and i have discussed, it has already rolled over, what, 40 times, 41 times? >> 41, yeah. so -- >> it's just getting -- it's getting frustrating for people playing. >> right, and i've often thought, oh, come on, surely every number combination must be covered now but the truth is, no. you know, they change the lottery numbers a little while ago the odds are 292 million to 1 that you're going to get the right combo, so we may not have a winner. we'll see. i'll let you know as soon as i hear. >> please do. i'm going to check my numbers, though i suspect it will be futile but thank you very much, martin. >> you're welcome. >> cnn's election day coverage continues right now with wolf blitzer and easaaron erin burne. thanks for watching.

♪ the polls have just opened in hawaii meaning voters in all 50 states are making their voices heard. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. >> and i'm erin burnett and this is cnn's continuing coverage of election day in america. take a look. we've got live pictures. this is a polling location we're showing you just outside the philadelphia. so far only minor glitches with officials reporting no major voting issues so far, wolf. >> here's what's at stake today, erin. all 435 seats are up for grabs, republicans need to turn five seats red to take it back. over in the democratic controlled senate, 35 of the 100 seats are also in play today. all republicans need there is a net gain of one seat to change the balance of power in the u.s.

congress and here in washington. as always we have our correspondents all over the map covering all the key races along with our entire cnn election team. let's get straight to pennsylvania where there is an issue right now we're told with several thousand mail-in ballots in philadelphia. cnn's jason carroll is just north of the city. jason, what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: well, of course, wolf, we're talking about some 3, 600 ballots now in question, this after the state supreme court as you recall last week ruled that undated or improperly dated ballots cannot be counted. so as a result of that, what you this is the city of philadelphia put out a list of 3,600 names, on ballots they say, hey, look, your ballot at this point is ineligible and if you want it fixed come down and you can fix it. yesterday when we were in philadelphia, we saw some folks

lined up waiting in line to come in and try to fix their ballot. well, today we now have the numbers of who came in to fix their ballots. democrats really disappointed by this number. it's just 250 people so far, of course, people can come in today. they can vote by provisional ballot to try to change their ballot but these numbers very disappointing to democrats who as you know in the state of pennsylvania vote by mail-in at higher rates than republicans do, so just 250 people so far out of the 3, 600. a lot of democrats feel a number of them will be disenfranchised as the vote gets under way. >> you're in lower bucks county, an area that will be key to tipping the scales one way or another in that critically important senate race right now. it's quite a swing area we're told. we did some checking. it went for obama in 2012. trump in 2016 and then biden in 2020. give us a little bit more.

>> reporter: well, yeah, it's bensalem, lower bucks county. if you look at the area of bucks county, population of 650,000 people or so, a lot of swing voters, i mean, these counties around here, talk about bucks county, montgomery county loaded with swing voters. you can imagine there's been a lot of attention on from both sides trying to get these voters into their camp so we were out here all morning as we've seen them come out here. a steady clip to talk to them about what issues matter most to them. as you can imagine at the top of the list you have the economy, crime, and a woman's right to choose. >> i know from previous years i've swung both ways. it really depends on what the person stands for. that's what i vote for. >> this go around, a woman's right to choose drove you to the polls. >> absolutely. >> okay, and again you identify as republican but this is the issue that -- >> this one stood out to me the

most, yes. >> crime is big, you know, it's really big in the city of philadelphia. i would hate to see it come to the suburbs here in bucks county. the second thing is inflation. you know, there's so many people that can't afford day-to-day. it's sad. >> reporter: so, again, a lot of diverse opinions there. wolf, as you just heard when you think about lower bucks county where i am now think about a place loaded with a lot of swing voters that are sure to make the difference. wolf. >> jason carroll in bensalem, pennsylvania, thank you very much. let's go to georgia right now where the senate race is close, a runoff is very much possible and early turnout has been high. cnn's nick valencia is in atlanta for us. nick, i understand you're at a polling place in kirkwood, a neighborhood of atlanta. where you say turnout has been steady at least so far. >> reporter: yeah, it's been consistent over the last hour or so. it has considerably slowed down

but they expect that to pick up later this hour as lunch has started. it has been a steady stream of people, though inside i just got out from inside and the election supervisor says so far there's only been about 366 people that voted and according to her that's low and attributes that to high number of early voters in the county, dekalb county, it may song fwam to some of you. in 2020 it was instrumental in handing a decisive victory for president biden as well as raphael warnock and jon ossoff. he's not on the ballot but warnock has a tough fight on his hands with herschel walker here and we wanted to talk to voters here in this area. tom wilson, you've been here for 20 years. you think this is such an important election why? >> just the fact that the state turned blue and we need to reinforce that fact. you are know, the election was debated. it was disputed by a lot of people. >> election integrity is a big issue. >> for us we need people to understand this is what happened. this is what the numbers say and this is what it is, you know, so

we need to come out and support warnock and support our mayor. we don't need to say who they are. i know you said that but we need to s'more the people we believe in. >> why was it so important for you to turn out to vote here? >> you know, there's always this thought of people being harassed at the polls, long lines holding you up. well, you know, if you come out to vote with the intent to vote this is how it's going to be. we always come to vote on election day and never had to stand in super long lines. the barack election was a little different. lines were everywhere but in most of our elections you can come in and get your vote in. come in and get your vote. >> the secretary of state's office called this process so far boring, they said it's in and out. no drama to report. nothing significant, no major outages. what was the process for you. >> two minutes in and out. there was no crowd. >> do you think this is a battleground state? >> living here i know it is. >> tom wilson, thank you so

much. really appreciate you taking the time. god bless you, man. you heard from tom wilson and other voters. some of the most important issues for voters here we've heard abortion, what happened with the supreme court, we've heard inflation, we've heard the economy and we've heard people here, democratic voters really wanting to deliver another victory here for the democrats in georgia. erin? >> interesting conversation. nick, thank you very much. let's go to john king and see where we stand. let's talk about the senate since that's what nick and that voter were talking about in that case, walker/warnock race. democrats currently obviously have that narrow majority but the senate is totally up for grabs. republicans need that net gain of only one seat, only one seat to get control. that would be the net gain required. what are you seeing right now? >> so let's go through it, 35 senate races in all, but as you noted nick is in one of the eight that with our partners at inside elections defined as competitive races up for grabs, the eighth includes georgia, four held by democrats four by

republicans and that battleground pretty safe. you mentioned democrats can't afford to lose any. let's switch maps just to get to how complicated this chessboard is when it comes to senate race, 50-50 because the available breaks the tie. democrats cannot afford. if they do they have to pick it up somewhere and that's complicated in this map. nick in georgia, that's one of the blue states biden won. the good thing for democratic incumbents in this field is all the democratic incumbents are running in states biden won. now they have the head winds of inflation that nick just talked about so just think about the chess game here, early on in the night when we get results republicans think they have a chance to pick up this seat in new hampshire. right? this is a hypothetical. this is how hard this is for democrats, the average in a president's first midterm since ronald reagan you lose two senate seat, the incumbent president's party loses two. what if they lose new hampshire early on? then what happens? they have to pick up this state in pennsylvania, currently republican incumbent not running for re-election.

fetterman would have to win and would get them back to 50/50. that's just on the east coast. new hampshire and pennsylvania flip, then it matters what happens in georgia. republicans think they can pick up this seat out in nevada. this is where it gets complicated. if republicans can pick up in nevada and one other in this hypothetical i said nevada and new hampshire where do the democrats go? that's why it's so important they hold the georgia and flip pennsylvania because if they lose a couple then it gets hard then you're up to 51-49. where would they get that seat back? long shot hopes in north carolina, in ohio and wisconsin but most democrats would tell you if you're losing new hampshire and if you're not winning pennsylvania, then you're probably not winning these so that is why the math is so challenging for the democrats, again, you come back to 50/50. we'll watch this throughout the night. if a party loses one they currently hold woe scour the map to see if there's a flip somewhere else. >> so you talk about what you're going to be doing tonight but obviously, you know, we're not

going to know everything tonight? i know what we see in the first few hours after the polls close starting at 7:00 when a lot start to close may not be what sticks. >> right and that's very important, because we've been through this and a lot of conspiracy theories are borne of what happened in 2020. we live in a different system. that was the covid system, more mail-in ballots. what we went through, this is where we ended. this is where we ended in the presidential election in 2020. joe biden won with 51.3 to 46.8 for donald trump. that's where it ended. remember, different states count their votes in different way, some states count those mail-in early ballots first, other states don't and count election day ballots first and know election day ballots tend to favor republican, the mail-in ballots tend to favor democrats. if you look at 9:00 on election night back in 2020, donald trump was leading in maine, donald trump was leading in michigan. donald trump was leading in georgia. joe biden was leading in ohio and in texas. it didn't turn out that way

because, erin, it takes time to count the votes. play it out over time and look at it. trump still here at 10:00 at night. trump estimate leading in michigan and maine. you have to go forward as they kept counting the votes and even then, you know, joe biden, 12:00 midnight on thursday, november 5th, that's when biden starts to take the lead and not until we get to -- this is friday and then saturday we called pennsylvania. we need to be patient tonight. you will see red mirages and blue mirages, those are legal votes but some states will count the election day first, others count the mail-in ballots first and it can get confusing, just have patient. they'll all be counted by the end and then we'll know the winger. >> john, thank you very much. next, wisconsin where the republican senator considered by many to be the most vulnerable is neck and neck with his democratic challenger.

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president biden turned wisconsin from red to blue in the last presidential election. this time republican senator ron johnson is facing a very strong challenge from the state's lieutenant governor mandela barnes and the state's democratic governor is trying for a second term. lucy cavanaugh is talking to voters. what are you seeing and hearing, lucy? >> reporter: well, wolf, this is one of the most unique voting polling centers here in w milwaukee. it's an art museum but there are much bigger issues drawing voters to this location. one of the most tight governor's races and an incredibly important senate race. we've been talking to voters throughout the day. they've been talking about pressure they feel to cast ballot in this particular election because of the issues that are at stake. take a listen. >> i don't know.

i'm at work and my friends are, did you vote, did you vote, okay, yeah, i'm going. i'm going. i just feel like a lot of pressure. >> so the issues for you in this election are -- >> women's rights, i don't want to ruin your thing but legalizing marijuana. guns, you know, all the violence and stuff, that's not how america should be, right? >> but i think about taxes, for me religious freedom is a big deal and that actually goes hand in hand with abortion because to me that's tied from my personal beliefs and i believe inflation is a big topic of conversation and how we can combat that. >> reporter: and you know at the beginning of the year wisconsin was considered one of democrats' top opportunities to flip a republican controlled senate seat. mandela barnes had a slight lead in the polls but we have seen that evaporate somewhat in recent weeks amid a barrage of negative advertising and so this

is a truly competitive state in a truly competitive race in a truly purple state which president biden won by less than 21,000 votes. a lot will depend on turnout. a lot will depend on how these ballots are actually cast, erin. >> thank you very much. let's bring in our panel for our first conversation, bacardi sellers, former democratic member of the south carolina house of representatives. ana navarro our capitol hill contributor, ashley alison served as national coalition's director for the biden/harris 2020 campaign and with me the georgia republican lieutenant governor jeff duncan. okay, thanks to all. so, actually lucy is talking about wisconsin and the milwaukee sentinel journal went back and only in the past 40 years one race has been decided by fewer than three points and in a hundred years it's only been two so it doesn't usually go this way. this is unusual. are you surprised by how tight some of these races are? >> i'm not. i think that democrats for the last two years had a clear

agenda. they tried to get as much done. they had obstructions by republicans and they've run really good races. we have seen turnout be so high both on the republican side and democratic side so i'm not surprised every race is super tight but i do think it actually is a strong sign for democrats. we were supposed to get womped. like everyone a year ago, there's no chance for democrats. it's clear that people are aligned with what the values of the democratic party is. it's just a matter can as many candidates pull it out. >> lieutenant governor, how do you see it? >> i think there's this overwhelming batch of voters on an island on their own trying to figure out fact from fiction and continuing to be barraged by the economy and all kinds of other issues and have a president currently if you're a democrat trying to figure out how far and fast can you run from him and it's just this mixed bag of how do you figure out fact from fiction when you show up.

