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
It is the top of hour on cnn newsroom. Im alisyn camerota. And im victor blackwell. Today two Border State Republicans are taking their immigration battle up north. But families are stuck in the middle. Greg abbott ordered more than 1 100 migrants but bused and dropped off at Kamala Harriss home at the conservatory. They have already bused thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks and they are said to be used as political pawns. The fact that fox news and not the department of homeland security, the city or local ngos were alerted about a plan to leave migrants, including children on the side of a busy d. C. Street makes clear this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt. And then there is Florida Governor ron desantis and hes gloating that he chartered two flights to carry migrants to Marthas Vineyard. Including Young Children who were arriving without any warning to local officials who scrambled to set them up in a nearby church. But here is how Governor Desantis see
you say you re for a secure border this is all happening under the biden administration. and the policies that charlie crist supports. it s only when they go to d.c., new york, or, of course, martha s vineyard then all of a sudden they say, you know why? because we have ee leets in this country that want to impose policies on you but they don t want to suffer the same consequences you may have to in your community. just a couple of the jabs exchanged last night by the two candidates for governor of florida. we ll have much more from this debate straight ahead. plus, the latest from eastern europe. there are growing fears that putin is planning a new type of attack as a justification for escalating the war in ukraine. and career going live in london. a new presume minister will make history amid economic crisis in the united kingdom. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 25th. we re two weeks from the mid terms. i m jonathan lamire. new poll
on and around january the 6th. yet, she has not been held accountable at all, why? i will ask the former adviser to the january six committee and former republican congressman, denver riggleman. plus, that republicans are coming. poised to regain power, the gop started outlining their priorities. if that doesn t scare you, i will tell you why it should. and how big an issue should abortion before democrats heading into the midterms? i will ask senator tina smith. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. you probably all know the name lauren bowman by now. conservative firebrand, freshman republican congresswoman from colorado. we all like to laugh about lauren bowman. she makes it so easy given she says and does such ridiculous things. here she is this week when she called women lesser vessels. take a look at this. we are not the same women, women at the lesser vessel. we need masculinity in our lives to balance that, that so-called weakness. the only weakness to speak of is
it is the top of hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. and i m victor blackwell. today two border state republicans are taking their immigration battle up north. but families are stuck in the middle. greg abbott ordered more than 1 100 migrants but bused and dropped off at kamala harris s home at the conservatory. they have already bused thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks and they are said to be used as political pawns. the fact that fox news and not the department of homeland security, the city or local ngo s were alerted about a plan to leave migrants, including children on the side of a busy d.c. street makes clear this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt. and then there is florida governor ron desantis and he s gloating that he chartered two flights to carry migrants to martha s vineyard. including young children who were arriving without any warning to local officials who scrambled to set them up in a nearby church. but here is ho