it is election day in the usa. with control of congress hanging in the balance candidates make their final pitches to voters with polls set to open across the country in just hours and history on the ballot. we'll an introduce you to the candidates on the verge of breaking new barriers in american politics. e speaker nancy pelosi breaks her silence her message to voters since the attack on her husband. we can all keep dreaming that we hit the powerball for just a little bit longer what's the holdup behind the

drawing for the nearly $2 billion jackpot? and in the eye of the tweet storm. the turmoil at twitter, as new own elon musk shakes up the social media site. it's election day. "early today" starts right now >> and good tuesday morning to you. i'm erin o'hearn >> grad lad you're with us on ts important day, i'm frances rivera 42 million americans have already cast a record number of early ballots before polls even open this election day republicans need to win just five seats to take control of the house. in the senate, they need to flip just one nine senate seats this year are considered competitive let's turn to brie jackson now who joins us from d.c. good morning leaders of both parties are out trying to energize supporters. this is their final push >> reporter: this is the final push good morning, frances. president biden has been laser focussed on his message that

today's election is historic he spoke at a rally overnight in maryland for westmore who is running for governor and former president trump was in ohio supporting senate candidate j.d. vance while also giving clues about his own political future. >> our lifetimes are going to be shaped by what happens the next year to three years. it's going to shape what the next couple decades look hlike for real let's be clear this election is not a referendum it's a choice! it's a choice between two very different versions of america. >> this is the year we're going to take back the house we're going to take back the senate we're going to take back america. and in 2024, most importantly, we are going to take back our magnificent white house. i'm going to be making a very big announcement on tuesday, november 15th at mar-a-lago, in palm beach, florida.

>> reporter: meanwhile ballots democrats, including senate candidate john fetterman's campaign filed a lawsuit demanding that undated mail-in ballots be counted after the state's supreme court earlier rule thad ruled that they should not be included last year the u.s. supreme court r ruled that updated ballots be included in georgia, the deadline for mail-in ballots has been extended to november 14th. the justice department is monitoring 24 states to ensure that no one intimidates voters or otherwise interferes with the process. frances? >> brie jackson for us, thank you. well, today, across the country there is going to be history on the ballot. let's bring in richard lui for

more we have been anticipating this day for months it has been the topic at water coolers, peewee soccer games, you name it. and it is finally here it's not just major issues at st stake. we could see ground breakers >> it's a lot. good morning to you. for the first time, we're going to see the first black female governor in history. three states to watch. georgia, iowa and alabama, as can you see right here all democratic candidates. the polls say stacey abrams is the closest by far to get into the record books you can see here in georgia. also possible, the first latino, hispanic to serve in congress from their respective states eight candidates trying to make history from georgia, nebraska and virginia two republicans, six democrats, one of them, morgan, right here,

daughter of grimmigrants for the asian pacific community, massachusetts, minnesota and rhode island all republican candidates here, like naylor syung. all 13 states have, or rather only 13 states have elected an aapi to congress to date and i want to finish with a record that has already been set. indigenous people running for federal or state office, a historic 117 candidates. of note, this is thes is the cof t tip of the iceberg. there are over 10,000 elected leaders across the country >> okay. so richard, there is also a new wave of politicians just re

reaching the age eligibility what kind of records are we setting with that? >> age of eligibility. we're talking about gen zers in congress there are two 25-year-olds who could win. new hampshire carolyn levity and maxwell frost. you might wonder who is the youngest ever to be elected? that was tennessee's william charles cole claiborne he may also have the longest name for that matter he was 22 in 1797 when he was elected. in the modern era, that was jed johnson jr. who won in oklahoma in 1965. my friends, he was kind of old, 25 >> way back in history thank you, richard one of the states to watch today is georgia the last election cycle the peach state helped democrats get control of both the white house and senate now the question is, will that

diverse coalition return to the polls today. our gabe gutierrez reports from atlanta. >> reporter: background georgia, a possible indicator of whether democrats can hold onto crucial voters they swayed in 2020 >> i'm worried about the country, worried about our democratic system. >> reporter: two years ago, georgia shocked the political world by turning purple. warnock, ossoff and biden swesw squieked out victories here. >> reporter: kayla voting early for warnock, but >> i will say of course going to the store and seeing prices hike up, you're going, what's going on y'all >> reporter: just 15% of voters 18-40 have voted so far. why do you think more young people haven't voted early and is that a problem for democrats? >> i think there is a way in which our politics has become so

divided that we still have a ways to go in terms of helping people to stay engaged in the process. >> reporter: still, a record 2.5 million people in the state have already cast their ballots in person or by mail governor, what do you see as the key issue to convince people who voted democrat during the last election to switch to republican this time around >> i think it's a pocket book election and a public safety election >> reporter: just ask suburban voter tori cook who told us she voted early thenthusiasticallyer kemp and grudgingly for walker >> reporter: a judge has extended the deadline for votes to be counted until next week. >> and our thanks to gabe for that report. nancy pelosi speaking on cnn

about how she first found out about her husband's brutal assault. >> i was very scared to see the capitol police and they said we have to come in to talk to you and i'm thinking my children, my grandchildren. i never thought it would be paul we didn't even know where he was or what his condition was. we just knew there was an assault on him in our home >> speaker pelosi also discussed her concern for the country and democracy. according to court documents, david depape broke into the home looking for her before striking paul pelosi with a hammer and frack fracturing his school. she said her decision on retirement if democrats lost the house has been affected by the attack subtropical storm nicole is moving north and could strengthen when it is expected to make landfall wednesday into

thursday the south florida water management district has started lowering water in canals in advance. strong winds, dangerous storm surges are expected. >> certainly something florida does not need. for the latest on the storm let's turn to meteorologist michelle grossmann >> hey, there, guys. many people still recovering from what we saw with ian. we're going to see impacts as early as tomorrow night. we're looking at hurricane-force winds tonight in the bahamas here's the latest on nicole. winds at 45 miles per hour moving northwest at 8 miles per hour it could strengthen to a hurricane. we have a hurricane warning for portions of the bahamas. also a tropical storm warning. notice the southeast, too, the state of florida into georgia. tropical storm watch and warnings, also a hurricane watch. we also have a threat for strong, dangerous storm surge.

this could all cause power outages. but first storm surge. that's where we have the wall of water that created all the destruction with ian we're looking at storm surge as high as 3 to 5 feet into northern and central florida also winds are going to be a yig impact, gusting up to 72 miles per hour at times. it could cause structural damage and bring down treecs in a lot of spots 83 in shreveport all right, it's election day tuesday. we're going to have your forecast coming up thank you, michelle.

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