it is a it is a mad dash to the finish line as we hit election day in america. >> both presidential candidates holding rallies well past midnight seeking support in swing states. >> well, i got to tell you, this is sure worth staying up for. >> the election is now. the election is now. can you believe it? >> hillary clinton is bringing out the star power. ? living on a prayer ? >> and donald trump is battling until the very end. >> hillary clinton is the most corrupt person ever to seek the office of the presidency of the united states. >> after the name calling and wild twists it all ends today, election day.

where voter registration fraud is being investigated and the very first results already coming in. it is here it is here. wow. good tuesday morning, everyone. election day 2016 finally here after a bruising and at times ugly year and a half of campaigning, the voters get the last word today. >> hillary clinton and donald trump held dueling rallies capping off a frenzied day of marathon state after state making nine stops between them. >> the scene moments ago, hillary clinton arriving back home in new york state hours after she was joined in north carolina by jon bon jovi and lady gaga who said clinton is unstoppable. >> but donald trump used his final pitch to reach out to working class voters in michigan and he promised to keep jobs from leaving the country. he also slammed clinton as a corrupt politician. and trump used his final pitch to reach out to voters in grand

many things to voters, also, of course, taking advantage of any final opportunity he can to slam clinton but the polls still very close. >> you can see many of the polls there that we're getting in from the battleground states. clinton has a slight four-point edge over trump and our final tracking poll of voters but trump is predicting a big win and calling clinton the face of failure. clinton is trying to strike a unifying tone asking voters to choose unity over di latest. >> reporter: kendis and diane, good morning to you. yes, it all comes down to this, for both clinton and trump today is all about voter turnout and that is why they're leaving nothing to chance and campaigning to the very last minute. dueling rallies kicking off decision day in america. >> so, it's now officially tuesday, november 8th. >> i got to tell you, this is

more famous friends joining hillary clinton at her final rally in north carolina. clinton, getting celebrity support from lady gaga to jon bon jovi and bruce springsteen in the crucial final hours. ? can't start a fire ? >> reporter: while donald trump made his closing arguments in michigan with running mate mike pence, arguing they don't need any big names to win pointing to his standing room only crowds. day. >> reporter: election day voting officially kicked off at the stroke of midnight in the small community of dixville notch, new hampshire. this morning, trumping clinton after crisscrossing the country are back in their home state of new york to cast their ballot. two of the least liked candidates in history now leaving everything to voters.

great again. >> there is no reason, my friends, why america's best days are not ahead of us if we reach for them together. >> reporter: and so millions may be headed to the polls today but both campaigns are focused on one number, that's 270. kendis and kendis and diane. >> a you, four, that's how many votes hillary clinton received at dixville notch early this morning but mitt romney got a write-in vote of one. >> big number there is to start things off. >> elizabeth, thank you. but the numbers do mean a lot. a lot will be focused on them. that big one tweeg the 270. >> jon karl takes a look at where the candidates have their best chances to reaching that number. he's at abc's election headquarters in times square. jon. >> reporter: look what donald trump would have to do to win.

are remaining toss-up and watch what happens if he does that he carries arizona, florida, georgia, north carolina, new hampshire, the second congressional district in maine and still short so that's why donald trump is looking up in the industrial midwest. looking at these bright blue states hoping to turn one of them red. >> all right, a big reason trump chose michigan to be that last stop in his campaign earlier in morning. >> tens of millions of americans because they've already voted. nearly 45 million ballots have been cast, 28 states are reporting record levels of participation and so far there's been a drop-off among black voters in north carolina from the historic levels that supported president obama. now, turnout is higher among hispanics in florida, nevada as well as colorado. there are plenty of congressional races on the ballot. the entire house and third of

some of those races to watch. arlette. >> good morning. democrats will try to reclaim the majority on capitol hill. today's number to watch in the senate is five. democrats need to flip five seats in order to take control. there are seven races that are pure toss-ups where anything can happen. many of these toss-ups are in battleground states where donald trump and hillary clinton are neck and neck. republicans are defending their seats in north carolina, pennsylvania and new hampshire ayotte is running against maggie hassen. split ticket voters could be key in that state. another toss-up race is in missouri, the state's secretary of state jason kander is against roy roy blount. he is a military veteran who caught people's attention with an ad where he assembled a gun while blindfolded. in wisconsin we're seeing a senate rematch.

democratic senator he defeated back in 2010. this was leaning toward feingold for quite some time but is now in a dead heat. as for house republicans trying to defend their biggest majority in nearly 90 years. democrats are eyeing 30 seats to take control. diane and kendis. >> many admit it's probably not going to happen that they'll be able to overcome that majority there. arlette, thank you. election day is just getting started. we'll, of course, have complete coverage tonight but still ahead in thi from both the clinton and trump headquarters in new york. >> and also still ahead, the freebies and deals on election day. plus, even before the polls open, the markets are reacting. see what will happen on wall street today and why yesterday was the best day in eight months. new this morning a massive sinkhole swallowing everything around. we'll tell you where this took

you bet on me all those years ago and i will always be grateful for the privilege you gave me to serve. >> of course, president obama in his philadelphia last night and last rally of his front of 33 thousand people he seemingly passed the baton to clinton in hopes she'll be elected. >> here in new york, police will be out in force today. 5,000 officers being deployed to secure midtown manhattan. >> both hillary clinton and donald trump are holding election night events in the area. just a few blocks from each other and that's about the number of cops that would be used for new year's eve or times square or a visit by the pope to

