hey, bret. >> bret: hi. good evening. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, the final results of this week's midterm elections remain a mystery tonight. that means the fate of president biden's legislative agenda is on hold. a trio of senate races and nearly 40 house seats still undecided at this hour. the president and vice president made remarks to supporters this afternoon here in washington about what comes next. correspondent david spunt is at the white house tonight with the latest. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening to you. the president will depart for a week-long international trip in just a few hours. this comes as the election results from tuesday are still trickling in a few states and we still don't know the balance of power for the next few years in washington. still the president seems unfazed by this. [chanting let's go joe] >> president biden upbeat this afternoon during a midterm election celebration with volunteers in washington. >> tuesday was a good day for america. a good day democracy. a strong night for democr

bret? >> bret: peter doocy on the north lawn. thanks. talk about both of those things with wi candidates later in the show. stocks are down. the dow lost 146.5. the s&p 500 fell 40. the nasdaq dropped 182. ♪ ♪ >> bret: ready for that music a lot. the new hampshire senate race could determine the balance of power in that chamber following the election. there was a different kind of power on display last night as the republican nominee saw firsthand just how seriously some people are taking the contest. fox business correspondent hillary vaughn is in kingston, new hampshire tonight. >> yesterday we had a little incident outside of the debate hall. >> with just five days left until this year's midterm elections, candidates are targeting swing voters. last night republican new hampshire senate candidate don bolduc says someone tried to take a swing at him. >> he charged with his side of the sidewalk. he made slight contact with me. i would call it a graze as a result. >> after bolduc says the activist charged a quick confrontation followed a

bret? >> bret: jacqui, thank you. ♪ >> bret: as mentioned earlier president biden is participating in a rally in the state of maryland and at that rally will be the democratic gubernatorial candidate wes moore. is he expected to be there the author and army veteran will face republican dan cox a member of maryland's house incumbents. larry hogan is term limited and can't seek re-election there our fox have this as a solid democratic pickup. take a look around the governor's races around the country. if we head out here to oregon, republicans are optimistic they can flip some of these out west. former representative kristin drazan could become the first republican governor of oregon in 40 years. she faces former state representative tina kotek and the democrat turned independent betsy johnson expected to take some votes away from kotek in this race that along with strong fundraising on the republican side really gives driveway zan a good shot here out in oregon. let's take you now to nevada

bret and martha starts now: ♪ ♪ >> martha: one week from election night. >> bret: and ohio's open senatet is up for grabs. >> we have to be committed to bringing it home. >> we are going to send this guy home. we are going to take this country back. >> martha: it's a battle between seasoned politicians, democratic representative tim ryan. >> thank you so much. >> tim ryan had his chance. it hasn't worked out. time for new leadership. >> bret: and author and newcomer j.d. vance. >> he is not going to win. we are going to win this race and they are going to get more and more desperate. >> martha: both candidates are here to answer questions from their state. >> bret: this is the ohio town hall. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> martha: good crowd. >> bret: welcome to columbus, ohio. i'm bret baier with a great crowd. >> martha: we have great crowd here tone. i'm martha mccallum. >> bret: welcome to a special edition from "special report" limited commercial interruptions tunnel 2 towers. we are coming to you tonight live from the fives event venue. mash march tim ryan and j.d. vance will both jo

bret? >> bret: david spunt at the justice department. thanks. let's get to the white house now and reaction there to the special counsel appointment, here is senior national correspondent rich edson. >> we are not involved. >> the white house says all questions regarding the special counsel now investigating former president trump should stay down the street at the department of justice. >> the president was not aware. we were not aware. we were not given advance notice and i would refer to you the department of justice. >> at the white house the focus, instead, is on the economy. >> and our approach, i believe, is working. >> president biden is selling the current u.s. economy and offering big promises ahead. >> people are starting to see the impact of these achievements in their own lives. we are just getting started. >> in a meeting with ceos and union leaders touted legislative work capping certain hillary rodham clinton prices and hiring and moderating inflation. republicans say they a

