>> there is something going on. there is an electricity like people have not seen since 2016, november. >> the choice could not be more clear, the left has gone completely crazy. >> one election, what it does mean is things start getting better. >> if the radical democrats take power they will take a wrecking ball to our economy and to the future of our country. >> i'm doing this to help somebody shake up washington.

>> take back missouri's senate seat for the people of missouri and fire claire mccaskill. >> josh holly won't be in the middle, he will be on the right marching to the orders of whatever the president says. >> we will make america great again. thank you, missouri, thank you. ♪ in the usa ♪ roc k in the usa ♪ roc k in the usa ♪ rocking in the usa ♪ heather: and live look at avenue of the americass in new york city. it is election day. a lot of shows broadcasting from fox square throughout the day and you're invited to stop by and meet your favorite fox news personalities.

we will be there throughout the day. it is november 6th, tuesday, election day and you are watching "fox and friends first," the first live show of the day on the east coast. after making closing arguments in 3 different states what a busy day, donald trump going 1-on-1 with sean hannity after his final but to rally in missouri pushing for republican wins giving his final thoughts on key races starting with martha mc sally in arizona. >> use the hero, one of the best fighter pilots, don't know how she could lose -- martha is going to do well. florida is a close race. bill nelson is a terrible senator was never once called me saying can i have something for the people of florida, rick scott. he wents things, great job he did with a hurricane.

ron desantis has to be given, electricity feels like 2016, there is something going on reminds me of two years ago. i knew something was going on. i love what we are doing. shannon: there is something going on. control of capitol hill now rests in the voters hands, candidates across the country hope to harness the power of the trump bump until the last polls close but nancy pelosi and the democrats aren't going down without a fight giving several republicans a run for the money. team coverage on today's biggest races setting with griff jenkins live in lakeland, florida where all eyes are on two races in particular. good morning. exciting day. >> it is. something is definitely going on

because 5 million floridians cast their votes with polls opening in a few hours. in lakeland, florida, the most swing votes exist in florida and all eyes on two of the most closely watched races, ron desantis making his final arguments. here's a little bit of what he had to say. >> voters tend to prefer to vote on election day. we have our habitual voters we will mobilize, we will decisively when election day and that will put us in a position to win the race. >> a little bit behind in the polls chasing tallahassee mayor andrew gillam who has taken the state by storm. in tallahassee, turning out for a rally, here is what the mayor said. >> we can't get it unless we are willing to do the work, so we showing up and saying you

matter, your life matters, your future matters and if it is true that means you have to vote. is that right? >> of the races, one of the most expensive senate races in history and governor rick scott is trying to unseat bill nelson who still believes he has the edge. here is senator nelson. >> tired of people doing one thing and saying another like they are going to erase what they have done. we want consistency and i think they trusted me. >> bill nelson doesn't want to work. i went to work. i bust my butt to represent every family in the state and make sure every family, the only job he cares about is his.

>> in local papers many pontificated is think scott may overcome a little bit of disadvantage in the polls because he has been behind before. it is something to watch when polls open. we will talk to diners a little later this morning. >> a couple pontificated is there as well. thank you so much, have a great and busy day. let's head over to texas where they could reshape the state, ted cruz fighting to keep his seat in the historically red state against hollywood backed beto o'rourke. a contentious house race as well. >> we are live at the old south pancake house in fort worth where polls will be opening shortly, live on "fox and friends" all morning talking to diners with two races we are

focused on in texas, conservative republican ted cruz squaring off against beto o'rourke testing the electorate in texas. in the house we are watching a race that should it go against the incumbent would foretell a bad night, in the congressional district, pete sessions is fighting a challenge from democrat calling already, it is called a tossup. the latest poll has sessions in the lead 48-47 well within the margin of error. the district was won by mitt romney in 2012, clinton won by two points, a bit of a bellwether nationally but back to the texas race the political fundamentals in texas remains and to write but will be put to the tests, the latest poll by quinnipiac has ted cruz leading

o'rourke 51-46 outside the margin of air, 3% but as viewers know, beto o'rourke has made national headlines, he has raised $70 million more than any other senate candidates in history. if he wins the sea, the first of democrats win statewide in texas, 1994 and if he loses a lot of democrats see him as a crucial leader of the party. both men made closing arguments focusing on more conservative nature of the texas electorate. here is beto o'rourke. >> regardless of party affiliation, don't care who you voted for last time. now the chance to do something great and positive in the united states of america. >> a far left liberal. if you look on immigration he supports open borders, he supports sanctuary cities, kate's law. i'm the author of kate's law and i will tell you what people of texas want. if you are present texas we went

