right now. in america this morning, your voice your vote. election day is here. the candidates making one final push along with the president choice between two very different visions. america if you want to save your rights and liberties, you have to start by dealing a humiliating rebuke to the radical left what trump said about house speaker nancy pelosi overnight and she spoke publicly for the first time about the attack on her husband and what she fears most after that attack . also the security precautions at the polls. what we can expect when the results come in tonight and what we do not expect, and if republicans take control of congress, what comes next? also this morning, drawing delayed by the winning numbers for the nearly $2 billion powerball

lottery were not drawn last night. state of emergency florida bracing for what could become a november hurricane new details on the coals path in the preparations. plus the allegations that prompted an ivy league school to suspend fraternity parties rethinking the movie theater. the new idea that could repurpose the cinema as we know it. and later sick of all those political ads taking over your tv just how much money has been spent. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good tuesday morning, everyone and happy election day. the stakes are high. today voters will decide which party controls the house and the senate republican takeover of congress could dramatically reshape president biden's first term. the candidates made their closing arguments last night along with president biden and former president trump the big question. will voters turnout today like they've been turning

out for early voting, which set records? the other big question is, will we even know the results tonight? several races? we likely won't abc is justin finch begins our coverage. justin. good morning. andrew rhiannon. good morning, the candidates and their big name backers were out last night trying to muster some last minute support. don't forget to vote, president biden arrived back at the white house last night after making his final pitch to voters acknowledging the democrats grip on power in washington may be loosening democrats in the house. i think it's going to be tough. i think we can, i think will win the senate. penthouses structure. what do you think the wait's two if it is a republican controlled congress? what's your new reality going to be like in washington? more different. let me get going to the rest of the world. earlier biden spoke to a crowd and blue state maryland painting a dark picture of a possible republican congress. from the beginning, my objective . my objective in iran was the

building economy from the bottom up in the middle out. not it's fundamental shift. and it's working from the maggot republican proposals, their trickle down economics. former president trump was in ohio, rallying for senate candidate j . d. vance you're going to vote for an incredible slate of true american first republicans up and down the ballot. trump finished his speech by teasing a big announcement on november 15th from mara lago, where he's expected to launch his 2024 presidential campaign. experts believe results from today's alive actions will likely give republicans control of the house and the handful of races could tip the balance of power in the senate. one of those races is in pennsylvania, where democrat john fetterman is neck and neck with dr mehmet oz. i will bring balance to washington. but john fetterman, he'll bring more extreme, everyone that's willing to go out and go knock on doors

and get out the votes right now because there's just so much at stake right now. now germans campaign has filed a lawsuit asking that undated mail in ballots be counted after pennsylvania supreme court ruled election officials cannot count any mail in ballot. that's undated or has an incorrectly dated envelope. sources tell abc news thousands, if not tens tens of thousands of mail in ballots will likely be sidelined because of dating errors. in the senate race in georgia democrat raphael warnock is in a nail biter with former football star herschel walker, who's now leading in the polls. now we got high inflation and they're trying to tell you we don't have high inflation. we got open border why we gotta open board got men and women sports that he voted to put men and women sports that's like asking me to compete against your daughter. he's pretty good at making up things. and now he wants to get the rest of us to

imagine with him. that he is of the timber to be a united states . senator walker is trying to win over the same republican voters as georgia governor brian kemp yesterday, every top republican on the ballot in the state was with kip, except for walker. unlike kemp walker has been endorsed by former president trump, who could play an even bigger role in that race if it heads to a runoff, which is considered likely a runoff is triggered if no candidate reaches 50. meanwhile voter turnout is already breaking records. states including georgia and ohio, are reporting an all time high number of mail in and absentee ballots. past elections have shown that democrats are more likely to vote early, whereas republicans are more likely to vote in person and on election day. andrew justin. thank you. meanwhile house minority leader kevin mccarthy is vowing to

strip some democrats of key committee assignments if republicans win the majority and he becomes speaker. mccarthy told cnn that congressman adam schiff should not be serving on the intelligence committee. but he said marjorie taylor green will get her assignments back. mccarthy also said that first bill will take up will be on border control. house speaker nancy pelosi is speaking out about that hammer attack that left her husband in the icu. popular oc is now recovering, and authorities have called it an act of political violence. pelosi calls it another threat to our democracy. in her first interview since the brutal attack on her husband, house speaker nancy pelosi got emotional for me. this is really the hard part because paul was not the target and he's the one who's paying the price is really sad because it is a flame that was fueled by misinformation and all the rest of that which is most unfortunate that shouldn't

has no place in our democracy going on to say she is worried about the future of our democracy have done very well being close to tears a number of times in this conversation come down very well and containing that. but i you know, of course i'm sad because of my husband. but i'm also said, because our country, analysts say the rhetoric this election season has been as heated as ever. the political divide, appearing to grow even wider, president trump in ohio last night brought up pelosi while discussing gangs in street crime, nancy pelosi said , please don't call them animals. they're human beings. i said, no, they're animals. because i think she's an animal to you want to know that trump adding impeached me twice for nothing in many races across the country. the 2020 election is still on the ballot of the 552 republicans running for congress or statewide office. 199 have

