be in studio h-8 talking about it. i'm looking for peace tonight, clarity tonight, and probably looking ahead to the next woman president of the united states. how about you? >> i'm just looking forward to us getting past very divisive, i would say 16 years, maybe 24 years. and figure out how to work together moving forward. whether donald trump is the next president of the united states or hillary clinton is the next president of the united states. but we're not going to know that until you vote. that does it for us this morning. >> yes, stephanie ruhle picks up msnbc's election day coverage right now. an election like no other. a country divided like never before. will it be a historic first? >> i have stayed focused on one thing. on you. >> or a historic comeback. >> america is tired of waiting. the moment is now. >> today, no more speeches. no more ads.

it comes down to this. one person, one vote. >> with your vote, you can beat the system. the rigged system. >> the best way to stop him, by showing up with the biggest turnout in history. >> today, america decides, and history will be made. >> if you're looking for peace and calm, you're not getting it here today. why? because it is election day. good morning, i'm stephanie ruhle. and today is a truly great day for our country. a great day for the american people. and so far, they are not disappointing. look at this. polls are open across most of the united states and millions of people are lining up to cast their ballots, to have their voice heard. we're already seeing long lines and crowded polls from states like pennsylvania all the way down to florida. among those already voting this morning, hillary clinton in

chappaqua, new york. and her running mate tim kaine in his home state of virginia. clinton spoke less than one hour ago, calling the moment humbling. >> i know how much responsibility goes with this. and so many people are counting on the outcome of this election, what it means for our country, and i'll do the very best i can if i'm fortunate enough to win today. >> this is a moment in history. hillary clinton's vote capping a very long night for the democratic nominee. she did not fly back into new york until 3:38 a.m. that followed a long day on campaign trail, including a final rally in north carolina that stretched well past midnight. donald trump had a busy day himself, finishing his day in michigan. a state he hopes he believes he can flip from blue to red. he told his supporters that today is the day they have been waiting for. >> it's now officially tuesday,

november 8th. today is our independence day. >> it is a great day. we've got our first punxsutawney moment. the first results from tiny dixville notch in new hampshire where the polls opened at midnight. hillary clinton won with a total of four votes, that's right, a total of four votes, and it's going to be an exciting day and night on msnbc. we have you covered. do not change the channel. look at that map. that's more people than i even know. the best people in the business, out covering the entire country from coast to coast in ten different states. if that's not an all-star lineup, i do not know what is. we're going to start with one of my favorites, kristen welker, in chappaqua, where hillary clinton voted just one hour ago. kristen. this has been an incredible -- i mean, it's been an incredible campaign, an incredible moment, but talk to me about the last 12 hours for hillary clinton.

>> reporter: well, first, let's start here, steph. it was a momentous moment when secretary clinton cast a ballot for herself, joined by her husband, former president bill clinton. she had dozens of supporters cheering, shouting her name, as she arrived. she stopped to greet them before she departed. emotions really overflowing, steph. as you played there, she said she was very humbled by this moment. let me take you inside the campaign. officials telling me they're feeling confident today. confident in their message, but also about their ground game. they had more than a million volunteers out over the weekend. they made contact with more than 21 million potential voters in key battleground states. they think that's going to make the difference in some of those states that they're hoping to hold on to. secretary clinton had a frenzied final sprint on monday. she made four stops in three states. that midnight rally that you mentioned in north carolina. but it was philadelphia that i

think democrats really put on a show of force. she was joined by her husband and the obamas, and more than 30,000 people. that's the largest crowd that she's had this entire season, steph. and that was an emotional event. president obama talked about why secretary clinton, he believes, is the most qualified candidate and the candidate to unify the country. secretary clinton saying that this is a defining vote of our time. so really setting the stakes high. secretary clinton trying to end this race on a positive note, of course, she has had days of attacking donald trump, particularly in the wake of the latest e-mail controversy. but now, all of that, she's casting aside. she's trying to end this race positive. i'm told she's going to spend much of this day with her family and also working on two speeches, steph. one for either scenario. >> i mean, it is amazing. it doesn't matter how you vote. that image right there of the thousands of people in philadelphia, the first african-american president shaking hands with a woman who might be the first female

