are voting against. >> the latest poll show battle with trump on twitter with a final appeal. >> everybody is talking about the record turnout at the polls. it's amazing. go to the polls. we have a movement going on. we have never seen anything like it. >> the trump campaign tried to file a lawsuit in nevada over an early polling location they maintain remained open too late. the judge decided to throw it out. however, it may be an indication they c after tonight. from trump campaign headquarters in new york. alison: police set up presence outside the trump hotel along pennsylvania avenue in case protesters decided to head there. several groups demonstrated outside the hotel in the last few weeks but today it has been quiet. larry: the latest estimates more than 41 million people voted early in this election.

there are plenty of ballots to be cast. nearly half a million people did absentee voting in virginia and a million people cast early ballots in maryland. the first people to cast elections were in dixville notch. hillary came away the winner with four votes compared to two for donald trump. today's instapoll asks if you voted in us know. we have team coverage at people wait at the polls. begin with stephen tschida in prince george's county. stephen: in greenbelt we have a dozen voters here. this is far fewer and moving quicker than it was earlier today. the single scanner.

slowed people down dramatically and she believes it was giving the wrong impression. listen up. >> fortunately causing a lot of people to think that there is a thought out there they are trying to deter voters from voting. we don't want that. stephen: election representatives here say voters will turn out and they expect a lot of them to show up when they get off work in prince george's county. they should be prepared for longer that is latest from greenbelt. let's head to brianne carter in virginia. brianne: we are seeing the same thing. a calm before the storm. a short line starting to develop in the last five minutes. a few folks waiting in line to cast the ballot at george c. marshall high school in falls church. earlier this morning the officials at the polling place say it was 45 minutes folks

ballot. they are making sure everyone has a photo i.d. out before they get in there to speed this up. they are expecting as we get closer to the closing time at 7:00 that we will start to see many more voters showing up. fairfax county saying 45% cast a ballot in addition to 20% of the absentee done prior to today. if you know someone or you are someone coming out tonight between now and when the polls they say you should expect the lines will grow. if you are in line tonight you can still vote. brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: overall, they are monitoring 28 states, including virginia but a federal judge quashed trouble brewing in one state.

saying the polls were kept open two hours later than they were supposed to and a judge tossed that out. and cheryl conner is keeping tabs on the polling problems in our area today. >> the sticker shows proof she voted but brown said it cost her unnecessary time and energy. she was told to go back to rolling crest chillham community center where she used to vote six years ago. she has moved updated her address and says she voted twice at the hyattsville library. >> it's usually more local county or government. a spokesperson says there is no record for a change of address and brown only voted at rolling crest. >> i have definitely voted at the other location. >> we spoke to a voter here at the elementary school in herndon who took an hour to move through the line outside this morning.

minutes to learn she had to cast a provisional ballot. >> i sent my pictures a picture and the caption was i think. cheryl: she wanted to hide her identity and she went with the voter registration in hand but the name was not on the list. >> the woman said she was unable to pull me up. cheryl: election spokesperson said two did not update the poll so those newly registered were left out. >> i did everything i was supposed to do. i registered to vote on time. >> we are told the provisional results will count before the results are certified. >> in herndon, cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: howard university hosting one of several command centers around the country keeping an eye out for voter fraud. the facility is taking calls from across the nation from voters who have concerns about what they may have experienced at the polls.

if something happened at the polls that you are concerned about we have links for you to report the issues at the website wjla.com. larry: once the results start to come in we have a cool way to share them with you. kimberly suiters is outside the studios in arlington to explain. kimberly? kimberly: larry, we want to tell you exactly where we are. at the corner of fairfax and fort myer drive. channel 7 on the left. to the right is the sister tower. 1000 wilson boulevard. you can just start to see the channel 7 logo appearing there and the vote. it will be really bright when it gets dark. swing around to show what we have set up here. four projectors. this is the election projection. we are not going to tell you the results -- well, we will tell you as a results as they come in. we are not projecting ourselves. but look at the video shot

this. this is what it should look like when it's nice and dark outside. we'll be here all night as the projections come in. reporting live in rosslyn, kimberly suiters, abc7 news. larry: we are also powering up the wheel at national harbor. we'll show you how that works at 50:30. but you know the weather was not a factor for voters going to the polls across the area today. alison: gorgeous day today. meteorologist doug hill has a check on the forecast for the evening. doug: clouds will move in. we are fine. the polls open until 7:00 in virginia and 8:00 in maryland. and the upper 50's. it's just fine. getting through the overnight hours it will change. cold front will approach. that will thicken the cloudiness. it will be with us for the overnight commute.