looking into alleged cases of voter registration fraud. state police allege employees with a tie to the democratic party either made up information or forged signatures on voter registration forms in several indiana counties. no charges have been filed so far. in the meantime, voting monitors from the justice department will be on the job today in 28 states. they'll be watching polling places trying to guard against intimidation and disruptions. but there will be fewer of them today than four y that's because of a supreme court ruling which limits the deployment of observers in jurisdiction with a history of voter discrimination. stock markets across asia posted mostly narrow gains overnight in their final trading sessions before the election. that followed wall street's best day for eight months. investors powered a rally ending a nine-session losing streak. gains of more than 2% and

clinton as the stat us it quo candidate and basically know what to expect from her. trump is the wild card and the bottom line is investors hate that type of uncertainty. they like to know what exactly they're betting on which is why major banks are predicting with a trump win that stocks would automatically fall whereas with a clinton win stocks would stabilize or even rally. >> and one reason being credited for that rally was fbi director james comey. he made that statement that renewed the investigation of her e-mails and said that they found no evidence warranting charges. coming up, election day in america. our live team coverage continuing from trump and clinton's headquarters. plus, the incredible moment a scuba diver was found after 18 hours at sea.

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here they are at 1:00 a.m. eastern time. clinton in raleigh, north carolina, and trump in grand rapids, michigan. both candidates will be watching the results come in from their different victory parties here in new york. >> they'll be a few blocks away from one another. clinton at theafter visit center, the convention center and trump's party at the hilton midtown hotel and you can see the abc news election headquarters in times square right there in the middle. candidate, kenneth moton at the clinton headquarters but we begin with adrienne bankert over at trump's. >> reporter: early tuesday morning election day donald trump wrapping a campaign blitz. >> so it's now officially tuesday, november 8th. >> reporter: rallying his supporters in grand rapids, michigan. >> today is our independence day.

is going to strike back finally. >> reporter: the republican nominee's last stop capping a marathon day of eight states in 24 hours including florida and new hampshire. long lines of supporters waiting overnight to see him. >> we're winning ohio. we're winning iowa. we're winning, we think, new hampshire. >> reporter: donald trump returning to new york to vote at 10:00 a.m. >> all right. adrienne, thank you. clinton camp has set up shop under the glass ceiling of the javits center. >> clinton is hoping to make history tonight and shatter that glass symbolically. kenneth moton is there. >> reporter: a woman on the cusp of history standing with this nation's first black president in front of thousands in the birth place of the nation, philadelphia. >> i will be a president for all americans. >> reporter: this unprecedented image, the clintons and the

hard as you can this one last day to elect my fellow americans, this fighter, this stateswoman. >> reporter: overnight clinton received some star-studded help from the boss, bruce springsteen, jon bon jovi and lady gaga who made her way to north carolina where clinton made her closing argument. >> love trumps hate. thank you. let's go, north carolina. god bless stay with abc news for all the election results. our political team will be here all night starting at 7:00 a.m. and we'll be here with you at 4:00 a.m. eastern time. now to our other top story. a third body has been discovered on property owned by suspected serial killer todd kohlhepp. the real estate agent held without bond after confessing to four murders back in 2003. investigators say it'll be back on his property though the effort scaled back. prosecutors say kohlhepp has

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tonight. and by over we mean possibly that divorce and who knows if that played a part. >> we hope it all ends peacefully, the election and divorce. passengers on board a flight in mexico didn't have such great luck. real-life snake on a plane scenario. yeah. not as cute as that one. check it out. five-foot snake slithered out of an overhead bin and then it actually -- >> wait for it. >> ah. it actually falls on to the seats. >> so that prompted an emergency landing. you'd think? so animal control officers could remove the reptile, hitchhiker. the man who took this video called it, quote, a unique experience. i would imagine once they resumed the flight it was free shots for everybody. wouldn't you say? get off. creeped out by that. >> snakes.

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good morning we are in for a fantastic day weather wise and lots of other things going on as we check in with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. newscast and in three minutes and complete coverage on this election day as we check in to lower to middle 60s. i can't see myself. that's a terrible thing. 50s to 60s along the coast and a dry air mass with us now and it's even going to get dryer into thursday and friday. but we have a day of transition that will be tomorrow with a

coverage. not a huge deal. the heaviest effect the rain stays to our west. the disturbance and other fronts to the north and west of that. that's the one that's going to swing through by tomorrow and give us the band of rain. we'll talk more about the rain impacting the battle ground states as well. we'll have the election forecast. dry today and showers tomorrow and behind it we quickly dry out once again. setting the stage for low humidity and cooler temperatures not to the point where it's going to be but upper 70s to lower 80s the last few days. an east to north east wind continues to prevail. clouds off the atlantic but that would be about it. sunshine mixed with clouds into the afternoon. not as breezy for today with winds at 5 to 10. we've lost 15 to20 although through the early part of the day if you are going to be

using caution. the moderate chop will go light, the two to three will go to two and east winds as well with water temperatures into the mid 70s. times of sunrise and sunset still trying to get used to that but we like the very early light yesterday and doing that again today. planning it out for you here. polls open at 7. i early voted so i can sit back and watch. temperatures 82 for the day time high temperature and keep at 5:41 with temperatures by then into the mid 70s. quick check of the extended forecast taking you through veterans day on friday. high temperatures notice behind the front not terribly colder but nice and comfortable here. upper 70s through the week and a fantastic weekend temperatures at the airport lower 60s.

nice and mild. abc action news at 4:30 on your election day starts now. if we don't win i will consider this the single greatest waste of time. >> love trump's hate. let's get out and vote. >> if is election day. decision day as americans choose who president of the united states hilary clinton or donald trump. good morning and thanks for waking up on tuesday. i'm dan schafer. >> good morning i'm dea reilly. it is finally here. election day has been going for the past year and a half or so now. a record number of americans have already voted driven by soaring turn out from latino voters. >> more than 43 million people have cast ballots during early