vance: yeah.ve had such a good time campaigning across the state of ohio but one of the really sad parts is that every single stop that we make i meet somebody who has lost a son, a grandson, a daughter, a granddaughter to the opioid problem. we really got to get control of this. it's killing our people. it's totally unbe necessary and totally self-inflicted wound. a couple of things that i think we can do and i want to talk about this question, bret, what can you do with a democratic president. so two things we really need to do is we actually learned over the last six years border walls work. we need to finish the border wall and actually complete the southern border. [applause] >> j.d. vance: the other crazy thing is that we know that the drug cartels are actually destabilizing mexico. like our mexican allies don't like what's going on with the cartels right now. i think they would love it if we declared the cartels a terrorist organization and actually brought the full force of american law ag

vance, with all due respect, is a fraud. mr. vance: that's not true. also very relevant to the opioid problem. mr. ryan: he wants you to think that he's really tough on immigration. real tough. but on the other side of that, he's actually making money and investing in the companies that hire foreign workers. my little italian grandmother had a saying for this when she met somebody like j.d. vance. you have two faces. one for the camera, and one for your business dealings. mr. steyer: thank you, mr. ryan. mr. vance: let me address this. mr. steyer: we need to move on. mr. vance: just 15 seconds. here's the thing. he just accused me of hiring foreign workers. the implication, of course, is that i've hired illegal aliens. no business i've ever been involved with has ever hired an illegal alien. i don't know what you're talking about, but people like tim ryan passed immigration laws that allow companies to take advantage of our country. that's step one. step two is those companies take advantage of those things. and step three is tim ryan blames me and not

vance, with all due respect, is a fraud. mr. vance: that's not true. also very relevant to the opioid problem. mr. ryan: he wants you to think that he's really tough on immigration. real tough. but on the other side of that, he's actually making money and investing in the companies that hire foreign workers. my little italian grandmother had a saying for this when she met somebody like j.d. vance. you have two faces. one for the camera, and one for your business dealings. mr. steyer: thank you, mr. ryan. mr. vance: let me address this. mr. steyer: we need to move on. mr. vance: just 15 seconds. here's the thing. he just accused me of hiring foreign workers. the implication, of course, is that i've hired illegal aliens. no business i've ever been involved with has ever hired an illegal alien. i don't know what you're talking about, but people like tim ryan passed immigration laws that allow companies to take advantage of our country. that's step one. step two is those companies take advantage of those things. and step three is tim ryan blames me and not

vance. they're locked in a very tight senate race, which could go either way. this afternoon bret and i will sit down with some of the people that will be part of tonight's town hall and find out what is on their minds. that's right, everybody. "the story" comes to you live from ohio's capitol of columbus where a short time from now we'll bring democrat tim ryan and republican j.d. vance up close and personal with voters, voters that have power to flip control of the senate back to republicans possibly seven days from now. i'm joined by bret baier and we preview our live town hall airing at 6:00. first, the new power rankings out today. the final forecast of the mid-term cycle is out as well. so bret, great to be with you. >> great to be here. >> you're here in columbus. we've been pouring over all the issues that we'll be discussing. >> they cover everything. these voters want answers to make their decision. >> martha: it gives these two contenders a chance to be face to face on a national

vance will be the next senator from ohio. here's mr. vance at the podium on a good night for him. watch. >> i believe i am the last [inaudible]. [echoing audio]. [inaudible]. i am every -- overwhelmed with gratitude. [inaudible]. my family support. >> [cheers and applause]. >> [inaudible]. >> the great thing about having three young children, a 5-year-old, 2-year-old and 10-month-old. they are upstairs asleep and have no idea what the hell is going on. i want to thank my family. mom, my aunt and everybody. lindsey. i won't go through the list. my family helps keep me grounded. we were walking down here my aunt said to my uncle, aren't you glad he won? that would have been a terrible ride home. i could not done this. what we have here tonight. the governor and the lt. governor crushed and every other statewide office crushed it. >> [cheers and applause]. >> i am so grateful to mike and john and bob for helping us cobble together to win big. what an incredible thing. my lord! i had so much fun campaigning with. >> he was an author and leveraged that into a senate win tonight. thanki

vance. other news networks have called. give it to j.d. vance. wisconsin, the numbers in milwaukee are not as impressive as i think they need to be. i think ron johnson gets reelected. >> alaska will be republican, by the way. >> we will click that. let's click hawaii and make it damn. all square so far? okay, here we go. thirty-eight-46. do we think mike lee wins utah? >> yes, we do. >> you guys are doing well. now you are at 49. this game just became very interesting, did it not? >> nevada looks -- >> do we want to do it? now you are at 50. >> what do you mean? have they declared it? [inaudible] >> this is what if. [laughter] [inaudible] >> way too early for this absurdity. [laughter] >> i told you. [laughter] >> very nervous. [laughter] >> 11-12. >> we are not at the bar. [laughter] >> i told you this would be a food fight. >> "what if". >> washington state. tiffany smiley is a fantastic candidate. there is very little data in just yet. could she win in washington state? yes. let's say patty murray goes ahead and hangs on. now you have washing

