well, let's go ahead and dig into the election hard data with our senior political analyst, ted jaworski, who is at the big board. ted, what are the numbers showing you about the battle for congress? -thanks, james! pollsters have been conducting hundreds of scientifically advanced surveys of the voting population and developing quantum-computer projection models. and after all that, what we've learned is anything can happen. -oh, well, i mean, you've got tons of data there and we're less than a week out. surely you can make some sense of this chaos? -nope. james, every election, we pretend like all this stuff works, and then 30 crazy nut-bags march to victory and i look like a stupid jerk. -aww. -ted. ted. come on. -no, no. it's true. it's true. i look like a stupid jerk. -look, we all understand that voter behavior is erratic and difficult to discern, but there must be something you know for certain. -oh, yes, of course. one day, all life on earth will cease to exist. -ted! come on! -oh, ted, come on! -that's the certainty, for it is life and i am but a vessel for this realization. dri

let's throw it over to ted jaworski at the big board. what explains these results?> thanks, james. let's look what's happening in virginia which really encapsulate the election results across the country. >> oh, man, i love this dorky loser stuff. >> me, too. it's so charming to see how excited he gets about math. it's clearly his whole life. >> it's actually not my whole life. i just do it because it's the only way to understand what's actually happening. otherwise it's just overpaid analysts talking completely unmoored from anything real. >> look at him defending math. >> yeah. math is like, my hero. >> oh, maybe i should do what you all do. i have zero evidence to back this up. but i think voters wanted to hear a stronger message from democrats on crime. >> you know what i bet would make you feel better, ted, telling us what's happening on the big board. >> big board. big board. big board. big board. give me that big board. >> big board. >> sorry. we'll be checking in with ted at the big board throughout the night. >> i'll be here. snacks. oh, man, snacks are her

now, for more, let's throw it over to ted jaworski at the big board. ted, what explains these results? -thanks, james! let's take a look at what's happening in this bellwether county in virginia which really encapsulates the election results across the country. -oh, man. i love this wonky, dorky, loser stuff. -me too. it's just so charming to see how excited he gets about math. it's clearly his whole life. -it -- it's actually not my whole life. i-i just do it because it's the only way to understand what's actually happening. -ah. -otherwise, it's just overpaid analysts talking completely unmoored from anything real. -oh, my god. look at him defending math! -yeah, math is like, "oh, my hero!" -oh, maybe i should do what you all do. "uh, i have zero evidence to back this up, but i think voters wanted to hear a stronger message from democrats on crime." -you know what i bet would make you feel better, ted? telling us what's happening on the big board. [ anchors chanting "big board!" ] [ ted grunting, blows landing, glass shattering ] -gimme that big board

>>> big board, senior political analyst currently realizing this life doesn't make him happy, ted jaworski central, this is "tooning out the news" election 2022. someone give beto a netflix deal. >>> james smartwood. >> i'm co-anchor who thinks the midterms are my super bowl but i also love sports. kylie weaver. >>> tonight democrats are gleeful the red wave was strong as the flow of oxygen to herschel walker's brain. >>> the senate remains in the balance as the nation considers suburban moms outweigh the real fears of being forced to be a mom. >>> emboldened president biden held a press conference to take credit for never coming twain 50 miles of their campaign events. >> let's bring in "tooning out the news" contributor, weijia jiang. thank you for joining us. >> great to be with you, kylie. hello to everybody. >> hello. >> what was the key to the biden administration turning unexpectedly strong performance? was it a mistake for republicans to nominate one candidate for each disorder in the dsm 5. >> reporter: the white house said from the very beginning this is not a referendum on presi

at the big board, senior political analyst currently realizing this life doesn't make him happy ted jaworskieto a netflix deal already. -i'm co-anchor who gets off on ordering highly rated sweat-wicking cycling apparel james smartwood. -and i'm co-anchor who thinks the midterms are my super bowl, but i also love sports -- kylie weaver. -well, tonight, democrats are gleeful as the red wave turned out to be as strong as the flow of oxygen to herschel walker's brain. -republicans are leading the battle for the house, but the senate remains in the balance as the nation considers whether the imagined fears of suburbans moms outweigh the real fears of being forced to be a mom. -an emboldened president biden held a press conference to take credit for helping democratic candidates by never coming within 50 miles of their campaign events. -let's bring in cbs news' senior white house correspondent and "tooning out" contributor weijia jiang. thanks for joining us, weijia. -great to be with you, kylie. and hello to everybody. -hello! -weijia, what was the key to the biden administration turning in such