Barack obama is not on the ballot. I am. This is cnns coverage of election day in america, the fight for congress, the battles for governor and the warmup for 2016. I need you to do this. Your country needs you to do this. Were in the home stretch. It all comes down to who is going to show up. The polls are open. The nation is choosing. And anything is possible until the last vote. And away we go. Im brook baldwin. The time is now. Three dozen governors in u. S. Senate seats all up for grabs and every seat in the u. S. House of represents but all eyes on the senate this how where the republicans are eager to change the balance in washington. Take a look at the numbers and colors behind me of the 36 senate seats being decided, ten are incredibly close. And if just six seats switch from democrat to republican, thego will have total control on capitol hill. Four race today. You have iowa, kansas, North Carolina or georgia. They could dictate how the government gets things done or not in t
Known this morning. Cnn Patrick Oppmann is live from havana, the only u. S. Television correspondent in cuba. So patrick, talk to us about peoples reactions because whats extraordinary here is the fact that overnight you were the one who inform some people when you wanted to ask for what their reaction was, they were hearing from you for the first time that fidel castro had actually died. Reporter yes. As i raced to the office, i tried to stop along the way on the sea front wall and ask people if they heard the news and nobody they encountered was watching television, the state Television Channel last night when the news was announced. People were listening to radio hadnt heard it and everyone was just shocked. We of course had so many rumors over the years. This was not a rumor, it was really the real thing. When i told the cubans that i encountered that raul castro made this announcement, people became very downcast, didnt know what to say. Some sort of repeated the usual revolutiona
Make sure. How did your talks about, mr. President . Very good. Thank you talk about nato . Many things. Very good. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Mr. President , mr. President handshake, mr. President . Youre Senior Correspondent joe jackson is at the white house. During the campaign thencandidate had some harsh words for chancellor merkel on the refugee policies, other policies such as nato. Will that likely come up today . Thats a very good question, wolf. As you know, among other things on the campaign trail, donald trump accused Angela Merkel of ruining germany with her refugee policy, allowing so many Syrian Refugees in. And so thats a potential problem. But the Senior Administration officials who briefed on the subject say, sure, these two World Leaders are going to have disagreements but at the end of the day they want to talk about the commeonalities the shared interests and the administration wanted to know how Angela Merkel met Vladimir Putin. Shes met himself times and sh
raised her that she was no different from him. we re joined now by our chief international correspondent, christian amen pour, standing by. i think i overwhelmed her a little bit. when molly feels upset, she talks to her imaginary friend by satellite. stay safe down there, christian. an imaginary spokesman for cnn s wolf blitzer denies our announcer speaks in a colorless monotone. come on, now.
investigated. two hours from now, a phoenix police officer asks a federal judge to block the new immigration law. one of the nation s most crime infested cities cuts its payroll. oakland, california warns more layoffs may be coming. people say you can do more with less. we can t do that anymore. and president obama s military drawdown picks up speed in iraq and the scramble is on to cut troop numbers to 50,000 by the end of august. good morning, those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. happening this hour, developments unfolding on two major stories. the gulf disaster, where efforts to contain the oil leak are moving forward again. and a vote to move forward with legislation affecting your credit cards, your mortgage and the wait wall street operates. brianna keilar sets the stage for us. good morning. good morning, tony. an historic vote expected to begin in a few moments. this stt bill that is supposed to reform wall street. it s