00:00But the big story that we are breaking at the moment, there's the big U.S. midterm test for Donald
00:05Trump in the United States.
00:07Remember the election the world is watching at the moment.
00:11Battle is on for the U.S. House and the Senate and it's an election that could change the course
00:17of Donald Trump's presidency.
00:19Remember the U.S. bombed Iran this morning just hours before those midterm polls began
00:25and latest predictions are giving the Democrats an upper hand in both the houses which could significantly reduce Donald Trump's
00:33room for maneuver
00:34and that could affect India and the world and also possibly the course of the war in West Asia.
00:41I want to go to our man in Washington, D.C., Rohit Sharma, who tracks every move there.
00:46Rohit, voting has begun. Are most exit polls now predicting that the Democrats could win both houses?
00:54That's the sense, Rajdeep, across all the polls, including some internal polling of the Republicans
01:01who have said that there's a good chance that not only will they lose the House but also the Senate.
01:07And that was one of the reasons why President Donald Trump had been campaigning really hard in those red states
01:12of Texas
01:13and Alaska and North Carolina and South Carolina, some safe Senate seats that nobody would have imagined six months ago
01:19that the President would have to campaign in.
01:21So that also tells you that at the end of the day, you know, tonight, we'll possibly know what happens
01:27in the House.
01:28But the Senate races could be too close to call, Rajdeep.
01:31But it looks like it's heading that way, that President Trump will have to work with Democratic leaders
01:35not only in the House but also in the Senate.
01:42Okay, Rohit, we'll come back to you for more details.
01:44Remember, counting will begin early morning in India.
01:48All of this, of course, against the backdrop of the war in West Asia.
01:53That's why the world is on the edge.
