power on capitol hill. the crucial midterm elections just seven days away, and brand new fox news polls show democrats and republicans are gaining ground in key senate races. let s get first to west virginia. it s still a dead heat. the democrat, the governor there joe manch inhas picked up a few points on john raese in the past three weeks. in connecticut richard blumenthal almost doubling his lead over the republican linda mcmahon. he is now up by 11:00, well outside the margin of error. and in kentucky, the home of the face stepping, the republican rand paul leading democrat jack conway now by seven points, also outside the margin of error. pulse opinion research conducting all those polls for fox news. of course, most analysts say republicans do have a better shot at taking control of the house. but they also point out the g.o.p. is in danger of losing a few seats. let s get to team fox coverage now from america s election headquarters. mike tobin in kentucky where that whole face
you know? we don t know what to do about the economy but we do know christmas is coming. shepard: there is still more than 60 shopping days left until christmas. ho ho ho. that s a fox watch across america. i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. midterm elections seven days away with control of congress on the line. and a new fox news poll shows the battle for president obama s former senate seat is still too close to call. the republican mark kirk ahead by two points. pollsters from pulse opinion research tell us those numbers have not bundle in a solid month. meanwhile the president and republican leaders are already looking ahead to after the mid terms. team fox coverage now at the bottom of the hour. trace gallagher in california. where one senate candidate is now in the hospital and alicia acuna watching the colorado governor s race. anita vogel on a new survey of latino voters that could be a
it s pretty clear that these two candidates don t like each other. dislike has been enhanced by series of attack ads over the issue of the it laest issue coming from the conway campaign suggesting that rand paul plans to raise sales tack to 23%. rand calling that desperate and sad, shepard. shepard: mike tobin on the campaign trail in lexington, kentucky. another senate candidate may be on the verge of a major upset. john was is i was trailing in west virginia by joe manchin up by 20 points to replace robert byrd. now the thing is so close that polsters say it may be the tightest contest in the whole country. of course, it could decide the balance of power in the u.s. senate. team fox coverage rolls on now. our chief political correspondent carl cameron live in mountain near country in morgantown tonight. karl, both sides are already gearing up for a possible
it is hit and miss you know how those bands go. today police went door-to-door to make sure everybody had received evacuation notices because the state s governor warned once the storm hits folks who decided to stay are pretty much on their own. we have extensive team fox coverage throughout the night. rick leventhal on the east end of long island in montauk. monitoring the storm, first jonathan serrie in north carolina. i m told the winds are come and go? reporter: they are indeed. the winds are picking up and continue to pick up at a slow, but stable pace. you said it was hit and miss as far as the rain that is so true. the radar shows the rains moving into some of the outer banks here where we are in kill devil hills, we ve only experienced a few sprinkles. let me show what is happening here with the surf. we ve been experiencing powerful surf all day that continues to build.
2nd, 2010. or 90210. the brand new update from the national hurricane center coming up right now. shepard: i m shepard smith. the o reilly factor starts in just a moment. but, first, we have just gotten brand new details from the national hurricane center. new advisories and new warnings. the storm is now churning along the eastern seaboard. the federal emergency management agency or fema saying conditions will deteriorate badly. the new coordinants, we now know that the storm has been downgraded to a category 2 hurricane. this is new right now. maximum sustained winds were 115 miles per hour, which is a minimum category 3. enough to they are at 110 miles per hour, which is a high end of the category 2 scale. still a dangerous storm. and we have team fox coverage. steve harrigan in virginia beach. jonathan serrie in kill devil hills, north carolina. first to the chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox