>> so many good episodes. all amazing heroes. two legged and four legged, and it is an honor to share these stories and the experiences everyone. >> fifth season and also thursday. sums up. full circle. pregnancy brain. here is "america reports." >> sandra: it has been two days since the polls closed and at this hour we are waiting for more votes to come in. while control of congress hangs in the balance. john, hello. >> john: good to be with you on friday eve. "america reports." republicans inching closer to a majority in the house but several undecided races in the west are keeping the democrat chances of staying in power alive. >> sandra: hotly contested georgia senate race, the secretary of state says there will be a run-off next month. but two other races that could

tip the balance of power remain unsettled. in arizona, mark kelly maintains his lead over republican blake masters and at the moment, masters has a steep hill to climb, about 95,000 votes. in nevada, incumbent democrat catherine cortez masto is chipping away at adam laxalt's lead. but unclear how much of the vote remains to be counted. election officials are set to give updates this afternoon. >> john: a lot to unpack from tuesday's results and an all-star line-up to break it down. we are going to start with our senior correspondent alicia acuna live in phoenix, the focal point for the post election period. why is the counting taking so long? >> john, that is the question of the moment, isn't it. i can tell you here in arizona, a few things. you have two tight races, you have massive voter turnout, and

you also had -- you have laws on the books that determine, among other things, the order in which the ballots are counted. according to the arizona secretary of state's office, the estimated number of uncounted ballots in arizona is about 619,000. maricopa county, it's more than 400,000. maricopa is the second largest voting jurisdiction in the nation. 80% of voters here were early voters, and under arizona law, folks are also allowed to drop their early ballot off on election day. on tuesday, 290,000 voters did just that. that's a huge jump from 2020 when 170,000 voters walked in with them. >> once they go through signature verification, once they are deemed good signature, go through an audit cue, they can be sent ahead to the board for tabulation. this number is immense, but it does inhibit us from having a higher percentage of returns

available in the first 24-48 hours but it is important we do signature verify all of those because it is how we confirm your identity. >> process the early vote ballots first and then the folks who walk in to cast their ballot. we have not seen numbers from those who stood in line to vote yet and if tradition holds, a majority of those vote republican so when you look at the race boards here, mark kelly is leading blake masters and democrat katie hobbs a slim lead over lake. and why can't arizona get it together the way the other states have? a lot to do with the margins and turnout here. if you look at other states where the races have been called, the voting is continuing, the reporting is continuing but the margins were so wide they were able to declare a winner. that is not the case here. so we wait, and as you mentioned at the top, we are waiting and

news conference here from maricopa county elections officials. >> john: only about 13,000 votes separating hobbs and lake and more votes than that outstanding so the tide could turn. alicia, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: the other state where we are still waiting on results to give you an idea why the delay, look at this. election day 23% of those voted on tuesday. other than that, 77% in the state of nevada voted earlier absentee. so you are talking about three-quarters, more than three-quarters of the state voted earlier absentee. so that should factor into what we are seeing as far as the delay here. nevada senate race, cortez masto as far as the younger vote going to the democrat in the race. 56% have broken for laxalt, the republican, 45 and over, something we are watching as we dive into the state, taking a look at what exactly is happening here as we do await

the two states that could determine control of the senate, waiting for the run-off election on december 6th down in georgia. so, here is nevada, we are watching clark county, home to las vegas, cortez masto is leading there, laxalt is trying to chip away there, she's got 51, more than 51% of the vote in clark county. if i back out here, go to the northwest corner of the state, reno, nevada, washoe county, where laxalt has been trying to pull away here. he has been leading in this county. cortez masto chipping away there. neck and neck, wow, john, if i take my pen and highlight how close it is in washoe county, 356 votes with 77% of the vote in. highlighting right here, i mean -- that's how close it's getting. >> john: it is indicative of how narrowly split this country is. it's almost 50/50 on both sides here.

