a confined space, and when somebody decides to carry out an attack, there's nowhere to go.

BRUNHUBER: Yeah, and trains so central to transportation in the U.K. Dal Babu, former Chief Superintendent for the Metropolitan Police. Thank you so much for speaking with us. I appreciate it.

BABU: Thank you very much. Take care.

BRUNHUBER: A devastating landslide in Kenya has killed at least 21 people with 30 others missing. It happened in the Western Rift Valley region where more than 1000 homes have been destroyed. Heavy rains battered the area in the days leading up to the landslide. Roads remain cut off as the government attempts rescue operations despite more rain.

Well, new before and after video of Jamaica showing the extent of the damage from Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm to directly hit the island since 1988.

Have a look. The thriving island on the left, the devastated landscape on the right. Now, buildings are caved in and the vegetation in the background is gone. Forecaster AccuWeather has estimated the storm caused up to $52 billion in damage.

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Jamaica confirmed at least 19 deaths on Friday, but that number is expected to rise. Many people are still without power and basic necessities. The Sean Paul Foundation is helping with those necessities. The Jamaican superstar rapper who founded the organization spoke to CNN about the situation on the ground. Here he is.

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SEAN PAUL, FOUNDER, SEAN PAUL FOUNDATION: 90% of the houses in Trelawny are gone. The other 10% that are remaining are roofless. People are homeless. They have no running water, can't bathe. Mud has come into their house, been blown through wood, through rain and water getting in there. And they have nowhere to bathe. The sanitary conditions are crazy.

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BRUNHUBER: You want to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa, please go to CNN.com/impact.

Millions of Americans who rely on food stamps are now facing delays to their benefits as the shutdown drags on. President Trump is making a new call for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster, a 60-vote threshold for passing legislation. Some Republican leaders have pushed back on the idea, but he says it's the only way to end the shutdown.

Food banks are seeing an uptick in demand amid a rising need for food assistance, but one organizer tells CNN that many food banks were already operating at full capacity before the lapse in federal funding.

Well, there it is, euphoria in Los Angeles as Dodgers fans celebrated their team's World Series victory. It was a game 7 for the ages. L.A. pulled a stunning comeback against the Toronto Blue Jays to claim their second championship in as many years. A look after trailing for most of the game, the Dodgers sent it into extra innings with this clutch home run from Miguel Rojas in the top of the ninth.

Los Angeles then grabbed the lead in the 11th inning with another solo homer. One from catcher Will Smith, and moments later they closed out the series with this unassisted double play by Mookie Betts. L.A. won 5-4, and ace pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named MVP.

And the Blue Jays, while they could hardly believe how their early lead slipped away, they last won the series 32 years ago. Here's how the manager of each team reacted.

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DAVE ROBERTS, LOS ANGELES DODGERS MANAGER: We've done something that hasn't been done in decades, and, you know, there were so many, as we talked earlier, so many pressure points in how that game could have flipped, and we just kept fighting, and, you know, guys stepped up big, so I could just go on and on about, you know, the big plays, the big performances, and, you know, this is one of the greatest games I've ever been a part of.

JOHN SCHNEIDER, TORONTO BLUE JAYS MANAGER: This is a group that I'm never going to forget. They're going to have a place in -- in my heart, every single one of them.

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BRUNHUBER: Back in Los Angeles, fans are already commemorating the victory. They're flocking to stores to buy t-shirts that read, "L.A. Dodgers 2025 World Series Champions."

Well, Tuesday is election day here in the U.S., and it's shaping up to be a referendum on President Trump and his policies. We'll have a closer look at that next.

Plus, the U.S. carries out another strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean. We'll have the latest coming up. Please stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: We're now just days away from election night in America. President Trump might not be on the ballot but key races in Tuesday's election will serve as the first major test of his agenda. They include California's redistricting proposition made in response to off year redistricting in Texas, the race for New York City mayor, and races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.

Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail to back the Democratic nominees in those governor's races, holding rallies in Virginia and New Jersey. He urged voters to break with President Trump. CNN's Arlette Saenz has more.

