from nbc 7 news. and i will do the very best i can if i'm fortunate enough to win today. >> well, we want to win. we do want to win. >> an entire nation is anxious to see who is heading to the white house. >> and we have crews all across the bay area to bring you the latest on this election day. good afternoon. the day has finally arrived. >> yes. >> i'm larry beale. >> and i'm ama dates in many areas this to be one of the highest voter turnouts in history. >> from massachusetts to california there were long lines all across the country. >> we have the latest on the race everyone is watching today, the presidency. lauren. >> reporter: absolutely. we are just starting to get national preliminary exit poll

results in, substantial numbers saying that both candidates are not trustworthy and honest. 59% in clinton's case, 65% for trump and by the way it's unprecedented to even ask this question in an exit poll. here is what happened as voters headed to the polls today. after more than 500 days in this race. >> it is the most humbling feeling. >> reporter: the presidential hopefuls this morning in new york each casting their own ballots. >> i'm very excited. a great opportunity. >> reporter: now it's up to the voters hitting the polls across the country from florida to north carolina to new york, some waiting in out in long lines. >> we've been waiting in the sun for two and a half hours. >> reporter: heading into today a close race, the latest abc news tracking poll showing clinton with a 4 point lead. both candidates making their final pitches to supporters well into the night. clinton helped by the obamas and some famous friends.

trump hitting five battle ground states in a day ending with his vp pick by his side. both running mates today sounding confident. >> i just would encourage every america who believes like we do that america can be stronger at home and abroad, join us in supporting donald trump. >> i say this about north carolina, pennsylvania, florida, ohio, these are four check mates. i think if we win any of those four hillary will be president. >> reporter: president obama seen heading to the gym for his election day tradition, basketball, but not missing one last chance to get out a message. >> go vote. >> reporter: live in washington, d.c., nbc 7 news. larry, ama. >> abc 7 news was all across the bay area today as people headed to the polls from sonoma county

to hayward to redwood city. several local counties have reported all time high voter registration for this election. most polling places will be open until 8:00 tonight. some of the most experienced election day voters we found were up early this morning trying to beat the rush. >> i have voted in every election since i was 18. >> ann was one of the first voters to cast a ballot in the bay area today, abc 7 news was in ross more as the polls opened. this walnut creek enclave usually has one of the highest voter turnouts in our area. abc 7 news was in the south bay as people were heading to the polls in downtown san jose. this is at the first emanuel lutheran church on south 3rd street. officials in santa clara county believe today could break the all time voter turnout record, we are talking 3w8 6% set back in 2008, one voter we spoke with told us it was not easy preparing for the longest ballot in county history. >> it was stressful and so you have to make these decisions on

these measures and read about it and it took me a week to make the decisions, you know. this is so important. >> and so many propositions on the ballot. elections officials say they've already started tabulating the early votes, should be ready to report the first results by the time the polls close at 8:00 tonight. check out the huge crowd outside the registrar of voters office in san jose. they are actually going back into the building after being evacuated, a fire alarm sounded just after 11:00 this morning. authorities gave the all clear just a few minutes later. the reason for the alarm, burnt toast somewhere in the building. >> oh, wow. there was a new twist on voting today in contra costa counties, voters in martinez dropped off their ballots without getting out of their cars. a drive-thru voting. election officials created the special lane so people didn't have to stop and find parking. in alameda county poll workers used suitcases to help collect ballots drivers dropped

off. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley is live in oakland for that part of the story. leslie. >> reporter: it seems like alameda county voters are voting for convenience and, boy, today did they ever get it. this is one of these drive threw drop off ballot lanes, the first time oakland had done this for such a big election, it's been very popular so far and there are so many ballots coming in by foot and by car it's been challenging to keep up. these are alameda county's new ballot trollies, essentially yellow suitcases on wheels, the teams of workers are zipping around to move ballots, replacing old hard plastic bins, it was hard for some of those teams to keep up with all the ballots stuffed into new locked drop off containers located in downtown oakland and at 14 city halls. >> our permanent vote by mail voters that registration has climbed to 63% of our registered voters. so we're seeing people wanting the convenience of voting when and where they want to.

