- Welcome to this editionof "The 700 Club."
Record-breaking turnout.
That's what's expected today at the polls
for the presidential election.
Nearly 100 million peoplealready have cast their ballots.
And if you're not one ofthem, again, it's still time.
This programs on the air get out and vote
because your vote does matter.
The question on everyone's mind:
when will we know the winner?
Heather Sells has that.
- Across the country votersare making their voices heard
in the 2020 presidential election.
But even as voting ends today,
the winner may not be known for days.
In the final hours of the campaign,
a confident President Trump made his case
for reelection blitzingNorth Carolina, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Pennsylvaniawith huge enthusiastic crowds.
- [Crowd] Four moreyears, four more years!
- This does not look likea second place finish.
(crowd cheering)
- [Heather] The Bidencampaign spreading out
across Ohio and Pennsylvaniain the final hours.
- We're going to win Pennsylvania.
And we're going to show theworld what America stands for.
- [Heather] Formerpresident Obama campaigning
for his former vice president in Georgia
in hopes of turning it blue.
With about 100 million ballotscast before Election Day,
Dr. Michael McDonald of theUniversity of Florida tells
CBS News that record-breakingturnout is expected.
- We're over twice the number of people
who voted early than in 2016.
I'm thinking that we'regoing to have about
160 million people vote in the election.
That'd be a turnout rate of 67%,
a turnout rate that wehaven't seen since 1900.
- [Heather] McDonald told CBN News that
while early votes may favor Biden,
Trump's supporters aremore likely to vote today.
- We're going to have tosee that Election Day vote,
that could shift it back towards Trump.
- [Heather] President Trumphas insisted the winner
should be declared on election night,
but says he won't declarevictory prematurely.
- [Trump] Only when there's victory.
There's no reason to play games.
- [Heather] McDonaldsays it could take days
to determine a winner.
- We may know somethingabout what's happened
and who the next president-elect will be
with those fast countingstates like Florida,
if it's decisive enough.
It comes down to some other states
like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Election officials thereare saying it could take
three to four days forthem to process them all
and we wouldn't get the election results
from those states untilmaybe Friday of this week.
- [Heather] Meanwhile in anticipation
of protests after the election,
barriers have been putup around the perimeter
of the White House, allreasons why Dr. Ed Stetzer
of the Billy Graham Centerat Wheaton college says
that once this election is finished,
the church should take the lead
in healing a divided America.
- I hope we'll rememberthat Jesus is not coming
back riding a donkey or an elephant,
and we need to reunite the church
build these bridges, get back on mission,
show and share the love of Jesus
to a broken and hurting world.
- [Heather] Heather Sells, CBN News.
- CBN News Senior EditorJohn Waage is here
to give us his predictions.
John, what will you thinkwill be the first indication
of where the selection is going?
- Well, Pat, I thinkbecause the early states
that close the polls areKentucky, Indiana, Virginia,
they'll be some indicator,
even though Virginia isfavored to go to Biden.
If it's closer, thatcould be an indication.
But really, the pollsthat close the soonest
would be North Carolina, Florida,
although they have to waitfor the panhandle there,
Ohio closes at 7:30 Eastern time.
So those are some of the states that
we'll be watching to seethe presidential outcome.
Of course, there are keySenate races in North Carolina
and some of the other early closing states
New Hampshire closes fairly early.
And so that might be an indicator too
if Trump has to make any kindof inroad into New England.
- Last week, you made a bold prediction
that the president wouldwin 323 electoral votes.
Now have you changed yourmind over the last few days?
- Pat, I haven't changed my mind on that.
I'll stick with that.
There are, of course,those battleground states
of Pennsylvania and Michigan, Wisconsin,
all the places where thecandidates have been recently.
Florida, of course, that'sone we'll be watching
probably the closest early in the evening
because that has to go for Trump.
And if it does, thenhe could be on his way
to something like 323 electoral votes.
I'm not so sure, Pat, that itcouldn't go higher than that,
but I'm not going to predict it.
I'll stick with my 323.
- Well, what about the House and Senate?
- Well, it's interesting.
Since we talked on Thursday,
I had predicted that theRepublicans would hold
onto the Senate by thesame margin that they have.
There are a couple ofraces that are interesting.
The Iowa Des Moines Registerpoll came out this weekend,
and not that I trust thepolls too thoroughly,
but Joni Ernst was leading
by a pretty healthy sixpoint margin in that poll
while President Trump had moved out
to a seven point lead in the state.
So it may be the Trumpcoat tails are helping
Joni Ernst against herchallenger Theresa Greenfield
who's a real estate developer.
So that would be one the Republicans
pretty much have to hold onto in order
to keep their majority in the Senate.
There's another racethat's of interest, Pat,
and that's of all things in Minnesota.
And I did not pick thisrace for the Republicans.
But in Minnesota, thechallenger, Jason Lewis,
has closed to within one to three points,
one point in one poll andthree points in another.
He was 11 points down not too long ago
against Tina Smith who was the replacement
for Al Franken a few years back.
So if this one emerges on the radar screen
at the last minute,that could be even more
of a boost for the Republicansand holding onto the Senate.