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ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Former President Barack Obama worked to rally voters in the closing days of the election when he appeared with Democrat Mikie Sherrill in Newark, New Jersey. This was his second of two campaign steps he made after he had earlier in the day appeared with a Democratic nominee for governor in Virginia, Abigail Spanberger. The former president used his speech as an attempt to not just talk up these Democratic nominees for governor but also to criticize President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress on things like the economy and their handling of the government shutdown.

But here in New Jersey, the former president told voters that they have a potential to send a message with their votes, not just in the Garden State, but across the country.

BARACK OBAMA, (D) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: At the same time that they're helping the wealthiest, most powerful people in the country consolidate more wealth and more power, your bills are still going up. Yours waiting longer at airports because there aren't enough air traffic controllers. The program that helps your kid with special needs just got gutted. They are hoping you don't notice that. But the good news, the good news -- good news, is there is something you can do about it, New Jersey, right here, right now, because you've got a candidate for governor who's a proven fighter, who's got a track record of getting stuff done.

SAENZ: Now, the former president really served as the closer in this campaign. He still remains the party's most sought after and popular Democratic surrogate. But his appearance here in New Jersey did come after a wave of high-profile Democrats had lent their support to Cheryl campaigning for her in the state, including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

Now, that's on the Democratic side. On the Republican side, Sherrill's opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, has earned the endorsement of President Donald Trump, but he did not actually campaign here in the state for Ciattarelli. Instead, Trump held a tele-rally for Ciattarelli in the closing weeks of the campaign.

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But this is one of the country's most closely watched governor's races this year. New Jersey is a state that former Vice President Kamala Harris won back in 2024, but it shifted to President Donald Trump, who narrowed his margin of loss to just six points. So, this is one of the reasons why so many people are watching this race incredibly closely as these voters head to the polls on Tuesday.

Arlette Saenz, CNN, Newark, New Jersey.

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BRUNHUBER: Now, earlier, I spoke with Inderjeet Parmar, professor of international politics at City St. George's University of London, and I asked him what he made of Obama joining the Democrats on the campaign trail. Here he is.

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INDERJEET PARMAR, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, CITY ST. GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON: They look in disarray. They look intimidated by the second Trump administration. And, you know, when people and the party they support are going through tough times, they look back to a golden age. And for them, Barack Obama represents that golden age, where they had a kind of clear vision of what the United States should be. And that has been deeply derailed. And in a way, the Democratic Party is in a bit of a mess.

I mean, obviously, we can argue about President Obama's own record in office in regard to wealth, income distribution, and that kind of thing, bailouts of big Wall Street companies, and so on. But nevertheless, his image is one of a kind of great leadership, two wins and two presidential elections. But it shows that the Democratic Party is in big trouble.

BRUNHUBER: Yeah. Well, they're hoping to turn the corner, Democrats are, on the elections Tuesday. So, let's start with New York City mayor. I mean, what do you make of the state of that race so far?

PARMAR: Well, I think it reflects clearly the crisis of the Democratic Party. Mamdani is running on a very kind of left campaign, running a left-wing campaign of high social spending. He's basically criticizing the very wealthy. He's saying that the Trump administration has got policies which have not really supported the poor. He's talked about the democratic kind of establishment. And should he win, next week, that's going to put a real kind of dynamite under the Democratic Party establishment, which historically has been very successful in largely derailing left wing campaigns.

But if Mamdani wins, and it looks like he's got a pretty handsome poll lead at the moment, and he defeats Andrew Cuomo, who is an establishment candidate, I think that's going to really show up. How discontented the broad mass of people are in New York and elsewhere with the two main political parties, and in New York, with the Democratic Party establishment.

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BRUNHUBER: Tensions keep escalating in the Caribbean, where the U.S. has carried out yet another strike on an alleged drug trafficking vessel. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a video of the strike on social media, claiming the vessel was smuggling drugs, but provided no evidence. Hegseth also said that three male narco terrorists were killed during the strike.

