translator: we are alive but nobody comes. we heard them. they are calling out asking for help. how can we rescue them? a oh, my gosh. the anguish. search and rescue teams race to save lives across turkey and syria. the death toll topping 5,000. countless people still trapped in the rubble and fighting to stay alive. also this morning we are live on capitol hill where president biden is going to make his case for a re-election, an announcement that s expected tonight. a recent poll shows most americans don t think he has achieved much. can president biden cut through the noise? we re going to speak to the white house communications director to get her view in a few moments. also, the faa will be in the hot seat on capitol hill after a series of travel meldowns after near collisions. we begin with the search and rescue operation in turkey and syria. more than 5,000 people are confirmed dead after yesterday s catastrophic earthquake. there are thousands upon thousands o
it is election day in america. hello everyone i m anderson cooper welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are looking at live pictures of voters lining up to cast their ballots. polls are open in a majority of states. at this hour six more states are opening their doors to voters. the big question who will control congress. dozens of house races are considered toss ups, republicans need to win 30 competitive seats to win the majority. in the senate the race is likely to determine control are very tight. republicans need a net gain of one seat to clinch the majority from democrats. more than 40 million americans have cast their ballots in early voting ahead of today. it all comes down to turnout today and the issues. the only certainty is that voters will decide who they elect and who controls congress. we have this consequential midterm election covered for you from coast to coast. i want to begin with our coverage with cnn s jason carroll li
the following is a cnn special report. multiple capitol injuries. multiple capitol injuries. an assault on democracy. the capitol has been breached. an attack on the capitol, fueled by a president s lies. this election was stolen. trump wanted the crowd to turn into a mob. inspired by a delusion, an enraged mob of true believers attempting insurrection. you are a traitor. we were in a medieval battle. trump s soldiers. there is a sea of nothing but red, white, and blue. patriots of trump. trump s true believers. i feel like he was anointed by god. i don t think joe biden is the president. new exclusive interviews. the sound surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door, that s all i heard. new details. overran the capitol. i never dreamed that he would ever do anything like that. new denials. you call january 6th a peaceful protest? i do. and why it s not over. in fact, it is just getting started. tonigh
republicans? plus, the latest on the special master investigating trump s stash of secret documents. and cambers on why this moment is one of the most difficult in the history of america. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. over the weekend, donald trump held a czar rally in ohio. it was in support of the republican senate candidate there, j.d. vance. trump has given hundreds of rallies, but this one was a bit different. you might have already seen this footage already. take a listen. families, hardworking, patriot, like, you built this country. and it is hardworking patriots like you who are going to save our country. we will stand up to the radical left lunatic s and rhinos, and we will fight for america like no one has ever fought before. hybrid of a salute, ultra call, kind of. obviously, the video is creepy, we are, unnerving. it is worth taking some time to explain why, though. right before our eyes, the de facto leade
europe? obviously. when you put it in the contemporary context, well, you know, tough call. it s definitely food for thought. that is an under statement. thank you, chris. great job. thanks to you for joining us this hour. as chris said rachel is off tonight but she will be back again next monday. so, he is back at the scene of the crime. yesterday former president donald trump returned to mar-a-lago where fbi agents retrieved more than 100 classified documents last month. trump announced on his social media platform that he went to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal raid and break-in so he could, quote, see for himself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. so sad. of course the fbi searched the property last month because records remained missing even after two of trump s lawyers wrote and signed a statement certifying all of the missing documents had already been returned. as a result, two of trump s lawyers evan