i think we're not good at polling anymore. >> yes. >> i think we have this early accelerated voting pattern and folks have gotten used to voting early so i think the polling is abstract and inaccurate and do a deep dive into the data to figure out how to project the elections. >> i think it's interesting. the polling is abstract. >> i was amening the lieutenant governor. what we saw in 2016 was an undersamming of republican voters and i said on set i would have bet we wouln the middle of hillary clinton's second term and we were wrong. what we're seeing today is we've seen a lot of polls that come from republican pollsters and there's an over sampling of republican voters. i'm excited about tonight. a lot of my democratic friends and ana knows this better than most but a lot of democrats are proverbial bed wetters and get anxious and worried for no reason but i think tonight will be a better night. i think tonight is going to be a

better night for democrats than many of the prognosticators say so i'm excited and think you'll keep the senate and lose the house and win some governor as' mansions. >> interesting, you both agree on the polling but you come to different conclusions about where it's wrong. >> you know, i mean i think it's going to be a better night than is being prognosticating because they're prognosticating the red wedding and it's a lot of democratic strategists. i have seen some on our airwaves even start the circular firing squad already and start the blame game instead of spending every waking moment trying to get people to the polls. there are still polls open. there are still a ton of races and very competitive states where in states where there's same day voter registration. people can go, you know, vote in nevada right now for that incredibly competitive senate race. i'm going to be watching what happens in florida frankly because i think it's going to be

so determinant. in florida we've come to have very close races. ron desantis beat andrew gillum by something like 40,000 votes and i think tonight ron desantis is going to come out of there with no help from donald trump as a vanquishing, you know, conquerer and with much bigger numbers, frankly because the democrats ran a recycled has been who had been a republican, an independent and is now a democrat. >> wow. how do you really feel about charlie crist? >> listen. >> stay in line, vote, vote in florida. >> everyone, please stay with us as our coverage continues. we'll go to pennsylvania. the incredibly tight senate race that could come down to that and have new details from john fetterman's campaign and we'll share them with you, stay with us. flavor, and twice the choice. sirlrloin salisbury steak and all-natural salmon. perfrfect for lunch or dinner. only at ihop.

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is going down to the wire. democrat john fetterman is in a very tight contest against republican mehmet oz. the winner may determine which party controls the u.s. senate. cnn's brian todd is just outside pittsburgh for us at a busy polling place that has, i take it, brian, three different precincts voting. what's the atmosphere like there

now? >> reporter: wolf, it's pretty electric here. three different precincts as you mentioned and you mentioned the tight race between john fetterman and mehmet oz, that could come down to this area in western pennsylvania, allegheny county, the area around pittsburgh, you see a line at the door here, the lines have kind of ebbed and flowed. there is a line coming a little bit out the door. we're not allowed to go past the door and film so we'll show you the atmosphere of the voters coming in and out of here. almost 4,000 voters came here two years ago in the presidential cycle so midterms, you know, they don't turn out quite as much but talked to a lot of voters and they're excited about being here and helping to determine the race not only for senate as you mentioned which is is going to be a tight one but for governor and, you know, we talked to them about the issues on their mind and i'll deal with that right now with a voter who we're talking about, duane lucas, thanks for joining us. what was the issue foremost on your mind? >> the big thing was inflation. the economy. kind of getting back the things

the way they were, supply chain is an issue. going to the store and shelves and seeing the prices going up, so that was a big thing with me like, you know, kind of getting back to things the way they were. >> you weren't so crazy about the tone of the race, the ads. what did you think? >> i thought the ads were sometimes hard to watch because they were so in your face and there were stories on both sides about the other candidate and it made me -- you don't know what to believe. are they lies? are they true? so they're confusing more than anything else to me. >> reporter: a lot is made of the vote count, the integrity of the vote count all across the country not just in pennsylvania. are you confident the votes will be counted accurately. >> i have faith in the system that it's going to work. i know mail-in ballots are important for quite a segment of our population, so i trust that they'll be counted. the only issue that i have is i wish they were counted faster. it seems like we're waiting forever for a result, but i'm confident the system is working

for 200 years and will work another 200 years. >> duane, thanks for talking to us. great to meet you. you see some of the energy. duane has it, the economy foremost on a lot of voters' minds. a lot don't think it's going so well in western pennsylvania or across the country. inflation is a big issue. >> certainly what the polls show it's the economy that's the top issue, indeed, right now, all right, brian, thank you very much. let's discuss all of this with jamie gangel, audie cornish and mark preston, cnn political analyst. you've been talking to some of the fetterman campaign folks. how are they feeling right now? >> i think they feel cautiously optimistic but really the phrase that they're saying is buckle up. we've heard john talk about this. jason in philadelphia, brian in pittsburgh right now. there's a very good chance we're not going to find out who the

winner is tonight. i think there's a better, you know, better than 50/50 chance we don't know so the fetterman campaign are telling their people to just be calm. get out to vote. of course the oz people saying the same thing. what's interesting is the inflection points that the fetterman campaign said that we'll look back upon. the first happens in august, late august when, you know, we see the gop has decided to come home to oz, you know, we see mitch mcconnell has gone in. put his senate republican leadership fund, political action committee into use, $31 million since labor day in attack ads on john fetterman. second inflection point is the oprah announcement. now, normally i would say that's just a gimmick but this is why it's important. in philadelphia, that was the only news that really broke through in the past month, the reason being, philadelphia is a sports town. you have the eagles right now who are 8-0 and the phillies were were on this world series

run, the crime, the crime ads that they were trying to beat john fetterman up with, we'll find out whether or not they actually got through in philadelphia. because, you know, according to the fetterman campaign they don't think it was breaking through because there was such good news, but it will be interesting to see if it doesn't break through there, where there wasn't good news perhaps in georgia or in nevada some of the other states will those crime ads really take down the democrats? >> stand by. you know, jamie, i know you've been on the phone speaking with republican strategists. >> right. >> and donors. what are they telling you? >> it's funny what mark said about the democrats being optimistic. i've spent the last week, last 48 hours talking to republican strategists, donors, they are also very optimistic. a lot of their candidates in these tight races, they weren't so sure about, oz, oz was one of them. but they say exactly what mark just said and what that voter just said to brian todd, it's

pocketbook issues, it's food prices, it's gas prices, it's inflation. so should we all quote for the millionth time james carville, it's the economy, stupid. that's what the republicans feel it's coming down to. just to echo something mark said and john king said, i think the word we're hearing on both sides of the aisle is patience and i think it was very reassuring actually to hear that voter say he had faith in the system, because this is going to take a while. he may want those absentee ballots counted more quickly. it's just going to take time. >> we might not know tomorrow night. could take a few days. that wouldn't be a huge surprise. audie, we do know that both sides have been pouring in huge up sums of money, about $160 million in television ads in pennsylvania alone.

and that underscores what's at stake right now. >> well, remember, it's creating context, right, for these voters. there was a voter we heard earlier that said the crime seems bad in philly, hope it doesn't get to the suburb. they're afraid of what they aren't actually dealing with and those ads are effective, it means. similar around abortion issue, remember, it's not just about fetterman or oz, there's a governor's race going on. mastriano has an abortion rights position that many are aware of and may bring others to the poll in terms of affecting down ballot. so pennsylvania is a great state we all like to watch because it has so many of these themes coming to a head at once. but it's probably not the best for us to look at it one race at a time because people are just turning on their tv once, they don't turn on for the senate ads and governor ads. they're getting all of it and it's a deluge of cash. >> this fetterman/oz contest has

heated up but is possibly going to be potentially decisive who controls the u.s. senate. >> the problem is so many states could potentially be decisive, i'm also watching nevada. everybody is watching georgia. sleeper race to watch to me is north carolina. every race counts at this point. >> certainly does, all right, guy, stand by, a lot more we need to discuss including how the white house and president biden are monitoring the day's events and what the future holes for the president after today. stay with us. the first time you made a sale online was also the first time you heard of a town named... dinosaur? we just got an order from a dinosaur, colorado. start an easy to build, powerful wsite for free with a partner that always pu you first. godaddy. this holiday master your kitchen with wayfair. you can cook up your favorites.

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white house on this gorgeous fall day, president biden is there. he remains behind closed doors, his political team is monitoring the events from the eisenhower office building near the west wing. privately when you talk to biden's advisers acknowledge little chance of holding the house. they do though say publicly and privately they may hold the senate. i'm joined by al franken and republican governor of arkansas. so thanks very much to both of you. senator, let's just start with the white house's view, right, that they're acknowledging privately, i know publicly not so much but privately that they have little chance of holding the house but do believe that they can hold the senate, maybe even make gains s that realistic? >> yeah, those races that we're talking about in georgia and pennsylvania and nevada and arizona and north carolina and ohio and wisconsin are all pretty close and polling isn't as accurate as it used to be so, of course, yes.

yes. >> well, and this is -- everyone is saying polling isn't as accurate as it used to be. you see that -- you may agree on that and come to different conclusions, governor, how do you see it? >> well, whenever you look at the senate, i agree, it's going to be close. everybody has to get out and vote and participate this election cycle because the importance of it, i look at momentum, the polls are close so who in the last days has momentum? i think that's a defining difference and i like where the gop is. i think our candidates have gained momentum. they've talked about issues that resonate with the voters. they've listened to them and for that reason, i'm optimistic about where we come out this night. >> we've been hearing economy, economy, from a lot of voters, not all of them. we've heard about abortion and others but the one you hear the most has been the economy. you've talked on your podcast you're stressed out about what that means for democrats. >> well, of course. people are focused on the economy but if you think about

inflation, what are republicans talking about on inflation? well, actually kind of nothing. what democrats have done, let's talk about the inflation reduction act. a lot hasn't kicked in but tell you one thing it's going to do is going to cap how much seniors are going to spend an pharmaceuticals. republicans want to get rid of that. republicans want to cut medicare and social security. they've said that. rick scott ran on that. he headed up the senate, republican senate campaign committee. mccarthy has said that. scalise has said that. ron johnson says that. they're going to -- and they may go against -- may on the debt ceiling. >> right. >> i've been there when they've done that before which they're -- that would jeopardize the world economy. >> everyone sort of makes this issue, well democrats are making

it about democracy and maybe about abortion and republicans are making it about the economy. but what you hear from republican, you mentioned ron johnson, he said, you know, if republicans win it's going to be like mosquitoes in a nudist colony when it comes to investigations in washington. right? investigating hunter biden. investigating joe biden. so what they say their agenda will be sounds like a lot of that and not so much economy. >> well, the historic mistake that the democrats have made is not listening to the voters. they wanted to tell the voters that democracy is at stake. they wanted to tell them that abortion was the key issue and, in fact, the voters were saying, no, the biggest issue is the fact that we have inflation and an energy crisis, border security, violence and the candidates listen to the voters on the republican side. and whenever you look at the inflation issue itself, it's biden's inflation. and so you absolutely it's controlling spending.