This comes as the U.S. is continuing to bolster its firepower in the region, sparking tensions with Venezuela and its president, Nicolas Maduro. This marks the 15th known strike on alleged drug boats by the U.S. military, killing at least 64 people.

Syria's leader is expected to make a historic trip to Washington this month. A source tells CNN that Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on November 10th. It will be the first time a Syrian head of state visits the White House. The former militant, who was once wanted by the U.S., previously met Trump in Saudi Arabia in May. That was six months after he led a swift campaign toppling the Assad regime.

Russia is claiming more success in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, where street battles are underway for its control. Moscow says it has killed 11 of the Ukrainian special forces that landed there to prop up the city's defenses. Russia also says some Ukrainian troops are surrounded near the railway station, but Kyiv denies those claims, saying it's improving its tactical positions.

Elsewhere, this video shows Ukraine trying to take out a Russian attack drone in midair. You can see a Ukrainian defensive drone chasing a Russian UAV as it heads towards its target. Ukrainians say their drones have come to within two meters of Russian ones before exploding to destroy them.

And in Moscow, a Kremlin spokesperson says there's no need for the U.S. and Russian leaders to meet, at least not right now. That's from a Russian state news agency. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his plans to talk with Vladimir Putin last month, saying they'd be, quote, "a waste of time."

President Trump is threatening to send U.S. troops to fight in Nigeria. We'll explain why when we come back. Please stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Welcome back. I'm Kim Brunhuber. Let's check some of today's top stories.

British counterterrorism police are investigating a stabbing attack on a London-bound passenger train late Saturday. Nine people are hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, but no fatalities have been reported. Two suspects are in custody.

Jamaica confirmed Friday at least 19 people died from Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit the island since 1988. Now, crews are working to restore the island's power. Others are trying to deliver basic necessities to the region like water and food. Officials do expect the death toll to rise.

U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican party face their first major political test since taking power this year. Americans are heading to the polls on Tuesday. All eyes are on several key races, including New York City mayor and races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.

President Trump says he ordered the Pentagon to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria. He accuses Nigeria of allowing what he calls the mass slaughter of Christians in the country. Nigeria denies this and says that both Christians and Muslims have been victimized by radical Islamists operating there.

CNN's Julia Benbrook has more.

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JULIA BENBROOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: President Donald Trump in a social media post just recently said that he has ordered his Department of Defense to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria as he continues to accuse the nation of severe religious freedom violations, an accusation that Nigeria has repeatedly denied.

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I do want to pull up this social media post for you in full. Some very strong language here. Trump said, quote, "If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria and may very well go into that now disgraced country, guns a blazing to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities, I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians. Warning: The Nigerian government better move fast."

This post comes just a day after Trump had posted some similar thoughts on social media, accusing the Nigerian government of religious freedom violations. Now, we have not heard an exact response to that recent post that I just read, but in between the two posts, Nigeria's president said this in part. He said, quote, "The characterization of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians."

He went on to say that he is working with the United States and the international community to deepen understanding, as well as cooperation of communities of all faiths.

BRUNHUBER: For more on this, I want to bring in Ebenezer Obadare, who's a senior fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and he joins us from Washington. Thank you so much for being here with us. So, why do you think President Trump is threatening to take action now? I mean, what's happened to prompt this?

EBENEZER OBADARE, SENIOR FELLOW FOR AFRICA STUDIES, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Thank you for having me.

I think President Trump is threatening to take action because of the perception that the Nigerian authorities have been negligent about Boko Haram, the terrorist group that has been laying waste to lives and territory and property across most of northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt part of the country for the better part of the last two decades. Estimates of the number of people killed by Boko Haram range from a low of maybe 50,000 to as high as 350,000. That's a lot of people killed by this deadly terrorist group.

The fact that, for the most part, the Nigerian authorities have not been able to bring Boko Haram under control and give the people of Nigeria, every day Nigerians, give them peace, comfort and security. That is the primary reason that President Trump is threatening to go ahead.