the caravan stopped. >> reporter: millions spent, texans will get their vote today. an early voting more folks voted early in texas than altogether in the midterms in 2014, lots of enthusiasm on the ground. we will see how it shakes up. we will be live at the old south pancake house on "fox and friends". folks in the area come on out. >> talked to pete about who you think will win. it will be a long day. as we were talking about the balance of power is at stake in the crucial election, donald trump making a closing argument in three back to back rallies as he tries to help the gop keep control of congress. garrett tenney is live with more on what to watch today. >> reporter: there's a lot riding on today's election. in the house the odds are in favor of democrats retaking the majority. they went to be a check on the

trump administration but the size of that majority and how it pans out could determine the extent to which they are able to do that. and the senate republicans hope to expand their majority by a least one if not more. that will depend on how things play out in florida, nevada, indiana, arizona and missouri where the races are tossup. donald trump has been spending his efforts on those states, he spent 12 hours on the campaign trail heading up two of those states in addition to one other to make a pitch for republican candidates starting in indiana. >> if the radical democrats take power they will take a wrecking ball to our economy and the future of the country, you will be making a simple choice. a vote for republicans is a vote to continue our extraordinary prosperity. >> the president told supporters the selection is a referendum on

his administration in the future of what america looks like. >> the key is you have to go out to vote. i'm on the ticket. you have to go out and vote. you have to protect your rights and freedoms. >> kept busy day in missouri, pushing josh holly over the race against democrat claire mccaskill. >> every family and every city across the land. we are going to work, we are going to fight and we are going to win win win and not stop winning. >> we have seen time and again over the last year how important the majorities are, not just the majority but the size of those majorities, if you see the their way in the senate or house could make a big difference in terms

of passing legislation and getting judges and other administration officials. >> hammering home that message, thank you so much. the time is 11 after the top of the hour and donald trump holding 11 rallies in 6 days to rally voters ahead of the midterms. will that translate to a trump bump for republicans? there will be major surprises up next, to let us know what. ♪

>> donald trump making his final pitch to voters in a 3 state blitz rallying for republicans in key battleground races after seeing a major trump bump for candidates heading back to the primaries, will donald trump's support have the same impact the

candidates in today's elections. here is@media dc ron meyer. thank you for joining us, you're the first guest of election day on fox. no pressure there. what do you think will happen today? >> i think the question for voters is this. do they want to keep their 2000 volatile tax credit? do they want to keep the tax cuts? do they want to keep the lowest historic unemployment for historically disadvantaged groups. do they want to keep this blue-collar worker job search. we have the biggest job search for blue-collar workers in 30 years, do they want to continue investing in transportation infrastructure. shannon: while you go through the list of abolishment and bring those up on screen for folks at home. lowest unemployment rate since 1969, fastest wage growth since

2009, judges appointed, the tax cut, how he dealt with iran, the nuclear deal, sanctions in place, domestic and foreign policy, that is why he is out there stumping for these candidates. it is a vote to keep is in place and continue the path we are on or reverse it. >> a lot of general statistics, a lot of groups democrats accuse republicans of not caring of are doing extremely well in this economy because of these policies. if you look at what donald trump is doing in different places he is going where he can do the most good. he's not going to places where his message isn't resonating like the suburbs of virginia or new jersey or pennsylvania but where he knows he can make an impact and we have never seen a president do this before, never seen a president have this many speeches in this many people. shannon: and his family.

>> don junior is out there, laura trump, eric trump, doing part for the candidates in these red states and here is the thing. of republicans end up winning seats in the senate they will be thanking donald trump and if somehow they hold the house i don't see how you can't say he had a big impact. shannon: while you are discussing what you think will happen in the senate and house, bring up for people at home the balance of power in the house and the balance of power in the senate, there's been discussion all along that possibly democrats may take the house but more inclined to say what did i just say? republicans may take it but more inclined to say democrats will take the house. >> democrats are favored to definitely win the house. history shows the opposing party the president picks up 32 seats, they'll have to pick up 23 to win the majority. if you look at the polling it is

