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expensive political campaign, it is finally your turn to have your say. yay! election day in the 2010 midterms. republicans and democrats fighting for control of congress. according to the polls and pundits, republicans are poised to make big gains, and cnn is the place for up to the minute election coverage. you are looking at live pictures from ohio and florida. polls are open in most of the country right now. voting is getting under way right now this hour in alaska. polls up in haw...

well be joined by a doctor who conducted the study later on this hour. up first, though, we talked about it yesterday on the show, a lot of warnings about the worst storm weve seen in 70 years. well, it was to hit the midwest in decades. at least 24 possible tornadoes spawned, ten confirmed right now. many homes destroyed, and at least 200,000 people have no power. >> it even caused 27-foot-high waves on the great lakes. and this giant storm system on the move right now unleashing on...

>> we are in a tornado! we are in a tornado! look at that. in the eye of a ferocious storm. we cant protect you from bed bugs. people hoping for a hookup now have to worry about bed bugs, the invasion taking a bite out of love lives. >> and voting machine irregulators. what will you face at the polls? countdown to the midterm election. im tony harris. for those stories? your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a line of severe weather pushing thro...

president obama and former president bill clinton all fanning out this week to prop up their candidates. ed henry live at the white house where it looks like theyre pulling out all the stops, but it looks like in the house, there may be an unstoppable republican tide. >> they know the house is going to be particularly tough to defend if 39 seats, essentially, going to decide control 30, 40 seats. and the senate is focusing a lot of their energies because they realize the house is going...

openly gay recruits are now being welcomed in the united states military. an officer was boot in the dont ask dont tell policy. now asking to get back in to the united states army. growing concerns of whether tea party candidates are prepared for elected office. christine odonnell turned in comments about whats in the first amendment. and are u.s. funds indirectly being used to help protect osama bin laden. tough questions for pakistani officials heading to america right now with her h...

enters a new era. alina cho was granted rare access inside north korea and joins us from pyongyang. alina? >> reporter: good evening from pyongyang where north koreans are in the middle of a week long celebration officially commemorating the 65th anniversary of the formation of the ruling workers party. but this is a coming out party, as well, and its offering us a rare glimpse inside one of the most secretive societies in the world. the most reclusive dictator in the world opens his a...

is trying to stir the pot even more. >> the "wall street journal" reporting that pakistan spy agency, isi, is urge be the taliban to strike u.s. and coalition forces. in the past week alone the taliban has claimed responsibility for attacks near quetta. ivan watson discovering both of these attacks. hes live in kabul. ivan, the president saying its tile to sit down to talk to the taliban? >> reporter: thats right, after trying and failing for years to ask taliban leaders to stop coming...

a jihadist group in germany that may have triggered this alert. nic robertson live in hamburg, germany, this morning with new information about the plot and the people behind it. but first, lets begin with jeanne meserve live in washington this morning. jeanne? >> ali and kiran, the state department is not telling americans dont go to europe, but it is urging them to take precautions when they do go. the alert issued sunday read in part, terrorists may elect to use a variety of means a...

Compared to how things were even just a month ago. congratulations to you guys. deano bonano, homeland security director for jefferson parish. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you, kiran. this mornings stories of just moments ago. including victory for same-sex couples in california. well take a look at the ruling. and aa -rod makes history i the bronx 600th homer. why this year has been called the year of the picture. because the players are deflating. max kellerman weighs in...

To hit 600 homers and the youngest to ever do it. weve got max kellerman coming in to talk about that achievement and what it means in the 8:00 hour. >> maybe just waiting to do it at home on a lovely wednesday afternoon when one of our writers, kik rick saleeby took his dad. >> the hot dog. >> and he also ate the curry. well, a judge strikes down californias ban on same-sex marriage, but both sides say the legal fight is far from over. up next on the most news in the morning, were going to ta...