halloween. >> jamie: see you next weekend. weekend. ♪ captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> eric: fox news is america's news headquarters. battle for the beltway and our nation's future. the voting is ongoing and just in nine days when the polls open, what will happen? good morning, everyone. i'm eric shawn. welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. >> i'm jamie colby. the stakes are tremendous. control of the house. the senate. and the direction of our nation and this morning the leaders of the democrats and the republicans both parties make their predictions. our steve centanni is live in washington with that round-up. hi, steve. what did they say? >> reporter: hi, jamie. with the vote drawing closer, the two party chiefs are both predicting -- surprise, surprise -- the midterm elections will swing their way. now the president has turned into the campaigner-in-chief for democrats, at least for the time being. he just finished a big four-day swing across the country, west coast to the midwest.