bret? >> bret: mike, thank you.ident biden around 40%. right track, wrong track in the direction of the country somewhere in that 35 to 40% range. big disapproval on the economy. you have late deciding voters pushed away from the party in power. now you have all three of those factors this year. and so you see in all of these states beginning a pretty significant. >> josh holmes the ruthless podcast been around politics for some time. get information about what the polls are telling us right now within one week. with us this evening chris anderson president of beacon research also a member of the fox news decision desk and steven kemp director for echelon insights. put up real clear politics average of the generic vote. democrat, republican over the past six months and it has shifted significantly just the past month or so. in fact, every poll that we have seen has made in its own poll a major shift to republicans whether it's 2, 4 or 6 points. it's r plus something. that signifies that there is a shift. >> absolute

bret? >> bret: claudia cowan.ct will be making first court appearance tomorrow via video link >> bret: a memorial service was held last night for one of the victims ever the university of idaho student slayings. this evening, we are seeing images from inside the building where the killings took place. correspondent dan springer is in moscow, idaho, again tonight [bleep] >> first time getting a look inside the house where four university of idaho students were slaughtered more than a week ago. three of the victims who rented the house made a tiktok video imitating each other just days before their murders. today there was no police activity in or around the crime scene which is still taped off. investigators from the fbi and idaho state police did briefly expand the crime scene monday. but there is still no suspect, no murder weapon and no answer to the question if this was a targeted attack, who was the killer's target and why? farmer fbi director chris swecker was on "fox & friends first" saying this could be a t

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bret? >> bret: fun to watch. thank you.iden is trying to prevent a nationwide railroad strike at the start of the holiday season. plus, a new look at hunter biden laptop and coverage of it. first i don't understand our borders tonight, more than 160 people are dead, hundreds injured, after a strong earthquake strikes indonesia. the 5.6 magnitude quake toppled buildings and walls on the country's main island. the u.s. plans to expand its military interest in the philippines. more than 100 u.s. military personnel are currently stationed in the country. the number of additional troops still needs to be finalized with the philippines. >>> nasda with test dummies sitn for astronauts, orion is expected to reach 270,000 miles from earth next monday, breaking the previous record set by apollo 13 in 1970. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. moving forward with node- positive breast cancer is overwhelming. but i never just found my way; i made it. and did all i could to prevent recurrence.

bret?> republicans hope in the senate dashed offer the past couple days when candidates in arizona on nevada lost. it's still possible that herschel walker could win in georgia incumbent warnock january 6th in run off election. 50/50. that would be control for democrats because a split senate has vice president kamala harris break that tiebreaking vote. if we look at the governor's races now. over the weekend, there was a win for republicans, this is the only pickup that they saw, and that is republican joe lombardo has defeated steve sisolak in nevada. a couple of other races, a couple of other states too close to call. let's go all the way out to alaska. this has not been called as of yet. but incumbent republican mike dunleavy has a solid lead over democrat less gear raft. now in arizona, let's take a look at arizona, we are still waiting on maricopa county vote to come in. katie hobbs the democrat has a narrow read over republican kari lake, 472. expecting a vote dump some time later to

bret? >> bret: rich, thank you.broadcast coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. the protests in iran and china and the breaking news on the railway deals. first, beyond our borders tonight. law enforcement authorities in six different countries joined forces to take down a super cartel of drug traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in europe. the european union crime agency says 49 suspects have been arrested so far. the latest series of raids across europe and the united arab emirates took place earlier this month. >>this is a live look at rio key general narrow. one of the big stories there tonight, a meteor lights up the sky in southern brazil. the object entered atmosphere about 77 miles up. inflamed up about 8 miles later. taking less than two seconds. the correct of a brazillen space observatory says the meteor was the largest seen this year. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ so we're hard at work helping them achieve financial freedom.

