race. we can t afford to get it wrong. vote democrat on november 8th. reporter: he s still one of the most popular figures in his party going where president biden is far less welcome by democrats this year. i am fired up. are you fired up? reporter: of course, it wasn t always that way. like when obama faced a punishing mid-term election of his own in 2010 losing 63 stooets and control of the house, 6 senate seats and devastating defeats in state capitols. i m not recommending for every president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. you know, i m sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. reporter: and again in 2014. obviously republicans had a good night and they deserve credit for running good campaigns. reporter: his track record has been far better when his own name is on the ballot but he s answering the call from democrats. his itinerary begins with georgia followed by michigan and wisconsin on saturday. nevada on tuesday. congressw
republican challenger herschel walker, they are fighting for every last vote in the georgia senate race. meanwhile republican candidate blake masters and mark kelly, crisscrossing arizona in the tight senate race there and up in new hampshire, senator maggie hassan is trying to hold off surge from republican challenger from buldoc. team coverage all across the campaign trial across the country. let s start down south. early voting is shattering records and that s a hot race. hi, there, eric. good afternoon to you. nobody in georgia and i mean nobody wants to see this race go to a runoff, they are sick of election season so they want there to be a winner on tuesday. the only way to avoid a runoff is voters to go out and vote. that s why you are seeing big crowd and big names in the last few days on the trail here. we are expecting former ambassador to take stage in georgia any minute now. long-term contracts controlled the senate two years ago by flipping georgia so this is
atlanta. reporter: hi, anita, 2 and a half million georgia voters have cast ballots in early voting setting new midterm election record. high turnout comes despite democrat gubernatorial candidates claims voter suppression. during the pandemic emergency rules introduced absentee ballot drop boxes but after democrats won georgia s elections for president and both u.s. senate seats in 2020, the republican controlled legislature passed a new election law requiring each county to have at least one drop box but also requiring the drop box be kept indoors and only accessible during voting hours. democrats are also opposed to new requirements for voters to provide the number of a driver s license or state id card in order to obtain or submit an absentee ballot. but georgia s republican secretary of state says the new id requirement solves an old problem. we have been sued by the democrat party and republican party over signature matches saying it s subjective. what did i say back
preparing to duke it out. connell mcshane on where both candidates are dolling out the cash. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. wall street was surging today. some say because they re anticipating a republican romp in a couple weeks. let s not get ahead of ourselves. we ll be all over that. first to jonathan serrie in atlanta, georgia. jonathan? yeah, there s a lot of interest in these elections here in georgia. more than 837,000 georgians have already cast ballots in the form of mail-in absentee ballots or early in-person voting which is what is going on here. more than 18,000 early voted on sunday alone. doubling first sunday voting during the 2018 mid-terms. more than 79,000 voted saturday surpassing saturday voting in the 2020 presidential election that is huge. state elections officials expected to surpass one million total votes by tomorrow. governor kemp says the report high voter turnout disproves democratic challenger stacey abram s clams that the vote
about 1/10 of 1%, and anyway thank you. we begin with president biden brushing off august inflation report insisting the economy is still strong despite high prices hammering families nationwide. hello, happy wednesday. john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. comments after the dow plunged 1200 points in yesterday s trading session following the higher than expected inflation number, and it does mark the worst day on wall street since covid shutdowns began june 2020. john: biden is back on the road in the motor city of detroit celebrating millions in spending on electric vehicles. sandra: not everyone is praising the move. ford confirms thousands of layoffs in its shift to go electric. john: we have team coverage, in new hampshire after a couple big primary races there, winner of one, and peter doocy is live on the north lawn to kick us off. peter. peter: and ahead of some remarks by president biden promoting electric vehicles,