vance, we'll start with you. you have two minutes. mr. vance: great. first of all, thank you guys for watching us. i know the guardians or the indians or whatever we're calling them these days are playing game 235 of the alds and we're rooting for them and i appreciate you guys spending a hour with us and caring about this country to invest in this race and invest your time. my simple argument is this. tim ryan had his chance. he's been in office for 20 years, he passed five pieces of legislation, three of those pieces of legislation were renaming post offices in the youngstown area. whenever i'm up here in the mahoning valley, i'm constantly approached by people who tell me that tim ryan has failed them and tim ryan has failed to do his job. i think it's really simple here. we need to go in a different direction in this country and i make a few commitments to you about what you and your families deserve. number one, i think your family deserves to go to the grocery store and not have it break the bank, not have it ruin your bank account because you wa

vance in ohio. >> j.d. vance is a weird guy, i mean, for ohio.y have seen at that level, and he's the laziest candidate and disinterested and gets in fights -- >> well, there's georgia. >> yeah, they like him in georgia. >> j.d. vance, unlike herschel, j.d. vance never won a heisman trophy -- >> that would go a long way. >> and that, as robert frost would say, has made all the difference. and j.d. vance, he is a venture capitalists, and he loved being around elitists and going on shows like this, and going to cocktail parties, oh, j.d., you understand, and yes, i do. they would be in his vest and saying i like the smartest people in the world. doesn't that sound just like him? >> yes. >> there's a weird disconnect between that guy that peter teal has placed in the heartland, and he got rich by mocking his own people and making them look like zombies. let me tell you something, baby, i would not have gone back to my high school reunion, if i wrote a book and said i looked in the windows and their eyes looked like zombies, and he got rich and famou

they are speaking for ged vance. and he said that there was going to be a big announcement next tuesday at merrill lago. well, it could be a problem there for donald trump and that a lot of the candidates that he is backing have done or key. but if he doesn't manage to land, how shall walker in georgia and limit ours in pennsylvania? and you look at what one de santos has done in florida. people will say, well, hold on a 2nd. maybe we don't need to be a listening to donald trump. maybe ron de santis is our man. and that might change the calculus of any announcement the don't trump is going to meet next week. that's all very speculative at the moment. and of course, as always, there's the disclaimer. we are dealing with donald trump here, but he hasn't had a good night as ron de santos has, who's re drawn them up in florida and made it no longer a swing state. he has made florida a republican state. alan, thanks very much. so it's going to have from ron de santis in as secondary republicans have dominated florida. he'

vance, in the united states senate. joining us now from his campaign bus in ohio, is congressman tim ryan, the democratic senate candidate in ohio. thank you very much for joining us tonight. what are you telling ohio voters in these closing moments tonight, in your closing argument against j.d. vance? who had donald trump come in to help support him tonight? >> you've got a vote for who is most ohio, lawrence, and i'm the ohio guy here, j.d. vance gave up on ohio, he left ohio. he went to silicon valley, he's a millionaire funded by billionaires. who have shipped our jobs overseas, and the $40 million that he got from mitch mcconnell, this guy is bought and paid for, before he even steps into the united states senate, he doesn't get ohio, he said itself he's not comfortable in ohio. he said if you're a 55-year-old worker in ohio, might as well just come to grips with the facts, that you will never have a good paint job again. and i wholly reject that, if that goes against every fiber of my being, that goes against my d

so, fox had a town hall with tim ryan and jd vance. not together. one went first, another went second. it was interesting. and particularly, they said very different things. the audience seemed to like both answers. >> jd vance wants a national abortion ban. and he wouldn't be happy with these people going to illinois. he wants them to get a passport and go to canada. >> after 15 weeks. >> after 15 weeks. >> so what is your number? you said you don't want it after? >> i think we go back to roe v. wade. it was in the third term. in the third term of roe v. wade, you could only do it if there was some kind of medical emergency. we don't want jd vance and ted cruz and these guys in the doctor's office. >> he said you want to ban abortion in ohio and across the country. is that true? >> look, i'm pro life. i am pro life. now, there is a federal piece of legislation moving through the senate right now. here is what it does. it sets a minimum national standard and i think that is a good idea. we should not be aborting babies who can feel pain, who are ful