guys, back to you. >> bret: mark meredith.re are numbers from florida bill hemmer back at the board. >> bill: whole state doesn't close until 8:00. data from the 7:00 close. this will be a story that sticks, okay? this is the governor's race in florida. this is ron desantis up against charlie crist. this is miami-dade, okay? right now it is red, 66% of the estimated vote is in. and desantis leads crist. desantis won his governor job four years ago that year in miami-dade he lost by 20 points. if this number holds up you have a bit of a tremor right there in southeastern florida. let me try to go to the senate race. real quickly this is marc and val demings 25% of the vote is. in back to miami-dade we go. a moment ago this was blue. now it's red. two thirds of the estimated votes is counted and rubio leads demings as well. watch the percentage here on rubio and demings and i will go back to the governor's race and see how -- well, okay. right? i mean it's almost a mirror of itself 53.6. and then on the senate side you have got

. ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington, i am bret baier, four days left till the midterme, president biden and democrats are trying to turn to the economic narrative and turn it in their favor. the october jobs report shows another solid month of hiring with a slight increase in the unemployment rate, but the headwinds of inflation at skyrocketing interest rates may be too much to overcome, and that could give control of congress to the g.o.p. maybe one chamber, maybe both chambers, white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off live from the north lawn. >> good evening, brett. parts of the president's pitch pitches an actual fairy tale as he tries to make the case that today's economic report is not too cold and is not too hot, but rather just right. >> "new york times" media reports, they call it the goldilocks report. i have my shock waiting for the wolf. >> talking about a strong october jobs report and saying 261,000 jobs created while comments by republican leadership servant sure team to say that they are rooting for a recession as the u.s. economy grows and a

bret?> bret: thank you, chad. let's take a look at the current break down in the u.s. senate. here you have 49, 48. three white boxes yet to be called. wisconsin's race was called early this afternoon with republican incumbent senator ron johnson defeating mandela barnes. democrats picked up the closely watched seat of pennsylvania, the lieutenant governor there, john fetterman, besting dr. mehmet oz. now, as things stand, 49-48 as we mentioned. three seats are still at play. let's take a look at the house races when it comes to those contests and how that look. first, let's go out to arizona. and where incumbenten the senate race, democrat, senator mark kelly is ahead of republican blake masters. a bright spot for republicans though in arizona is appearing in these house races. where some redistricting, forcing some shift of seats g.o.p. candidates have won three so far. they lead in two of the four races that are still too close to call. all right. let's take you out to nevada and see how

resign, bret?> lucas tomlinson traveling with the president in nantucket. lucas, thanks. the federal reserve is suggesting smaller interest rate hikes may be ahead. that sent stocks up today. the dow gained 96, the s&p 500 finished ahead 24, the nasdaq rose 111 today. ♪ ♪ >> there are new calls tonight for a return-to-mask mandates to deal with a severe and widespread flu season. the biden administration, however, is sending mixed messages contending that past mitigation efforts are actually possibly making things worse right now. correspondent david spunt explains tonight. >> it's being called a triple item mic just in time for the holidays, covid-19, the flu, and rsv and increasingly diagnosed respiratory disease on the radar of doctors and parents. >> we are seeking normal precautions after living through covid the last few years. parents have had to just be adaptable. >> the country's top doctor believes crowded airports will likely mean crowded hospitals. seller hospitals across the country ar

bret?bret: aishah, thank you. >> martha: fox news voter analysis will explain the trends that we are seeing as the results start to roll in. shannon is going through all of that. shannon, good evening to you. what are you seeing so far? >> good to see you guys. we have been asking voters around the country more than 100,000 of them how they vote and why. first look tonight at fox news voter analysis. we have a new method to analyze their decisions and to tell you why they voted the way they did. the top concern for voters, not surprising, it is the economy. nearly half of the electorate 47% that we talked to say the economy is the most important issue facing the country. that's nearly five times as much as the next issue. abortion is a distant second at 10%. immigration at 9%. the climate at 9%. now, the highest numbers, if you dig in here, can you see there are sections of the country where these colors are most intense. so right here i would say we have a group idaho, wyoming and utah, an

bret, back to you. >> bret: mike, thank you.g to explain the administration's policy in light of the coming change to asylum rules. title had 2 along the southern border, congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has details tonight from capitol hill. >> the administration's continued failures on the border places arizona communities and our nation security at risk. >> we can't fix the problem unless we acknowledge it. >> the flow of drugs across the southwest border is unrelenting. >> senators from both sides of the aisle grilling homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas today at a senate hearing on threats to the homeland as washington and border communities brace for a surge of migrants at the u.s.-mexico border once title 42 ends next month. >> what's the plan for dealing with this mass migration, illegal immigration coming now post title 42. >> what we are doing is precisely what we announced we would do in april of this year. >> mayorkas offering no new solutions today, instead sticking with a 6 point plan, dhs unvei