but you know, when you take a look at what's going on there in arizona with the vote counting, it really does kind of raise this idea that election day is a quaint relic of the past. it's election season. early voting started in september in some states and lord knows how long the counting will go on. and i remember growing up as a kid, you know, mom and dad would look forward to election day, they would get out there, they would vote, and that evening we would find out who won. that's no longer the case. >> sandra: for some parts of the country that was the case and they get to enjoy that moment, not so much here, we are watching maricopa county, john, and what we are seeing as far as the vote for kelly, over 53%. 73% of the vote in. masters at 45%. as far as the entire state, 70% in, and kelly has the lead with just over 51% of the vote there. watching obviously maricopa

county, nevada, arizona, country is watching both these states right now. >> john: 95 to 99% of the vote promised to be in by friday. great work at the board there. if it's not broke, don't fix it. president biden says he won't change the way he runs the country but still wants to work with his gop colleagues, this as the president took a victory lap for democrats following the midterms. lucas tomlinson live at the white house. what was the reaction to the stronger than exacted results for the democrats? >> john, white house officials are relieved and very happy and the president and vice president are taking a victory lap, going to the old howard theater on u street, president biden has vowed not to change course. >> i don't have to change any of the policies i've already passed. that's what they said they want to go after. and so what i have is simple proposition, i have a pen that can veto, ok. >> looking at the election results so far, john, appears democrats meddling in some of

the gop primaries paid off. in the past century, opposition party normally picks up 29 seats in the house, that did not happen this time. republicans are expected to win a narrow majority, giving them control over critical committees and the power to launch investigations into the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, and hunter biden. >> i think the american public want us to move on and get things done for them. i think the american people will look at all of that for what it is, it's just almost comedy. >> the president appeared well rested yesterday, biden accredited his wife for helping deliver those critical democratic votes. >> my wife jill, a lot more popular than i am in the democratic party too, but at any rate, all kidding aside, our intention is to run again.

>> the white house says president biden will meet chinese president xi next week on monday at the g20 in indonesia. john. john looking forward to coverage of that. lucas tomlinson, thank you. >> sandra: take a look at the dow. 1:00 eastern time, quite a rally. look at this, the dow up 844 points. earlier it was up more than 1,000 points, right, charles. there is quite a rally happening here, a lot is anticipation that the fed will not have to be as aggressive after we got the latest inflation report showing that prices are trending down but still high. americans are still struggling with inflation, and not getting any immediate relief but this is the latest data that showed it's not as bad as it has been. prices were up 7.7% compared to a year ago. let's bring in charles payne and jackie deangelis. first off, my take on the market. you know, obviously a lot of this is inflation, a lot of it's

anticipation of the fed, but is this a market that is still reacting to gridlock in washington and now a divided government potentially? we know historically wall street likes that, charles. >> i agree 100%, one of the reasons it got hit yesterday, a lot of confusion, the headlines said the house is not settled yet and that's all wall street needed to do. overnight you can see the map, crunch the numbers, at least have the house and that's good enough for wall street. that plays a role, this plays a role, the inflation report. but something else people are not talking about, you know, we get initial jobless claims every thursday. they are not only starting to go up, but continuing jobless claims at one point, almost 1.5 million, that this number is rocketing higher. >> sandra: that's the fed goal, though. you have to have pain in the employment. >> that's the number, as it rocketses higher that will get the fed to eventually stop. but it's sad that's the notion the fed is going to inflict that

level of paint and starting right now. >> sandra: we have had to see unemployment go up in order for the prices to go down, perhaps it's a sign the fed will not have to be as aggressive. >> i think the gridlock piece of this is one thing. digesting now and saying well at least if republicans get the house, they can stop spending, they can block spending. and that's what is driving the inflation number higher or has been. when i look at the inflation number at 7.7%, core is 6.3%. strip out food and energy, still high. >> sandra: here is the food inflation, by the way. you have double digit increases in some basic needs like milk and vegetables, egg prices are up 43% year over year. by the way, in our voter analysis, when people were asked, what is the most troubling aspect of inflation for them, it was not even gas prices. it was food. >> and that's what i'm saying. so just anecdotally speaking,