vance is headed to the u.s. senate to represent ohio after defeating democratic congressman tim ryan. mr. vance will assume the senate seat. up next the concession speech from representative ryan followed by j.d. vance speaking to supporters. [cheers and applause] >> i love the shit out of you guys. i just want to say to all of you that i am absolutely filled with gratitude. i am an extremely lucky guy. and i am grateful for a beautiful family. i have thewife the most a wave amazing life that you could ever imagine. and i'm going to let you in on a little secret. that, you saw the commercial, seven out of 10 crack a bottle of wine. that was a lie. we crack a bottle of wine if we hit four out of 10, five out of 10, six out of 10, seven out of 10 we get the good bottle of wine out. that's the truth. but my wife is the most amazing mom, she was the most amazing schoolteacher. and she is an amazing wife. [applause] she quit her job, you know, you wonder if you get support from people that care about you. my wife qui

vance, there's a lot -- than tim ryan, where j.d.s a guy that is you know, wrote a very successful book, but it's basically a venture capitalist coming in a little bit from out of state compared to tim ryan's appeal. so i think ryan is a fundamentally strong candidate, i think democrats committed malpractice by not backing him more aggressively. i think obama should go to a rally there. i think we talk to people on the ground in ohio and say, we need to make sure turnouts up in cleveland, cincinnati, why that hasn't been on the menu is beyond me. >> we're gonna see trump doing a valley there the day of the election. >> to that point, there's other reasons just behind when i lost the democrats can invest in a place like ohio. there has been such erosion for democrats among those type of working class, particularly white voters, college white voters that have made ohio trend in that opposite direction. and there's a lot of democrats who made the argument that the reason to invest in these places is about building a longer term strategy

vance. primaries. his opponent in this race, ohio congressman tim ryan, is trying to run more as ad moderate and has even credited trump for taking on china during the campaign. but vance says ryan's record in congress, as well as his previous support if the biden administration, speaks for itself. >> just neat to make sure that voters know who tim ryan is and the fact that tim ryan's campaign doesn't at all match up with his record, that's really the idea. >> reporter: today tim ryan is also out on the stump. he was visiting multiple churches in the columbus area this morning. we also had a chance to catch up with him on the trail, and we asked him about this rally tomorrow night in dayton. he says it's going to have little to do with shapeing tuesday's outcome. >> people know that donald trump does not respect j.d. vance. he humiliated him in front of, you know, in front of the whole country, and he doesn't respect hip. and so -- him. they want, those voters who voted for trump because the

vance.g race. mark meredith in columbus. >> dana: let's talk to ohio voters and bring in a senior product manager and graduate student. you watched last night and i appreciate that. want to show you one poll. top issues for ohio, inflation and economy at 44%. everything else below including abortion, threats to democracy and immigration. let's start with you on the economy. what did you hear last night and did it reinforce your views of how you will vote? >> first of all, thank you for having me on this morning. yeah, definitely listening to the town hall last night, i mean, it is clear who i will be voting for and it will be j.d. vance. when tim ryan was asked a question about the inflation reduction act and the impact it makes on the voters, clearly his answer was quite unempathetic and quite poor in my opinion. just looking at it, all he talked about was long-term effects on the backs rather than the short-term benefits to the average voter. if you can't talk to the average voter how to p

tim ryan leading jd vance. 3 -- i could go -- but my time is up. they told me to wrap 3 times. >> we'll talk. >> let's go to tucker carlson who is joining us, great to have you w you with us, thinking about you a big florida resident. you have spend a lot of time there, we have double digit wins for governor ron desantis and also marco rubio, a huge night in miami miami maim dade county. dead -- miami-dade county that jumps out at you. he is winning it solid. a realignment of voters, really think we're undervaluing the, tent to which blm, democratic party all in for black lives matter movement in summer of 2020 really moved hispanic voters to the republican side that shows up in polling results, nobody wants to say it, but that is a meaningful factor i would say in this. if tomorrow morning we wake up and these numbers in miami-dade and texas are real, possible in arizona. then i think you are looking at a different democratic coalition. >> what do you make of numbers that out of pennsylvania. that senate race is close. >> that is the problem. i fe

vance winning over the state's republican establishment.onight on the eve of the election you have former president trump back in the state trying to sway his supporters to back vance over democratic congressman tim ryan. it wasn't that long again that vance vaulted to the front of the primary in part to trump's endorsement earlier this year. since then we have seen trump come back to trying to boost vance. tim ryan is trying to make inroads with trump voters. he is running as the democrat in the race. this is all about walking a fine line. >> i think there is a lot of people who voted for donald trump who will be voting for me. issues important to them are the issues i agreed with trump on, on trade, china, having a strong military. >> vance says ryan is desperate to reach republican voters because this state is trending red. trump won it in 16 and 2020. vance is slamming ryan as a rubber stamp for the biden administration. >> in terms of tim ryan sucking up to trump. the weirdest thing every policy achievement of the trump administration

