did i gloat? there was a little bit of gloating. he did send a video, too. the play calling was not great, it was a struggle for alabama. you guys had referees on your team. you had extra men on the field. thanks for watching. congratulations. go, tigers. cnn newsroom starts right now. good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. polls open around the country in less than 24 hours and right now candidates trying to take advantage of those final moments, making their final pitch to voters, hanging in the balance of course is control of congress. entering the midterms democrats have just the slimmest of majorities in both chambers and that leaves pretty much all outcomes on the table. just a reminder here in the house all 435 seats on the ballot in the senate you have 35 seats up for grabs. 36 states will also be voting for governor. it s a big election. interest in the midterms has been high from coast to coast. more than 30 million pre-el
kentucky. it s hard to put into words the amount of devastation that we ve seen. you know, you re talking about some really, really good people here in eastern kentucky don t have a whole lot. and a lot of them have lost everything they ve got. you can hear just sorrow in his voice. the fast rising flood waters forced many people to evacuate, but the storms ended up catching a lot of people by surprise because they happened the middle of the night. and we are learning some really heart breaking stories, like this one in knotts county, four people killed when kids and their parents were forced to go to the roof. the young ones were swept away as their parents tried to hold on. there was a house there and this trailer with this family of six. and it just washed them away. cnn s joe johns joins us live now from hazard, kentucky. you can see some of the damage behind him. joe, tell what you say the latest is. reporter: well, just let me give you an idea, sara, of wher
emergency units going to the scene to get that situation under control. so we re working to reach out to people that were at this parade. we re getting tweets from people who were actually at this parade. what we re hearing and seeing from those reports are that someone, one person told us they heard 20 to 25 gunshots ring out at the beginning of this parade, which started at about 10:00 a.m. central time. that same person also told us that they believed to see someone who was bloodied and on the ground. we also know about two local lawmakers that were there. one of them was actually about to march in that parade, was at the starting point, and he actually tweeted this. this is congressman brad schneider. he said today a shooter struck in highland park during the independence day parade. my campaign team and i were gathering at the start of the parade when the shooting started. my team and i are safe and secure. we re monitoring the situation closely and are in touch with the
if you re healthy and vaccinated, these gatherings are probably safe. but if your more vulnerable, you want to stay in a smaller group or avoid or mask if you are going to attend. a lot to consider. i have to say in my family, because work gets in the way on holidays. it is not about the day. it is the quality of the time. so if you have to postpone it, maybe not the worst thing. thank you. wise words as always, erica hill. just a day after the january 6 committee referred criminal charges, they will debate whether to release his tax returns to the public. we ll be live at the capitol coming up. if you used shipgo this whole thing wouldn t be a thing. yeah, dad! i i don t want to deal with ththis. oh, you brought your luggage to the airport. that s adorable. with shipgo
answer questions. now, in response meadows lawyers asked a federal judge to put a pause on that while they continue to litigate these larger issues and the house committee has until midnight tonight to respond to that. now, it s really interesting because this case does raise some legitimate questions about the protections that a white house chief of staff, even a former white house chief of staff, should enjoy in an investigation like this, but for right now the strategy from meadows attorneys is to delay, delay, delay in the hopes that the house changes hands and this issue becomes moot. paula reid, appreciate the update. thank you. still to come here, don t be fooled this election day. conspiracy theories are swirling ahead of the midterms. donie o sullivan if i only i could say his name donie o sullivan is here, he will tell us what we need to watch out for. stick around.. this house says start with deep search f filters on realtor.com. and all the missing socks, are bebe