bill galvin tells fox 25 that number is only expected to go up. and clerks means. >> we are joined now by boston university political historian. we're fast approaching for election day coming up on tuesday. i want to go to breaking news that happened today. in new hampshire nancy pelosi made an interesting comment. she says house republicans will try to -- >> we still don't have another to knock down every appointee if a president hillary clinton made it, so if you can't entrust your supreme court picks. >> it will be interesting to watch how that dynamic unfolds and something people really haven't spoken much about. let talk about the early voters and the turn-out. framingham, 30% turn-out there. we know it's probably gonna be a million votes casts in massachusetts before tuesday's election. >> this is almost like must see televi election. it's never gonna end but it's galvanizing people. at least the basis of both parties and that's why they're enthusiastic to go out to vote early. >> so you think that's just it, enthusiasm for the whole thing a

secretary of state bill galvin says roughly 700,000 votes have been cast by noon. that's about 15% of the state electorate so he's now asking election officials to extend friday's voting hours to at least 5:00 p.m. some have already indicated they will stay open later to accommodate voters. call ahead to confirm or you can always check mobile app. >> we enjoyed a warm second day of november the question is will it last? jay? . >> a little nonverbal communication there. look. we hit 70 today in boston. 70 in springfield. 70 in hartford. it's still pretty mild out there now. well up in the 60s. 71 in norwood. tonight. you can see the temperatures overnight. only dropping into the 50s here in boston. the winds will be light. however, clouds to the west. some showers to the west. want to give you a little idea of the timeline. as far as tomorrow morning's commute is concerned there could be a few showers around mainly north of the pike toward southern new hampshire and maine. get to lunch time showers start approaching from the west and move in during the course of the

bill galvin asked some towns to extend their hours and some of them have. 800,000 of people take advantage of early voting and those numbers will go out. already cast. secretary galvin tells station there is one chal ring, clerks are struggling to update the database of people who voted. galvin said once you cast a ballot early, you can not change it. >>> both candidates are fighting for every vote. hillary clinton is making stops in michigan and pennsylvania today. donald trump will also be in pennsylvania, but also have stops planned in ohio and new hampshire. trump will need all the support he can get in the granite state where a new poll the show candidates tie you can see the suffolk university "boston globe" poll put both candidates at 42%. fox25's mark ockerbloom reports that the state will be getting visits from many big names over the next few days. >>reporter:if big name surrogates to speeches entirely in spanish. >> todos americanos. >> reporter: the candidates and their teams pulling out all the stops. the election and promising familiar faces. one face not normally seen during

ballot questions also bringing people to the polls tomorrow in big numbers, secretary of state bill galvin says more than one million people cast their ballots during early voting. galvin expects total turnout to hit more than 3 million voters, or about 67%. for such a close race it's fitting that the candidates are so close on election night. ed: they will be very close. both will be in the heart of new york city hillary clinton is setting up in the javits convention center and donald trump will be less than 2 miles away taking over the hilton midtown just a short walk from trump tower. maria newscenter 5 is heading to : new york right now. ben simmoneau will be with the clinton camp tomorrow j.c. monahan at trump headquarters and our special coverage begins tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. taking you all the way through abc has the latest results starting at 8:00. and we'll be here for newscenter 5 at 11:00. ed: breaking news, six people are facing charges, after madness at a local mall. it is a chaotic scene with police taking out the pepper spray to get control. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is at

secretary of state bill galvin says that he asked some towns to extent hours and some have. so far more than 800,000 people have taken advantage of early voting and officials think that number could surpass million. >>> gene: we are four days away from the election and stay with fox25 throughout the night and complete coverageon line and >> sara: father of third grader brought son to school now facing charge and gun did not belong to him. eight-year-old brought the 25 caliber pistol to the elementary school in lowell and pulled it out of backpack after school and showed it to several classmates. the boy claims he thought it was a toy. he told police he found the gun in a box that belonged to relative. the relative's home had burned in a fire and the boy's family holding on to some of the belongings. parents at the b upset about what happened. >> pre-k to fourth grade, what are they doing with guns? >> sara: we reached out about the incident but not heard back. >> gene: rookie police officer accused of texting behind the wheel before a crash. he is on paid leave this he ended

cheryl: bill galvin, we appreciate that at this early hour. thank you for your day. nicole: thanks, bill. new fallout for e-mails released by wikileaks while brazil was a cnn that the clinton campaign about questions that would be posed during a presidential primary town hall back in march in flint, michigan. they told to quit made one of the questions directed to hillary tomorrow is from a woman with a rash and she laughed if any thing but hillary will do as president to help the people of flint. they announced on october 14th the company expected resignation. fox news network is asked why this happened last month. cnn has not responded to any of our calls or e-mails. cheryl: iraqi forces break into an eastern suburb of no soul. five miles from the second largest city. iranian backed shiite militias launched a missile to the west of seoul. despite the positive news for pentagon admitting defense secretary ash carter is worried about malicious the above listed. >> of course he's concerned. he's seen from past history with some of these forces have done. at this moment

bill galvin says the result of the ballot question legalizing the use must still be certified results until the end of the year. it may take another year before stores are licensed to sell the marijuana in massachusetts. >>> a massive wildfire is burning its way through part of tennessee right now. still ahead -- the popular tourist destination it's threatening to burn down. >>> that's even after they had some of this rain come through their area. we're getting much more here and there is another batch here. >>> dozens killed including from now until the end of the year, shopping at small businesses could be even more rewarding. because, when you shop small with your eligible american express card, you could get two times the rewards. so support the businesses that make your town a community. the people who make your community, home the inside knowledge, those friends with a welcome smile. and you could get twice the rewards. learn more and enroll online today at americanexpress.com get out... >>> rain continues to come down during the commute in the boston area. we're see some of the