here comes a cold front. showers across indiana, kentucky, ohio, michigan. but again, nothing heavy or severe. just scattered showers moving through. that area will affect us tomorrow morning. the bus stop time and the rush hour time, 54 with rain. toward dismissal time. upper 50's. chance of scattered showers. alison: we have breaking news right now in the bonnie black murder trial. a jury just found david black guilty. wife bonnie black. he was found guilty of breaking and entering and being armed with a deadly weapon. bonnie black found dead in her arlington home by her children in 2015. larry: developing now the national park service has cleated the first of what will be several -- completed the first of what will be several cleanings of the memorial at the national mall. someone spray painted a message against the controversial dakota access

american sites has been the zane of months of proas -- scene of months of protest. alison: what do you do when you are already the president on election day? see how president obama spent his day coming up. >> if we influence one person it makes the world a better place for her. larry: what this woman went through to get to the polls that leave you with no excuse to get there before yours close. alison: if you haven't voted yet you do still have time. in virginia the polls ar in maryland and d.c., you have

announcer: you're watching live coverage of vote 2016. >> this is a rigged system. hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it. the f.b.i. knows it. >> i am sick and tired of the negative, dark, divisive, dangerous vision and behavior of people who support donald trump. larry: contentious could be an understatement when it comes to vote 2016. not just the national race

virginia tenth district congressional rate -- race has been dirty. jeff goldberg has the latest. jeff: if you turned on the television in the last couple of months you have probably seen the attack ads between republican barbara comstock and democrat luann bennett as the campaigns, the national parties and the outside groups spent millions of dollars to try to influence the outcome of the close race. luann bennett this afternoon at fox mill elementary school in herndon, virginia. speaking with voters. she is a business owner and this is her first run for office. she hopes that people want change and hillary's popularity will help her. barbara comstock has been in g.o.p. politics for years. she has not wanted to talk about donald trump at all and she called on him to drop out

"access hollywood" tapes. many analysts still consider this a tossup. >> i have had a couple of people come out and say they voted for me. people said they are voting for trump and voting for me, too. this this will be an interesting race. i feel good about it. jeff: last night and repeatedly today we tried to get in touch and coordinate with the comstock campaign to get an intervi cooperate and would not make her available. however, regardless, this is a close race. the results maybe not coming in until later tonight. watch closely. larry: there is a referendum on the meals tax in fairfax county. jeff: this is a big one. fallen under the radar with the presidential race but

$100 million. 70 million of which would go to the fairfax county schools. a relatively small tax inkey. .04%. maybe on $50 dinner it's $2 tax increase. but if you ask voters for tax increase it can be a tough sale. alison: a pregnant woman was going to have the first child on election day but the baby wasn't waiting and she went into labor on friday. but before she gave birth she did her civic duty. >> we ran over there. we made it just in time. shortly after that i was like

alison: she gave birth to a beautiful girl bella rose. her partner max was with her when she went into labor and made sure he voted. what a beauty. that is dedication. we have no excuse in the weather either today. doug: no. we lucked out. there could have been nasty storms. we have a cold front out of michigan, we have a good looking afternoon. after a beautiful morning. this is elementary school in the district. give you a time lapse. watch a few high clouds move in at times in the afternoon. more of that cloudiness will overspread the region tonight. as a cold front inches its way closer. overcast now.

the temperatures heading out this evening to vote or whatever you have planned it's not uncomfortable at all. upper 50's to mid-60's around the region. 64 in leesburg. 59 in joint base andrews. the forecast tonight is for a continue wation of the increasing -- continue wation of the increasing cloudiness. 50 to 60% chance we see rain before sunrise and 70% thereafter as the cold front heavy downpours. we have four and a half inches deficient in the rainfall in the area since 1st of september. this amount of rain is not going to do much to whittle away the deficit. here comes the front. we have winds to keep us on the warm side. this area is moving through cleveland through indianapolis and cincinnati. still continuing to move east. it will be over west virginia

tonight. zoom in on a local level. this is 4:00 a.m. win chester to woodstock. the rain moving in. this keeps the showers together but it's not heavy and it should move through. 7:30 tomorrow morning. 11:30 and most of the heavy rain is out of there. occasional showers. that's the story fo afternoon when we have gusterly northerly winds. we have a change to a pleasant string of days throughout the region. tomorrow, scattered showers that are becoming breezy in the afternoon. 60 for a high temperature. we head to the next seven days a cool and pleasant sunny day on thursday. 62 on veterans day. another cold front will make

big jump on sunday. pleasant weather for monday and tuesday. national harbor tree lighting this sunday at 6:30. santa claus and fireworks. veronica will be there. i did it last year and it was a blast. the lighting is at 6:30 p.m. these people run on time. we'll be back with more about larry: thank you. well, a chocolate company running afoul of customers on the election day. alison: find out the change that could leave them hungry. amy: after all the treats we got we are spending the evening at the gym. i will take you on the journey of the election day freebies coming up. >> tonight, coverage of

