a spokesperson is here and ready to weigh in. john: first, a battle for control of congress as candidates enter the final stretch just three weeks now until the high stakes midterm elections, and brand-new fox power rankings show republicans hold the advantage in house but neither party breaking through in the senate. i m john roberts in washington. happy tuesday to you. sandra: sandra smith in new york. republicans are forecast to win a 15-seat majority, that is a slight shift in favor of the gop as the party makes gains in key school districts out west. races in the senate up in the air, toss-ups set to decide which party takes control. sandra: early vote counts are passing midterm turnouts in the past. more than 2 million ballots have been cast. ro khanna will be here, he will join us in moments. but alex, how much of this early voting have we already seen underway? most voters in most states can already cast a ballot early, whether that s in the mail or it s in-
so i m proud to have that support. john: miss king, the democrats have been critical of you on the abortion issue. they claim that you support a national abortion ban with no exceptions. but that s not true. even cnn fact checked that is not true. when i have cnn on my side telling the democrats they are lying you know you are doing something right. so we are proud to be running a strong campaign across northern, central, western illinois, and when i get to congress i look forward to being a champion of voice for people of our part of the state, whether it s rockford, the quad cities, peoria, bloomington normal and everywhere in between, and they know i m the person to do it and the momentum is all ours in this campaign and if anyone wants to join, estherforcongress.com. sandra: thanks for talking with us. we ll be watching. john: president biden has repeatedly denied he talked to
of that heavy rain. for today, kind of the last warmish day for the east coast. still above average but not like the last two days. it was incredibly warm. today, 71 in d.c., 71 in boston. cooler on the great lakes and the ohio valley. that cooler type air will flow into the northeast on saturday. mostly sunny conditions throughout much of the deep south. but we will be watching a new area of rain developing in missouri. and on sunday, kind of a rainy day for you st. louis to des moines, the quad cities, chicago, indianapolis included. not a great sunday. still dealing with decent weather on the east coast. there s the powerful storm for the west. we ll talk more about that storm on monday where it s impacted and where it s headed. word to the wise on the east coast, a lot of next week looks cloudy, rainy, and ugly, so enjoy the nice weather while it lasts. bill karins, thank you for that.
today. we ll take these storms, push them through des moines, the quad cities, this area of orange is an enhanced risk. we think there s a greater chance for a severe weather. today it looks like chicago, you ll get rain, the severe weather will stay to the south. eventually later on, this line of storms will make it to minneapolis. the same storm system is going to plague areas of the mid atlantic. it looks like a nightmare commute and at the airports, washington, d.c., baltimore, philly, and new york city, 50 million people are at risk. here s the timing of this. storms near des moines, they weakened and reform this afternoon. this is kind of general rain around chicago. it s on this line here through central illinois that will have that wind damage threat. then we take it into tuesday morning to areas of cleveland and by 6:00 p.m. on tuesday, notice all the storms are on i-95 from philly to new york, boston, providence, scattered around d.c. that s when we ll have the most
that s a quarter of the year s tornados in one stretch and it s not over. where does it go today? chicago. not really the epicenter of tornado alley, but you re in the middle of it today. also northern indiana. that s the orange area and parts of western nebraska. it slides a little bit for tomorrow. i will get to that in a second. watch the weather now rolling through des moines into the quad cities and eventually into chicago. some of the storms in chicago tonight will be rotating. some will have tornadoes, not that far from chicago. north, south, east, west, maybe 50 miles or so. you have to watch that. it s late at night after dark. tomorrow, back to wichita, oklahoma city where we expect it. at least for now, today will be a severe day. lots of people in the way. more flooding expected. record river levels on many of the midwest record. we re not talking just high or