Welcome to the beat. I am Ari Melber and...

...whoop there it is as they say.

You hear the music? The election day is literally now within three weeks.

Early voting has begun including a new key states.

And we begin with something special.

I'm not going to hide the ball here.

I'm going to show you the two chairs.

Howard Dean, who ran the DNC.

Michael Steele, who ran the RNC.

In our opinion, no two better people to walk us through it

and they are here right now. Let me tell you the context.

Two million people have already now cast ballots.

So when we say election day, it's like rhetoric.

This is election month.

Early voting is showing records smashed in certain states, fluid dynamics.

New polls show the house leaning slightly towards Republicans,

depending on what happens.

Democrats believe they are still in a strong position to hold the Senate majority.

And as we've told you, we cannot accurately cover

400 plus races at once.

We will bring you the highlights, the context, the facts, and the music.

But I will show you some of the debate highlights that show how these issues,

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