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i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of r wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!? ld. love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the semi-annual sale, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! give the gift of amazing sleep. only at a sleep number store, right now save $500 on the queen cse mattress with sleepiq technology. learn more at sleepnumber.com

alison: president obama stuck to his election day ritual. playing basketball with his friends. no word if he came out on top.

the rest of the day. he will not make an in-person statement on the election's winner but he may release a written statement at some point later tonight. you have been sporting it all day. larry: and the "i voted" sticker could pay off big. amy aubert is joining us live from golds gym in arlington. what have you got? amy: we are gett working up a sweat after hitting the polls today. at golds gym it's free. after you see the treats we have gotten today a workout is necessary. a sea of "i voted" stickers, free pass for free treats. >> we are checking out the freebie places today. >> this is the first on my list. >> a packed parking lot and the long line at krispy kreme in alexandria.

arlington so i am borrowing a sticker. this is a free pass to the deals. >> it feels great to have a large influence of the youth voting as well. seeing it out there. it's phenomenal. >> are you doing a free doughnut for "i voted" sticker? awesome. next stop, great american cookies for a free treat. >> any one of these? >> it's fun for businesses to do it. >> in arlington, a long line at all about burger. >> so you have a free burger >> everyone is sporting their free pass. >> we have been crazy busy. it was the story of the day. >> coming out of the california tortilla. i got a free chips and queso but you have to make a purchase. i bought a drink. >> it's worth the wait.

amy: there is only so much we could bring in the gym. working out after hitting the polls is absolutely necessary. now some of the deals are continuing throughout the night. for more information head to the website at wjla.com. live in arlington, amy aubert, abc7 news. larry: thanks. you need that after all the food. alison: exactly. what a great idea. larry: thanks. still ahead on "abc7 news at to the polls across the -- goes to the polls across the country and what it could mean on capitol hill. >> i'm abc7's jay korff live at national harbor on the banks of the potomac. as you can see the capital wheel is illuminated. we are going to light up the night based on the election

critical condition after a fire in a home in maryland. surprising twist and how poll

announcer: you're watching live coverage of vote 2016. larry: abc7 news is committed to bringing you results all

arlington this is a live picture now. we will project results on the side of the building in rosslyn. another way to give you the big news is using the big wheel at national harbor. jay korff is there to show you how it will work. jay? jay: a lot going on tonight at national harbor. there will be an elections results viewing party here. abc7 up on the big screen. not only that but you get another incredible perspective. that is the capital wheel. look at it glowing in the night. the results are not in. this is how it will work. you have obviously blue is for secretary clinton. red is for mr. trump. as tonight rolls on the

pie chart based on the reported results. it could be 65/35, 70/30, who knows what it will be. but the number will change as the night goes on based on the colors. so come on down. if you bring "i voted" sticker you get $5 off of a ride in the 42 gondolas. i'm heading there soon myself. back to you. alison: very cool. we look forward to seeing that. thank you. larr h electoral votes to win the white house. there are 538 in all. that is not the only race that could impact the future of the country, of course. horace holmes has a look at the stakes on the hill tonight. horace: overlooking a beautiful sight of the capitol behind us. the balance of power is in swing. will it go democrat or republican? in the house and the senate.

this is the electoral map. it's clear now as the polls close the votes come in and the states are declared we can turn it from blue to red, blue to red, whichever way we need to go. 270 electoral votes will determine the united states internet the house, 435 seats are up for grabs it's a tam order for te if they can turn five seats blue, then the count in the senate is 50/50. and the determining vote on the measures going forward would be in the hands of the new vice president of the

three states we're watching is north carolina, florida, pennsylvania. polls close at 7:30/8:00 for north carolina. florida and pennsylvania if secretary clinton wins the three states it's probably an early everything. results all night long at wjla.com. do you remember the deez nuts? larry: i'm disappointed he didn't make it. alison: this race is unusual from the beginning. larry: we thought that was crazy. alison: those were the days. we have a live stream from the white house where we ask for people who they want to see live there for the next four years.

