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obama, vice president biden, dr. jill biden, president and mrs. bush, president clinton, mr. rd of regents, to the museum advisory council, secretary davis skorton and dr. lonnie bunch, to the leadership of the united states congress and all of my colleagues in both the house and senate, in memory of the late representative of texas, the architects of this incredible building and to all of the staff of the white house, the federal agencies, the congress, the smithsonian who pushed and pulled together to make this moment happen, and to all of the construction companies and their crews, i say thank you. thank you for all you did to help lead our society to this magnificent day. as long as there is a united states of america now there will be a national museum of african-american history and culture. [ applause ] this is a great achievement. i tell you, i feel like singing the song mahalia jackson sung at the march on washington over 50 years ago, "how we got over. how we got over." there were some who said it couldn't happen. who said you can't do it, but we did it. we did it. w

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vice president joe biden and his wife dr. jill biden will also be making their way to the bay area today. they will both be campaigning for hillary clinton at albert whitted park. it starts at 5 p-m. also there tonight -- jimmy buffet. he'll be doing a special performance at the get out and vote event. this morning-- federal counterterrorism officials are on high alert. they're working hard to learn more information about al-qaeda threat terrorist attack. u-s intelligence experts alerted joint terrorism task forces that al-qeada could be planning attacks in three states today. this morning the fbi is looking at the credibility of the threat. sources tell cbs news the threats are focused on new york, texas or virginia. 10news political analyst lars hafner says don't let the threat stop you from going about your day. the threats are vague and there no specific targets. either way, people in new york, texas and virginia will see ramped up security today. janet reno, the first woman to serve as u-s attorney general, has died. comp

president-elect mike pence and his wife karen pence wi they'll be hosted by vice president joe biden and dr. jill biden. the couples will talk about the presidential transition, during lunch at one this afternoon at the naval observatory. tonight - hillary clinton will make her first public appearance since the election, at a fundraising event here in d-c. the former democratic presidential candidate is being honored for her contributions to child advocacy at the newseum. new this morning - a former student, under arrest for making threats against his old high school. prince george's threatened on twitter to bring guns and explosives to high point high school in beltsville yesterday. police say their investigation found that avelar did not have access to either. avelar has been charged with a threat of mass violence. 7 on your side is fighting back against crime- with a warning about a terrifying phone call. someone's calling people in prince george's county- claiming to have kidnapped a loved one! at least a dozen people have been targeted. police say the caller demands a ransom. here's th

vice president joe biden and dr. jill biden called pence and his wife karen today to welcome them biden has offered to answer any questions to make the transition as smooth as possible. >>> imagine getting a collection notice in the mail on an account you closed nine years ago. the debt, $11,000. it happened to a maryland woman who called nbc 4 responds consumer reporter susan hogan, who got her results. >> reporter: think of all the accounts you have closed over the years, utilities, phones, credit cards. but this next story will have you sima coats's relationship with verizon isn't very rosie these days. >> i said, i don't want the service. >> reporter: nine years ago she says she contacted verizon to cancel her home service. no big deal, right? >> and that was it. >> reporter: well, not quite. fast forward to september of this year and look what she got in the mail. a past due bill from verizon for >> i nearly faint. i nearly passed out. and got on the phone right away to verizon customer service. what is this? >>

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biden will welcome him too. the official residence for the vice president, the naval observatory. his wife is expected to attend a luncheon as well. we don't know if dr. jill biden will be in attendance for that. i have a feeling they will all get together at some point. is currently the governor of indiana will become the nation's vice president on january 20. >> dana: also happening today hillary clinton will make her first public appearance since making her concession speech. she will be honored in the nation's capitol where she once worked as a young staff attorney. she's called a life long champion of children. republican is switching up parties. now we're hearing why for the first time from the state senator patricia farley. she's going to serve as an independent. the move was made because of frustrations with how the system was working. she felt pressure to adopt a party platform and could not get her own ideas on the agenda. >> party name comes with too. i think i'm better off driving agenda i believe in versus driving agenda that was handed to me. >> she's hoping that more politicians will shed party affiliation so they can do what is right

