jack: jonathan serrie for us, thanks so much.h: for more, let's bring in our political panel, former democrat strategist kevin wallly and former white house official for the george w. bush administration ashley davis. i want to start off with the math here. according to fox news power rankings, these four states, georgia, pennsylvania, enveloped and arizona, they're toss-up -- nevada and arizona. we just heard from jonathan serrie about georgia. looking at the polls you've got raphael warnock, he was at 52-45 over herschel walker in october. in september it looks essentially the same, though you got that news that had come out about herschel walker that came out lately about paying opinion around abortion, walker says it's not true. kevin, can warnock win this race and avoid a runoff? >> he absolutely can. and any candidate that clears 50% avoids that runoff. this is a critical race. i actually watched the debate, i thought it was a pretty good debate. herr herschel walker did what he actually add had to do aside from posing as a

jonathan serrie is in union city, georgia following those developments. jonathan?hi there, neil. very active here in the peach state. already more than a 1,017,000 georgians have cast ballots. georgia does not register by political party. it's difficult to gauge who has the advantage at this point. in fact, early voting itself may be influenced by factors outside of politics. >> right now, early voting levels are tracking higher than 2018 levels. we don't know a couple of things yet. one, that could be a change in behavior that has happened because of covid. >> facing a challenge from herschel walker, raphael warnock is trying to reach out to moderates. campaigning on the moderate legislation that he worked on in the senate. in her second run for governor, democrat stacey abrams is rallying the progressive base with ambitious policy goals for healthcare, housing and education. abrams is doubling down that georgia's election laws are discriminatory and supporters of republican governor brian kemp say that just look at the heavy turnout. they say the heavy turnout di

jonathan serrie has the story for us from atlanta. >> a funeral service for elijah dewith it is schedulederson high school arena. he was a star wide receiver in jefferson, a small town 60 miles northeast of atlanta. friends say he had wanted to play college football. those dreams were cut short october 5th. elijah was on a date with his long-time girlfriend at a dave and busters in neighboring county. bailey came out of the restroom to find her boyfriend on the ground in the parking lot. she heard him ask for help before he lost his pulse. police say the alleged attackers fled to anderson county, south carolina where they were arrested and sent back to georgia. 18-year-old and a 19-year-old appeared before a county judge this morning. both defendants are being held without bond on charges of malice and felony murder. the victim's girlfriend tells fox news digital elijah would forgive them. i'm going to. something in my heart tells me to. i haven't got any hatred towards them. anger yes. police believe the suspects and the victim had prior knowledge of each other and that they got into som

first to jonathan serrie in atlanta, georgia. jonathan? >> yeah, there's a lot of interest in these elections here in georgia. more than 837,000 georgians have already cast ballots in the form of mail-in absentee ballots or early in-person voting which is what is going on here. more than 18,000 early voted on sunday alone. doubling first sunday voting during the 2018 mid-terms. more than 79,000 voted saturday surpassing saturday voting in the 2020 presidential election that is huge. state elections officials expected to surpass one million total votes by tomorrow. governor kemp says the report high voter turnout disproves democratic challenger stacey abram's clams that the voter i.d. law suppresses voting. abrams is doubling down comparing high voter turnout to adding more swims in shark infested waters. more swimmers may get across but the hazards are still there. today political says the voting righting nonprofits that abrams founded spent more than $25 million on legal fees including 9.4 million that went to the law firm of her close fr

correspondent jonathan serrie is in the southern part of the metro area in union city, georgia tonight with the latest. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, bret. they are setting up the stage for stacey abrams. bus tour expected to stop by community center later this evening. in a state where elections are now won by single digit margins, the campaigns are red hot, including new allegations against herschel walker. >> represented by activist attorney gloria allred a new unnamed woman came forward claiming herschel walker drove her to an abortion clinic in 1993 after she became pregnant as a result of their relationship. >> mr. walker drove her to the clinic and waited in the parking lot for hours until the abortion was completed. >> walker is running as an anti abortion conservative against a self-described pro-choice pastor. clips of sermons used democrat raphael warnock during a successful first senate campaign are resurfacing on social media including a sermon on racism in which warnock says america needs to repent for its worship of whiteness. in her second bid for governor, d

