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
now, john. all right. important update there, chad. thank you very much. a sudden departure this morning by a key figure in the january 6th investigation. tony ornato, the sis tachbt director of the secret service left the agency on monday. it comes two months after his name came up in explosive testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. she said ornato told her then president trump was furious with his security detail for refusing to take him to the capitol on january 6th. the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president, take me up to the capitol now to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engel. when mr. ornat
the national archives has been trying to get donald trump to return documents since the end of his presidency. i m john berman. brianna is off. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is with us this morning. this timeline we just keep getting more data points. it s like every day you learn that the conversations on getting these documents back goes back further than we thought. it was a problem it seems from the beginning. an email from the national archives indicates that records were not returned by trump despite a determination by a top white house lawyer that they should be. a source says there were about a dozen emails and calls over the course of 2021, this is last year, including a may 2021 email from the archives to trump s lawyers that reads in part, quote, it is also our understanding that roughly two dozen boxes of original presidential records were kept in the residence of the white house over the course of president trump s last year in office an
all of the nearly 22 million jobs lost since the start of the covid pandemic. president joe biden and his signature aviator sunglasses took a much deserved victory lap earlier today. we re almost had 10 million jobs. almost a 10 million jobs since i took office. that s the fastest job growth in history. today, there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america at any point in american history. in a relief for drivers all across america, gas prices have dropped nearly $1 from highs in june. highs that were driven in large part by supply shock after vladimir putin started a war with ukraine. the average price of gas is now $4. and in many places, including in many red states, gas prices are well below $4 a gallon. president biden highlighted the seven-week decline in gas prices in his speech today. gas prices are coming down. down almost $1 a gallon from where they were just a month ago. and we are ma
on a very busy wednesday morning i m todd piro. carley: carley shimkus and marianne rafferty covering all the keys this morning, marianne, good morning. good morning carley and todd appear in primary starting in new york where jerry nadler won decisive victory over congresswoman carolyn maloney after redistricting three term democrats and powerful committee members against each other. meanwhile, the patrick ryan winning a special election and an important swing district. ryan focused his campaign on the supreme court recent ruling of overturning roe v. wade sending clear message to republicans using deceit to flip the house. the newly redrawn 17 congressional district, democratic congressional campaign chair sean patrick maloney defeated progressive challenger state senator alessandro biaggi. he will face g.o.p. assembly member mike waller this november. now to florida s former orlando police chief and current democratic val demings wins her primary and will take on repub