come together as one united people. a stunning upset. donald trump is headed to the white house. >> while one race may be in the books another is too close to call. a tie in the governors race. we will also talk about how much long the rain will stick around. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. it was an up sit at no one predicted. the voters have spoken and donald trump the republican presidential nominee will become the next president of the united states. >> despite what all of the polls and consultants said trump managed to pick up enough electoral votes. hillary clinton called him to concede.

3:00 a.m. tracecy pots is live and reaction to this outcome. tracey. >>reporter: this was a shocker for trump supporters when they started see a lot of the blue states turn red for donald trump. now the question on the clinton side is what went she will address supporters later this morning. president obama congratulated trump and called him to began the transition. >> it's my high honor and privilege to introduce to you the president elect of the united states of america donald trump. >>reporter: donald trump declared victory. >> i pledge to every citizen

all americans. this is so important to me. >>reporter: sources tell nbc that hillary clinton called trump to succeed. >> we are still counting votes and every vote should count. >>reporter: faces told the stories at both head quarters. cheers for trump. >> we are excited have failed policies. >>reporter: cheers for clinton. they split battleground states for trump. nevada, virginia, colorado for clinton. the dow sunk low overnight. wall street is nervous.

market will be hit this morning. rural white voters without college degrees were under estimated. worldwide reaction coming from israel and other countries. >> this morning. the dow tumbled 5% overnight before rebounding to a 1.4% slide. s&p futures are down 1.4%. gold is up 2% per ounce. we'll get a look at u.s. markets at 9:30. japan's market plunged 1.6%.

powering from all over. >> lena is in our election head quarters. >>reporter: after a historic election like this we have scoured all of the nations publications. we also wanted to look at international publications. first let's look at some national their headlines stunning trump's win. the 11 times was the only one that's correct. the new york times with the headline outsider mogel captures the nation. this is a publication in canada saying you're hired. this is apply off of donald

most notable. this is a publication in chile. game of trump is a play on game of thrones a popular show on hbo. this shows a picture of hillary clinton and donald trump. let's move on more here to more eygr the daily news show a house of horrors with the flag upside- down. shock and awe on a wild night. a lot of publications showing the game. some showing how shocking it was and not showing

we are following voter reaction and reaction from the media and share that with you. americans living in mexico city watches the polls. the event was organized by the american society of mexico and and mexican for the event. they believe the election was responsible for canada's immigration website crashing.

area are seeing light patchy rain elizabeth. >>reporter: that's right. let's take a look at the radar. you can see the brand of light rain moving through. along the i-85 corridor. gradually this will shift through i-95. almost everybody will see the potential of light patchy rain. when this is said and done we'll look at inch or less. let's talk about those gray skies out there. not rich rain to see here. there is hill street. skies are gray everywhere. rain will be in through the early part of the afternoon. 50 degrees in durham. a warm start this morning. we have a southwesterly flow

temperatures warm too. it's 54 in south hill. temperatures are in the mid to low 30s. at lunchtime it's 58. the clouds continue to linger. late in the day we will see clearing. we will talk about a cold morning bryan is here with a look at th >>reporter: it's getting worse because of an accident. here at 8:08 the delays are building. we'll look at the latest drive times on 40 westbound. 44 minutes after wade avenue. this is part of the fortified delays we typically see. it's near u.s. one and beyond.

between harrison and aviation. the trip stands at 54 minutes. you can see delays back here in the fortify work zone. it will continue all the way out through the accident site. because the traffic is stop and crawl around the wade interchange we are seeing heavy delays on outbound wade. some people say it's like a parking lot over towards 440, edwardsville road, and beyond. again 54 is probably your best option. thank you, ryan. it's 8:09. >> the states were voters approved new marijuana laws.

let's talk about the north carolina governors race. it's still too close to call this morning. the race could hinge on a number of ballots expected to be counted by november 18th.

his election night watch party last night. pat mccrory did object soak succeed. supreme court races in north carolina are nonpartson. four of them will be edmonds brought politics into the supreme court. a deadly shooting forced a polls place to close in southern california. they got into a gun battle with the suspect and he died. it's unclear if they wounded the gunman or he killed himself.