i'm a governor. i've seen how much money has come out of washington and that is what has spiked the inflation as well as the energy crunch which, again, is biden's responsibility and so the message that we have is really coming from the grass roots of the voters and that's why they have momentum. >> the election hasn't happened yet. it isn't over. so we don't know whether -- who voters are responding to, and voters know that democrats want to maintain their level in social security and medicare and that is at jeopardy and they say it out loud all the time and also republicans have nothing in terms of our prosperity. we finally did an infrastructure bill. trump had four years to do an infrastructure bill and wouldn't do it. democrats are talking about the

economy and we're really talking about the economy. we passed the c.h.i.p.s. act which is about competition with china. >> semiconductors. >> so we have actually done stuff and the inflation reduction act is going to attack inflation and, of course, this is a global problem. inflation is higher in europe. so this isn't biden inflation. this is a worldwide inflation. >> we'll continue this conversation. the money coming out of washington, you got a fair point. it's a big part but that starts trillions under trump during the pandemic and then under biden so in that case, they would be blaming both parties. >> of course. >> i know you'll be back and the latest out of pennsylvania, the legal fight over some of the mail-in ballots that's going on there, that already in the courts and a tabulation issue in arizona is causing a social media stir and tell you the latest on that. we'll go to the voting desk where ana cabrera is tracking it all. could make it hardrd for her. now i'm staying ahead of it.

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tonight it will be all eyes on the battleground state of pennsylvania, the site of a very hotly contested senate race and now there is a legal fight already playing out over whether some of the mail-in votes should be included in the final count. cnn's ana cabrera is tracking

all of this for us at the voting desk of what's going on? >> more than 1.1 million pre-election ballots were cast in pennsylvania and there's now a fight happening over whether some of these ballots should be counted. at issue here are the mail-in ballots that were sent in with either the wrong date or no date at all. here's an example of an actual ballot this election cycle that was cured or corrected in time. you can see this voter was able to fix the date just yesterday, some may not be impacted or won't be fixed in time and so democratic senate candidate john fetterman has now joined a lawsuit asking a federal court to supersede a previous decision by the pennsylvania supreme court and allow those misdated or undated votes to count arguing the date on the mail-in ballot envelope has no bearing on a voter's qualifications and serves no purpose. he says other than to erect barriers to qualified voters exercising their fundamental constitutional right to vote.

so how many votes are we talking? at last check, 3,600 or so in philadelphia county. that's here in the southwest corner or southeast corner, i should say. we also know some of those have been cured. at least a thousand in allegheny county, that's the pittsburgh area and a couple hundred in monroe county. all three voted for biden in 2020 and, wolf, thousands of votes could make a difference if it's a very tight race. >> you're absolutely right, ana. we're also following voting issues in maricopa county in arizona. what's the latest there. >> reporter: maricopa county home to scotts dayle, phoenix. officials there say tabulating machines in about a fifth or 20% of their 223 voting locations were rejecting ballots. now, cording to county officials, the problem had to do with passwords being entered too many times so appears it is a technical glitch. election officials say teams are taking those problem ballots to the county's elections center where they will be counted after

the polls close at 7:00 tonight local time. so they want to assure voters here, no one is being disenfranchised. all those votes, all those ballots will be counted, wolf. >> ana cabrera, thank you very, very much. let's get perspective from cnn anchor and senior legal analyst laura coates a former federal prosecutor and cnn contributor ben ginsberg, a republican election lawyer. ben, lawyers for fetterman say this will result and i'm quoting now the lawyers for fetterman in otherwise valid votes being arbitrarily rejected. as a republican election lawyer, what do you make of that argument. >> i think it's the right argument here, wolf. the dates on the ballots have nothing to do with validating whether the vote counts, right? the ballots have been received before election day so they're valid ballots so it's a simple mistake by a voter that doesn't go to their qualifications. so my guess is under the civil rights act if not the equal

protection clause of the constitution that fetterman will ultimately be successful and these will be counted. >> laura, it's interesting as ana just mentioned, arizona officials say that tabulating machines at about one-fifth of their voting locations were rejecting ballots as voting got under way on this election day. how problematic could this be? >> it could be very problematic. talking about in both these instances and all the battleground states they're called battlegrounds because, in fact, the difference between what could -- it takes to win and what you might have, a very small differential show is a fertile ground for perhaps conspiracy theorists to begin to insert themselves and say, hey, this is vulnerable. this is a moment we can actually question it but in reality the fact they've caught it in time before the polls have closed before they're actually saying anyone was disenfranchised shows the process is working. the idea of saying, look, we're

able to intervene and correct the error. if it continues in a widespread fashion we're talking maybe a delay in the tabulations overall maybe the dotting of the is and crossing ts. right now we don't see an extensive legal issue but maricopa had voter intimidation allegations and a lawsuit filed by the league of women voters about taking photographs outside. they're already under the microscope. >> legal issues huge right now. guy, thank you very much. laura and ben. the latest on some of the closest races across the country and how outcomes could shift the balance of power. we'll be right back. thick n fluffy french toast. artisan challah dipped in vanilla cinnamon batter. french toast the way it's meant t to be. try all three flavors. only at ihihop. download the app and earn free food w with every purchase. i'm a vegas hotel. i know what you're thinking. it's cool, i don't want anything long term either. just aew nights of fun.

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polls coast to coast are open with control of congress now at stake, good afternoon. i'm erin burne. tt. >> and i'm wolf blitzer. out of tempe, arizona, folks have been voting all morning there. if you're not one of the 45 million americans who voted early now is still your chance. >> that's right. certainly go out and vote. polls are open now across the country. wolf, this. 35 senate seats and 36 governor

races. all up for grabs. it matters today and one of these crucial races which could shift the balance of power in washington is the senate race between the republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman in pennsylvania. both oz and fetterman voting earlier this morning. we can see here both optimistic they'll come out on top once the votes are counted which we know could take some time given the rules in pennsylvania. remember, when it comes to controlling congress, republicans need to win a net of five seats and one democratic seat, one democratic seat only in order to gain control of the senate so it is literally anyone's game tonight. we have a team of reporters across the country, sara sidner in arizona. gloria in new york and miguel marquez in michigan. i want to start with you, sara, standing by. i know you've seen a steady stream of students coming to vote there. >> reporter: that's right. there are a lot of students who

have been voting throughout the day and we spoke to some of them earlier about the many different issue, one big issue happening now is about some issues with tabulation machines. there are about 20% of the tabulators at the 223 different voting locations here in maricopa county were having problems where people couldn't actually have their vote counted in that machine, but election officials have told us that they have fixed most of them and they know what the issue is. it was with someone putting in security passwords too many times that locked the machines but i will tell you that they have been able to figure that out. there are still a few more machines they need to get to they told us just a few minutes ago, and they want to make sure that people understand this because this is blown up on social media from some of the candidates, mostly the republican candidates trying to say that this is showing there's voter fraud and there are problems in the county. they're saying, yes, there are problem, yes, we are fixing them and, yes, anyone who has gone to one of these malfunctioning

tabulation machines, their ballot will be counted for sure. there are two ways they can deal with it. one, they can have the voter put that ballot into that same tabulation machine has a lockbox. it has a ballot box within it they can stick their actual ballot in that will be safe and counted or they will take those ballots to the tabulation center when the vote is over and they will be counted at the tabulation center which is the normal thing that happens anyway after the polls close. so they want to make sure that no one feels like their vote isn't going to be counted. they have worked on this issue and have taken care of some of them and are working on fixing the rest. >> sara, so there's been some voting hiccups in maricopa county, most populous, could come down to that in arizona. what do you know about that? >> reporter: that is the tabulation center is the issue. i mean, they have been very,

very worried that something like this would happen. i tell you why they're so worried. they have been very open. they're on social media. the election officials telling people, yes, we have seen this problem. we are working on it and they've been very, very worried about something like this happening, because already in the lead-up to these counts in the lead-up there have been lots and lots and lots of people trying to spread misinformation on social media. they tried to tamp that down yesterday. they told us that if there are any issues they will be the first to try to come bring it forward. if they hear of any issues they immediately investigated. in fact, we ourselves sent them social media that was talking about some of these issues and they said, we're on it. we are looking into this right now and as soon as they figured it out, they put their information on social media and they're doing press conferences so they're trying to be very careful because this county in particular is prone to conspiracy theories and they've had that issue already in the lead-up before people -- before today in the days leading up

they noticed a ramp-up of misinformation online so that has been a real issue and this is, frankly, a problem because now that there has actually been a problem, those problems are now spread out across social media and all over the world that there is an issue here in maricopa county, but, again, it is being looked at and is being fixed according to officials. >> which that's the thing, if you see it and you say something and you deal with it, that that shows that the system is working the way that it should. all right. so from arizona where sara is to new york seen as a deep blue state, it always has been, new york's democratic governor kathy hochul now today though finding herself in a surprisingly tight race against the republican challenger lee zeldin. keep in mind when i say new york is a democratic state, biden won new york state by 23 points. so the fact that this is so close in and of itself is a significant thing. gloria is standing by at a polling site in lower manhattan and, gloria, i know you've been checking in with voters and obviously the margins in

manhattan could be very telling in terms of how this turns out tonight, what have voters been telling you? >> reporter: well, erin, they are surprised that this race appears to be so close and we've had so many different polls looking at what this race is going to potentially look like but, of course, the outcome of everything will be determined potentially tonight. it will matter how many turn out because it's going to be a question of turnout. as you mentioned, the majority of democratic voters are concentrated here down state. so that is where kathy hochul, the incumbent, has been focusing a lot of her attention, in fact, still hitting the trail as we speak trying to get those last-minute voters, congressman lee zeldin for his part has been concentrated on the suburbs of new york where he is hoping to get a lot of the energy and the support for his campaign. but the voters i've been speaking to here in lower

manhattan are telling me that they are worried about public safety and about the access to abortion rights. that's what people here have pointed out to me but they are also extremely surprised that it is this close so people have been coming up to the poll site today. we've been seeing a steady number of people here. wolf. >> gloria, thank you very much. also in new york right now congressman sean patrick maloney whose job kathleen to get democrats elected could be at risk of losing his own race. let's bring john king in at the magic wall. it shows the democrats really are playing defense a lot right now. >> exclamation point to that point. democrats are on defense, 435 house seats in all. democrats don't have much to lose. this is the current house. democrats, it's a net gain of five, the republicans need, republicans need a net gain of five, the average in a president's first midterm going back to reagan is 30 something so you mentioned sean patrick maloney, what we have identified with our friends at inside

elections as the competitive house race, 82 we have identified as competitive. just look at the map and your eyes don't lie. there is a key down here, in 57 of these there's democratic incumbents, only in 20 are the republicans incumbents. they're on defense almost three times as many districts. maloney is the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee. he's supposed to safe to raise all the money for the others. this is a new district, another dynamic. in 2022, everybody is running in new lines in their districts, some more favorable than others but sean patrick maloney in a competitive race in new york, you pull out to new york state. gloria and erin mentioned the governor's race. we have ten competitive house districts in new york, seven of them with democratic incumbents so that just tells you the math. democrats on defense in a blue state like new york. democrats on defense in a place joe biden carried in new hampshire. four competitive seats in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. three competitive seats in the commonwealth of virginia.

