The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered chaplain, guest springfield, missouri. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, you equip the founders with great resilience as they sought your wisdom in establishing our nation. With that same power that inspired our patriots, bless these members of congress today, lift them up, o god, when they feel discouraged, when negative thoughts seem to dominate, when the winds are against them, strengthen their minds and spirits with an inner faith that only you can provide. As we are now united in prayer, unite their efforts, help them leave bitterness by the wayside. May their decisions consider the hopeful faces of parents, children, elderly, soldiers, veterans that each person in every district will be blessed by the strong leadership of this congress. As many voices compete for their attention, create a sanctuary for them to pause, reflect and hear your voice. Equip them with the courage that constantly reminds them that w
Last time is now stretching down the street. Polls dont open for another hour until 8 00 a. M. At a library in durham North Carolina, it seems the voting is through the roof. And here is how the mayor, the attorney general talked about it. And you can almost feel the energy. Many have already voted by mail. So if you put it together, Something Like 10 to 12 of the electorate has already voted as of today. Its amazing. And so we expect the voter enthusiasm to continue. This is the first weekend of early voting and as you can see, the lines have already started to form here in durham. And 12 of registered voters have already voted, that is yesterday midday and now almost 15 and we should expect that number to grow. And i want to say one more thing about the importance of North Carolina, both President Trump and joe biden, they are mustwin states for both of them and it is also to determine control of the senate. Now, joe biden has a lot of big names coming to North Carolina on his behalf
Im cyril venue in doha. The top stories on al jazeera, this, our u. S. President Joe Bidens Democratic Party has defied predictions and retained power in the senate, and that was confirmed after the democratic incumbent in nevada said to Catherine Cortez master, narrowly defeated. Her republican challenger, adam lac salt had been endorsed by former president donald trump. As mike hannah reports from washington, d. C. The results cast doubt on trumps influence in the party. On the democratic control of the senate, Catherine Cortez musto, winston nevada, giving the Democratic Party, 50 seats, and with the costing both to the Vice President a majority in the chamber. Im not surprised by the turn out. Im incredibly, please turn it in. I think its a reflection of the quality of our candidates and the theyre all running on the same program and anybody wouldnt run it on what we did all stated was sticking with. So i feel good, and im looking forward to a couple years. Republican adam lex, tha
I mean, fall could london the top stories allow jazeera americans of voting and crucial mid term elections, which could see the democrats lose control of congress. A pending the rest of jo bidens presidency at stake are all 435 seats in the house of representatives and 35 seats in the senate. 36 states are electing governors and 27 are electing mass secretary of state. Who in most places is the official in charge of elections. Our white house correspondent, kimberly how could house more on whats on voters minds . Economy seems to be the big issue that is galvanizing people getting them out to vote. I. In fact, in most pools it seems that more than 80 percent of voters identified the rising cost of living inflation. When did their, its the cost of food, housing, fuel costs, as the motivator for getting out to vote. And what this really is turning out to be this election day is more of a referendum on past 2 years of jo bidens policies he brought about Sweeping Change when it comes to cl
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