challenge. the maker of the toggerone chocolate bars are changing the distance between the triangular chunks of chocolate. that will mean less candy all around. they are blaming the higher prices for the ingredients and say toblerone will still cost chocolate. are you kidding me? alison: very sad day. larry: it hurts. first deez and now toblerone. alison: we have a lot to come here on the "abc7 news at 5:00". the redskins spent the election day giving back at fedex field. for one of the teams star players the annual event hits close to home. larry: a scare blocks from a polling place in the district. what has some voters looking

alison: after "abc7 news at 6:00" tonight, stay tuned for "world news tonight" with david muir. larry: david, what are you working on tonight? >> stay tuned. breaking news as america votes. the first early indicators coming in now. what voters are revealing. the first poll is about to close. the entire team out in force. florida, north carolina, michigan to pennsylvania and nevada. it's coming up right here at

steve: this is one of the coldest day this season with the highs on saturday in the upper 40's. wind chill factors will make it feel colder than that. a good deal of sunshine and a nice weekend to check out the fall color change. if you are getting up early

rebounding to the middle 40's as we head through the 8:00 to 10:00 hour. in the lower ''s by the noontime hour. this is the extended outlook. back to the upper 50's to 60 on sunday. temperatures say bor average this time of year monday and

afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine.

alison: we are back with an update on the anacostia river. the anacostia river tunnel has been completed. it was finished saturday meaning it took over a year to complete it. the tunnel runs million 100 feet be -- runs 100 feet below the surface. it crosses the anacostia river, the d.c. line. larry: no one was hurt in a fire over dupont circle. we could see it at 17 to m street from kettering, maryland. another of the crews was blocked away at a polling place. the flames started in an hvac unit on the roof of a building under construction. alison: skytrak7 was in

ryan hughes has the latest on the developing story. >> this is a house where a woman was badly burned. she managed to get outside and walk over to kettering middle school that is used as a polling place. volunteers said she told them she was set on fire. >> scary moments after a fire breaks out ins arrived poll workers volunteering across the street came to the rescue. as a woman came staggering over to kettering middle school. >> please help me. call 911. my husband set me on fire. >> i look at her and she was completely burned. it was horrible.

around the woman in her 60's. it started in the base of her home and spread to the first floor. >> there was enormous billows of smoke coming out of all four windows. >> this is a joint investigation. >> she was barely wearing any clothes and the top half of an image she will never forget. >> she was horribly burned. i was horrible. we're praying for her. i'm still praying she will be okay. >> both the man and the woman are in critical condition. the names have not been released. we are told that firefighter was taken to the burn unit but he is expected to be okay. the cause of the fire is under investigation. live in kettering, ryan

alison: get breaking news alerts on your phone. sign up for those at wjla.com. larry: coming up at 5:00. the earth just opened up. what the massive sink hole took with it. >> the focus has been on the presidential campaign. maryland has a rare open

larry: vote 2016 ends in maryland when the polls close at 8:00. hopefully we will know if it's congressman chris van hollen or the delegate that will be the next senator from the state. bell is live in silver spring. brad? brad: we are at the location where there is a big ballroom and the democrats hope they will be celebrating a victory tonight. the polls suggest they will be. after all, democrats outnumber republicans in maryland by 2:1 margin. but they will elect a gor

there are 3 million registered voters for today. we have seen long lines for the paper ballot scanners. we heard few complaints. people want to be heard. >> this is an historic election. the candidate for the rare open senate seat have been busy to reach those brought to the polls by the presidential race. >> people know that governor hogan is doing a terrific job. so i urge the voters please get out there and vote today. it's important. >> democrat chris van hollen hoping the maryland 2-1 democratic majority turns out.

urge everyone to get out and cast a vote. brad: we have not been allowed to broadcast inside. we'll bring you live reports throughout the evening. in silver spring, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: stay with abc7 all night as the election results come in. we will have the updates on the local races. we are on at 7% on the sister statio larry: if things start to run too late for you in the night, don't worry. we have you covered. starting at 4:00 a.m. i may not have slept but i will change clothes. alison: time for a check of the roadways. we have seen issues as far as the crashes. this is just volume.

