but now she's a member of florida's house of representatives. meet the woman who has become the state's this is violet. she's been waiting for this moment for awhile. a moment other kids wouldn't think twice about. her first bowl of cheerios. because now that cheerios are violet, and many others are enjoying their first getting the flu may depend on the year you were born. sounds strange... but a study shows... it all comes down to which strain you were exposed to as a baby. researchers found were exposed to a certain flu strain, you could be protected long- term against flu related viruses... reducing your chance of getting sick by up to 75 percent. until now it was thought your history of flu exposure offered little to no protection against new flu viruses. she's barely old enough to drink... yet a florida woman will have a hand in making new state laws. the 21-year-old college senior is one of the newest members of florida's house of representatives. erik waxler reports. mariano/florida house of representatives) "it was honestly the best nigh

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she just turned 21 but is now the youngest ever elected to the florida house of representatives. she doesn't slow down. >> from voters you would be surprised. you would think that they would say you are too young but i learned that i met that is what we need. >> she plans to go to law school. amanda murphy was beat by 748 vote. >> balancing school and work in doing all of that. it is a lot to handle. but the work does not stop here. asaph two years now to do the best i can for my community and i am so honored to be able to politics. her father jack is on the pasco county commission and now she often ranks him. >> she said she wanted to be the first woman president so it has been in her blood. >> reporter: she maybe 21 but she already has some powerful friends getting endorsements from rick scott and marco rubio . and pasco county, erik waxler >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> we were forecast today -- overcast today and it was green today on the radar. >> may be a few spots could pick up a couple showers this evening. look at all the cloud

. >> and ezekiel who all do the this lakeland, florida house 24/7. >> it's like community. you can fieppe find other peoply play with or play with us. >> the concept has changed of us, the industry made over $21 billion, but every gamer remembers being told at some point in their life that video games are not good for them. >> i when you grow up playing too many video games you are going to be a loser. >> but this new study shows in a on-line players tend to get better math, reading and science scores. >> ron weaver says the study shows that the on-line video mental workout and all of that kick thinking essentially makes brains stronger. >> indigo is not surprised by any of this, after all, his own interest gave him a really cool career, and put his name -- >> oh, 200-bit cheer, thank you so much. >> -- on thoughs of people's screens worldwide and did ac >> i am like the smartest person out there, so it's definitely true in a my case. >> one of the biggest stories in town was the bucs win today. >> kind of a bizarre score there, and i know a lot of people gave the bucs a ch

have to conduct orderly but it's a bit fast- paced. >> reporter: representative will return to florida house after an eight- year absence but under newly proposed house rules that are stricter on lobbyists and the budget process. >> there are some pieces of it that concern me a little bit but i think for the most part, i applaud him for really stepping up to make sure this process is as transparent as possible. >> reporter: derek bruce on who had previously been in the house been in the house says there is now an opportunity to revise the process. >> the senate is a different chamber and is is -- and it is expected to pass new rules to benefit itself and its constituents. >> reporter: the house members of the second largest class ever. the senate's 24 new members compose its largest freshman class. i am mac to -- match calcutta -- >>> tampa landed another big sporting event. >> how exciting to have another college playoff in your backyard. it's great for fans but other folks have great expectations as well. we will show you why coming up. >>> and whose the man? we're talking about the sexies

reporter: while most college students watched the election as the youngest person ever elected to florida's house of representatives. she doesn't slow down. i caught up with her on face time while she's in new hampshire for a conference. >> everyone that i met said, wow. you are doing this so young. that's what we need. >> reporter: she's a senior with plans to go to law school. she won by 748 >> balancing school and balancing work and doing all of that was a lot to handle but. i mean, the work doesn't stop here. i still have -- i have two years to do the best i can for my community and i'm so honored to be able to serve them. >> reporter: she grew up around politics. her father won his fourth term on the commission. she outranks him. >> we didn't expect this the first american president. >> he said i'm leapfrogging him. >> reporter: she may be 21 but she already has powerful friends, getting endorsements from doctor rick scott and senator marco rubio. >> wow. >>> an 88-year-old man can look at life in a whole new way thanks to technology. ray manned struggled with his sights for the last 52 year

a ucf student is now a member of the florida house. guns to insurance legislation and everything in between she will vote on. >> reporter: she is barely able to legally drink alcohol but amber will be voting on state day i can walk in there and see my name on the plaque and when i sit in that chair, that's when it is going to sink in. that's a dream come true -- come true. >> reporter: she knocked on doors in between writing papers for ucf. >> there's a lot of older people in the legislature. what is wrong with having one younger person? >> reporter: the republican narrowly defeated amanda murphy by 699 votes. she now hopes to make a splash fo can to bring money back to my district to fix flooding issues. after a single rainstorm, we flood out. >> reporter: and a youthful member has support. >> diversity is always good. i know amber because she is from my county and she grew up in a political family. her father has been a county there who is prepared, she fits the bill. >> reporter: while she represents the youngest of the incoming hou

