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race for the u. s. congress and a midterm election being called the most important in a generation. we are gonna take the house back. oh, republicans are confident they're going to take control of the house of representatives, but they are far from the half way mark with several races yet to be decided. ah, i robinson, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up at least 9 people are being killed in an overnight attack in democratic republic of congo. several vehicles in the houses have been burned. we're going to take him inside a bunker in central ukraine where people are preparing for cold winter and more power outages. early results and us midterm polls are indicating a host fight for the console of congress. that defies pre poll projections that had

indicated big gains for the republican party in what's been called the most consequential election in a generation. tens of millions of people turned out to vote on tuesday for congressional state and local races. the outcomes gonna affect what president joe biden's administration can achieve in the next 2 years. osland jordan reports 1st votes in the u. s. mid term elections are being counted. the turning point for control of congress and president jo biden's agenda in the next 2 years. voters say the country is in serious trouble out there think. oh nora around us inflation and crime. no, it's huge. it's usage, you're only gonna get worse. make a change or whole voting system is going to be on the line here. if we don't win the governorship, for instance. and if we don't have the least some majority in this, in the senate. i mean, it's, it's us,

critical. after republican spent months suggesting democrats were trying to steal the election, the justice department deployed lawyers to more than 60 cities to ensure there weren't any problems counting the vote. machine problems caused delays in arizona's largest county, but a judge reject it. republicans bid to extend voting hours. meantime, joe biden campaigns were democrats hoping they could help him boost his economic policies and his likely reelection campaign to de rephrase the inflection point. one of those moments comes on every 3 or 4 generations. we know in our bones or mockers is at risk and we know that this is your moment to defend it. but democrats hopes died early in florida, where republicans now control all of the top state wide seats. we will never ever surrender to the woke bob horta as well. oh,

or country flounders, due to failed leadership in washington. florida is on the right track. former president donald trump promised to take credit for any g o. p victories. and on tuesday night, he did just that, the wonder what biden would do right down, but it's likely elections. officials will need days to confirm results in several key states such as georgia, pennsylvania, nevada, and ohio, rosalind jordan, l. g 0 or one of the races most recently called is in the swing state of pennsylvania. democrat, john veterans defeated republican, numb at all the celebrity tv. doctor vitamin suffered a stroke in may just days before the primary reason why i never expected that we were going to turn these red counties blue when we did well, we needed to do and we had that conversation across every one of those counties

and to new that's why i'll be the next us senator from pennsylvania. deborah alexander's in pittsburgh and he explains why the win in pennsylvania is important for democrats. this is the 1st i flipped state in this election in this mid term in the senate race. that means it's either the democrats or the republicans. this is the 1st time tonight that either of the 2 parties has been able to flip. one was previously republican, now is democrat. this was a hard fought campaign. it was very close. and no one could really predict how this was going to go. but now with this race being called for john fedor, men, this puts the democrats in control or in the driver's seat, if you will, to potentially remain in control of the u. s. senate it's not there yet,

but this is a big step in that direction for the democrats. this was a very hard fight campaign. as i mentioned, john fedor, men a the lieutenant governor. ah, he had a stroke just 6 months ago and he almost lost his life. he almost died from it. he was taken off the campaign trail for many months while he recovered to regain his health. and he had a big lead in the summer, but that was so whittle down in the last several weeks. and the polls indicated that this was a dead heat with both candidates tied at 46 per cent. and it appeared that his opponent, the republican trump, uh, backed up celebrity dr. met oz was actually had a lot of the momentum in the last couple weeks of this campaign. and so the fact that feder men was able to pull this out and secure this senate seat for the democrats is a huge, huge victory of for the democrats. okay,