BRUNHUBER: Yeah. But I mean, as you said yourself, that violence has been ongoing for a long time now. President Trump calls it Christian persecution, but Nigeria's population is split almost equally between Christians and Muslims. And groups like Boko Haram have killed, you know, Muslims and Christians alike. So, is President Trump oversimplifying what is a very complicated conflict here?

OBADARE: President Trump is right and wrong at the same time. President Trump is right that Christians are being persecuted. You can put any fine point on it, that is correct. But it's also true that Muslims are being persecuted, that every day Nigerians are being killed by Boko Haram. The most important question we should ask is this. Why?

They are being killed for a religious reason. Boko Haram is a deadly religious group whose aim is to abolish the Nigerian state and set up a Sharia-based theocracy. This identity of the group as one motivated by a purely religious impulse has tended to be swept under the carpet. And this, I think, is what we should focus on. The fact that Boko Haram represents a direct threat to all Nigerians, irrespective of their religious creed.

BRUNHUBER: So, I'm just curious, in Nigeria, I mean, these threats that the President is making now to send in American troops, I mean, how is all of this being seen?

OBADARE: I don't think Nigerians are going to take kindly to it. I think most Nigerians welcome the fact that President Trump is putting fire, literally speaking, under the feet of the Nigerian elite and wants the authorities to go after Boko Haram. Most people get that and support that. And it's about time, to be honest.

However, I think going to Nigeria, especially without the permission of the Nigerian authorities, that is bound to be counterproductive and will take all the attention away from Boko Haram.

BRUNHUBER: Well, I mean, speaking of counterproductive, President Trump cut aid and counterterrorism funding to Nigeria even after they were warned it could hurt efforts to stop extremists, exactly what's going on right now. So, what's the logic there, then?

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OBADARE: So, there's a larger conversation to be had about foreign aid and foreign assistance, which I don't want to go into right now because this is not the moment. But you're absolutely right. This is the moment to give Nigeria military support, not withdraw military support from Nigeria. Nigeria needs help to go after Boko Haram and eliminate it as a threat to the territorial integrity of the country and as a way of bringing peace and security to the country. Nigeria and the United States need to collaborate to go after Boko Haram.

BRUNHUBER: So, you know, President Tinubu pushed back hard on this, but he may end up being forced to do more to stop the violence. Presumably, I mean, he's wanted to do that before, but what more options -- what more options does he have, then, if his feet are being held to the fire, as you say?

OBADARE: Yeah, you know, the interesting thing is this. When President then-candidate Bola Tinubu was campaigning to be president of the country, he put the Boko Haram insurgency at the height of his agenda. He basically said, "Look, the thing I'm going to do is to go after this group that has been killing ordinary Nigerians."

By the way, his predecessors also said the same thing. The truth of the matter is that no Nigerian administration since the establishment of Boko Haram in 2002 has been able to do anything to bring the insurgency under control. If the pressure from President Trump helps push us along in that direction, I think it will be welcome.

The way to do it is to collaborate with the Nigerian authorities, give the Nigerian military support, provide intelligence, not going alone, guns blazing. That will not do the job. On the contrary, it will alienate the United States from Nigerians.

BRUNHUBER: Interesting. It's been great to get your insights on this issue. Ebenezer Obadare in Washington, thank you so much. OBADARE: Thank you for having me.

BRUNHUBER: Millions of Americans are losing their SNAP benefits because of the government shutdown ahead. Why nonprofits struggling family's needs may be too great for them to handle. Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: A second federal judge has ruled the Trump administration must partially cover SNAP benefits. His Saturday decision orders the White House to use contingency funds for food aid by Wednesday. Millions of Americans are losing food assistance this month. And they're not alone in struggling to feed themselves and their families.

CNN's Rafael Romo explains how some people are coming together to help federal workers who aren't getting paid.

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RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This drive is meant to help furloughed federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown, especially Transportation Security Administration employees who work at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Organizers here at the Atlanta Community Food Bank told me they worked directly with TSA to notify and help furloughed employees. An official with the Atlanta Community Food Bank told me earlier that during this single food distribution event, they expected to serve anywhere between 800 to 1,000 families.

