dialed in they were listening in and american officials believe the spy balloon was tuned into u.s. conversations. president biden is down playing the entire episode. president biden: it is not a measurable breach. it is a violation of national law. or airspace. we can do what we want with it once it s there. the balloon had multiple antenna to eavesdrop and soak up information. the government wants to know exactly what the chinese heard. until we actually have the hardware that was on that balloon we can t say for sure. we can take educated guesses of it. we can t know for sure. that s why we should have shot it down as soon as it was approaching alaska, china should not be able to send air ships into our airspace. upset lawmakers pressed officials about what the balloon was doing and why the u.s. held off for so long before shooting down the balloon. you can just say yes or no. you don t need to get into specifics. did we know what they were trying to collect, yes
resolve quickly. i think you will find there is nothing there. i have no regrets. i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. exact will i what we re doing. there is no there there. harris: critics reacting with this. this just in. china and ukraine have no regrets about their access to biden s documents, either. another pointing out the president s totally different reaction to trump s document scandal. the washington post reporting quote, a justice official asked specifically that biden s legal team secure the materials from the penn biden center and refrain from further reviewing them or other relevant documents that might be stored at different locations. did they do that? white house correspondent jacque heinrich live from the north lawn. that s an important question. harris, the president is being investigated for whether or not he took classification laws seriously. the expression of no regrets is giving a lot of fodder to his biggest critics.
44 million americans have already cast an early ballot. polls are now open in 49 of our great 50 states, hawaii opens last in about 59 minutes. each and every vote cast will make up a small part of what our political landscape will look like for the next two years. democrats have been facing increasingly bleak chances in the mid-term elections. president biden even admitting last night it will be an uphill battle for dems. what do you think about tomorrow, sir? president biden: i m optimistic. i m always optimistic. will democrats win the house? president biden: i think it will be tough but i thick we can. i think we ll win the senate. the house is tougher. harris: the super slim majorities in the house. 220 to republicans 212. our fox power rankings this will flip from blue to red is what it s showing. we don t know yet how many seats but that s what the fox power rankings are showing. we ll follow it as it happens. the senate is 50/50 with vp kamala harris. the
democracy, will all be decided today. the candidates have made their final closing arguments to rally an american public that is at once anxious, angry, and exhausted. are you ready to win this election? i m sick of talking about american decline. i think it s time we started to do something about it. please send me to washington, d.c. we re winning this. we ain t talking about no runoff. we re winning this. i believe in democracy. i certainly believe in a free and fair election. this is a transformative election. it s going to send a loud message to washington. we ve always done democracy better than anywhere else. and we are not going to stop now. y all ready to close this thing out? today we stand united as one voice. and i feel thean a massive vict shocks the world. i m ready for it. are you? well, now it s up to the voters. with millions heading out to cast their ballots today, we re keeping an extraordinarily close eye on the voting process nationwid
case to voters. among the former president barack obama is rallying in wisconsin right now for this after he made her stop in michigan earlier today. in a moment we ll talk with susan on with the former president will be a difference maker in the home stretch. but first fox news team alive it covers the battleground states that include pennsylvania were critical senate race is now in a statistical tie. rich edson is live in philadelphia with more that when a rich. hey good afternoon, eric. john fetterman the democrat is trying to get out of space. try to get democrats about here. he met with union members earlier this morning. on than just this afternoon at temple university to try to get students out to vote. had a rally here in the student center pre-temple is a north philadelphia which is where he spent a good chop of the afternoon. his campaign themes pushing access to abortion, increasing the minimum wage and ripping republican challenger dr. oz for his wealth and focu