secretary of state bill galvin expects more than three million people to cast votes in this election. cindy? cindy: the weather is looking great on election day after we warm up this morning. there is some rain on the way tomorrow. the timeline on that is ahead. first take a look at the temperatures as you're heading out the door this morning. layer up. look at that. we're running in the 20's right now. just 27 degrees as you're heading out the door in nashua. >> a half hour of news at the top of the hour. newscenter 5 at 4:00. j.c. monahan, ed harding. newscenter 5 at 4:00. part of the new afternoon lineup massachusetts' newspapers rarely agree, but they do on question 2. they agree opponents have run a "campaign of misinformation" to spread "fear through white, affluent neighborhoods." they agree in the suburbs question 2 will have "no impact on their schools and their children." vital "choices for urban parents" and help reduce "the achievement gap." question 2 is "a kid's civil right." join leading newspapers and governor baker kate: my mom and i love shooting hoops. but you know

secretary of state bill galvin says they asked some towns to extend the hours and some have. sophomore than 800,000 people have taken advantage of early voting and officials think that number could surpass a million. and four days away from election day and stay with fox25 throughout the night and have air starting at 4:00 p.m. and lasting throughout the evening. >> daniel: father of third greater that brought gun to school facing charges but gun did not belong to him. eight-year-old brought pistol to green log elementary school in lowell, pulled out of backpack after the school and showed several classmates. boy claims he thought it was a toy. he told police he found the gun in box that belonged to relative. the relative's home had been -- had burned in fire and boy's family was holding on to some of the belongings upset about what happened. >> heart went down to the ground and school being shot up and grand babies in here. they are my life. >> daniel: we reached out but have not heard back from the school. >> julie: rookie police officer accused of texting behind the wheel

. >> the reporter: statewide, over 800,000 have already voted and secretary of state bill galvin tells me that number is only

secretary of state bill galvin ask some towns to extend their hours and some have. so far more than $800,000 people have taken advantage of early voting and officials think that number could surpass $1 million. we are four days away from the election. this tuesday, stay with fox25 throughout the night. we will have complete coverage online and on air beginning at the night. >>> now 5:04 this morning. questions loom being a person who was struck and killed by a car on 128. state police say the person was walking on the highway before being hit. fox25's jessica reyes is live in waltham this morning, and, jess, state police had to close three lanes in that spot for hours overnight. >> yeah, we actually heard from state police, and they say they opened the highway once again at 1:00 this morning just a cup several hours last night and we know this was a very tough scene on 128 south last night. police say that this person was hit by one car and then hit by several others as they pass by. we will have video from the scene we want to show you now and in this video, we can

friday is the last day to vo statewide, over 800,000 have already voted and secretary of state bill galvin tells me that number is only expected to go up. >> i'm pretty confident by the time we get to tuesday, we will have had a million ballots cast. >>> we checked if with several communities, some, like boston and lawrence, are seeing a more than 10% turnout. others, like cambridge, are seeing a 21% turnout. 30% in framingham. >> just different experience day. >> the reporter: form voters like dave santos, it's about options. i work from home, so it's convenient for me. my wife came home from boston and able to pick up our son and go vote and run home. >>> secretary galvin tells me early voting helps cut down the numbers at polling places on election day. but the unexpected influx of early voters has meant clerks are struggling to update the state's database of people who have already voted. >> many clerks have been so overwhelmed, they' said they had a positive experience at the polls over all. >> i thought it went very well. i like the way they're doing it now. >> the reporter: now, her

. >> vanessa: the legalization of recreational marijuana in massachusetts may be de secretary bill galvin said the results of the bloat question legalizing marijuana still has to be certified by the council. the council may not certify the results until the end of the year. galvin explains why it may take another year before enforce are licensed to sell legalized marijuana in stores. the tuesday after thanksgiving organizations are hoping you'll pay it forward. heather hegedus spent the day with people who are giving back. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, you know bostonians are for for giving back, even just donating $5 to giving blood, to volunteering, there are still plenty of ways to give back right now. during a season focused so much on spending, with black friday and cyber monday, giving tuesday has become a way to put that money to meaningful use. at the greater boston employees taking time out of their busy day, sorting food headed to food pantries and soup kitchens. >> a couple hours really goes a long way for people that need it. >> the reporter: hashtag, giving tuesday, tren

. >> the reporter: statewide, over 800,000 have already voted and secretary of state bill galvin tells me that number is only we checked in with several communities, some like, boston and lawrence, are seeing a more than 10% turnout. others like cambridge, are seeing a 21% turnout. five days before the election. >> different experience overall than voting at the school and sitting in lines all day. >> the reporter: for voters like dave santos, it's about options. >> i work from home, so it makes it really convenient for me. my wife came home from boston to pick up our son and just was able to pick up our son and go vote and then run >> the reporter: voter rachel walks with a cane and shorter lines make it possible for her to cast her ballot. >> i do appreciate it, because it's very difficult to stand in long lines. >>> for the state, early voting means streamlining what's already a complicated and sometimes overwhelming process. >> i think i can be confident saying, there will certainly be more than three million ballots cast altogether for this election, so if you take a million out,

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