this is florida. house locked up. you enjoy the weather. >> reporter: danny flew down from indiana and treated in this white landscape for this.>> i've never had thanksgiving on the beach. this is great. i mean this is the life. >> happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: he joined his family for their very first thanksgiving on the beach. >> i wanted to share it with my family. weekend with millions pouring into florida. no doubt these folks wanted to get their money's worth. >> that turkey is so good. truck this family is thankful to be together, away from the cold and away from chores. >> i didn't have to clean my house for my guests to come over. we won't have any dishes to do. >> reporter: having a change in seasons is nice but you won't find this in the indiana. where would you rather be? >> here. this day. as long as it's shared with family. but being at the beach is certainly a nice perk. in sarasota, john rodgers news channel 8. >>> don't spend all your money on black friday. coming up, why some bay area businesses a

she has got nothing to do with florida. he housesn the buildings and thousands and thousands of employees who we love, and got nothing to do this place. she doesn't know florida. that i can tell you. be i am really thrilled to here. this is the last day of our campaign. who would have believed it? . they say it is the single greatest movement politically speaking in the history of this country. and you believe that? can you believe that? it's quite an honor. and they say we will get a tremendous amount of credit win or lose. i say, no, no, no, i don't want credit if we lose. i'm not looking for credit. i'm not looking for credit. i'm looking to make america great again. decideection will whether we are ruled by a corrupt political class -- you have been watching what is going on. folks, the system is rate did. its, ok? the system is rigged. at least we know it. country, iin this think, because of us, have never known it so obviously as they do now. the system is totally rigged. evenry clinton should not be allowed to run for the pres

public buses will give you a free ride just show you voter id ask the cant and to the candidate florida house. and explaining which counties could decide the election. >> the way they go tends to go the united states. so we will be watching tampa, hillsborough and st. petersburg. and orange county and the counties to watch. those trends will tell us probably not early on. but will be the first signs as >> florida is so critical donald trump is making one last stop and will be in sarasota tomorrow for a rally and biden and buffet will also be in florida tomorrow for hillary clinton. >> this car caught fire in the southbound lane and a mother and her two childrenwer in the vehicle and were able -- children were in the vehicle and able to escape just in time. >> the children's mother was inside this car and was the only one to survive. and tonight investigators are piecing tomorrow a time line of what happens to the hours leading up to the crash and the >>. >> reporter: many are grieving. >> when they said the kids make the i knew it was him. >> reporter: he stopped by the scene of the deadly ca

. >>> a ucf student elected to the florida house of representatives. >> the new 21-year-old congresswoman will be voting on legislation ranging from guns, insurance and everything in between. met catches up with her today. >> reporter: forget the exams and parties, the types of things a typical 21-year-old college student might think about. for amber mariano she will now focus on budgets and some of the most controversial year-old university of central florida student one house district 30 seat -- 36 feet by a little over 3100 votes now she is being activated to the capital. >> i'm waiting for the day i can walk in and see my name on the plaque. i can sit in the chair and that is when it is going to sink and i think. is a dream come true. >> reporter: in the monday before the election she was finishing a term paper >>> a gorgeous wednesday afternoon for us making it's way through the weekend. it has been a nice one. 73 degrees out at land o lakes. winds coming out of the west northwest. >> no rain at this location . we're not even seeing clouds across the tampa bay area great photo sent t

so far he's the only current player who hags spoken out against the nfl's florida house takes office a week from tuesday and proposing tough new rules for house members to live by. . >> he is a no nonsense republican from pasco county and becomes speaker of the house on november 22nd and bringing a total rewrite of the house rules. >> when you have an open process then you're going to have the greatest output for people of the state of florida when it's closed doo much influence, everyone loses. >> in a hip video produced by the house hopes to explain the changes. >> we're go to add an additional day so we can scrutinize all these amends and people can't wait until the last second. that's why they have to do it the last minute we're going to say no, now, we'll have that time to be out there in the discouraged from hiring contract lobbiests. >>> well a lot of us are going through election fatigue this week. a lot of people's emotions are running high right now that's for sure but we have some answers about how to help deal with some of this stress. joining us now is dr. shekn >> yes. >

