for florida state and looking for problems at the polls. >> our coverage continues right now. >> good evening and thanks for joining us as i am wendy ryan. >> and in jamison uhler. we will monitor the elections as the results come in. >> at 7:00 this evening the polls clone -- the polls close. >> for the most part things have been moving smoothly throughout the day for folks casting their vote in hillsborough county. >> east tampa. with one hour left, how are things looking? >> reporter: things are picking up although at this polling place it has been pretty busy all day. there is a line of cars outside the library because the parking lot is full. despite voters telling us that this election has been frustrating describing it as something stressful, the

[ music ] there was free rides being offered around the county with 68% of people already voting early or three vote by mail. we asked one of voter why she waited and she said she wanted to vote early but lost her id. that was not going to stop her. she made sure and come out today. >> next time there may not be a next time. today is important. >> reporter: so far in hillsborough county more registered republicans have voted versus democrats. some 36,000 voters are unaffiliated here. in tampa, brendaliss gonzalez,

first i want to bring in dr. susan macmanus. republican operatives in the last 30 minutes are saying that republicans in key counties in florida are outperforming the 2012 turnout. what is your read on that? >> it could be one of the reasons that donald trump says that is to counter a good story all over the country which is going toward hillary clinton. and if there is rn for republicans he is trying to say wait and see. >> we will get back in a little bit and talk with dr. macmanus about some other things just coming in. first polls just closed minutes ago impressive indiana and kentucky and so the results start to come in and we will now tonight at some point who will be the next president of the united states.

for the white house donald trump already crying foul about early voting in nevada. you are looking at lines in clark county, nevada. the abc action news reporter campaign has claimed polling locations stayed open two hours beyond the closing time but a judge rejected that lawsuit keeping all of the votes in tact. meanwhile th donald trump supporters in the bay area. let's begin with michael palouse of in downtown tampa. >> reporter: 29 electoral votes go a long way. some say it is the only way he will get to the white house. they are setting up over my left shoulder and getting ready for a very big crowd tonight and a very rambunctious crowd.

the main prop here is this life- sized cutout of donald trump. i did not realize he was this tall. this would be a very important prop tonight. many voters are extremely excited. they told me they wanted trump to win and they have been on the abc action news reporter train ever since he announced he was running for president. tonight with a lot of people excited and down the street my colleague ryan raiche is at the hillary clinton watch party. >> reporter: i'm in the farm where this place will fill up with supporters. you can see the stage is set with the balloon right behind me and these tables laid out. the only person we would say tonight is the candidate herself.

every day. here is some video of her at a recent rally in the dade city area. there is a lot of energy tonight and i am not sure if it is because the campaign is almost over or they will have a victory tonight if you ask them. the lineup for tonight is senator bill nelson along with mayor bob buckhorn. two familiar faces we have about the turnout with the early voting. here is something to chew on. hillsborough county has a great track record selecting the winner in all the presidential elections since 1960 with one exception in 1992 selecting george h.w. bush and the winner was bill clinton. ryan raiche, abc action news.

clinton and trump are hoping to celebrate tonight. this is a look inside the party headquarters for this evening. the biggest detail ever for new york city has police protection the candidates. you are looking at a video of officers stationed outside of parties in manhattan with special counterterrorism forces deployed at 1200 voting sites. meanwhile the governme attacks from russia. cyber security researchers say while the system is vulnerable, it is not likely they can affect the results. we have extra protections in florida because we still use paper ballots and even when computers are used they are not connected to the internet. if you saw a disruption today or

report a complaint to the department of justice. the number is 1-800-253-3931. talk fruitarians are hoping to decide what the senate will look like. senator marco rubio seemed to have a good chance of retaining his seat with reports he leads by 7 points. take a look here. this race is getting national attention because it could help determine which party gets there are almost 40 dozen seats up for grabs this year most of them held by republicans. if five democrats win the race tonight like patrick mercy -- patrick murphy they could retain control. if hillary clinton is elected he will only need four seats. officials in humanity say election day ran smoothly but

there's been a steady stream of voters in anna maria island all day long. there hasn't been any problems in the county but there is a handful of people who feel like their vote might not get counted because of this piece of paper which was turned in to the supervisor of elections office. 80 people received the news their rights were violated. it stemmed from this challenge filed monday by charles webb. >> he filed a question and anybody who is allowed to question whether somebody has the right to vote or not. >> reporter: web believes people are not residents. he believes they are renters. those people will still be able to vote. >> they will fill out a ballot which will be counted but come

to the. -- registered to vote. >> reporter: the voter dave rogerson did not know about the law. he said the people should be able as long as their residence. bennett says nobody's writes will be violated. >> we count them and i know that those people will have the opportunity to vote. it is just the process. >> reporter: jake >> polls close at 7:00 tonight and as soon as they do we will be here as the results, in. join us on air and get instant results right here on www.abcactionnews.com and on our free mobile app with election results all evening. we will also have our expert analysts and take you to victory speeches once they happened. now the most accurate

partially cloudy to clear skies across the area. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s after highs today in the lower 80s. tomorrow morning into the warmer instead of 50s we will be seeing low 60s and the cloud cover brings the chance of a couple of showers. not so much this evening but by tomorrow morning. hour by hour the forecast is partly tomorrow. we will talk about cooler air for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. breaking news to anyone on i-75 north. you are looking at a massive traffic jam because of a deadly accident. all lanes around fletcher avenue could be closed for another hour because one of the vehicles was carrying barrels spilled.