clear they should be able to do that. it would be a pretty big upset for republicans to win the house at this point. it is because of the way the districts are drawn. in red states trump's message is resonating of the results make sense to people but in some of these areas like pennsylvania, new jersey, virginia, southern california people say his controversial and provocative style, sent a message on that is a big deal. shannon: a vote about style. >> that is the thing. do you care more about results you and i are talking about and do you care about making sure people who get those results are reelected or do you care about sending a message about the president asked provocative style. >> republicans control the house and senate. will they hold that control? >> if you look at the polls and polls are taken in the same 3 days that are 10% apart in the same state so if you look at the polls, the excel a sinema, hard

to know what is going to happen. republicans could lose the senate but they could pick up 5 seats. that is the range we could see. the pollsters have no idea in the swing states. >> what a dozen people at home think. >> we will be late tonight to see what happens for control of the senate. there will be little sleep for either of us talking about this tomorrow but we will have a lot to talk about. shannon: people at home here polls and think 2016 polls, we will see what happens for real when people cast their ballot, thank you, see you tomorrow. 20 minutes after the top of the hour. another one of brett cavanagh's accuses admitting she lied and made her story of. next guest says this will

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with us. let's bring up what chuck grassley had to say in his letter to the fbi, questioning by committee investigators, judy monroe admitted contrary to her claims she had not been sexually assaulted by brett kavanaugh. will this galvanize voters as you head to the polls? >> it is not too late. despite all of us feeling we are so saturated in information there are voters who will be voting when they come home from work. if you are unsure at this point or don't quite remember what is at stake this will remind you if you're in the gop base, prior to the brett kavanaugh confirmation process a significant almost 20 point enthusiasm gap between democrats and republicans. after the confirmation battle the enthusiasm gap was nonexistent and was holding steady but was waning in the

last couple days, 3 or 4 point gap, this will serve to galvanize and remind republican voters and so many races, congressional, gubernatorial, senate races, the top subcategory, their margin of error, all about turnout and if this issue is broadcast, what we are talking about may get somebody who might not vote. shannon: interesting back when the brett kavanaugh thing came to a head, the uptick in enthusiasm and people were fired up on both sides, not just republicans but democrats and waned a little bit but not too late. >> it also reminds the republican base what is at stake because if you were outraged by the brett kavanaugh confirmation process what do you think will happen when adam schiff is in charge of the intel committee and democrats are in charge or if they take control of the senate, doesn't look like they will but if they did there might

be another supreme court pick in the next two years and we will go through this again and if republicans are not in leadership it will be an absolute disaster and this should remind those voters they need to trend. >> this follows up grassley's earlier referral concerning julie swetnick and michael avenatti, things happening on this front. >> doesn't know good news for avenatti. the most outrageous thing about this process is not what they did to brett kavanaugh. the disservice they did to the me too movement, future victims, that were truly victims because now, hesitate a little bit. >> is that why we are not hearing about it from democrats? >> it is counter to their narrative.

they were saying 99.9% of all women tell the truth 100% of the time no matter even if there is no evidence every single woman has to be believed especially as relates to attacking gop men and this is counter. shannon: we are not hearing it from them but will it motivate them to go to the polls, might motivate republicans but will it motivate democrats? >> not much else could be done to motivate them more than they are being motivated. we are seeing enthusiasm level on the democratic side high since donald trump came down the escalator. shannon: and doing the same thing he did in the presidential election. you would think they knew he would do that. >> one thing no politician has the ability to do, turn out his base at these rallies. you can't underestimate the significance of that because there are so many tight races hinging on turnout. shannon: we will see what happens. the time is half past the top of the hour and nancy pelosi is

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shannon: welcome back. half past the top of the hour, georgia's gubernatorial race one to watch, claimed the democrats tried hacking voter registration systems, both candidates responding just hours before the polls open. jackie ibanez joins us with the latest on the back and forth going on there. >> reporter: the republican candidate making an 11th hour claim accusing democrats trying to hatch this data voter registration system but stacy abrams says it is a made up hoax given the georgia app secretary

of state making the chief elections official, the hacking allegation is a way to distract voters from his record. >> there was never a hack, never a problem, he's abusing his power, he is the candidate, a lector and guardian of the system. that is wrong. >> reporter: according to the person who reported the security breach that allowed hackers to go into the online system and access another person's the owner record and personal information, that the democrat party georgia is under investigation for possible cybercrimes. >> this is a cruel investigation, very serious matter. we handled this like we always do, cyberincidents, they found it to be credible enough to open a criminal investigation, it will let them take the lead on