president. that image is going to be in history books. it is an amazing moment. kristen, thank you. we do have to turn to an extraordinary candidate himself, a true outsider, donald trump. he's yet to cast his ballot. but that should happen within the next hour or two right here in midten, manhattan. jacob rascon is outside trump tower in new york city. what's the scene like? i drove by very early this morning, and it was exciting. >> reporter: they have been lined up for hours out here. we're a few blocks away from trump tower on 56th street. the line goes way down and all the way around the block. you can't see it because the cars are blogging it, but we're in front of ps 59, public school 59, where donald trump is expected in the next couple hours. the last time he voted for himself, he said it was a great honor, a very special moment. true to form this morning, he's already tweeted saying today we make america great again. stephanie. >> thanks, jacob. hallie jackson has been following the trump campaign for

months. she joins me now. when i think about the last debate, that final question, hillary clinton, when she was asked what's something positive about donald trump, she said the kind of father he is. his children are there by his side this morning. eric trump, don jr., they're still in it to win it. they think it isn't over. >> eric trump basically called florida for his dad. a little earlier than we would do it, but he's feeling confident there. that's interesting to me, because florida, we talk about it as a key swing state. it's a key swing state, but also, he has to get it. it's not like it's going to come down to dplord. he has to win florida in order to have a shot at the rest of the path as he heads to places like michigan which we have been talking so much ability. that's important to watch. you saw don trump jr. we talked a little bit about how the mood was for donald trump jr. the campaign obviously has to say at this point that they're feeling confident. they know, i mean, top sources acknowledge they're not going to win everywhere, everything. there's a realistic sense there, but they feel like they have a shot in the places like the upper midwest, like some of the

rocky mountain west states like a colorado, for example. the question is, what is the turnout going to be? this isn't about swaying the independents in places like new hampshire where you had the results up. it's about whether or not these noncollege educated white voters that have supported trump for 18 months will show up at the polls, whether this, what they like to call their army of trump supporters will actually turn out today. that's the big question. you saw the tweet from donald trump. he things today is the day for him. >> it is a change election. no matter who wins. >> history on both sides. >> last night, donald trump's final stop was michigan. what was his closing message there? that was a state with pockets of forgotten people. >> the message was to them. policy wise, trade and the economy, which is something we hear him talk about in places like michigan. was -- this isn't a policy message election. this is an election about tapping into the anger that people have for donald trump. this is the anger that people have at washington. and the sense that people have

been left behind by the changes in this country, and that is what he needs to activate in his supporters to get them to the polls today. the question is will it actually happen. when you look at where the polling is, he has a shot in ohio. he's doing fairly well there. north carolina, dead heat, florida, dead heat. pennsylvania, anuphill climb. >> i cannot think of a more exciting place to be. here on msnbc, and this woman just took over nbc's snapchat. now, to the battleground states where this election is going to be won or lost. hallie was referencing ohio. our correspondents are throughout the country. we'll begin with florida and ohio, where we find gabe gutierrez and chris jansing. chris jansing, in your home state, cleveland, ohio. chris, talk us through this. the african-american vote is so important there. now, turnout has been down compared to the last two elections. we know she's had a very big push. this weekend, beyonce, jay z, lebron james, is that going to

make a difference? >> well, if you look at the number of cavs hats and jerseys, you would say it would. but you look at the numbers and it says it won't. i'm at ground zero for hillary clinton. this is the heart of the black vote in the center of cleveland. so far, the vote has been steady. you see all of the voting booths are full right now. but early voting down. 16% in cuyahoga county, and 22% in the city of cleveland. so what do you have to watch? today, you have to see will they make that difference up here? critical for her. and the suburbs north of columbus, columbus, cincinnati, they had record turnout. but the suburbs north are going to be a big test for hillary clinton. will she win over some of those republican women? and also, this is also ground zero for concerns about voter intimidation, by the way. ohio, one of the states people are watching very closely. we have two poll watchers here. the aclu, stephanie, sending out just five lawyers. one of them right here in cleveland. stephanie. >> wow.