so that's the letter from pennsylvania. let's take a look at where things stand overall. ok, the republicans are the projected winners in all the senate races which are marked in red here. now, north carolina and florida, of course, are the big swing states and they have gone both republican that is north carolina and florida. they're now democrats are the projected winners in all the blue states . plenty of them were predictable that includes oregon and new york in illinois, connecticut, maryland, and vermont as well. everything else in yellow is still being contested. those are the crucial swing states that we're still watching. let's have a look at the house of representatives because that's what the republicans are saying. they're on track to take control of. no. it's not unusual for the incoming party to lose the house during mid terms. 435 seats are up for grabs. in total, $218.00. i need it for control. the republicans here have got

a 199. the democrats there. i've got a 168, but these are the just the figures. at the moment these figures are going to change because we're still waiting for results to come in or be a couple of hours. it could be a matter of days. now if the g o p does take the house republican house, minority leader, kevin mccarthy, could be nominated for the speaker. will he be the most powerful republican on capitol hill in that case? and he's already celebrated the results. if you believe in freedom, hard work and the american dream, these results proved that there is a place for you and the republican party. oh wow. tonight we built upon those games 2 years ago and it is clear that we are going to take the house back my dog for more unless i go to the white house and bring in my car, who's there for us. so kevin mccarthy,

absolutely determined that the republicans are going to take control of the house still not by the majority that he perhaps was hoping for. indeed, yes, perhaps he's putting the best face on a situation which is actually disappointing. many republicans, every mid term election, there is normally a major swing towards the party that is not in power. and predictions for this term had been that the republicans would gain substantial numbers of seats in both the house and the senate, a red wave, so to speak. well, that has not transpired. many results are still too close to call. we're still waiting for a lot of results. you heard the way the situation stands at present. but for mccarthy, to start looking at a substantial majority that is not going to happen. and that will have problems form a copy as well. if the republican should gain control, it's going to be by

a slight majority which will raise into question his ability to maintain the position of speaker of the house. now the current speak of the house, nancy pelosi says that democrats remain confident they will maintain control. she tweeted such just off the holding her seat in california for a number of decades now. president biden himself also appears somewhat beat. he put out to tweet early on the evening of the picture of him on one of his phone calls to the democratic party. big tis, smiling broadly, and certainly he might have caused to do so. he's done better as an incumbent president in a midterm election than either is we, this is bill clinton or barack obama. so this has in a way, solidified president biden status as leader the democratic party at a time when some questioning it might, over the next couple of years, the republican majority in the house may not be that great,

but that doesn't necessarily mean that job buttons administration is going to have an easy time of it just essentially makes getting legislation through that little bit less difficult. it does. indeed, one must remember that even though biden has had control of both the house and the senate during his 1st 2 years in office, he has struggled at times to push through what he wants to to get his agenda on track. well, during this year the democrats have gained some significant legislative decrees. president biden being praised for that, but that would be far more difficult of the republicans control the house, even if by a slight margin now with the republicans managed to get control of the senate as well. that would make it very different, difficult for president biden, to get anything done, leaving all that aside. those if the republicans gain control of the house, they threatened all sorts of di outcomes, including an up to increase the impeachment of president biden himself. that may be

a bridge too far, but the point simply is, is that even the republicans control the house, the margin that they do so by is actually critical in terms of getting through what they want to do. they would need a substantial majority to do that. as that appears to not to be the case in the results that we are seeing at present. so all in all, just a very quick summary. the republicans had been promising that red wave that has not happened democrats so quietly satisfied about the fact that they have beaten back. the republican challenge in many areas were many expected. they wouldn't, mike, thank you very much. indeed, that's my kind of bringing this up to date from the white house or republicans have dominated in florida. one desantis has been reelected as governor fueling speculation that he could run for the presidency in 2024 while marco rubio, a secured another term in the senate. the people in this country are going to vote

for the people to fight for people like them. they're going to vote for people that are going to fight for people that care about being safe, that don't want drug coming across our border that don't want illegal immigration running rampant into our country that don't want to have to pay $4.00 for gasoline . that don't want to have to pay 22 percent more than they used to for their groceries. so when you see the results across this country tonight, that's what it's all about. the people who make this country great have been forgotten and have been left behind. and what i'm most proud of is that this community, miami date and the state florida. a diverse state. you find people in the state from everywhere. you find people say from every background. and they enjoy this incredible new movement that isn't just going to change the country. it's going to change the republican party after tonight, the republican party will never be the same. and that's a great thing for america. and great, think ross playing golds are political risk analyst and former asia chair of republicans abroad explains what these results could mean for donald trump and the