jonathan serrie has the latest right now from atlanta georgia. jonathan. reporter: neil, heavy early voting turnout here in georgia, more than 837,000 georgians already cast early ballots when you include absentee ballots with in-person early voting taking place at sites like this one you see behind me. state elections officials say at the rate they're going, they expect to pass one million votes by tomorrow, a full two weeks before election day, a record number of voters for a midterm election. more than 79,000 people voted on saturday alone, which was 20% more than day six of early voting in the 2020 presidential election. and more than 18,000 voted on sunday, more than doubling first sunday voting during the 2018 midterms. republican governor brian kemp says the record high voter turnout disproves democratic challenger stacy abrams claims georgia's new voter i.d. law makes it harder for people to vote especially poor people and minorities. despite the turnout, abrams says it sets up new barriers to vote in the state. she puts it you have more swimmers i

jonathan serrie fox news. alright, coming up tonight in sports.den state warriors gm steph curry also given their thoughts on the draymond green jordan's pool punching incident at practice the other day jason appelbaum here to break it all down, then on the 11 o'clock news, president biden's pardons of thousands of marijuana convictions is just one step toward decriminalization coming up. we'll talk with congresswoman barbara lee about what could come prop 27 sends 90% of profits from online sports betting to out-of-state corporations in places like new york and boston. no wonder it's so popular... out there. yeah! i can't believe those idiots are going to fall for this. 90%! hey mark, did you know california is sending us all their money? suckers. -those idiots! [ laughter ] imagine that, a whole state made up of suckers. vote no on 27. it's a terrible deal for california. we win. you lose. warriors. draymond green has apologized to the team for punching his teammate jordan pool yesterday at practice. now green was sent home and is not expected b

jonathan serrie has details on that from atlanta. >> reporter: good evening, jon.rida department of law enforcement says it has disrupt a major fentanyl trafficking operation with ties to mexican drug cartels. fdle agents arrested 24 people and are looking for 1 additional suspect. investigators seized 15,000 fentanyl pills and more than 380 pounds of other drugs. authorities say the ringleader was a florida prison inmate who gave orders from behind bars to gang members on the outside how to traffic drugs and weapons through a complex criminal network. mexican drug cartels often obtain their ingredients from china and then smuggle fentanyl across the u.s. southern border. but it comes a -- becomes a problem for the entire country. attorneys general from 17 states and guam have written a letter urging president biden to treat fentanyl as more than just a narcotics control problem. >> we've asked for fentanyl to be considered a weapon of mass destruction. that's important because this needs to get the resources of the federal government. too many people are dying, an

>> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. home to the cdc. jonathan, thank you.rt and fox news contributor. doc, thanks for being here. how serious is this? >> thanks. well, for those who have it is real. they have shortness of breath that lasts longer than the expected time and many have fatigue. if you ask the people who had covid have you had a single symptom months out many describe fatigue deconditioning not being active due to long covid. estimates all over the man map. original study suggested one in five people who had covid. the study this week suggests it might be one in 12. but the u.k. study found it was only 1.6% of the population and the only prepredictor of who had long covid is somebody who had pre-existing anxiety before they had covid. >> what is the cdc doing about this and also why don't we know any more about complications from vaccines. we haven't heard really any data about all of that. what about those two things? >> well, the nih and the cdc have been very selective in what they choose to spend money on for research. there has been almost

neil: jonathan serrie, thank you very much, my friend. go to axios senior corps correspondent, fox news contributor as well. i always wonder how much these debates move the needle. i can see consequential ones on presidential levels, ronmy reagan, jimmy carter, their one and only debate comes to mind, but here what do you make of what's at stake in atlanta tonight and the senate to have y'all battle? how to you sort it out? >> look, i think debates matter, but a lot of times these days people already make up their mind before the debates take place. in fact, a lot of people are are already voting before the debates take place these days. look, that georgia senate race is very volatile because a lot of people haven't seen herschel walker speak and talk about policy extensively in person, so this is going to be on statewide television. he's going to have a big spotlight. he's trying to lower expectations, as you saw in the sound bite, trying to kind of lower the bar, pass it if he does do a decent job. but, look, these debates, if you make

jeff mason from reuters joining us and jonathan serrie on the campaign trail in peach tree city, georgia. that sounds delightful, jonathan. >> it's totally delightful here in peach tree city and a lovely park where people are gathered for the arrival of mr. kemp. he tried to differentiate himself from stacey abrams in last night's debate on a series of issues including his strong support that he is getting from georgia law enforcement. take a listen. >> men and women in law enforcement know who is going to be with them and we have the endorsement of 107 sheriffs around the stachlt >> dana: i'm not a member of the good old boys club but i dainty e -- want to be able to take black people off the streets and go without accountability. >> abrams added she does not believe every sheriff feels that way but she would defend law enforcement while holding them accountable to protect the rights of the people they serve. she hopes the rally with former president obama on friday will help her make up lost ground in polls. kemp was asked whether he would seek further restrictions. >> i'm not going to