thanks, chris. we have it turn now to gabe gutierrez in hialeah, florida. the big story there is the latino vote. give us an update. >> reporter: hi, there. good morning. yes, certainly, the latino vote throughout the state of florida, not just watching the presidential race, but also the senate race. the re-election campaign of marco rubio who is leading in the polls against patrick murphy. we're here in hialeah, a longtime cuban american stronghold. not many lines now, but we have seen a steady stream of voters throughout the morning. what we're expecting is not the massive lines we saw back in 2012 because of so many people voting early and absentee. as you mentioned, stephanie, the latino vote very key in the i-4 corridor especially. and the clinton campaign hopes it can make the difference in this critical battleground state. back to you. >> all of this down now with msnbc anchor and political correspondent steve kornacki. let's look at this map. i want to start thirst in florida. gabe was talking about this all

important latino vote. we also forget, you have a huge amount of white senior citizens and they always get out there and vote. >> florida, look, it's a toss-up. sort of the ultimate toss-up because of the stakes here. 29 electoral votes. think of florida, we have it as a toss-up in terls of the path to 270. you see clinton sitting there on 268. if she were to get florida, with those 29, 297. what trump then needs to do, it's almost insurmountable. he needs to get that 297 for clinton back down under 270. he has to find a couple state that are already blue on top of winning the toss-up states. with a loss in florida, winning michigan would be good for him. wouldn't be enough. he would probably have to get pennsylvania on top of it. so florida, it's so critical to trump that he finds a way to hold on to this. >> show me the reverse path. if he doesn't get florida, it's over. let's say he wins florida, take me on a tour. >> you can see, he's still got a ways to go. pretty much, when clinton is

sitting on 268, that means you give her any more states, she's over 270. so pretty much, it means trump has to run the table here. he would have to get in new hampshire. he has to win, there's this one rural district in maine, he looks good. he would have to get georgia, ohio, carolina. also a district here in nebraska up for grabs. >> that's a lot. >> he would need that. he gets all of this, he's just at the number. here's the other problem. he's been getting bad indications out of the early vote in nevada. if he were to lose nevada, that's where this michigan strategy comes from, the campaign saying we're probably not going to sweep all of those. we have to find something else to focus on, so they look at michigan. >> do you think michigan could flip? i do. >> what we could see in michigan is a result. even if hillary clinton wins the map, michigschigan could look different. take the upper peninsula, the rural part of the state, donald trump could run this.

he might get higher support, it's also right here, mccomb county. this blue-collar county north of detroit. ancestrally used to call this the reagan democrat county in michigan. it flipped back to the democrats. obama won it four years ago. the indications is trump is headed for a win in mccomb county tonight. what could balance that out if you're hillary clinton is right next door is a more upscale suburb, oakland county. a little bigger. it could be a situation where clinton is counting on the upscale suburb and donald trump is counting on the blue-collar suburb. that could be the story. >> we're not going to let you play it safe two days in a row. what is your prediction? yesterday, you were like, maybe 300-ish. what's your number? >> i'm going to hedge again, but the one i'm having the toughest time calling is ohio. >> really? >> ohio is the one i'm having the toughest time calling. i can give you a guess in all the other states. my guess is, my sense is, you look at the numbers, hillary clinton is the favorite. if donald trump wins tonight, ritzer a surprise.

but i hedge everything. surprises happen. >> thank you so much. up next, we get the best political analysts in the business. steve schmidt and james carville joining me and jennifer granholm. what they'll be watching for this election day. a moment in history. we'll get their final predictions. it's election day in the united states of america. stay with us. says it won't let up for a while. the cadillac xt5... what should we do? ...tailored to you. wait it out. equipped with apple carplay compatibility. ♪ now during season's best, get this low mileage lease on this cadillac xt5 from around $429 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about?

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i'm asking you to dream big. because with your vote, we're just hours away from the change you're been waiting for your entire life. >> remember, it's not just my name or donald trump's name on the ballot.

