i'm luann bennett. over my 35 years living in northern virginia, i've learned a lot. how to raise three sons and build a successful business after my husband passed away. how to bring people together, set positive goals, and get things done. that's what we do in a diverse and inclusive community like ours. that's what we need in congress to get it working again. and that's why i approve this message and respectfully ask for your vote. it's the fight to the finish. >> tomorrow, we face the test of our times. will we be coming together as a nation or splitting further apart? >> hillary clinton and donald trump making their final pitches

this is it. good luck. get out there. i did my thing. i mean, i worked. >> just hours before you head to the polls. >> before you cast your vote tomorrow, the news4 i-team tonight will show you why congress does not have to follow its own rules when it comes to diversity on the hill. >> right now, police are combing through sewer valence footage trying to figure out who is shooting local college students with a beebe gun. >> announcer: news4 at now. tomorrow we will finally know who wins the white house. for many, that answer cannot come soon enough. >> tonight with barely 19 hourts away from the first poll closing the candidates are up laid, and so is our team. jam hanley and chris lawrence are in new york where the candidates will entheir campaigns tomorrow night. >> shomari stone is in dc talking to voters.

candidates' battleground blitz. wendy? >> this long and winding road is finally coming to an end. let's start with hillary clinton. ending more than 500 days of campaigning. she had quite a show of force tonight. she is in north carolina. but a couple of hours ago some 20,000 people turned out in philadelphia to cheer her on. the democratic candidate was flanked by president barack obama and bruce springsteen. that you did vote, you voted for an inclusive, big-hearted, open-minded country future that will make sure that we all keep moving together because i do believe we are stronger together. >> and donald trump, now trying to swing michigan into the red column and the late polls show

trump rallied in five battleground states today, asking supporters in new hampshire earlier, what kind of a country they wanted on wednesday morning. >> there is one fundamental question for you to consider. do you want america to be ruled by the corrupt political plan or do you want america to be ruled again by the people? >> despite all the back nbc news political team says clinton has been leading in the polls since september. our final survey monkey tracking poll out today shows clinton ahead of trump 47 to 41%. but both candidates tonight are calling on everyone who supports them to get out and vote. jim, doreen? >> thanks wendy. we will be with you tomorrow on

come in. we also have teams at both candidates' election headquarters to show reaction there live. jim landi has how the candidates are getting ready. >> hundreds of journalists staked out their positions. this time tomorrow night, hillary clinton hopes they will be recording history. we are at the it has a glass ceiling, the type of ceiling hillary clinton has been talking about shattering since 2008. right now we have a stan in candidate at the podium, they are testing out the lighting. there is also a stand in secret service agent to her left. there are supposed to be big names on the stage. monday last week the plan was to

the ceiling and above the hudson river but apparently the coast guard knicksed that idea. they hope to have 500 people in this hall. the trump pat is two miles away with our news4 chris lawrence. >> we are on fifth avenue right outside trump tower with the most visual and the voes vocal heard other chants, about reforming washington, we have also talked to folks here. they say they are vocal, visual, but they say there is another type of voter out there, an uncounted trump supporter that hasn't been accounted for in the polls.

has to carry all of these red states, he has to flip one the blue states into the red column. back to you. we are less than seven hours now from the first polls opening in our area. in at least 24 hours from knowing who is going to be our next president. >> here are four thing you should know before those final ballots are counted. nbc news has the electoral battleground map tipping in hillary clinton's favor tonight with her favored to win that's more than the 270 needed to clinch it. it means donald trump will need to win all the states considered toss ups and flip a blue stayed red in order to win. clinton's running made, tim kaine crisscrossed his own state tonight of virginia. he and vice president biden spoke at george mason university in fairfax county before kaine continued on to richmond. julie carey got one of the last

before the election. you can see that right here tomorrow morning on news4 today. it's all hands on deck as the u.s. government gears up to protect our country on election day. it's staffing bunkers with intelligence agents to mon on the any possible threats amid concerns about russian hackers. and 5,000 uniformed police officers are in new york city where both candidates will end the night. >> if you have not voted yet, the polls will open tomorrow from 6:00 a.m.o virginia and from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in washington, d.c. there is still time to register in the district. >> if your dc resident, you have two forms of id and you go to your polling location, you can register to vote came day, and vote with a regular ballot. >> when you are at the polls, we would like you to keep an eye out for any kind of

machines, vote ripping or somebody being denied the right to vote. if you see anything like that, we invite you to contact the news4 i-team voter patrol tip line, 282-885-4444. or e-mail tips at news4 i-team.com. we need some define intervention to perhaps make all of this election stuff? >> some people feel that news4's shomari stone attended a church service tonight in columbus, where church-goers prayed for peace, unity and healing. >> i'm concerned about the backlash and the aftermath. >> reporter: elizabeth is concerned about what will happen after the presidential election result is announced. she pray force the kpts and the nation at st. columbus episcopal church in northwest dc.

