a spokesperson is here and ready to weigh in. john: first, a battle for control of congress as candidates enter the final stretch just three weeks now until the high stakes midterm elections, and brand-new fox power rankings show republicans hold the advantage in house but neither party breaking through in the senate. i m john roberts in washington. happy tuesday to you. sandra: sandra smith in new york. republicans are forecast to win a 15-seat majority, that is a slight shift in favor of the gop as the party makes gains in key school districts out west. races in the senate up in the air, toss-ups set to decide which party takes control. sandra: early vote counts are passing midterm turnouts in the past. more than 2 million ballots have been cast. ro khanna will be here, he will join us in moments. but alex, how much of this early voting have we already seen underway? most voters in most states can already cast a ballot early, whether that s in the mail or it s in-
voted against. i want to stop spending until we get inflation under control. the fentanyl crisis is so bad because joe biden and tim ryan have not done their job. our guy thought it would be a good idea to post on social media, raise money for the insurrectionists. the new power rankings are out. forecasting a 15-seat margin for the republicans. the fate of the senate still coming down to the four yellow toss-up states. we bring in mercedes schlapp and juan williams, fox news contributors. we can put the numbers back on the screen. action we said, you know, looks, gives more juice to the gop this week from last week. we re talking about a 15-seat majority in the house. the senate still a toss-up. mercedes, your thoughts on what you re seeing. trace, you re being too conservative. it s more than a 15-seat win. i believe it s going to be a strong red wave for the republicans. when you look at the generic ballot in these competitive districts, they re trending republican
a potential nuclear armageddon with russia. what his staff is saying this afternoon, as we take you live to the white house and to moss couple of i m hallie jackson in washington and with me now is nbc news correspondent josh lederman traveling with the president in hagerstown, maryland. tom costello and global markets reporter with us, too. we saw the big board red, not green like we ve seen earlier this week. talk about why investors are so spooked here. hallie, a number of top advisers telling me interest rates are heading even higher and wall street wanted to seat job wanting to see the job market start to cool and average hourly earnings increasing, and the chair fed has reiterated in the past in order to get inflation down, the job market needs to cool and until it does, interest rates will head even higher a rising rate environment has been challenging for the stock market. that is why the dow is down over 600 points right now. and for companies that increase their
has taken office. neil: after more than 1,000 interviews, tens of thousands of documents and hundreds of hours of video and audio recordings, some never seen or heard before, it s on. the january 6 committee is ready to make its case and democrats say it s a damning case of a president determined to up end the golf as he sought to nullify an election. republicans say it s a prime time snow job. intended to deflect attention away from soaring prices, soaring crime and plain old sore american voters. today fox on top of how it goes down hours from now with former deputy assistant attorney general tom dupree on the uphill legal climb for tonight s tonight. former republicans on why republicans should get engaged tonight. democratic committee member, elaine luria and what she hopes both sides today. and why the watergate hearings and iran contra hearings are not what you ll see tonight. chad pergram with more on what we are in for tonight. a big night. maybe even a historic nig
lawmakers seated, there is no real opposition, no pushback to question any of the conclusions or expand inquiry. over the next couple of weeks, we anticipate the unveiling of never before seen testimony, documents, video, audio from january 6th. even tonight we will see that whether that changes how people look at the event or how much it impacts politics going forward is yet to be seen. congressional correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. good evening, bret. the goal of the committee remind the public of what happened that day and warn people of threats to american democracy. tonight s hearing is a made for tv docudrama in prime time. tonight will be sort of an opening of the narration, the narrative of what happened as an assault on our democracy on our constitution, on our capitol, on our congress and in a very violent way. republicans anticipate something else. we can expect a circus. the democrats have been sh