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their ballots with the vision for the country very much up for grabs. welcome to "america reports" on this election day. i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: good to be with you on this important day, i'm john roberts in washington. democrats hope to remain in control of congress to further advance president biden's agenda. republicans believe voters' frustrations with how things have gone the past two years will send them back into the majority. >> sandra: a seat the democrats will likely need to win in order to keep the senate is arizona. there is also a crucial governor's race taking place there. >> john: a busy show ahead. all-star analysts will preview, and all of the closest races. start with senior correspondent at a polling site in the phoenix suburb of paradise valley. wh john and sandra.

the maricopa county elections division says 20% of the tabulation machines in and around the county are malfunctioning, means the ballots are not being counted at the election site where folks are voting. that was the original plan. however, officials say redundancies went into effect almost immediately, and so the ballots will still be counted, but now they will be moved from secure boxes to a central downtown location. now, the republican maricopa county supervisor has explained that what is now going to happen here in maricopa county is what is already happening in counties across arizona. >> about 20% of those vote locations we might have 1 or 2 possibly of these where occasionally the ballot will go into the tabulator and it does not accept it. >> so the bottom line, according

to elections officials, folks can still vote and they will still be counted. that is not stopping some of the campaigns on social media from taking advantage of the situation, and casting doubt on the process. here is the thing and why this is so delicate. maricopa county makes up two-thirds of the entire electorate of arizona, it's massive. 80% of voters have already cast their ballots, yet 300,000 more people are expected to vote today and the county expanded the locations, 223, the most ever. no one wins arizona without maricopa county. no one knows that more than mark kelly who is in a neck and neck race against republican blake masters. same for republican kari lake and democratic katie hobbs in the governor's race. adding to the tension, kari lake is also calling on katie hobbs, who is the sitting sent of state, to recuse herself from overseeing elections when it

comes to her race. also another reminder to folks out there, this is a paper ballot state. this is nothing that is done electronically. so what i'm saying, john and sandra, i'm going to be here until december because we are seeing all of the ingredients setting up for multiple lawsuits and given how close these races are, possible recounts. back to you. >> john: you know, alicia, kari lake's campaign has put out a voter alert saying if you put your ballot in one of the machines what's called box 3, it may not be counted for weeks. do we know that to be the case? >> that is not true. that is not true, according to elections officials. >> john: they seem to suggest it would be counted fairly promptly. >> yeah, i do know that, and actually bill gates, the county supervisor here was standing in front of one of those machines and showed folks exactly what drawer number three was. what happens is, instead of the ballot being counted and

tabulated inside that machine, it now goes into this drawer. that's a secure drawer. they then move that drawer, the contents of the drawer to the downtown central office where it is tabulated. where all the other ballots from all the other counties outside of maricopa county will be tabulated. the bottom line, once again, this is no indication or evidence that we have seen so much of fraud. this is a matter of a technical problem that they have sent folks out to try to rectify. in the meantime, they are trying to assure people that they can still vote and that those votes will still be counted. and that will happen tonight. >> john: technical glitch could not come at a worse time. >> not helpful. >> john: thank you. >> sandra: hey, john, take a quick spin on the touch screen. i'll get to maricopa a little more in a second as we watch what is unfolding there, but this is what it's all about tonight for those who are watching closely, the balance of power in the senate, the majority for either party to win

control, that magic number is 51. power rankings heading into the results tonight, 47 seats going blue, 49 red, four solid in the toss-up category. and those are the four key senate races that we'll all be watching close tonight. arizona obviously is one of those, georgia, nevada, which republicans think is their best pick-up opportunity right now and then, of course, pennsylvania. and also note these races in the lean democrat candidate, the senate race in colorado and new hampshire, and those in the lean republican category, north carolina, ohio and wisconsin, there could be some upsets tonight, a lot of eyes on new hampshire. john, if i do lay out possibilities of what could unfold as we watch for balance of power in the senate tonight, this is the likely scenario, 47

