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and bianca nobilo. >> hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> american people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who we are. >> votes are still being counted in the high profile u.s. senate race but neither candidate getting 50% of the vote, this senate race is heading for a runoff. >> it's as simple as that. >> representation matters. they can be anything they want to be. >> heavy rains, potential for flash flooding and three to five feet of storm surge. >> we are not going to come drag you out of your house. if you are in the evacuation zone and you don't leave, then it's your responsibility.

it is thursday, november 10th. 9 a.m. here in london. it's 4 a.m. in washington. the control of congress is still up in the air as votes are still being counted across several states. >> and here's where things stand now. republicans inching closer to control in the house of representatives. 218 seats are needed for a majority. democrats have won 191 compared with 209 for republicans. 39 races have yet to be called. >> in the senate democrats 38, republicans 39. a republican majority in either house of congress will make president biden's job a lot more difficult over the next two years but he's breathing a little easier after the lackluster showing for the gop. >> our democracy has been tested in recent years but with the votes the american people have spoken and proven once again

that democracy is who we are. the states across the country saw record voter turnout and the heart and soul of our democracy, the voters, poll workers, election officials, they did their job and they fulfilled their duty. while we don't know all the results yet, at least i don't know them all yet, here's what we do know. while the press and pundits are predicting a giant red wave, it didn't happen. >> we are keeping a close eye on races in three key states that will ultimately decide who controls the senate and those are arizona, nevada and georgia. >> the arizona race right now incumbent mark kelly is leading republican challenger blake masters with more than 75% of the votes counted. >> democrat katie hobbs is leading kari lake. lake is already casting doubt on the results on election night. she's planning to hold a rally

tonight. >> what's happening is we have ballots that are coming in and they are being received by the counties. as long as those ballots are in by 7 p.m. on election day, they are eligible to be reviewed and to go through the process. so then what the county does, they get the ballots ready for signature review. they go through that manual process. as i mentioned, they are comparing the signature on the ballot affidavit with a signature on file to ensure it is the correct person, then it goes to another board that separates the ballot from the envelope because we have a constitutional protection to secret ballot in arizona and then it goes to be put into batches for tabulation. so if i understand viewers and voters alike, sometimes they're not understanding why these processes take so long. it really is to ensure the

integrity of the election. >> as of late wednesday night here in maricopa county, arizona, there are somewhere between 400,000 and 410,000 votes left to count in this county. why is this county so important to the state? because it is the most populus county in the entire state of arizona. and why is arizona important? because there are several races that are being watched nationally, including the senate race. the senate race important because if the senator is democratic that wins here, that could tip the balance of the senate f. it is a republican that wins here that could also have an effect on who controls the senate, whether it be republicans or democrats. there's also the issue of several republican candidates who have been backed by donald trump who are election deniers. they do not believe that donald trump lost the 2020 election

even though every single time that has gone to court it has been proven that joe biden won the election. so that's why this is being watched so closely. this county is very important because of the number of people that live here and the number of people who vote here. as of right now, about 46% of the vote, it has happened in the governor race and similar in the senate race. we will have to wait and see. they have until friday, they say. they'll have about 99% of the vote counted here in maricopa county. sara sidner, cnn, phoenix, arizona. nevada is another key senate race that won't be decided right now. former nevada attorney general adam laxalt who fought to overturn the 2020 election holds a slight lead. >> 160,000 ballots are being counted.

mail-in ballots are still arriving. >> georgia is headed to a runoff. raphael warnock will face off against herschel walker on december 6th. >> neither candidate surpassed the 50% threshold to win the race outright. georgia's top official is planning for early and absentee voting. >> i think it's really -- i was in a runoff four years ago and i prevailed on that. it's who gets the most people out. who has the most active campaign and i know i traveled all over the state in my runoff period and i'm sure both campaigns will be doing that. we're getting the counties ready. we're building the ballots. and then get ready to receive absentee ballot applications and then send those absentee ballots out. the first saturday right after thanksgiving, that will be the first day of early voting and then the week after we'll