bret? >> bret: mike, thank you. the person many believe offers former president trump his stuff toughest competition for the nomination g.o.p. is riding high tonight former governor ron desantis fresh off a landslide re-election campaign in florida. he was the center of attention at a governor's conference in his home state. correspondent mark meredith shows us tonight from orlando. >> i think we just finished this election, okay. people just need to chill out a little bit on some of this stuff. >> florida governor ron desantis says with a georgia senate seat still up for grabs, it's too early to focus on the next presidential race, even aspects grows he will challenge former president trump for the 2024 republican nomination. >> for me, it's like okay, what more do we need to do to continue to make florida lead the way. and we are going to be focusing on that. >> while speaking at a party conference in orlando last night, sources say desantis received a long standing ovation from his fellow republican governors. di

bret? >> bret: thanks, jonathan.h those two senate races in the nevada and arizona still undecided and a run-off election december 6th in georgia, balance of power in the senate remains the same 49 for republicans, 48 for democrats. now, as jonathan mentioned, democratic incumbent out in nevada senator cortez masto, catherine cortez masto has mailed some gains on republican adam laxalt's leads. if we look at the house races in nevada, district 2 republican mark am aday is the only republican incumbent there to secure his seat so far. incumbent democrats are ahead in all three of the contests too close to call at this time we go back to the senate map, each of the three uncalled house districts holds a piece of that blue region, the clark county region. if we now go back to the senate map and we go next door to arizona, and arizona, maricopa county election officials continue to count ballots there. it's hard to predict if those votes will help boost republican blake masters and make up this difference with democratic

bret, martha? >> bret: thanks, mark. >> martha: interesting to hear that from liz cheney.s carving out. let's play that sound bite. >> who do you prefer in this race? >> i would not vote for j.d. vance. >> so if you were a buckeye stay voter, you'd be voting for tim ryan? >> i would. >> okay. >> bret: it's interesting. obviously first of all, in mid-term elections, we don't see surrogates moving the needle that much. with somebody like liz cheney, you look to arizona and kari lake. she used it to raise money on that cheney endorsement saying thank you. she's had people come out in support of her candidacy. obviously liz cheney is taking on the trump endorsed candidates and in her role. i don't know if that moves the needle inside ohio that much. >> martha: it's interesting. we talk about the big numbers and majority in the house, majority in the senate. all of these races are local. we've seen tim ryan really trying to hone to the middle. he's complained that he hasn't gotten real support from the democrat party that the money is going other places and he claims that they

hey, bret, did you vote yet? >> bret: i have not voted, judge. how about you? >> judge jeanine: i didn't hear did you ask me if i did? tomorrow. tuesday. >> bret: we will see you. good evening. i'm bret baier, we are coming to you live tonight from fox news world headquarters in new york. this is the final day of campaigning in what has been a long and intense midterm election season. the economy has emerged as the top issue with skyrocketing inflation, soaring interest rates. democrats have largely sought to object secure that issue with abortion politics talking about at the beginning and concerns about a threat to democracy as

>> bret: i don't know. it's a tweet. >> jesse: i have a lot on my plate. >> bret: all right. i gotcha. >> jesse: i will have john. johnnylook into it. >> bret: okay, good. >> jesse: happy thanksgiving. ♪ ♪ tonight we are going to talk about one of the biggest power struggles happening in america right now. no, it's not ticketmaster vs. taylor swift or tom brady vs. gisele or even democrats vs. republican something more