According to organizers, in the first three hours after the food drive started, approximately 75 volunteers and staff had already donated 17,000 pounds of food to 335 families. Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to provide at least partial food stamp benefits this month, but many families have already missed paychecks from the shutdown. Nearly 42 million people, or about one in eight Americans, received food stamps in May, according to the latest USDA data.

Overall, 12% of the U.S. population relies on SNAP for food assistance. SNAP participation ranges widely across the United States, with the highest shares in New Mexico, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia. Here in Georgia, an official with the Atlanta Community Food Bank told me the government shutdown has created new challenges on top of all the ones they already had.

JOHN WEST, VICE PRESIDENT OF PARTNER RELATIONS, ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: We have seen a significant jump in need just in the last week here in particular, and this is on top of already sort of historic need that we were responding to because of inflation, rising cost of living. But certainly over the last week in particular, as a lot of uncertainty has come up around is there going to be an interruption in SNAP benefits? ROMO: And that's another concern for organizations like the Atlanta Community Food Bank of the uncertainty surrounding SNAP benefits for tens of millions of Americans during the government shutdown. According to state government figures, in Georgia alone, 1.4 million people received this kind of food assistance, including about 640,000 children.

Rafael Romo, CNN Atlanta.

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BRUNHUBER: All right, returning to our top story, British counterterrorism police are investigating a stabbing attack on a London-bound passenger train Saturday evening. At least 10 people were hospitalized, 9 with life-threatening injuries. We want to bring you the press conference from the police.

We'll listen in here.

JOHN LOVELESS, SUPERINTENDENT, BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE: -- more talks with the family and friends of those who have been affected and those who are injured.

At approximately 7:42 p.m. yesterday evening, there were calls to the police service in relation to multiple stabbings which took place on board a train service that departed Doncaster at 6:25 p.m. and was en route to London's King's Cross station. Officers immediately attended Huntington station alongside paramedics where armed police officers from Cambridgeshire Police boarded the train and arrested two people.

Within eight minutes of the 999 call being made, two men were brought into police custody where they remain this morning. I can tell you that these are the first male, a 32-year-old male, a black British national and a 35-year-old man, a British national of Caribbean descent. They were both arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Both were born in the United Kingdom. As stated, they remain this morning in separate police stations for questioning. Ten people were taken to hospital by ambulance and another person self-presented later that evening.

While nine were initially believed to have life-threatening injuries, following assessment and treatment, four, thankful to say, have been discharged. However, two patients remain in a life-threatening condition.

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British Transport Police declared a major incident yesterday and counter-terrorism policing were initially supporting our investigation. However, at this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident. This is a British Transport Police investigation and we continue to work to establish at pace the full circumstances and the motivations that have led to this incident.

At this early stage, it would not be appropriate to speculate on the cause of this incident.

As you can see, the station this morning remains closed. However, we expect trains to be passing through the station this morning. Passengers will see a high visibility presence of police officers at stations and on trains throughout today up and down the transport network.

Our officers are there to reassure the public and to address any concerns they may have.

I'd like to thank the public personally for their patience and their cooperation. Yesterday evening, which has already greatly assisted our investigation, see the help the public have tended. As well as the multi-agency response partners from colleagues in other blue light services, I'd like to extend my thanks to our colleagues within Cambridgeshire Police, the East of England Ambulance Service, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service and Counter Terrorism Policing.

And finally, I'd like to appeal for anyone that's watching who has information connected to yesterday's incident, however big or small you feel that may be, that has not yet spoken to police to make contact. You can do so by texting the British Transport Police on 61- 016, that's 61-016, quoting reference 663 of the 1st of November 2025.

Thank you very much.

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LOVELESS: I won't be taking any more questions, but thank you very much.

BRUNHUBER: All right, we were listening there to the Superintendent of British Transport Police in the wake of that stabbing on a London- bound train. He said that there were two men taken into custody. We got some more details, a 32 and a 35-year-old man, both British-born. He gave an update on the injuries. Now, two considered life- threatening. And he said there was nothing so far to indicate terrorism.

