hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we are in the home stretch. today is the final day of campaigning before voters start getting counted. candidates across the country are out in force as they should be of course. getting final face time with voters and their final opportunity to lock in any waiving votes. the mood understandably tense with so many razor tight races and so much on the line. republicans are growing increasingly confident they ll make major gains in congress and in governor s mansions across the country. the current and former presidents back on the trail again to try to boost turnout. president biden will be campaigning for democratic candidates in maryland today. former president trump will be in ohio for a rally for the republican senate candidate there. and another sign of justice how focused in voters are on this midterm, more than 40 million americans in 47 states have already cast their ballots in early voting. and when all of the votes are
a lump sum payment which is one of the options, of course, of this jackpot would be something over $929 million. there s just a lot of dollars going on here and not a lot of chance to win it. the drawing tonight is at 10:59 eastern. so in entertainment news, a familiar face is returning to host the biggest night in hollywood. abc announced this morning that jimmy kimmel will host next year s academy awards. kimmel is no stranger to the oscars, of course. he has already hosted the show two times previously. you may remember the ceremony has gone without a host in recent years. the oscars will take place on sunday, march 12th. finally, a touchdown dance to end all touchdown dances. the minnesota vikings continued their winning streak yesterday defeating the washington commanders in a comeback win 20-17. who cares? all that matters is not the highlight of the game is not the fourth quarter interception that set up the win, it s that instead, the vikings
the biggest night in hollywood, the academy awards show, had an unscripted fight that stunned audience members. it started when chris rock made a joke on stage about jada pinkett smith s shaved head. now, she has alopecia, a autoimmune disorder which causes hair loss. will smith, jada s husband, then took the stage and punched rock. take a look. uh-oh. richard oh, wow. wow. now, although it appeared to be a joke at first, smith returned to his seat and yelled at rock using foul language. viewers at home didn t hear the entire exchange as censors had muted it. and for more i m joined now by sandro mineti. he s in los angeles. he s the editor in chief of
muratov. welcome back. the biggest night in hollywood, the academy awards had an unscripted fight that stunned the audience. it started when chris rock made a joke on stage about jada pinkett smith s shaved head. will smith, jada s husband then took to the staining and punched rock. uh-oh. oh, wow. wow. wow indeed. although it appeared to be a joke at first, smith returned to his seat and yelled at rock using some pretty foul language. viewers at home didn t hear the exchange as censors muted it. will smith did win the best actor award for his leading role in his performance of king richard. he apologized for his role in the fight and ended it by saying that he hopes the academy will welcome him back. well, the best picture award went to coda droving out films
it would have been bizarre if snl did not have this be part of their show and as we saw, it was really part of the show. we saw it come up time and time again, but i think when you look at something like the grammys, yes, there were some jokes and jabs but they were very quick and i think the grammys really showed what you want to happen with an awards show. they had zelenskyy on for a really powerful, moving speech, and i thought one of the most poignant parts of his speech was when he said that you re all in tuxedos but we are in armor. he really took his job seriously. he said, sure, i ll make a brief appearance at a night in hollywood, but only to remind you that while you re sitting here talking about this humanitarian crisis happening in ukraine, while we re here fighting a battle. let s keep it all in perspective. yeah, with the grammys, it was so many things. it was also a love letter to live music, which i really enjoyed seeing that celebration, the range of musical talent