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
right now. my opponent is the most extreme nominee for the u.s. senate in modern history. i could ask how are you going to fix the economy? the exact opposite of joe biden and maggie hassan. by january i ll be even better. but dr. oz will be a fraud. we have 40-year high inflation. he s recklessly spending our children s money. fetterman thought that was important. my opponent says he wants to punish the doctors. i think that mark kelly is the very worst united states senator. i ve had an opponent that is driving around in a bus that says deport them all. dreamers should be here. she had the opportunity to stand with nevada, to tell joe biden that she wasn t going to spend more money. she cast that vote. i have faith in the people of georgia. whether it s tonight or a few nights from now, you mark my word, the people of georgia are going to get this right. you listen to our president. he said the biggest threat to democracy is voting for republicans. no. t
nevada, you have up and down the ballot some election deniers there, same goes for arizona. a lot at stake out west and across the country. nobody s going to sleep on the west coast tonight, back east, because, man, some of the most important races taking place. control of congress is up for grabs. republicans are favored to win the house, where they need a net gain of five seats. the smallest number of seats the out of power party has needed to flip the house since 1932. michael, let s put perspective on this again for our friends joining us on the west coast right now. in 2010, how many seats we picked up 63 house seats, which was the most the party picked up since 1928. and that was after barack obama had a massive landslide victory. right. bill clinton won in 92. 73 republicans get elected that year. and in 2018, you actually had, when donald trump was president, democrats didn t do quite as well, but they had 40 seats. so it s going to be really interest
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your busy newsday with us. president biden hits the road as we hit 12 days till election day. a handful of key senate races are a toss-up. republicans increase will go i confident about capturing the house. early voting way up, some democrats do see some hope there. plus, get this quote, security is a joke. we have some new cnn reporting shows millions of your tax dollars earmarked to protect election workers have not been spent and it leaves the people who count your votes vulnerable to threats. and donald trump sets campaign closing rallies in iowa, in pennsylvania, in ohio and in florida. his election lies echo across this year s republican campaigns, a new snub 6 a potential rival. more proof trump is thinking 2024 comeback. and now in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious again, i will probable h have to do it again but first we have to win a historic win for th
. hello. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. it is the last weekend on the campaign trail for the 2022 midterm elections and election day now just three days away and candidates are blanketing their states making their final pitches to voters. several key races to watch. today many eyes are on pennsylvania which could play a pivotal role for control of the u.s. senate. democrat john fetterman taking on republican mehmet oz in a neck-and-neck contest and they are pulling out all of the firepower. a total of three presidents holding events across that state today. president biden and former president obama holding a campaign stop for fetterman. former president trump is stumping for oz. cnn s jessica dean is in pittsburgh for all of the action on the campaign trail. jessica, this is a critical stretch for both senate candidates and it looks like you have a pretty good turnout behind you right now. reporter: yeah, good morning, fredricka.