continue on. tuesday, december 6th will be the decision day. that's the last day to come out to vote. >> if republicans win the house, kevin mccarthy is expected to become the speaker. a slim majority could present problems with the california congressman who will have to bring together moderate and right wing parts of the party. he's already hard at work to lock down the votes he needs to claim the gavel. all of this is creating an imbalance of power, isn't it, between the white house and the two houses. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, max. this is a new moment in washington, likely a politically divided moment in washington. while cnn has not called the house, it is likely that republicans will take the house. there are still, of course, many races yet to be decided. all of this is putting additional pressure on kevin mccarthy in his quest to become

speaker because of the much smaller majority than he was expecting going into tuesday's election. we noah cording to sources that he is facing a lot of pressure from the house freedom caucus, the more conservative wing of the party in his quest for the speakership. according to a source familiar with the deliberations of the conservative house freedom caucus, at least two current incumbent members are considering voting against him potentially to become the next speaker if he does not offer some specific concessions to them. one source telling cnn that they're even considering the possibility of running a long shot candidate against him in order to exert those concessions. now he was up here on capitol hill yesterday asked by a member of our cnn capitol hill team about his confidence going forward. here's what he had to say. >> reporter: do you have the votes for both the majority in the speakership. >> yes. >> reporter: you do? what about the freedom caucus?

have you spoken to president biden today? >> yes. >> so mccarthy there really exerting some confidence but he is working the phones calling members trying to work the vote playing up the former endorsement from president trump. the next step in all of this, the leadership elections will be next week on capitol hill. then the form mall vote where he needs to lock down the votes. he's facing a much slimmer majority than he expected. >> thank you so much. live from capitol hill. joining us now from los angeles, cnn political reporter mave restin. >> thomas, let's start with you.

let's talk about this in macro terms. we were talking about the experts, the polls and the experts themselves. a red wave. that isn't the case. why do you think that the democrats did better than most people expected? >> well, it's great to be with you, bianca. republicans certainly didn't get what they wanted on tuesday. that was something like a repeat of '94 under clinton or 2010 under obama where there was a clear repudiation of the majority. i think republican under performance has got to be due to one of two factors. either it's a tacit endorsement or it's an indictment of the gop. given biden's approvals in the low 40s i think it's hard to make the case that volters were enamored by the progressive agenda. represenublicans need do some reflection. there was a perfect storm. inflation at the highest rate,

elevated crime, crisis at the border, opioid epidemic. republicans should have won. they didn't in large part because of candidate quality. i think they turned off a lot of moderate voters through fringe policy positions, claims of election rigging and so on. >> mave, there were a lot of key issues playing into this. abortion was an issue that really resonated here in europe. obviously no one here had a vote. but it did play into the election result, didn't it? but in different patches, different networks, young people in particular. >> yeah, it did certainly. the democrats in the final days, we saw president biden making the case to democratic voters that they needed to get out, to reject extremism, to reject the candidates donald trump had chosen but also to get out and support abortion rights. that's really what you saw in these results. we did see more young people

turning out than we normally would expect. also, independents really broke toward democrats because of some of those issues. and having done a lot of reporting in nevada and arizona, i spoke to a lot of women who were just really having a hard time with this decision because they wanted to vote for change. they were angry about inflation and the effect that it's having on their families, but they really hated the direction that the republican party has taken on abortion. in the end a lot of those suburban women that are so important in the election ended up going towards the democrats. we saw that in states like pennsylvania and michigan and so that's why you're seeing that issue play out differently across the country. particularly in places where women felt that abortion rights were in jeopardy. >> thomas, let's talk about ron desantis who i think is the name on many people's lips this

morning. how has his position within the republican party been altered by the results in florida? >> well, first thing that i would say, bianca, is that trump's support within the gop is extremely durable. desantis's performance on tuesday, it definitely had an impression. he made major in roads with florida's latino vote, flipped a number of democratic strong hold districts. in miami-dade he eclipsed the number by almost 20 percentage points. it was a really decisive win. he was already but i think desantis really so lidified his choice to rival trump in 2024. that's not saying he can beat him, it's not even saying he will run. i think desantis has a lot going for him politically. he's very effective at leading into the culture wars. democrats i think don't appreciate how effective he is at that but they'll find out he's aggressive. he doesn't apologize. all of that is really packaged