>> thank you so much. >> reporter: this drive by voting drop off point has also proved extremely popular. of course, there's always the old fashioned way. alameda county is expecting to break an all time voter turnout record tonight, a record that was set back in the 2008 presidential election when 78.27% of voters registered voters, turned out to cast a ballot. today it is expected to be even bigger. reporting live in oakland, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. uc berkley students were able to vote on campus. there were ballots and i voted stickers in several languages, many of the students told abc 7 news they're freshman so just 18 years old voting in their very first presidential election. presidential candidate donald trump has questioned the integrity of the vote and today abc 7 news was in hercules where we caught up with some independent election monitors working to make sure everything

is fair. this isn't the first year we've seen monitors at polling places in the bay area, these monitors working with bay area legal groups were mostly checking to make sure ballots were available in the languages needed. if you have any questions when you get to the polls today our 7 on your side hotline sun and running, we've been taking questions all day long from voters who want to know where they should vote and how they should sign their ballots. if you run into problems along the way we will look into and get answers for you, the number is 415-954-8151 and we will have people answering calls until the polls close in california at 8:00 tonight. one of the calls we received on the hotline led us to sun sunnyvale where voters names weren't on the voter rosters and that led to major confusion. david louie live for us in that precinct it with what he's been able to find out. >> reporter: the confusion stems from the fact that the county board of registrar's decided to do a well intended plan to sort

of equalize a number of voters assigned to every precincts. many of those voters in sunnyvale were not aware that their assignment changed so they showed up here as usual. when they arrived here at the plaza delray mobile home park their names were not on the registrar of the voters roster list. they could either go to their newly assigned precinct or fill out a provisional pink ballot. well, that led to delays and each more confusion. the very patient poll workers here did their best to minimize inconvenience and explain that their provisional ballots would still count once their registration was verified. >> and a provisional ballot counts and they have a number, a number and a phone number they can call in 24 days to be sure that their vote counted. >> this is taking you a lot longer to vote today? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. i mean, it's still worth t i not to vote, but it's definitely taking longer than it should.

>> reporter: alan lee says he never received notification about the change in precincts but he was very good natured about the longer than usual process. he was not going to walk away because he wants his vote to count, especially in this presidential election year. so whenever to balance precinct numbers to help everybody wait in shorter lines just didn't quite work out even though it was all well intended. live in sunnyvale, david louie abc 7 news. as people headed to the polls some found themselves in rather unusual locations. >> abc news reporter vic lee is live in san francisco with a closer look. >> i'm at city hall not one of those unusual locations you mentioned, however, some might disagree with that. we did visit two polling places that were, well, sort of weird, sort of strange. one of the two most unique polling places in san francisco and possibly the entire bay area is this one in glen park, it was at a garage of a home that's going through some kind of

renovation. to accommodate the large number of people they had to take voting booths outside next to porta-potties and bar damage cans but those voting here didn't seem to mind. this woman just wanted the election cycle to end. >> i want it over. end the misery. we're done. everyone is sick of t the whole thing. >> reporter: the other strange polling place was at the san francisco collin barium in the richland district, people voted in the rotunda next to the ashes of those cremated. >> it smells wonderful when you walk n they have incense, it's very peaceful. >> reporter: well, another voter said that he was among friends, that it was a really nice quiet place. not the kind of word one might describe, might use to describe the presidential elections and this is live tv at city hall. back to you. >> all right. vic, thank you so much.

abc 7 news is your home for complete coverage of the election. stay with us for live uninterrupted coverage of national election results starting at 4:00 p.m. and we will be here throughout the night with live local results. and throughout the evening we will be sending updates with our abc 7 news app, download it today and enable push alerts so you can be the first to get election results on your phone or tablet. still to come on a special edition of abc 7 news, an arrest today in a deadly hit and run in santa cruz. as more people head out to vote meet the man with a polling place all his own. >> i'm laura anthony in los angeles where two women both democrats trying to become california's first new senator in more than two decades. i will have a live report coming up. >> i'm spencer christian and our beautiful election day weather will not end with tonight's vote count. i will have the complete

oakland police say a newborn taken to highland hospital this morning was not abandoned as first thought. sky 7 was over the area where two women reported finding the baby along 19th avenue and east 26th street. police say those women stayed with the child at the hospital, turned out they were the mother and the aunt of the child who was born at home. the mother can't care for the child and police say she was afraid she might get into trouble for surrendering the baby so she and her sister made up this story about the being being abandoned. the baby is said to be doing well. parents who can't care for their newborns and choose to take care of their babies -- to designated safe surrender sites will never face prosecution, places like hospitals and fire stations serve as places people can leave their newborns. those sites have blue and white signage, 84 newborns were surrendered in california last year. today a young woman's family is grateful for the arrest of this man, jesus covarrubias.

