actually care about. there will be plenty of time for accountability. plenty of time for oversight. now focus on quality of life. >> neil: well said. frank, good catching up with you. frank luntz, pollster extraordinaire. here comes t "the five." >> hello, everyone. i'm dana perino, along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters and brian kilmeade. it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five," live from fox square. it is decision day in america after countless hours of campaigning and candidates fighting to win over voters, it is now time for you to decide. the first polls closing in less than an hour from now, and what happens tonight could send shockwaves across the country. washington and the rest of the

states are not going to be the same after tonight. democrats are bracing for the worst case scenario. a red tsunami, wiping out their delicate grip on the house and the senate. republicans very confident as america gets ready to start counting. >> we're going to have a red wave across this country. y'all are going to make it happen. >> this red wave, the headwaters in the commonwealth of virginia, sweep across the commonwealth again. >> i want you to watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. >> pennsylvania sending a clear message to washington. we want less radicalism and more balance. >> inflation came from joe biden's white house. >> the president said the biggest threat to democracy is voting for a republican. no. the biggest threat to democracy is keeping him in the white house. >> i'm talking about, not just an election, but win so big that it sends a clear message that we're not going to let anyone destroy our state and our

country. >> president biden putting on his best face while admitting his party could be in for a rough night. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling optimistic, but i'm always optimistic. >> the democrats win the house? >> i think it's going to be tough. i think we can. i think we'll win the senate. >> democrats will have to do some soul searching if they lose big. "washington post" columnist says that democrats are drowning in denial as they appear to be heading toward painful losses. for nearly two years, democratic leadership has often pushed aside politically inconvenient developments rather than facing them head on. they've often told themselves stories they want to cleve instead of stories that are true, and might motivate them to change their messaging and policy direction. tim ryan of ohio, he was on a show, on another network, and he -- this is how he thinks it's going to go. watch this. >> tim ryan with his closing

arguments on tonight's last word. thank you very much. >> we'll bring it home, lawrence. >> got you. >> we're going to bring it home. >> harold, bring it home on election night for us. >> tim ryan is the most talented candidate the democrats put forward for the senate this year. i wish him the best tonight. we've said it well, whatever happens tonight, democrats to have to a rendezvous with reality around a number of issues. i hope republicans shift toward more problem-solving. i was encouraged to hear leader mccarthy, the minority leader in the house, we'll support ukraine, we realize energy and the border, issues americans want to address and we'll do that. let's wait and see what happens. the president is right, this is going to be a tough night in the house. i've agreed with the conventional thinking, that democrats will have a tough, tough time. in the senate, this is still a jump ball. the polling is still very tight.

i'm going to be as surprised as anyone to see what the results are this evening. one thing is for certain, i will accept the results. i will encourage my party to work with whichever party is in the majority, encourage this white house to do the same. >> harold does not believe democracy will die tonight, judge. >> democracy lives. >> well, you know what, your president thinks so, if the democrats don't win. i kind of lichen this to a trial. >> okay. >> the jury is the american people. the electorate. the candidates get to make their case, with evidence. so the question is that what evidence did they put forward that made sense, that resonated, that made -- you know, that really was relevant to your life? then you have closing arguments. the closing arguments of joe biden. i mean, they made no sense. the truth is that the democrats did not connect with the american people on the issue of safety, crime, immigration, education, inflation, the

economy. so i think the dissidence and the misalignment is going to be loud. it's going to be across the country. i think that after americans deliberate and after they vote, that verdict is going to be one that's going to be very painful for the democrats. at least we've got an opportunity to change the course midterm. >> jesse, the president says he's an optimist, he's optimistic, but you listen to the tone, he sounded tired. it's been a long campaign. >> he sounded tired his whole career. my mom thinks there's going to be a red wave. that's how big it's going to be. usually if you're in power, you're bracing for the midterms, but you have something to run on, something to plant your flag, and say this is what we did. i still don't know what that for the democrats. they don't talk about covid. they don't talk about infrastructure. they never built anything. they don't talk about the economy. they didn't do anything with the economy. so republicans have such a big advantage. they have a smorgasbord of

issues to run, if that's a real word. attiall these issues cut crass , gender, age lines. so republicans have a huge opportunity to gain a whole new subsection of voters, then capitalize on this perfect storm of issues that affect everybody. now, the key for republicans, though, is once they win, which they will, to lock in these gains, and not waste it and do nothing and blow it, and then just, like, have the same voters be up for grabs next cycle. >> two things. one, smorgasbord, y you pro announced that well. impressive.