blue, 49 red, four key toss-ups in the yellow. if you were to play out scenarios there, republicans believe the best pick-up opportunity is nevada, you've already got republicans with 50 seats secure there. say they pick up pennsylvania and dr. oz pulls off a win there, all of a sudden at 51 seats, majority for republicans. even if democrats secure victory in states like georgia and arizona senate races. if i were to just fill those in here this is what it looks like. if democrats have a good night, they could secure 51 seats to republican 49. this is the best case scenario for the republicans if they pick up the four toss-up races. but john, if i could finish off here, by highlighting perhaps -- perhaps you have republicans as i noted pick up nevada, right. john, and you can sort of play around with me here. >> john: good likelihood of that, too. >> sandra: good likelihood of that. say democrats run pennsylvania, arizona and georgia, but an

upset in somewhere like new hampshire where maggie hassan is running a tight race, republicans could gain majority in the senate. >> john: computations and things to take place to get either side there. it's a real nail-biter going into tonight. i wanted to come back to the problems in arizona for a second and put up on the screen the warning from kari lake's campaign. voter alert, maricopa vote centers, tabulators are down, gives options, ask to use the accessible voting machine, wait until it's fixed, last resort, ask for your ballot to be placed in box or drawer three. but if you do this, the vote will likely not be counted for weeks. that last part there is probably not exactly what the case will be that those ballots will go

into the tabulation from other counties outside of phoenix and tabulated at the same time. it goes to show again, we are going to probably see this in pennsylvania as well, that the worst possible scenario always seems to come to pass on election day. stuff doesn't work. >> sandra: indeed. i've just brought up the presidential 2020 results, highlighting the razor thin margin in arizona, 10,000 plus votes made the difference there, and just to put some eyes on maricopa county, there it is, as you well know, more than 60% of the population of the votes are going to come from that county. it was what president biden was able to plot victory last time around in the presidential election. a two-point margin there. we'll get an update on maricopa for the viewers in a bit. >> john: not a worse place or worse time for this to happen but we will follow it closely. nevada is another state that could tip the scales in the senate. catherine cortez masto and

republican adam laxalt in a tight race. but rain in the las vegas desert and snow in reno could keep some potential voters from the polls. has the forecast made an impact yet? >> well, john, it is indeed a gray day in the silver state. impact is potentially longer lines, but as you mentioned, this may pack more of a punch up north near reno, where they are expecting the wintry mix, a mix of snow and rain, a big band coming through heading for this afternoon. now, reno was blue leaning somewhat politically purple but the more rural and red counties to the east of the city in the center of the state where adam laxalt has wagered that record turnout could offset more urban areas. and feels nevada's early voting gave republicans more of an edge than expected. >> the democrats, after two

weeks of early vote, that's in-person, mail, this is their time, when they are supposed to build their big firewall, they are only up just over 1%. we are going to win election day. and as long as people turn out on election day -- >> as long as they do, given this weather. early voting numbers give democrats 1.4% advantage over republicans, but remember, nevada has over half a million active non-partisan voters, catherine cortez masto past her ballot early. she's had bill clinton and barack obama campaign for her. yesterday transportation secretary pete buttigieg joined the effort, focused on abortion and voting rights. >> women are second class citizens in the state or the country, right? i've got an opponent who is driving around a bus that says deport them all. i think dreamers and tps

recipients should be here. >> so laxalt has focused on crime and the economy throughout the state as he has taken a bus tour to visit every county. he cast his ballot this morning near reno. >> john: any idea how bad the snow is in washoe county? will it keep people from the polls? >> it could. a winter advisory put out there, people may decide they want to stay put. and another option is mail-in voting, people may have taken advantage of that yesterday. as long as those arrive by today, those will still be counted. but for anybody who maybe put it off, could be a sticky situation. >> john: bum voting machines in maricopa county, snow in washoe, what else could go wrong. >> sandra: some stop democratic strategists are sounding the alarm, they say they focused on the wrong issues in the campaign

