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honoring an american icon. >> announcer: 7 news 5:30 starts now. >> ryan: today is the day to voice your choice. both candidates casting their ballots earlier today. it has been an historic election, one we'll not forget. >> jadiann: let's get over to kim khazei with more. >> reporter: both candidates have cast their ballots. they did it in new york today. hillary clinton headed to the polls chappaqua in upstate new york just after 8:00 am and she was' joined by husband former president bill clinton and tim came also voted in his home state of virginia. after coasting her ballot this is what secretary clinton had to say. >> it is the most humbling feeling, dan, because, you know, i know how much responsibility goes with this, and so many people are counting on the outcome of this election.
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very best i can if i'm fortunate enough to win today. >> reporter: clinton spent a lot of time at time but she and kaine will head to new york city for their campaign watch party. here is a live look at clinton headquarters in new york. it's going to be a packed house as supporters eagerly await the results as they come in. donald trump already in new york. he cast his ballot there today as well. made his way to the voting booth in manhattan's lower east side around 11:00. al presidential nominee, wife melania and daughter ivanka. >> tremendous enthusiasm. you see it all area. all over the world. great feeling. >> kim: the trump family will be at hilton haute until manhattan tonight watching those election results come in. here is a live look for you at trump campaign headquarters. ready to go and it's all going to change tonight.
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trump hinted he may not accept the results if he loses. asked again he couldn't give a definitive answer or whether he will concede if clinton wins. i'm kim khazei, 7 news. >> ryan: some local republicans plan to gather to watch the results roll n. earlier a group of them came in to make a last push to the voter. steve cooper has more. >> reporter: no shortage of enthusiasm from state republicans who have' been working the polls. phones. the governor was here earlier to ensure that voters vote. >> i agree with you. i think it's the sort of thing we'll be seeing a lot more of in the future. >> reporter: state republicans including the governor gathering her late this afternoon at the massachusetts g.o.p. victory office with a last-minute push on the phones to get out the vote. >> it's great. there is a lot of excitement out there. i've been out since about 7:15, my own polling location down the cape. down to women out. up here to pembroke and you
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not so much focused on the top of the ticket but pushing the down ballot candidates running for congress, state rep and state senate plus sheriff. 9 downballotting -- >> that's what i've been mostly focused on, so has cain. state rep,state senate -- >> reporter: while trump focused in the key battle ground states, not so much massachusetts, republic ambassador are convinced a surprises before the night is through. >> there is a vote there people don't quite, may not show up in the polls. so there may be a hidden vote for trump. >> reporter: the governor has come and gone at this point. but these phone banks will continue up until the time the polls close. everybody here will sit back and anxiously await the results. in pembroke, steve cooper, 7 news. >> jadiann: clinton supporters are making their
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jennifer egan joins us with more, jen. >> reporter: jadiann, they are heaping to be celebrating a hillary clinton win inside the fairmont copley ballroom later tonight. some of the state's biggest political heavy weights spend time outside of massachusetts including senator elizabeth warren who had closing words for donald trump. >> : massachusetts democrats rallying support in new hampshire today. >> hello new hampshire. >> reporter: with state dependably blue they felt their time was best spent in the battleground state. >> the election may turn out to happen right here in new hampshire. i wanted to be here to help out in any way i can. >> reporter: senator warren thanked volunteers alongside massachusetts attorney general maura healey and congresswoman katherine clack. >> people were saying go hillary, go maggie. >> reporter: boss mayor
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>> there has been a lot of thumbs up as people go by and ask them to consider hillary and maggie. >> reporter: a win by hassan who is looking to unseat kimy ayotte could help tilt control of the senate to democrats. a race being watched closely. senator warren nope for her outspoken criticism of donald trump had these words for the republican nominee. >> there is going to be a point pretty soon now where nobody cares what donald trump says. >> warren said she will be watching the results come in from her coat the event here get under way at 10:00. jennifer egan, news. >> ryan: president obama doing his best uncle sam telling people it's up to them on election day. >> go vote. it's up to you. >> ryan: the president wept on to say -- went on to say he is confident america will do a good job as people get out to the voting
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ballot. make sure everyone you know votes, too. vice president biden headed back home to his home state of dell dell with his wife to -- delaware. >> jadiann: turning to a big issue that has a lot of support on both sides. question four would legal identifies recreational marijuana here until the state of massachusetts. >> ryan: there has been again. brandon gunnoe has details. >> reporter: massachusetts is one of five states voting on whether or not to legalize marijuana for rereeksal use. if it pass you can't smoke in public but it will be legal to president obama certification even grow main but opponents say it'll hurt children and be difficult to enforce. if question 4 in massachusetts passes tonight it will be liam for adults age 21 and over to voice
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i personally don't but i think thank you are up aim -- it's up to you. >> reporter: if it passes, stores could open in early 2018. >> no. >> i have a teenaged son so i'm thinking about him and what he will be facing when he heads towards college. >> i'm nor it. i believe it's a contradiction seeing how much alcohol takes a part in her society. >> reporter: supporters want to tax marijuana and say arrest rates for possession unfairly target minorities. others say drugged driving accidents will increase. >> i think alcohol is worse than marijuana and i think frankly that the more we regulate marijuana the hatier it will be for people who are already going to smoke is. >> i voted two.
