the polls have just opened in hawaii meaning voters in all 50 states are making their voices heard. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. and i m erin burnett and this is cnn s continuing coverage of election day in america. take a look. we ve got live pictures. this is a polling location we re showing you just outside the philadelphia. so far only minor glitches with officials reporting no major voting issues so far, wolf. here s what s at stake today, erin. all 435 seats are up for grabs, republicans need to turn five seats red to take it back. over in the democratic controlled senate, 35 of the 100 seats are also in play today. all republicans need there is a net gain of one seat to change the balance of power in the u.s. congress and here in washington. as always we have our correspondents all over the map covering all the key races along with our entire cnn election team. let s get straight to pennsylvani
man, that s lisa marie pressley, singer, song writer, elvis only child. she has died. i was so stunned. me too. she s really young. 54 years old. prime really, that s young, especially these days with the medical what a life, though. what a life. and her parents, crazy, you know, being the daughter of priscilla and elvis. hate to start with sad news but this morning tributes are pouring in as a we remember lisa marie. special counsel, another one, don t be confused a different special counsel has been named, this in president biden s classified documents probe. what are the possible crimes and could the current president be charged? plus this. oh my god. oh my god. yeah, look. oh my god. that is the damage so many people are waking up to this morning after more than 30 tornados ravaged several states including my home state of alabama, severe weather has been sweeping the south. the damage is likely to take days to survey. we ll take you live to selma
crossing the southern border soars. and as some republican governors resort to political stunts with people s lives, we ll talk about that. later this morning, former secretary of state hillary clinton will be our guest. we look forward to talking with her as well. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 16th. along with joe, willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bb news, katty kay in london, and the host of way too early white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, also with us the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. you know what people say about our show, that morning joe show is the most mindful show, we teach everybody that two things can be true at one time. we re not always that mindful. we re going to be talking about that. we re going to be talking about the crisis at the southern border, and by the way, i understand every t
crowds are gathering in cities coast-to-coast to express their feelings following the five four decision to return control of abortion law to the states but several have already outlawed the procedure under it so trigger laws which will ban or restrict most abortions and roughly half the country in the coming weeks and months. president biden among other democratic leaders are now weighing options to protect abortion rights. there fox news team coverage read alexis mcadams live in new york city on protests across the country. but first to davis he is live at the supreme court where crowds are also gathering. david. [cheering] a consistent presence outside the supreme court. thousands of people out here today but will give you kind of a live look at what we are looking at right now. the majority if not most of people out there potentially all of the people out here today are pro-choice are angry about this decision that came down from the supreme court. i was out here yest