we've heard from voters who may have been skeptical on vance's values.ng to be former president trump who is the big headliner, set to hold a rally for vance in dayton. the event, which is likely to generate a lot of statewide not to mention national attention may be key to getting vance over the finish line. >> we're doing great in our race, but we need to make sure we don't fumble the football here. and the main thing is we need people to get out and vote. the rally is going to really inspire our people to make sure to get to the polls if they haven't already. >> reporter: vance's opponent, democratic congressman tim ryan, he, too, is on the stump this weekend with. today he was campaigning with members of the congressional black caucus, certainly trying to insure ohio's black voters show up to vote on tuesday. >> they tried to tell me, you know, it's -- tim's for the white working class. i'm for the white working class, the black working class, men, women, gay, straight. if you're busting your rear end end, you're going to have a strong voice in the u

vance is performing well. if you look at the vote total coming in, we don't have all of it to make a projection, but it is neck and neck in ohio, a red-leaning state. >> he's run a campaign, the race is not over, he's run a campaign on the economy, on helping everyday ohioans get to higher ground, make life better for their kids. that's the kind of campaign that democrats, when they did win in ohio and pennsylvania consistently, those are the campaigns they ran in michigan and across the midwest. tim ryan, win or lose tonight, i think gives a road map for democrats. i believe arguably republicans for how you run to represent everyday hard-working americans. kellyann talked about the relief that biden wants to get to, student loan forgiveness. i don't think that was the right thing to do. tim has said that, that he doesn't believe that joe biden should run again in 2024. you're not finding a lot of republicans saying that. democrats aren't saying it. what tucker said about black lives matter, i don't know how t

vance has been j.d. vance since the beginning. >> j.d. vance is a shape-shifting charlatan, but he would be a reliable vote for the maga agenda. but it really is extraordinary when you think about what liz cheney is doing here, because this is a very conservative republican. this is somebody that probably voted very rarely on the same side of most policy issues with tim ryan, and yet she understands that this really comes down to the issue of democracy, whether or not you are going to go along with someone like j.d. vance out of party loyalty, or whether or not she's willing to burn whatever is left of her gop membership card by endorsing tim ryan. so i know there are a lot of people who are still like, well, liz cheney is still a republican, she's still a conservative, she still has all of those votes and that's all true. but this is an indication that she -- what it means to think that we face an existential threat to democracy. this is what it means when you understand how central the fight for democracy is, that she would be willing t

vance to the top of a crowded republican primary field. now he hopes to send the author to washington after an ohio senate race that captured national attention. in the race for ohio's open senate seat both candidates are betting on the economy >> i voted with trump on trade >> i'll take on china to bring jobs back to ohio and fight for a tax cut. >> reporter: long-time democratic congressman tim ryan largely sidestepping party leaders and talking points to focus on blue-collar voters republican j.d. vance backed by former president donald trump blames democrats including ryan for skyrocketing inflation. >> he voted 100% for biden and pelosi's liberal an, plfor trillions of new spending and taxes >> reporter: meanwhile, president biden talks up economic wins. >> just since i've been president we've created 700,000 new manufacturing jobs >> reporter: including in ohio where companies like intel and honda promise more jobs down the road something republican governor mike dewine also touts >> is it one person or one party's doing or does it l

vance is headed to the u.s. senate to represent ohio after defeating democratic congressman tim ryan, he will be assuming the seat of rob portman who is retiring after two terms in office. up next to the concession speech by tim ryan followed by j.d. vance speaking to supporters. ♪ tim: i love the shit out of you guys. >> we love you too. tim: i just want to say, to all of you. that i am absolutely filled with gratitude. i am. i am an extremely lucky guy. i am grateful for a beautiful family. i have, i have the most amazing wife that you could ever imagine. [applause] tim: i am going to let you all in on a little secret. that, you saw the commercial, right? seven out of 10. crack a bottle of wine, right? that was a lie. we crack a bottle of wine if we hit 4-10, we hit 5-10. we hit 6 out of 10. seven out of 10 we get a good bottle of wine out. that is the truth. my wife is the most amazing mom. she was the most amazing schoolteacher. she is an amazing wife. [applause] tim: she quit her job, you know, you wonder i

vance and his party a boost. republicans need to gain five seats in the house and flip one seat in the senate to grab a hold of congressional power. nine snenate races are compe competitive. including pennsylvania, nevada and arizona. tensions are high among threats and voter intimidation officials are prepared to keep polls safe >> we are monitoring polling locations for any discord. >> reporter: there is enthusiasm among voters to weigh in on the economy, abortion and crime. >> get out and vote. do your civic duty >> reporter: americans are turning out in historic numbers. more than 42 million votes have been cast already and millions more expected in person today. the justice department announced it will monitor polls in 24 states to ensure no one interfere was the voting process. frank. >> brie, what about the race in georgia and the deadline extended >> reporter: frank, a judge had extended the deadline to november 14th. now this after more than 1,000 people who requested a mail-in ballot did not receive one