vice president joe biden along with his wife dr. jill biden will be appearing at two events in florida. the first will be at tallahassee, a get out the vote rally there. the second will be a concert tonight here in st. pete. as for democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton, she will not be appearing today in florida. she will be in at least three other states. now, the event today, again, it kicks off at 5 p.m. the gates to the concert open at 3 this afternoon. of course; we'll have you covered for the very la abcactionnews.com. for now reporting live in st. pete, rodney dunigan abc action news. >>> 5:34. you may have seen tv commercials asking you to vote yes on amendment 1. that's the controversial solar energy amendment some critics call a scam by utility companies. this ad claims amendment 1 would safeguard consumers, especially senior citizens who may want to install solar protections. our partners at politifact looked at what the amendment does. politifact found the ad is false. amendment 1 would offer no new protections

he and his wife will have lunch with vice president joe biden and dr. biden at their residence. and he'll get a daily presidential briefing later this morning and is expected to visit the donald trump transition office. >>> and brand new video this morning from president obama's final trip abroad while in office. he's in greece right now visiting the acropolis. the entire site was closed while he was there. the president will give a speech in greece this morning and leafo >>> and new orders as firefighters try to stop the wildfires raging in the south. the u.s. forest service bans campfires, fireworks and smoking outdoors until the fires are under control. >> all those activities could spark new fires. north carolina, georgia and tennessee are all dealing with record drought, too. across those states, some 80,000 acres of land are burning. smoke from the fires is covering even bigger swaths of land. >> you betcha. >> mild 60s out there. >> you have to feel for the folks in north carolina. they were inundated from floodwaters from matthew. hardly a drop made it into northeastern

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with only hours to go in the commonwealth, they were joined on stage biden, who is joined by his wife, dr. jill biden. they want to make sure that you get your friends out. they talked about the deep and abiding personal difference between mrs. clinton and mr. trump. >> this election is about our national character. the example we set for our for the next decade. a nation that leads not just by the example of our power, but because of the power of our example. >> donald trump's a different point of view. he started off in his quest for political significance by perpetrating the bigoted lie that president obama is not a u.s. citizen. he started out his first campaign speech by saying racists and criminals. and it has been one non-stop insult after the next. jay: u.s. senator tim kaine wrapped up by saying, "are you ready to make history, virginia?" last stop tonight, right about now, in richmond. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: there was quite a scene in philadelphia tonight. people filled independence mall for a get out the vote rally and concert. this was hillary clinton's final campaign

biden will welcome mike residence at the naval observatory. pence spent tuesday in transition meetings at trump tower. his wife karen is expected to attend the lunch as well. no word if dr. jill biden will be there. hillary clinton will make her first public appearance tonight since giving her consession speech last week. tonight, she'll be honored by the children's defense fund in d-c, where she once worked as a young staff attorney. president-elect donald trump is going to have to make some tough the trump international hotel in washington just opened. but the historic post office turned five-star property may prove to be a conflict-of- interest for trump. for example...it may raise ethical questions if trump holds press conferences on the property... or if diplomats decide to stay at the hotel. trump said he plans to transfer his business empire to his children during his presidency. next month the electoral college will affirm trump's presidency -- and one of iowa's electors says he's being threatened. james whitmer- one of six he says he's received calls and messages demanding he vote for someone else. whitmer is a "faithless elector" - meaning he has the option to