related. california, massachusetts, and nevada decided to legalize pot folks in arizona defeated the measure in their state. the outcome in maine was too close to call as of early this morning. florida and arkansas are the first states in the south with medical marijuana

well the political winds are blowing in washington dc and it looks like they have had gray skies. >>reporter: it's been a stormy, night, hasn't it. >> figuratively. >>reporter: they will see more rain in dc then we'll see here. they are sharing gray skies along with the same cold front. we are checking out what's happening right now. you can see moving across the area moving from north to south. everybody will see the rain this morning. it's light and patchy. you can see patchy light rain in the southern part of wake county. another wave is coming through. the front itself is still to the west. ahead of the front we'll have waves of showers rolling through. we will see clearing from the

continue to have showers near the virginia line. we are starting to see the front end of the rain moving through. we had showers up in south hill virginia. a bit lighter down south. we are seeing patchy rain around southern pines. so, not a whole lot of rain this morning but it's very gray. this is our tall tower camera looking through the clouds. not much rain but it's airport. you can thank two things. southwesterly winds and the cloud cover that acts as an insulating blanket and keeps the daytime heating in. the dew point is 46. it's higher than yesterday but won't have a baring on how it feels outside. it's 52 in southern pines.

it's ten degrees warmer in southern pines. 13 degrees warmer in roxboro. yesterday we had temperatures near freezing. we are so far from that today. to the west we are starting to see clouds move through. we will likely have sunshine later this afternoon. the light rain is passing us by best. here is a look at future cast. we are beginning to see clearing with lingering wraparound moisture near the virginia line. we will keep the potential for showers in that part of our viewing area. thursday looks nice and bright as of friday. we will see a chilly weekend. boy. you haven't seen a lot of rain

not too much warmer than where we are. our chances will taper off. for thursday 62 degrees. not a lot of rain with this with the front coming through. a tenth of an inch with tiny amounts. we'll get into a chilly front. saturday is just 53. we may see our coldest temperatures at the airport on sunday morning with the morning we'll stay chilly through the morning and through the afternoons too. it's back to you. following breaking news out of buffalo new york. a huge fire at a former bethlehem steel site. >> it started around 430th morning. people on the scene heard several explosions coming from

look at the intense flames there. a huge firefighter presence. they are working on putting out their fire. the their report this is the third fire there in the last few weeks. we are watching this warehouse fire in suburban buffalo, new york. >> they said the building belongs to a mulching in company. this is the third fire according to the third fire in the last three or four weeks. they have had problems on that site. bow, the flames are roaring. >> we will bring you more information as soon as we get an update. >> there are fires really close

i hope they contain the flames. there was a shooting that happened last night. police found a man dead from a gunshot wound. they are asking ??? with information to contact them. police in fayetteville are investigating a shooting outside a bar. this happened at the jumpers nightlife before 10:30 last night. police say a man and woman were outside the business when someone fired several gun the woman was injured. her condition was critical. no word yet on the victim's name. a 20-year-old is charged for an assault at a high school. the omerani was charged for assault with a deadly weapon.

he was cut on his hands. ray tensing was charged with the death of an unarmed black man tensing said the man was acting strange. he cried on the stand saying his left hand was stick in the car before the shooting. >> he was going to run me and kill me. i just instinctively drew my gun. >> tensing was fired after the shooting. closing arguments is settle for today and then the case will go to the jury. it's 8:23. donald trump is now president elect trum . >> we will take a look to his injury any.

will have some thing to say. the governors race is still too close to call.

we began with traffic on 40 westbound. >>reporter: that's right there is an accident on 40 westbound. they have moved the accident over to the right shoulder. the accident sight is between harrison and aviation. look at the residual are delays. the trip on four ho westbound

because of the big backups outbound wade avenue is backed up from inside the belt line. 440 westbound is also backed up. consider using glennwood avenue. roy cooper said he's the next governor of next next. he claimed victory in the morning hours. the state republican party is calling his claim premature. they will hold conference this afternoon and wral will be there. mike morgan won over bob edmunds. morgan's victory gives democrats a majority on north carolina supreme court for the first time in 20 years. cloud cover, warmer temperatures, patchy light rain is what we have been seeing this morning. it's moved across into our area.

we are seeing that around the triangle. temperatures are warmth morning. mostly low to mid 50s instead of the low to mid 30s. expect a high of 62 and clouds throughout the day. we are back to sunshine on thursday and friday to nearly 70 by friday. the issue that impacted the election process at polling sites in durham.

picked up wins in key battleground states. from sectary clinton. she congratulated us. it's about us on our victory. >>reporter: donald trump celebrated victory early on wednesday. >> i congratulated her and her family on a hard fought campaign. >>reporter: hillary clinton chairman addressed a somber crowd. >> several states are too close to call.