created such anger. >> we may live in justice and peace. >> reporter: tonight the church has a special service praying for peace and healing after the presidential election. the reverend says. >> i'm praying for a leader of integrity and competence, and i'm really praying also that the election will be decided tomorrow. >> reporter: people here tell me hateful rhetoric in the presidential race has caused an even deeper d yet they have faith the country will heal in due time. >> i don't think there is going to be peace right away. i think we'll get to that. i will pray for that. >> reporter: on the we talked to the people we talked to hope the next president who moves into the white house will be a president for everyone, not democrats or republicans. washington, d.c., shomari stone,

answers. tonight protesters are moving too slowly. nearly two months ago a dc officer shot and killed sterling. the officer said sterling intentionally crashed his motorcycle into a police cruiser. some witnesses say it was an accident. dc police are still investigating. tonight a jury awarded $3 million to a former university of virginia dean in the defamation lawsuit against nicole aramo sued over the portrayal of her in a 2014 story about a alleged gaining rape. police found no evidence to back up the accuser's claims and the article was retracted. there is some concern about safety at the university of maryland's college bar campus tonight. several students there have reported getting shot with beebe pelts. our jackie bensen is in college park with the latest on that.

at least three university of maryland students, one on a bicycle, the other two were walking, were hit by what police believe to be beebe pelts. >> actually, i was here last night and i saw the police cars and people were driving away but i didn't know what was going on. >> reporter: police say two students a man and a woman were struck near the ken engineering building around 7:30 sunday night. another studentep later between stadium drive garage and a hall. university ever maryland police say someone reported seeing a suspicious car in the area at the time. >> we have a description of a dark color two door or four door vehicle. that's all we have for now. >> reporter: police say they are reviewing security camera images from last night. students we spoke to say they learned of the incident through a campus wide alert.

more careful. >> reporter: police tell us no one was injured. live in college park, jackie bensen, news4. they created the law, but they don't have to follow it. we'll report what happened when the news4 i-team questioned congress by diversity. >> congress is not leading by example snits tea story you need to see tonight before heading to the polls tomorrow. we are looking at a cold start for your election day. make sure you have your coat on when you step out of the front door tomorrow.

yes, we have our challenges. we must give every child a great education, build an economy that works for everyone, end tax breaks for companies that move our jobs overseas. by working together, democrats and republicans, we can do these things. that's why we must defeat those who want to turn americans against one another. i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message, because united,

hundreds of new staffers will move in with them. >> and our news4 i-team review finds congress isn't following its own laws on ensuring diversity in the work force. scott macfar land takes look at the rules that apply for everyone but not for the offices of those that represent you on the hill. >> reporter: anita he is tell literally wrote the book on how the federal government works. >> really take the lessons people who want to access the federal government. >> reporter: but she started on her current career path as congressional staffer she said she didn't see many people who looked like her in higher positions. >> we are a representative government, we want our government to be representative of the people who live in the nation. >> reporter: government requires

but the ley lawmakers don't have to follow the law. when the i-team looked for numbers of how well congressional members reflect the diversity, we found none. >> congress is not leading by example. >> reporter: the i-team obtained this report. opm must submit it to congress every year. nearly half a percent of minority in the federal work force. we sent this same question to all 29 local members of congress, dc, maryland, virginia, and west virginia, asking how many staffers and interns identify as men, as women, as lgbt, and as every ethnic and racial breaktown included in the u.s. den success.

six offices refused to answer our questions. 16 others didn't respond despite our repeated requests. >> we believe in a democracy that you need all points of view. and that's what diversity is about. >> reporter: democratic maryland congressman hoyer's office is among the seven offices that responded. hoyer told us he is proud of the work his office has done. >> we have caucus in our history but we are still not necessarily representative of the american fix. >> reporter: brad fitch runs the congressional management foundation which helps congress improve its operation and says money is a big part of the issue. >> congress cuts its own budget in essence shooting it self in the foot. it's difficult for them to create a pipeline of diverse applicants if it has no resources to do it.