I want to get more now from our correspondent who is with us here. Nic, what did you make of what was said? What did you take from it?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yeah, I think this is what we were expecting. The British police to very quickly try to tamp down any speculation if it was wrongful about connections to possibility of terrorism. And also, as we've seen them do many times in attacks over the past year and a half through lessons learned, that they announced very clearly there the details of the people that they arrested.

One 32-year-old man whom the officer described as being black, a British national. The other a 35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent. He said both born in the U.K. That's really become a sort of an M.O. of the police to put a stamp on this and say this is who we believe the alleged attackers are. So, stop speculating about who they are. That's very clear. And also

very clearly saying although the counterterrorism police were involved at an early stage saying that there's nothing -- no indication at this point to indicate that this is counterterrorism related.

But the short nature of the press conference there, the details only, the no questions, I think, again, is an effort to just sort of provide some information, not get into the realm of speculation because the police they're not giving yet an indication of why these two men or one of these two men actually perpetrated this attack.

Interesting, he said that both men were held at different police stations. That also sort of standard procedure to make sure that there's no way that the two people who will now be being questioned can share and swap stories. So sort of two tracks of investigation going on independently into their accounts of what happened and what additional details the police may learn from their social media backgrounds, the events through the day prior to the attack, all of those things.

But it was quite a short press conference, only a few details. And, of course, as you say, a recap now on the number of casualties. Initially 10 injured reported, nine reported with life-threatening injuries, four people, he said, now been, thankfully, he said, discharged from hospital and only two remaining in life-threatening condition, very serious in of itself, of course.

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BRUNHUBER: Yeah. Nic Robertson, really appreciate you bringing us the latest there. We'll be right back here on CNN NEWSROOM. Stay with us.

Nic Robertson, really appreciate you bringing us the latest there. We'll be right back here on CNN Newsroom.

Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Thousands marched through Argentina's capital Saturday as Buenos Aires began its Pride Week celebration. This year's slogan was against hate and violence, more pride and unity. One report says hate crimes against Argentina's LGBTQ plus community in the first six months of this year rose 70% compared to the same period last year.

Advocates blame Argentine President Javier Milei's government for the increase. And Cape Town, South Africa was swarming with the undead on Saturday. Dozens of zombies and other creepy creatures took over the streets for the city's annual zombie walk.

From chilling costumes to killer moves, the walk brought together the living and the undead for a good cause. It raises funds for an animal rescue charity.

[05:55:03] After more than two decades of construction and 7,000 years of history, the Grand Egyptian Museum is about to open to the public. It's the world's largest archaeological museum and construction costs more than $1 billion. Egypt's Prime Minister says it's a gift from Egypt to the world. The museum will host the complete collection of treasures from King Tut's tomb. They include the boy king's burial mask, throne, sarcophagus and thousands of other objects. The museum opens to the public on Tuesday.

A French couple are on a mission to set records with a transatlantic swim. Matthieu Witvoet

Matthieu and Chloe Witvoet started their journey Friday in Cape Verde off the coast of Africa. Over the next several months, they plan to travel 3,800 kilometers or 2,300 miles to the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. If they succeed, they'll set records for the longest swimming relay with drifting. They plan to sleep on a boat, and the boat will drift, covering some of the distance.

All right, now to college football on Saturday's primetime SEC matchup between 18th-ranked Oklahoma and number 14, Tennessee. Despite impressive offensive numbers from the volunteers in the first half, they couldn't overcome Oklahoma's defense. This 71-yard fumble return was one of three Tennessee turnovers that led to scoring drives for the Sooners.

With less than two minutes left, this running quarterback touchdown by John Mateer clinched the win for Oklahoma, 33-27. And in a Big Ten conference showdown, number 23, USC came back to beat Nebraska. The Trojans running back King Miller scored this go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and that gave USC its first lead of the game. Final score, Trojans 21, Cornhuskers 17.

All right, that wraps this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Kim Brunhuber. CNN THIS MORNING is next.

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