first to jonathan serrie live in union city, georgia. hi, jonathan. >> hi, martha.e a solemnly red state, georgia is a competitive battleground. democrats have a feiging chance. they control the state u.s. senate seats. one of those senators, raphael warnock is up for re-election. >> foreign countries tried to block us from selling our crop. we needed someone to fight back. >> that's why i partnered with a senator from alabama to elimination the regulations. >> stacey abrams is rallying the progressive base with ambitious policy goals for healthcare, housing and education. if elected, abram's agenda would face challenges from the republican-controlled legislature. >> they're likely to not have a veto proof majority. they would have a super majority in the state legislature more than likely. so as a result of that, abram's veto power does become important. >> republicans point to recorderly voting numbers against abram's continuing claims that georgia's election laws are discriminal that forry. politco reports that more than $9 million legal fees were paid to the law

jonathan serrie has the facts in atlanta. tacey abrams claims of voter suppression rally her base. she has proven herself to be a formidable force in fundraising and getting people registered to vote and challenging georgia's election law. "politico" reports the voting rights nonprofit she founded spent more than $25 million on legal fees in 2019 and 2020 including 9.4 million dollars that went to the law firm of abrams close friend and campaign chair hardy. >> it's more important to me, less that many than the $6 million georgia taxpayer dollars that fought the lawsuit that proved there was no voter suppression in 2018. >> it's giving fuel to abrams' opponents heading to a rematch with brian kemp, the incumbent republican governor. eyebrow raising headlines are unlikely to have a significant impact on the outcome. >> i don't think it will change a lot of minds. i think at this point in the campaign most people have made up their minds especially at the top of the ticket with the senate race and the governor's race. >> we reac

jonathan serrie is live in carrollton, georgia today.l walker is scheduled to hold a rally in the parking lot of an office park 50 miles to the west of atlanta part of a statewide bus tour the republican is making as the football legend tries to reassure conservative voters about his qualifications to bring their values to the u.s. senate. the out of state senator is campaigning with him today, rick scott and tom cotton may not be the biggest names in georgia but their presence sends a clear message to the party. >> it's a hugely important signal to base republicans and fellow republican senators that the republican establishment in washington is behind this candidate. that they believe this is a key race to win to keep control or to take back control of the u.s. senate no matter what. >> democrat incumbent warnock is staying away from walker's alleged personal problems. the pastor is trying to reach out the to moderate voters in suburban and rural georgia. >> foreign countries tried to block us from selling our crops. we needed someone

peach state you can understand why so many people are paying attention and you can understand why jonathan serrie the fallout from all of this. jonathan? reporter: well, once a solidly red state georgia is a competitive battleground. democrats controlling both u.s. senate seats in georgia. one of those senators, rafael warnock wants to increase support among moderates highlighting bipartisan efforts. >> foreign countries prevented selling our crops. we needed somebody to fight back. >> i partnered with a republican senator from alabama, and stand up for farmers. reporter: stacy apprograms has ambitious policy goals but if elected abrams would face challenges from republican ace controlled legislature. >> they will not have a veto-proof majority. not have a supermajority in the state legislature more than likely. as a result of that abram's veto power does really become important. reporter: republicans point to early voting numbers, high early voting numbers as evidence against abrams continued claims georgia's election laws are discriminatory. according to "politico," challenging those laws, a no

we have jonathan serrie in atlanta, but we'll start off with dan springer in portland,

jonathan serrie with the latest on the early voters that are out in force and where that momentum mightlenas in pennsylvania where senate

thank you very much, jonathan serrie. michigan they have a very big contest going on particularly the gubernatorial race and there, they tend to switch the focus not only on the rising prices, but rising crime. and mark meredith with the latest from michigan, mark. >> neil, good morning to you. republican gubernatorial candidate tudor dixon is trying to make the crime issue front and center had her race even as the polls show she's trailing democratic incumbent gretchen whi whitmer. the fbi put out crime data and details, we're seeing detroit, lansing, saginaw, all with recent increase in crime and rising compared to the national averages overall. on friday, dixon was campaigning with arizona governor doug doocy and she says it's not much of a surprise that voters want to talk about crime and more attention be focused on this issue. >> people are feeling is in areas they have never felt crime, but a problem with overdoses here in the state of michigan and quite a bit of fentanyl across our border and seeing that much more