- Minnesotans are a little weird.
They put a wrestler in as a governor
and they put a comedian in as a senator.
Does that mean that maybe you think
Trump will take Minnesota?
- Well, I predict thatTrump would win Minnesota
and that would be a very unusual happening
because as you remember,Pat, even Ronald Reagan,
when he swept 49 states,did not win Minnesota.
His advisors urged him to makeone last stop in the state,
he decided not to do itand he lost by 3000 votes.
So, Minnesota is a very, very blue state
when it comes to presidential elections.
I'm picking it to go red this year.
All the activities thatthey've had in that state,
all the turmoil and convulsion,
and I think the president'smessage has resonated there.
So we'll see in a matter ofhours, or at least a day or two,
if Minnesota actually goes red this year.
- There's one otheryou've been watching is
out there in Arizona.
You've got McSally who's a veteran,
you've got another guy who's an astronaut.
- Yeah, Mark Kelly versus Martha McSally.
And I'd say, Pat, of allthe Senate picks I made,
this is probably my riskiest pick.
I did pick Cory Gardner in Colorado
and Susan Collins in Maine to lose.
Martha McSally is probablythe one I picked to win
that has the narrowestopportunity for victory.
But they did have a 96 milecar rally for Trump in Arizona.
That's pretty astounding in itself.
And his coattails may belong enough for her as well.
- Well, the McCaintroops have been kind of
against Trump all the way down the line.
That was the famoussenator who did like this
on the Obamacare, one votethat kept it in place.
And he said let's see if that blank,
how he'd going about making America great.
I mean it was just a vicious thing.
- A lot of acrimony between McCain-
- A lot of acrimony and it's still
in play out there in Arizona.
If you remember, it was the proving ground
on one of the most radical candidates
for president we've ever had.
(Pat chuckles)
- Yes.
Yes, and from what I can tell though,
the Trump people feel prettyoptimistic about Arizona.
Even though President Trump didn't make
any appearances therein the last few days,
he did go a couple of times
and Vice President Pence, I believe, went.
So it'll be interestingto see if they hold on
to those 11 electoral votesand keep the Senate seat.
- Well, amen.
Well, John, thank you.
And how will the electionaffect our foreign policy?
The two candidates have dramatically
different visions for the Middle East.
So how will the winner make amajor impact on this hotspot?
Chris Mitchell has the answer.
- It's a fateful election forthe Middle East and Israel.
- [Chris] That especially includes Iran,
Saudi Arabia, and prospects for peace.
- Both former Vice President Biden
and the incumbentPresident Trump have stated
what would be their policiesfor the coming four years.
And in certain ways, theydiffer fundamentally,
even dramatically.
- Former Ambassador to the US Michael Oren
believes a Bidenadministration would reverse
certain Trump policiesthat benefit his country.
The main issue for Israelis is the future
of the Iranian nuclear deal
that the Obamaadministration forged in 2015
and President Trump ended in 2018.
- Both the former vicepresident and his running mate
Senator Harris have said unequivocally
that they intend to renew theIran nuclear deal of 2015.
If Iran returns to thelevels of uranium enrichment
established by that deal,
which is not verydifficult for Iran to do,
and that means lifting sanctions
and that has profound ramifications
for Israel and the Middle East.
- [Chris] CurrentAmbassador David Friedman
tells CBN News renewing thedeal would be a disaster.
- Iran is a very dangerous country.
We have made Iran far less dangerous
than they were four years ago.
The worst thing we can do right now
when we have them on the ropesis to let the pressure off.
- [Chris] A recent pollshows more than 60%
of Israelis would prefera second Trump term.
Reasons given by thosesupporting the president point
to decisions such as movingthe US embassy to Jerusalem,
recognizing Israeli sovereigntyover the Golan Heights,
and the recent Abraham Accords.
- And we want to show themhow much we are thankful
for what we've seen the past four years.
- [Chris] Yet Hezi Kuglerof Democrats Abroad says
Democratic presidential candidate
Joe Biden has been a longtime Israel supporter
and understands security.
- Joe Biden was one of thepeople who were central
in the inception of thestrategic relationship
between Israel and the United States.
- [Chris] Oren saysregardless of who wins,
Israel will be looking to maintain
its traditional closerelationship with the US.
Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.
- Well, thanks, Chris.
We'll have live coverage on the election
on tonight's "700 Club."
You can tune in to Freeformchannel at 11:00 p.m.
and in other stations,we'll have it online,
and we'll be there with our news team.
If you want to startearlier, CBN News team begins
our live coverage on the CBNNews Channel at 7:00 p.m.
And then we'll be makingour fearless predictions.
And I might add, the lastelection four years ago,
we were the first ones across the nation
who called it for Trump.
Everybody else was sayingthere's no path to victory.
And John Waage and I were going
through the list ofWisconsin and Minnesota
and Michigan, and theseother states, Pennsylvania.
And we knew that Trump was going win.
We said it, we were thefirst ones that did so.
So we'll be back with our
fearless predictionsagain tonight. (chuckles)