vance is way too extreme for them. we are gonna blow the doors off in franklin county, and do really well in the suburbs. and we're gonna do much better over there. >> i've met a couple that talked about one of the things i think about beyond the economy, which everyone seems to be thinking about, is. crime when you can message people who are concerned about crime? because that is something your point to take you on. >> j.d. vance raise money for the guys who stormed the capitol on january six. it is insane to think the guy is pro. calk he brought that $500 million to ohio, to snap up the police here. and this will lead to more funding with the rescue package, and law enforcement will continue to do that in the senate. but this guy is raising money for the guys who beat up cops. he is not pro pop. , alcohol, tobacco firearms. the agency to help solve drug crimes and prevent those. crimes >> want to abolish? when he's not pro cop. >> you are keeping party leadership a arm's length. that is been one of the cornerstones o

vance and tim ryan, vance is predicted to win 89 cents to ryan's 14. in georgia, fight for the entire senate could come down to raphael warnock and herschel walker. in the betting market, walker 64 cents to walker 52. if you don't want to believe the betting, a total eclipse attempting to turn the moon blood red on election day. i want to know what you think, go to smerconish.com answer the question, will republicans take control of the united states senate? where control in the u.s. senate is up for grabs and will come down to the a few battleground states we've assembled top reporters for each of those contests. joining me now, three reporters. tia mitchell, the washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution. and a stable of the reporter of network ohio bureau and hollialervine, and reporter for the philadelphia inquirer. holy, the operah endorsement of john fetterman got a ot of attention. i read your impression you had the back story how they were intending to land it. when i actually heard her words it's not what i anticipated. i wa

vance has to vote donors for 55 million. mitch o'connell, peter thiel going for $425, 000, 95% of the contributions are under $100. >> ali, i wanted to point out that the vance campaign told us that they have hundreds of thousands of donors. obviously, the dueling goes on. one thing that stood out for us covering this race as we are hearing more about abortion and election integrity, perhaps crime and at the races, we hear about issues here in ohio, certainly from the democrat, the first thing we hear about our jobs, workers, and from the republican, it's about the economic implications of inflation, and tying that a democratic policy. you see j.d. vance tying himself with former president donald trump. conversely, tim ryan wants to keep president biden an arms length. he does not want the president your campaigning with him, however, j.d. vance wants people to believe that tim ryan is putting out a message that does not line up with his voting record, completely in line with the president and speaker nancy pelosi. obviously

vance. there's expectations of a big announcement. we'll dip in live. dr. oz will joins us with his final thoughts from pennsylvania. we'll bring you the latest polls from across the country. five senate races, three gubernatorial elections. they're key swing states if you go back to 2016 propelled donald trump to victory in 2016. the combined vote, 70,000 votes. 2020, 43,000 votes in three states. that would be georgia, wisconsin and arizona decided the election. if you stay home, democrats are likely to win. you'll get the government that you deserve. we're warning you. we warned you. this brings us to the most important question. every american this election eve needs to be asking themselves. are you better off than you were 21 months ago? are you happy? we have a 40-year record high of inflation. we have back breaking gas prices. diesel prices and a diesel shortage. are you happy about that? is that the best we're capable of? are you happy that our borders are wide open? 4.5 million ille

>> joe: as ohio goes, dewine wins quite easily and jd vance, vote rising with him, right?thing, governor kemp, herschel walker is about even with raphael warnock. the problem is when you get to a runoff, kemp is no longer on the ballot, herschel walker will have to earn this on his own. >> carley: kemp could campaign for herschel walker. >> joe: agreed, it is different when you say, one, two in the ballot box and with oz, when you lose by dubbel digits, that helped bring down oz who was seen a jersey guy and pennsylvania people do not like our people, carley. >> carley: a lot of bright spots for republicans, some are disappointed in the margins, brian. one reason is for example, this gallup poll heading election day, 40% approve of joe biden and only 17% of the country says the economy is in good or excellent condition, you get in a situation where people are not happy, but voting for the party in power? >> brian: if i'm the white house, i want to be careful about the idea i'm giddy and gleeful, i don't think the american people delivered a message that you ought to be gid

vance. j.d. vance was a one time never trumper. >> it's interesting. tim ryan message has been consistent for a long, long, time. jobs, economy. jobs, economy, manufacturing. it is this issue of this race as we've seen from all the polls. melanie, thank you from columbus. >>> all right. turning now to where voters are going to be casting their ballots in critical races in pennsylvania. kate bolduan is live in bensalem, pennsylvania. kate, the final closing hours. we got a lawsuit from one of the senate candidates, john fetterman when it comes to the mail-in ballots. what else are you watching on the ground? >> reporter: let's get to the mail-in ballots and the issues for a second. welcome to election day in bucks county, pennsylvania. this is one of the swingiest of swingy counties. candidates are begging to win over these swing voters. this could be the whole ball game, could be in a place like bucks county. donald trump in 2016 came within a couple thousand votes. 2020 joe biden won then by more than 17,000 votes. this is home to the swing suburban v