it's the kind of country we want. it's every issue anyone cares about. >> even after the clock literally struck midnight on the election of 2016, both hillary clinton and donald trump were still making a pitch to their voters. but now, their fate is in the hands of the american people on this historic great american day. i want to bring in two great patriots, republican strategist and msnbc contributor steve schmidt and democratic strategist james carville. gentlemen, we look at the polls. we look at the predictions. you are true insiders. today, in the next 12 hours, what are you looking for? >> look, you know, i think today is a long day. if you're working on these campaigns. you're picking up the phone, everyone is calling the same 20 people. what do you know, what do you hear? truth is they really don't know anything. you're in the dark. it's the fog. you're waiting for the first round of exit polls which will probably be wildly off until you

get to the third round. but it's just a long, long painful day. if you're working on one of these campaigns. >> a couple things. you'll hear a lot of information today, most of it will be inaccurate. it's high in the west, low in the east, raining here, the sun is there. the difference here is the clinton campaign has a lot of money and people and time invested in election day. so they'll have people deployed in every place that you can imagine. the trump campaign does not so much believe that. i really think at the end of the day we're going to be shocked by a couple things. number one is the high voter turnout. we expect that. we're going to be shocked by not just the racial divisions in the country but the divisions among educated, college, noncollege, and geography is going to be a big factor. urban areas are going to be overwhelmingly democrat. trump will get a lot of votes in rural, small town america. >> this hidden vote donald trump has been talking about, how big

do you think it is? >> we're going to come out of this election. james talked about it the other day. this country is really divided, racially, geographically, enlicationally. what you're seeing is the begins of a new definition of american politics that's much less idealogical, defined by this horizontal line. if you benefitted in the technological revolution, from globalization, up here, versus everybody else who feels they have been left behind. it's under threat from the nation, artificial intelligence, from robotics, from the dislocations that will take place in the work force for technology. i think we're seeing the fault line open up in the country in this election. >> okay, well that fault line isn't going to change. i mean, when autonomous driving hits and truck drivers lose their jobs, whose responsibility is it going to be to address that? when you think about those angry white americans, they are angry. are we going to be able to heal next week, two weeks from now?

>> no. >> no. >> now, i think presumably hillary clinton will be the next president. i think she will -- people will be shocked, she will try to reach out, but technology, how do you, you know, save the buggy whip manufacturers? you couldn't. how do you save the longshoremen? you can't. we have to think of something, but it's going to continue. but the people here are going to make a big crying loud statement today. crying out loud. it will get heard. i don't think they'll win the election, but people are going to see the vote comes in in rural and small-town america, all across, and particularly in the north, we already know in the south, but in the north. >> states like michigan. >> yes, but conversely, you see an enormous latino -- it's not just denver, it's a lot of other people, too. >> 24 hours from now, what conversation will we be having?

>> well, we may be having a conversation after what i suspect is going to be a pretty decisive win for hillary clinton. >> you still think 320 to 341? >> sure. and i think it's an open question about whether he's going to deliver a normal concession. whether he's going to trigger the process that's gone on uninterrupted in this country since 1797, the peaceful transition of power. i have no wried what a trump concession speech looks like. he may not give one. it's very extraordinary for a presidential candidate, you know, a month out, to say that it's all rigged. question the premise of the elections. we may be sitting here in unchartered territory tomorrow. >> 24 hours from now, what are we talking about? >> there's a chance, more than a little that trump, not only does he not concede, but he keeps going. i'm serious. >> keeps going. >> he shows up somewhere and has a rally tomorrow. and you know, until they figure out what they're going to do with this 42% of the electorate

that they had. that's more than just a rumor or a subsition. that's actually under consideration within the trump camp. >> tell me real quick before we go, i have never covered an election until this year. historically, how angry are elections? because for me, it seems like, my gosh, these people say they're going to start a revolution. >> a very important point to remember. the democratic party is not angry. that slice of america, the self-identified democrats, we like president obama, we like hillary clinton, we even like bernie sanders. understand that -- >> there's pretty angry bernie sanders supporters. >> but not if you look at hillary clinton's favorable among democrats, it's pretty high. >> do you remember that rally in las vegas with chairs flying? >> i remember, but some of them, but not the majority of the democrats are a pretty satisfied

party. >> i'll agree with that. >> much more. the republican party, they're mad. i mean, and they're mad at democrats, they're mad at establishment republicans. trump's campaign is a list of people he and his supporters are mad at. it's not a list of policy positions. >> we have always -- we have always lived in a country, right, where we acknowledge the legitimacy of the institutions that are foundational to the country. sometimes you win an election. sometimes you lose an election. you come back four years. >> you respect the rules of the game. >> we have not entered into a period at a foundational level, the legitimacy of how we pick our lyeaders is under assault, and potentially the leader of the assault is one of the two leaders of the major parties. we'll see what happened. >> you have never been involved in a presidential race. between steve and i, we have been involved in ten. there's nothing we can tell you

