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
a recent survey commission said by the national parks service showed that only 7% of visitors to the parks center are african-americans. latinos also underrepresented. dr. carolyn finney explores this disconnect in an important new book called black faces, white spaces, reimagining the relationship of african-americans to the great outdoors, which combines environmental history with cultural and race studies to give us a critical insight into why this has occurred and what we can do about changing it. dr. finney, it s an honor to have you on this program. let me start by asking why these numbers for blacks and latinos at the national parks are so abysmal. oh, my gosh. well, we could talk about this from a whole lot of different angles, right? the first thing i want to say is that numbers don t tell you everything. numbers are very particular way of quantifying something. and so we don t see blacks and latino people at the parks. that doesn t mean that black people d
israeli military commanders have been going after the members of hamas in gaza from the air and on the ground. more than 600 palestinians have been killed and at least 27 israelis. nhk world ease craig dale is following developments for us. ban ki-moon is just a high level player to get a ceasefire between israel and hamas. israel launched its offensive in gaza two weeks ago to go after hamas and its allies to stop them from launching rockets at their country. ban went to tel aviv to urge benjamin netanyahu to urge maximum restraint. many palestinian civilians have died in the fighting. the secretary-general is calling on both sides to end their attacks and to deal with the root causes of the conflict. we must address these underlying issues, including the mutual recognition, occupation despair and denial of dignity. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is also saying that israel and hamas must look at their fundamental differences. he met in cairo with egyptian president
a recent survey commission said by the national parks service showed that only 7% of visitors to the parks center are african-americans. latinos also underrepresented. dr. carolyn finney explores this disconnect in an important new book called black faces, white spaces, reimagining the relationship of african-americs to the great outdoors, which combines environmental history with cultural and race studies to give us a critical insight into why this has occurred and what we can do about changing it. dr. finney, it s an honor to have you on this program. let me start by asking why these numbers for blacks and latinos at the national parks are so abysmal. oh, my gosh. well, we could talk about this from a whole lot of different angles, right? the first thing i want to say is that numbers don t tell you everything. numbers are very particular way of quantifying something. and so we don t see blacks and latino people at the parks. that doesn t mean that black people don
hello, everyone, you have been watching cnn s town halls, live from las vegas. bernie sanders, pete b buttigie amy klobuchar, each trying to make their case to voters tonight. thursday night it is joe biden at 8:00 eastern followed by elizabeth warren. but in less than 24 hours sixty democrats vying to run against the president will hit the debate stage in vegas with the clock ticking toward the all important nevada caucuses on saturday. let s jump into our expert analysis of what you heard tonight. here to discuss, mr. david chalian and ron brownstein. so good to have all of you on. fascinating. david, start with you, bernie sanders, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, what stood out to you? well, one thing that was consistent across all three town halls, don, was michael bloomberg and they all were making the point that they don t feel that somebody should be able to buy their way to the nomination or the presidency. now, of course, they re not in a position to do that, althou