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a spokesperson is here and ready to weigh in. >> john: first, a battle for control of congress as candidates enter the final stretch just three weeks now until the high stakes midterm elections, and brand-new fox power rankings show republicans hold the advantage in house but neither party breaking through in the senate. i'm john roberts in washington. happy tuesday to you. >> sandra: sandra smith in new york. republicans are forecast to win a 15-seat majority, that is a slight shift in favor of the gop as the party makes gains in key school districts out west. >> races in the senate...

Of that heavy rain. for today, kind of the last warmish day for the east coast. still above average but not like the last two days. it was incredibly warm. today, 71 in d.c., 71 in boston. cooler on the great lakes and the ohio valley. that cooler type air will flow into the northeast on saturday. mostly sunny conditions throughout much of the deep south. but we will be watching a new area of rain developing in missouri. and on sunday, kind of a rainy day for you st. louis to des moines, the quad cities, chicago, indianapolis included. not a great sunday. still dealing with decent weather on t...

Today. we'll take these storms, push them through des moines, the quad cities, this area of orange is an enhanced risk. we think there's a greater chance for a severe weather. today it looks like chicago, you'll get rain, the severe weather will stay to the south. eventually later on, this line of storms will make it to minneapolis. the same storm system is going to plague areas of the mid atlantic. it looks like a nightmare commute and at the airports, washington, d.c., baltimore, philly, and new york city, 50 million people are at risk. here's the timing of this. storms near des moines, they...

That's a quarter of the year's tornados in one stretch and it's not over. where does it go today? chicago. not really the epicenter of tornado alley, but you're in the middle of it today. also northern indiana. that's the orange area and parts of western nebraska. it slides a little bit for tomorrow. i will get to that in a second. watch the weather now rolling through des moines into the quad cities and eventually into chicago. some of the storms in chicago tonight will be rotating. some will have tornadoes, not that far from chicago. north, south, east, west, maybe 50 miles or so. you have t...

The labor day weekend. it is kind of like memorial day weekend, sometimes it can be not that nice, not very summer like and that will be the case, especially in the midwest. we are tracking light rain in areas of southern new jersey, a thunderstorm over the top of atlantic center and central pennsylvania has hit and miss showers. severe weather outlook today. if anyone has a chance of getting significantly delayed at the airports it includes minneapolis, des moines, maybe areas around kansas city could get strong thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening. 11 people at risk. tornado threat ...