you just keep going up and down this map and when you come out to the full one just look at all the blue from northern maine to southern california, literally coast to coast democrats are on defense in the house and they can only afford to lose a handful of seats. that's the tough, tough head wind for the democrats. >> i'm always anxious to hear your thoughts on some of the early signs you'll look for once the polls actually close. >> think about that. when you get the polls closed i'll draw the line here, kentucky actually, kentucky and ohio close earlier but come over here and just come over here in the eastern time zone as you come in, way over here. let me get rid of this so you can see more clearly, think about it. too competitive there. what clues will we get? new hampshire, if democrats are losing house seats that tells you they're in for a bad night. more white working class voters here, different constituencies, the statewide races will be decided in the suburb, main race will take a lot of time to count. in new hampshire we'll get a

clue then new york races, again, the poll closing here, are democrats competitive here? have they before overly worried or do you see them falling and for me as we come down again four competitive races in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, this one here, matt cartwright's district is a rematch from 2020 so you have candidates going at it again. this one includes one of the biggest swing counties in pennsylvania, northampton county. in new hampshire, in pennsylvania and then if we're still having questions down here in virginia, where you have such different districts, you have la l lauria and if democrats are in trouble in these we'll know or the flip side if democrats are holding on in these competitive districts then we might understand that we're going to go all the way out here before we figure -- we could know who controls the house if you see a lot of red here around 10:00 or 11:00, republicans are going to win the house.

if you see the blue states steady then we'll have to count them for awhile. >> could go on and on, not just for a few hours but maybe even a few days. >> yes, it will. >> john, thanks very much. we're going to go to michigan for a live report. the state that could be potentially a bright spot for democrats who are in a tense fight against republican election deniers in several key races. much more of our special coverage coming up. this holiday master your kitchen with wayfair. you can cook up your favorites. and slice and dice with the best of them.

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secretary of state says it could take up to 24 hours after polls close to report all results. all right, you'll see this in a lot of places. it's going to take some time. 24 hours, obviously feels like a long time to many people but, you know, in the scheme of things it may not be. i'm joined by our senior national correspondent miguel marquez. i know you spoke to the attorney general there. did she raise any concerns when talking about this possibly taking 24 hours? >> yeah, the concern is and the problem we saw in 2020 and it still exists now, you have a lot of absentee votes and it takes longer to count those because they have to process them and can't start doing that until election day for the most part across the state and day of votes come in much more quickly. all that said it does take clerks some time to get them to the counties where they get their first reporting, first unofficial reporting but there will be a time period just after the polls close at 8:00 p.m.

eastern here in detroit or across michigan where you will have possibly lots of more rural smaller counties reporting very rapidly all those day of votes and the attorney general here who stopped by this polling place a short time ago says that she is concerned that republicans at the top of the ticket, the governor, the secretary of state and the attorney general that they may use that as a pretext to claim victory. listen. >> the rumors are that our republican challengers are going to declare a victory and they're going to do that early tonight, you know, the information i have is around 10:00 p.m. they'll suddenly declare victory and they would do that knowing that, of course, there are hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots. >> reporter: and that will be the issue counting those other hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots. over 2 million absentee ballots have been requested here, over

1.7 million were returned as of this morning. that number will go up because they can return those absentee ballots at their polling stations as they vote throughout the day. so we expect it will take at least detroit itself has a ton, they think it may take as long as 24 hours, perhaps quicker, until all those votes are counted this election is not over, says the attorney general. wolf. >> all right, miguel, thank you very much. miguel marquez on the scene. joining us, jamie gangle, audie cornish and mark preston. jamie, do you think the michigan governor's race could be a bright spot for the democrats who are facing a lot of head winds as we all know right now? >> but it also speaks to the problem we're facing about election denial. look, the gop strategists i've been talking to say that we should expect them to fight in every battleground state. they have set the stage to muddy

the waters with election denial. misinformation, disinformation, why? because they've seen it work. they've seen it work by saying there's election fraud when it's something very minor. so i'm told we should expect whatever the race is, if it's close, even if it's not so close, that this is going to be the gop playbook, muddy the waters, election denial and let's not forget how many of these candidates are running as election deniers. you know, the stage has been set. >> on that point in michigan, audie, governor whitmer's opponent tudor dixon claimed former president trump actually won the 2020 presidential election. do you think her stance on this conspiracy theory has actually helped or hurt her in this current election. >> i think we'll find out in the next couple of hours but to add to what jamie is saying i think

the number is 22 of 36 republican candidates have either questioned, doubted or denied the 2020 results. you see 12 out of 27 republican candidates when looking at the secretary of state. i'll tell people what to look for. one, preemth tiff claims of victory and preemptive claims of fraud, and the last thing i'll say which is almost more the media count something not a rate. the count exists, the fact of the count will be revealed to us. but no one pulls ahead, pulls behind all of this stuff and i think that's some of our lesson of the last two years in dealing with the issue that you're talking about. >> on that point, mark, multiple states as you know including michigan have republican candidates for secretary of state, secretary of state, a very sensitive position, who actually deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election as well. what could that mean for how the 2024 presidential election is actually carried out? >> i mean, could you imagine that you have election deniers that are actually in positions of authority?

you know, we talk a lot about big "d" democracy and talk about how the country is not united necessarily. what we're not united is and the fact of the matter is when we have a country so divided and willing to push aside any facts or the truth to try to get what they want i think it shows what a perilous situation we are in politically in this country and unfortunately when things go back in this country they go bad around the world so i do think that the world is watching. the united states tonight to see if we can pull it off correctly because we tend to stand on our soap box very often and point out other countries. well, i think they're looking at us now. >> probably watching right now even as we speak, audie, over all do you think running candidates who deny the results of the 2020 presidential election will cost the gop some winnable seats? >> i think about it a different way. we've heard poll numbers that suggest lots more people than we

realize care about democracy, right? but i think everyone is defining it slightly differently despending on what side of the aisle or what you think the biggest concern and threat to democracy is. so i don't think it will go away. i do think it is a challenge for democrats to figure out how to talk about it. because a very vague threat doesn't cure some of the ills in terms of poll workers not wanting to do the job anymore. people experiencing intimidation and threats or deciding they need to take measures into their own hands and showing up at election spaces and potentially intimidating people so it's sort of a bigger conversation than today. >> all right. good point, guys, everybody, stand by. we'll have a lot more coming up and check in on georgia which saw record early voting, an official from the georgia secretary of state a office standing by. he'll join us. that's when we come back. moistuh are foformulated to be gentle on dry skin. with nourishing prebiotic oat and rich, soothing emollients.

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cnn's nick valencia in outside a polling place in kirkwood. tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: yeah, historic turnout when you talk about early voting, wolf. 2.2 million early votes cast and we've seen a steady stream of people at this voting location in the city of atlanta really all day long. you see folks just coming from voting and two others about to walk in. there's no lines there. this morning there was about a 20-minute wait. you had people lined up out the door. it's been on and off and talked to the elections supervisor, she says around 400 people have cast their votes, a low number, she says for the county but attributes that to in part the record number of early voters. i want to talk to some voters. you are voting, i mean, what election is this for you? >> i want to say at least number 16. you know, between presidential and midterms. >> does this feel any more important to you than others? >> i think it's gotten important over the last i want to say six

to eight years. >> why? what's important? >> we have become a more divisive nation. people are -- have become very like ingrained to what their political beliefs are. >> polarized. >> absolutely. and i think it's coming to a point where it's also almost impossible to have a civil discussion with someone with different views than you. >> reporter: what are some major issues that brought you out to vote? we talk about roe v. wade. the supreme court overturning that and heard inflation, crime, equal rights. i mean, what's important to you? >> definitely equal rights is up there. roe v. wade, as well. >> reporter: as a man. >> absolutely, absolutely, i think one of the main reasons i'm voting is i know plenty of women, my wife, my sister, i got friends and i think they had that basic right to decide what they want to do with their body. i mean it's not politician's business to decide what they want to do. >> reporter: last question, it seems as though election integrity continues to become an issue throughout general

election, midterms. any concerns you have coming here. >> no concerns at all. i believe the process is transparent. i'm worried there are certain candidates who do not believe in the election -- in the text -- integrity of elections. a lot of us trust in the process and we'll use our right to vote. >> thank you so much. one of the latinas out in georgia making their voice heard. gracias, man. great. thank you so much for taking the time with us. lots of voters coming in here to make their voices heard, erin, we have seen a steady stream but low numbers, the secretary of state's office says it's been boring but that's a normal thing. >> what do no lines mean, you know, if it isn't great turnout for what early voting in georgia set all sorts of records. thank you so much, nick.

let's talk to gabe sterling for georgia's secretary of state office. so, gabe, i just want to start off with something we understand happened today. we're just kind of getting confirmation and hoping you can help us figure it out. we've learned that a mother and son were removed as poll workers in fulton county just minutes before the polls opened at a specific poll site. they were remove the because of a social media post. "the washington post" is reporting that two poll workers were removed specifically because of posts that showed them attending the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. do you have any information on this and what happened? >> reporter: i am aware it occurred but it is a fulton county internal issue and mitigate the risk the way they see fit. it would have been better if they found out earlier. since it was so last minute and came to light, i leave it to them to make those decisions but, yes, that did happen early this morning. >> mouse of the january 6th post. someone brought it to your attention >> that's my understanding, yes.

>> gabe, i know you heard nick talking about how today there haven't been lines, it hasn't seemed super high turnout in terms of what he is seeing. i'm curious what you're seeing on day of voting. i know the early voting was a record for a midterm and matched the 2020 early voting turnout which is highly relevant because it's comparing to a presidential year and also during covid, right, when people were able to early vote so what -- how would you describe turnout today on day of voting? >> it's always difficult to know in the middle of the day how it's going. we do know it's been steady around the state. our average wait time is running two minutes, but that takes into account the majority of polling have zero lines regardless of urban, suburban and the processing time we've taken for our poll workers, we do know is an average of 48 seconds, very efficient process, the system is working great as you pointed out we set records for early vote turnout.

between early vote and absentee and absentee set a new record as of this morning of 234,000 for a midterm. that really takes away pressure off election day because as of -- when we start today nearly 37% of all active voters had already cast a ballot. >> can i ask a question about absentees. did i hear you right, 234,000 absentee ballots. can you give me context on how big that is and how that counting goes from here? >> well, the previous record had been in the midterm about 213,000 from 018. some of the rules we passed in the election integrity act clarified they can do early tabulation of both the early votes in person and the absentee votes which will hopefully get us earlier returns to the 7:15, 7:45 and 8:00 hour from larger counties and hope that gets us to the results faster and as accurately as we can. >> hopefully you're not sitting

at that large number, one we're waiting for, so we'll see how that goes tonight. there obviously have been so many concerns out there, gabe, about threat, harassment that election workers across the country could face this year. now we're here on election day and obviously we just talked about that one particular incident in fulton county where the poll workers were removed. what are you hearing from poll workers today. have there been any incidents in georgia? >> so far, so good. i want to find wood to knock on right now. we haven't seen any real issues at the polling locations. no real threat, i mean i know this happened this other states and we're blessed in the state right now but almost feel like i'm talking as a pimper in a no-hitter. only talking about it because we have a few more hours and hopefully stays as bore ago as it's been. >> thank you so much, gabe, standing by for the counts. back with me our entire panel, bakari and ashley.

