>> i will be a president for all americans. >> hillary clinton and donald trump have had their say and the rest is up to you pick >> with florida expected to be key, we have teams all over the bay area watching the polls and breaking down the numbers.>> abc action news at 5:00 starts right now. if you have not already voted, you have less than tw good evening and thanks for joining us as i am wendy ryan pick >> and i am jamison uhler. we have hillary clinton with a one-point lead over donald trump. of course the real vote count is now hours away. we begin our coverage in hillsboro county. >> in 19 of the last 20 election the winner of hillsborough county has won the entire election. the executive

organization telling us tonight that voters in hillsboro hold the key to the white house. it looks like the people there they know just how important their vote is because there is too many cars to fit in the parking lot we are told and there is no parking right now. people are excited to vote. take a listen. >> there are all sorts of music including hymns surrounding the polling site. it has been busy all day with people with 300 voters so far passing through with 65% of registered voters in the county being done at this point. we have spoken with people of all ages but one thing in common. they know who they are voting for and are going to ensure that person wins. we all know how important florida is the entire election.

every little vote counts. in new york it tends to go democrat. so your vote may not matter as much. so your vote does have an emphasis down here. >> according to the latest tally, registered republican voters lead by more than 3000 and that polling place in hillsboro. with an 80% of democrats. now into pinellas county we have news as voting and more in the polls. many voters still worried about had to get to the polls. so abc action news reporter kera mashek is a clearwater with one day that you can still pitch a free ride, right? >> reporter: absolutely. we have already had over 70% of

to get a line outside in clearwater where people are coming out to vote taking advantage of these free ride on pst a. all you have to do is show your "i voted" sticker for a free ride on the bus. alejandro rides the bus every single day. >> i am lucky to live close to the bus stop so i track it and i know i need to start walking out the door. they are one of several systems offering free rides this election day. >> should not be an excuse for people to miss the opportunity to go boat. >> will many voters lake keomah who are frustrated with their choices are still hitching rides and voting. >> i feel it is important because my ancestors fought for the choice to be able to vote or not. so i feel like everydy should

choose your right. as you get that smooth ride to the poll that might be the best part of your day because you might have to deal with the line when you get here and potentially other issues as well. our investigator continuing coverage at a precinct in west tampa checking out the polling place issues. carried? >> things appear to be running sm county but that was not the case earlier this morning. they were off to a rocky start all because of the computer software glitch. >> i am just super frustrated because i made sure that my vote would be coming today. >> christine hot and her husband both showed up at 6:45 this morning to vote. >> out of the first 10 people

gave our id and they started looking we wondered what was going on. for five minutes they were looking. >> reporter: the problem was a computer glitch in the software on the tablets they use to check you in. they cannot find them in the system even though they have the voter registration card and were easy to find in the state system. that we were advised to issue them a provisional ballot. >> reporter: michael crawf the problem has since been fixed. >> in my mind also was the 2000 debacle with florida and i said he would think of florida would really make sure that they had had everything in order. >> reporter: accorded the supervisor of election representative the problem was break -- brief but countywide. and election representatives tell us only 75 voters were affected overall.

their vote will count. in hillsborough county i am jarrod holbrook, abc action news . >> jarrod, thank you. right now voters are turning out in record numbers with more than 80% of registered voters expected to cast a ballot. jake peterson reports there is an early vote lead on the suncoast put a wildcard factor at play. >> we are expecting a fairly easy day the amenity voters have already voted picks it is the most we've ever had in manatee county. >> it a lot for easy access on tuesday. dave rogers said less than 10 minutes at the polling place on anna maria island expect machines worked well in the ballot forms were easy to follow. >> reporter: republicans have a healthy lead in both counties that manatee county supervisor