not one place i go where i see prices coming down. if anything, they continue to rise. and so i'm worried some of this is embedded in the economy, and we have talked about this before about the energy situation in this country that until you get that straightened out, make sure that we are producing more oil, bring gas prices and diesel prices down. prices will continue to stay high. so i don't necessarily think this reaction in the market today is so much on cpi, i think the fed still has some more work that it needs to do. i think it's more on the washington story at this point. >> sandra: biden on inflation yesterday at the white house. listen. >> can't guarantee that we are going to be able to get rid of inflation but i do think we can. >> sandra: a little troubling, considering we passed the inflation reduction act that is supposed to bring down inflation. we were told that it would. put up this -- cpi, consumer prices under this president, which have really only gone up

until -- >> mind boggling. this is something, again, we are at 40-year highs, so something, half the people in the country never lived under these circumstances before and he went on, by the way, he pivoted from there to go back to blaming oil companies. and so it's so -- money coming through, inflation reduction act puts more money into the system. student loans, you know, i think the department of ed sent out 450 million already. so which came out of their -- >> sandra: we are still spending, and most see the root cause -- >> it is. even though there might not be new spending still a trillion dollars of old spending pushing through and the fed has to push back against that and stuck in the middle is the american consumer, the average household. >> sandra: one more question to you, jackie, the president made an acknowledgment i don't think we have heard much from him on.

he said voters spoke, responding to the midterm election results, and obviously losing seats in the house, they are frustrated, i get it, he said. although doubled down and said he will not change any of his policies, so -- >> it's great he gets it. everything else he talks about makes it seem he does not get it. when he talked about reducing inflation, he talked about how much he's brought the deficit down. again, from covid record level highs that would have dropped anyway, that's not real deficit reduction and he said that's going to bring inflation down but that's not a real story, it's very misleading the way they tell that story. so i'm still worried he does not get the principles of what needs to be done here and doubling down is scary in some ways. >> sandra: and he said i'm confident my policies are working, i'm gonna stick with them. so when you thought he was going to pivot a bit. >> his goal is not economic, his

goal is the green agenda and that requires we go through a lot of pain. >> sandra: charles, dress up next time, would you? >> i'm like the carnival guy. hurry, hurry. >> john: tropical storm nicole in florida, category 1 hurricane. where is the powerful storm headed next. >> sandra: and if republicans take control of the house will democrats play ball when it comes to bipartisanship? alyssa slotkan was able to hold on to her house. >> we ran on a commitment to america and things to get our economy back on track, lower gas prices, the things that people care about, we'll be able to do those in the house.

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>> sandra: florida getting hit with its first november hurricane in more than 40 years. tropical storm nicole crashed ashore as a category 1 storm when it made landfall earlier this morning, as many are still recovering from hurricane ian which hit weeks ago. robert ray is in daytona beach for us. robert, what is happening out there, what are you seeing? >> yeah, sandra, good afternoon. look at the atlantic ocean. it looks like it's pretty furious, doesn't it? here is the thing. that is child's play compared to this morning when high tide came in and nicole walloped this area. just south of vero beach, total history. 1985, 40 years or so, that was on the gulf side.

now the atlantic side of the hurricanes for florida, 1935, that's the year social security was implemented into the u.s. system. but look at this. look at the kind of damage that we are seeing up and down the coast by these waves and the surge. pounding pavement, cracking it, ruining parking lots, the daytona beach boardwalk has areas that have completely fallen apart, and the surge just pushed in. now, i've got to tell you, too, and my photographer is going to walk with me here just beyond these buildings, this hotel and these two residences, there is emergency evacuations going on right now, sandra, because of a compromised situation. undermining of these buildings. what that means, atlantic ocean forced its way underneath these structures here and look in the distance, lloyd can see down there, that is part of a pool deck that has collapsed and started to falling into the

atlantic as we speak. so there are dozens of emergency vehicles on the road over here, a1a, trying to get people out that decided not to evacuate, and it's a very serious situation. erosion, sandra, a big deal. you mentioned ian in the toss in the beginning of this report, and that is a factor. ian put a really bad situation on this eastern seaboard, even though it came in on the gulf side. that's how powerful it was. the entire peninsula, and now this tropical storm or hurricane, rather, that it was earlier today doing the same thing for erosion on these buildings, unfortunately. if you look up and down the coast here, you peak over, all you do is you see pockets of crumbling shoreline, and that is not good. not what florida needed. historic moment. the last time, again, that a hurricane has hit the atlantic side of florida in november, 1935, sandra.