about the donald trump thing because we have never experienced anything like this in our lives. there's a certain set of norms that we're accustomed to, and he's completely different, and no one has more experience than anybody else. >> john adams would have been accustomed to, all the way back. >> as much as we complain about this divisive election, it is extraordinary. it is a true change election. it's an exciting time to be part of it. we're going to take a break. coming up, turnout is going to decide the election. now the polls are open and our team of kraunlts, you have to look at this lineup spread across the country. which areas are seeing the biggest surge and what does mean for the results? you're looking at democracy plaza right outside our studios add 30 rock. stay with us. it is election day. maybe the greatest day of the year. great day to be an american. ♪ alexa, pause.

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this is msnbc on the most important day of the year, and you're looking at one of the most important cities. a polling site in cleveland, ohio. the buckeye state, one of the most important battleground states through this election. hillary clinton wants this state. donald trump needs this state. a state that john kasich, who donald trump defeated in the primaries, didn't vote for the gop candidate. he voted for john mccain. those people there are casting their votes now. please, i hope you are going to vote today, too. it couldn't be more important. at this very hour, there are millions of people lined up at the polls to cast their ballots for our nation's next president. the stakes couldn't be higher. hillary clinton and running mate tim kaine already voted this morning. capping off a long night on the trail, and months-long battle

for the white house. meanwhile, donald trump is set to cast his vote in a matter of hours right here in new york city, following last night's final blitz across not one, not two, five battleground states. and the first results of the day are already in from teeny dixville notch, new hampshire. a town of eight resident. don't get too excited. hillary clinton is taking the lead with a total of four votes and voting is under way in several states, including new york city. we have reporters at polling locations across the country. in the key battleground states where this election will be decided. i want to take you to new hampshire where the first polls opened at midnight. tammy leitner is live in nashua. tammy. >> hey, stephanie. this location has been open since 6:00 a.m. constant lines of people, as you can see, a lot of people here. i'm told 1,370 people have already voted today. they're expecting about 7,000 people here, just at this location. typically, new hampshire voters,

they wait until the last minute to make up their minds in these elections, which is why boat candidates have been campaigning hard here in the state in the last 24 hours. and really, this has been the first time in this election that both candidates have been neck and neck, which is why new hampshire is turning out to be such an important state. stephanie. >> another important state, north carolina, where the polls have been open for nearly three hours. nbc's morgan radford is live in charlotte. morgan. >> that's right, stephanie. this is the place to vote. you vote here, right here outside the polling station in charlot charlotte, north carolina. come inside. there have been lines that were outside for the first voters this morning. they're waiting since about 5:30 in the morning. come on in. hey, guys. excuse me. hi. this is the polling station. inside, you see people casting their ballots. people on both sides of the aisle have told me they're surprised at how much attention north carolina has gotten this year. democrats say they're hopeful this will be their year, but republicans also tell me that even though democrats were leading in the ballots for early voting, they say that typically

republicans turn out on tuesday, on the actual day of election, so both sides are ready to take this state, stephanie. >> let's turn to the state of pennsylvania, where the polls opened about two and a half hours ago. steve patterson is live in winwood, steve. >> hey, stephanie. we're at lower marion high school. this has to be one of the most important polling locations in the entire country. montgomery county along with three other counties outside of philadelphia generally determine based upon the voters who takes pennsylvania. 20 electoral votes up for grabs. key swing votes that generally make or break the election. we have been talking to voter whose have been here a long time. they say the turnout so far has been historic. the people here know they're advertised at. they know they're targeted by these candidates and they know just how important they are. they have come out to do their part. >> we're going to turn now to the unlikely battleground state of arizona, where polls have been open for about an hour and a half. gadi schwartz is in phoenix. >> yeah, good morning,

stephanie. we just saw a line of people waiting for the doors to open. they have gone inside. they have cast their ballots. here in arizona, all eyes are going to be on the hispanic vote. right now, 1 in 5 voters in arizona is a hispanic. we're talking about more than a million people, and right now, many of them have been motivated by those anti-mexican comments made by trump, and they're also motivated by a huge campaign to vote out the sheriff of maricopa county here in phoenix, the sheriff currently under indictment right now for his role in a racial profiling case involving immigrants. stephanie. >> all right, thanks. this election is also having a major impact on the markets. they opened just four minutes ago. msnbc's alley vels i velshi is the new york stock exchange. first of all, when we see this big surge in the last day and a half since hillary clinton was sort of cleared from that director comey letter, it is not saying that wall street loves hillary clinton. i want to clear that up.