vance in recent months.us at minimum they're focusing on this race trying to defend the seat for republicans. what really stood out to us about covering this back and forth between ryan and vance in recent months. is that unlike other races where you've seen democratic candidates stressing issues like election integrity and abortion for tim ryan. congressman right now. he's really zeroed in on the economy, specifically buzzwords of jobs, workers china. probably three of the words we hear the most from him. he calls his campaign bus the workers first express. and on the other side of this race, we see j. d. vance talking about inflation, tying that to democratic policy and, tying ryan to those policies as tim ryan tries to keep the democratic party at arms length. we caught up with both candidates today, asked them what their messaging would be for undecided workers working in manufacturing, here's part of what they told us. >> for a factory worker, the thing that i'd say is, we're gonna lose every factory jo

vance, vance is clearly underperforming in the polling. possible the polling is off, people in his office in ohio so i don't know what the reality is. but it keeps being this 45, 46 race. there is a great dispatch from ben that people should read about the j. d. vance campaign, which seems underwhelming and lackluster, although i think he is still favored. a number of you have pointed out, you can get to 45 or 46 in a state like ohio if you the democrat and you are running a good race. the question is the next five. and you see north carolina, they're getting these places where if there is lack of enthusiasm for your opponent, fine, but you have to get the next five after the 45, that's the difference between winning or losing, even if you're polling at a dead heat. >> it is, it always is. here is the rub in a place like ohio. j. d. vance shouldn't be where he is. he should be above 50% in ohio. and he isn't. the fact that the democratic candidate is at 45, 46, 47 in that range, depending on the polling, that tells you how competitive the

vance? how by -- how about mike nasser? katie brand? eric smith?hese are all individuals donald trump indoors and they won their primary running on the same platform as donald trump. we are going to take this country back and take it back to what it was like when president trump was president when we had a great economy, we had closed borders and we had more pride. what about herschel walker? i was with herschel the other day. kari lake in arizona. they believe in the same thing you believe in. they believe in the same thing donald trump believes in and we are going to take this country back from the biden agenda which is hurting every american. my job is to make sure that marco rubio wins on tuesday. [applause] i made a list. here is our choice. we have marco rubio or danny. who gave us high gas prices? val demi. who gave us high food prices? vall demi. who gave us an open border? vall demi. who believes that men ought to play women's sports? thou demi. who wants to defund the police? vall demi. who wants to open the border? thou demi. we left bil

both vance and ryan are locked in a tight place.ce leading ryan by two percentage points and tim ryan hoping he can close that gap by not only turning out faithful democratic voters but also asking trump supporters who give him a shot which is why he's doing fox town halls. and today he got the support of someone who is not, congressman liz cheney, endorsement is good thing but is this helpful, let's ask tim ryan. congressman tim ryan from ohio. congressman, thank you for joining me on this busy day that you've had. can we please begin with liz cheney's endorsement of you? what's your thought? >> well, there are certain issues, alex, who are american issues that are the foundation of the country, do you believe in democracy. do you believe in the rule of law? do you believe that elections are free and fair? and if you agree on those things then welcome to the united states, you're an american. and liz cheney and i agree on that, then you can break into, you know, your parties or your views. or your philosophies on how to govern from

vance with a slight lead over tim ryan. want to bring it jesse courage from mount vernon, ohio, just northeast of columbus. sorry to make you wait, there i'm a bit of a running third so i had to give the brother their eye shadow in completing the new york city marathon. we know you spoke to tim ryan earlier today. what is the closing message here, ahead of the midterms? >> yasmin, of clarify, we drove from campaign stop to stop, we're not running in between campaign stops out here. >> that's a shame. >> i know. especially right, now eating junk food on the road. we talk to tim ryan a little bit earlier. one of the things i asked him was what he wants people to see when they see j.d. vance with former president donald trump tomorrow night. because mr. trump will be campaigning here in the buckeye state, and j.d. vance has found himself in the image of trump in some ways, he has the former presidents endorsement. that's up against him, ryan a democrat who actually brags about agreeing with the former president on some issues.

vance at 51%. tim ryan is polling 43.5%. so to tim ryan's point there, he's in some of these swing counties trying to chip away and grab any of those republican voters that he can to try to obviously narrow the margin here. when i say the economy is king, it's king. top issues in ohio, 47% say it's the economy, stupid. right? so this is the biggest messaging that your hearing from both candidates. threats to democracy, double digits, abortion access and health care. when i dig in, you'll see why the candidates are visiting the key counties. when you look at the presidential results, eight points that donald trump won in 2020. the key counties where tim ryan visiting akron, a swing county that joe biden won in 2020. 54% of the victory there, 44% to donald trump. but neil, you go down to some of these counties where donald trump is spending time for j.d. vance. and you can see why. they're trying to chip away at some of the blue voters there. president biden won montgomery county, 50.3% in 2020. you're looking at a 6,000 vote