and did you know the population of florida then, 1.6 million. now over 22 million. what a storm and what a system that is moving through up into the state of georgia and the carolinas. >> sandra: quite a bit of damage, and thanks to lloyd for giving us the pictures and robert ray the reporting. thank you very much. for more coverage, download the fox weather app or stream it on your favorite connected tv device. john. >> john: thank you. republicans inching closer to a house majority, but certainly did not get the red wave that they were hoping for. many vulnerable democrats like michigan's elisa slotkin were able to hold on in tight races and now getting ready for another term in congress. thanks for being with us. why do you think the red wave turned into more of a red trickle? >> yeah, you know, i can't speak for everywhere in the country but i know in michigan i think it was a real passion, frankly, coming out of a lot of women,

young people, and feeling like their rights were threatened, roe issues on our ballot so i think that was a real motivator. but i think also a lot of extreme candidates were put up around the country and i just really believe the voters are kind of over that, and they just want practical reasonable people on both sides of the aisle to represent them, and they voted that a couple days ago. >> john: in fact, in talking about your win, you sent a warning to republicans about future elections saying i hope that as a swing state we have sent the message loud and clear, ununtil they nominate more less extreme candidates they are going to lose and lose at the ballot box. donald trump put forward candidates, some did win, some didn't. to some degree the strategy appeared to be success. >> yeah, i mean, again, i can only speak for michigan but the candidates, attorney general, secretary of state, governor, a

bunch of statewide, or state candidates for senator the house, they just, they did not win and we have a practical reasonable midwestern approach here and there may have been a lot of interest. our state voted for donald trump in 2016, but i think people are looking for someone who plays in the center and is a pragmatist, they don't like the extremes, and michigan is often a bellwether of trends to come in the rest of the country. >> john: looks as though republicans at this point will hold a narrow margin in the house. what's your prediction for how the next two years look without either party having, you know, significant control of either house, we don't know who is going to control the senate at this point, looks like it could be a recipe for gridlock for two years. >> yeah, i hope not. i think when you have a small majority, what it looks like my republican colleagues will have in the house, i know from

experience the last two years it can be a pretty fraction thing. you have factions, they have the freedom caucus, folks on the left who often don't agree even when their own party puts a bill forward so it creates this problem set where they can't lose any votes or they have to reach across the aisle and get a few democrats to vote with them. and my hope is that they look at that as a strategy. we had to use that a few times in the past two years in the house to pass the infrastructure bill. for me i hope that we don't just have two years of investigations and focusing on, you know, niche issues we are focusing on things they said they wanted to focus on, the economy, national security, making sure we get away from just kind of throwing bombs at each other and actually do the work. >> john: let me press you on that. you hope we don't have two years of investigations, we just had two years of investigations. so, are the democrats allowed to

investigate but the republicans aren't? >> no, but i would offer that an investigation of an armed insurrection of the u.s. capitol is far different than investigating the son of our president who the fbi has had many, many years to look into. if they had saw fit. i think comparing those two is a little bit of a reach to be honest, and so i think it was a good thing that our country investigated on a bipartisan basis the january 6th insurrection. do i think that we should spend a lot of time looking at individuals when again, law enforcement has had plenty of time to make their case to look into these people, no. if there is something that is truly worthy of investigation, that's congress's role. in my mind, comparing the january 6th insurrection to hunter biden is a little off. >> john: we did have the russia investigation as well, turned out to go nowhere. >> i'm not sure the russia investigation, which one you are talking about. the -- the impeachment process?