he is accused of killing 20-year-old alexandria ucino a uc santa cruz student. police say today he surrendered yesterday seven days after the hit and run. police say they also have the vehicle involved, a silver honda crv. now back to your voice, your vote. president obama is encouraging everybody to cast a ballot in today's election. tweeting: today progress is on the ballot, go vote and make sure your trends, your family and everyone you know votes, too. the lone american who is off the planet right now has cast his vote, keeping with nasa's tradition of vote while you float, which is a great slogan, i think. nasa says astronaut kimbro filed his ballot from the international space station and did it in recent days. he arrived at the orbiting lab back in mid-october. you can show your friends and family that you voted with the abc 7 news facebook page, share it on facebook today to show

your election day pride. viewers have been sending us their election pictures on social media. we want to see yours, take a look at them all. most them using the #abc7now and you might just see them on air or perhaps on line. but here is something you don't want to do, eric trump tweeted a photo of his ballot while he was voting in new york this morning. that's a misdemeanor there. he has since deleted that tweet. it's also illegal to post a photo of your ballot here in california. that the change in january when posting a pic of your ballot is legalized. california's governor cast his vote in downtown sacramento early today, after it jerry brown pledged to do what he can to help hillary clinton if she is elected president, he brought along the first dog sutter recovering from cancer surgery but was there at the polling place. another big race in california is for senator. >> camilla harris and loretta sanchez running for the seat to place retiring senator barbara boxer.

>> laura anthony is live in los angeles with a look at that race. >> reporter: we are here at camilla harris' headquarters in downtown los angeles. california will elect a new senator deciding between two women both democrats, both daughters of immigrants. the state's two term attorney general kamala harris voted this morning where she lives here in los angeles part-time with her husband. harris has a double digit lead in the polls but has said she will take nothing for granted. congressman loretta sanchez delivered her ballot in a sealed envelope also here in southern california this morning. the orange county lawmaker has been in congress for 20 years and tauts her experience on the armed services and homeland security committees. >> we have had a long campaign and i think that certainly the significance of the seat is -- is very -- it's very big.

>> i feel very good about the campaign that i ran and, you know, the future is always bright. i think for those of us who go out and with grit determine their future. >> reporter: now, harris points to her experience as california's top law enforcement official combating gangs and human trafficking. sanchez says she is better equipped to combat global terrorism and ensure our national security. now, both candidates favor immigration reform, more stringent gun control laws, obamacare and choice decisions for women. we will be down here in los angeles following this race tonight and bring you updates throughout the evening on abc 7 news. i'm laurie anthony in los angeles. back to you. no matter what candidate you like or you don't like i think one thing we would all vote for spencer christian is 70 and sunny is pretty good in terms of conditions. >> spectacular. >> just gorgeous. >> mid to upper 70s on november

8th. that's almost unheard of, but we'll take it chblt here is a look at live doppler 7, sunny skies across the bay area right now, you might see a thin wispy high cloud or two but this is stunningly beautiful weather. check out this live view from our rooftop camera looking at blue skies over the bay. 72 in the city, 73 oakland, 72 mountain view, 77 at san jose and gill roy, 66 at half-moon bay. this is the view from our emeryville camera looking at a blue western sky. 75 degrees in all these locations -- almost all, santa rosa, napa, november at that, 74, and blue skies prevail over the golden gate, these are our forecast feature, above average temperatures for the next few days, slightly cooler over the weekend only by a few degrees and there's little chance of rain in the week ahead although a sprinkle or two may develop. high surf advisory in effect.