in a way that is much more palatable. desantis comes off as much more combative which is an asset if you are challenging trump. >> mave, election deniers had a time. they wondered if that trend would spread abroad. election deniers, do they resonate in this election? >> no. we saw a clear rejection of election denialism. we were watching so closely a lot of the secretary of state races. the folks that will oversee the election counting in the next -- in 2024 but we still obviously don't know the results in nevada and arizona and it's so important because arizona is really just ground zero for that

election denialism. the top four candidates on the ticket there, including kari lake who is the gop nominee for governor, have all -- all rose to power by echoing president trump's election lies and so we're going to have to see how those races turn out before we have a clearer picture overall. i will say that, you know, voters on the ground in arizona and nevada, a lot of them, particularly independent, said they're so tired of hearing about the 2020 election so that really may end up being, you know, a big strike against some of these candidates, but as you guys went through the results, they are still so close so we're going to have to see where those races land to have sort of the verdict on what happened with election denialism in this election. >> the key results may have rested in los angeles. thomas gift, thank you very much

indeed. >>s' ju he's just won re-electis governor. there is planning for ron desantis's presidential run. how that can set up battle between him and former president donald trump. wall street has new data on inflation due out later today. hurricane nicole is battering florida's east coast. tracking the storm live from atlanta. we'll break down the storm that made landfall 75 minutes ago. we'll show you what it has in store. all of it coming up in a couple of minutes. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even

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thanks to the overwhelming support of the people of florida, we not only won election, we have rewritten the political map. this election we will have garnered a significant number of votes from people who may not have voted for me four years ago, and i just want to let you know, i am honored to have earned your trust and your support. >> florida governor ron desantis there at his victory speech after easily winning his re-election bid. the big question is how soon will the republican's focus

shift to an expected presidential run in 2024. >> that will likely see him directly challenge former president donald trump. trump is set to be the first to officially announce his campaign. >> following tuesday's mid-term, several advisers tried to warn him that an announcement for a third presidential run next tuesday might be too soon. the results would not give him the momentum he needed. however, advisers close to the president say he seems still set on making that announcement for a third presidential bid next tuesday. they're gearing up for what they believe is inevitable which is a trump desantis 2024 showdown. what exactly does that look like? how is trump's team going to be able to hit desantis, which seems at this point like a monumental fete, particularly given how large desantis's win was on tuesday and the fact that he has momentum from both donors

and other republicans. we've seen and reported rupert mourdock seemed almost happy to move trump out of the way and replace him with desantis as the head of the republican party. now trump himself did take a swipe at desantis in an interview on monday night. he said, i don't know if he is running. i think if he runs he could hurt himself very badly. i don't think the base would like it. i would tell you things about him that won't be very flattering. i asked trump what he meant by that but he wouldn't go into any detail. one adviser said they believe this is just the tip of the iceberg. they believe this is going to get increasingly nasty. again, we do still expect trump to make an announcement to launch a third presidential run next tuesday at mar-a-lago. kristin holmes, west palm beach, florida, cnn. six weeks after hurricane

ian decimated parts of florida the state is once again hunkering down amid another storm. nicole made landfall over an hour ago as a category 1 hurricane. its impact was felt hours before as highways and storm surges pounded the coast. it broke a record set in 1935 for the latest date in the -- in the year for a land falling hurricane in the u.s. meteorologist pedram javaheri has the latest. why this seasonal anomaly? >> hurricane season goes until the 30th of november. not something you see every single day. we know with this particular setup this came ashore about 75 minutes as a category 1 system near vero beach. notice with the gusty winds, upwards of 150,000 customers without power. we expect this number to increase as the system pushes inland impacting areas across

the central and northern part of florida. here are the current winds sustained at 70 miles an hour. an hour interacting with land it is beginning to break apart. notice this impressive area indicating the yellow where we are expecting tropical force storm winds into the carolinas. the areas shrink in the coming 24 hours. it will leave behind 4 to 6 inches of rainfall. the system quickly picks up for progression speed and moves on for the north and east and moves off as early as friday afternoon and night. i want to show you the particular setups. as you know, the last time we had a tropical system or hurricane make landfall in november was back in 1985. to show you what happens. we have blizzard conditions in