7:15, 7:30, polls close at 7:00. that would be quick for an initial read. what is your reaction to that and also to the key point he made of it's boring, there's no lines. is that bad for republicans in georgia today? >> one, every state should have a gabe sterling on the front lines. he has done an amazing job, certainly glad to have him there. we've accelerated voting patterns. the whole time we kept reporting the record-breaking early turnout you knew on election day there would be a pullback because folks had changed their patterns and voted early but gabe alluded to there was advanced tabulation, a result of some of the questions and question marks raised in the 2020 election and went to work in a bipartisan format in georgia and came up with early ways to tabulate, not count, not release the information, no influence the vote but allow these counties for weeks to be able to tabulate so they can quicker return those and just remove some doubt. one other interesting point was

we're going to require each county by 10:00 tonight to release the total number of votes outstanding, not what those votes are, that way we determine the denominator and take air out of the room for a last batch of votes that showed up after voting deadline. >> right, so you think that will make a difference. let me ask you a question here about the race itself. the rules in georgia are you have to get 50%, above 50%, 50 or above to win, right? you can't win if you get 49, the other gets 44 if there's a spoiler. you do have a libertarian candidate in georgia who's been polling around 1, 1.5% which leads at least 9 general opinion has been, georgia is going to go to a runoff. is georgia going to go to a runoff or do you think somebody will get a clean 50. >> the governor's race is not going to go to a runoff. brian kemp will win outright. >> over stacey abrams. >> and the senate race it does appear that there's a high likelihood it goes to a runoff. i haven't seen a poll where either candidate has been above

50% and interesting, there's a small piece of real estate on the north side of atlanta that will determine this. if those independents and those moderates show up and leave it blank or vote for the libertarian then we'll see ourselves squarely -- >> where is that? >> the north suburbs. i call it the eyebrow of atlanta from i-20 to i-0 across to 85. >> so do you think there is -- >> there goes thanksgiving. >> well, right, because the runoff everyone should point out puts it off another few weeks. any way to avoid that from what you're seeing? >> he said there aren't long lines but we do know usually long lines come at the latter part of the day. as folks get off work we might see the increase of turnout. you know, also is there is -- ever since covid hit voting patterns have changed. african americans traditionally like to vote on election day as a communal event, something we take pride in. i still think there are some of those voters in georgia that will show up and do that. if that is the case, and we see

a surge at the end of the day, there is a chance that we arnoc can pull it off but most likely it will go into a runoff. >> here we go again, georgia. but significant changes made in terms of being able to tabulate and know absentee ballots, know the numbers being able to get them in in the 7:00 hour are pretty dramatic change. >> to me the early voting number is very dramatic and it's very encouraging. and, you know, i've heard some republicans say, okay, democrats, you've been talking about voter suppression, you've been talking about jim crow 2.0. it's all been an exaggeration and all made up. i'd like to think that it's citizens taking their civic responsibility very seriously and saying, my right to vote is not going to be messed with and that this is a backlash to efforts to make it harder to vote by mail to vote absentee. same thing is happening across the country. >> what is your final word, boring in georgia, good or

bad -- >> i think it's good because you saw and i believe stacey abrams' ground game was greatly exaggerated. i do believe her ground game is going to catapult somebody like raphael warnock. the finer point is something in the weeds but it's not the sexiest thing, the reason georgia is running as smoothly as it is is because you have republicans with good common sense, a lieutenant governor and secretary of state. you have a speaker of the house who i don't agree with their politics but they got good common sense and we all know, my momma says common sense ain't that common right now particularly in the republican party. so when you have good elected officials on both sides, you can put forth bipartisan change that effectuates smooth elections, build trusts and elects raphael warnock. >> we'll see what happens. the republicans in georgia have been, you know, front and center and have stood up for the integrity. >> they stood up to donald trump. >> absolutely. >> under tremendous duress and threats and harassment. >> yeah. >> only one looking forward to a

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when it comes to the senate, though, they make very clear they believe all of these battleground states, all these toss-up race, wolf, you've been talking about over the course of the last day and much longer are very much in play, very much an opportunity to win. they're going to be very, very close and keeping a close eye on things but believe there is a very real possibility they can come out of election day or election week depending on how the votes are counted with a majority still intact and at least one chamber of congress, wolf. >> can there a sense over there, phil, on how midterm results might actually wind up impacting the president's decision on whether or not he will run for re-election? >> reporter: wolf, it's an interesting question and asked a number of senior advisers over the course of the last several weeks and the answer to a person is they don't believe it will have much impact at all. part is history. when they look back at the last two democratic presidents both of whom more or less got wiped out in midterm elections and both of those, clinton and obama went on to win second terms. they don't feel like this day or

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goods back through all the records, we've only had three hurricanes make landfall. the last one was almost 40 years ago, but it doesn't look impressive yet, but it is gaining tropical character sticks. the models show it developing. it's just over 400 miles away from west palm. it looks like it would make landfall, a category 1 hurricane. somewhere between 2:00 and 5789 a.m. tomorrow night, stick working on the timing. the colors here are complicated, but just look at the bright red. we've got the watches on either end, north and south. as the system approaches, we bring it in cass a category 1 or very close to it, but look where it crisscrosses. the red is ian's path. we've got so many rivers, wolf, that are still high and flooded,

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♪ democracy in action, from hawaii to maine. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. >> and this is the campus of arizona state university, in all of these places, millions of americans are now voting. in all 50 states voters are casting ballots, deciding who controls congress for the next two years, and who will control the governors' mansions in 36 states, wolf.

>> really important, erin. new hampshire, wisconsin, pennsylvania and nevada we are focused on this hour, any one of which could be decisive. we have reporters in those states, and indeed across the map. diana gallagher is in new hampshire, sara sidner is in arizona. let's start with miguel in detroit, where officials were concerned about turnout in the largest city in michigan, but it looks like detroiters might be coming out on this voting day. what can you tell us, miguel? >> reporter: we've been seeing that throughout different -- there weren't as many -- but we spoke to the head of the naacp, who suppose at this precinct, and he said detroiters, they're going to vote.

all the discussion about that, whether it has any merit or not -- >> yes. >> -- does that put everybody off? >> i'm so glad you asked that question. we want everybody to vote. i want everybody to go in and vote. so when you can state of on the 1%, 2%, 3%, you discourage those amounts of people, then -- if you can't come straight, you've got to come crooked. come straight. this is america. >> reporter: so this is his concern, that the number of frivolous lawsuits he says that have been brought by republicans in michigan may just affect some people, and he felt that they were, you know, feeling like they weren't very motivated to vote, but in recent days, and

today, he says, detroiters are starting to come out to vote and starting to see much more energy here. it gives candidates in the statewide races -- governor, secretary of state, ag -- all democrats right now, that gives them hope that detroiters will make that difference in the absentee votes. what the attorney general told us earlier, they're concerned when the day of vote comes in much earlier, they will see republicans for the top jobs claim victory around 10:00 p.m. tonight. the absentee votes will scum in 12, 24 hours after polls close, and you can see those democrats win their places back in government here in michigan. back to you guys. >> mischle marquez on the scene for us. now to tempe, arizona, sara sidner is on the campus where students are lining up to vote.

sara, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: 9 energy from these young folks is real here. we have seen a very long line. we've giving you a picture of the students standing here. some are first-time voters, some have been voting for a couple years. we've been speaking to different students about what brings them out. you know what you hear over and over again, they do not like the polarization that's happening in the congress. they are really, really, really tired of it. they want to see democrats and republicans come together and create some change that is better for them. you will see this line, we've seen people come out and literally go like this, that they put their vote in place. we have to be very careful to make sure we're far enough back, because there are very good rules just for security to make sure that everyone feels safe

and secure voting. we've also heard from a couple different students that they worried about inflation, that's affecting their pocketbooks as students. we heard from a couple female students who said the roe versus wade, the dodd decision, has brought them out to vote. i know a lot of people talk about young people talking about being engaged but not being engaged, we are seeing engagement here in tempe, arizona. wolf, erin? >> now let's go to john king at the magic wall. let's get some perspective here. what does history tell us about how tonight might go? i say this in the context of history is everything until it isn't. [ laughter ] >> that's a great point, erin, especially in the volatile times we live in. not just for the last five years, but the last 15 years or so. but history outlines the huge challenge facing democrats and the president of the united states. a president's first midterm

tends to be the more punishing one. this is -- all of these are new lines because of redistricting. let's look where we are now. the map is about the same, right? republicans need a net gain of five seats. a net gain of five seats would mean mccarthy replaces speaker pelosi. let's look at the history here. if you bring up a president's first midterm. this goes back 40 years for ronald reagan. forgive me for turning my back here for a moment. the average is to lose 31. democrats can only afford to lose four. remember the average is two in the senate. you have to keep five. and look at all these competitive district. the competitive seats are coast to coast. republicans need a net gain of five or half dozen to become a majority. you see the democrats on defense in 57 of them.

it is why, when you look at the house, history is just not on the democrats' side. you go over to the senate, joe biden could defy history, let's say, republicans are still in the majority. a bad night for your day-to-day reality. the average in the first midterm is two, democrats can't afford to lose any. you can defy hi toys and your day-to-day reality if you're joe biden and the democrats, it will be quite the opposite. >> even if you do better than anyone expects the way that it is, the races that are up, make it incredibly difficult. if you try to bottom line it, john, how much room for error do the democrats have tonight? >> they have none. the margins are so small -- they have four in the house, if you want to call that room for error, but if you look at this, you don't need me to say

anything. 50-50, vice president harris breaks the tie. if they lose a blue -- this is hypothetical. if they lose a blue senate seat, democrats are at 49. you have to pick something up somewhere. anything that democrats lose in the senate, any chess pieces taken away, the democrats have to pick it up. that's a huge challenge because of the map and because of those races. you come back to the house map, and you can only -- republicans need a net gain of five. if you are the democrats, you have 20-plus competitive districts just here in the east. can you be competitive? just watch as we get to 10:00, 11:00 tonight. is there still a lot of blue here? if half of them are red, there's a republican majority. even if a third of them are red, republicans have to win a smaller percentage of the competitive seats than democrats. it's just an historic headwind.