she just turned 213 weeks ago but is now the youngest person ever elected to florida's house of representatives. i caught up with her on face time to new hampshire for conference. >> you think voters would think you are too young to be doing this but everyone i met said you're doing this so young that's we need. >> mariano senior left to go to law school. she won by just 748 votes. >> balancing school work and doing all that is a lot to handle but the work doesn't here. for two years now to do the best i can for my community and west pascoe and i'm so honored to be able to serve them. >> she grew up around politics. her father jack just won his regarding mission now she outranks them. >> we didn't expect this opportunity to present itself so quickly but it takes years old she want to be the first woman president so it has been in her blood from way back when. >> she may be 21 but she already has a powerful friends getting endorsements along the way from governor rick scott senator marco rubio. >>> a south florida woman says her caught fire causing quite a mess in her house. bedding night out th

the 21-year-old became the youngest person ever elected to florida house of representatives. amber is a senior despite her age she beat democratic incumbent. she won by 788 votes. her dad just won his fourth term on commission but obviously she now outranks him. >> politics work and doing all of that. it's a lot to handle but doing the work doesn't stop here. i still have two years now to my community. >> didn't expect this opportunity to present itself so quickly but i will tell you at 6:00 she wanted to be the first lady president. >> she has some powerful friends. she's been endorsed by rick scott and senator marco rubio. some cooler air is forecasted to move in as soon as this evening. we begin to feel more like the holidays. >> no new york folks are getting into the holiday state hold on. >> the christmas tree. kind of like rockefeller. >> okay. it's going make it's journey to manhattan today. crews are scheduled cut down a 94-foot tall norway spruce and they'll take the two- day drive. it'll take them two days to 140 miles to rockefeller center. it will be lit on novemb

. >> reporter: there are 46 new members of the florida house of representatives, 18 new members of the florida senate. there are also perhaps more importantly 2 new leaders. newly elevated house speaker of pasco county is taking a drain the swamp approach when it comes to ethics in the legislature. he's rules in the nation. >> no more lobbying texting during committees in sessions, and no more lobbying after our term of service is done for not 2 but not -- and not 4, but 6 years. . >> in the senate joe negron of stuart is the new president. his top priority fund colleges and universities. ceremony the real work begins next month when meetings begin. >>> the tampa police department is amping up mall security this holiday season and so you know police officers will be patrolling mall parking lots and shopping areas beginning this weekend. thieves look for anything from purses to packages even cell phones. officers want to remind shoppers never leave anything in plain sight. lock your doors and be alert. eye out in the packed mall parking lot, fender-benders. according to the national saf

and historically the candidate who wins florida has house. that's why your vote is so important. it's also why in the past few weeks both candidates have zig-zagged across the state trying to rally support. 10 news political expert 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 hour

the 21-year-old became the youngest person ever elected to florida's house of representatives. amber mariana is a senior at ucs. despite her age she be democratic incumbent amanda murphy in the district 36 race. she won by 748 votes. she grew up around politics, her dad just won his fourth term on the pascoe county commission. >> she has been endorsed by governor. scott and senator. rubio. >>> wall street is off to a strong start. despite dow futures on election night showing losses of up to 850 points, the dow opened higher wednesday and kept climbing. the index opening this morning with a 250 points higher. it's up 122 points). >>> a county and south florida's clearing the way for the first us test using the net ?genetically modified mosquitoes the finer species and spreads the zika virus. one county allowed that test. traits to offspring that cause them to die in the wild dramatically and oh?reducing the overall population mosquitoes. since the neighborhood the test was supposed to happen, key haven voted against it. the final decision will be made by the florida keys mosqui

the 21-year-old elected to florida's house of representatives. >> you think that they'd be like you're too young to do this but everyone i met said that's what we need. >> amber mariano grew up around politics with her dad also winning his fourth term in the pasco county commission. she holds a higher office. >>> a next. >>> his clothes are out. his hair is in. the new decision on trump in the busy work underway. >>> your forecast looking fantastic tonight with temperatures in the 70s. clear skies, dry conditions. now we press that repeat you love all-day breakfast. i love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites all day. i don't love that. but now you're gonna love that you can get more all day. like mcgriddles. i love mcgriddles... so you'll have to find something else to not love. hey buddy! like exploding fist bumps. pggggggghew! or forgetting what you're about to do. wait...what was i about to do? or when people who say you look like... james lipton. oh man...it's uncanny. >>> back at the abc 15 live desk. an anti-trump protest in denver meantime

. >>> well, a 21-year-old ucf student from pasco county is among the newest members of the florida house. she is the youngest to be elected as a florida state representative. she beat out the incumbent and democrat amanda murphy saying she is ready to shake things up in at the has see. >> what do you think about you inspired voters? >> i think it's perspective right now. and with donald trump and bernie sanders, that's the thing that's going on. and people are really interested in having someone in there who is going to shake things up or look at things differently and try to get these issues fixed. >> well, she is a graduate of five high school. she will take the spring semester off and finish her degree next fall. i wasn't that ambitious at 21. >> the world by the horns there. >> exactly. >> yeah. >>> yeah, we told you about the, go-r launch. check out this shot from chris. she caught it from her place in seffner. a beautiful shot there. and mary just tweeted us this photo, the christmas tree at hyde park. it's looking like christmas. it's feeling more like christmas than thanksgiving.