republican party. we know that the former president trump is enormously popular with people like to call the bass. and the fact is there are trumping doors. candidates who were elected show trump is probably not going to be the one who takes the blame for republican disappoint and today. and if anything, he'll say that i help put some people across the line and we know that president trump is very good at messaging. so assuming the republicans do have the majority in the house, there could be a challenger in the challenger would have very good reasons to challenge my par, the insect. we didn't have the risk downing victory. we didn't pick up the several dozen or 3040 seats or some of the more optimistic talk that occurred in recent months. and they might have a basis to challenge him. or he might withdraw very unlikely that he would have 1st he's got to get elected speaker and then correct. he's gonna have to manage the

expectations of a very conservative caucus of republican house members. and there are different priorities. but, but ultimately, if the democrats keep control the senate and they control the white house, there's not gonna be a lot of legislative going on. so the way mccarthy plays, that is probably to agree to all sorts of investigations and oversight of the bided administration. and that's something that the republicans do have a consensus about doing. they said they're going to do that. they have the majority and they're going to proceed with doing that and try and do better in 2024 based on that kind of political battling with the, with the body administration course. a lot of focus is stone and races that have yet to be decided. let me show you georgia, georgia senate race is still too close to call. it's been described as a must win race by republicans if they want to gain control. now it looks like it might be heading for a run off vote, considering the razor thing margin that you can see here. rafael warner is

a pastor, he's on 49.4 percent. this is with by 98 percent of the votes were already being had all been counter damn. hassle walker has got 48.5 to now he was back to by donald trump. and he has a very strong stance on anti abortion yet. there was controversy during the campaign over accusations that he'd paid for our girlfriends abortion. it was the most expensive senate races, while $250000000.00 in ads in total spent by both parties. want to show you our zona, as well as one of the key ones. it seems to be good news for democrats. mark kelley is the incumbent and he's a retired astronaut and he's on 52.37. this is both 61 percent of the vote which has been counted in, but he's up against blake masters which is and he's on 45.46 percent there. now the interesting thing about this is it's a border state. the key issues here, inflation and the economy, but also of course,

immigration have all been part of the, the subjects that people have been talking about, and interesting latino voters to play a very decisive role. and all of this, let's speak to chicago, tansy in our capitol hill. she had just talked us through the key issues at the ballot box in the swing states, particularly what could be economy was always going to be a major issue. those were the polls kept saying was so important. and we should be clear that the projections are that the democrats will lose the house of representatives. but the democrats have been surprisingly competitive. and what the exit polls are suggesting is that's because as the pulls it also suggested abortion was very much on, on the ballot as a result of the supreme court decision in the summertime. it, it really has did the trick. basically the point about mid term elections is you're trying to get your bass to the poles. if you are the incumbent party of the party

in power, you have the white us. there's always that fear that people will be complacent. you got to try and scan them, you know riled them into, into getting the polls. and somebody starts with a credit card. he didn't have to do so much because the supreme court and republicans already done the job for them by potentially all these talking about about, about ugly battling a woman's right to choose and state off the state or around the around the country . and so abortion, it would appear got that useful base out. so the democrats, and in addition, the key swing voters who might, might particularly be white suburban women i think, would, looks like they're going to have been c as, as was perhaps predicted. who, you know, the question was always, they look, they were worried about this, where they were, they were talking to the pulses about this in the immediate aftermath of the supreme court decision. but how did the economy had inflation now superseded?