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tight. if you look at any internal polling from either side, they all say it's tight. brian todd is at a voting site just outside of pittsburgh. brian, what are you seeing in terms of enthusiasm and turnout on election day itself. ? >> reporter: enthusiasm high, turnout is really good, we're told. allegheny will be crucial in determining who wins that senate race that everybody is watching tonight. here at this polls place, these three precincts that vote here. about 2,000 people so far today have come through and voted. that twoiers on the presidential cycle. we were told a little less than 4,000 -- so you still have almost six hours until polls close, and very good turnout for mid terms. we're getting a sense at least

these three precincts are drawing people. i'm going to talk to denise and steve. you told us maybe the economy is on your mind. what drove you out here today? >> the economy. i'm definitely concerned about, even when i go for the grocery store, all the inflation, and i'm an educator. i'm also concerned about parents broadband involved in the education system. >> reporter: and steve? >> i'm concerned about crime and the defunding of police. i think we need immigration, but controlled immigration. just let everybody go through the line like everybody else. that's pretty much what motivated us. >> reporter: thanks for talking to you. good luck. steve and denise said they weren't crazy about the tone of these campaigns, a lot of negative ads, attacks between

all the candidates. that's a pretty consistent theme, too. back to you, wolf. i'm joined by seth bluestein, the sole -- you voted today, i understand it's meant to catch double voters, something that hasn't been an issue in the last few elections. will be counted on election day. so most of the in-person votes

all of those will be know election night. the universe of ballots we're talking about are the later-arriving mail-in ballots. with you don't know the exact number, yet, because they can be returned until 8:00 p.m. this evening, but in the range of 20,000 to 30,000 ballots that are potentiality impacted. you say this change is because, and i'm quoting now, republicans targeted philadelphia to force us to do a procedure no other county does, close quote. you're a republican yourself. so what's behind this? are you bracing for even more legal challenges and delays? >> we voted to implement procedures for the pre-canvass that emphasizes the procedures in every other county in the commonwealth. a lawsuit was brought to re-implement the reconciliation

process, which is a procedure we followed the last 2 1/2 years to make sure that none of the late-arriving ballots -- that their voters also voted in person. in the last three elections there were zero instances of this happening. so in an attempt to match the speed of counting that the other counties already do, we removed that procedure, and were sued because of it. they targeted only philadelphia, even though all the procedures across the commonwealth were identical. >> about 3600 philadelphia mail-in ballots are at risk of being rejected because of issue is like missing dates or incorrect information. what can you tell you on this?

and have an opportunity to cast a replacement ballot, so the city got involved over the weekend, yesterday and today, and individuals who casted a potential flawed ballot can have that ballot canceled and vote on a replacement ballot. if they aren't able to get to city hall, they can get a provisional ballot at a polls place. >> commissioners bluestein, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. up next, to nevada. a live report and predictions from arkansas governor asa hutchenson and former senator al franken, as election day in america rorolls on. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition.

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voting. cnn's rosa flores joins us from las vegas, where she's seeing a steady stream of voters at a community center there. set the scene for us. >> reporter: well, wolf, it was sunny and beautiful until we turned on the camera. right now we're having heavy winds. it's a little rainy, but people are still out here. you can see the line. it's been a steady stream here at the community center turned polling place. according to officials, home to las vegas, more than 40,000 people have voted in clark county just today. now, to give us just fact toyed about nevada, there's more than 1.8 million registered voters, about 71% of those are here in clark county. i talked to some of them this morning, and some of the things they mentioned that they're most

concerned about, as they come to polling places today are the economy, crime and the border. take a listen. would you like to share who you voted for? >> he voted for trump! woo-hoo! >> wait, trump is not on the ballot. >> you know what i mean. [ laughter ] . everybody that trump endorsed, i voted for. >> reporter: what would you like to see? >> i would like to see the cost of everything, you know, paying attention to what people are really going through, the cost of living, you know, crime, homeless. >> the open border is absolutely ridiculous. i don't care if you're republican or democrat, it's crazy that we're leaving it open. >> reporter: now, erin, we checked with the secretary of state, and the secretary of state says there's no voting issues in the state of nevada. i spoke to the aclu who has

monitoring all over. no issues so far. back to those voters who i spoke to, erin, they say they do feel the responsibility as they come to vote today, because the balance of the united states senate could come down to nevada. so, again, some of the issues people are most concerned about -- crime, the economy, and the border. erin? >> rosa, thank you very much. these voter conversations have been so fascinating. if you're willing to speak to reporters, you have something to say, but there's been very thoughtful and considered comments from many of these voters. al franken and republican governor asa hutchenson are both back with me. governor, what do you make of the comments,ed one that i just go down the line and vote for everyone that trump endorsed, and others with the issues over the border. how do you see that playing out?

>> it could come down to nevada. nevada is one that's watching, you know, on the senate race, the republican is a very good candidate. he's run a good race. i think he's leading the polls right now, but that's one we hope we can pick up. on the governor's side, i know governor siss elak, and he followed california's model in terms of the covid response that was heavier-handed mandates so, this playing into the challenger's opportunity, sheriff lombardo, he can talked about crime, but also contrast what he wants to do versus the heavy restrictions. and the economy has nevada has been hit harder, partly because of those shutdowns, so i think

this plays into the hands of the republican candidates there. >> and the resurgence is better than they were before, but your point about it being heavy-handed on covid -- or more restrictive is obviously completely fair. >> why do you have biden come to your state? here's how the exchange went. >> do you want president biden here? >> anybody is welcome here, but my focus will be nevadaens. >> reporter: and the run for reelection? >> i'm focused right now on this election. >> we all know history, the incumbent president is not popular during the mid terms. obama was not popular, but now he's the within that everyone wants to have. i understand the historical reference, but biden was supposed to be the moderate, the guy in purple states that spoke

to that moderate. what happened? >> he's the president in midterm. when i ran for reelection in '14, it was after we passed the aca, which was unpopular, by the way, it became very popular after republicans tried to repeal it and americans saw what it was. that's why we picked up 41 seats in '18. so i didn't have barack obama come in for me in '14 for those very reasons. so -- >> so you've been the guy that was, like, thanks about no thanks? >> he'll come in if it's helpful. maybe they didn't think it was particularly helpful, but i know nevada pretty well. they have -- the culinary workers, the hospitality workers who actually lost a lot of jobs during covid, are on the doors for democrats. they have an incredible ground

operation. harry reid was supposed to lose, remember, in 2010, and he won. i predict that cortez masto will win by 312 votes. that's what i won my first one by. >> so history -- it would be incredible if it was that close. >> i think adam will win by a larger imaginen than that. it is a state that's very competitive. al's point is well taken about the unity repation there, the get out the vote efforts. you heard him talk about the economy, the crime and the border. that plays into the hands of the republican national message. >> and we are hearing it again and again. please stay with me. al franken and asa hutchenson. we will check in with a close race in new hampshire, where a challenger backed by the former president is looking to pull off

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weeks. what's the latest? >> reporter: new hampshire isn't often mentioned. this is a pretty swingy state. maggie hassan only won her race in 2016 by roughly 1,000 votes. her team says they expect this to be a tight race, but democrats obviously didn't expect it to be this tight. they put millions into the republican challenger, don bold duc. both candidates are getting out their last-minute effort, telling voters they'll need people from the other side to vote for their candidacy, to make sure they can win. >> go to the polls, vote, get your friends to vote, gig yao get your rick lynn independent friends who may not get along with the votes, and tell them to

vote for people that are going to change the direction of this country and restore this country back to its economy prosperity. >> we always knew this race would be really, really tight. i'm just talking with people again. my record of lowering costs and moving the country forward, building an economy that works for everybody, make sure we protect a woman's fundamental freedom, protect social security and medicare, among other things. >> you notice, both of them there talking about prosperity, financial independence and the economy here. voters we have spoken with, both democrats and republicans, have talked about how port inflation and the economy is to them. but the dobbs decision also weighing heavily on voters here in new hampshire. >> dianne gallagher, thank you very much. let's bring back jamie

gangel, audi press coal, and mark. as you know, the former president trump is praising the candidates he backed, predicting a very great night for republicans, i'm quoting him. how much credit does trump deserve? >> this is start to go percolate. who's going to take credit for it? as we all do, we call around to our friends, you know, the consulting class. they believe, for the most part. they assume he's going to take it. no matter what, he will assume this whole election was about him. in some cases it was. in some cases he will be helpful, in other cases he won't. i posed this question to the consultant. the consultant then poses it to

everybody inside the cigar shot, which then starts an argument. a can of worms opens up. that tells you about where we are now. >> wolf, can i just add to that? i just heard from a consultant who said he'll claim a lot, but he won't deserve much. there's going to be this -- as mark said, look, all day long we've been talking about the economy. that's clearly playing a role here, but to mark's point, theaters the endorsements. those were critical endorsements in those areas. there's one thing that i'm not sure donald trump would understand or appreciate, that he should take credit for. in an uncharacteristic show of self-restraint, he did not announce before the mid terms. that may truly have helped a lot

of these candidates. >> most of the republican consultants didn't want him to do it. >> exactly. >> they thought it could hurt. audi, let's talk about what else is going on, so many of the trump-backed candidates are what they call election deniers. democrat keep pointing to that. they're bracing themselves for serious -- >> well, for the last, what, 18 months, we've been hearing people say, if we don't win it, so to speak, something must be wrong, so prime are sort of primed for that language. to come back to your point, i think it's interesting to watch a candidate like bolduc, who made more of an effort to say let's not talk about 2020 so much, it's really about the economy. i think that speaks to the fact that democrats were not able to change this into a race that was a referendum on trump, and it was not a referendum on

democracy in the way they thought after the house select committee. the republicans i think who pivoted to those issues are benefiting from it. >> if the results keep changing, as they do, as more and more votes are counted, potentially they have an issuess that they could claim there is some sort of fraud. >> it will be a seesaw, and we'll see both parties, though the republican party more so, because they've been so aggressive in lawsuits. i think there's already 100 lawsuits filed. >> but we heard others plans to have press conferences. there is this concern about the doubts, and i think they'll be

speaking up. >> it goes into the arena of the public bon. >> they're trying to say it's not a matter of opinion, a vote is a vote, no matter how long it takes. the speed of it does not by default mean there's something wrong with it. >> but at the end of the day, if too many people in our country still believe that there was widespread election fraud when there was that anything. thank you very much. don't go too far away. we'll look at the competitive races in wisconsin, where both ron johnson and tony everse phase tough rereelection bids. kd all-natural salmon. perfect for lunch or dinner. only at ihop. download the app and earn free food with every purchase.

