we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. that s where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. it s turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between those two kinds of storms. the rain field will stretch out. we ll see the wind field stretch out as well across a lot of areas. in general, a weakening wind trend now that we have the storm over land. the winds gusting 46 miles an hour. that s an offshore wind. that is pushing water, not allowing storm surge there to be coming on. we have rain here. some of the storms out across east earn north carolina will have a tornado thread there. there s one tornado warning out there to inside of the outer
exactly three weeks until election day. rankings out this morning show a slight shift in favor of the gop. races in california and oregon have gone from leaning democrat to toss-up. the current forecast of 15-seat majority victory for republicans. that s a wider margin than even a week ago. a path for democrats does still exist. house minority leader kevin mccarthy. you take nothing for granted. we have to continue to fight for the next 21 days. the issues are really very important. these democrat incumbents are the ones who voted for the american rescue plan that brought us inflation. you watch their defund the police what has happened to crime. you watched their ability to look at other way to have a border open that will kill 300 americans today with fentanyl from president biden to nancy pelosi. that is their challenge if they run on their record, they re in trouble. harris: on the senate side, it s anyone s game. we re closerly watching races in georgia, arizona, nev
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-
military, too. sandra: are america s fighting forces focused on defending us in war or is it all about going woke now? it is a question many are asking. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two on this tuesday afternoon. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. military may not be ready for a major conflict, according to a stunning new report. that s all new at 2:00, but we begin with a fox news alert. sandra: there is now a 100% chance of a recession within the next year. that warning coming there bloomberg economic, just 21 days to the midterm elections and democrats are using the final three weeks to focus on abortion. it does not rest with the extremist republicans in congress and finally say, finally say about your right to choose that it rests with you and if you do your part and vote, democratic leaders in congress i promise you will do our part. i ll do my part. john: president biden making a major promise to put abortion right
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