vance in ohio. also at that rally last night was the republican governor who also is up for re-election. way ahead in polls. so the thinking among j.d. vance's camp is that this is going to help him, j.d. vance, ride the coattails into power. >> we shall see. melanie, thank you very much. appreciate that. >>> also in georgia, the polls open in less than an hour. that's if you're not one of those 2.5 million people in the state who broke records voting early. chosely watching the highly contented senate rate in georgia. each candidate exuding confidence, ending the day making closing arguments to voters. >> we ain't talking about no runoff. we're running this! when we leave, when we leave tomorrow night, we're leaving at winners. >> if the people show up, i win. if the people in georgia show up, i win! if the people of georgia show up, we win. are you ready with this election? >> cnn's jeb zelleny joins us from marietta, north of atlanta. you know, a big question whether or not we are going to see a

vance. i've been told that that has been kind of put to the back burner for now and that that announcement won't come till mid november. have you heard an answer to that question? about tonight? >> i just know the president is going to ohio tonight. he was in florida last night. he's been in pennsylvania. i know every one of our candidates is saying please, president trump, help us close this deal. every democrat president is saying, please, biden stay away. trump was the biggest fund raiser for every committee. he did 50 fund raisers for candidates across the country. he's been the mvp of making sure that republicans get the senate and the house this cycle. >> martha: would it be good or bad if he announced tonight at the rally for j.d. vance that he's coming again? >> he's going to help j.d. vance. he wants j.d. to win, mike dewine. he wants all the candidates in ohio to win. he's been helping every candidate across this country. we're working as a team. >> martha: did you talk to him abou

vance, say that silent vote does not exist and they feel very good about vance's prospects in this state. slugging it out. one of the few match-ups a couple of debates between the two and feisty on the stage, but don't the opportunity to, sandra, to speak directly to voters who will ask them questions about the things that mean the most to them. crime, inflation, education, all of these issues that are really, really burning issues for americans across the country, sandra. >> john: it's john here, martha. looking forward to the town hall. interesting to point out, too, that tim ryan told us on "america reports" a couple months ago that he didn't necessarily want joe biden to come and campaign for him, that he was the candidate and running his own race and stand or fall based on his own merits. i want to come back to something that sandra was talking about, the best case/worst case scenario in the house power rankings. best case for the democrats, they only get 212 seats, whereas the republicans take control with 223. the gop best case scenario, democrats 186, the gop 249. even if the rep

vance, the republican battling tim ryan for senate. more than 30 million early votes cast could break turnout records. also tonight the state of emergency in florida. hurricane and tropical storm watches up as subtropical storm nicole takes aim. we've got the new track. the new numbers on child rsv cases. 77% of pediatric hospital beds filled nationwide. what parents need to know. >>> the chaos at twitter under new owner elon musk. after laying off nearly half its workforce the company reportedly scrambling to hire some key workers back. and is facebook next in line for mass layoffs? >>> and the world record powerball jackpot. nearly $2 billion up for grabs tonight. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, from our nbc news election headquarters. with 40 million early votes already cast, millions of election day voters will soon add their votes as the first poll openings here in the east are now just hours away. control of congress and the direction of the country to be decided. democrats d

he wanted to see if vance would move more toward the middle, but he continues to see vance as someoneling in line with former president donald trump. here's what he told me as he made his decision to go against republican party and vote for tim ryan. >> i think we need to start looking at who that person is as opposed to the party that's affiliated with them, especially when there's concerns right now within the republican party as to where it is, who they are, and in a lot of cases i've heard the party's left me. they just don't represent my values, my interests at this point. so, what am i supposed to do? not vote? vote for someone i don't support. >> and one of the interesting things as well from this race, andrea, is that j.d. vance likes to talk about tim ryan being someone who always votes with president joe biden, with speaker nancy pelosi. you hear republican voters seeing vance imblem attic of that with former president trump. we're keeping an eye on the economy, jobs in particular. you notice 2020 election denialism is something talked about, but it's not the first thing pus

in the past few weeks, vance has expanded his lead to 18 over ryan.inished to one point. what are you hearing from both campaigns? >> something that has stuck out is the democratic nominee for governor, nan whaley, not far from where i am now, she has emphasized the abortion issue, something democrats have been hoping will resonate with many voters, among them women. tim ryan won't shy away if you ask him about it, but he does not make that a key issue. you look at what he has emphasized. he seems to see something that will resonate there as opposed to highlighting some of the other issues we have seen democrats highlighting in other races across the country. chris. >> i was born and raised in ohio. are people in short sleeves in the first week of november? >> it's borderline too hot to be wearing a blazer right now. >> jesse kirsch enjoying his time in the sunshine. >>> former president trump failed to turn over documents in the january 6th committee. what happens if he doesn't meet their new deadline. and how the president is reshaping the final hou