that. >> reporter: camp's office is yet to publish evidence to the public and insist the voting system is safe and secure. the candidate who gets the majority of votes, there will be a runoff election next month. >> it will be down to the wire. nancy pelosi ready to claim victory before polls open but the president making sure voters know what they are in for if that happens. >> if you don't want to be saying the words ladies and gentlemen, speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. for the next two years. you got to get out tomorrow. >> will the president's momentum keep democrats from claiming the house, exceeding expectations, lose peak joins me to talk about that. thanks for coming in. this last-minute push from

donald trump, members of his family, people across the board going to all these states. >> he has artie won. everyone expected this midterm election to be complete washout for republicans. go back a year democrats were very confident of the blue wave. why? because donald trump's unpopularity. that is all we heard about for months and months, he was unpopular, drive voters to vote democratic, win back all those voters who defected in 2016. honestly you see him on the stump attracting unbelievably huge crowds and that was prior to 2016 election, my husband and i watched rallies thinking something is going on here. history tells you the gop may lose the house, the senate is a different issue and the senate races that were close, the reason he has won, every race seems to be close.

the entire spectrum of house and senate races. razor thin margins. we have no idea how. >> it matters who turns out today, no question. >> everybody needs to vote. so many contests that will determine who takes over the house and the senate majority. and just close to call. >> reporter: a record number of early voters. when we look at the issues that have been forefront, one of those being immigration, able to secure the border wall funding, in march and energy and law and order and just prior to you coming out, what is the latest from brett kavanaugh. >> he has followed through on campaign promises. and part of his campaign like

moving the embassy to jerusalem and withholding foreign aid from countries -- forcing nato partners to up the ante and pay their fair share, most americans say germany is not paying their fair share. it is a very rich company. why wouldn't we do that. when we get away from the personality process and things that offend people, the truth is donald trump followed through on campaign promises and more importantly he makes sense on so many issues and so many americans agree with the position. shannon: a long list of successes. if you want to success is to continue vote for republicans. >> the economy is the number one argument for voting republican in this election, he has produced results and we got to keep that going. heather: always like having you with us, see what happens today.

it has been declared a tossup. is deep blue new jersey really about to go read? todd pyro is live where polls open in two hours. >> reporter: good morning. we were not supposed to be here. this was supposed to be a democratic route, bob menon does not really running against an opponent but something happened along the way. 's name, bobby hugin, live in new jersey for this crucial senate race. more on that when "fox and friends first" returns on tuesday election morning.

shannon: welcome back. you are watching "fox and friends first," big day, election day, democratic senator

bob menon does making a last-ditch plea to voters, bob hugin, the big upset that could be brewing in the garden state. >> polls in this race all over the place. it all comes down to today and what voters do when they go to that booth. we mentioned repeatedly this race was not supposed to be close at all. bob menon does seeking a third term expected to cruise to reelection in a state where there are close to 1 million more democrats than republicans. along came bob hugin, the executive and marine with 36 million $36 million of his own money in this race. as with all elections it comes down to the story candidate sell to voters. the candidates stuck to the messaging that got to this point. for hugin this is about painting

his opponent as corrupt. >> convicted of 67 felonies, he talks about immigration reform, talks a good game, the only thing he achieved in immigration was expedite visas for girlfriends from ukraine to the dominican republic and brazil, time for change. we can do better. so proud of -- >> reporter: for men and does it is about tying huginto donald trump. >> donald trump and my opponent share the same morally bankrupt ideas and that shouldn't be a surprise, trump is famous for getting rich by ripping off contractors and evading taxes, bob hugin is famous for corporate profits overseas. that may work for a company but it is no way to run a city and certainly no way to run a country.

>> reporter: the last time the garden state elected a republican senator, 1972. that is almost half a century ago. polls open here in an hour to determine if this is the year history is made. we will go to the spinning wheel diner to talk to voters about this election. >> i was reading former president obama placed a robo call ctr. democrats in new jersey encouraging them to vote but wouldn't say bob menon does's name. there is that if there is any indication of what happens. >> reporter: a lot of people saying this is an election where democrats have to take their medicine even if they don't like menon does. heather: combat veteran and michigan senate candidate sounding off after reportedly caught on tape trash talking him. listen to what she says when she thinks she hangs up the phone on john james's voicemail.