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wisconsin, it could mark the beginning of a very long night. both races there are tight and both consequence quenchial. lucy kavanaugh. >> some say they're motivate by the economy, others by democracy and social issues, others have not made up their mind. take a listen. >> things have gone so far left that i'm starting to move a little more right. a little bit. so i don't know. yeah. >> you're going to decide last minute in there. >> i think i'm going to decide last minute. >> abortion rights this is real battle ground state that was a concern for me what candidates are going to be giving ground on that. >> if you can't pay your rent, if you can't pay your mortgage, if you can't put food on the

table, if you can't even go and buy groceries what does matter what your sexuality is? >> the one thing they all agree on this election is too important to sit out the outcome of this particular election could determine the balance of power in the u.s. senate. wolf? lucy, thank you very much. so let's bring our panel back, so ashley, interesting some of those voters that lucy was talking to those were pretty telling -- look this is the anecdotal, two voters but this is pretty contested race. ron johnson and mandela barnes. >> i think it's going to be a tight race. wisconsin is a union state and i think tony governor evers pulls

it out. i think we'll see lines later this evening if you remember in 2020 wisconsin had very high turnout, the black population there is key, there's also large asian american population, native population, so if they can put this coalition together, wisconsin looks good for them. >> this this is interesting, in terms of african american voters in wisconsin, you know you have been focused very much on what we're seeing with minority groups but polling shows black voters support for republican congressional candidates has doubled, you also point out a poll of support from latino voters is declining as well -- how much should we read into that? >> i think democrats should have been reading into it for the last two years and not, you know, too much months before this election and they're going

to have and i think you know i remember when republicans lost in 2012 there was a postmortem and an autopsy report i think democrats should do absolutely the same thing particularly focused on po minority vote and it's, you know, it's about misinformation, it's about not accurately and not vigorously responding to the charge that they're communists and socialists and just letting it go, it's about taking people for granted or people feeling taken for granted. it's about pitting -- the democrats aren't doing this but it's happening. pitting blacks and browns against each other we've seen it bubble up in the l.a. county's leaked tapes, that's happening, all of those things need to be addressed. no one wants to be taken for gr granted. nobody wants to be told they have to think one way because of the color of nary skin, or race or gender or sexuality, people

need, want to be individual voters. >> in the wisconsin race, has taken a front burner issue, ron johnson has called mandela barnes saying he has disdain and contempt for america and he also told a story the other day about a truck driver and then he said i know it's not relevant to anything but the truck driver happened to be black because. >> he put that on the table. >> i don't know what he was talking about, he was playing the race card. used by many republicans used against people of color. what you're seeing is, ron johnson use that racism as currency and you see that around but i want to piggyback on what these two young ladies said, this election won in 2020, he owes the white house to detroit,

milwaukee, to philadelphia, to atlanta, to "live from," and you know what, we're going to keep the senate in "live from," milwaukee, in detroit and atlanta if those black people come out and we know that black women have saved democracy for a very long time democrats have begun to take advantage of and not listen to the second largest group to democrats is black men. if anybody out there is standing in line or waiting on the sideline look you got to save democracy again and so i expect people to turn out in those big numbers. >> when we hear those voters, they raised a variety of issues. the number one issue they talk about is the economy that's why they're voting and republicans have tried to vote for us because of the economy but when it comes to the republicans in power what they're going to do, lot of investigations in

congress, hunter biden and other things, back to ron johnson, talked about what it would be like if the gop takes over. >> if we get the majority, okay, when we get it, i got it. i'd be chamosquito in a nudist colony it will be a target-rich environment. >> okay, he's trying make a joke there obviously a nudist colony is that -- that's what republicans are projecting that's what they're going to do with senate. they're not going to help the economy, but going to be a mosquito in a nudist colony. >> look, republicans have a sweet spot, we have a window of opportunity to not only get

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voters are now heading to the polls from coast to coast, hawaii, too, in what is a like-stakes election. good afternoon, i'm erin burnett. >> and i'm wolf blitzer. election day in america, take a look at this live picture coming in of a pollingcenter in tempe, arizona, how consequential today's vote in the united states is. >> and wolf, in just under 3

hours the polls will close in parts of indiana and kentucky which could give us the first indications of how things will go tonight, obviously the control of the house is at stake and the senate as well, republicans are predicting that tonight's vote will deliver them big gains but in order to take control they need to pull off wins in several crucial states, so let's talk about them, arizona certainly one of them we're now seeing lines of voters wrap around some buildings so the turnout in arizona here on election day tons of lines we're seeing there, we have a team of reporters in arizona and the other closely watched senate race in pennsylvania. sarah, you know some quiet places across the country, sort of quiet in parts of georgia but where you are right now a lot of lines. >> reporter: a lot of lines but they aren't taking that long there have been some people accusing mary cope ya county of having really long, two-hour

lines, it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to get through and vote, i will tell you, though, that this state and this county in particular about 85% of the vote happens early, and so these are the folks that have decided to vote on this day but many of the votes are being counted already, because people like to early vote in this state no matter how you slice it especially in this county which is the most populous county in the state, i do want to tell you that these -- a lot of these folks are -- some are first-time voters. we talked with them about some of the issues they're concerned about as young voters. >> roe v. wade is a huge thing that brought me out and then also education, just kind of everything, i feel like there's not anything that's not going to affect me, and so those issues did really, really push me. >> i'd say inflation was the

number one thing with the prices going up especially as a student and the burden that students have to carry with tuition and living expenses that's the main driving factor that brought me here. >> reporter: so you hear a couple of the issues, one of the issues that every single person that we talked to was concerned about here was polarization they really didn't like that there's such extreme polarization when it comes to the politicians that wayn't in leadership roles. i will say this that has someone counts, to see how many people are in line and kind of tell them how long it might take, so there's at lot of information being given to people and for the most people are happy, they're getting pizza. if people get hungry, in line for more than 15 minutes, they have a little snack and for the

most part a lot of great energy here. back to you, erin. >> if you're a student and you've been in line for 15 minutes you probably do get hungry. all right, thanks so much. let's go the pennsylvania, obviously both democrats and republicans there have spent an incredible amount of money in the race between the republican senate candidate mehmet oz and democrat candidate john fetterman. we saw those lines in arizona, what's your sense of turnout where you are? >> reporter: erin, for the years has pattern that midterm elections don't draw as many people as presidential election. it could be competitive at least here in this location, richland stadium here just north of pittsburgh, three precincts

voting in one place, about 2,000 people have come through here, a little less than 4,000 came through in 2020 for the presidential cycle. it could be competitive with those numbers. they have several hours to go. they expect their big push of their voters after 5:00 p.m. and you talk at the issues that are driving voters and i heard sara talk about the economy driving voters in arizona same thing here in pennsylvania, i have jackie hughes, a 12-year resident of allegheny, you mentioned the economy. >> the increase of prices every day. i have an 81-year-old mom, i have kids out on their own. we know what inflation has done and the runaway spending is crazy with our government. where our money is going and such. >> key follow-up, do you have confidence in the candidates who you voted to do something about it? >> i do i do.

we have a clearer demarcation of people between the right and the left. i really do. people understand what's at stake as far as the spending. tax and spend or curb this inflation. >> jackie thank you very much for talking with us. wolf, a very issues-driven campaign here in allegheny county. we'll get some more information later on that. right now, some 156 thousand absentee and mail-in votes have been filed in allegheny county. >> thank you very much. let's bring back john king over at the magic wall with me right now, i see you got pennsylvania up there on the screen. >> look, one of the swing states in america's politics. brian todd out here in

allegheny, that's john fetterman hometown. 2020 presidential election, the democrats do very well in allegheny county. you see that lonely blue county there. the odds campaign, when donald trump came to. pennsylvania a few days ago that was here in latrobe and look donald trump won the county by almost 30 points this is trump county, can dr. oz convince the trump base that he's one of them, he's like donald trump, that's why trump endorsed him, oz needs high turnout in places like that. where was oz last night? he was here, this blue area right here in montgomery county, he was here, just south of allegneny, in montgomery county look at how joe biden did here, he won by 26 points here.

joe biden won by 28 points in westmotherland county but he wins here. this is the area we'll watch tonight. pat toomey decided not to run for re-election. 22016 the last time he was reelected. much closer than donald trump and pat toomey won bucks county. the margins matter. donald trump barely won them in 2016, turned against him in 2018 in midterms. they turned him against him. repudiated trump in 2020. can mehmet oz run like pat toomey? you see the big drop there. hillary clinton swamped donald trump in montgomery county. if bucks county is red at the end of the night tonight dr. oz

has the chance to be the next senator from pennsylvania. if you're fetterman -- >> amazing what's going on. the other early signs you're going to be looking at. in the senate races you have new hampshire, let's come here for you, our competitive senate races, in the senate races early indications will come in the east because you can see number one can democrats surprise us? can cherri beasley surprise us in north carolina? can tim ryan surprise us in ohio? that would turn things on their head tonight if that happens. right down here, number one, you see the new hampshire senate race, the pennsylvania senate race and the house races and you come here and where there are competitive seats, 82 competitive seats across the country but a lot of them right here in the east so we won't know for days.

we won't know for days or weeks the final math for the house. ranked choice voting in alaska and in maine, that takes time to count. we'll get some clues early on whether democrats are resisting or republicans are flipping those blue districts. >> john, thank you very much. up next, new york, where the democratic governor is facing an unexpected challenge. we'll be rigight back. and innovative ways to make your e-tron your own. through elegant design and prprogressive technology. all the exhilaration, none of the compromise. the audi e-tron family. progress that moves you.

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been heavily on the incumbent governor hochul. here's what they said just today. >> in the last few days that all of a sudden she says -- she has a plan to fight crime. >> he didn't bother to show up in congress to vote to fund the police. so, the record's clear. the record's clear. we're workingen it, he talks about it. >> all right, we'll see what happens in the new york race and how close or not close it is, joining us now again my panel, bakari, here's the thing about new york, this is race that no one would pay attention to, it would be a 30-point race, how did this sort of i guess sneak up on democrats? it's hardly as if crime in new york is sneak-up issue. >> the first thing is, i think this race is going to be wider spread that people would imagine it would be and the reason being

is because republicans are like, holy hell we can win and they brought every democrat imaginable out. you had bill clinton come out, the president was here, manhattan democrats woke up and said we have to cast a ballot. the way democrats tackle messaging on particular issues take crime for exam you can't tell new yorkers or people in arkansas or people in georgia or philadelphia that statistics about crime are wrong that what you're feeling is not accurate, crime is an issue, top of mind issue, and we know the crime rates in arkansas, mississippi, republican-led states are higher than blue states. we know that, stats don't matter. we have to come up with solutions, giving kids something else to do.

democrats for too long live in an ivory tower and don't meet voters where they are. that's why this race is close. >> how close do you think it will be? >> and the other thing democrats have to do is rid themselves of the albatross around the neck that has become defund the police lin go that's going on, it's unfortunate because it comes from a very narrow swath of the democratic party but it's taken hold and every republican will use it against the democrat they're running against and if it doesn't get answered the same with the socialism and communism if it doesn't get answered it hangs there and it becomes something people start believing in. >> that's a good point, i don't know too many people who want to defund the police, i know a lot of people who want better police. also, do we make sure we keep our communities safe?

>> the moral of the story is, you don't take an issue that's so complicated and turn it into three words. >> yeah. >> any time you're explaining you're losing. defund the police doesn't mean the defund the police, it means invest in that program and that program. >> so, right now 3:19 final 2.5 hours until the first polls close, a couple of areas, kentucky and you have a whole bunch more at 7:00, what are you most focused on in the early part of tonight, the next couple of hours in. >> honestly i'm not making any predictions from what comes in the first couple of hours and i urge voters to be patient we are going to see places like philly take until thursday maybe even friday and that's okay because that means every vote is being counted.

in arizona, in wisconsin, we have record turnout, so really because of the way people are voting now with republicans and democrats early voting because of who's showing up in person, i don't think the first few hours are going to be an indication of anything, we have to be patient and will et the process proceed. >> the first few hours were like two years ago and how some of those results flipped 180 degrees, people have to know that oftentimes the results that come from the absentees and the mail-in ballot the first counted are very different on the day ballots start getting counted. >> we heard though, lieutenant governor, a vote in pennsylvania, can we please just get the counts sooner? maybe it was in georgia. i know in georgia they changed some of the rules. you're going to get a feel for those absentee ballots early, you can get a sense between 7:15 and 7:45 where georgia is going,

which is probably to a runoff. is enough being done to get answers sooner? we got to encourage patience, and every vote should be counted, there's process moving towards a confusing multiweek process. >> you heard gabe sterling talked about some of the things we did, one thing i'm looking at the end of the day when do the whispers start happening on election integrity and do those whispers turning people yelling fire -- >> here's what i will say, we can get results faster if people who are not putting a narrative around fraud would stop, in arizona there are literally people trying to do hand counts when we know they're inaccurate.