we're seeing how that works out. a couple of things, i notice that dr. oz is talking like a moderate. let's have balance. lee zeldin is talking about balance today. they're smart. youngkin, i'm running as a conservative, but the people that vote for me are independents, and democrats have to be feel comfortable with me. that's important. you said tim ryan is talented. when tim ryan first came in, he talked like kristin cinema, looking to make deals, i'm fromn nancy pelosi. he voted away from the party. he didn't do what manchin and cinema did.

he wants them to accept him ace republican. people like you on the democratic party, like he claims to be, this is their opportunity, if the blue states get smashed, free them up to -- >> he's the only democrat running for the u.s. senate, openly saying he wishes that joe biden doesn't run in 2024, that he won't support him. give credit where credit is due. >> once in a while, if he stood up and said the inflation reduction act, i can't sign off on that -- >> he watches "fox and friends," give him credit for that. >> there's no other choice. have you flipped around in the morning? there's no other choice. >> that's what i do in the makeup room, get ready for "newsroom," throw a few back and get ready. >> you've never thrown a few

back. >> watch me. we're just getting started on "the five" as we count down to the first polls closing. stay with fox news all fight. democracy 2022 special coverage starts right at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have all the results, expert analysis, and much more. it starts after "the five." coming up next, democrats warning of democracy dying are getting a reality check from one of their own.

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♪ ♪ >> welcome back. we have brand-new fox news voter analysis that's on the side of your screen right now, showing how voters feel about a number of key issues now, could all the fear mongering over democracy dying tomorrow backfire on the democrats? former obama advisor van jones is ripping his own party for wasting precious time trying to stoke voter fears instead of focusing on what people care about. >> i think there was this fool's gold, the threat to democracy is so severe in the wake of this

insurrection, the election deniers, possibly grabbing control of the government, that was something you had to talk about, but you also had to talk about the economy. i think the tragedy here is that the democrats have something to say on the economy. we didn't focus enough firepower on that issue. i think it's going to potentially cost us. >> and another dem strategist is tearing into joe biden for accusing voters of aligning with fascists. >> voters have told us all year what they care about, and i think we have focused on other things. i think the president's closing message last night about democracy is on the ballot again is frustrating to people like me who, you know, don't want to see half the voters in america alienated or saying -- being accused of aligning with fascists, because they're voting for their pocketbook. that's not where we want to be. >> but you get what you deserve. democrats, you succeeded in boosting right wing candidates

in 6 of the 13 republican primaries that you meddled in. as the "new york post" points out, maga republicans who, quote, threaten democracy may have dems to thank for their wins on tuesday. not a very smart move, huh, harold? >> well, look, i think as we get toward the autopsy here of this race -- i'll let the votes come in -- >> oh, this is a homicide now. [laughter] >> we understand what happened. every two or four years this happens. in 2018, president trump's first term, democrats won a majority. in 2020, democrats won. two years later, here we are. what's most refreshing about it, voters are speaking, speaking more quickly. before 1994, when newt gingrich won the house for republicans in the revolution, 40 years democrats had been in control of the house. you think since '94, in 2006 democrats flip it. 2010 republicans flipped it. 2018, democrats flipped it

again. maybe tonight. that's four times in less than 30 years that we've seen -- less than 28 years -- we've seen this happen. i find it refreshing. again, i hope both parties take the right lessons tonight. i'm not going to say we're going to lose so badly, but the momentum seems to head that way, but if we lose, i'll say you were right, and let's figure out how to solve problems. that's what voters want politicians to do. >> voters wanted the problems to be solved before the election, which is why i think we'll see what we see tonight. the truth is, you know, you had an administration that was tone-deaf to what americans were concerned about. we've got double-digit inflation in a lot of parts of this country. people who can't afford to both eat and drive and get medicine. why weren't they listening? >> certain things that democrats will say, and the other party will say, listen, you get hit by hurricane ian, don't blame me your house got wrecked, i had nothing to do with it.

