jummy: that breaking news this noon a fire in northwest d.c. just steps from one of the busiest polling locations. this in a building under renovation at 17th and n streets. the flames started from an hvac

injuries reported. to our other big story, the top story that is, the day that everyone has been waiting for. after months of speeches and debates and controversy election day is here. right now polls are open and our team is covering every aspect of this election this noon. we want to know did you vote? go to wjla.com/vo you plan to vote. we start with suzanne kennedy in virginia. busy day. suzanne: absolutely. we are at lake braddock high in burke, virginia. you can see in the last few minutes we have seen things pick up. they were experiencing a midday lull but now people are coming in at lunch hour. 1,500 have voted here according

10% to 15% from the 2012 presidential election. northern virginia voters lined up before sunrise to be some of the first to vote. >> i'm excited. suzanne: the first person was in line at 5:00 a.m. and a line stretched the length of the billing. at lake braddock here at 6:00 a.m. when the doors opened. >> i have been in this neighborhood since 2000 and biggest crowd i have ever seen. suzanne: layla emigrated from bolivia. >> i want to have my right to vote t. is exciting. suzanne: fairfax voters are deciding who should represent him them in congress barbara

proposed meals tax. many are ready for this election to be over. >> hopefully this campaign season has awakened a lot of people and maybe there will be compromise going forward to move the country forward. suzanne: back live you can see people here are casting ballots, something many of them have looked for to for a long time. virginia doesn't offer early voting. as a result, they expect turnout in fairfax county to be 80% or greater. the polls close at 7:00. we go now to maryland where john gonzalez has been keeping an eye on things and he brings us the latest. john: suzanne, good afternoon. we have been talking to maryland voters since the polls opened at 7:00. some waited as long as two hours and others saying they walked right in to the precinct and

raised $6 million since july. it is barbara mikulski's seat after 30 kwrars years it office. szeliga has been in the maryland house of delegates six years and has the support of governor larry logan. in kensington away have video of chris van hollen voting and greeting some. some of his supporters, others not only voting fo republicans who are voting for donald trump. >> i think it is important that everybody get out to vote regardless of their political persuasion and whoever wins this should be an example for all marylanders. >> you want trump to be the next president. tell the viewers why. >> i consider him to be an out standing candidate for president

successful business. john: you may notice that this time around maryland did we with the touch screens. you are going to cast the vote on a paper and pen ballot. the papers will go straight to an electronic scanner if you will and, well, election officials tell me to remind viewers to not take the that are in the booth. from kensington, maryland, now to my colleague sam sweeney who is in d.c. sam: good afternoon. a lot of people were late to work and many are taking a longer lunch break because there is a heavy turnout here in the district of columbia. this is a live look at the a.m.e. church at 16th and n. this is the doorway and look at the line.

to 16th street. but the i want to show you video from earlier this morning. this is time lapse video and you can see how long the line was around 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 this morning. it stretched more than a block down 16th street and at times it was more than two to two and a half hours but the people said this is their right and duty and it is worth waiting. let's listen. this is what we do. yes, we exercise our vote. >> this is longer than you have ever seen before and i voted for obama the first time and second and never been there long. >> the lines are long everywhere. georgetown. dupont. around a couple of blocks. great turnout. sam: we visited several different precincts and many of them the lines were very long and others there were maybe or

so the waits can fluctuate. if you have not registered and live in the district you can register today and vote. the polls close at 8:00. jummy: sam, thank you. we are following more breaking news this noon. there is a police presence outside the trump hotel in northwest washington and steven tschida is live with more. steven: we e avenue in front of the newly renovated trump international hotel the site of reported vandals recently and now concern about protests. you can see to my left a very strong d.c. police presence. we have the civil unrest units herein and they have been here quite a while in anticipation of potential protests but at this time nothing to report from this location. no protesters but we will stay

nation's capital throughout the day. jummy: the final national poll numbers are out and at least six of them showed hillary clinton leading donald trump. the widest is six points in the final monmouth and nbc news poll and four from abc, cbs and fox and the smallest is three in the final bloomberg poll. hillary clinton and donald trump both have cast their b tonight the two will be blocks away from one another when the results are in. this morning clinton voted in her adopted hometown of chappaqua, new york. she has no official wants. she will be at javits center tonight. then donald trump will have an invitation only gathering at the

he doesn't have any scheduled stops today but were he to take one more trip it would likely be a blue state that needs to flip. you can see our team of reports who will have results and speeches on abc 7, wjla.com and fuse channel 8. the first results are in and three small towns in new hampshire headed to the polls at midnight as they do 1960. dicksville notch hillary clinton defeated donald trump by a 4-2 margin. 2012 republican nominee romney got a write-in. in hart clinton won 17-14 and millsfield trump won 16-4. other news breaking news out of kettering where a woman is