and toxic with voters. super pumped for this election day panel at the top of the hour. so, heading into tonight, jessica, seems there are some in your party who are warning that the party is seen as extreme by voters and that could hurt the outcome for your party tonight. >> there have been people saying this for months, frankly, since the dobbs decision came down and we saw the shift back to people focusing on the economy and crime and public safety was the second or third most important issue to voters. people of the more moderate aspect of the party and third wave, which is the think tank we released the study or poll have been saying excuse me, voters are telling you what they are concerned about. it's not to say they don't care about the other issues, but this has turned into an election saying two faces, i'm interested in this, and them saying i'm not going to talk about that. >> do you regret your party did not listen? >> i've been talking about it.

i talk about it on "the 5" constantly. >> third wave shared the memo, what may be for your party, jessica, if the democrats manage to hold on to the house and senate, which is not a likely s scenario, if the brand problem persists democrats will face an uphill climb in 2024 and beyond, katie. >> after the dobbs decision, democrats thought they had something to run on. look at the culmination of polling, republicans and independents kept focusing on the economy and inflation but democrats made a hard turn toward abortion and never made the pivot back. and when this was an issue on the campaign trail after labor day when people start paying attention to elections, the question about abortion was asked, and it was democrats did not have any answers on limits on abortion. when 70% of the country believes in the 15-week limit, an answer a lot of republican candidates gave. the other issues that democrats

are trying to frame republicans as extreme maga candidates, coming down from the white house, the number of different ways they have tried to frame republicans. well, if they are that extreme, then democrats lost all of their credibility when they funded tens of millions of dollars of primary campaigns propping up extreme candidates and their view while claiming that republicans are too extreme. it broke down their argument, they then went to, saving democracy when they had clearly taken the gamble of funding candidates they claimed were a threat to the country. >> sandra: still the messaging from the white house days before the election when we heard the president, the speech from president biden. to ro khanna's credit, has joined john and me on this program many times. >> he's great. >> sandra: he did say democrats should be focusing on the econo. we challenged what his thinking was, often times saying tap the strategic petroleum reserve to bring down gas prices, not talking about increasing production domestically but said

this on biden's focus on democracy days before the election. that was a mistake, said democrat ro khanna. i've been saying for months we need to frame the election as an economic choice. why was there never a pivot, jessica? >> i think there has been a bit of a pivot in the last couple weeks, putting aside joe biden's primetime address last week. if you do listen to high ranking democrats on the trail and kathy hochul, here in new york, the governor, talking about the crime, and there has been a pivot. but what's striking to me, you have ro khanna, as liberal as they get, and alissa slotkin, a tough race in michigan, and they are saying we did not have a party wide message on the economy, which i would say to democratic voters, traditionally and independent voters and moderate republicans, they would

have been satisfied with, frankly, just talking about the thing that they are concerned about. even if it was to say these are the ways that the inflation reduction act will end up benefitting the economy down the line. it's not something that changes overnight. talking about cutting child poverty in half, something the biden administration did. talking about getting us through covid. the point is the refusal to address it alienated a lot of people who would side with democrats and i worry that's what will happen tonight. >> sandra: final thought from you, sound later from a democrat saying it's time to eat chef boyardee when times are tough. >> they created the current economic environment. joe biden has said not a single republican voted for the inflation exacerbation act as they call it, well, yeah, and voters believe that these policies have been bad for the country, a majority of them, and therefore democrats have don't have an opportunity to run on it, voters think it's why they are in the dire economic

decision than two years ago. >> sandra: decision day, hours from the polls closing. >> john: another state set to vote, wisconsin. why the margins in the badger state could be historically tight. >> sandra: inflation driving many to the polls, pinning the blame on democrats for months. what happens if they are, republicans, able to take control of congress. what's the plan? steve moore and robert wolf are here. >> the nation by 70% thinks we are on the wrong track and the economy is terrible. marry that to a first term election, it's the kiss of death for the party in power. to have extra cash in the bank. and for veteran homeowners, it's as easy as one, two, three. one: call newday. two: talk to our team to see how much cash you can get. three: borrow up to 100% of your home's value with the newday 100 va loan. with home values near all-time highs,

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>> sandra: house speaker nancy pelosi is suggesting she may retire from congress if democrats lose their majority. in a new interview she says the attack on her husband paul would also play a role in her decision. >> i mean, have you made a decision in your mind, whatever that decision might be? >> well, i have to say my decision would be affected by what happened in the last week or two. >> will your decision be impacted by the attack in anyway? >> yes. >> sandra: paul pelosi was assaulted in their san francisco home by a hammer-wielding man that was back on october 28th. he's recovering from surgery to treat a skull fracture and other serious injuries. john. >> john: sandra, americans heading to the polls today unhappy with soaring inflation and over the past several months, republicans have made that issue the crux of their campaign. some critics say we have not heard any clear-cut plans from the gop on how they plan to fix it. let's bring in our panel now, steve moore is a former trump

economic adviser, and robert wolf, obama adviser, and they are here with us today. let me get to the plans in a second. but in terms of messaging what the republicans did, what the democrats did, what democratic strategist hillary rosen said about the democrats. >> loyal democrat but i am not happy. i think we are -- we did not listen to voters in this election and i think we are going to have a bad night. when voters tell you over and over and over again that they care mostly about the economy, listen to them. stop talking about democracy being at stake. >> robert, do you agree? did democrats not effectively message the economy and inflation? >> i think they could have done a better job, on offense. tim ryan in ohio i think was the museum piece, talk about foxcom coming in, the chip production, what the acts did to hard

working americans by putting jobs into that state and increase wages. i think georgia would have been a perfect example. $10 billion from the infrastructure act is going into georgia. they didn't talk about it. they need to do a much better job. always the economy. >> but when your president is the one who is seen as being responsible for a lot of the economic woe, did you effectively leverage the message? >> it was clear a year ago it was going to the number one issue, and the economy is going the wrong direction, with respect to what robert is saying, i think the bills were a catastrophe for the country. i mean, that's what caused the inflation in the first place. the $4 trillion of spending all paid for with debt, that caused the 8.5% inflation. >> john: is republicans leveraged the message, inflation is terrible, we feel your pain when it comes to bread and

butter issues, what's the republican plan to deal with all of this. allison writing in bloomberg, vague promises don't tell us anything what a gop congress would do to beat inflation or avoid recession. do they have a message? >> the same message that truss said, trickle down economics. cut taxes. we know what it did to the u.k. it crushed them, more inflation, more unemployment and this is the plan for the gop coming in. they are talking about cutting taxes, absurd. it does not pay for itself and would be crazy. inflation would get off the charts even more. >> i love this idea -- >> you were for liz truss. >> ab spending and the republicans -- look, i did help write the trump tax plan as you know, john, it was a huge success. why would you want to repeal it? >> 2 trillion in deficits, come on, stevie. >> the other point is, i think another critical issue that is

sort of on the ballot here is climate change. it's an issue that elites in washington like my friend robert here care a lot about. but you look at the polling, americans do want america to be energy independent, low prices of gasoline. another issue that democrats are out of touch. >> john: the white house spin on the republican plan. five point plan, 3 trillion in tax cuts skewed to the wealthy, raising prescription drug costs, increasing energy bills in 2023 and beyond and increasing student loan. >> how is producing more american energy going to raise energy bills? i mean -- we have seen the price of gasoline, when trump left office was 2.49 a gallon, now almost $4 a gallon. it's a killer for the democrats. >> steve, you make believe ukraine did not happen, pandemic did not happen. you can't make believe those things did not happen. when trump was in office, the last year during the pandemic,

