Election Day 2026: Control of Congress at stake

And polls open around the country today for the midterms. Democrats are hoping to ride a predicted blue wave as Republicans are trying to keep control of Congress. Douglas Zader joining us live from Washington with the very latest of today's events. Big busy day, Doug. Good morning. Good morning. Going to see a lot of turnout today, no doubt, as we hear, as we have heard now, closing arguments in a number of key states that will ultimately determine which party controls the reins here on Capitol Hill. The rapper Common almost blowing out the sound system at an 11th hour rally for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. A critical contest with Republican Mike Rogers laying out what he sees as the stakes. Are you guys ready to fight for freedom tomorrow? And that is playing out in state after state. Early polling shows a great deal of enthusiasm, and we're hearing some anger on both sides. I was a Democrat years ago. I'm embarrassed to be one today. But I cannot bring myself to vote for a Trump minion under any circumstances. This is the pipe inside here. President Trump, meantime, talking about renovations at the newly reopened reflecting pool in Washington, hoping there aren't waves here or elsewhere today. When you vote, remember, a party that hates America cannot Be allowed to rule over the people who built our country. And he has crisscrossed the country over the past month. The White House says 30 events in 32 days. And while state and local races also play into turnout, Senate races are a big driver. I would really be watching Maine, Michigan, and Alaska. That's gonna determine the Senate. Veterans of these contests will look for early signs today to see what kind of message Voters are sending. And we do expect high turnout today in a number of these states, but nationwide, 50 million Americans, more than that actually, have already cast their ballots. Back to you guys. Okay, yeah, and we wait until this evening to see the results start rolling in. Thank you, Doug. Thank you, Doug. Right, 5.34 now and with election day today, various cities and states have reported a rise in ICE activity near polling stations in recent weeks. Elections officials in several cities are preparing to confront armed federal agents if they are deployed to polling booths by the Trump administration, which has hinted at sending federal agents, including ICE, to those polling locations. According to a law professor at Seattle University, the law is pretty clear here. Sending the military or armed federal agents to polling locations would be brazenly illegal. Since the Civil War, we've had very strict laws in place to prevent the president from interfering with elections. And for over a century, every president has respected that free and fair elections require that armed federal agents be kept away from voting sites. She adds that because of the letter of the law being so clear, the Trump administration has appeared to back down from placing federal agents at polling sites.