charge of engaging american workers for the gop. he sees reporting as key. >> there needs to be a mechanism to keep track. this is a way to encourage offices they need to make efforts to diversify their staff: >> love lays and the others didn't know there were groups individuals and on promoting diversity. it'san our washington app. search for diversity. on this election eve a lot of us want to know what is happening with the weather tomorrow. >> temperatures tomorrow morning will be quite cold. some of the coldest we've seen so far this season. many areas will get below freezing. we are already there in some locations. out at the airport right now, a

distance there. excuse me. -- much better. hmps right now, 46 degrees out at the airplane. again, that's where we keep the warmth. it's much easier to warm the airport. again, it stays warmer. suburbs, 35 at dulles, 31 at warren ton. frederick coming in at 32 degrees. we are on the cold side, for sure, that's why we have these frost and freeze advisories. there is a frost advisory 95 fakes county, southern maryland, northern neck. freeze williams for prince william county, stafford county, fredericksburg and man assis. notice no frost or freeze warnings back to the west. why? you have already seen the freeze in your area. you will no longer see warnings associated with that your growing season is over. and it's about to be over along

going to be cold, 34 at 6:00. # 3 in leesburg, 32 in man assis. 42 in the cities. the good news is we are going to see plenty of sunshine. it's going to warm nicely. high temperatures back into the mid to upper 60s. a cold start but a great afternoon with all of that sunshine. if you are thinking about heading to the polls tomorrow and you are wondering which times to go. 7:00 a.m., there is your coldest period, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 after that, nice around lunchtime. a great time to hit the polls. each if you have to wait outside in line an hour or two you are going to enjoy waiting outdoors. then it gets chilly around 6:00 or 7:00 tomorrow night. bundle up again. high temperatures for everybody-team back in the 60s. 62345 gaithersburg. 69 in man assis a nice election day afternoon. as we move through the next couple of days, one thing to notice here, notice wednesday.

but we are expecting rain. it's going to be a cool rain, too. only in the mid to upper 50s. thursday breezy. winds upwards of 20 to 30 miles an hour on thursday. friday looking good. high temperature of 62. look at weekend mt saturday going for a high of 51 in the city that puts most of you in the upper 40s on saturday, even with some sunshine. that's going to be one cold day heading our way. we are getting closer and closer to winter. winter forecast is coming out on thursday. >> thursday. the good weather for tomorrow. we are going to be talking sports. doreen wants to know what the doreen wants to know what the what is the world is up hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady

mp: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to go fu_k themselves." vo: because all it takes is one wrong move. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of

xfinity sports desk. we all of us love us some nba basketball and some wizards. what we don't love is the disappointment that comes each and every season. >> 83 games that's a long season to sit through if you have a bad basketball team. the wizards look like a bad basketball-team. a was ejected at a critical point this the game. frustration not just from wall but even for his teammates starting to show. wall taking on the houston rockets. john wall and james hardin matched up. here's wall. nice feed to bradley beal, who finishes. that sets the franchise mark.

the defense. beautiful touch around the rim. you have got to stop that right there. he finished this game with 32 points and 15 assists. then the weird moment happened. wall here bumped the officials. that was his second technical foul. i don't know if it was the bump or what he said to the official overwards. either way the wizards had a shot but wall woos ejected with 33 seconds remaining that was pretty much your game. the rockets w season. two home games are next, against the celtics and the cavaliers on wednesday and friday night. >> they are good. >> moving on to the reid. not having trent williams the next weeks is magnified giving their upcoming scheduled. in this stretch may decide their playoff chances. >> we have got to focus.

room. we have got to take those notings. we have to do everything we said we were going to do. these next 18 days is going to be a test for us physically and mentally. >> i feel like we have people in the house that we can get the job done. i think we are ascending, in a good spot, getting stronger. now it's all about studying minnesota and putting the game plan together and getting ready to beat a good viking team.

i'm luann bennett. over my 35 years living in northern virginia, i've learned a lot. how to raise three sons and build a successful business

set positive goals, and get things done. that's what we do in a diverse and inclusive community like ours. that's what we need in congress to get it working again. and that's why i approve this message and respectfully ask

?? ?? >> this presidential election has been comedy gold for the team at "saturday night live." if you missed tonightese hour long special on nbc, don't worry, we posted the nine best political skits of the season in our nbc washington app. >> funny stuff. really funny. >> indeed. doug, make us feel good about going out to vote.

polls -- do they take -- no, they don't. but if they did, i would go between 11:00 and 3:00. the weather is going to be great. 68 tomorrow afternoon. umbrellas on wednesday. thursday is cold, just in time for the winter forecast to come out. >> all right. thank youdoug. vo: here's the last thing washington needs. amie hoeber. a reckless tea party partisan. hoeber will defund planned parenthood, threatening cancer screening. said she'd invade iraq again if given the chance, and hoeber has fought for a global increase of chemical weapons. we need john delaney. a family man and entrepreneur, he built two respected maryland business, creating thousands of jobs. in congress, he puts working for

i believe america is already great. yes, we have our challenges. we must give every child a great education, build an economy that works for everyone, end tax breaks for companies that move our jobs overseas. by working together, democrats and republicans, we can do these things. that's why we must defeat those who want to turn americans against one another. i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message, because united, [ cheers and applause ] ?? >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- bill maher. world series champions, chicago cubs.