house judiciary committee pressing him on his five-year investigation into hunter biden and his overseas business interests and we ll have more on that straight ahead. but first. election day in america. you might not have one but there are elections happening in several states and several high-stakes races we re watching including virginia where every state, senate and house seat is up for grabs. republicans are looking to take full control of the legislature and implement a conservative agenda fully. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. a busy hour. bill: yes, it is. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. we re watching a number of other critical contests. voters in ohio will decide whether or not the right to abortion should be enshrined in the state constitution. a high-stakes gubernatorial race in kentucky. governor beshear the democrat is fighting to keep his seat there. dana: virginia is being seen as a big test for governor youngkin. he
on the phone is lunt colonel mitch utterback from the colorado national guard. so, colonel, this must be very frustrating for you, obviously. tell us when you re be able to get flying again? well, don, let me tell you. it s not frustrating so much because we have had ground evacuations continue iing today. the national guard has 45 clearance trucks operating in boulder county that can forge feet and feet of water. they ve been bringing first responders of people, delivering supplies all day. although the weather kept the helicopters out of the sky so far this morning, the ground rescue effort has continued. and i ve got to tell you, looking out the window here, it s very exciting to see the pilots putting on their
there will be hundreds of passengers coming inbound. so we might see four or five, maybe 600 people inbound today. reporter: we could also see some ground evacuations. of course, louisiana s governor declaring a state of emergency. some people who live along the coast in low lying areas could be moved further inland over the next 24 hours. jon: how does this impact the effort to actually key the keep the spill contained? reporter: jon, they re hoping this temporary cap, which has contained the oil for the past eight days, will hold. they think it s been stable, all the measurements say it is and it is after all a mile beneath the surface of the water so they don t expect this storm to hit it. they ll be leaving it unmon ferred for three or four days, which leaves some concern. as far as the ships go, they ve been ordered out, especially the most important ship, the one connected to that relief drill, that s been ordered out as well but it s a time consuming process, enough time t