this country back one step at a time. carley: bit is election day in america and we are less than an hour out from the first pole opening in vermont. you are watching fox & friends first on this election day. i m carley shimkus. todd: it is here and i am todd piro. the entire house of representatives, third of the senate and 36 races across the country on the ballot the balance of power in the future of our country at stake. carley: republicans need a net gain of five seats to take back the house. only one seat to flip the senate, and allies around the the battleground. brooke singman is live in palm beach florida with the latest, brooke. hey, good morning, today is a big day americans across the state as testing their pilots as early as 5:00 p.m. eastern. more than 34 million pilots have been cast by mail or in person early voting centers of the mike according to the associated press. the republicans looking to put both chambers of house. 35 seats up for grabs in 3
that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a
the southwestern part of the state. claudia, what are you doing now? i m so owe i m getting important stuff. my paperwork. my husband s personal things. i lost him two months ago. now i ve lost my only home. so i m packing it up, taking it to my car. you re packing it up in a garbage can? yeah. have you the goe gotten any p yet? no. but that s okay. i m strong. i can get it, get the important things. all right, claudia, god bless you. thank you. all right. i ll be all right. claudia says she s strong, and that s what people are relying on, at least in the first early hours here, their own strength. some people have been asking us for water, food, and of course communication is a tough thing as well with all the cellphones down. right now really it s neighbor helping each other here until help from more than 35 states arrives. tucker, back to you. tucker: we ll assess the path of the storm and the damage that it s wrought with hurricane expert brian nor
murder rape burglary robbery. it s considered the murder capital of the united states. the worst ghetto in all of the united states. after decades of terror in the big apple, rudy giuliani rode in like a white knight and took care of business. he made life better for his residents and cleaned up the streets. guess what? it worked. he tackled crime and laid out the big city blueprint for safety. enforce your laws, keep criminals in line. and above all, support your police. seems like an easy recipe for success, right? yet, somehow, 30 years later, every democratic big run city has screwed this up. the left has worked tirelessly to defund police and put criminals back on the streets. stupid ideas like eliminating cash bail have put us all at risk. you are officially on your own. nowhere is that more evident than lori lightfoot s chicago. the same lady who tried to cut her police budget by $50 million two years ago has seen a nearly 40% jump in crime in the last 12 months.
high winds and brutal cold. buffalo getting a stunning 40 inches of snow and could see more today. at least 12 people dead in the area. new york governor kathy hochul is a buffalo native. used to rough winters but not like this. this will go down in history as the most devastating storm in buffalo s long storied history of having battled many battles, many major storms. buffalo s airport is set to remain closed until tuesday. 3100 flights were canceled christmas day nationwide and more than 1,000 have already been can elide today. charles watson is live at atlanta international airport. hi, charles. good morning. today is looking to be just as busy here in atlanta and at airports across the country. it is 9:00 and check out the long lines that have accumulated at the delta check-in counters. this is the scene, large crowds we re seeing all over the airport leaving the real possibility that today could be a miserable one for folks who are trying to make it onto flights a