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many races still to coal control of congress hangs in the balance and he could come down to a handful of votes in several key states will take he life to washington. ah, i've been puzzling, woke up in the united states. results are rolling in from crucial mid term elections. early indications suggest jo biden's democrats are performing surprisingly well compared to expectations. managing to fend off a red wave of republican victories. but there are still many races to coal in the battle for congress, which will set the countries course for the next 2 years. let's take a closer look at the latest numbers. at moment it looks like the republicans are going to take the house of representatives. us voters have been choosing go makers for the entire house so far. 168 out of the 435 seats have

gone to the democrats and 199 to the republicans, as you can see. now let's take a look at the senate. let's start with the seats that are not up for grabs in the selection. if you add in those newly decided seats, you can see the democrats with 48 states so far versus 48 seats for republicans with vice president carmella harris able to cast tie, breaking boats. the republicans with a 51 for a majority. 4 seats are still open, arizona, georgia, nevada, in wisconsin, with some of the margins, raises, shin fin, rather. and in that battle for the senate, democrats have emerged as the win is in the key battleground state of pennsylvania . vitamin secured the critical when for the party of president joe biden, edmonds victory flips the republican held c, boosting the democrats hopes that they can retain control of the senate fed event who suffered a stroke during the campaign has betrayed himself as

a champion of the working class he beat dr. ma'am, it was a wealthy heart surgeon, turned tv personality. in his victory speech, fredman credited a campaign that saw him focus on winning back working class areas for the democrats . we launched this campaign almost 2 years ago, and we had our slogan. it's on every one of those signs right now. i knew exactly what we jammed them. let's bring in dw, corresponded michelle in washington, d. c. mikaela. let's start with that film and flip. yes, that is rather spectacular. that simply wasn't to be expected. that was seen as a much, much closer race than it was in the end with now. with so many races still open,

the democrats actually having gained haven't taken away a senate seat from the republicans in the state of pennsylvania that epitomizes the swing states last time around in the presidential that voted for dog joe biden, a 4 years before that. it actually handed donald trump his election victory. and here we also see the race for governor one by the democratic candidate tosh. a pair of who's who, who the republicans try to portray as being elitist because it's children go to private jewish school now. and whichever way you turn it clearly, pensylvania hem backing the democrats there and protect she no room for election denies. so that is a clear signal, although it doesn't make an election here in the united states. not certainly not a midterm election, but the big red wave that simply didn't happen the way many poles have predicted it,

and pennsylvania is more than a symbol. it's evidence for that. but if we move on to the governorship race and florida from where one of the big stories came in overnight, that big wind for the republicans run to santos. and he's eager to run for president is. and he's not the only one, i believe trump is also quite eager. yes, this is a very interesting one. rhonda santas was pretty much a political nobody until a dull tramp as president backed him to become a governor of florida. and now he carries his own political weight. as those 2 figureheads of the republican party have become rivals. donald trump actually ridiculing rhonda santas calling him randa sanctimonious. only just a couple of days ago. so clearly did love lost between the 2 of them. rhonda santas

trying to avoid really talking about a presidential bid, but not ruling it out. so donald trump said he would make a very big announcement on the 15th of november coming up next week. there were everyone here expects him to declare that he will indeed be running on that presidential ticket. certainly putting his hat in the ring for the primaries. and it certainly wouldn't be a surprise if rhonda sanders after receiving this resounding backing with almost 60 percent there in florida. it would head for the same path which would make for a very interesting genuine contest within the republican camp or with one de santis colloquially being called a donald trump with brains being a lot more differentiated both in his economic and other policies. that we were also told that democracy was at stake going into this election. how widespread are

concerns about election integrity yes, those are 2 sides of the same democracy, coin some 300 election. deny is we're on the ticket for the republicans more than a 100 actually managed to get through. what we're seeing happening tonight is both donald trump, but also some prominent election denies like carry lake who is running in arizona. looks like she's been defeated, basically casting doubt on the very election process without really producing proper evidence. and that is something that is a remnant of 2020 donald trump, to this day, claims that he not to biden one of the presidential elections. and, and we is see a whole host of people on the republican side potentially coming into office,

potentially being responsible for organizing the upcoming presidential elections in 2024. last time around donald trump failed to persuade officials, secretaries of state to find him votes. if these election denies go through, he might have better luck next time. and that's the overarching concern over democracy. here in the u. s. w, correspond michelle christner in washington dc. thank you very much. and he w. william good crossed his fountain coverage as us betimes mikaela boded up there . the bread wave. what happened to it? well, it's, it's, it's lapping on the shores of washington and all around the country for sure. ah, it's not looking as strong as some we're predicting and certainly republicans, we're hoping and history shows that the party out of power should do quite well in

