there is one more question for you to consider do you want america to be rule by the corrupt political class or do you want america to be ruled by you, the people,t' is, the people. >> love trumps hate. let's get out and vote, philadelphia, tomorrow. let's make history together. thank you and god bless you. hillary clinton and donald trump make their final arguments. now it's time for voters to decide at the polls. >> it is election day, 2015, a special edition of "early today" starts right now. >> two years in the making, we

day. good morning, everyone. >> election day is upon us. it has been 18 months in the making. this morning, more americans head to the polls to pick our 45th president hours after trump and clinton begin in michigan and north carolina. it has been 105 days since trump announced his candidacy for president. and 575 days since hillary cl campaign video, announcing her second run for the white house and moments ago, watch here, hillary clinton returned home after a grueling final 24 hours of complain campaigning before she goes to cast her ballot early this morning. it began last night, trump taking to michigan, as clinton amassed her largest event yet, look at this, over 20,000 people developed at independence

with former president obama and michelle obama and hillary clinton and spring steen. >> today is our independence independence day. when you step into that voting booths today there is one core question for you to consider. do you want america to be ruled by the corrupt political class or do you want america to be ruled by you, the people? >> tomorrow, you can vote for a hopeful, a close up america. i really believe it's the most important election of our lifetimes, because we've never had a clearer choice. never, it is a choice between division or unity, between

loose cannon. >> it was an all out sprint for the candidates, barn storming through the battleground states of michigan, new hampshire, florida and north carolina. this morning, we have the first results af the first vote in dictionville notch, new hampshire, they continue their voting tradition. clinton got four, followed by two for trump, one for gary johnson, even one write-inor since 1916, that count has accurately predicted seven of the last 14 presidential elections. our final maps has has clinton leading to trump's 170. there are 94 votes in the tossup category, of course. she laid out her vision for the nation.

it's been a long campaign. but tomorrow, you get a few i hope you will think ability. it's the kind of country we want for our children. >> president obama offered his full support for clinton. and the he was on the line for clinton. >> so whatever credibility i got after eight years as your president, i am asking you to trust me on this one. >> and trump's running mate mike pence and campaign surrogate along with trump's daughter tiffany and sons donald jr., an eric were hitting the trail one more time. >> this isn't just a choice

choice between two futures. >> i choose to stand with donald trump and every american that knows we can make america great again. >> is this is bicker than one man. donald trump's tone or something well, so what, you know, this is bigger than one man, it's bigger than a party. >> nbc's indicatory turric has been covered the donald since day one. she covered this report. >> reporter: good morning, donald trump has been campaign trail 105 day in that time, he has up ended every political norm. later today, he find out if it all works. donald trump is trying to close the deal, hop scotching across the country to give it final pitch to the american public. >> there is it, this is it! good luck. get out there, i did my thing. i worked. >> reporter: sarasota almost giddy. >> is there any police more fun to be than a trump rally, huh?

the race tightening so dramatic amy, even his season aides were surprised. only hours left and trump still hasn't released his taxes, hasn't quashed perceived conflicts of interests and himself and his country should he win and hasn't been cleared of fraud charges against his university. nbc news learned from from senior campaign source, trump won't talk transition because he doesn't want to jynx his positi gingrich as secretary of state, rudy guiliani as attorney general. reince priebus as chief of staff. officially trump denied these names are under consideration. one thing is certain, whatever does happen, politics will not be the same. >> there is every possibility that the trump faction of the republican party will persist and there will be a fight over the party over the next four years. >> reporter: in the final hours,

would do well among african-american voters and latinos by saying he would. later we will find out if it will work t. campaign says it will likely come down to michigan, a blue state they say they can turn red with donald trump's jobs messages, which they claim cuts across all demographics. >> all right, katy, thank you. for one day historic election, we are joined by sam devine, happy election day morningo we will talk about today. it's been nearly two years in the making. we we heard from katy tur. what are the top things you want to say? >> reporter: good morning, happy election di. i think michigan is one to watch. that's a state that the clinton campaign is counting on. they have been ahead, there hasn't been too much concern about i. the polls have been tightening there recently.

clinton herself has gone there. i think the other states are florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, and even though today's election day. it's important to remember people have been voting for a while now. and in some of these key states, latino and hispanic turnout has been way up, which could be a huge boost to the clinton campaign? >> we see predictions from a total land decide i slide to a more likely than not, we give clinton a win. what would you say the electoral map will look like at the end of the night? >> reporter: who knows? i think like you said, the predictions are still all favoring hillary clinton. it has been under 270, but what

unclear. i appreciate it. you will be watching. we will be watching, the country certainly will as well, thank you so much. >> let's look at bill karins for our election day weather. what damage like out there today? >> it should be a high turnout. weather will be warm across the country. we would see a chance of thunderstorms and heavy rain along the gulf coast. i know new orleans is getting drenched early today, showers this afternoon through the ohio valley, texa seeing one of the worst forecasts as far as thundershowers should go. scattered showers and storms through the afternoon, right even through the evening hours. we won't see shower activity up in the ohio valley like michigan and down in the areas toward detroit. it's still very warm and mild across the country, including our friends there in michigan. that's a look at your election day, the big weather story of

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