those bears, as you know, the daily reality of paying more the natural pump and so on, become, become ever more real, had that had the fear, had that shock had that disgust at the supreme court ruling rather subsided. and it appears that it happens and it goes, we have a lot of early voting as well. we have another registrations in the immediate registration, in the immediate aftermath of that supreme court ruling. so we'll get this early days as we try to understand how the democrats manage this, but it would appear them that the, the issue of abortion really was that issue that got people to the polls. and even though the democrats may lose the house, have given the democrats what they might feel is a victory. nonetheless, she had thank you very much. indeed, she had a chance. seeing capitol hill still had on al jazeera hobbs growth longstanding dispute over the trade rules for northern ireland could finally be resolved. ah,

anticipation is rising. with my cattle aways, as the seasonal ne monsoon sets it across south china sea, you still get ill spinners using heavy rain, which had been the case and lose on. but the forecast here is now dry. the rain belt for the south is just catching the far south of cambodia, and it's certainly coming back into the foss at the talent down towards singapore and olds tomorrow, which is the wet area that i went to, the east, barley eastwards that our daily thunderstorms are not particularly heavy, not heavier than usual anyway. in australia, 2 things are still going on. it's remarkably hot, near knackered heaton, northern territory that prompts big thunderstorms. and then you still got the flooding river flooding in new south wells and parts of victoria, which will be topped up by these developing thunderstorms during thursday. that'll not attempt you back. it's up in the thirty's for good part of victoria and around

adelaide as well. so we back in the middle, twenty's, more or less weight should be, shall keep moving east was during friday, behind it. there are light is shouts, developing system coming in to west australia as well as the new zealand. you might have got a hint there when the wind comes in from the north. it brings a lot of tropical moisture. so 1st they don't look too wet. have a look at friday, particularly in north island. that is very wet. the weather sponsored by cats are ah

ah ah, watching what is it a reminder of our top story? this are the house and the senate still hang in the balance hours after polls closed in the us. midterm elections votes are still being counted in several crucial states, all 435 seats in the house of representatives are being contested, as well as a 3rd of the seats in the senate. the outcomes going to affect joe by the legislative agenda. well, let's take a look at some of the other stories were following around the world. now in democratic republic of congo, at least 9 people have been killed in an attack in the northeast and city of benny . a rabble group called the allied democratic forces as being blamed to violence on

tuesday night. it comes as the government renews its fight against another rebel group called m. 23. several people are believed to have been killed after a convoy of fuel trucks was struck in syria. iranian trucks were carrying gasoline to lebanon when they were hit. according to iranian state media, they also say a u. s. drawn carried out the strike, but no countries claimed responsibility. yet the convoy of around 15 trucks was targeted after crossing from iraq to pan says north korea's fired what appears to be a ballistic missile. it's the latest in the series of launchers by pyongyang that have raised regional tensions above and fell into the sea of japan outside the countries exclusive economic zone. an earthquake in nepal has killed at least 6 people, the magnitude 6.6 tremor struck early on wednesday morning. houses in the western district of doughty collapsed and the armies been searching the rubble for survivors. the cop 27 talks in egypt had been dominated by calls for wealthy

nations to help developing countries withstand climate change. a 12 year old pledge made at cop 15 to provide a $100000000000.00 by the year a year by 20. 20 still hasn't been met natural disasters of taken thousands of lives this year. and they've cost billions of dollars, including unprecedented heat waves across 3 continents, droughts, and parts of africa and devastating floods in pakistan. iranian president brought him his answer. he told the cop $27.00 climate summits that russia's invasion of his country is harming global climate efforts to work towards a common goal. russian war has brought about an energy crisis then as force dozens of congress to resume coal fired power generation in order to lower energy prices for the people. the ration war destroyed 5000000 acres of forest. any trend in less than 6 months. not every country in the world has such

an area of forest that we're born in ukraine by russian shalon, guardians, are preparing for a tough winter as russia targets the countries energy facilities. president vladimir zalinski is 4 and a half 1000000 people are going without electricity as a bag, travel to central ukraine to see how people are coping. the war has taken a new turn in the last month. russia has been targeting ukraine's energy facilities . a 3rd have been damaged so far. ah, the are plant electricity blackouts taking place across the country in the city of treasury. they're getting ready for the cold weather. the industrial city was hit by a drone. according to authorities, it's caused considerable damage to the energy of 70 euro. sure, i would assume they say they have set up 300 heating points around the city, p o, p r butcher was sure as young produce, the russians continue to lunch terrorist attacks. so we must be prepared for the