>> john: the mueller investigation and subsequent investigations. >> the mueller report. >> yeah, the mueller report was written out of congress. we had three hearings on it. >> john: let me move on, one more thing to ask you about here. the sentiment of the country going into tuesday's elections. 73% said the economy is worse, 51% said the financial situation was worse, and 69% were not satisfied with how things are going. that would seem to be a recipe for the president to change course, but here is what the president said at a press conference yesterday. >> 75% of voters say the country is headed to the wrong direction, despite the results of last night. what do you intend to do differently to change people's opinion of the direction of the country, particularly as you contemplate a run for president in 2024? >> nothing. >> john: do you agree with that, the president should do nothing

different? >> no, i think honestly figuring out how we address inflation has got to be, has got to be the number one issue, and i've talked about this with senior levels of the administration, some sort of inflation task force, some sort of process so we know at the beginning of every press conference, every briefing, every sort of convening moment or government is focused on that first. that's what i would do. i'm not sure that straight nothing was the answer i would have given. but, if the midterms are a referendum on how the president is doing, or at least it's common wisdom, we certainly had a different result than we were expecting across the country. >> john: congresswoman slotkin heading to washington for another term, thank you. >> sandra: another setback for vladimir putin as his forces retreat from one of ukraine's largest cities. is it a turning point in this war, or is russia trying to lay a trap? we are live in kyiv. >> john: and once the biggest swing state in america.

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>> sandra: midterm results in florida where some of the best in the country for the republican party with governor desantis and senator rubio cruising to re-election. the success at the top of the ticket also helped several house candidates win their races, including in florida's redrawn 15th district, a former florida secretary of state laura lee won a decisive victory there. thank you for being here. >> thank you so much for having me today. >> sandra: how are you feeling off your big win? >> oh, you know, it's a great

feeling to be here in florida. we saw just an incredible coalition of voters turn out to support republicans up and down the ballot, and you know, i think that's an incredible testament to governor desantis, marco rubio, and really all the republican candidates who worked so hard to make sure that we were speaking to the voters here about the policy positions that really make a difference to them. >> sandra: your seat wasn't a flip but it's worth noting and printed this morning that you swept the race, laura lee, despite the fact this district has the smallest difference in republican and democrat voters of any district in the state. so you had a tall task to win this race. how did you do it? >> well, that's right. this is a very, very evenly divided district and the key to representing this area is to really have a focus on the things that aren't just about partisan issues, they are things that matter to all of our

voters. everyone in the area cares about having an economy that's strong, communities that are safe, opportunities for our children, and you know, those kind of messages really resonate with voters across the political spectrum. and you know, one of the things that i think we are going to see going forward as we see republicans take a majority in the house of representatives is that we are going to be focused on those same kinds of issues, the things that keep our country strong, keep it safe, and that really affect in a positive way the lives of americans. >> sandra: what you've heard from a lot of democrats, they say a lot of the republicans that are running for office, particularly in some house districts, they are running on inflation saying things are going so poorly for so many american bus not running with a plan. so can you tell our viewers what's your plan? i know it was a priority in a lot of your campaigning, you raised a lot of money. economy, law enforcement, gun

rights. what's your priority when you go to washington? >> i'll say this. there is absolutely a plan and it is called the commitment to america and kevin mccarthy and his leadership team and all the members of congress worked hard to put together a comprehensive policy agenda that speaks to what republican leadership in congress can do, an economy that's strong, nation that's safe, a government accountable to the people. and those rt things that matter to americans what they want to see their elected leaders doing. it's going to have an incredible appeal to americans and this is our opportunity to get out there and -- >> sandra: two seconds on the next two questions, we are running out of time but important ones. what do you believe is driving this shift in florida, going from a swing state to now looking just really red across the map. what is the driver of that?

>> i think it's about leadership, right candidates and the right leaders an open, free state, we have that here in florida so i think the voters have absolute confidence in what republicans can do when they are in power. >> sandra: final question, quite a storm you are dealing with. can you give us an update? obviously your district is affected by this. >> unfortunately, we, we have another hurricane passing through the center of our state today. i know our first responders are ready and i've been in contact with the governor's office this morning. they, too, are prepared to come and provide relief or recovery efforts needed. right now we are watching it come through our state and hoping for the best. >> sandra: congresswoman elect laura lee, appreciate you coming on, and you'll spend some time celebrating before you are off to tackle the tasks. thank you very much. >> john: major troop movement on the battlefield in ukraine. russia has ordered a withdrawal from kherson, the only regional