the northern tier of the u.s. not very often blizzard warnings take place. we have significant potential for snowfall accumulations that could exceed 12 plus inches across the northern u.s. even ice secretions. that could be a quarter of an inch to half an inch of ice the same time as a system. power outages and power outages because of the ice that is accumulating. look at the incredible setup. the 80s in south florida. 70s across florida. incredibly cold air, 22, 16 degrees. across parts of the midwestern and northern plains of the united states where the temps are dropping off sharply. unusual setup where you have a mix of summer like conditions and winter like conditions happening at the same time. guys? >> thank you, pedram. now the government's latest figures on inflation will be released in the coming hours.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. if you are just joining me, let me bring you up to date. control of the u.s. congress is still up in the air as vote counting continues into the weekend and across several states. republicans seem to be close to the majority in the house but it may take weeks to decide the

senate with at least one pivotal runoff race set for next month in georgia. >> and a quick check of the u.s. futures ahead of today's opening bell on wall street. investors are looking for a rebound of wednesday's selloff sent the dow plunging almost 650 points. the markets had expected a more convincing showing from the republicans on tuesday and so as you can see, reacted negatively to that indecision that now hangs over control of congress. now with the mid-terms behind them, investors are returning their focus to the economy. polls showed that it was the number one concern for voters heading into the elections understandably. central to that, the latest u.s. inflation figures that come out today and the annual inflation in the u.s. at about 8%. if today's figures show the economy is still overheated, the federal reserve could come back with another aggressive rate hike. a series of earlier rate hikes

is reflected in the rising cost of consumer debt. the average credit card is charging over 19% annual interest. the highest rate since 1985. if republicans do retake control of either the house or the senate or both, come january it could greatly complicate the biden administration's ability to pursue the legislative agenda. even so , president biden will reach out in the meantime to try to get as much done by the end of the year. take a listen. >> we want to see as much progress made on the country's priorities. the president said today when he gets back from asia, he's going to meet with democratic and republican leaders and talk about what kind of progress we can see in this lame duck. the government runs out of money in mid december. we have to fund the government. we shouldn't have a government shut down before christmas. we have other priorities. congress works until january

3rd. we want to see progress in the lame duck session. >> in the face of deja vu, georgia is heading for runoff that might decide which party controls the senate. raphael warnock will face off against herschel walker after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote on tuesday. cnn's jeff zeleny has the details. >> reporter: all eyes are again on georgia for potential control of the u.s. senate. even as votes are being counted in nevada and arizona, georgia is the epicenter. raphael warnock is leading republican challenger herschel walker by 17,000 votes or so but on wednesday the georgia secretary of state said there would be a runoff election because neither candidate was able to reach the majority, that's 50% plus 1 that's required under a unique georgia election law to win a general

election campaign. both men are going into a runoff campaign. four the next month a critical race will be fought. the white house involved former president donald trump also eyeing this case very closely. georgia could once again determine control of the u.s. senate. now this race on december 6th, the election on december 6th a runoff contest is a rematch between herschel walker and senator raphael warnock. president biden has not visited georgia for months but he is going to be front and center in this campaign, no question. republicans have tried to make this a referendum on him, on his policies. democrats, of course, have tried to disqualify herschel walker. a period of overtime in georgia. this was already the second most expensive senate race in the country after pennsylvania. now it is going to certainly leap into the first. a quarter of a billion dollars already spent in ads in this cycle. that's certain to increase even more. jeff zeleny, cnn, atlanta.

meantime, republican brian kemp defeated democrat stacey abrams to win re-election. abrams said though she never crossed the finish line, she's not going to stop fighting for georgia. >> i want to give stacey abrams a little bit of acknowledgment here. she's not going to be governor. she's probably never going to be governor but you can have a cause that succeeds when your candidacy fails. it is possible now for black folks to win statewide in georgia in both parties. i think that's a big deal. i think warnock is going to need an awful lot of help. i don't think he should keep anybody out of the state if they can help him. my belief is it will be another race. if he pulls it off, warnock, he will owe stacey abrams. >> that was cnn political common