house fire on herrington drive. a man was injured but his condition is unknown. she suffered critical burns. it started in the basement and spread to the first floor. the cause is under investigation. burns. right now we want to switch gears and look outside over arlington and the pentagon. it is a nice day if you have to wait in line. doug hill has a look at the fi doug: 63 here at noon and breeze out of the south with the southerly wind pushing temperatures into the upper 60's this afternoon. this is the way we'll look later through the afternoon as we climb into the mid to up are 60's and a few clouds will drop into the mid 50's overnight but very comfortable. we will watch a couple of showers. we will look at the national forecast because there's showers moving into the seattle area but

front stretching from michigan to texas and a few bands of showers, a couple of thunderstorms bubbling near the northern gulf coast but we don't see anything that should have any significant impact on voter turnout coast to coast. futurecast shows the sunshine continuing but a few clouds picking up this afternoon and very mild with the southerly and southwesterly winds. confront will approach bringing showers to the area to the mountains possibly as early as late tonight and better chance of showers for us to tomorrow. we will have more on the timing of that and weekend outlook in about seven or eight minutes. jummy: thank you, doug. coming up, millions going out to make their voices heard and polls in several states across the country are open and we continue to cover all angles of this election. concern at the polls security expected to be tight all day but

vote? the latest on sraoeurb cybersecurity. >> a few issues on the roads with fire department activity on con avenue or 16th street both blocked from k to m. with all lanes blocked give yourself a few extra minutes. kenilworth we are about 10 miles an hour midday road work near benning road. beltway not bad through prince george's c we are ok and maryland crossing the american legion bridge a quiet ride. we had earlier teufrtd and that is gone and same with 109 everything is cleared.

jummy: welcome back. as millions head out to vote security will be tight. police in new york city expect to be on high alert all day and officers already on standby after a threat of violence on election day eve in virginia, new york and texas. nypd stepped up patrols javits center. cybersecurity remains a major concern. experts say fixing an election is nearly impossible but there are concerns about the security of some electronic voting machines. >> the system is rigged, advocates. all rigged. we are in a rigged system. >> the system is totally rig and broken. reporter: cybersecurity experts have warned about how simple it

electronic voting boots. >> it -- booths. it could be easy to put a piece of malware on it if they are not encrypted and while terror voting -- while they are voting manipulate the card to code on one of them or multiply the number of votes they are submitting. reporter: there's no evidence any such rigging has ever taken place but four states including illinois have their veteran scanned. >> we are highly confident that nothing was added or deleted or alter the. reporter: but officials are concerned by hackers in russia may have been just a preparation for today. >> there have been a variety of scanning activities which is a preamble. reporter: security experts say the end could be to cause confusion hitting targets other than the voting systems.

media system and begin posting inaccurate and misleading information regarding the election trying to undermine confidence in our election system. jummy: after this brutal election season you might as well get something good out of it preferably free. here is how you can put the i voted stick are to work. krispy kreme shops give out a free doughnut for indicate they had voted. zipcar with free reservations from 6 to 10. california tortilla free chips and mention of make queso great and gold's gym a free workout. great american cookies dirty habit. texas jack's barbecue offering traoebies and more than that. you can find the list on our

i'm going to go vote and then maybe texas jack barbecue. doug: i voted this morning before i came in and they didn't give out stickers. that is all right. we will get the weather and give you some headlines. like the beautiful sunshine and high clouds we are looking live at rockville m we have done our job. you vote and do your job. sideline and increasing -- sunshine and increasing clouds and midst to upper 60's. we will have clouds rolling in well ahead of a cold front but southerly so it will be warm. then overnight hours we will have areas of showers across the mountains and futurecast says about 6:00 a.m. we will have bands moving through but notice

afternoon or evening changes. this is the forecast overnight chilly and skies -- this was last night's forecast. my bad. sorry. it will be increasing cloudiness with a few showers and by morning then the next few days we will see weather settle down to a very autumnal pattern with a cold fron saturday only 49 degrees for a high. 58 for sunday and definite change to more fall-like weather. election day weather couldn't be better. 67. tomorrow breezy and showers through the morning and midday, clearing in the afternoon and highs of 60. sunny and 59 thursday. veterans day 62 and chilly over

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memorial. the city will purchase the pulse nightclub for $2.25 million. in june a gunman opened fire in the club and killing 49 and wounding 53 others. he was killed by a swat team. on abc 7 at noon another peek at the the club election day forecast o many of you plan to head to the

jummy: tonight if you can't watch election results watch on the side of our building. this logo you saw projected on the studios in rosslyn will be turned into election results tonight. another way that 7 is on your side with our election coverage. so if you are here come by. doug: pretty cool. let's take our weather story here just about ideal across the region with lots of sunshine and a few clouds. highs about 65 to 67 and there will be more cloudiness late in afternoon and overnight when temperatures drop from 47 to 55. mildarer -- milder night. then showers tomorrow and long dry stretch and chilly saturday. jummy: thank you. more complete coverage starts at

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