>> if he beat her, jesus. >> that would suck. >> that reporter was fired, james, the republican, responding on tucker carlson. >> kind of an indication you are getting the uphill battle many of us are focusing because a lot of the bias we are seeing is not fair for those who share different opinions. we close the gap by the grace of god, the excitement here is amazing. anybody of little black box or the white box a little roadblocks or blue box. i am red, white and blue. heather: james faces democratic senator debbie stbenow in today's election. overnight a woman passes out at donald trump's rally in missouri. instead of panicking the crowd

lend their thoughts to her with a beautiful rendition of amazing grace. ♪ >> the president put the rally on hold for 6 minutes as emergency crews carried the woman out of the venue. her condition remains unclear. we hope she is doing fine this morning. the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour and giving the green light to part, getting rid of century status and should felons be allowed to vote? the key issue taking center stage on ballots across the country and we see a record number of people casting their votes early with 30 million turning in their ballots. who will it benefit? republicans or democrats? ♪

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heather: voters coming out in record numbers with 36 million ballots already cast for this year's midterms and that is far more than the 2014 midterm early voting numbers but which party can stands to gain most? republican strategist jesse wild, thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. let's take a look at the numbers you discussed, we mentioned 36 million early votes have been counted and these numbers are according to our brain room at fox, 21 million early votes in 2014, currently 36% of early voters republicans and 22% either independent or another party. that is how it stands. who do you think this will

impact most and will those numbers change? >> this is one heck of a year. the short answer is it will impact republicans most in a positive way, disproportionately affect republicans in a positive way. the funny thing about this is historical rules of thumb are almost out the window. typically in midterms republicans do better except if republicans won the presidency and democrats do better and now we have a huge wave of turnout and earlier in the year turnout numbers in primary suggested democratic voters were extremely enthused. they hit early on in the year, those extremely enthused continue to vote, voting early and brett kavanaugh happened and republican enthusiasm spiked about the point early voting became possible and that is what we see in these numbers and allows republicans to catch up

on that and. >> latest news out of the brett kavanaugh investigation, another woman saying she lied and do you think that will impact voters, not early voting but head to the polls today? >> without question, the momentum needs to be gained or continued, early voting takes a certain galvano station but to get people to physically go to the polls and vote which is what today is about, not putting a stamp on a mail ballot but getting to the polls taking a certain degree of enthusiasm. what is going now with the brett kavanaugh quick confirmation will galvanize the republican voters who haven't voted to get to the polls. >> when you talk about early voting, they outpace democrat affiliated voters, indiana and

montana, and where donald trump recently has campaigned. could that tip the midterm outcomes. >> looking at these races they are really close and the polls are so close but we do know libertarian candidates tend to historically chip away at republican candidate capabilities, we've seen that in indiana, montana where the pendulum is slightly tipping towards democratic candidate, third-party candidates, libertarian adversely affecting republicans but the margin of error, the gap in these races is within the margin of error, very close. this is the sort of thing where

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>> voters taking aim at safe havens, ballot measure in oregon could repeal the state's sanctuary lot today, oregon was the first to pass legislation shielding illegals from deportation and other immigration laws in 1987, california, colorado, illinois, massachusetts, new mexico and vermont have sanctuary states that us. voters could puff past may legal marijuana, michigan and north dakota weighing on recreational pot, utah voters will decide whether to approve medicinal weed. 30 states all of the drug for medical purposes, recreational marijuana is legal in 29 states and washington dc. also at stake voting rights for convicted felons, floridians deciding on the controversial issues, the measure would restore voting eligibility for 1.5 million felons as long as they finish their sentences.

some people, people convicted of murder and sexual assault would not be eligible. there's a lot riding on today's election as the first polls are set to open in an hour from now. democrats need to win 23 seats to take control and senate republicans hoping to expand their majority by at least one if not more. the big races we are watching today, ted cruz trying to fend off beto o'rourke and rick scott trying to unseat bill nelson. donald trump making pitches in 3 back-to-back rallies yesterday, predicting success for republicans. it will be a long day, midterm election coverage continues on "fox and friends first," see you here tomorrow, goodbye. >> there is something going on. there is an electricity like people have not seen since the

date, 2016, november. >> the choice could not be more clear. the left has gone completely crazy. >> what it does mean, things start getting better. >> if the radical democrats take power they will take a wrecking ball to our economy and the future of our country. >> i'm doing this to help somebody who has shake up washington. >> take back missouri app senate seat for the people of missouri and fire claire mccaskill. >> he will be over on the right marching to the orders of whatever the president says. >> we will make america great again. thank you, missouri, thank you.