fully denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election. kerry lake, the republican candidate for governor in arizona, is the most high profile election denier on the ballot. she spoke with abc's jonathan karl, republican attorney general under under donald trump. bill barr all said that there that there wasn't you know that the election was was not stolen. are we going to sit and litigate this happy to do it? i'm just wondering why they would all lie. you guys are obsessed with. we have a lot of corruption in the system and they don't want. i think a lot of people who were responsible for that election know that there were rules broken and laws broken. and they don't want to admit fault okay? in response to election deniers, former president obama on the campaign trail said democracy as we know it may not survive. similar existential rhetoric came from former president trump when referring to the liberal agenda , saying this country i don't know if it's going to live for another two years. others in the wake of the attack on speaker

pelosi's husband are calling for cooler heads to prevail. unfortunately it's becoming more dangerous place and we've got to do everything we can to lower the rhetoric there has to be some healing process and democrats and republicans, you know, member of congress any anybody could be a target speaker. pelosi did acknowledge the attack will impact her decision on whether to retire, but she did not elaborate on what her decision will be have more election day coverage ahead , including new security precautions at the polls. that's coming up. in about 10 minutes, but now we turn to the jumbo powerball jackpot. nearly $2 billion up for grabs and overnight a delay. people waited in line for up to three hours to get tickets to the record breaking powerball is getting longer and more people are going in zeros on there. you don't play now. they're waiting even longer to find out if they are america's next billionaire last

night's drawing along with its $1.9 billion jackpot was delayed due to a technical issue. powerball says a participating lottery needed more time to process sales, adding in a statement the multiple state lottery has strict security require moments that must be met by all 48 lotteries before a drawing can occur when the required security protocols are complete. the drawing will be performed under the supervision of lottery security officials and independent auditors. it's not the first delay for this jumbo jackpot. powerball lotteries take pride in the strict standards of this game. just last month, the powerball lottery delayed a drawing when the jackpot was just $508 million. in that case, the numbers were finally drawn about one hour after a technical problem, officials deny. elaborate on what that problem was. so last night's drawing will now take place sometime this morning. the lottery did not provide any more details on the sales processing issue. now to the weather. what could become hurricane nicole could hit florida's east coast by late

wednesday. a state of emergency is now in effect for 34 counties , florida's largest power company, is now warning residents to prepare for outages . announcer says it's artemis moon rocket will stay on the launchpad. despite nicole's approach, let's take a closer look at your forecast. good morning hurricane season. not quite over yet, and we have a storm on our hands nicole that could become a hurricane before making landfall late wednesday night near west palm beach, florida most likely as a category one storm, then it'll hook back its way from tampa up the southeast us coast, impacting several states over the next many days. meantime, your election day forecast arizona nevada rain and wind out there looks good in the northeast and in georgia. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner run. coming up. the corporate executive arrested allegedly trying to sleep on a

stranger's bed. first one mother sounds the alarm about the danger of popular water beads sold the target sets new allegations against the rock and roll hall of fame. ce your

vote starting indian stone as the polls close busy day for rescue workers in seattle, a box truck crashed into a home trapping the driver. crews had to pull him out. his passenger was able to escape. no one was in the house and american aid worker has been killed in baghdad. he was shot last night as he drove to his apartment so far. no one has claimed responsibility. the relief organization he worked for confirmed his death without releasing his name. they say he worked at a school with his wife and nine month old is fighting for her life at a hospital in maine after swallowing a water bead, the popular beads expand

in water there are often used for sensory learning. the girl swallowed one, which blocked her small intestine. she suffered an infection and needed three surgeries. a warning label says the beats sold at target are not for children under three, but the girl's mother says that warning it is not enough. parents don't have the chance to make an informed choice before buying if i had seen toxic, if ingested, can cause blockage. i never would have bought them and brought them into my house in response targets, said it requires vendors to comply with all product safety standards. top executive at tyson foods has been arrested accused of going to sleep in the wrong bed. police in fayetteville, arkansas , say john are tyson, who is the chief financial officer and the son of the company's chairman with found sleeping in a random woman's home on sunday he has charged with public intoxication. and trespassing, and cornell university has suspended all fraternity parties . it comes after reports of at least one sexual assault and for

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elections, but it could be days before we know the outcome of some key races. we're not going to have final results on election night in arizona, officials in maricopa county are trying to ease concerns about misinformation. they've already announced they expect most votes to be counted by friday, but unfortunately again, we're going to continue to hear this kind of noise and maybe other noise about fake issues and in pennsylvania in the crucial senate race between john fetterman and dr oz, election officials say it could maybe a few days before we know the outcome. by law, pennsylvania and nine other states along with washington, d. c cannot process mail in ballots until election day, which experts say can lead to so called red or blue mirages . that's when it appears one candidate is doing better in a particular race early, based on the first wave of mail in ballots, leaning toward one party and something else voters can expect tonight. surprises polls have been less accurate in recent elections. posters blame low response rates, saying these days only 1% of people they contact are actually willing to

take part in polls. and they say republicans tend to be less inclined to answer questions. if you're casting a ballot in person today, expect to see more security in flagstaff, arizona, one election office will be barricaded by bulletproof glass and the walls of an election office in tallahassee, florida are fortified with kevlar. behind the scenes. the justice department is now expanding its monitoring of polling places to 24 states. and in 14 states today, specially trained national guard units will help with election cybersecurity. if you think there have been more political ads for this election than ever before, you are right ad spending was expected to approach $10 billion. that is 700 million more than during the 2020 election. make sure you stay with abc news for all the results tonight. our coverage begins at eight o'clock eastern. and we will begin one hour earlier on our streaming channel. abc news live coming up next actress rebel wilson's big announcement new purpose for announcement new purpose for movie theaters.

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