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a red wave fizzle. and this we had a big day to day and don't let those cheaters and crooks think anything different. in arizona the republican candidate for governor again, costs down on the integrity of the voting process without evidence. she's in one of many tight races in these elections, full coverage coming up from our team across the united states. ah, i've been fizzle and welcome result. so role again from high stakes mid term elections in the united states. republicans now have the lead in the race for the house and the democrats one seat ahead in the battle full control of the senate.

they edged into the lead as democrat, john feldman wins the key senate race of pennsylvania beating celebrity don't have name at all. it's voters have been choosing lawmakers for a 3rd of senate seats and the entire house of representatives. republicans lead the race for the house, but the vote appears closer than poles predicted with republicans hopeful red wave failing to materialize. and let's see what the numbers say, starting with the senate and the seats that are not up for grabs in this election. and now if you add in those newly decided seats, you can see at this point, the democrats with 48 states so far versus 47 with vice president, carla harris able to cost high breaking boats. the republicans would need $51.00 for a majority. and if we look at the house, 162 out of the 435 seats have so far gone to the democrats at 192 to the republicans. but of course, for both chambers,

it's still too early to draw any conclusions with razor thin margins. in key races, a full picture may not be available for days if not weeks. let's bring in the w, correspond michelle cook. now in washington, d. c. for us. what about this fed them and flip if that is quite something, the democrats managed to flip at that particular senate seat actually increasing their lead in the senate right now. the republicans now need to gain 2 seats to turn the senate around. and that is something that few highboy predicted limit us had continued to gain ground on its own settlement, particularly after on settlement the democratic candidate suffered a stroke early on in the campaign. he didn't perform well in is televised debate. many had advised him simply not to do it and amendment ours,

a very well recognized face here in the united states. it adds, it really is someone who caught up to don fisherman in recent of weeks. so that will be quite a surprise. it's quite a set back and it makes it very tangible that that red su nami, that the republicans had declared would happen simply is nothing like it's an army . yes, this is still potentially a wave, but it is a much more intricate, much, much more complex pattern that is playing out here tonight. and a big window for roger centers. we were reporting that earlier this morning. yes sir. rhonda santa says as absolutely shoot last time the 1st time he was elected governor. that was lassie, thanks to very prominent backing from none other than donald trump or the then

president. this time he did, it offers own a cord despite all because of a mounting rivalry that he is having with donald trump over the prospect of who could be on the ticket on the presidential ticket. in 2 years time, donald trump had ridiculed him during his campaigning for others in recent weeks as spoken of ron de sanctimonious and rhonda santas time and time again, dublin ducking the question whether he would run in 2024. i think they were seeing something of an internal rivalry, becoming an internal race on who could be on the ticket in 2 years time for those presidential elections with everybody pretty much expect in donald trump to declare him over the course of the next week on the 15th, he said he would make a very important announcement. what are some of the other results that have stood out to you with the polls now closed?

well, it's interesting that we have seen some history in the making here. and we have seen in maryland just around the corner from here, west more elected the 1st black governor in massachusetts. we're seeing the 1st openly gay woman elected as governor. and the 1st generation z a house member was elected in florida. and we're also seeing a passing that the republicans are indeed gaining ground, but this is a much, much tighter night than any pollster had predicted. oh michel ha. before we get on to policy and voter turnout, let's have a listen into what some voters believe. have been the key issues going into these mid touch. ah, you know, the economy is, is rigged for the wealthy. and i saw, you know, and if we don't, seems that you know, we're sunk,

we've got to reduce hoping to reverse the employees. very true. that the one in the democrats are spending out of control congress and spending out of control leads to come back and live. oh not honest. see the abortion rights are really big right now . as a woman, i feel like it's really important to protect our health and those who can't help themselves. it's just, you know, better for all the women who can have that right here. well, the number one thing is the pro life issue on it's been disgusting. watching joe biden proclaimed himself as a catholic and not standing for pre born citizens of our nation. and, well, i like to vote every election very think, especially this time, you know, it's about reproductive rates. it's about the environment. it's about ensuring that everyone, you know, has an opportunity to vote republicans because i want them to start run this country like a business, like trump did. okay. get us back on track police a lot of issues there. a lot of enthusiasm, but what about voter turnout? michelle, while voter turnout is notably up,

