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everybody, they will accept them coming here, but they have to accept our rules. and the cop27 summit puts a price on tackling climate change developing countries need $2 trillion every year by the end of the decade to help deal with the impacts of global warming. americans are heading to the polls in the first national elections since the january 6 attack on congress last year. the results of the midterms could shape the next two years of american politics and make it difficult for presidentjoe biden to pass legislation. the us president cast an early vote almost two weeks ago. and in the past few hours, we ve seen former president donald trump vote in florida. he has hinted he will announce a present run next tuesday. take a listen. , , , ., . listen. tuesday will be an exciting da fora listen. tuesday will be an exciting day for a lot listen. tuesday will be an exciting day for a lot of listen. tuesday will be an exciting day for a lot of people listen. tuesday will ....
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 carr ....
democracy, will all be decided today. the candidates have made their final closing arguments to rally an american public that is at once anxious, angry, and exhausted. are you ready to win this election? i m sick of talking about american decline. i think it s time we started to do something about it. please send me to washington, d.c. we re winning this. we ain t talking about no runoff. we re winning this. i believe in democracy. i certainly believe in a free and fair election. this is a transformative election. it s going to send a loud message to washington. we ve always done democracy better than anywhere else. and we are not going to stop now. y all ready to close this thing out? today we stand united as one voice. and i feel thean a massive vict shocks the world. i m ready for it. are you? well, now it s up to the voters. with millions heading out to cast their ballots today, we re keeping an extraordinarily close eye on the voting process nat ....
plan to go on the offensive when it comes to voting rights. tim walsh, minnesota s governor, will join us to tell us how he s asked his fellow democrats to, quote, think big and the lateston the war i ukraine as daring new drone strikes are attempting to hit deep inside russia and a captivating look at photos from a year of war in ukraine. we begin with the holiday travel chaos that continues to plague countless travelers as more than 17,000 flights have been canceled in nearly a week, and thousands more have been delayed. southwest airlines unsurprisingly by far the most disrupted carrier. in the last five days it s canceled about 8,000 flights according to flightaware southwest operating one-third of its schedule in the next two days in an effort to recover but warned that the reduced schedule could be extended further. it also stems from that major winter storm that impacted much of the nation over the holiday parts of the united states are still under multiple ....
so let s now get down to business and we begin with the bank of england and the warning that interest rates could go up by as much as half a percentage point at its next rates meeting. that s according to the bank s governor, andrew bailey. he was speaking to financial leaders in london last night and pledged to do whatever it takes to get inflation under control. we will have to act forcefully. in simple terms it means a 50 basis point increase will be among the choices on the table when we next meet. but it is not locked in. and anyone who predicts that we will do that is doing that based on their own view. we do not pronounce rate decisions for one very simple reason, and pc decisions are based on deliberation at the time on nine people focused on retaining inflation to the 2% target sustainability. well, injust over an hour s time we will get the latest inflation figures for the uk. prices have already been rising at the fastest rate in a0 years at 9.1%. joining me ....