passing by duke street. you get a good idea the headlights are heading south. how much volume we have. we don't have any big crashes on the interstates. we drop down past the pentagon to four miles per hour. heading outbound on kenilworth avenue is 12 minutes. that is not bad to the b.w. parkway. the american legion bridge. a lot of volume in both directions for you. but right now 95 heading north. we are pretty much clear. the same thing on the b.w. parkway. you cont not bad. so both directions look good if you have to get toward baltimore or heading south to the capital beltway. a lot of the side road streets look great as well. nothing to worry about it's good. we don't want anything to worry about. 270 is clear as well. that is a look at traffic. larry: all right. residents in a japanese city were forced to evacuate after a nearly 8-meter sinkhole

this is the aftermath. a giant sinkhole 50 feet deep opened this morning. it swallowed up traffic lights. authorities are looking into trying to figure out what caused the massive hole. alison: this is in italy. a massive twister touched down over the weekend. this is ou if you can believe it. alison: it feels like fall today. >> this is pleasant. doug: one thing we are deficient is on is rainfall.

the cold front. look at this photo. this is gorgeous. we will have more sunshine to enjoy the color on the trees here that is going forward. we see temperatures in the upper 50's. the weather is not ke whether range from the up 40's to the 50. look for wakeup of 50. this is the deal on the satellite and the radar. the green stuff is rain. much of northern kentucky and

pennsylvania. this moved through the mountains at 4:30. we have rain that will taper off by the midday. that is that. it's done and clearing skies tomorrow. so by thursday we are 59. chilly day on saturday in the pleasant next week. sunday morning at 8:00 is a beautiful start. gorgeous. that is all for you. back to you. alison: thank you. erin has a little bit of sports. take a break from politics talk sports. erin: speaking of breaks the redskins had the day off today. several players gave back to

harvest feast at fedex field. one player the experience hit close to home. pierre garcon. >> i know what they are feeling. i no ethe shoes they are in. >> i grew up as a single mother. erin: today he took time out to help the folks that could use it. >> we just mov house. we don't have a sink. the redskins held the 13th annual harvest feast to give away turkey and the trimmings to 2,500 prince george's county residents.

back as much as you can. i'm enjoying the hegr -- heck out of it. erin: student athletes came out to help. >> this is important. the people that people go through to bring them here. honor to help them. >> angela taylor a grand mother was thrilled with the whole deal. >> thanksgiving is a time that nobody will play anything >> this is courtsy of her favorite team. >> we are winning sunday. don't forget. alison: everybody wins in that situation. >> great to see the players that gave back. >> a great effort. thank you. voters have another few hours to get to the polls in the area. sam: i'm sam ford at eastern market where so far thousands

announcer: this is live coverage of vote 2016. >> it's about who we are. it's about what we want. ma we are going to do to make our mark on our country. at this time in our history. >> our magnificent historic movement has surprised the world and defied expectation alison: back at home check this out. this is the line that stretched around one polling place at 16th and m street in d.c. this morning. it took voters there about two hours to get inside. d.c. bureau chief sam ford live at eastern market after speaking with the voters today. hi, sam. sam: hello. i think the voters you saw

the same here. a ton of people. i talk to the precinct captain here. she told me they had had 2,600 people vote here. we could have had 3,000 people vote here by the times the polls close at 8:00 p.m. there is a lot of excitement. the council races for mostly decided in the june democratic primary we saw two councilmembers certain to win out talking to the volters today -- voters today. >> this is not about one councilmember. this is about the community coming together to advocate for themselves. we put together -- what's up, brother we? we campaign and this is the

issues as i am about the election. this is important i'm out here seeing folks. it's great. sam: okay. so we are back here live at eastern market. you can see this is a market as well. you can see there is a lot of stuff here. what is happened is interesting. the her chants here are from southern maryland they told me. they are here with honey and zucchini and various that you can get in in addition to come vote. announcer: tonight "abc7 news

election day has arrived after year of campaigning. today, the voters are lined up around the polls to pick the next president. jonathan: also decided tonight is the makeup of congress. we have team coverage across the nation. we will check in on the reporters covering the big national races in a moment. the voters are lined up across the area. the polls close in an hour in virginia. in district and ma until 8:00 to get the vote in. anyone in line at the deadline will be able to cast a ballot. maureen: there is a good chance tonight we could see tipping of the balance of power in congress. horace holmes will be watching that throughout the everything and he joins us from the abc7 capitol hill bureau. horace: we have all 435 seats in the house of

for this to swing in the balance of the democrats 30 of these red seats would have to turn blue. that is a tall order. we don't know whether it will happen or not. in the senate we have an interesting situation. five of the red seats, five of the republican seats have to flip to blue for the democrats to democrats to take the balance of power. take a are taking a close look at tonight. five close races. let's start in florida with the former republican presidential candidate marco rubio trying to get his seat secured in the senate. he is up against murphy. with florida the tight residential rate.