john: begin america reports this thursday afternoon with 19 days to go now until the midterms. president biden out on the campaign trail today as the pennsylvania senate race comes down to the wire. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra: 19 days out, hard to believe. here we go. sandra smith in new york. the president travelling today for his only campaign stop of the week. he ll talk infrastructure before heading to philadelphia to stump for john fetterman. john: happening as polls show republican dr. oz closing the gap against john fetterman, and republicans also gaining ground in contests thought to be democratic strongholds. sandra: our panel standing by. mollie line is standing by in deep blue rhode island. so first to bryan llenas on the ground in philadelphia, expecting to see the president a short time from now. hi, bryan. hi, sandra. $167 million have been spent in the pennsylvania senate race. it s the second most expensive race in the nation beh
house, only one seat to flip the senate and all eyes are on key battleground states. brooke singman has the latest, brooke: good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. and election day has officially begun, 34 million ballots have been cast by mail or in person at early voting centers according to the associated press. republicans are looking to flip both chambers of congress, 35 seats up for grabs and 435 house seats are up for election and all eyes on the battleground as republicans hope today is reverend up on failing democratic policies and could come down to pennsylvania, georgia, nevada and arizona, just four states. senate candidates speaking at rallies yesterday in one final effort to garner support. too many extreme positions in washington, too much out there pulling us away from where the real answers lie. i will bring balance to washington, but john fetterman will bring more extreme. dr. oz will still be a fraud, i need every one of you to get out to vote. so i can get to
election by crime and bill: polls are open in 40 states. voters wasting no time making their voices heard. states in three of the country s high stakes races, pennsylvania, georgia and florida in the south. dana: the president has remained bullish on democrat chances. last night there appeared to be a crack in that facade. watch here. president biden: i m optimistic. i m always optimistic. will democrats win the house? president biden: i think it will be tough and i think we ll win the senate. the house is tougher. bill: kellyanne conway, brit hume, shannon bream, martha maccallum and mike rowe with analysis coming up shortly. dana: look at this here. we have karl rove, lucas tomlinson and kelly o grady. let s get to pennsylvania right away. more than a million people have already voted. bryan llenas is outside of philadelphia. all eyes on pennsylvania tonight. no doubt about it. happy election day. good morning. dr. mehmet oz voted just after 8:00 a.m. in h
I also voted for obama. With the 19 about or is it too late . First time for republicans. It wouldve been good for the tina immigrants, the president. The bastards who are desperate for change the concession is latinas. Come out and play i believe President Trump [speaking spanish] dont put that aside for any political party. We are two days away from the election, its incredibly tight. The control of congress for key votes and key states, and thats why latinas, americas largest minority, with 30 million eligible voters have never been so powerful. Ive spent the last year traveling across the country, talking to the tina butters, trying to figure out who they will come out for. And so latinos have consistently overwhelmingly voted for democrats. But that feels like its beginning to shift. A poll came out today and said the interest in the midterms as heights been since 2006. Now, its 56 for the democrats. The democrat advantage for latino voters has shrunk by half in the past decade. Y
you have to work for it. you have to nurture it. you have to fight for it. now, the good news is you get to make a difference, as long as you turn out the vote. former president barack obama he s good. he s good, isn t he? he s better than i ve seen him in a long time. he s having a good time out there. fired up, ready to go. it s like hank aaron playing on the 1962 mets, you re going to stand out, right? he s having fun, and i think you could see there, it s interesting, the arc of the rallies. he was really animated early in the tour. sober now, interesting. it s a sober time. that was former president obama in pennsylvania helping democrats with their closing message ahead of tomorrow s crucial midterm elections. this is it. meanwhile, new polling shows democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap with republicans, but will that be enough to keep the party in control of congress. we re going to have the latest numbers for you. plus, new reporting on when dona