it's a natural disaster. i don't know how you feel about this, but i was stunned to see joe biden what he said on saturday and sunday, i'm going to destroy the coal industry, stopping all drilling. all of a sudden i'm filling up my car, seeing my utility bill double, and the guy that's responsibility, that did nothing but make it worse, just told me he's been lying for the last three months, when he blamed the saudis, vladimir putin, ceos of oil and gas companies. yeah, we're coming out of a pandemic. i understand it. certain head winds, we get it, supply chain. you don't have to make it worse, you can make it better. i think, harold, i don't know how you feel about this, because it's not your agenda, i think he did things for the democratic agenda, not the american people. that's why he can't high-five and brag about it. >> he did for the far left, not the democratic agenda. >> that's why i say, it's not really your agenda. >> jesse, why do you think

democrats are saying democracy will die if they're not in power? aren't they the ones that don't think america is all that great to begin with? >> it is true. jesse jr. woke me up at 5:00 a.m. and he said, dad, when we destroy democracy what comes next? i said, jesse sr., w jr., what u hearing? >> is this your children's book. >> i said think about when we said we would repeal and replace obamacare. we're going to repeal it and replace with something great. we just don't know what that is. >> you haven't repealed it yet. >> smart kid. that's what he said. the democrats came up with a phrase, "election denier," that people only say it on social media, on cnn, in the beltway. 95% of the country does not know what the phrase election denier means. they're running an election based on not the future, not the presence, but the past, because

a couple republicans say there were a shenanigans a few years ago, a couple republicans have a grudge about what happened two years, a couple republicans felt robbed about what happened two years ago, but people are getting robbed now, and they're not talking about actual robberies, people losing their money and lives. they're talking about republicans who felt robbed two years ago. >> dana, speaking of election deniers, i mean stacey abrams, she now is already building up a defense for her next argument, justification that apparently african american men are being fed misinformation, which will then justify her saying, you know, oh, we have that sound? let's take a listen. >> we know that black voters are often discounted, and unfortunately this year black men have been a very targeted population for misinformation. not misinformation about what they want, but about why they want what they deserve. my campaign has been the only

one that's very intentionally, thoughtfully and consistently reached out. >> okay. so in addition to her defending her next argument that she lost because of x,y or z, isn't she kind of trashing african american men as being incapable of differentiating between the between thetruth and mistruths? >> the republican party knew they needed to do something to reach out to minority voters. you look at the house recruitments in particular, that rainbow is all there. that's because there was a concerted effort to reach out to them. the other thing is, president trump did better with black men. he didn't win them all obviously. he started to do better. why? look, all of them have to drive to work. right? maybe they're paying diesel prices. all of them are trying to figure out a way to make ends meet. they get that. they're making decisions based on their own pocketbook issues

and livelihood. she had problems -- this is going back three months ago, so she knew that was coming. i don't even why the democrats don't listen to van jones. every single election he calls it. nobody listens to him. i don't know why. on the fox news voter analysis on the right side of your screen, some questions are interesting, about the role of government, how it should do more or less, but the numbers for president biden, they're really bad. >> if democrats had said, no cashless bail, fire weak prosecutors, put people on the border to secure it, this appeals to everybody. you could have told jesse jr. and we'd be having a different conversation. >> that's right. coming up, aoc is panicked about a blue state going red, as crazy kathy hochul dismisses crime concerns yet again.

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>> concern over crime, a critical midterm issue across the country. our brand-new fox news voter analysis shows 80% are very or somewhat concerned about crime in their communities. only 13% say the biden administration has made americans safer. americans are sick and tired of seeing their fellow citizens being shot, stabbed, beaten to death. the issue is so potent that now it could cost a blue state governor her job, but kathy hochul thinks surging violence isn't a serious issue. >> he's been hyperventilating, trying to scare people for months. new yorkers are on to it.

all the legitimate media organizations have called him out for what he's doing. fear mongering. it's not just here in new york. that's been the republican playbook across this country. all you need to know is that the democratic states are safer than the republican states. check out the facts. >> that may be crazy kathy ought to be hyperventilating over that lee zeldin will win. hochul is so desperate, she's turning to aoc to bail her out. even the socialist is worried about what could happen. >> he does, if we don't vote. so just vote tomorrow and text everyone you know, make sure they vote. text them their polling place. make sure they have a plan, that they know where to go before work or after work. please just vote. we don't have to worry about this. that's all it is. it comes down turnout.