to say tonight. >>reporter: after a bruising several hours for the democratic nominee that shocked much of the nation. tuesday night started off well for clinton. as it evening pressed on clinton's lead began to shrink. but several states tipped in favor for the trump won't know ohio, florida, and north carolina. he had thin margins in pennsylvania appeared new hampshire. sometimes they were just separated by 18 votes. ultimately he won wisconsin along with key states like arizona and pennsylvania. he bulled -- pulled off a long shot victory.

that's not what the democratic challenger roy cooper said. >> cooper is ahead by 5,000 votes. in terms of percentages he's in a tie with pat mccrory. we are live with more on the race that captured national attention. good morning, emmy. >> good morning renee and bill. it's been 24 hours for the candidates. we were at the election head quarters for roy cooper. at one point cooper was trailing the race. towards the end of the night he took a slime lead. once he took the stage he claimed victory. 24 is what he told his support ires. >> it's been a long, long jeer any to get to this point i

their voice to be heard. i'm humbled by that. thank you so much. >> we want to note at this time when he said this it wasn't declared a victory yet. the race was too close to call. pat mccrory greeted voters. he did however vow to make sure every vote cast is counted. between now and november 18th. okay. so, i'm extremely proud of what we have accomplished in north carolina. i'm proud of the carolina come back. we'll do this the right way. >> rival roy cooper believes

the republican party responded to this saying despite his rude and grossly declaration under the laws of the state of north carolina this election is not over and will not be over for a considerable amount of time. the gop will hold a press conference to discuss the matter. >> amy victor, live in raleigh. some polling locations had than they ran out of the farms. the site was closed for 2 hours. state elections officials decided to keep things open until 8:30 last night. republican richard burr won another term as u.s. senator.

lena is in the wral head quarters with more. >>reporter: burr has severed 12 years in the senate after ten years in the house. he said this is his last campaign and referred to the victory as it capstone. now he said it's time to get back to work. >> i'll focus on what i've been focusing on. keeping the people safe and the issues we washington. i think that's what people deserve. we have to create jobs to put the american people back to work. >> ross congratulated burr and urged her sup urge -- her supporters to speak to him about their concerns.

cloudy and warmer today.. >> and we have rain moving through, elizabeth. >>reporter: we have been tracking this front for a few days. we are seeing some of those showers. the temperature change is huge. we really saw our temperatures cooling down. we will see the temperatures cooling down a bit. a lot warmer than yesterday. we'll take a look at satellite look terribly impressive. already starting to see clearing back here around the foothills. take a look at temperatures. really warm, 50 in durham. 50 degrees in roanoke rapids. we will stay here and only warmup into the low 60s. gradually we will see sunshine rolling in by the afternoon. we are back to colder temperatures tomorrow morning.

run into a few sprinkles. a light rain jacket is all you need. we are in the low 40s to 50s this morning. it will be nice and bright. >> thank you very much, elizabeth. we want to return to the site of the huge fire in buffalo, new york. huge plumes of above the old bethlehem steel site. >> this plant belongs to a mulching company. the roof has just collapsed. you can see slams opened up there and there is thick heavy black smoke. crews on the scene said they can hear booms coming from inside the warehouse. >> folks have been evacuated in homes nearby. you can see that in the wide

several fires for resent weeks. we'll keep an eye on that as it comes in the newsroom. they would like you to get rid of unused medication. as much as 40% of prescription drugs are never used for their intended purpose. you can public health center. officials will be on sight from 19 to 1:00 p.m. anger spills out of the street after election results came in.

this was the scene outside the white house after the announcement of the presidency. many took to the streets after donald trump was declared the president of the united states. president. they also smashed windows of the oakland tribune newsroom. more than 100 people in portland, oregon blocked traffic. one activist told reporters this can't be real. the empire state building showed off an breathe taking display of election results. it showed realtime results,

known for it's display of holidays. george w. bush didn't help trump make it to the top. the most resent republican president voted for other gop candidates in other races but didn't enter the presidential fray. this isn't a surprise. republicans were able to obtain the u.s. senate last night. florida senator will return to washington for a second term. arizona senator john mccain won the senate seat. this could be his last.

duckworth unseated mark cur. thomas harris won the senate seat. it's 8:43 now. trouble news for a sports action camera company. gopro is recalling this $800