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than three hours before the first polls close, in less than 2 hours we'll get our first look at how people voted and why. the first exit polls. this comes as officials have been fighting misinformation and conspiracy theories all day. look you hope these things don't break out into the mainstream, they can nip this in the bud and get the answers people need and the transparency what can you tell us about one of these cases of misinformation. >> very similar to 2020 election where we're seeing videos -- issues are going to arise at the polls, there are tens of thousands of cities, townships, polling locations across the country, we have video from this morning in maricopa county, a poll worker there explaining there's an issue with a tabulation machine, after people

go vote they can put their vote into the tabulation machine it wasn't reading some ballots this morning but you're able to put your vote into a secure box next to the machine and it would be brought to be counted tonight an issue that was all resolved now across social media the video of that has been viewed more than 3 million times but it's being shared in the context as though this this is evidence that fraud is happening in maricopa county in arizona, that's simply not the case. listen to these election officials. >> no one is being disenfranchised that's the important thing and none of this indicates any fraud or anything of that sort, this is a technical issue. >> and look, just as bill gates was saying there, they're doing their best to explain it, what we're seeing everything gets classified as fraud.

>> immediately. when you take your ballot basically you feed it into that thing and it's supposed to read it. the key point you're saying what they said it, take it and put it in the box next to it and we'll fix the issue. what else are officials saying about these reports? >> we have seen the former president post about it on his social media platform today. one tweet from the county itself, addressed to a republican activist who's saying there's all these waits and the democrats are responsible. maricopa county saying no part of this tweet below is accurate. the vs. ma skrorty of vote centers are seeing wait times under 30 minutes. >> thank you very much. wolf, it's so incredible to thing you just one shred of uncertainty and it can blow up into something so significant

even when it's proven to be untrue. >> 100%. thank you very much. jamie gangel and mark preston are back with me for more perspective. do you think we're going on see claims of fraud from the right even if the republicans bind up doing well tonight? >> i think you have to obviously take it state by state and they're going to be place where it's close enough that people can raise questions and i think the thing we have to be aware of is two years after the 2020 election, are there provisions in place, have there been improvements at that state election levels so they can manage those questions, those doubts and the worst case scenario any threats. >> mark, do you think maricopa county's response what happened will be enough to put some of these accusations to rest? >> i don't think it's going to be enough but it's needed.

. the fact of the matter is you have to go out explain -- be as transparent as possible and i know in politics you have to be as opaque as possible because no one ever tells the truth. these secretaries of state, election officials around the country aren't making enormous salaries this is a very difficult job and they're not it in for partisan reasons. look, i think we are going to have problems, the big tell will be in all of the victories, there will be no concern, in losses that's where the concern is. >> that's where the fraud is. jamie, as we know president biden and former president obama they were very active on the campaign trail this week pushing very hard on the idea that democracy here in the united states is actually on the ballot in this election, what role do these viral conspiracy theories play in that threat to democracy? >> i think that counterpoint that you just said is exactly

the problem, democracy in peril is not just a slogan, i mean we have watched the january 6th committee, we saw what happened on january 6th, that said, election denial is the trump playbook and it's become the republican playbook. they have found it works for that. whether it's disinformation or misinformation, conspiracy theories. i call them lies. election day is not even over and i have heard from republican strategies who are working in some of these elections and one of them said to me, quote, i just know our folks are going to be hollering in every close race, it's a continuation of what donald trump did in 2020 and these republican candidates think it works for them. >> it's a sad commentary what's

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we're standing by for the first polls to close in less than 2.5 hours, president biden meantime has been closed doors no plans to make any kind of public appearance, his party is

playing defense in many parts of the country. let's bring back republican arkansas governor asa hutchinson. and al franken. we got less than 90 minutes here before the first polls close and then we'll get an exit poll sense of issues. and then obviously, you know, we'll have a lot of polls closing at 7. governor, what race or races are you most focused on? >> you start off with the senate of course because even the white house acknowledges that the republicans should win the house but on the senate side the early ones of course will be looking at new hampshire, what happens with the candidate the challenger bolduc to tell us a lot right there and then you're going to move down to georgia, which is on the east coast, we'll see that early, that's going to tell you whether

nevada's going to be critical later in the day or a comfort level in terms of winning the senate, so those are two early ones that you want to look at very carefully that i'll be watch zmg senator, of course, what's interesting here, georgia, gabe sterling who runs the elections there, get an e early indication between 7:15 to 7:45 tonight, even if he's right and he knows more than anybody that early indication, guess what, you're not going to know georgia until another few weeks because it's going to be a runoff. >> georgia is amazing, you know, it used to be, you know, putting a gun to your ex-wife's head was kind of disqualifying, for a senator. so, i'm amazed at that race, but, yeah, it's going to be close and if it goes to a runoff it will be deciding. the polls haven't closed.

we don't know -- polling isn't great these days, but obviously, looking exactly at those same races i'm looking at the house, new york 19, which my former judiciary counsel josh riley is running he's an amazing guy, they've been running these -- i sh showed you one of these crime ads, because it's so unbelievable, he and i worked to fund police, and they have run these ads that are so awful, so i'm looking -- i'm personally involved in that race and it's a 50/50 race there in new york 19. so we don't know what the results of this -- we don't know what's going to happen yet. it's 4:00. >> i was talking to a democratic congressman recently but his

comment to me was basically it's better to lose the house by a lot than a little. if we lose it be a lot he'll have to answer to more moderates that come into power. is that right? >> that's probably a little bit too much analysis, you know, mccarthy wants to be the lead in whether it's -- >> we'll take it one way or another. >> it will be challenging a lot of it deals with the mandate. to al's point these races are being nationalized it comes down to the focus on the economy and crime and the border and those issue and what about the ballot initiatives? >> you asked about the races i'm watching, first of all i got to say in arkansas i will be watching that race.

successor could be historic, first female elected to governor of arkansas. first time there's a transition between a republican to democrat. there are five states that has marijuana recreational use of marijuana to be decriminalized in states, arkansas is one of those, it's called issue 4, i campaigned against it but it's going to be critical as to really help shape the direction of our country. >> senator, what do you think about the ballot initiatives? >> i don't think -- i'd be for marijuana when they prosecute people for marijuana it's racially biased. that's a very good reason to legalize it.

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there's a showdown happening right now between the state of florida and the u.s. justice department over federal election monitors, we're tracking the story from the voting desk. what's going on? what's the late snes. >> wolf it's not unusual for the doj to send federal election monitors on election day, dating back to the 1960s, but this year the justice department planned to send election monitors in 24 states, let's take a look at where they were headed in florida now, these three counties in the southeast tip, it's broward, miami-dade and palm beach, florida officials

now claim that federal monitors would be counterproductive and could potentially undermine confidence in the elections, so instead the state of florida said it will send its own monitors thoo those three jurisdictions. the state didn't object to federal monitors in 2020 when president trump had six florida counties monitored under him. those monitors didn't go inside the polling locations back in 2020 and our understanding that was because of the pandemic. federal election monitors historically do typically go inside and oversee the whole process, will the doj fight this? ed the doej doj is declining to comment on this matter. >> polls, they open late down in pennsylvania.

>> right. that's the northeastern part of pennsylvania. just outside of skrocranton, if pull up the map here, you can see where it is on the map. the polls in this county will stay open now until 10:00 p.m. tonight because there was an emergency core petition filed earlier, and the reason here is that voting machines had paper shortages and so it prevented ballots from being printed out. instead they went ahead and used provisional ballots as a backup. but again, thi lucern county, pennsylvania, polls staying open until 10:00 p.m. local time. a delay from getting results from this specific county. and again, pennsylvania is one in which we're expecting it could still be potentially days before we have all of the results counted regardless of what's happening right now. >> tracking all of the developments from the cnn voting desk. thank you very much.

ben ginsberg is joining us right now. once again, thanks very much for sticking around. does this move by florida to block federal election monitors raise concerns. >> i'm not sure it raises concerns in terms of the validating of the vote. both parties will have observers in the performance place. it is performance art between the democratic justice department and the republican desantis administration. not a shrinking violet in terms of looking for statements to make. look, these are the three heaviest democratic vote counties in the state of florida. natural for doj to want to go in. again, there's no reason that doj monitoring shouldn't be in polling places. they traditionally are except for 2020. when those monitors go in, they are traditionally seen and not heard. but they do make note of things, and so, again, their presence there helps to validate the way

the vote is being conducted. >> explain why three heavy counties, broward county, fort lauderdale, palm beach county, heavily democratic, the three most heavily democratic counties in the state of florida, why the u.s. justice department wants to go in there and monitor the election results? >> well, because they are the heaviest voting counties. it's where there could be problems. if democrats want to be sure their base vote turns out, they want it to be in those three counties. if republicans were to take weaponized poll watchers, which is a possibility under the new florida election law that was passed, they would try and potentially slow down voting in those three heavily democratic counties. so they are three counties where there could be some of the issues you've been talking about all day, wolf. >> yeah, and over the years, and i know this and you know this as well, the ndi, the national

democratic institute, the republican democratic institute, they send monitors all over the world to nomonitor elections in various countries to see if they're democratic. now, if these countries want to monitor our elections, that's pretty awkward. >> it is. but we've always had faith in the fact that the monitors from the two political parties in the form of poll workers and poll watchers perform that function and historically that's been absolutely true. >> thanks very much, we'll continue to monitor what's going on. it's going to be a busy night for all of us. coming up, new reporting on how the white house is preparing for what might come tonight. stay with us. immunotherapies work with your immune system to attack cancer. but opdivo plus yervoy is the first combination of 2 immunotherapies for r adults newly diagnosed with non-n-small cell lung cancer that has spread, tests popositive for pd-l1, and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. opdivo plus yervoy is not chemotherapy, it works differently.

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as we wait for the first polls to close at 6:00 eastern, there is new reporting on how the white house plans to react to whatever happens tonight. cnn's phil mattingly joins us now. what are you learning now? >> over the course of the last several weeks, the president has emphasized he believes they're not a referendum on the white house, instead a choice between the two parties and the white house is moving to underscore that point. before polls closed, circulating a memo to top allies trying to detail why they believe the president's agenda is popular. it is not a reflection of the national mood or the losses that they expect and democrats expect to have over the course of this evening. in that memo that i obtained, the white house details more than two dozen poll numbers they say underscores the point. in isolation, the agenda,

critical moves he has made on student loans, marijuana and the covid-19 response with generally popular with the american public. it's a clear effort to try and separate what the president has done, separate the president to some degree from the blame game that's likely to come out of the next couple of hours or next couple of days. obviously democrats have been very anxious about this moment, very cognizant of both the history here, midterm elections very rarely go well for the party in power and the president's first term, and the reality of the head winds they faced. inflation that remains at four decade highs. the white house trying to make that effort before polls close. this is not about the agenda. whether democrats agree, we'll have to see in the days ahead. >> certainly will. it's going to be days, as you so rightly say. phil mattingly, thank you so much from the white house, and thanks so much to all of you for joining us on this election day. it's time to turn it over to anderson cooper and jake tapper