they re buying the winning ticket. the place i m staying is about 15 miles outside the city. people think this place has good juju. they won the big ticket here before, $116 million. they re driving in from all over to get to this location. we talked to a couple of folks in the last half hour or so who told why they re so excited. how much money did you spend here? $280. reporter: is this an office pool or you? this is the office. this will be the last time this man wears a badge. reporter: what happens if you win? are we in trouble? because all these officers are is the entire community in trouble? yes. we ll be short. reporter: if you win, what would you do with the money? oh, so funny. i m sending the money to ukraine. reporter: really? yes. reporter: why? just to save lives. reporter: you can think about it, you can see all the victories they ve had at this location. the line s been steady all day. we re told that the lunch hour is when everyone comes to b
19 hours, 59 minutes, and 41 seconds in counting until the first poll closing on election night. we are picking up our countdown to election night right where we left off last friday night, and where we will be every friday night between now and the midterms. that is after tonight, only one more friday night between now and the midterms. it is getting really close, we are inside of two weeks right now to go, and not only is it getting closer on the calendar, but voting is underway in all sorts of states, early voting nearly 20 million, they have already been cast in this midterm election, in the 2018 midterm election, all sorts of records were shattered when it came to turnout. about 116 million votes were cast in that midterm election when all was said and done. we may be over 120 million when this one is over. numbers that would have been unthinkable years ago, that is of course where politics are right now. so, the biggest campaign news tonight,
about 116 million votes were cast in that midterm election when all was said and done. we may be over 120 million when this one is over. numbers that would have been unthinkable years ago, that is of course where politics are right now. so, the biggest campaign news tonight, the democrats, they are bringing out their biggest star. barack obama, who within just the last few hours began a battleground state and georgia. we will get a live report in just a minute. also, that pennsylvania senate debate this week, didn t move the key race forward for republican mehmet oz? we will talk about that. and what is happening on the ground in arizona, and also a deep dive on the battle for the house. all of that is ahead tonight, but let s start with our big picture view. we have been checking in every week on some of the numbers here. the generic ballot, we check it every week, the average of the generic ballot, we want democrats, and republicans to control congress.
and we are exactly ten, days 19, hours 59 minutes, and 41 seconds, and counting until the first poll closing on election night. we are picking up our countdown to election night, right where we left off last friday night, and where we will be everybody tonight, between now and the midterms. and that is after tonight, only one more friday night. between now and the midterms, it s getting really close, we are inside of two weeks right now to go. and not only is it getting closer on the calendar but voting is underway! and all sorts of states, early voting net now nearly 20 million, 18 million votes already been cast in this midterm election. in the 2018 midterm election, also it s a records were shattered when i came to turn out. about 116 million votes were cast in that midterm election when all was said and done. we may be over 120 million when this one is over. numbers that would have been unthinkable years ago. but that is of course where politics are right now.
and worth over $300 million. two years later saying, actually, it s 10,000 square feet worth $116 million. they acknowledged it was a misstatement by $10 million. donald trump signed these financial statements while he was running the company. she said she also needs to talk to donald trump jr. because he took over while he was president. she also wants to talk to ivanka trump because she was a keighlie a son to deutsche bank who loaned the company more than $300 million. the trump organization coming out saying they have done nothing wrong. in a statement they say the only one misleading the public is letitia james. her allegations are baseless and will be vigorously defended. ultimately this will go down to a judge to decide whether and when these depositions would