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they refurbished it's fabulous. >>reporter: yes it had a lot of blue skies but today it's a lot of gray. we are watching damp roads. let's take a look at our graphics. this is a look at our radar picture. just patchy light flu. we zoom around in the triangle area. in the rain gauges when this is said and done we are talking about a tenth of an inch at the most. this is a tiny amount. agency we head towards durham we'll head to the north.us east of i-95. between 85 and 95 is where the rain is now.

wilson. down south is falling apart. there have been tiny showers around sanford. not much rainout there for us. this is a look at wilson and of course the court house. people are walking in without umbrellas and raincoats. this morning up through lunchtime. 50 degrees is our current temperature. cloud cover overnight helping to lock it it's been so much warmer than yesterday. temperatures were in the low 30s. 54 in rocksboro. 50 degrees in roanoke rapids. 52 in fayetteville. watch what happens as we loop this again. notice the wraparound starting to develop here and dipping

the entire system pushes eastward. it will keep clouds around along with patchy showers. skies to the west are starting to clear in the football hills. we will see some of their clearing south and west of the triangle. scattered rain showers up until lunchtime. that wraparound starts to happen in the afternoon. there are north and eastward. through the evening skies started to clear. we'll be back to a northerly flow. morning allows will be in the mid and upper 30s instead of the 40s and 50s. thursday and friday will stay nice and bright. 62 for thursday. we are talking about a tenth of an inch.

68 on friday. it will be nice and warm. it will be warm on friday. this doesn't bring rain. no worries. at 10:00 p.m. five 3. if you -- 53. it will be cooler for most of the weekend. it will be colder this weekend. widespread freeze this fall. after that still chilly but a slight warmup. >> ryan, it looks so much better. >> they were able to move it to the right shoulder. at least in the area beyond harrison avenue traffic is flowing freely on the live camera. here at 8:49 we are working threw residual delays.

to 440 in rile. 445 to wide avenue is taking 57 minutes right now. once you lead out to 540 again traffic is moving smoothly. we are looking at an 11 minute trip there. a lot of ramp delays this morning on outbound wade it's very slow on the outbound. those delays this morning are slow. it's an slow ride out of the central part of raleigh. we are seeing heavy delays on 440 westbound. it's stop and roll through capital boulevard. just be extra patient this morning. two alternate routes you might want to use 54 through

parkway and head up towards i- 40. the problem this morning is we are seeing heavy traffic as people fill up an 54 westbound. also outbound glennwood avenue is a choice. renee. thank you, bryan. more bad news for gopro. they are recalling their drones. some of them have been losing power midair and concerns. the company is offering customers a full refun gopros stock has dropped by 20%. sears will open most of it's stores at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. some stores will be closed but

on black friday. john kerry is headed from the u.s. to antarctica this week. he will speak to researchers and sciencest at the south poll tomorrow. that's before the climate change talks in moble maracco. he will be the first sectary of state to visit all continents. crews are unsure what to do to stop sinkhole. it ruined an five lane intersection. this was possibly triggered by a subway line expansion. the river rapids ride at the theme park will be closed permanently. the ceo said it was the only appropriate o option.

full safety review has been complete. you yesterday we mentioned the election day tradition were voters in new york would visit the grave of suzanne b. anthony. they would place the i voted stickers on the head stone. she was the leading figure. she died before the 19th amendment. special surprise. the sbca brought puppies to the polling center. the dogs enjoyed extra playtime. voters got the chance to de- stress during the wait. all dogs are available for

spca. >> i'm surprised they only brought too. there could have been more cuddles and snuggles. we will get another check

the time now is 8:56.

this race was critical for democrats trying to regain control of the u.s. senate. it's warm out their this morning. >>reporter: yesterday we were talking about freezing temperatures well this morning 40s and 50s. that's then all because of what's happening in the forecast. we have a lot of cloud cover. a bit of we are all said and done we are looking at a tenth of an inch. rain from lewisburg. temperatures are mainly in the 50s. we will see a high this afternoon of 62 with a gradual clearing sky. it's 8:57. we are seeing delays threw south and west raleigh. looking at all most an hour to make that trip to 440 west.

as you head a way from raleigh towards the airport. back to you. pretty soon people with diabetes will not have to track their levels. we will change the way they track the levels. get this you don't ware it on juror skin. you put it on your eye. that's it for our news for right now. our next news update is coming in 25 minutes. >> our next newscast is on wral at noon.

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