here, we had about 26% of the people in manatee county who are third-party. >> if the results are close in florida, you may have to wait 10 days, answers because of the military absentee vote. >> you have to wait for all of those ballots to come in. if we have a close election, you will not really have the official results until that 10 day period island they hope people will continue a civil conversation about the issues even after election day. >> i think people are talking about good issues. that needs to continue. >> reporter: county officials say if you are in line by 7:00, you can still cast a ballot. jake peterson, abc action news. taking a look now at the latest cnn polling. the state in yellow are the

north carolina and over in new hampshire and heading west to arizona and nevada. >> the academy need 270 votes to win. based on this map, trump would be at 201 votes as shown in the red and light red states. the blue states are said to be in the clinton camp already at 271 if this holds true. >> florida is a must win for trump but our you must take all those other undecided states as well. >> we will be with you every step of the way tonight. remember to download our abc action news news app to get the coverage on the go. we will have instant results all night long and live streaming on www.abcactionnews.com . breaking news tonight on northbound lanes of i-275 shut down the fletcher avenue exit.

to get off at fowler avenue instead. plan on driving this way or expect someone, there could be delays. now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. the weather is certainly cooperating for our election day with rain-free conditions and for that matter mostly cloudy conditi upper 70s and low 80s right now with dew points still comfortable. we do have a front on the way and tonight and tomorrow morning you can begin to see some rain rolling into the northern half of the state. for the rest of the evening it may be an issue on wednesday. a closer look at that into the weekend coming up in just a couple of minutes. as we head to break, if you saw a disruption at a polling place today or an issue that

can report a complaint toll-free to the department of justice. that number is 1-800-253-3931.

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overwhelming today. political analyst dr. susan macmanus joins us now to talk about what they do not couldn't mean and can we protect based on the turnout we've had so far? >> it is a close vote. it has been that way since the beginning and every turnout in the urban and suburban areas spells a close election. >> in hillsborough county voters cast more than 5 actually cast today. were registered republicans voted today then registered democrats but the opposite was true in the early voting. can that be enough at this point for republicans to carry hillsborough county? >> i don't know yet because it does boil down to whether they can garner some independent votes. there are quite a few. >> certainly 2000 everybody thinks back to the 2000

heard about. as florida time to get something here? >> we had great supervised elections in three chance is now to get it right. we had the march primary in the august primary and today very few problems. the things we are talking about with people and equipment will have problems but no violence or disruptions or major benchmark on florida, thank goodness. >> political analyst dr. night long. thank you so much. we are following breaking news in st. petersburg. just before the clock a car struck and killed a crossing guard. in the last few minutes we learned his name. david rountree. the driver now charged with dui manslaughter. cameron pohlman live at the scene with more on how this happened. cameron cox >> reporter: traffic is locked

this time of day brought to a halt after a school crossing ground was hit. st. pete police say that school crossing guard is a 72-year-old who lives here and has worked in this area from mt. vernon elementary school for the last several years. here told by police the driver who hit him was heading westbound when he lost control hitting a sign tree where he continued driving into a blue truck where he finally came to a halt. they are checking him to see if he was impaired. we actually have some shots from action air 1 join the sobriety tests -- showing the sobriety test. the man's daughter just buried her husband and now she will be burying her father. we will continue to update you on air and online at www.abcactionnews.com.

of course the most important election today is for the presidency but the second is for the senate. the fight for control of the senate is really close here. basically a coin flip. right now there are 54 republicans and 45 democrats. join us is ross jones washington dc and democrats need five seats to flip control. what is at stake tonight? >> pretty much everything is at ak races and as you put it republicans have a slight advantage right now and democrats needing those to take control. a lot of races of those are going to be very, very close. in any year, both parties playing hard to maintain the senate and make it easier for them to pass their agenda. but this year especially with

that we should see over the next four years takes this election much more important. it will decide the future of the supreme court. >> let's talk about how critical the race is between worker rubio and patrick murphy -- marco rubio and patrick murphy. >> this is a race that republicans have really started to feel like they expect to win it so if they a long night for them. about $50 million has been spent on outside money alone. this is a very competitive race and once republicans desperately need. if they don't get it it could make it harder for them to maintain control. >> ross jones join us tonight from washington dc. thank you. now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather.