10 million unemployed. you can't say the labor market is not better today, that wages are not better today, some good things happening in the economy and some things we are struggling with. the democrats should have gone on offense and they didn't. i still am one of the optimists tonight. >> john: better than in 2020 but better than 2018? >> inflation rate was 1.5% when trump left and now 8.5%. i think the republicans need to do two things. cut government spending and debt, need to promote american oil and gas development and i think those are things americans want. >> i've been for an all in energy approach since when obama did it. you know. >> john: such a pleasure having you in the studio. >> good luck tonight. >> he still thinks the democrats are going to have a good night. >> i do, i do. >> we have a $5 bet on this. >> john: i would up the ante on that. >> sandra: a race flown under

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bud, hoping to pull off an upset that they invested far less money. what's turnout look like so far today? >> hey, good afternoon, john. we have seen a slow trickle of folks at the polling location behind me but keep in mind, more than 2.1 million people cast their ballot during the early voting period, increase of 13% compared to the last nonpresidential election in 2018. republican ted bud who cast his ballot this morning in his home county has had the slight edge in this race. he was endorsed by former president trump and used that as well as high priority issues, like the economy and rising crime to try to win voters over. he's also had major support from major republicans who have spent more than $40 million in this race attacking beasley, the democrat and portraying her as someone who would be a rubber

stamp for joe biden's "failed policies" in washington. on the other hand, beasley has run a tight race despite national democrats sending half what republicans have invested here. she has tried to distance herself from the president, and instead her record as a jurist and protecting reproductive rights. the two candidates do not agree on much but do both agree action needs to be taken in washington to tame inflation. that said, today is all about the voters. here is what they say. >> i'm hoping that we win the house and the senate and we can level it off, the playing field a little, instead of when the democrats won everything. >> i've already voted. >> i feel this is very important, because i think there is an imbalance of republicans that have been elected, in my

opinion. >> yeah, and john, like races in the past, this senate race is expected to be tight here in north carolina. polls close at 7:30. back to you. >> john: charles watson, thank you. >> sandra: big names making closing arguments, president biden and donald trump trying to paint the other side as too extreme. >> if you want to save your rights and liberties you have to start by dealing a humiliating rebuke to the radical left in this election. >> let's look at the republicans. you know what their number one priority is if they take control of the house, they are saying it out loud. they want to get rid of everything we just did. >> sandra: brian kilmeade is co-host of "fox & friends" and great to see you here. that's what we heard from the current and the former president last night. what do you make of these attacks? is it working for either party to go after each other for being more extreme?

>> it's kind of interesting. republicans have no track record they are not in power. so you say what is wrong to america, not like us in this every day, they say well, crime is an issue, if it's not directly it's to somebody i know. maybe you might live in a rural area, and a relative in the city, it's an issue. you pretend inflation is not an issue, as opposed to i passed a program to decrease it and you tell me it's going to come down when it hasn't, that's a problem. so the republicans have a strong thing to run on on what we are experiencing right now. crime, inflation, the economy is 1 and 2. i put them in the same level. then look at the border and thankful to the republican governors who sent them to cities who could handle it as opposed to the small towns overwhelmed by it, they talked outside the walls of fox news and it brought it home. >> sandra: the people not feeling good about their current situation, as i highlight, take

a moment on election day and highlight live pictures coming in of the ballot box, people heading in to make their voices heard, that is a live shot of las vegas, nevada, one of the obvious toss-ups in the senate. voters are not feeling good about their current situation, a lot is economic. listen. >> people want the best for the country, not for this party or that party. >> it would be hard to know which way to vote right now, almost a split decision. >> my views are not taking very seriously by the government or in the state. >> sandra: i tie it to something i'm going to talk to with larry kudlow, consumer optimism, not feeling good with the grocery bills, gas tank, this is real economic pain inflicted on the american people without a lot of empathy shown by the party in

power, brian. >> you brought up gas and oil, i will say this. when the -- i just thought it was devastating what the president made comments about coal and drilling, you know what you are telling me, you can control those prices. you are choosing not to. and the other thing about blaming other people for those, those are totally fictitious, that it's saudi arabia problem, russia, the russia price hike, greedy oil and gas companies, you said you didn't want to drill and will close every coal mine in the country. a lot of people are hopeful there is a change, a smooth election, hopeful things will go right and limited protests, and legal attacks, and a clean break. >> sandra: on that note, this is important. if republicans get control, house, senate, both, one or the other, what are the plans? in the house in particular, kevin mccarthy said this.