is it not saying that the markets like predictability? and we're back on a predictable track? >> right, and we have been having a lot of discussion about that. there are some people who say the reason the market turned down when comey said that hillary clinton was back under investigation or they're looking at new e-mails is that the market expected hillary clinton to win, and when that certainty went away, you saw the markets go down, losing about 300 points over nine sessions. we were together when the market opened up again. it gained all of the 300 points and more back yesterday. we're opening lower. we're off about 40 points right now. the mark likes certainty. they think hillary clinton is going to win. i had a number of people yelling drain the swamp, which is a popular trump term. others say they think donald trump's pledge to cut up trade treaties and have harsher negotiations might not be great for the markets. so the market reaction is not about whether you like hillary clinton or donald trump. it's about what you expect to happen and whether or not there is certainty around that.

it will be a whole other story, though, once we figure out who we have as our next president of the united states. because everyone will then start thinking about industries and companies and sectors that will do better under one or the other, and those are pretty specific. >> we have to take a quick break. just to qualify, the market opening 40 down today is not a negsive tine. it's simply a stabilization. yesterday was a surprise to get that letter from james comey, essentially clearing hillary clinton, which is why you saw a surge. so to move down 40 this morning is really a normalization. thanks, ali. >> that's right, this is just steadying things out. >> thanks, and thank you to all our reporters across the battleground states. couldn't think of them in better places. up next, we take you behind the scenes at a polling location back in ohio with all of the talk of a rigged election, is there any chance the vote could be tampered with? first, the newest internet sensation called the mannequin challenge. the clinton campaign did their own version early this morning. you have to look at this.

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the secretary of state is assuring ohioans that voting is secure. but they're still taking some precautions there. >> reporter: well, they are. and stephanie, let me show you what's going on here at the christian life church in butler township, which is just outside dayton. you can see we have a line, 4 million ohioans expected to vote today. 1 .8 million have already early voted. how does it happen here in munlt gumry county. i'm here with jan kelly, the head of the board of elections here. how do you do it here? >> here's what we do. we have voters standing in line. they get processed here by our precinct election officials. they get a voter access card. >> and that voter access card is like an atm card? >> it is, and it goes in here, pulls up the voter's ballot. they vote their ballot. a printed copy comes here, it's stored here and also in the memory card and inside the machine. >> so how do i know, where is my vote actually counted in this machine, in the memory card?

>> the memory card. that's downloaded at night. a republican and democrat team take it down to our satellite location and we download it in our i.t. room at the end of the evening. >> that's how i know my vote is counted. >> every vote is counted. >> all that information goes to columbus. that's where the secretary of state is, john husted is, and he's taking these accusations of vote rigging very, very personally. and he's canvassing the state today to make sure that everything goes according to plan, that every vote is counted. later in day, i will be with him and will bring you the latest on voting here in ohio. stephanie. >> thanks so much. we have to take a break. coming up, it is election day, and a lot of eyes have been focused on the great state of michigan as a potential key to this election. hillary clinton's surrogate and former governor of michigan jennifer granholm joins me. and you're looking at new york city. my town, where donald trump is expected to cast his vote in the next hour. please, stay with msnbc for election day all day long. right here in the united states of america.