there is a possibility of strong rip currents and sneaker waves. a light patch or two of low clouds near the cost, low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 50s. tomorrow's highs even higher than today's if you imagine that, near 70 at the coast, we will be looking at low to mid 70s right around the bay and mid to upper 70s inland. once again tomorrow and the warmth just keeps on coming. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we will see high temperatures in the upper 70s, mid to upper 70s near the bay and inland over the next two days, up to 80 degrees on thursday. veterans day, friday, still very mild although temperatures will drop down to mere mid 70s in our inland areas. sprinkles are possible saturday as a slight, slight chance of some showers in the north bay on sunday. that's it for rain chances otherwise it's just going to be mild and dry. >> wow. >> we will take spectacular. >> if it's not going to rain it may as well be nice. >> thank you, spencer. all right. well, the long lines aren't just at the polls today, why so many

waited at this cemetery. >> then at 3:30 on wormd news with david muir. >> great to see you at a different time tonight, the breaking news as america votes, the first early indicators coming in right now, what voters in this country are already revealing, the first polls about to close, our entire team out in force, florida to north carolina out there in the west, michigan to pennsylvania, nevada

all right. throughout the evening abc 7 news will be monitoring election results. >> yes, abc 7 news anchor kristen sze will be here to break down the california and bay area vote and she has a preview right now.

>> that's right. whether it's the presidential election between hillary clinton and donald trump or the heated california senate race between kamala harris and loretta sanchez or some of our controversial state propositions we will be able to analyze how californians voted as the results are reported tonight. we will go down deep into california taking a closer look, for example, at how northern california votes versus, say, southern california and we will be able to do things like go deeper into our bay area counties and really take a close look and break it down for you, perhaps how san francisco votes on the cigarette tax, prop 56 or san matteo county, santa clara county, marin county, we have you covered. this will be in live realtime so we will be able to see when a race is changing and where it's bringing and we will bring you the latest on these important races all night long. >> thank you. if you're still trying to decide on the issues and races go to abc7news.com/politics,

click on the your voice, your vote, enter your address and you will get a comprehensive resource showing you the candidates and measures as well as details on where to vote. there was an amazing scene in upstate new york today, people lined up to visit the gave site of susan b. anthony a leader in the women's suffrage movement in america. most came in support of hillary clinton who was vying to become the country's first female president. this presidential election has fostered a lot of bickering including some between husbands and wives. >> aren't you excited for the first female president? >> no. >> i am. >> so why are you voting for hillary clinton? >> because she's the best of the two. >> this pennsylvania woman supports trump saying she thinks he is the stronger of the two candidates, the husband supports clinton. they've been married by the way for 37 years.

dinner tonight should be a lot of fun. >> yes. still to come, the big money that went into today's election and the state's biggest spender. >> plus the political heavy weights who came out for an election day lunch in san francisco. >> and we want to remind you that seven on your side election hotline is open if you encounter in i problems at the polls we will look into it for you and get you answers.

your voice, your vote live from abc 7 news. >> and abc 7 news is your home for complete election coverage, world news tonight is next. at 4:00 we will begin live uninterrupted coverage of election results. at 11:00 stay with us for a special hour long edition of abc

7 news covering all the local races. when it comes to donating to political causes nobody has donated more money than bay area environmentalist tomorr stire t say he donated $67 million to liberal causes. dustin moskovitz donated $17 million to democrats. laurie woods donated $8.5 million to liberal causes and candidates that put her at 21st overall. we were at john's grill as the political movers and shakers gathered over lunch today. this is a long standing tradition in the city co-mosted by former mayor larry brown. >> it's a great day, election day in america. there's nothing that's better. >> and current mayor he had lee stopped in for a bite. most glad to see the end of a

lo cpaign season. >> thank you thung for joining up tonight, breaking news. election night in america. from abc news election headquarters, right here in times square. the first clues coming in right now. what voters are revealing already. just as the first polls are set to close. tonight, hillary clinton, donald trump, the sprint to the finish. clinton in the wee hours of the morning. finishing in north carolina. >> i believe that we will win! >> just hours later, casting her ballot. will she become america's first woman president? donald trump after midnight, finishing in michigan. >> we're hours away from a once in a lifetime change. >> flying back to new york, then casting his ballot. a thumb's up. and this image peering over his wife's ballot. and tonight, trump in a new interview. will he accept the results? he