>> what we are really going to have to do here is build an economy that's strong. tackle this inflation, energy independent so you can afford to fill up your tank and still have money left for food. the secure that border. we've got to make sure we secure that border to stop this fentanyl from coming across as well that is killing our next generation of americans. >> sandra: i thought that was interesting when asked, what does he believe the first thing republicans will do with that control, he said it's going to be a bill on the border. >> here it is. the house, let's say it's only the house. house says there's my plan, we like the plan, the president says i'm vetoing it, the president has a budget, what kind of leverage, how can we cooperate in a way that gets both parties get something done. you have a president that clearly looks like a one-termer, you have another party that is on the -- on its heels. maybe for at least a year until we get to 2024, there will be a sense of cooperation because i think that's what the american people are voting for and

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>> john: pennsylvania is viewed by many democrats as the best chance of picking a senate seat. fetterman could beat mehmet oz, the most expensive senate race in american history. and the state facing a local challenge over certain ballots before the first votes have even been counted. national political reporter for "the washington examiner" on the ground in pittsburgh. let's deal with the race, first of all. this thing is really, really tight between mehmet oz and john fetterman. the democrats do lead in the early vote. i hear rana mcdaniel, the chair woman of the republican national committee say oz has to win 60% of the day of voting if he hopes to beat fetterman. are there indications he can do that? >> yeah, absolutely. i have seen it myself going out

and looking at different polling areas that are heavily republican and you see lines there, people waiting for a while. i was number 300 in my voting place and that was at 8:00 in the morning. the poll workers said, she said i've never seen a number like this, you know, one hour into voting. and so you know, democrats have the edge in early voting but i don't think that they have the number that they were looking for. they need to have about 80% of that vote as their -- per their turnout number to win. so i mean, obviously we'll see tonight -- i'm a little more confident probably than other people that will know an answer tonight. we might not have an officially declared -- whoever wins i think is going to win by about one and

a half points, to two points. and it might not be declared, it will be pretty clear no matter what isn't counted, what'sestio. it won't be enough to make up that difference. >> john: i was wondering, salina, how long it might take to count the votes, you say we may get a result. philadelphia elections board voted early by 2-1 margin to implement poll reconciliation, to make sure nobody voted twice, and now a new court challenge, the supreme court court decision about mail-in ballots, the supreme court said if it's not properly dated it gets rejected. fetterman campaign is saying the date imposes unnecessary hurdles to enter sighs the most fundamental right, with votes being rejected without any

reciprocal benefit to the commonwealth. all of this pretends a long, drawn out process, does it not? >> well, a couple of things. first of all, its been a long time since philadelphia made a difference in election. all the energy is in the west, and i think that is very true in this election cycle in particular. so even if all the numbers are not in and you will have an idea how many still need to be counted, it still may not be enough to make up the difference to favor the democrat. that is just based on reporting and seeing what i've been seeing and seeing voter enthusiasm between both parties. and second of awesome, in pittsburgh, i will say they do an amazing job of getting those votes, i mean -- they are ready the minute the ballots close. >> john: unfortunately across pennsylvania you have a patch work of counties all with

