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Everything we know about the midterms (part one)

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Republicans look set to take control of the House of Representatives, but the battle for control of the Senate is on a knife-edge. Sarah, Anthony and Marianna get together in Washington to talk through what's been happening so far in the midterms and why it all matters.

Americast is hosted by North America editor Sarah Smith, Today host Justin Webb, North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher and disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring.

Find out more about our "undercover voters" here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62742687.

Email americast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, to 00443301239480.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.5

Anthony, what have you been doing tonight so far?

0:07.0

Well, looking at a lot of computer screens,

0:08.8

I've got two laptops and a desktop computer set up in front of me,

0:11.9

watching election results come in and trying to keep track of all the information

0:15.5

that's flowing through the BBC.

0:16.8

And trying to tell the world what's happening,

0:18.4

because we've got a TV program going on from here,

0:20.4

a radio program, the America Studio, of course.

0:23.5

Online posts being updated all the time,

0:25.8

there's a lot happening around here,

0:27.4

it's much busier than normal.

0:28.6

It is, I tried to write out a schedule for myself before I started the day,

0:32.6

and it's totally gone by the wayside.

0:34.3

I just kind of get grabbed by someone told where I'm supposed to be,

0:37.0

put on headphones like this, or pop in front of a TV,

0:39.2

or be sitting in my desk when a TV camera comes by,

0:42.0

and try to sound coherent.

0:43.8

Yes, I've got a list of what I'm going to be doing.

0:45.6

I'm taking great pleasure in scoring out hits with a sharpy pen

0:49.1

in order to make it look as though I'm progressing through the night,

0:51.6

but new tasks keep appearing.

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