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for 240 years, people have been deciding their leaders, not based upon their heritage but based upon their commonness. not because they were born of kings but because they were born of commoners. what a magical country this is. i'm an immigrant to the united states. become a citizen 35 years ago so i could vote for president. i cannot tell you how excited i am on this day. i'm glad to see that excitement in you, too. >> i, too, am excited just like you are. i want to talk about your state, though. there are a lot of excited and angry people who today could be a surprise. do you think michigan could go to donald trump? you have got pockets of michigan of forgotten americans who are angry? >> yeah, and you had a very thoughtful conversation with james carville and steve schmidt earlier about this. this is really going to be an issue for hillary clinton to be able to demonstrate that she really is a president for all

americans. when she is sworn in, and i pray that she will be, i know that she has a strategy to be able to reach out to people who have felt disaffected. whether she says we're stronger together, she means all of americans. that means people who have been left behind by these trade agreements, by the loss of jobs through no fault of their own. so i think that this election in michigan will be a clear statement of support for her. i think the prognosticators have made it clear, and i think it will be borne out in the voting that between 76% and 90% some chance of a victory in michigan, but i think what it means for michigan, for ohio, for the upper midwest, for these states that have lost jobs of manufacturing through technology or through the movement, the global zashz, the shift in jobs through globalization, this is a moment for the next president to reach out to them and say, i see you. i hear you.

i know that you must be healed as well. >> do people want to be healed? given how angry they are with washington, how much of a challenge is that? because we have seen how divisive this election is, how angry people are at rallies. do they want healing? will they be opening their hearts and minds to a united country after this election? >> i think this responsibility falls on both hillary clinton and donald trump because ultimately, i think the human spirit wants to be healed, wants to be united, wants to be heard and sceeen. it's incumbent upon republicans and democrats to say, okay, the people have spoken. now we're here in service to you. so i'm hopeful that message can come from both sides of the aisle because i really do believe that people don't want to be angry. that they want to share our positivity about this election and this country. and i honestly think that this moment, starting tomorrow morning, or starting tonight, a message of unity from both sides

will be critical. >> even if hillary clinton does win, many, many people have said it's a lesser of two evils. the cover of the "new york post" has a voter holding their nose. will we need to see a different hillary clinton? by that, i mean does the foundation need to close? we saw huma abedin on the plane with her. will huma have a position in the white house? hillary has had to swallow tough pills in the last few weeks. would it change? >> i think this campaign has profoundly and deeply affected her, that she really has heard and seen people all across this country, not just the positive but the negative as well. i have no doubt that she will take those lessons into the white house. i have no doubt that she will focus on issues that people have expressed concern about whether it's about transparency, making sure that this cabinet is a cabinet that looks like america, that her, the team around her is

beyond reproach. i mean, huma abedin is a really terrific person and has been a loyal person by her side. i think, i hope that she remains on the team and is a strong presence continually by her side. i do think that, you know, the foundation, they have said that they are taking steps to make sure that there is a separation. bill clinton will resign from the board, certainly, hillary clinton will not be impacted. they are not going to take any donations from foreign countries. it's the only going to be domestic and it's going to be focused solely on issues related, that are not going to impact foreign policy, et cetera, and looking at other ways to wind it down and disassociate. let them make the announcement about it, but the bottom line is she has heard this lesson. and i know that she will take that lesson, those lessons and carry it on into the administration. >> all right, governor, i know what you'll be focused on today, democracy. >> democracy, yes. >> governor granholm, thank you so, so much.

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that, of course, hillary clinton this morning voting and donald trump will be voting any minute now. msnbc's jacob rascon is outside of donald's polling station right here in new york city. >> reporter: this is just a few blocks away from trump tower, mid-town manhattan. the line goes all the way around the building and people have been lined up here since before 5:00 in the morning. the polling place opened at 6:00. we've easily seen thousands of people, of course, donald trump will not wait in line. he's expected in the next hour or so or later this morning and

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that wraps us up for the hour. i'm a grateful excited stephanie ruhle, election day. the first female major party candidate against an absolute outsider. this is democracy. this is america. we are making history. thanks for having me. now some more election coverage with my friend, craig melvin. >> today, two candidates poised to make history. one aiming to shatter the highest of glass ceilings. >> says i'm playing the woman

card. deal me in! >> the other to shatter the system. >> our country is rigged. it's crooked and it's broken. >> at tthe election that's defi prediction comes to a vote. today, history will be made. >> a good tuesday morning to you from new york. i'm craig melvin and this is it. election day 2016 finally here. you are looking at history in the making. polls open up and down the atlantic sea board and points west to alaska, some 135 million americans are expected to cast ballots from across these 50 united states and some new numbers just into our newsroom. more than 46 million of those votes have already been cast in early voting across the country. the choice today, deciding