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a 20-year-old daughter. and i just want to make sure their future is as clean as mine was. >> reporter: even if it passes voters in any city can still approve a local ban. the state tax on marijuana would be 12%. brandon gunnoe, 7 news. >> ryan: america had the opportunity to vote for the nation's first woman president, 100 years ago women weren't allowed to vote. >> jadiann: susan b.ent an for a woman's right to vote. many remembered the movement in the special way. adam williams joins us from the controlroom with more on this. >> reporter: she spent her life fighting for women's rights. today many remembered susan b.ent any as they cast their ballots in this historic election. visiting her grave site has become a long stand
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opportunity we've had to vote for a woman as press of the united states. >> reporter: it was a special moment for this mother and daughter who have worked together in women's studies at the university of roche. >> it means so much to make this pilgrimage and celebrate the work of all the women who did so much work for human right and women rights. >> reporter: some came to share. >> i've four daughters and they're al eager to vote. and my mother was very involved in politics back in the 50s when women weren't so involved in politics. at a local level. >> reporter: despite the outcome many believe today's tribute to excuse an b. anthony and her fight for equals -- >> nothing is going to be taken away from this historical moment.
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those who want to may tribute and are last-minute voting. >> jadiann: our live reports will continue throughout the night and into tomorrow. byron barnett, christa del camp and dan hausle will be at the trump and clinton hawedquarters for update throughout the day. night, morning and 7 news has you covered in the race. stay with us throughout the evening. we have a team of reporters ready to go including live reports from all, both headquarters. everything you right here. >> ryan: we're following more news, two children found a man who was shot in the head in easton. he was taken to an area hospital. his condition tonight is unknown. emergency crews are on the scene of a plane crash in stowe. the aircraft went down in the assabet river. pilot was rushed to the hospital with nonlife-threatening jeers jackets chaos erunts at a mall in cambridge. you can see it from the
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use pepper spray at an event there. a rapper and a celtics player meeting there to sign autogroves and that is when -- autographs, that's what people got out of hand and police say the crowd spiraled out of control. six people are facing charges. nancy chen has more. >> reporter: police say a crowd of more than 1,000 quickly grot-- got out of hand. this video shows hundreds of people as they overfilled the mall. >> you see people rushing, every kicking, running outside the mall. >> reporter: a crowd for be a appearance at the champ store by celtics rookie jaylen brown and the rapper named desiigner. one man said people started cramming in before the doors were opened. >> they started pepper spraying kids. little kids, i'm not joking, little children. >> reporter: cambridge police say they were' forced to use pepper spray to control the crowned close the mall leaving many shaken
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it was kayoes. >> reporter: jaylen brown says he will reschedule. nancy chen, 7 news. >> ryan: a georgetown police officer rushed to the hospital after he was hit in a crash in rowley. police say he was rear ended on the northbound side of i-95. the officer was pulled over on the side of the highway doing work for a construction site when he was hit. the driver of the car was also taken to the hospital. both are expected to be okay. burlington police searching for a bank robber. detectives say this man robbed a bank yesterday afternoon. according to officers, the suspect handed the tell area vote demanding cash. >> jadiann: a high school soccer team playing tribute to one of their own. >> ryan: we are continuing our election coverage coming up at 6:00. taking you to new york where both campaigns are preparing for a showdown. all coming up here on 7
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the field new the game was about much more than winning. amaka ubaka has more. >> it has been a tough week but we made it here so awesome. >> reporter: shawn and and victoria embrace. crying as they remember emma ryan. she died suddenly from natural causes in her sleep one week ago. >> more than a team or family. just saying other people from the town come together was night. >> reporter: the pirates play-off game and emma ace sister helped led them here and while she didn't want to talk about her sister she did want to talk about the team. >> girls soccer first time in history and it has been we got eliminated but it was a great season. >> reporter: the pirates had the support of the entire crowd which didn't go unnoticed. >> seeing the community come out today was unbelievable. it meant so much to all of
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memory and the number she wore, number 20, lives on as the community near and far come together. >> she is a good factor on the team. it was hard the since the team was so close we all were coping with each other. >> the girls showed what courage is all about. i want to say a big thank you to the town of hull. the community for sticking by us. >> reporter: amaka ubaka, 7 >> reporter: tonight clouds on the increase. a few isolated showers and sprinkles possible tomorrow
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the video is encouraging people to get out and vote today. age. >> bird reseemables the republican nominee. people are calling this trump bird because healthers on top of its head. he is for sale at a pet store. >> jadiann: let's talk about the weather. it has been a nice day. >> reporter: have you been partaking mannequining. >> we're learning about it. >> jadiann: do you want to do one. >> reporter: there you go. [laughter] >> ryan: first official one. >> reporter: my work is through. the last several years with presidential elections here in boston, we've had mild years. the last one, 2012 was chilly. a temperature of 41. this afternoon boston reached 59. right now we're at 51. worcester at 55. down through the cape and the islands numbers in the
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say good-bye to that and he will orbs to the clouds moving in from new york and pennsylvania. a narrow band of rain shower activity approaching buffalo and toronto and that is a cool front. this is our weather system for tomorrow. at this time there is an impressive band of rain through portions of the ohio river valley but as the weather system, as the front get closer to new england it falls apart. not much in the way of rain. really not much cool air you work up through the great lakes states, up to southern canada, lower 50s, 56 to 52. not a cool front but a little change in the air. clouds on the increase. temperatures for most of us in the 40es, a cool spot upper 30s, downtown boston in the low 50ss, normal high of 64. really even tomorrow, mild because the cool front doesn't show up with the cool air until after tomorrow afternoon.