avenue. they have not received any reports of drivers being unable to vote because of this mess. looking at the trump campaign headquarters in new york city people are still casting votes in florida and beyond with less than one hour to go until the polls close. coming up another local race that could make waves beyond the bay area.

welcome back. take a look at the white house where just minutes ago your faults will determine the next person who will spend the next four years there. we have 45 one to go until the polls close in tampa bay. let's get to jarrod holbrook to show us how it is looking right now plus some strange disruptions across the state. >> reporter: wendy and jamison,

you can see the parking lot filling up but that wasn't the case earlier this morning. they were off to a rocky start because of a computer software glitch in tablets workers used during the signing the process. it only affected 75 voters, but they were able to vote on a provisional ballot. most of the bigger problems were in other parts of the state like in pompano beach with two clerks fired after a disturbance and deputies had to respond. election officials say they do not follow proper policies. there were some small power outages which caused delays in brevard county. supervisors had backed up power for the machines in the outages only lasted one hour. back home in tampa bay they really were not too many big problems that were beyond the norm for election night. there were some ballot scanning

overall nothing major. let's hope it stays that smooth throughout the night. i am jarrod holbrook taking action for you. right now david jolly and charlie chris hoping to celebrate tonight once the results start to come in. jolly looking to retain his seat while charlie chris would get back into office if he wins. both campaigns are having watch parties tonight. let's begin with erik waxler at the jolly camp. >> reporter: the jolly campaign tells me the congressman has been out the door since 5 a.m. visiting polling places all around pinellas county. he will continue to do that until 7:00 and then make his way here to join the party that hasn't started yet. congressman jolly replaced bill young in 2014 after a special election.

affairs and trying to make it illegal for congressman to call and ask for money. he also wants to appeal obamacare. he is not endorsed donald trump for president which has possibly alienated him from many voters here in ellis county. the polls show a tight race so if jolly is able to beat charlie chris after the redistricting it could raise some eyebrows nationally for sure. for more on the opponent let's go to our serena. >> reporter: thank you. just an interesting note here. typically it is charlie chris who has held this political parties here at this time here is where i am because david jolly beat him to it. we are in the grand ballroom. the vips just started arriving and as far as chris, he start

and is expected to keep campaigning until 7 pm. this is a must win for his career. he tried making a comeback but lost to rick scott. in 2010 he decided not to run for reelection but to pursue a senate seat. it is ultimately going to marco rubio. chris might have a huge advantage because of the redrawn boundaries leaving this district with 20,000 more democrats historically this district is known for going to the polls. we will be her all night long and i hope you can join me for facebook live print. now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> the weather has been beautiful. >> exactly. even through 7 a.m. tomorrow looking outside right now partly cloudy skies across

overnight with a chance of a few showers tomorrow with the titan doppler radar showing a beautiful election day with temperatures just a bit above normal. the temperatures now are upper 70s and bartow at 74. it is low to mid 70s across most of the area with the dew points comfortable today from the mid-50s and low 60s. i think they stay on the low side behind our next front that dwells in tomorrow. we had maybe a couple showers and cooler air by thursday into the weekend. 70s right now with a look at the satellite picture. today mostly clear at least until midnight and then we begin to see some clouds roll in the evenly chance of a couple showers. i do think the difference tomorrow compared to today will be mostly cloudy most of the day and overnight through thursday morning we clear out again and you will notice

with highs in the upper 70s and upper 50s to lose 60 upper 50s to lose 64 the morning low. it will feel very nice. as we sat there comes a front overnight and by later on this week cooler temperatures and low humidity. we are still trying to get a glass of cool air from the european model but i think you will notice it with lows in the upper 50s and even more than that the dew points will be very refreshing through the weekend. temperatures on wednesday have upper 70s to about 80 which is typically where we should be. for the voters -- voters look from winds by tomorrow night. here is your upcoming tides and your sunrise. the hour by hour forecast is partly cloudy to clear overnight with temperatures

60s. and look at florida's most accurate seven-day forecast with rain chances only 20% of tomorrow and mostly sunny thursday through friday. we will bring back rain chances at 20%. abc action news at 6:00 continues after this. liy... [phone rings] operator: health care customer service caller: hi this is patricia ramirez. operator: oh, patricia! colleague: i love patricia! colleague 2: when is she getting married? operator: it's about time, lady! this is the real question: how's that man you're dating? where's the ring? ...we mean more like this. operator: we can do this together. i'll schedule an appointment st, ok? member: thank you. you deserve compassion. you deserve molina healthcare, your extended family. to learn more about our marketplace plan, visit molinahealthcare.com

we want to go to breaking news los angeles. police rushing into a shooting near a middle school for what they are calling an active shooter situation. at least 3 to 5 people have been injured. it was close to a polling location. details are preliminary and we will keep following this story to update you on air and on our mobile app. hello, folks.

on this and we do expect the race to have a clever later tonight. it is the same guy up for the al centerfield award even missing 48 games he still has work that is just outstanding. if he wins he will become the second outfielder to win his first two all seasons. the other is original suzuki. and if you want to know how close it is, being between a right but a team and a decent one in the nfl, this week the raiders third and the buccaneers 28th. they are only four teams behind them and that is the bears with play this sunday. the browns are behind them. of course the buccaneers are going to win. >> i hope so. before we go tonight take

place in tampa with many people waiting to make their voice heard. it is history in the making expect as the results coming we will be with you with live reports and analysis on tv and social media and on our free abc action news mobile app. >> many waiting until after work today to go but as long as you are in line by 7:00 you are fine. we will also have nonstop coverage including victory speeches as they happen. >> stay abc coverage continues next on world news tonight with dave in

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to 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.