. >> reporter: and vice president joe biden and his wife dr. jill biden will appear this morning at a get out the vote rally later on today [ technical difficulties ] >> and we apologize for those technical difficulties. democracy 2016 continues now. we're looking at the key states that will decide the election, and while trump appears to be behind clinton 268 to 204 electoral votes polls show he can still win. take a look at this map. the states in the dark gray hampshire, maine, utah, nevada. states in red are leaning republican, utah, nebraska, iowa, ohio, georgia. the blue states are leaning democratic. colorado, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, and virginia. now if trump wins every battleground state he'll win the election. he can also win if he loses a key state like north carolina, but flips when democratic leaning state. if clinton wins florida, way, odds are she will win the election. >>> you may have seen tv commercials asking you to vote yes on amendment 1. that's the controversial solar energy amendment that some critics claim is a

joe biden will welcome mike pence today at the vice president's official red transition meetings at trump tower. his wife karen is expected to attend the lunch as well. no word if dr. jill biden will be there. ditching the press for a bite to eat. the media had been told the president elect wasn't going anywhere -- but then donald trump was seen leaving trump tower for a bite to eat. many people probably don't think this is a big deal. but every president and president-elect in recent memory has traveled with a pool of journalists when they presidential candidate hillary clinton will make her first public appearance tonight since giving her consession speech last week. tonight, she'll be honored by the children's defense fund in d-c, where she once worked as a young staff attorney. speaker of the house paul ryan will remain in his leadership role for a second term. there will be a formal vote on the house floor in january -- to have more than enough votes on his side. representatives of the electoral college will cast their votes next month. but -- a waterloo man says his vote. james whitmer - one of iowa's six electors - says he's received calls and messages on h

dr. jill biden cast their ballots at due upon high school and biden stopped for photos with the people manning the polls. >> and acial race to the white house. >> a live look from chopper 6 hd over northern liberties, viewers are sending us pictures of long poll lines and with the evening rush we expect more of you to head out to the polls in the final hours as we are seeing right here tonight. >> we are keeping an eye on ballot centers in the city and suburbs. lets begin with gray hall live at the morton school in southwest philadelphia. >> reporter: sharrie, brian, no long lines right now but that was not the case at 7:30 this morning when poll workers tell me the lines stretched out the door and around the building, the early morning voters were eager to cast their ballots before going to work. >> you don't go out and vote every vote counts. >> like thousands of locations, the aimage is the same. eager voters are headed to the polls some of them first time voters and everyone wanted their voices to be heard. >> this is the big one, i had an opinion for once. who was more compassionate of th

dr. it biden stones etched with each vice-president their family and the display he created to showcase the china from past vice-presidents. >> every day when i drive up it's a pinch me moment. as their social secretary greeting every guest that comes through the front door it really is a privilege and honor. >> planning the parties is no uzi task. sometimes he has a few tweaks put an event together and sometimes it's a few days. >> as conductor if you will, all the pieces are together and that everything is ready to go for the next step. >> as we say in this business if you fail to plan, plan to fail. >> when you can finally breathe. >> january 20. >> it's a big job. >> yeah. >> he said once he had a lup to much plan for twelve world lead nertz biden home and had three days to plan that. >> oh, my gosh. >> he says it speaks to the biden how the their lives when his mother died bidens said we want to hold a mass in the home for you and for your mother and so they had 100 of his friends come in and celebrate his mom's life after she died. so it was very meaningful to him. but he's one of the

dr. jill biden. earlier today they were in they are really trying to inspire people to get out and vote and in particular they are targeting women and minorities. they have been honing in on the swing state and the other states because of this particular little factoid. clinton camp is enthusiastic about. there is an uptick in the latinos involved in the early swing states like of course florida, nevada and north carolina. the clinton camp uses this as encouraging news. the remarks are expected to begin around 8:45, 9:00 p.m. the final event in richmond. larry: abc7's coverage of vote 2016 continues tonight as we country. a whirlwind tour of the critical states hours until the polls open at 2:00 on the sister station -- at 7:00 on newschannel8. alison: turning to other news. developing story in the david black murder trial. the jury heard closing arguments. black is accused of killing his estranged wife bonnie in arlington last year. her body was discovered in the bedroom of her home by the couple's