>> that was brilliant, just comes down to turnout. what do you think about the aoc late campaigning for crazy kathy hochul? >> it's great. first of all, kathy hochul says that lee zeldin is hyperventilating, which means he's taking in too much air. all the air is coming out of your sails tonight, kathy. there's no such thing as crime. we're afraid to walk four blocks down to get on a train or subway. you call on aoc at the 11th hour? this woman is in charge of defund the police. how stupid are these people? not only that, let's get the truth straight. the democrats decided -- don't laugh at me, harold -- that they wanted cashless bail. let the criminals commit a crime, let them out. they decided they wanted to raise the age. they decided they don't want

dangerousness to be considered by a judge in terms of bail. the democrats are the ones who want to release individuals from jail, parole murderers from jail. good old fetterman wants half the murderers in pennsylvania out of prison. i got news for you, we got to send more people to prison. half of the people in prison right now are there for murder, rape and assault. they're not there for violent crimes. these people don't understand what crime, don't understand what keeps new york going, and they're destroying new york. >> i was out in long island today, harold, and saw a lot of zeldin signs. what do you think happens tonight? >> i'm glad yelling is not a crime. >> well, i'm outside. i want them to hear it. you got to vote. >> you're passionate. i love it. i think that passion, to your point, why you're seeing a lot of those signs. i think the governor is wrong when she says that people are hyperventilating, even lee zeldin. a lot of people are. my household is.

many friends that are. i think there was a better way to counter him. i mean, he didn't vote for the police funding bill in the house. she raised that, i heard, today. i would have been raised that all along. no republican supported it for whatever reason. as a matter of fact, he wasn't even there to vote on it. notwithstanding that, this is the number one issue in this race. 80% of americans, meaning it cuts across race, gender and geography, how people care about this. to ignore this issue, you ignore it to your own political peril and political defeat if we have the shocker of the evening, if she does not win tonight. >> and harold is the only guy out here wearing a jacket. >> are you trying to say something? >> are you cold? >> i thought it was amazing she said, i know the republican playbook, it's all about crime. no, no. it is the playbook. crime is out of control in this country, every major city in this nation, it is the playbook, because it's referring to stats. for example, bill clinton screwed up two elections. he came out, tried to make

amends with hillary clinton, when she was caught lying on that plane, greeted with flowers all those years ago. over the weekend, he says is kathy hochul going to go down the subway with billy clubs and bats. everyone laps. the next day, a 43-year-old is stabbed in the neck. another man is stabbed in the arm. >> i'll take a free billy club. >> do you want a jacket? >> you watch, lee zeldin has closed the gap. never seen anyone storm through like this. >> what about the harsh stuff for joe on crime? >> if you're kathy hochul, are you not embarrassed that you had to bring in the big guns to campaign for you? >> everyone. >> because they can't afford to lose new york. they can't go to the battleground states and you need them here. that's embarrassing. she's giving katie hobbs a run for her money for worst democratic candidate in this

session. >> good point. >> hyperventilating about crime, watch the city, if she wins, this city will go downhill. if we go into a recession, because they don't deal with homelessness, the random acts of violence, all the things that you just listed didn't involve guns. the rape last week, on the day that hillary clinton said that the republicans were making up the crime statistics, no -- >> 5:30 in the morning. >> he didn't use a gun. >> that's the point. >> so the violence is very real. these numbers on the fox news voter analysis, fnva, wish we had a name for it, but not just in new york, it's happening across the country. >> but we're just hyperventilating? >> and there was a big donation to lee zeldin. did you see that? >> did not see that.

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♪ ♪ >> the border crisis, another key issue at the top of voters' minds, and will be a key factor in several close races. new fox news voter analysis coming in, showing 60% disapprove of president biden's border security, favoring

beefing up border security. new drone footage shows streams of migrants crossing the border into texas with no resistance. the situation has former president bill clinton concerned. >> we need border security, need order. this is a country of order. all my life i've been for immigration. >> while democrats say the border is closed, what do the migrants think? .[speaking spanish] >> i'm going to come to you last. brian, what are your thoughts about this? this is president clinton, then you see the migrants. >> this has always been my personal issue. we get up in the morning, see the buses on "fox and friends," the port authority, unloading illegal immigrants as they come

