Midterms: Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers face off for Michigan Senate seat

Let's cross now to France 24's Jessica Le Majurier, who's covering the important Senate race in Michigan. She joins us live from Detroit. Jessica, the polls closed at 3 a.m. Paris time, 8 p.m. local time. Of course, that's a very highly watched Senate race between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers. You're outside a Democratic watch party. What's the mood where you are? I don't know if you can see behind me, but Mahmoud Khalil is right behind me. He's attending what I would call the People's Party here in Detroit. And the mood here is electric. Mahmoud Khalil, of course, that Columbia graduate student who was seized by ICE and held for over 100 days in detention, really has become kind of like a civil rights activist in this country. I spoke to him and he said that he is feeling really excited. I'm also a bit nervous because we've been tricked by the polls before here in the United States, but he is supporting Abdul Abdelaziz Zayed. This is a watch party, a gathering. The atmosphere is electric because Abdul Abdelaziz Zayed was just here speaking to his supporters. He has just left to go on to this Democratic Party, but people are really excited. They keep whooping whenever the latest turnout figures come in. They are really hoping that he is going to become the first Muslim senator in the United States later on tonight or early Wednesday. Jessica, I know there was some late-minute drama in this race in the last few days. Haley Stevens, who El-Sayed beat in the Democratic primary, endorsed and then voted for Rogers, the Republican. Has that had any effect on the race? Well, you know, when that drama unfolded, it was actually almost too late for it to have an impact because a third of eligible voters had already placed their ballots. And then it also inspired, it seems... A lot of last-minute donations. I think that Abdel El-Sayed's campaign got a sort of record day of fundraising in the four hours following her announcement. But certainly what it did show is some of the divisions within the Democratic Party, with a sort of more establishment Democrat feeling concerned about the arrival of these more radical or far-left policies, populist, socialist policies. And also some concern for some members of the Democratic Party. ...who still support Israel, that his rhetoric on stopping U.S. funding to Israel and arms sales to Israel doesn't sit well with them. So it sort of shows some of the divisions over the more centrist part of the Democratic Party and this more progressive, new wave of more populist, progressive candidates which Abdel El-Sayed is really representing. Okay, France 24's Jessica in Missouri and Detroit, Michigan. Jessica, we'll check back with you in just a bit.