reporter: vance made it clear that former president trump was backing vance. it was meant to boost turnout which. democratic congressman tim ryan posed a strong challenge. he made efforts to appeal to moderate, even republican voters in the state but also been fascinating because he is critical of the national democratic party. today he told our cameras he is leaving nothing to chance on election day. >> a lot of relief and it is up to the voters now. that is the process here. i think a lot of the conversation we've had over the last couple years you got to trust the voters you know, if you win, you win. if you lose you concede and you move on. reporter: but of course before we get to that point we'll have to wait for the results to come in. there will be dueling election parties for jd vance, he will be in the state capital area in columbus at hotel ballroom. tim ryan in his congressional district in youngstown. somebody will be very happy or sad. you and i will be happy either way because the election will be over. neil: then we'll be on to 2024. thank you v

just ted budd leading. 61% of estimated vote in ohio, vance continues to lead. i would watch cleveland, and up here in northeast. see how. you have 42% of the vote in. the ryan team would be pulling for a bigger margin out of the county to put themselves in a better slot. we have not looked at. this is wisconsin. 41%. ron johnson has run two very close races. running for a third right now. against 35-year-old barnes, the. >> lieutenant governor. >> thank you. appreciate that. >> you have a lot going on. >> i have to phone a friend. you live on a samsung, they hand you an iphone and say they go. right now johnson trailing in the race. let's see the governor race tim michels trailing tony in the race, wash that in wisconsin. checking pennsylvania. governor race shapiro attorney general with easy lead over mastriano that is still about a third of the vote in. here is big one. at that point in the race, fetterman has a lead on dr. oz. at 37% in. difference about 91,000. here is what i would watch in pennsylvania. eerie in northwest, pittsburgh allegheny county, phil

president trump with his rally for jd vance. it's expected the president will make a big announcement tonight. my sources are telling me that he has come to a decision. will he give that decision? >> tonight, there's conflicting reports. we'll see virtually defeated. he was the best in the in the whole country. best wrestler. and but i looked at it and i looked at those years. i shouldn't say this because i've never told as i said, that guy had some things going on with the fighting, but he is such a warrior and such an incredible guy. >> is he here? is he here? come in. come on . i love this guy. come here to say some . well, they've heard from me, mr. president , but they want you back here. i will. i'll just say this. my favorite scripture verses second timothy for seven . it says, fight the good fight, finish the course, keep of faith. and i tell folks, i tell folks that's a verse for our country. fight finish. keep your words of action. not timid words, not. words, words that we associate with america and words that we asso

vance has defeated congressman tim ryan. not a pickup. republicans holding that seat after the retirement of rob portman. mark meredith live in franklin county, columbus, ohio with more today. good morning. >> good morning to you. as you know, today ohio republicans are celebrating the news that they will be able to keep senator portman's seat in gop control. as for vance, the businessman and author heading to washington within a matter of weeks. it came after a long, bruising campaign. remember how contentious the primary was and had to beat out so many other candidates and he continued to see success partially due to campaigning with the ohio republican ticket and support of trump. when vance was on the stage declaring victory last night he vowed to focus on the issues, not partisan fights. >> whether you voted for me or not if you are watching on tv, the thing that i promise to do is go to the united states senate and fight every single day for the people of ohio. >> vance's opponent congressman tim ryan tried hard to paint vance as an

vance. we love you. i get to know him.e did not like me too much tooth or three years ago. -- two or three years ago. i like him. i do not think it changes. i have some of them. sometimes i will not let them back in. i have been with him and i tell you he gets it. he is smart and tough. he was right a lot -- about a lot of things. he will fight for ohio with every bone in his body. as a native of your state who was with this pillaging of a how jobs and devastation of ohio communities. jd knows how important it is to have leaders who put america first and ohio first. he wants to put america first. they think it is a bad thing. he is a former marine, and yell educated. here's a great student. i spoke to somebody who went through yell he said he was a great student. the medics will tell you that. some people say do not put it out. he is elite. he he is intelligent. that is what we want. he will bring the toughness and intellectual firepower we need to champion our movement and values in the senate. he will fight for strong bo

. >> to concede this race to jd vance. because the way this country operates is that when you lose an election. you can see. >> so that's just an example right there contest that we were watching very closely. the ohio senate race, jd vance, the republican ultimately came out on top and kept that seat. read another example, though, of how things keep evening out is that incumbent democrat in new hampshire, that was also a tight race. senator house. and she was able to keep her seat blue. and so we are keeping very close eye, though, on places like georgia. but even that is looking at so tight. and right now, neither candidate has reached that 50% threshold. and so we could be not only looking at election day week, but maybe even election month since that runoff election wouldn't happen until december. >> all right, jesse, interesting. and >> poignant on that. the way he handled that concession? his point was made. that's that's what he's trying and was made. and that is what is normal under most circumstances, an american