here. they face an overcrowded city, they go to expensive hotels on our dime. then they walk around the city, because i also see them at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, i'm not saying they're up to no good, but they're walking around the city with nothing to do. they might be the best people in the world, might be our next astronauts, but we dump them in here, not refugees, choosing to come here, because our country beats all their other countries, totally preventable. i don't know who benefits from this. itoff camera, said to billmeluje administration this is bad, the left wing groups have gotten to president biden and he's allowing this to take place. everybody is pro-immigration, but not pro-illegal immigration. he's allowing this. >> is this reverberating in your own state? >> if you care about fentanyl

coming into the country, that's an issue. the immigrants don't stay on the border in yuma, del rio, they're coming across the country. interesting that bill clinton said it quietly, but if you had been a governor of a state, as he was, of arkansas, that's a responsibility that's federal government owns. >> of course. >> it's baffling that the federal government here completely ignores it. not only the government, but the media. it's unbelievable to me, when they're down at the border, ask you them, is there any other reporter down there today? nope. there's nobody else there, which is why the numbers, 60% say it's bad. it should be 99% say it's bad if they were going the word out. >> they deserve credit for how they've covered this. jesse? >> i don't think any of the migrants will become astronauts. i'm sorry, brian, but in order to become an astronaut you have to start that space career early. i mean, these guys are already 25, 30 years old. it's too late by that point.

>> drilling down on that. >> it's too late. >> of everything going on, you're drilling down. >> i don't like misinformation on "the five." we don't tolerate for that. i want to make an apology for something i said earlier in the show. i'm now freezing cold, and i want to borrow your jacket. ida blake bill clinton, my favorite democratic president, because he gets it. there's a sweet spot in this country where 2/3 of the country agrees on certain issues. we agreed we need border security. we agree we have to confront china. we agree we want to lower taxes. we just want normal schools. if a politician can get in that sweet spot of common sense, it balanceditbuilds up. >> mark kelly should have been on the border a year and a half ago. this is outrageous. i'm a senator from arizona, letting my people down, and i'm an astronaut. thank you. >> the astronaut on the border

campaign slogan. i like that. judge, you want to close it out? >> jesse, you talk about clinton, how he's one of your favorite democratic president -- >> only. >> only. first of all, where he's been for two years? we've got 3 million people across the border, and this week you decide you want to talk about how we need order in the united states? are you kidding me? why? because you think the voters are going to connect with you now. that's not a leader. that's on idealogue. that's a politician. here's the bottom line, the bottom line with the illegals was, i would come here too. the border is wide open. they're lying to us. they're promising the illegals, they're storming the border, they're storming the border towns. they're coming into new york city. we give them hotels, babysitters, flat-screen tvs. >> we do their laundry. >> we do their laundry. give them iphones. >> i'm going to take my jacket

back. >> to leave the country, come back to the border, they've got more benefits that way. the truth is this is all politics. it's all talk. you have to vote based on what people have done for you. not what they say -- >> 98 terror watch list. let's talk about $3 million people whose backgrounds we don't know. i guarantee you some of them are criminals. >> and then there's that. coming up, the midterms aren't the only things democrats could lose tonight. why the media might be turning on president biden as well.

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78% think the state of the economy is not so good or poor. and three major liberal outlets are getting tough on president biden's rosy depictions of a strong economy. get this. "the washington post" says a fact checker, awarded the president, a bottom lineless pinocchio. dana, is timing everything in this or has it become too much? >> i think it got to be too much. if you think it's bad today, wait until tomorrow, because that's when the media is going to start saying they should have done this, they should have done that, start nitpicking them. one of the things i remember from being in the white house, when we had the majority, up until 2006, when that flipped, the media's attention immediately turned to capitol hill. we were on the back foot for a lot of that. that will start happening. also the media tomorrow will start asking if president biden should run again. i think the answer is going to be no. >> they picked up things, for

example, he says grass is $3.39. no. it's $3.72. why do they care now, jesse? >> well, i think they're trying to see cya, because they have to before the election. i'm going to steal the judge's line from the last block, where have you been? you can't all of a sudden throw pinocchios at them on the 7th of november? where were the pinocchios last year. >> or on the campaign trail. judge, are you surprised by the timing, that everyone seems to be on the same page on the left? >> no. the truth is the media understands what's coming down the pike. comes the coming down the pike is because the media, the left, the democrats have all been in cahoots. they want to take themselves out of that equation and say, oh, no, we've been criticizing him too. the truth is the media is an

