Daily Schedule

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After Saudi intelligence tips led to explosives on U.S.-bound cargo planes, the difficulties in quickly ramping up security in the cargo shipping industry; looking at Kentucky and South Carolina, where serious Tea Party-backed candidates seem very likely to win; President Obama's campaign influence in various Senate races; previewing likely actions by the House of Representatives should the GOP take the majority; poll movement in races' last few days; the rare appearance of close three-way Senate races, one in Alaska and one in Florida; two House races which look to be returning closely-won Dem seats from 2008 to the Republican column; checking in with ballot designs, ten years after hanging chads and Bush v. Gore determined the 2000 presidential election.

Takeaway Washington correspdont Todd Zwillich joins us in-studio for most of the morning.

Gail Collins and Andy Borowitz join us for an election-day roundup for the last installment of our series How Did Politics in America Get So Weird? Director John Collins and Scott Shepherd, who stars as Nick, discuss “Gatz.” Documentarian Alex Gibney talks about his documentary on former New York governor Eliot Spitzer’s fall from grace. Jeff Sharlet talks about C Street, the Family, and fundamentalism in Washington.

Marco Werman hosts an engaging daily portrait of what’s happening around the world, from PRX, the BBC and WGBH in Boston.

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Brian Lehrer anchors WNYC's coverage of the midterm elections results.