capital that russia has captured since february. greg palkot is in kyiv, ukraine. greg, what does this mean for the war going forward? >> john, these developments could be hugely impactful on this war going forward as we learn more today as well about the heavy toll of this conflict. ukraine today says its forces have taken another dozen villages, they try to win back the key russian-held city of kherson. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff weighs in and says he sees indications russia is beginning to withdraw from that area, but officials will tell you very, very cautious, they do not want to get stuck in a russian or a bear trap. and as the fighting continues here, general milley also weighing in with strong claims. he says now that 40,000 civilians have been killed since this war started. he also says that, get ready for

this, 100,000 russian troops have been killed or injured and he says the very same on the ukrainian side. these gripping totals are yet to be confirmed, john, but anecdotally we can tell you, there's a lot of sadness here. take a look. thousands killed in fighting this year, losses marked in beautiful places like st. michaels in kyiv. family, friends, loved ones and brothers in arms, remembering, not for getting. >> 63-year-old soldier, a member of the named aazov battalion. like so many, feelings fresh, emotions raw. his daughter said her father was strong and principled. >> he wrote to me, i will do everything so that you and my grandson have the opportunity to

freely walk around ukrainian cities. i understood he wants this land to be and remain ukrainian. >> tatiana told us that her late father was very good at telling bedtime stories when she was growing so she could go to sleep. now just memories. >> sandra. >> sandra: mysterious death of a jewelry tycoon. a member of tiffany empire reportedly dying off falling off a cruise ship last month. her family says they suspect foul play. >> john: provided weighs in and says a trump-desantis primary would be fun to watch. josh kraushaar is here with thoughts on all that. >> who do you think would be the tougher competitor, ron desantis or former president trump and how is that factoring into your decision? >> it would be fun watching them

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>> sandra: so much drama. more blue check blues at twitter. first elon musk himself, now other public figures are getting hit with fake verified twitter accounts. the new plan to charge $8 a month for the official blue check is prompting a slough of parody accounts. they are getting suspended, but fake account for lebron james announced a trade request from the lakers sending fans into a frenzy online. you think about it and the parody accounts, possibilities of endless. i don't know how they are going to handle this, john. >> john: and how many bots are out there and new bots have showed up on twitter around this election. it is incredible. any time i get a nasty comment from somebody with 0 followers,

it's a good indication it's a bot. >> sandra: and do you block them, john? >> john: no, i'm not into the blocking things. sometimes people who are sort of annoying you can mute them, but don't block anybody. >> sandra: interesting to see what elon musk decides, you would think he has a plan for this, thought through the $8 blue check thing. >> john: he's got to make his money back somehow. moving on, republican start looking for a 2024 presidential candidate. president biden says it would be fun to see former president trump face off against governor ron desantis. new york post is already writing off trump, and josh kraushaar, you know, there are people in the republican party who are saying maybe it's time for the mantle to be passed to ron desantis. >> look, john, it was a really tough election night for the former president. a lot of his senate endorsees

lost or under performed. five house candidates he endorsed in the toss-up house races all lost. all the secretary of state candidates that would not acknowledge the 2020 election results, either all lost or are losing in the key races. so compare to ron desantis, he won the state of florida, by double digits, won in areas that republicans have not prevailed in in quite some time. >> john: let's put that on the screen so people at home can know how big this was. desantis won 59-40 over crist. 19 points and take a look at this. miami-dade county, which had not gone blue in 20 years, he won it by 55-44. if he could repeat that in other blue counties across the nation, it could be a recipe to get to the white house. >> it was a dominant performance. he broadened the republican coalition. he got hispanics into the mix,

women, independents, miami-dades, republicans have not won in a governor race since jeb bush in 2002, and osceola county, outside disney world, another desantis victory. this is a sign of how republicans can win elections, broaden the coalition with a conservative message. >> john: i remember following george bush's campaign in 2000, 2004, spent so much time in the suburbs, that's where the votes were. and here is how desantis did according to a fox voter analysis, suburban voters, 58%. women voters, 57%. hispanic voters, 56%, which eclipses what george bush got nationally. if you can repeat that across the country, that also gets you into the oval office. >> i thought it was interesting that jeb bush on twitter passed the baton to governor desantis saying he was proud of his re-election and thought he has