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former u.s. president mike pence is revealing what happened between him and former president trump just before the capitol insurrection. pence had been under pressure to reject the certification on january 6th. in an op ed pence writes that on the morning he told trump he didn't have the power to decide which votes could count, that he intended to send a statement to congress to that effect. then according to pence trump laid into him saying, quote,

you'll go down as a wimp if you do that. i made a big mistake five years ago. criminal charges are piling up for the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi's husband. david depape was charged criminally in the federal system. he could face decades. he's facing a slew of state charges as well. he's pleaded not guilty. court documents show he attacked paul pelosi at the couple's home in san francisco last month as part of a plan to take the house speaker hostage. paul pelosi was seriously injured and is recovering but nancy pelosi wasn't home at the time. america's top general is giving his assessment of where the casualties stand in russia's war on ukraine. general mark millisays russia has suffered more than 100,000 killed and wounded soldiers. he thinks ukraine is probably

looking at similar numbers on his side. >> mill li said russia is considering moving out of kherson. moscow has ordered forces to withdraw west of the dnipro river. selma abdelaziz joins us with the latest. there's some suspicion why russia is pulling out and whether or not it's a trap, selma. >> reporter: absolutely, max. overall, this is a stunning admission of defeat. ukraine appears to be reaping the rewards. they've taken a village south of mikolaiv on the path to kherson city itself. don't expect everything to change overnight here, max. as you said, president zelenskyy said he's going to proceed cautiously. in his nightly address he said

the enemy does not give us gifts meaning he's worried this is potentially a trap to lure ukrainian forces into the city of kherson. a huge defeat. a huge loss for president putin. in some ways not surprising, max. we had seen signs now for weeks that russia was struggling to hold on to this very important strategic city. there were less russian checkpoints. less of a russian force. tens of thousands of people were forced out of their homes. already ukrainian forces say they are seeing movement on the ground. russian forces are withdrawing from some of the front line areas. they are blowing up bridges. russian forces pull away from the west bank across the river into the east side and fortify those positions there. now there's questions about what the state of kherson will be once they pull out if they pull out. will they booby trap it?

will they plant mines? that's, again, why everybody is proceeding with caution here in ukraine. take a look at the overall picture. for weeks now president putin has been losing to this very strong ukrainian force. it was just a few weeks ago, max, that president putin was in this glitzy ceremony signing a decree that kherson belonged to russia, illegally annexing it, and now having to pull that back, having to withdraw. i think the only word you can think of here is humiliation. this is absolutely humiliating for russia. >> selma in kyiv. interesting to see how that develops. volodymyr zelenskyy is taking kherson's announcement with a grain of salt. this is concern whether or not it's a trap. he and ukraine's first lady sat down for an exclusive interview

with christiane amanpour. here's his take. >> translator: so they are ready to defend this region and they're not ready to leave the city and the fact that they are in these homes means that they are seriously preparing. but we are also seriously prepared for these developments. but we are not considering this as just one single operation. we have a strategy and different directions. >> you can see christiane amanpour's full exclusive interview with the zelenskyy's on her program on thursday, 6 in the evening in london, 8 p.m. here in kyiv. vladimir putin will not attend next week's g20 summit. he'll be represented by sergei lavrov. >> mr. putin is said to still be