vice-president biden will be here along with his wife dr. jill biden charlie crist and patrick murphy also expected to be there as well gates open 3:00 p.m. concert expected to start around 5:30 and wrap up by 7. >>> polls are open from 7 in the morning until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. make sure you bring a photo id, when head out you're lewd to take sample ballot. unlike early voting though you must vote at your assigned polling place. so make certain you double check befo >>> as candidates make their final pushes we've got you covered right here on both fox 13 on air and online. be sure to tune in tomorrow morning as the polls open and tomorrow night those first results start rolling in. >>> it is 8:34. you have helped the polk county sheriff's office solve crimes time after time. they are asking for your help again. 20-year-old jill was hit and killed saturday on a saturday august 9th, 2014. deputies say that jill left work that friday evening. and started walking the six miles to her house. and she was almost home when she was killed. happened s

dr. jill biden cast their ballots at ai dupont high school in wilmington. the vice president has vocally supported hillary clinton and it has been a heck of a campaign and applauded the volunteers who are manning the poll today. >>> president obama continued his election day tradition of playing basketball with friends today and then walked to the white house and said is he not feeling nervous about the outcome. >> as long as people vote i think they will do a good job. the president supports hillary clinton and voted early last month in chicago his home town. >>> a look at closing numbers in the u.s. stocks, the rally upward continues on this day, the dow rallying up more than 72 points and the nasdaq up more than 27 and the s&p 500 up over 8 points today. >>> bit of a rally in the weather department too. you can't complain about the sunshine today. adam call its the real winner this day. >> reporter: for sure something we can agree upon this afternoon. today was a beauty and now the sun is lower on the horizon and it looks darker and clouds increasing fro

dr. jill biden is also with jimmy buffett will perform later tonight. event albert whitted field and a doors open this afternoon about 3 o'clock. of course fox 13 will be there. to talk about all of this let's brink in a fox 13 political editor craig patrick. already voted, trump and biden are campaigning here in florida. his going to make any difference late in game huge difference what we're seeing in early vote totals neck and neck. yes democrats close the gap day by day eventually out paced republicans. but they are not voting same level they did four years ago when president obama won the state by less than 1 point. what we're also seeing in the early vote totals that is hillary clinton is not energizing immobilizing african american voters. who strongly as did president obamafour years ago. what we are seeing though is a spike in hispanic voters who polls show strongly favor hillary clinton. the question is, to what extent may that be a wash for her. there's some concern really for both sides because donald trump mat mat cannot win the white house

biden in his hem state of delaware this morning. he stopped by the alex dupont high school to cast his ballot this morning. he was joined by his wife drers in delaware are also focused on another big race. >> select a new governor tonig tonight. brad sattin following gubernatorial race and congressional race live in wilmington. brad? >> reporter: yeah, in fact, we're at the double tree this is going to be kind of party central for the democrats. little bit later tonight. right now as you can see it is pretty quiet but, you know, delaware is blue state and there are high expectations in both of those races, again, talking about the governor's race and the race in congress. let us start with the governor's race. we have john carney the democrat going against colin bonini. he is the republican. it has been very civil race between the two. carney delaware's us representative serving three terms stepping down now to run for governor against state senator bonini who says delaware needs reform education, criminal justice and how the state spends its money. now on the congressional side of things, delaware could see its first african-american

dr. jill biden. 2011, more than 1.14 million veterans have been hired or received job training. joining me now to talk about veterans is a nooe chen, chief of staff public thanks so much for being here. >> thank you so much, happy veteran's day. >> thank you. veterans struggle to reak la mate to the work force. 1.4 million jobs is a big achievement, how did you do it? >> well, it was something that took all of our federal agencies. d.o.d. all got together, a huge private sector. we had folks like jpmorgan chase leading the way and the chamber of commerce and small businesses. >> is it just recruiting, looking for veterans. is it educating companies to not be afraid of veterans. >> the second point is an important one. the best employees that you can have. a lot of times sometimes employers are afraid. sometimes they don't understand the skills that a veteran learned in the military and how that translates to the civilian world. skills translators have been a big part of the work that they will transl

dr. jill biden at the white house five years ago. and to the military service initiative established by president and mrs. bush at the george w. bush institute. these are great examples of using their platform during and after their white house years. there are many organizations that are here that have been supporting joining forces and the military service initiative, as well as service members and veterans and military spouses. so i thank you all for joining us today. and with that, i'd like to welcome to the stage dr. neill kerwin, the president of american university, to introduce our first distinguished panel. dr. kerwin became american university's 14th president in 2007. he joined au in 1975 as a member of the faculty, then became the dean of the school of public affairs. later the provost and then the president. he is a visionary and a great leader and was instrumental in encouraging me to develop this initiative as he watched with great interest the growing influence of the first lady in public policy, in politics and in gl