accomplished a lot of conservative policy goals in office in his first term. but that is the model. when you see republicans who ran on, you know, ran on more of a maga message, not doing as well, holding on to the base but not expanding the republican coalition. it was a really big contrast looking at florida and the disappointments republicans had in other states. >> john: and speaking of maga, trump said what's the big deal with desantis guy, now that the election is over and everything went quite well, shouldn't it be said in 2020 i got 1.1 million more votes in florida than desantis got this year, 5.7 million to 4.6 million. just asking. he's already trying to pull the rug out from under desantis' feet. >> i think the former president has ron desantis on his mind. look, a governor's race, a midterm turnout is not the same as a presidential year turnout and the margins, trump did very well in florida, he actually

almost set the model for how republicans can make in-roads in florida. but ron desantis, a governing vision and accomplished what he would do. >> john: and trump has said if desantis runs, there may be a fight. he told fox digital i would tell you things about him that won't be very flattering. i know more about him than anybody other than perhaps his wife. which brought jason to say this about a potential battle royale between the two. >> i don't think republicans want to hear in-fighting between donald trump and desantis and right now donald trump keeps taking shots at ron desantis that, is not going to play well. >> john: republican party did not live up to the red wave, and now you have potentially two of the biggest republicans out there potentially fighting with each other? is that good for the party? >> i don't think it's good for the party but i think we are going to see a clash of these two republican party titans, and

if you look at the polling, it would be a real epic battle because desantis in some polls already leads among up scale white collar republicans but trump still dominates with the maga base, and that's not easy to beat trump and he has a hold on a lot of voters in the party as well. >> john: one thing for sure, it's going to be a fascinating two years. >> it will be, and we are here to watch it all into 2024. >> john: great to he is an you. welcome back to washington, by the way. >> sandra: fascinating and fast. once we start talking about the next presidential election, goes by too fast. mail-in votes are still being counted in los angeles. rick caruso has a slight lead over karen bass in the race for mayor there. william is live in l.a., may not know the result until next week. what can you tell us so far,

william? >> karen bass was favored to win. resume', endorsements, unions, caruso had the momentum. a lot of latino support and the san fernando valley. still, a huge upset for caruso to win, not just because he was down 24 in september, a former republican just switched parties this year. never held public office but spent 100 million of his own money in this campaign. >> this election has always been about those felt left behind and unheard. well, let me tell you, i hear you and change will happen. >> bass is part of l.a.'s democratic machine with nearly half the city's voters self-identified liberal or progressive. she was heavily favored to be the first female mayor in the city's history. >> we want to have a city hall that serves all the people, not just the city hall for the powerful, not just the city hall

for the wealthy, but a city hall is that is for everyone so that we can have the quality of life that i know that we deserve. >> so what happens now. caruso is up by 12,000 votes but there's another half a million outstanding that need counting because, one, voters here can register and cast a ballot on election day, those need to be verified. ballots mailed in by 8:00 p.m. on election day are accepted the next seven days. tomorrow around 4:00 p.m. pacific time we will get an updated total. that's going to give us a better picture, sandra, of the mail-in cohort, and it matter because in the primary bass appeared to have lost by five but after mail-ins she won by seven. we won't have a winner probably until next week. >> sandra: so tricky with some of these races not called yet. thank you very much. john. >> john: back to the idea it used to be election day.

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threatening to topple next. >> john: the words of the volusia county sheriff, the buildings are at imminent risk after being weakened by hurricane ian weeks ago. we have fox crews making their way live to the scene. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into our second hour. i'm john roberts in washington. hi again, sandra. >> sandra: and happy friday eve to you, john. breaking news on that storm coming up, but we begin here at the touch board with the other developing news in this election week. the control of the senate coming down to the three crucial races that we are watching, of course, in arizona, nevada, and georgia. both parties within close distance of winning the chamber and begin, obviously, taking a look at the balance of power in the senate, obviously looking for that majority, 51 republicans, 49 races called, democrats 48. so watching those three states and obviously the run-off that will be happening in georgia. to the peach