President Trump touts DC renovations one day before midterms

The 6th begins with that reflecting pool campaign pitch by President Trump, his final message on the eve of tomorrow's midterms. The event was meant to celebrate renovation work, but the president also reflected on Republicans' raise of the majority in Congress and their fight to hold on to it. Fox 2's Tom Fitzgerald live on the National Mall tonight. Fitz, why was the president focused on his vanity project with so much at stake tomorrow? It's an important question, and the White House feels that this renovation of the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial is an example of the president finishing what he started. In a larger sense, that's their message to viewers as they head into their midterms tomorrow. But also remember, this project has gone on for months with stops and starts. BOTCHED WORK AND REDO OVERS AS THERE WERE CLAIMS OF VANDALISM AND EVEN THE U.S. ATTORNEY FROM D.C. HAD TO DROP THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST A MAN WHO WAS CHARGED WITH VANDALISM. THIS WAS THE SCENE TODAY AS THE PRESIDENT ARRIVED DOWN HERE AT THE REFLECTING POOL WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, DOUG BURGRAM, IN TOW. NOW THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FIXING 83 FOUNTAINS AROUND D.C. Cleaning out homeless encampments, he also pointed to efforts against crime. His deployment of the National Guard, which he says has gone a long way, in Trump's words, in making D.C. safe and beautiful. Across all of the entire capital, we are making D.C. safe and beautiful again. And our National Guard and other law enforcement partners have made over 16,000 arrests, including over 3,000 narcotics arrests, hundreds of gang members and dozens of murderers. Now the president also made what we were told were these final arguments on the midterm elections today. Now he did acknowledge that presidents of the past, both Democrat and Republican, have lost seats in the Congress. During these midterm elections, but there's a lot on the line tomorrow as the Republicans are trying to hold on to their majorities in both the House and the Senate. The president did bring back his offer of a $5,000 check for adult Americans if Republicans hold on to the majority. However, he also went on to blast Democratic candidates and say that his fight will go on. We fought for 250 years to make it great. We're not going to let it be be torn down by a bunch of people that have failed everywhere they've been. Because the ideologies that you're talking about, various ideologies, they've always failed every single time. So we'll defend our country, our culture and our heritage for generations to come. No matter what the outcome tomorrow, Donald Trump made it clear he is not done putting his imprint on the District of Columbia. The president talked to even more projects moving forward beyond the reflecting pool. He says he's going for final approval of that arch at Arlington National Cemetery. He's planning improvements at East Potomac Golf Course where he will, he says, create a garden of heroes with statues ranging from 250 to 500 in number. We're live at the Reflecting Pool tonight. Send it back in to Kenneth and Angie.