bret: charles payne.g to lawrence jones, the woman talked about teenage daughters. we talk about what's on the ballot. what's on the ballot is what america wants to be and what it will be. if you think of president obama, for instance, there's no such thing by pulling yourselves off by the bootstraps, almost every single thing that we are seeing repudiation of free money of government being able to do what you should be doing for yourself. i know it's a wonky word. they were going to make this a main street frame. business insider what is monitor monetary theory, understanding economic theory that's becoming more mainstream. what did they, do instead, we had real wages that have been down every single month since 1.9 trillion has gone into effect, 3.5% loss in real wages, by the way compare that to president trump, up 7%, even president obama was up 3%. we just learned on monday our credit card debts $.1 trillion, that's up 19% since the free money went to effect. what this election is really about is beh

bret: back to our panel, juan.democrats approach the last two days there is been storing about concern inside of democratic party about a red wave. do you think that is coming as setting expectations or that there is really a sense that this dynamic has changed. >> i'm not sure the question,. bret: as far as democrats know tuesday will be horrific. >> no, i think they are trying to do is to sound the alarm they get people to turn out. this is you know midterms are about turn out, historically it is low, but not this time, on both sides you have elevated enthusiasm employee think there was a nbc poll said that democrats and republicans are equal now in terms of enthusiasm. you have to look at dynamics of this race to choice referendum issue, you were discussing. to me, all midterms tend to be referendums on the incumbent, that is what that refers to u. i don't like the direction historically that happens, that is why almost always party in power loses in this case what happened dynamic, oh, my gosh, the supreme cour

>> i agree with bret. everybody knew this was coming.e've been doing rehearsals on all of our equipment. not to say something won't work perfectly. >> easy. [laughter] >> do not jinx us. [laughter] >> they have to be ready for us, especially in places where you have so much concern and anxiety the last time around. to me, this is next to on excusable. we have a lot of bureaucracy and every one of these states, election offices, so get your act together, make sure people can vote and keep it clear and transparent. >> the good news is that they have a list of things for people to do. >> republicans have attorneys on the ground, so they have prepared for a situation like this. i wanted to point out that blake masters is using this to drive turnout, friends or family members -- we need a turnout record. republicans are responding with lawyers on the ground, trying to use this to increase the turnout despite the hiccup. >> so maturely vote. republicans are increasingly do doing it, but -- on day of, if there's any problems, it goes one way. >

>> bret: yeah. it depends on the interview. we are trying every time.but fair with both sides where people get up and say, you know, that wasn't aggressively tough but it was something where you get the viewer learns something on both sides. >> steve: does it bother you when you ask a question but they don't answer that question. >> bret: yes. >> steve: ask it again politely and they don't answer the question? >> bret: three times usually is the max go down that road. >> brian: for the record you didn't answer me but i'm moving on. i remember you and mitt romney went at it and you and barack obama because they were filibustering and did you go back. >> bret: as done shannon. did you see "fox news sunday" yesterday? >> shannon: we had fun with congressman clyburn who showed up hawaiian shirt. he made those controversial comments likening what is happening now to the rise of hitler in germany. that's not the first time he has used that imagery. we had a few rounds of it before we got the answer we were looking for on that question. >> brian: want to go ou

>> bret: now i feel bad that i don't have one tonight. >> bret: save it for tomorrow. >> see you. >> jesse: we start with a fox news alert several major stories are developing tonight. we're moments away from a final call in key house races across the country republican victories in those contests should be enough to give the republicans control of the house. where kevin mccarthy is expected to run for speaker this january. the leader faced down a light mutiny in his party today. 188 house republicans voted for him to be speaker, with just 31

bret, preparing people to be patient. >> bret: yes, it is very possible we've seen evolution on how theve dealt with elections, but a couple of them are already warning us, when the secretary of state gets out and says listen we might not have it depending how close it is, other side is that it we may see this wave develop and we could make calls earlier. we will be cautious and try to get the vote totals, we have a system in place that is really accurate, we're trying to be first, we're going to be right. >> shannon: if dust is not settled in pennsylvania or georgia, martha, we're looking at what we lovto do, continuing election coverage. >> martha: you haven't seen any candidate get over 50, that is the threshold, we may hit rewind is see a runoff in december for the senate candidates, that is something to watch. also going through state by state and looking at when they count, start counting, some don't start counting until 2:00 in the afternoon on election day and some allow absentee ballotses until november 18th. if a wave develops, we may see where this is going in terms of majori

