A large number of races for the house and various governorships are too close to call but the big pie is for control of the senate where 36 seats are at stake. Republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. Our background tracker finds out if republicans have a better than even shot of taking control. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. If republicans gain those six seats or greater in the senate as they are expected to, the gop will control the house and the senate for the First Time Since 2005. Now, that prospect has democrats doing all they can to get voters out to try to save their majority. Voters take to the polls today in an election that will determine which Party Controls the senate. Turnout in midterm elections is notoriously low, but some polling stations have prepared for large numbers. This is not fighting for voters theres so many incentives. Reporter republican kentucky senator Mitch Mcconnell is in a heated battle to
Costly Midterm Election ever. A large number of races for the house and various governorships are too close to call but the big ties are for the senate. With 36 seats at stake. Republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. Our background tracker finds out if republicans have a better chance of taking control. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning. Annemarie, good morning. If republicans gain those six seats or greater in the senate as they are expected to, the gop will control the house and the senate for the First Time Since 2005. Now, that prospect has democrats doing all they can to get voters out to try to save their majority. Voters take to the polls today in an election that will determine which Party Controls the senate. Turn outin Midterm Elections is notoriously low, but some polling stations have prepared for large numbers. This is not fighting for voters theres so many incentives. Reporter republican kentucky senator Mitch Mcconnell is in a heated battle.
Outbreaks. It does come at a bad psychological time for the stock market where confidence is going lower and theres a host of other issues including the spread of the ebola virus. Have the economies of the worlds peaked. It means its as far as you can go. It suggests its all downhill from here. Thats how i feel today. Dow dropped 28 points. Nasdaq dropped. So much seems to have gone wrong and is how off kilter. Theres a handful of stocks going along their merry way. The end of the quarter is a great way to assess peaks or we truly have no place to go but down. First we know the world is slowing perhaps slowing at a surprising velocity given the strong head of steam we came into the year with. What makes us so sure that things have slowing. Sometimes its obvious, commodities. Any commodity in sync with growth that has to do with putting things up, building things, expanding things is coming down. Im thinking iron oar, steel, theres been enough to keep it there. Lets take this decline of
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