flights to martha s vineyard. chad wolf will react to the growing national security threat and the dire consequences of the biden administration s open border policy. sandra: but first, the battle for the house and senate ramping up with midterm elections just 49 days away. latest fox news power rankings revealing democrats may have roads to victory as republicans try to hold on to their advantage. hello, and welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: good to spend tuesday with you. new data shows republicans are expected to take a 13 seat majority with the total of 231 seats. that is three seats fewer since august, giving democrats pathways to retain control. sandra: it s essentially a toss-up in the senate with races appearing very close in arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania. power rankings show the senate is evenly split, republicans a slight edge, expecting to take 51 seats with democrats taking 49. john: on the heels of the latest fox
he was the one who came out and said flatten the curve, and that flattening the curve kept going on and on and on. now, when it comes to schools, he s not telling a fib here. in july of 2020, i interviewed him and he said we have to get the schools open by the fall, but note he had already set a policy of lockdowns and closures that were extended to the schools. so the issue of collateral damage, mental health effects, socialization, nutrition, eye care, the mask overuse, the issue of not being with your peers that we were so worried about was extended and he talked about it in july 2020, but i think the horses were already out of the barn. we saw from other parts of the world that you could leave schools open and the spread did not increase. john: to that point, dr. siegel, it s one thing to say we want the schools to open, but it s another to set conditions or be among the people setting conditions that make it impossible for those schools to open. and at the same time, t
politicians campaigning here in new york. and rafael mangual and katie pavlich on whether rising crime will turn the state red. john: an attempted attack on a republican senate candidate happening the same night president biden blamed the gop the rise in political violence. hello, john roberts in washington. happy friday eve, sandra. sandra: and to you as well, john. this is america reports. don bolduc, running in new hampshire, was talking to voters ahead of his debate with incumbent democrat maggie hassan. a man allegedly took a swing at him before police were able to step in. it happened within hours of president biden s speech to voters which he pinned the blame on maga republicans five days to election day. john: fox team coverage, peter doocy has the latest from the white house and marc thiessen is standing by, but mollie line is in busy ton. accused assailant was outside the debate venue as the republican was going in, but according to the campaign and the ca
support for the democratic governor locked the in a tight race, another governor s mansion could flip red. but no plans to visit the border. sandra: polls show a stunning shift among white suburban women. she says it s all about the economy for her. first, fox news alert. new york governor kathy hochul bringing in vice president kamala harris and hillary clinton in the last ditch effort to sway voters. the top democrats in the empire state as the race tightens. john: republican lee zeldin narrowing the gap, and resonating with voters. that race moving towards zeldin, but despite concerns over crime, hillary clinton says that s all just a republican scare tactic. when they talk about crime, you know, they are just trying to gin up all kinds of fear and anxiety in people. they are not dealing with. not trying to tackle it. i view it as an effort to scare voters. john: effort to scare voters. well, rising rates are a brutal reality in democrat-led cities across the natio
bret: hi, sandra. the pentagon now taking action in response to the gop lawmakers. their concerns. we ll have that for you ahead. also new at 2:00, we ll be watching florida where the storm that tore communities apart will bring bitter political rivals together. ron desantis putting politics aside, meeting with president biden. we believe both saying their focus is on helping families devastated by hurricane ian. sandra: and we ll see them coming together as they survey the damage there. we ll bring that meeting to you live as it happens and we begin with this fox news alert. americans in for a rude awakening at the pump, and energy analyst says president biden s only choice is to stop it is one he says is clear, and he s not going to make it. those warnings coming after major oil producing nations decided to slash 2 million barrels a day. bret: the move coming months after president biden asked the saudis for help to increase production. the white house now calling out