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5-60 but a lot of cloud. i think a few sprinkles tomorrow afternoon. here we are at 7:00 tomorrow morning. still some sunshine then clouds will thickin up by lunchtime and not much in the way of rain early tomorrow afternoon but we'll see a flareup of some rain shower activity down through portions of plymouth and bristol county. boston north and west sprinkles and maybe a couple of showers after about 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. the cape would be the locations where you might need rain gear but it's a mild day. sunshine thursday. near 50. friday to the upper 50s before it turns chilly again on saturday. see you at 6:00. >> jadiann: it's time to find out who did it better. >> ryan: brie phased off with abbey d'agostino the challenge was who would be
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sneaker, free finished in 4:06, abbey finished sooner but brie did a better job keeping the rubber cement. abbey got 56% of the vote. brie held strong with 44%. brie's record is 2-2. next week, we are gating ready for thanksgiving. turkey day only a few weeks away wee and james white are getting into the spirit with a cranberry harvesting challenge. >> hopefully you voted. i'm kim khazei. >> adam: i'm adam williams, live updates from each campaign with polls starting to close in about an hour. that is a live look from inside trump headquarters. at 6:00 details on his lawsuit filed by the campaign in nevada today. >> kim: a live look inside clinton headquarters in new york. at 6:00, what clinton said today after casting her vote and christa del camp right there live in times square.
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the white house is going right through midtown manhattan, tonight. we've trump headquarters to the north. clinton to the south and we're live in times square watching it all. >> adam: all that and much more. >> kim: we hope you join us at 6:00 here on the news station. putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. when i come home and dinner's not ready i go through the roof.
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6:00 starts now. it all comes down to this. >> this is the movement like our country has never seen before. >> so many people are counting on this election. >> reporter: millions shaping the future on decision day. it's time to voice your choice. >> kim: live look frinn side hillary clinton's campaign headquarters in new york. this is where she will spent much of the nightt waiting for results and donald trump also in new york tonight. here is a live look at the trump campaign election home for this evening. in just one hour, some of the polls will close including some of them in new hampshire. >> adam: most of the country anxiously awaiting for the very first results. we're staying on top of key races nationally and locally. let's begin with christa del camp live in new york where
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election night. >> reporter: can't believe this day is here and the journey has gone completely full circle from the original announcement 18 months ago for hillary clinton then shortly after donald trump and to tonight and the road to the white house winds through matetown manhattan where both parties will be here in full force. i'm in times square literally in the center of it all. we have the trump headquarters to my north. clinton to bitter campaign at times with two unpopular choices. many of the divisions in the country have been exposed in this race but once again today it's time for the people to decide. it started early. first up we've hillary clinton casting her ballot in chappaqua, she was' joined by her husband former president bill clinton. she told reporters it was humbling to see her name on
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next to it. her aids say she shab working on two possible speeches to deliver tonight. beginning on the outcome. a few hours later donald trump making his way to the voting booth in manhattan's lower east side. voting alongside him his wife, his daughter ivanka and when he got to the polling center he bought treat from kids who are inside. he hadn't been seen expect on twitter he posted a we saw some on his account about an hour ago urging people to get out and vote. the campaign is far from over. he also had a statement go, florida on his twitter account. with that we do want to check in for the latest on the trump campaign. it has been a grueling few hours for the campaign as he rounded out making a swing of five different states and let's go to dan hausle who is there outside the hilton
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