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
arizona adam wax alt in nevada. not people that they preferred time and time again. senator dane who is head of the republican campaign committee in the senate in your great story said that he has had an open line with the former president but i do wonder if this is if this is evidence that trump understands his impact of the 2022 election instead of blaming it on everybody else like he does publicly, is this an acknowledgment that he needs to change course and they can win some seats? it s certainly part of it. loyalty is of course everything with donald trump. he s feuding with the club for growth because of every received disloyalty between them and the president in the past election cycle. he made back jim justice, the governor who is running for the west virginia senator seat because justice became a democrat at a trump rally so he sees that as loyalty. he may not back matt rosendale, we re told he told matt
warnock or herschel walker come december and that could be the battle for the united states senate takes until december to know who controls it. they ve spent so much money on the race, the idea there could be a runoff is exhaust. the truth is i m exhausted already and we re going to continue to be exhausted. we need more coffee as we continue. all right. nevada. let s go back out west. we have catherine cortez masto taking on adam wax alt. a very big name. it used to be a united states senator named paul waxalt. and she s seen her lead diminish and this may be the race more endangered democratic incumbent. yes they have won the presidential race in nevada since 2008. but in 2016 and improved upon