. >> minutes ago this was vice president joe biden voting in wilmington. his wife dr. rant hostess at a neighborhood favorite - a place for a good, family meal. she juggled customers, cooks, waitresses - and never complained. my dad was a police officer walking his beat. i learned from both what it means to be honest, to work hard, and love family. big banks, wall street, special interests - that's who pat toomey's with. in the senate, i'll work for you and your family. i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message. >>> we're back now, 8:30 on a tuesday morning, it is the 8th day of november, 2016. of course, that makes it election day. and we have moved from our election center in 30 rock over to our plaza this morning to say hi to a big crowd of people that's gathered here. >> really cool! >> it's freezing out here! >> i missed that crowd being across the street. nice to see everybody. >>> coming up, a rising star. zara larsson. >> that young lady opens for beyonce. she's something special. >>> then on to "renovate today," how jill martin helped give the home of recen

dr. david agus and steven brill. david is a cancer specialist and professor and best selling advising vice president biden's moon shot to provide new cancer and dr. steven brill is the author of america's bitter pill insurance companies are backing out of exchange programs and what is going on? not what we thought would happen. >> we need health care for people. a right in our country and we should have a right to care. obamacare published that. 20 million people now have coverage who didn't have coverage. one of the premises is young people who never get sick would enter the system and contribute their dollars and subsidized people. as you get older you get more and more ailments and start to even out. the young people said, listen, i'm just going to pay a fee. i don't want to enter because the prices are going too high. when you don't have that angle, that see saw tips and what we are starting to see now. >> what is the solution? >> well, the solution is you don't throw it out, the baby million people with health care and it works no matter who you talk to. each policy has to be refined. >> this is not -- go ahead.

dr. lars haf-ner explains which counties could decide the election. crucial trump is making one last stop here before election day. he'll be in sarasota today for a rally. also happening today, vice president joe biden and singer jimmy buffett will host an evening concert for clinton in st. petersburg. crews worked overnight to clear the scene of a car crews worked overnight to clear the scene of a car fire on u-s 19 in clearwater. this car caught fire in the southbound lanes near drew street. firefighters say a mother and her two children were inside the car. thankfully, they escaped just in time and were not hurt. a crash on interstate 75 over the weekend that killed a man and his two children. the children's mother was in the car and was the only one to survive. this morning, investigators are piecing together a timeline of what happened in the hours leading up to the crash and the evidence that suggests the driver might have been drinking. here's 10 news reporter garin flowers. joseph mcdaniel garin flowers sot once they said his kid's names, i many are grieving. sot once they said his kid's names, i knew it was him. joseph mcdaniel stopped by the scene this morning of sunday's deadly car crash.

dr. ben carson said he's not interested in serving in the trump administration and if his name is called, he won't answer. >> on "cbs this morning." >> photo of a young joe biden. it's blowing up the internet. it's the only thing uniting the country right now. have a lo. that's joe biden there. i mean, i want to start my at a honestly. look at that. he makes me pron amnd i'm not even american. announcer:his portn of "cbs this morning" sponsobyta. let's go places! >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> president-elect donald trump's transition team is in the middle of a shake-up and sources say it is scrambling to get on track. advisers were coming and going all day yesterday at trump tower. the transition team announced a flurry of changes. the new man in charge vice president-elect mike pence has removed all lobbyists from the team. chris christie also resigned. >> a cbs news source described it as blowing up the team. but the president-elect tweeted last night that the process of choosing his cabinet is very organized and only he knows who the finalists are. major garrett is tracking the names being considered for the administration. >> reporter: mike pence