the mid terms, especially when there's so much existential angst that like what we're seeing in the united states and really all around the world with the warren ukraine, with a rising china with climate change, inflation, cost of gas. these are things that should be really working in the, in, in republicans favor. and with joe biden presidential by an approval rating, so low about as lower as low as donald trump, a historically on favored unfavourable president. and yet it's, we're not seeing those huge gains so far things can still change. so those huge game so far were republicans for, for republicans. we heard from michelle earlier, kerry lake, being one of these most outspoken a voices of the, the trump part of a republican party, or maybe the core of the republican party as it is today. a running for arizona, govern incredibly important state for the united in the united states. and although she may be losing, we don't know yet, i think we can hear a quick, a quick word from her about kind of what she stands for. we have

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 hood doubt in you. we have a movement. we have a movement and we know it. did you feel it? did you feel that movement william, tell me it's gary, like helping or hurting the republicans course. i mean that's one of the most interesting things that i'm certainly looking at in this election. of course, many other electron observers are looking at if people like kerry lake, sort of donald trump, republicans, these with these election deniers, the ones who still believe in the big live 2020 are pushing that if they're helping or hurting. of course, if you are that core republican base, you're already voting for them. so how is that going to play with those people in the middle, the so called independence, the so called undecided were these elections get decided, there are no more law landslide victories. any more for democrats or republicans,

it comes on the margins. and the question is, do people like kerry lake, get people to one of over them or turn them off? does it excite them or scare them? that is something that i'm, i'm very interested to see how that comes out of this election. what about how these mid terms impact the us as well globally? yeah, i mean, we can look at that from inside looking out united states in its role in the world and how the rest of the world might be responding to the united states from the inside, looking out. it might make things a little more difficult as a foreign policy getting funding. remember, the house of representatives is basically in charge of money of what gets spent on terms of funding for ukraine, for example. all those weapons that might get a little bit harder, but both sides. i wanted to say there is bipartisan support for ukraine. has bipartisan support for being tough on china. although some foreign policy people i've been talking to are also worried about both sides and trying to out china hawk each other and creating an escal atory spiral that is otherwise unnecessary, creating unnecessary confrontation with china. that sort of inside looking outside,

looking in, you're going to start needing if you're a european ally, if you're an ally united states and you see the republicans coming up, if you see donald trump coming up, you're going to have to start hedging your bets for a possible return of donald trump or a donald trump like candidate in 2024. because no matter who the president is, if you're an ally that states you need to make nice with united states, and you might start seeing some hedging some repositioning and policies. and you might start seeing other european allies be pulling back on their positions when it regards to ukraine with regard to china with regards to climate change, et cetera, these global issues, as they're waiting to see where the united states is going on, those issues, it's going to be an interesting time to see where the u. s. goes and the rest, the globe, william google. thank you very much for your analysis today. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. lawyers of the you west basketball player, brittany greiner, who's the tainted russia, say she's being transferred to a penal colony. the 2 time olympic gold medalist was arrested in february for

possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil and sentenced in august to 9 is jammed. the german government looks sent to block the sale of a microchip factories with chinese, owing firm to security concerns. a subsidiary of chinese companies, side micro electronics, had been seeking to take over elbows intelligence agencies and said the sale would allow aging to apply pressure on germany. the football world cup kicks off into later this month. but serious questions remain about the gulf states treatment of gay and lesbian visits. that's after troubling comments. by the contrary, woke comp ambassador made to a german public broadcaster with less than 2 weeks to go before the world cup kicks off in guitar. the nations will cut ambassador has said l g b t q, tourists will be accepted. but colleagues, selma followed that with this declaration,

they have to accept our rules here in islamic law, homosexuality is her arm or forbid this had um not had much media set up yet. um. so he would say for me, why are you doing kid? what do you think a is? what am because why is hello? i am not a big one, big mifflin, what's his head on white? because the damage in the mind, germany's interior minister was quick to respond condemning the comments that truly since i choice, of course, the statements are terrible. and that's also the reason why we are working to improve things from that perspective inc. and tar for this l. g, b t q writes groups have called on fee for to pressure guitar to decriminalize, same sex relations, and protect the l. g b t q community. about 1200000 international visitors are expected to attend the world cup in guitar by lea. a reminder of our top story in the u. s.

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