voting. the biggest prize the balance of powner congress. for democrats that means the ability to push forward with president biden s agenda. he will be in maryland tonight to rally for the democratic candidate for governor there. and here is a look at what is at stake. 35 spots in the senate. there for the taking and as jim just mentioned, dozens of governor votes will be cast. secretary of state and attorney general as well. voter enthusiasm is soaring into the election. more than 40 million ballots have been cast across 47 states outpacing the 2018 numbers in states where the data is available. it is still too early to know what overall turnout will be. will it reach 2018 levels could. could that be higher. we ll have to wait longer to find out. let s kick off this morning in wisconsin. hotly contested senate race there could be perhaps one of the states that is a decider for democrats in their hopes of keeping power in the chamber. luc lucy kafanov is there. ron johnson
stories of heartbreak. but the storm giving us a glimpse of our better angels, good samaritan saving strangers trapped in cars and delivering hundreds of meals in just hours. this is what we re watching at this hour. good morning, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. a big release of new transcripts from the january 6 committee. the full list includes key interviews with donald trump jr., the former fox news anchor kimberly guilfoyle and christina bob and people involved in the state level effort to overturn the 2020 election. including defeated pennsylvania candidate doug mast re ano. the list included the d.c. mayor, muriel bowser and numerous others. cnn will bring you more information as we get it. all right, turning now to the sound and the furure of russian rockets echoing across ukraine today. smoke hanging in the kyiv air. evidence of a massive missile barrage that triggered sirens throughout the country. the aerial assault mixed cruise missiles and d
florida s republican governor ron desantis said he is who sent them to massachusetts from texas and said did he so to make a political point about security at the u.s./mexico border. we spoke to some of the men and women and children. now stuck in limbo. they said they were misled about where they were head and what they would find when they arrived. joe biden is accusing the republican governors of playing politics with human beings. miguel marquez is live in martha s vineyard for us. let s start there. what is happening there right now? reporter: kate, not sure if you could not sure if you could hear me. so what is happening here now that all 50 migrants have been put on buses and are headed to a ferry and going to the main land. the concern for people here is not their ability to handle 50 migrants from somewhere else or 50 people of any sort. but one they arrived here without any notice whatsoever. the planes were about 20 minutes out when they informed the airport he
dumpster fire, hasn t it. these are two people that are troubled and the details that are disturbing, they both accuse each other of abuse. and a lot of people have looked at amber heard s testimony and found some of the things that she s claimed dubious. the same could be said also of johnny depp and i think you see a little bit of that play out. and in terms of victims of abuse coming forward, regardless of how this shakes out, there may be people who take away from this that their allegations of abuse may not be taken seriously. it certainly would be unfortunate if that were the case, joe. nbc s stephanie gosk, thank you very much. that is worth looking into more and talking about more. it is now the top of the fourth hour of morning joe. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west and we have a lot to get to this morning. we ll have the latest from ukraine where after months of holding out, ukraine has officially ceded the key port city of mariupol as russian miss
i m glad your name is three letters. state of the union is next. have a great day, everyone. push for peace. the u.s. tries to contain the israel/hamas war. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. as israel continues to retaliate against hamas for its terror attack, is the u.s. making headway privately? senators lindsey graham and richard blumenthal join me in an exclusive bipartisan interview. then, israel s ambassador to the united nations, gilad erdan here. and worries about casualties in gaza exposes a political rift. where does a key progressive stand. vermont senator bernie sanders is here, exclusively next. plus, on the ballot, in florida, donald trump s critics face fierce backlash, as a new poll shows trump leading president biden in key swing states. how worried should the white house be? my panel is coming up. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is reeling from a month of war and global fury. this morning, u