we're still to see concrete figures of the overall turn out. but what was for sure is that some 40000000 had already cast their early ballads, where the apostle some were able to peer in personal days before election day. that was more than the total of the last elections. so a high turn out and that does historically tend to favor the democrats, although mid terms or so historically, are a time to remind the president's party, usually of who holds the power and that is we the people. so usually there's always a setback for the party of the sitting president of cooper for us in washington dc . thank you very much for the analysis. well, one of the most watched contests in this election is in the state of arizona,

widely seen as one of the closest races for governor initial results saw democrat katy hobbs take the lead, reflecting mailed ballads returned ahead of election day. but her lead over republican carry lake is expected to narrow considerably as ballots cast in person on election day accounted lake is a former television news anchor. and 1st time candidate considered a rising star on the right. she's echoed for president. donald trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen this day, and she continues to question the electoral process indicating she will only accept the result. if she went. we had a big day to day and don't let those cheaters and crooks think anything different. don't let them down. don't let them good doubt in you. we have a movement. we have a movement and we know it. did you feel it? did you feel that movement? the w. washington bureau chief venus poll is following the race in arizona in the

capital phoenix. i asked her what that statement tells us about lake's campaign. she deliver them at a party from a republican party, which was meant to be her big victory party here in phoenix, arizona. but it turned out to be a very, very difficult, and i for carry lake and therefore it took her like 3 or so hours to come out and address her fans. and i mean, she did it again. she just repeated the big liars, she said that something, oh god, we were just playing by the early on her speech that the 2020, lex and i was wrecked and that she is still a cons. declare winner. now because again, the whole system is not correct. and no one shouldn't just one should not trust the election outcome. so that's her main message. as she has done that before, she kind of declared or even before election night, if she wouldn't be the winner of these elections, this cannot be

a fair and correct result. just how close is the result going to be where you walk? it is clothes and a katie hops is in the lead. but you know, we have to be a little bit careful with that. and michelle, you like, who have not talked about that earlier on. why is that here in arizona or the vote and banded was really high? one 3rd or so of all voters are turned in their ballads before to day. and normally, all these early voters are rather democratic than republican. these votes have been counted yesterday, so they were out immediately after the pulse closed in all the republicans who went out, won't i? today these votes are so con, counted. so it's really far too early to dig to declare katie hobbs, the little winner of these elections here in arizona. we might have a very different picture in a couple of hours. and it is, of course,

if you do when it's easy enough to say ok of one if you took when it's easy enough to say the votes rate ah, how wide spread is this idea or concept of election integrity? when, when told time it again by officials in so many of these races that everything is going by the book and went mistakes made there even making that very well known to the public and, and correcting those mistakes when it comes to a machine breaking down or something happening right there were really transparency in arizona. the rural of you see some problems with printers. but indeed that is a huge problem. michelle also talked about that some 150 or so outspoken election deniers got voted in office today. and that is huge because it's not only about the governors, it's not only about the senators,

it's also about different lower levels. judges who by the end of the day are going to decide who has won the 2020 for presidential elections are declared outspoken election deniers. and that is a huge problem for a democracy, even deniers by the end become the very fires. so this is something many people here in the united states are concerned about. so it as other any signs yet as to how these mid terms are going to shape that 2020 full rice well it depends on how many of those election deniers really will be in place. carry leg is one of them. if she becomes, or the governor of arizona, she definitely will play an important role. but i think would be already can say even so. so many results are not in here. putting our pure lice,

being an outspoken election, deny or, or doesn't prevent many, many republicans from voting for you because their care more about the inflation. more about abortion laws. more about age is beauty q plus a rights, and that is a new dynamic here in the united states in as well. report a new dynamic in the united states from phoenix, arizona. thank you very much. and he w william blue cross to his part of our team covering these usb terms. what questions are you asking yourself, william? as these results rolled in, i'm asking myself a lot of questions this morning as we should be, because we don't have the results. and there's so much left to know, we're still counting votes or nearby counting votes for for days. possibly we have to remember that states and counties run elections in america. so thousands of counties, thousands of elections are really taking place today. and they all have their own rules, they have all their own rules about when votes are counted, how votes are counted. so we're never when it might take a very long time to get