essential part of the democratic lies they've been spewing for the last two years. if you ask joe biden, he says the economy is better than ever. >> right. does this remind you, harold, of clinton, when he got plastered in his midterm, or obama, when he got shellacked? >> it does. we have to correct some things. there was a big verbal fistfight with cnn a year ago, saying we covered it on the show, i don't think we covered it fairly. democrats will have to be more candid about what's working and what's not working. i hope will also happen, the far left in my party, their intentions are good in wanting to help the country, but their plan and implementation have not been. democrats will have to make a decision. if tonight goes, like we think it may go, do you want to win electrics and help govern the country that advances our strategic objectives or side

with a group of people who may have good intention but woefully inadequate when it comes to developing and implementing a plan? that's what democrats have to assess this evening. republicans are interested in problem-solving. i hope there's democrats that want to join them. >> if they start talking about impeaching joe biden -- >> that would be a terrible thing. >> that's a waste of time. >> what a mistake. tease out. >> our predictions, and final thoughts, are next. that's my tease. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uhhhh... here, i'll take that. [woo hoo!] ensure max protein, with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar and nutrients for immune health.

♪ ♪ >> dana: kenny chesney to close us out tonight. the polls closing some in some

states. let's get to our final thoughts and predictions before special coverage. judge, to you first. >> judge jeanine: most important thing people can come away with tonight is recognizing the public servants work for us. if they don't satisfy our needs then they have got to go. you have got to get out tonight and vote. just not vote, vote with a vengeance. [laughter] >> dana: brian, final thoughts? >> brian: couple of things the biggest upset is don bolduc in new hampshire. is he going to owe nobody nothing. other upset is zeldin. i think he is going to win over her by two or three points. as great as he has been i think she has been terrible. >> dana: kathy hochul the governor of new york. harold ford jr.? >> harold: i think brian is right. if new hampshire goes republican and this state here goes republican to zeldin, this -- listen, i'm 52 years old. this would be a seismic shift and as big an upset for democrats as it would seem. i think that the new hampshire race might portend what may

happen. let me say this. that still has to happen. i think the house goes republican tonight and i hope i'm wrong but i think it does. i think those who are thinking it's going to be 452 for republicans, you have got to wait for the numbers to come in. wait for the numbers to come in. >> jesse: i say 53 seats in the senate and if we get new hampshire that's 54. and then i say republicans hit 242 in the house. and if i'm wrong, it's voter suppression. [laughter] >> harold: you don't mean that. [laughter] >> judge jeanine: we know what's real. >> harold: no matter what happens we should accept the results. >> judge jeanine: that would be great. >> brian: then by next week we are talking about donald trump announcing he is running for president and that becomes the center. >> jesse: monday, right? >> judge jeanine: tuesday. >> dana: let me give a final thought if i could. i'm going to say it has been an amazing run of this election cycle it. really did start on january 20th, 2021. our viewers at fox news and especially for

the thy. you have been amazing. thank you for sticking with us. we appreciate you very much. i hope you will stay for special coverage it starts in just a little bit. so stay tuned. we have a lot more coming. martha and bret are next. here we go. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the stage is set. >> bret: who controls congress will be determined tonight. >> with key battle grounds still in play. and congress up for grabs. >> martha: republicans need to gain just one seat to take power. >> will tonight solidify the president's agenda? >> now america must choose. >> after months of campaigning, it all comes down to this. who is rodey to stand up. >> uncharted territory tonight. >> supporters every race across the country and only 60 minutes until the first polls close.

>> bret: our decision desk will be making the calls and our panel of experts will die guest it all. >> following every race, every angle with realtime data as it happens. the stakes have never been higher. we are america's election team and this is the midterms and it's election night, democracy 2022. your freedom, your vote. ♪ ♪ >> bret: after months of campaigning, media coverage and campaign ads, the battle for congress all coming down to tonight. just under one hour now until the first pool closings in key battleground states in the 2022 midterms. good evening, everyone. i'm bret baier. >> martha: good evening, everyone. i'm martha mccallum and it is election night, folks. all that counts now is the actual vote. the final tallies across the nation will determine whic