because just a little breeze and it is beautiful. >> we will stay nice about tomorrow you might time it properly. may be a few isolated showers have been getting flooded with sunset pictures. folks on facebook have been sharing them like crazy with some stellar sunsets. titan doppler radar the low 80s and another warm day. as wendy mentioned the breeze was nice and the humidity was low. i suspect even though the wind is between five and 12 miles- per-hour i think tomorrow we begin to see a little bit of a change as clouds roll in and some showers as well along the coast. widespread not with temperatures in the upper 70s in the lower 80s.

as it continues to show partly sunny skies across the area and the clouds tomorrow will begin overnight tonight as easy what is left of a cold front coming in. don't get your hopes up. it will not give us a drastic change, but we will see highs in the 70s starting on thursday. and i think right on through the weekend but by wednesday afternoon mostly cloudy skies will cover are viewing area with a few showers he some dryer air and a little cooler air comes in as well. here comes the front and it is mostly dry but behind it a little but cooler with lower humidity continuing right on into the weekend. high temperatures in the upper 70s on wednesday and the european model is still convinced that it is going to get a lot colder this weekend.

are looking for lows in the low 50s this weekend. for the voters, still gusty tomorrow but not too bad news wins at 10 to 15 early on. water temperature in the low to mid 70s and here is your tied and sunrise and sunset. hour by hour it is partly cloudy and drive. i think we go mostly cloudy by tomorrow morning and a look at the florida most accurate day forecast we are doing a 20% chance of a stray showers wednesday. thursday and friday right into the weekend we look great with highs upper 70s and early next week a little more moisture returning. so just into the weekend but staying below 80 degrees. as we head to break, here is bernie sanders and his wife casting their ballot for president. they had to a polling station

if you haven't voted just yet, you do have about 94 minutes to get to the polls that close at 7:00.

breaking news out of denver, colorado. our affiliate just tweeted out the statewide are now down in colorado the lane folders. they have been now for 20 minutes in the tweet went out of 12 minutes ago and we are getting close to 30 minutes or so. officials are working to restore the out system. colorado is a very important state to hillary clinton and donald trump both campaigning heavily this election cycle. statewide election systems are down in colorado and right now clerks cannot process and email invalid and people who are

provisional. we will continue to stay on top of this breaking story. training to another story with deputies searching for two people who still $500 worth of l.e.d. lightbulbs from a local walmart. officials say the suspect paid for some items but then applied. anyone with information should call the sheriff's office. this was the scene this morning. the driver of the blue truck drove right into the front of the store. officials telling us the driver suffered injuries but nothing serious. officials do believe the driver suffered some kind of medical episode. turning to election we take a look at the voting lines in two key battleground state. on the left a drone flies over

building. on the right hundreds of voters casting their vote in arizona. the winner is heavily anticipated in this election and our coverage continues right here on abc action news . we will take a look of more ahead at 5:30. here are the supervisor of elections headquarters have been taking in the last vote by mail ballots all day long. have the latest numbers in hillsborough county are adding up coming up. it has been one of the most controversial topics. legalizing medical marijuana. coming up, they wanted the opponents say they are going to do if it passes tonight. >> closed captioning is brought to you by lakeland toyota.

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>> right now time is taking with 90 minutes if you want to help decide america's next president. the polls close tonight at 7:00. >> this is new video hillary clinton and donald trump casting their ballots on election day. >> right now the latest polls showing clinton with a one- point lead over donald trump. well within the margin of error. and florida is expected to play a major role in our next president. right now people in the i-4 quarter still casting their ballots tonight and polk county is right in the middle of that territory. >> clifton french is live in lakeland right now. how are things going? >> reporter: right now a big part of what makes florida a swing state is the i-4 corridor and the large number of independent affiliated voters