a complete picture of both the house and senate, of course, at state levels, governors, state legislatures, this kind of thing. what is going to come down to is there are many important issues. we've seen us in the pulling data for months now. is it going to be inflation? that's going to really be what pushing people to the polls. is it going to be abortion, or lack thereof? is it going to be the guns issue? is it going to be the question of the very foundations of democracy in the united states? what one of these issues, or multiples of these issues is going to be pushing more voters to what side to be voting for their parties. where that voter enthusiasm is. those are my biggest questions and that we have to wait for a lot more data to be coming out. what about this red wave that republicans will full costing a? do you see that building up or fizzling out so far, we're seeing that it's not quite a dramatic night for republicans that republican certainly are. we're hoping for that. of course history shows that the party not in power, has a big a big win on,

on a mid term night. given everything going on in the world with inflation with the worn ukraine, with high prices, with questions about democracy ah, one side or the other. you do have to ask yourself, why republicans doing even better? yes, it is likely that republicans will take the house. they could even take the senate . and then for all intents and purposes, it doesn't matter a, by how much they have power, power is power and they can, i then dictate the terms of american government. but the question is, should they be struggling as much as they are, should they be doing even better, given all the factors in republicans favor? both again, historically speaking and just everything happening right now in the present moment . will that said? so what's your records? you reckon a whole lot of democrats have turned out a whole lot of young voters have turned out and have realized this is a really important election for us. we've been seeing a lot of voter enthusiasm on both sides, really going into the selection. remember why we saw 2020 democrats tend

to vote more early vote by mail vote absentee whereas republicans tend to vote on the day. and as i said, isis republican or democrat, or don't vote or, or throw your vote away. so these elections are decided on the margins. it's not a very satisfying a win for democrats or republicans. when you realize you may be squeaked by with 50 point one percent of the vote. but that's where these elections are decided. what could be the tipping point then? the tipping point, as i said, is going be what drives people out. what has gotten people to the polls out? what are people most worry about? what's that going to be? is it going to be the economy? because i mean it's, it usually always is. yeah, i mean, as bill clinton said it's the economy stupid, right? if you want, if you want to keep people on your side, you want people up affording their, their, their food, affording gas, being able to have a good job of feeling like they're comfortable and secure. the economy is obviously much more than foreign policy. often on the fronts mind the front of minds of, of

a voters, william good growth. thank you very much for your that was the world is certainly watching the u. s. midterms away that the outcome could well impact many issues including u. s. foreign policy. the war in ukraine is a concern for american voters, and some are questioning how much longer the u. s. should support ukraine's fight against russia. russia's war against ukraine is won. the us has not been able to look away from americans have already sent more than 60000000000 dollars worth of assistance into this war zone. democrat, president joe biden has promised to continue to do all it takes to defend ukraine sovereignty, as americans head to the polls in the mid term elections. us congress is expected to turn more republican. and the big question everybody is asking is, what impacts that will have on us assistance to ukraine and other allies? well, the answer depends on who you are. there will be enough support no matter who controls

which house and given president biden still in the white house. so i, i am quite confident that very, very strong support will continue for ukraine. yet one prominent republican stuff, it's sending a very different signal ahead of the elections. kevin mccarthy is the top republican in the house of representatives. he says he believes americans would no longer be willing to write a blank check to ukraine in the face of a biting recession back home. after all, the soaring prices of gas, food, and housing top, the list of worries for ordinary americans. democrats see that a republican majority in congress could soon make ukraine a domestic bargaining chip. but poll, so more than 2 thirds of americans back us assistance to ukraine, even if there is

a republican majority in the house and or the senate. i think perhaps the experience of working together so closely and so confidentially and with so much trust on sanctions might perhaps help to if you lose and tensions of a trade protectionism in general or over the larger question of how to deal with malignant chinese behavior in the trade and technology route, i'm going to say, i'm cautiously optimistic on the warnings that china may try to invade taiwan, rather sooner than later could become the next test for the west. and for americans . willingness to pay a price for global leadership. the reaction here in europe and joined by al brussels correspond about these lengthy w benyamin. i will as go over here in berlin. barbara,