worse than usual. we're not trying to make a 5 star hotel in this place is made to survive. there are blankets for food and baby cripps. this bunker can house hundreds of people. those nasty elijah is middle school at piano left, the don best region in the east of the russia invaded. now the family faces a harsh winter spiral to see if we have everything here sleeping bags and blankets, a warm place for the worst scenarios. i think we won't phrase, ah, this city has become home to internally displaced people, but quivery has been targeted by russian forces. the prospect of leaving, again is a very real one. ah, in another part of the city, a soviet era nuclear bunker is being used to show a football mansion authorities here say they feel it's important to provide entertainment. watching the football match in a nuclear bunker may not be normal, but it's a chance for them to come together. oh yeah we oh, i like the atmosphere here. i'm cheering for my football team and i believe we went

over the world. it would do better to watch it in a stadium. but do you hear that? what do you have because of the situation in the country green? ah, and just for a moment, they forget the war outside and have something to cheer about. i said, bake. i visitor who very yes, basketball player, brittany griner is being transferred to a russian penal camp. griner was sentenced to 9 years in prison in august for smuggling and possessing cannabis oil. a lawyer say they don't know where she is being moved to. oh, so growing the deal might soon be done to resolve the longstanding dispute over the trading will was for northern ireland after brags it irish and british leaders a meeting later this week as well. the challenge reports from belfast. a dispute has carried out on the very foundation of peace in northern ireland. if you want to make sense of northern ireland dan and now speak to paul donnelly were not doing

the trial or what was we done in the past. but there are still trauma, lack of food, we are still displaying conflict behaviors considerably after the offense. the belfast tor guy takes visit is 325 years worth of bombings and shootings. and he knows the central pillar of northern ireland piece, the good friday agreement. he worked on it as a mediator. manth at the various parties had been so conflicted a grade that they were not going to come up. the com select the monitor any more. so essentially i brought an ams to most of the violence signed in 1998 the good friday who belfast agreement set up power sharing between nationalists and unionists, and brought down barriers between northern ireland and the irish republic. but bricks it, his stress testing the agreement to potential destruction. questions about the dear ability of the good friday agreement. and now coming from across the political spectrum, whether that be irish prime minister me, martin, nor than on an eunice or those for whom the agreement over emphasizes divisions and

marginalizes the growing center ground. a mock funerals for the good friday agreements that already say some unionists because of the northern ireland protocol . part of the u. k is post breakfast trading arrangement with the e. u. the protocol established in effective customs border between northern ireland and the british mainland. the unionists, an unacceptable revision of northern islands place in the u. k. northern on in constitutional possession was supposedly protected by the agreement. what we have seen through the northern on a protocol was i guarantee the promise was a shock. it wasn't worth the paper that was written. so what about disagreement is we're seeing this interest alliance party has different concerns in once the agreement re balanced so unionist or nationalists parties on able to obstruct functioning government. i think that to have a good part to fit for purpose. in 2022, we need to remove the beatles that are currently being abused by the d. t is tony

a 3rd way and what not. it's not just, you know, national northern ireland county has no functioning government unionists, have collapsed power sharing over the nor the non protocol. the u. k. government is obliged to call new elections. but few see this is a fix even after that. so we don't know how it'll be possible to get the executive functioning again, given that the d p is still likely to be co participation or the good friday agreement with foundational for northern islands piece. and if you want to know what's at stake here, we're pull. donnelly will take you through it every bullets and bomb re collins how to 0 belfast. ah, this is all. these are the top stories, the house and senate still hang on the balance. i was off to pose closed in the us, mid term elections. boats are still being counted in several crucial states.