Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said did not apply when President Trump had the chance to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat just before november 2020. From the Supreme Court to the federal courts across this country, no Single Person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. Almost all young, White Conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. In spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. Holding firm on uk
Should i start over . I think i will. Its a pleasure to seek people here again break the last panel we had was primarily the kinds of vulnerabilities and risks for providers the providers are experiencing. This subsequent panel health, how can to mitigate and reduce the chance systems and services can be hacked or otherwise made less available for people who need them. We are going to talk about how to apply frameworks, Cybersecurity Framework. Platforms available we will talk about the kinds of issues or problems different segments of the industry confront when dealing with these problems so segments like different provider segment, different user segments like Public Safety and different segments such as small and mediumsized businesses which are providers that came up in the last panel so those are the things we will be talking about that more on the perspective how as opposed to what they let me introduce our panel to have catherine from mti a. Catherine medications policy speciali
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 region , despite pressure the region, despite pressure from more than 80 of his mps to do so. Instead rishi sunak is backing what hes calling specific pauses in the conflict to allow for the Safe Delivery of aid into the region. Five british people are still among more than 200 being held hostage in gaza. In gaza. The first and most important principle is that israel has the right to defend itself under International Law. Our support for that position is absolute and unchanged. But from the start , we have also said that we start, we have also said that we do want british nationals to be able to leave gaza and that we want hostages to be released and for humanitarian aid to get in. And we recognise that for all of that to happen, there has to be a safer environment , which of a safer environment, which of course necessitates specific pauses as distinct from a ceasefire. Ceasefire. Will the u n ceasefire. Will the un secretary general has rejected israels accusation that he justifie
Representatives form israel and Palestinian Authority both had scathing remarks. Also ahead former us President Donald Trump is back in court today. Well take a look at the latest developments on two of his legal battles. Here to discuss it all, our panel tonight zoe williams columnist for the Guardian Newspaper and doug heye former Communications Director for the Republican National committee. Weve heard today from one of the two Israeli Women Released Last Night after being taken hostage by hamas. 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz said shed been through hell. Her husband, who is 83, is still being held. Israel estimates 220 hostages are still in gaza, after being abducted in the attacks of october 7th. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. Meanwhile, concerns about the amount of aid reaching gaza continue. The main un agency there has warned it would stop work within 2a hours unless there were urgent deliveries of fuel. Wer