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bret: does this change november 15 at mar-a-lago? >> i don't think it changes the america first policy agenda. we are still going to be a party that talks about energy independence. and a sound economy that works for job creators, job seekers and job holders. that's the vast majority of american households. i think he's following the ballot tonight. >> one of the supreme ironies is if you add up the number of seats republicans are leading. it will get you to 222 which is what the democrats have today. a five-seat majority. we are likely to find yourselves in a place where we are governing the house narrowly from the republic cab side just like the democrats have. but we are not going to be trying to transform america bypassing legislation to be signed by the president of the united states. >> for both sides you will have friends who cannot possibly believe that anybody that has any sense would ever vote for a democrat. and you will have democrats who say i can't believe anybody with a moral compass would ever vote for a republican. i

and that's where we are with bret bret is leaving at the end of the year it's hard.me reminds me of the previous loss. it can be gassner, kinyen, blitzer, keith blaugh. you can't keep a wild tiger in a cage, and i've learned that. and you do your best you bring up great talent. if they need to leave, they need to leave you have to skorpupport them. i love him you know i love him like a brother. i'll love him forever. he is an amazing person. i've been so thrilled to work with him for the last seven years. i knew him before that as well all i can pray is i continue to work for him as he goes to start his third company now. >> to give you another angle, when you introduced me to him, this twitter has to be too much for him. he is dealing head to head with musk he is doing an amazing job at twitter. it's not what he thought he would get out to you know that that role made him be the right to be able to be ceo of any company in the country. any company. that's how well he handled himself. do you think that's what influenced him to say marc, i got to go out on my own? >>

bret is on to something. >> 49.4 right now. the libertarian candidate is 70,000 votes. 25,000 apart. >> back to georgia, bill hemmer. >> yes. just as you are saying that. you have estimated vote 85% in. and walker shy of the 50% marker. look at the difference here. guys. we are talking 4400 votes between the 2 of them. do you remember when we didn't have the difference on the graphic? >> oh, man, it was ugly. >> doing the math. >> [laughing]. >> it was ugly. i would direct the office in 16 metro counties that surround atlanta. here's what i would say. if our estimated vote this is 85% statewide. keep your eye -- see if i can do this. try it again. keep your eye right there. let's go in to -- could not do it. i apologize. this is fulton county. that's a healthy dose of votes. largest county in the state. pop around here. cobb at 95. this county not half. south of atlanta. clayton almost all the way in. fayet 80%. rockdale 99. newton 93. the point being -- sorry. >> let me show that in this one second. if warnock pulls this out t

bret it's been a very quick hour to spend with you and just wonderful. thank you for coming and thank you for such a terrific, terrificamy. hello, i'm amy driscoll. i'm the deputy opinion editor for the miami herald. i'm really happy to be here today. welcome to the miami book fair 2022 taking place onne

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bret baier is standing by.chad pergram that is watching this very closely where these numbers will matter a whole lot on capitol hill. hi, chad. >> martha, it may take weeks to get a final total on the house. democrats have held seats in washington state and nevada and here is one race in particular to watch. democrat marie perez is locked in a battle with joe kent in washington. kent defeated jamie butler in the gop primary. plus, kevin mccarthy is struckling to get the votes to house speaker. some conservatives won't vote for mccarthy. >> i can tell you there will be a challenge to kevin mccarthy's leadership bid when we have our meetings next week. the intent will be to demonstrate he doesn't have near 2018 votes. >> loyalists thought he would cruise to victory in the speaker's race. >> i think mccarthy has done a good job in building relationships in all aspects of the republican party and demonstrated that leadership in the house. i have confidence that he will pull together a coalition and be elected lead

