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. Im wolf blitzer. And im erin burnett and this is cnns continuing coverage of election day in america. Take a look. Weve got live pictures. This is a Polling Location were showing you just outside the philadelphia. So far only minor glitches with officials reporting no major Voting Issues so far, wolf. Heres whats 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. Lets get straight to pennsylvania where there is an issue
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
and that underscores what s at stake right now. well, remember, it s creating context, right, for these voters. there was a voter we heard earlier that said the crime seems bad in philly, hope it doesn t get to the suburb. they re afraid of what they aren t actually dealing with and those ads are effective, it means. similar around abortion issue, remember, it s not just about fetterman or oz, there s a governor s race going on. mastriano has an abortion rights position that many are aware of and may bring others to the poll in terms of affecting down ballot. so pennsylvania is a great state we all like to watch because it has so many of these themes coming to a head at once. but it s probably not the best for us to look at it one race at a time because people are just turning on their tv once, they don t turn on for the senate ads and governor ads. they re getting all of it and it s a deluge of cash. this fetterman/oz contest has