different rules and different processes. i had written down this question for you, why is pennsylvania still such a mess when it comes to vote counting when so many other states have got their act together and then this thing with arizona came along, so -- i'm not sure if i would ask you the question that way. >> well, we are complicated. it -- i think pennsylvania, until the state legislature and the governor's office come together and are able -- and able to sort of have the same viewpoint of how things are counted election day, we are going to continue to have problems. i know the governor vetoed a bill by the state legislature which is all republican and he's a democrat, that said that you can count mail-in ballots earlier than election night. so -- until that conflict ends, we are just going to have a

mess. the counties that i would watch tonight would be like luzerne, erie, washington, if there's a robust turnout in those counties, philadelphia's numbers are going to matter less. >> john: we will take your tip and watch those counties. salina, great to catch up with you. i know it's going to be an interesting day. >> sandra: great insights there. former new jersey governor chris christie at this says the senate race in colorado could deliver a huge price, that joe o'dea could pull off an upset victory over bennett. what's the feeling in denver today, jeff? >> sandra, it's going to be a very busy day of voting throughout the state of colorado, and where we are at this drive through location in denver, it could be one of the more high traffic spots where people can basically walk up, pull up in a bike or a car, drop off their ballot and basically they have voted.

when we talked with the election supervisor yesterday he told us of the ballots they sent out, only 30% have been submitted. every vote is going to matter, especially in some of the closer races like the ever tightening u.s. senate race here in colorado. you've got the republican, joe o'dea taking on the democratic republican michael bennett, and we spent time with o' dea, without the endorsement of trump but he would campaign against trump if he were to run again. >> if we don't get 2022 right, 2024 will not matter. i'm focused on that, stay on my message and make sure we are talking all of colorado, that's important to them. >> we also got invited to senator michael bennett's final campaign stop out in boulder. he told a packed crowd that he is ready to get started on his

third term as one of colorado's u.s. senators, and also said that during this election cycle it is incredibly important, especially in the age of trump, to vote in all elections. >> i've come to a conclusion about how important these elections are, and that is that every single election, between now and when we expire, is the most important election of our lifetime. and we have to treat it that way. >> beyond the ballots that have already been sent out and submitted, it's really hard to tell who is going to show up. one of the things that makes colorado more unique, people who are able to vote can show up on election day and register and vote on the same day. sandra. >> sandra: paul on the ground in denver for us, certainly a state we will be watching closely tonight. jeff, thank you. >> john: i know you've been waiting for this, voters in an upstate new york county are rushing to the polls to get an i

voted sticker that went viral. ulster county are handing it out, a spider-like creature with a human head and bloodshot eyes, created by a 14-year-old from marble head, new york, who won an online contest. >> sandra: i'm scared. congratulations to the 14-year-old. something about the stickers, right? how many friends and family members have sent you their i voted sticker. >> john: i like the sticker, it's very creative. and apologies to rana mcdaniel for calling ronald mcdonald, but my kids had a halloween candy drive, so the parlance of the white house it was top of mind. >> sandra: fantastic organization, we'll forgive you, i'm sure she will, too. john, we are watching it and so many folks are out there getting their i voted stickers. new at 2:00, several states will come down to the wire as voters are casting their ballot state to state.

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>> john: four hours and counting until the first polls close and the very first clues of which party will soon be pulling the levers of power in congress. >> sandra: months of coverage and across the network, leading up to this moment. >> john: teams are getting in place and getting set to crush it tonight like no midterm elections you have ever seen

before. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into a second hour. john roberts in washington. big day, sandra. >> sandra: and here we go. i'm sandra smith in new york. kicking things off with fox looking live across america and we'll start in arizona. we are expecting to see republican candidate for governor there, kari lake, casting her own vote in phoenix. that is a live look at the lines there. she changed her voting location after word from officials in maricopa county that some tabulators were having issues. we will keep an eye out for lake and update on that situation. >> john: next door in nevada, some people could have trouble voting for a different reason, snow is forecast to start falling around reno, potentially keeping voters off the roads. but at the moment, long lines and no snow yet. >> sandra: and moving west, midwest, governor whitmer fighting to hold o