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>> it's not lost on me that i made a little history tonight myself as well. this is just more proof that progress is not inevitable but progress is possible in the state of maryland. >> a new class of representatives coming to congress in january although it remains unclear which party will control which chamber but we do know that some of the new lawmakers are really making history. >> maryland elected the first black governor with wes moore. maxwell alejandro became the

first member of gen z to serve in congress and maura healey became the first female and lesbian to be elected governor in the u.s. healey spoke about what her victory meant to her shortly after the win was announced. take a listen. >> for me, this just brings about all these feelings i had as i was running and looking into the eyes of little girls, young women, talking to young people from the lgbtq community. representation matters and seeing is believing and i hope that my election will affirm in those young people this idea so important that they can be anything they want to be. >> when people ask me what does gen z care about, we care about the same issues. but generation z cares about them through the times we've grown up in. parkland, march for our lives,

trayvon martin, these are moments defining for our generation. i'm taking that perspective to congress and the urgency these issues deserve. we're following what's now a tropical storm nicole as it moves across the state of florida. it was a category 1 hurricane when it made landfall a couple of hours ago. it's the first hurricane to make a november landfall in the u.s. in nearly 40 years. >> it's weakening a bit as it moves over land. it has made an impact in florida. cnn's chris myer was on the scene in coco beach and filed this report a short while ago before nicole was downgraded to the tropical storm. >> reporter: high winds. heavy rains. significant flooding were expected throughout the night. you can see the intensity of the conditions here in coco beach, which is why officials were urging the public to stay home as the hurricane got closer to

making landfall here in florida. now earlier today we were at a local supermarket as folks were stocking up on the necessities really preparing for the potential for power outages for the next day or so. at least 16,000 utility workers are currently on stand by here in florida to help with power restoration efforts. florida governor ron desantis also saying that he's activated at least 600 florida national guard troops to assist with search and rescue efforts if and when necessary. residents here in bravard county were not required to undergo a mandatory evacuation. it was simply an advisory. you can sense folks were serious in terms of taking the advice of officials. this is closed up early and for the most part roads remained bare throughout the day. we also know it's going to take a little while for the airports

to catch up with all of the flight cancellations that happened today and yesterday. reporting from coco beach, i'm chris nguyen. max and bianca, back to you. >> thanks, chris. u.s. president joe biden expected to leave washington thursday night heading to the u.n. climate summit. >> they're pondering the next move in an effort to tackle climate change. at the time reports show they're not only off the mark -- not only off the mark to meet their goals but also that they're running out of time. david mckenzie joins us now. david, what do you think will tangibly be achieved from the summit? what are the signs suggesting? >> reporter: well, there has been a great deal of discussion, bianca, about funding poorer nations for the impact of climate change that can't be adapted to as we run out of time for the worst climate catastrophes. we've already seen that this year in florida, in pakistan, in

the horn of africa and east africa. president biden will be flying in in the coming hours. we'll have to see if the u.s. can push their leadership, obviously what the u.s. and in particular china do in terms of the two biggest emitters is very important both in terms of meeting emissions targets and showing leadership for other nations. but right now there is a deep freeze between the u.s. and china and it runs all the way to climate negotiations. secretary kerry, john kerry the special envoy saying there is no formal discussions going on. that's a problem for people who are watching any kind of progress. the u.s. did announce a carbon credit for corporations to offset their carbon emissions by buying carbon credits from poorer nations. that combs under fierce thought.

they need to implement deep emissions cuts. i think this first week is critical because of the world leaders descending whether they can come up with concrete plans remains to be seen. >> maybe time to pack something different for lunch. the cdc announced a deadly listeria outbreak linked to contaminated deli meets and cheese. maryland resident died from the infection. dozens of others have been hospitalized. >> the cdc said symptoms include stomach issues, headache and fever. while symptoms can occur within four weeks of infection, they can take as long as 70 days to appear. elon musk has a simple message for advertisers, don't go. >> he spoke in front of them

including to adidas, chevron. musk is being criticized after keeping the blue check marks for those who will pay $8. >> the company started requiring users to buy that blue check mark which should prove that their account is legit. they're a real person. hours later twitter appeared to be flooded with imposters who created blue chip accounts posing as celebrities -- >> impersonators were president trump, lebron james and nintendo of america. some said creating fake accounts was easy even though elon musk said the new system would deter officials. people like reinaldo and nasa and then that was killed.

then musk said we're getting rid of the system. someone else in the company said we're going to do it, not just for individuals but for companies and then nasa had lost theirs. >> people need to prepare themselves because twitter's going to do some, quote, dumb things. >> joining us here on newsroom. "this morning" is next. neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger.

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