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bret baier. [applause] >> thank you very much. i started with reagan sound bites. the issues that reagan deal with that were big issues when we are dealing with the debt so it kind of all works out pretty well to say hi to my friends and i know i have friends in the audience. we are here to talk about grant. years ago you wrote your first book in the challenges you had with your son paul, remarkable but please tell me he's okay. >> he's doing great. that book is called special hearted journey of hope and courage. oh my gosh courage and love. i'm thinking grand and i'm thinking, anyway bottom line he is doing fantastic. he's had four open-heart surgeries and 10 angioplasties in this last one was in december and paul is now an inch taller than me. he's 6 feet tall. he is a golfer and a basketball player and he's doing fantastic so thank you very much. [applause] >> bret in your book you chose presidents to study that are oftentimes at an inflection point in their presidency. a moment in time in that particular president uniquely change the course of history. is that

martha and bret are next. 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

hey, bret, did you vote yet? >> bret: i have not voted, judge. how about you?omorrow. tuesday. >> bret: we will see you. good evening. i'm bret baier, we are coming to you live tonight from fox news world headquarters in new york. this is the final day of campaigning in what has been a long and intense midterm election season. the economy has emerged as the top issue with skyrocketing inflation, soaring interest rates. democrats have largely sought to object secure that issue with abortion politics talking about at the beginning and concerns about a threat to democrac

. >> bret: happy veterans day. >> pete: you deserve to sleep in tomorrow. great coverage. it's been three days since polls closed and we still don't know who will control the house and the senate. we're not even close to knowing. in nevada, poll workers are slowly counting the votes. still at least 50,000 left to count.

. >> jesse: hey, bret, thank you. ♪ >> jesse: a lot of things go unnoticed in life.ou may put in a few extra hours at work and your boss will tell you it's part of the job. you may feel good about your new hair cut only to find out no one really cares. but people will always notice just how much money you stole from them. >> i don't know what these people were thinking. i don't think they realize that besides wealthy investors, they were hurting middle class investors, retired police officers, firefighters, it's outrageous. >> his town of fairfield connecticut to bernard madoff's list of victims. a town of 58,000 person pension

>> bret: i don't know. it's a tweet. >> jesse: i have a lot on my plate. >> bret: all right. i gotcha. >> jesse: i will have john. johnnylook into it. >> bret: okay, good. >> jesse: happy thanksgiving. ♪ ♪ tonight we are going to talk about one of the biggest power struggles happening in america right now. no, it's not ticketmaster vs. taylor swift or tom brady vs. gisele or even democrats vs. republican something more controversial something happened for decades. the power struggle between christmas and thanksgiving this is age old debate when is it accept to be put up the christmas tree? when can you put up the lights? do you listen to christmas music before thanksgiving? debate divided the nation for years. tonight, for the first time ever, i have changed my position on something. out of respect for thanksgiving. i have always held a firm line about when to open up the christmas flood gates. >> when would you like christmas music to start, day that first? >> dana: black friday. the day after thanksgiving. >> jessica: very sound. >> dana: just came up with it. >> jessica: j

bret and martha starts now: ♪ ♪ >> martha: one week from election night. >> bret: and ohio's open senateo send this guy home. we are going to take this country back. >> martha: it's a battle between seasoned politicians, democratic representative tim ryan. >> thank you so much. >> tim ryan had his chance. it hasn't worked out. time for new leadership. >> bret: and author and newcomer j.d. vance. >> he is not going to win. we are going to win this race and they are going to get more and more desperate.

bret baier will be at the helm later on. for now, standing by to be with us. bryan llenas on the keys in the keystone state, and hillary vaughn on new hampshire senate candidates closing message. >> sandra: the tabulation problems out of maricopa county, what's the update from there, alicia? >> hi, sandra. still working on getting more details from the county. timing could not be worse, especially when you consider that this is arizona. 20% of the tabulation machines in maricopa county are malfunctioning, which means the ballots are not being counted at the election sites, how it would work if the machines were working correctly. now, the county says that the back-up system went into effect immediately, the ballot drops into a secure box and then sent to central phoenix to be counted tonight. here is republican maricopa county supervisor bill gates explaining how that process mirrors the process already underway in other counties. >> in a majority of arizonhow t. they don't have the option to actually see the vote counted right there at the vote center or the

i'm bret baier.of idaho students were massacred, that story is unbelievable. keep it here for that dr. anthony fauci has his final appearance at the white house briefing. he is not straying far from the spotlight, however, new details about threats to the world cup from iran-backed