you re looking right now at all of the incumbents up this year. the democrats and the republicans. if republicans hold on to all of their seats which is possible they could do and then they ran the table with all of the possibilities that are within reach, that would be nevada, north dakota, indiana, pennsylvania, washington, wisconsin, west virginia. that would mean a net pick-up of 13 seats. that will likely not happen. according to the latest polls. if the election results mirrored the average of polls as they and right now, tonight democrats would hold on in california, connecticut, delaware and washington. that s a net pick-up of nine seats for republicans. short of the ten needed for the majority. but there are some developments over the last 24 to 72 hours. several independent polls, hence the aggregate of polls, democrats seem to be closing in pennsylvania, colorado, in wisconsin, also over here in kentucky. the race in illinois is close within the margin of error. an
you re looking right now at all of the incumbents up this year. the democrats and the republicans. if republicans hold on to all of their seats which is possible they could do and then they ran the table with all of the possibilities that are within reach, that would be nevada, north dakota, indiana, pennsylvania, washington, wisconsin, west virginia. that would mean a net pick-up of 13 seats. that will likely not happen. according to the latest polls. if the election results mirrored the average of polls as they and right now, tonight democrats would hold on in california, connecticut, delaware and washington. that s a net pick-up of nine seats for republicans. short of the ten needed for the majority. but there are some developments over the last 24 to 72 hours. several independent polls, hence the aggregate of polls, democrats seem to be closing in pennsylvania, colorado, in wisconsin, also over here in kentucky. the race in illinois is close within the margin of error. an
extending those bush tax cuts are very small. i would say let those expire. but the problems go far beyond taxes. look at it in a live report coming up. also, tonight, gun fight, a massive explosion, and then smoke that could be seen for miles. militants strike at the heart of baghdad, killing more than a dozen people outside a heavily guarded military building. so what went wrong? and is this a sign for the mysterious hole in iraq s defenses. plus, nearly five months after an explosion triggered one of worst oil spills in u.s. history. crews finally recover with what could prove to be a vital clue in the disaster. fox news is america s election headquarters and we are off and running to the fall mid terms, 58 days until americans head to the voting booths exactly. already, early polls indicating what s on their minds and how they intend to vote. november s outcompo tensionally bringing a major change in the balance of power. some incumbent democrats look particularly vulnera
[ inaudible ] they re still doing search and recovery. well, i don t have the state police information. i think so. [ inaudible ] well, they weren t able to come out. otherwise captain fletcher would have been here. some of the family members of those may still be missing were afforded to the site this morning, is that correct and for what purpose? s you know, i don t know, steve. i think some of the families were going to try to be issued in there, but i do not know. i don t have any other really information. just wanted to make sure and provide that. [ inaudible ] shannon: you are watching live a press conference from arkansas where flash floods had a deadly impact in campgrounds there. if you want to watch the rest of the presser it s on foxnews.com, streaming life, if you want to check it out. now to mike tobin who is live on the ground with the latest from the location. hi, mike. reporter: hi shannon. you heard there from tracy for aly with the forest service ther