early turnout. eva pilgrim and steve osunsami live in the battlegrounds. rick klein and rachel scott at the big boards tonight. they ll show us what to look for. also the other news this tuesday night. a hurricane warning now in effect for much of florida. mandatory evacuations under way in some areas. nicole gaining strength tonight. expected to make landfall as a hurricane. then moving right up the east coast into the northeast. georgia, the carolinas, washington, d.c., new york, to boston. ginger zee standing by in florida with the timing and the track tonight. the war in ukraine, of course, this is another issue we ll cover on this election. and tonight, what president zelenskyy is now suggesting when it comes to talks with vladimir putin. here at home, the high school shooting in seattle. what authorities have now revealed. also the search at this hour. one person killed, three rescued. reports of others swept away in flooding. and at the end tonight, the power
voters who cast ballots today, as well as those who voted early or mailed in their ballots all included here. take a look tonight. voters asked, which of these issues mattered most? 32% said inflation, 27% said abortion. followed by crime, gun policy, and immigration. asked which party they trust to handle inflation, 42% said democrats, 54% said the republicans. and asked whether they approve of president biden s job performance. 45% said they approved, 55% disapprove. and there are two numbers tonight that will you hear again and again during our election night coverage all night long. they are one and five. republicans need a net gain of just one seat to take back control of the senate, a net gain of just five seats to take control of the house. and one of those key senate races, the senate race in pennsylvania tonight. democrat lieutenant governor john fetterman voting this hour in his hometown of brad dock, pennsylvania. republican dr. mehmet oz voting in philadelphia. and abc s ev
information, but there was of course the residual feeling that he was the enemy. it was 43 years ago. war s been over for a while. few for all you ve done for the country and a great story. thanks for having me on the program. . side bar now. we ll begin with a big day in the big easy for republican presidential candidates. party faithful in new orleans cast ballots today in a straw poll at the annual republican leadership conference. mitt romney skipped that event. john huntsman cancelled at the last minute. newt gingrich showed up and he used his speech to attack president obama. this is the core of my argument with barack obama. he is a natural secular european socialist. he believes in big government. he believes in centralized power. he believes he as a politician knows more than we do. and we should let him and his bureaucrats liberal force. now joe ask scarborough says gingrich just doesn t get it.