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
they arrivinged at their home. plus an update on mr. pelosi s condition, and new information about the suspect s potential motive. it s the final sprint to the midterm elections and both parties bringing out their closers, and their last-minute concerns in some of the key races. plus new incluclues on where economy stands as we pay more for just about everything and the warning about an economic possible downturn next year. and the flu virus, and why they re urging everyone to get the vaccine now. it s saturday, october 29th. where does the time go? thanks so much for waking up if us. good morning, boris. good morning, amara. always great to be with you. we begin with new details emerging about the violent attack on house speaker nancy pelosi s husband. yeah. sources say the assailant tried to tie up 82-year-old paul pelosi after breaking into the couple s san francisco home and attacking him with a hammer. he underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and o
newsroom. this morning early voting location are open across the country and preliminary election data is already showing more than 17.5 million americans have cast their ballots so far. with ten days to go before election day, candidates are bringing out big-name surrogates in their final push for votes. president biden and former president obama are on the campaign trail for democrats in key states. over the next week, former president trump also holding rallies in support of republican candidates across four states. the infusion of political star power is underscoring just how many of these key races are neck-and-neck. in georgia, the senate race between democrat raphael warnock and herschel walker has some in the democratic leadership concerned. here is senate majority leader chuck schumer caught on a hot mic talking about that race. going downhill in georgia. that race in georgia crucial to the democrats chances of holding on to their 50/50 majority in congress. i
know. we do, indeed. pennsylvania candidate john fetterman suing in court to try to keep thousands of mail-in ballots from not being counted. he wants them counted. we ll explain why. the issue, they were not properly dated. an exclusive cnn interview. house speaker nancy pelosi sitting down for the first time after that attack on her husband paul pelosi in her san francisco home. weighing in whether or not it s going to affect her on political future. we ll get to to that. let s see. 6:00 a.m. polls other in connecticut, kentucky if you re there, living on sirius, have your phone out. new york here good to see you. opening in 30 minutes in ohio and north carolina. ohio, though, democrat tim ryan and trump-backed j.d. vance locked in a senate race. the president said it well. we got to get out there and run up the score on these guys, because we need to win and win big and take our country back. that s why these elections are so important. especially taking on such
hello again. thank you for joining me again. i m fredricka whitfield. russia said it will suspend its participation in the grain export deal with ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister telling russia to stop its hunger games . nic robertson is in kyiv. nic, what s the significance of this move? reporter: this is very significant. russia says it has suspended the deal for an indefinite period. this was a deal that was struck by the u.n., two parallel deals, one with ukraine and one with russia, at the end of july. and it was struck because, since russia invaded ukraine, all the grain that ukraine produces, and it produces a lot for the world, was stuck in its ports on the black sea, piling up, nowhere to go. and the third world countries this grain was destined for desperately short of food. the prices were going up. after the deal was struck, the anticipation was about 20 million tons of grain could be shipped out of ukraine to these third world and other countries. now, wh