nearly 12 million voters across the country have already cast their ballots for the critical midterm elections. more than 4 million of those ballots have been turned in throughout florida, california, georgia, and texas. the candidates are facing off in some of the final debates of the campaign season after the highly anticipated showdown in pennsylvania. john fetterman released a new ad criticizing mehmet oz s response to abortion. oz barely mentioned the debate during a gcampaign event in the last hour and says he focused largely on crime. in a race to control congress, both sides are narrowing to the most competitive races. new money is being injected from both sides as well, a sign of just how high the stakes are in these midterms. our cnn editor joins us now. where do things stand for the battle for the control of the bo what we re looking at. let s go to the map broadly. i m going to write on this. there are 35 seats up. 21 of those are republican. 14 are democrat. fu
you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez alongside alex mar quiet. there is no hope for babies evacuated from a war-torn hospital in gaza as pressure is growing on israel to provide evidence hamas ran a command center under the al shifa medical facility. in washington, d.c., a fiery courtroom showdown. former president donald trump is fighting his gag order in the federal 2020 election subversion case, with a special counsel says trump is trying to influence and intimidate witnesses. and new data shows the earth is getting hotter, smashing through a threshold scientists have been warning about for decades. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we start this hour with dozens of newborn babies who were trapped in a war zone, now safe. earlier today a convoy of ambulances made the treacherous journey through gaza to the rafah crossing where medical staff were ready waiting with incubators t
the u.n. says that countries are nowhere near hitting emissions targets they planned to meet in the paris accord. climate efforts to ease global warming are falling short by at least one degree. bill weir is here. this is not surprising, but what do countries need to do to meet these targets? well, transition away from fuels that burn which obviously is easier said than done. again, yet another red flag blinking call from the u.n. that things have to change because the markers are just surpassing any goals to remind you, 1.5 degrees celsius was the goals of paris. we re at about 1.1 now. 2.0 is when things get really dicey in terms of tipping points, like ice sheets collapsing or methane bombs.