let's start with you. what will brussels make of the results so far? brussels has been waiting and that goes for european governments of course with bated breath for the results of those midterm elections. and. and now there might be something like is slight relief about this not being the for told the red waves, the republican wave that will sort of sweep everything away. that has so far been done in washington by president biden, and turn him into a total lame duck in the 2nd half of his presidency bought off course. what we just saw about help and support for ukraine is very downloads and europeans knew that if the united states reduce their support for ukraine, they will be pushed to do more. and that is again difficult because many european governments will have to go through this winter of discontent, also was rising inflation, gas prices, energy prices,

and so on and so forth. that is one big aspect. and the other big thing is of course, fears for measures against climate change. if there would be a strong republican presence now in washington. then of course, what comp $27.00 at the moment is talking about in egypt might as well not be worth the paper. it's written on those, i think the 2 biggest concern in europe been doing and you'll hear what will politicians waking up here in berlin think so there's definitely concerns, especially about the election denial and that something that maker link the transatlantic coordinator in germany's foreign office said that this is a test and it will also depend on if people and if those who are elected to the houses in everyone in the side old already accepts the results. the trans atlantic partnership between in the u. s. and germany is as strong as it was since the end

of the cold war. and that's an idea that germany has said repeatedly, not only during the trip of age and foreign minister and alina babel, but also last week, when the g 7 foreign ministers, me to, to, to show that the transatlantic alliance, a, regardless of who wins this phrase of who wins in the mid terms in both chambers will remain strong. and that it's so important for the germans side to ask the u. s . on the side, not only when it comes to ukraine, something the barbara mentioned when it comes to climate change. but also, when it comes to trait, bother if biden and his democrats lose both houses. what will that mean for europe? it means of course, that the foreign policy will become much more difficult. it also means that what ben just referred to, or that is the idea of a real boon for a 3rd authoritarian governments in europe and a we're not innocent on that front. look at italy. we don't know yet where that country is going. or we have of course, victor, or been in a poll in hungary,

and we have to polish government, which is however, somewhat tied to it's support for ukraine here and, and can't really make any big moves in, in that direction. but of course, the other transatlantic relationship are having returns throughout the last 2 years . it to a better state than it was for, for many years. and people feeling great relief, european governments. and of course, institutions is brought in brussels. feeling great relief about that. if all this should be overthrown, are much more difficult times will come. and it feels like a crisis that we're experiencing all of us are worldwide is being talked of another . we're by another crisis that now will be coming over from the united states. and that is not entirely welcome. so difficult times for all that much is clear. what do you recommend? you mean? what, what will it mean for germany if republicans do take control of both houses?

germany is quite sean. berlin knows that even though they have for many domestic issues during this campaign, this will shape this will put the tone on u. s. foreign policy for the next 2 years, and of course, elaine ducts. so if the demarc democrats lose the majority in both chambers, that would mean that would be more difficult for the trans atlantic relationships between germany and between the u. s. something that germany has said that there is now a trans atlantic momentum and that we have to seize that, that something will german 4 minutes unattainable also stressed during a visit to the u. s. in august showing how important it is to tackle this issues together and especially now considering the winter is coming with many problems here in europe. not only when it comes to insecurity concerns, but also when it comes to dependency of oil and gas and looking for other energy partnerships. i mean, either as goober here in berlin and barbara visa in brussels, thank you very much to both of you. and let's have a look at

a few other stories making news from around the world. lawyers of american basketball up, britney greiner, who's detained in russia, say she's being transferred to a penal colony to time olympic gold medalist was arrested in february for possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil and sentenced in august to 9 years. in joe, the german government looked set to block the sale of a micro chip factory to a chinese armed firm due to security concerns. the subsidiary of chinese companies side micro electronics, had been seeking to take over almost intelligence agencies and said the sale could allow beijing to apply pressure on germany. at a reminder about top story in the us, mid term elections, republicans have taken the lead in the race for the house while it's nick and nick in the battle for the senate democrats. john phemann has made victory in the key set of race in pennsylvania, feeding celebrity, dr. meadows in watching he

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