he needed to win florida to have a shot at the white house. the polls favored hillary clinton ever so slightly, but it looks as if there is a path for donald trump. in fact, not just a path, but this point than there are for hillary clinton. so hillary clinton is still very much has a shot of winning the race to the white house tonight. we still have to see what happens in nevada, for example, utah. do we have an evan mcmillan surprise. what will happen in which and michigan? right now donald trump is leading in north carolina, but not by very much. 30% of the vote yet to go, but if this holds for donald trump, again, he is in a much better white house than is hillary clinton. the key states to watch at this point, you have new hampshire, small state but could make a very big difference approaching 43% of the results in. donald trump leading by near a thousand votes. very close as we said in north carolina. donald trump is running away with it in ohio, winning by what is this, more than 10 points now. it leaves michigan in particular, wisconsi

. >> reporter: the 46 new florida house members make up the second largest class ever for that chamber. reporting at the capitol, i'm matt galka. >>> and now across america. renovations to the capitol dome are complete. the dome was badly corroded since it was last restored administration. the three-year, $60 million project repaired more than 1300 cracks in the structure. and for a little perspective, that dome is 29 stories high and weighs 9 million pounds. >>> there's a new member of the 43rd president's family. former president george w. bush posted this photo on facebook with the new family pet fred -- freddie bush. he claims he and the former the spca of texas. he says the family's cats are finding his charm futile to resist. >>> and now restoring the gravestone of benjamin franklin. the trust launched the campaign after franklin's grave marker started developing a large crack. it's caused by years of people tossing pennies on to the grave. he said a penny saved is any earned. fund raisers are #savebenfranklin. >>> they are in insanely good shape with the warmest of hearts and po

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i was a page in middle school, and since then know i wanted to serve in the florida house. it's surreal is happened so >> it did. the new state lawmakers learn about the committee process, how to file bills, the state's open records law and proposed rules and get help setting up the district offices. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, he was a major force behind medical marijuana in the state, and now some want lawyer john morgan to run for governor in 2018. okay. let's bring in our fox 13 political editor craig patrick. would he have a chance, craig? >> he could based on the basics if you look at what worked for donald trump across the nation in terms of his name, his brand being an outsider. all of this i think democrats are licking their wounds and looking to john morgan saying it would work as well. we don't know if john morgan is interested this. a statement will be forthcoming from him later this week. it was the people behind the medical marijuana campaign who started the drive. who governor.com and the pac that has donors filling coffers with this bet they would not do that w

when it comes to republican former florida house speaker will weather ford and florida commissioner agriculture adam putnam are considering a run for governor. a little over 12 hours, someone could be a millionaire. it's us. there's always the dream. powerball madness is here. and people have every right to be excited. there's a winning streak happening right here tampa bay area. alcides is live because there's a common thread with all of these winners. it's oh thank heaven for? >> 7-11. thank you. a long pause, man. that was a long pause. >>, and. as quick as it gets, buddy how would you like to wake up tomorrow morning a millionaire. the powerball drawing cash value 185 million if you believe in luck you should probably say a 7-11. especially if you live here in bay area. why did you ask? two winners in less than a month. that includes a woman who lives in lakeland who is 57 years old. she purchased a ticket claiming $18 million. her ticket was jackpot winning lotto ticket at 17-11 located 6,000 block highway 98 in lakeland. also, just this past friday not too long ago the florida lottery ann

he said he is confident he will win florida and take the white house. right now joe biden is in st. petersburg urging floridians support hillary clinton. >> also lakeland police searching for at least one more person involved in an early- morning home invasion. the suspects busted in a home in cleveland heights boulevard and threatened her husband at gunpoint before getting away with some money. police arrested two brothers from kissimmee and a 19-year- old from lakeland. >> 500 staffers across the country are being sent to than the sent out in 2012. >> one of those monitors will be watching for civil rights violations. abc action news reporter isabel rosales joins us in the studio. what else our local election officials doing?

. >> and owes kell who all do the same thing living and working out of this lakeland, florida, househours a day, seven days a week. >> it's like a community. you can find on the people to play with. they can play with us. perception of gamers has changed a bit over the years. after all, the industry made more than $20 billion last year in the us alone. still, everyone of these guys at streamer house remembers at some point in their lives being told that video games may not be good for them. >> i think there was this kind of stigma against them thinking that if you play too much video games you're going to go grow up and be a loser report roar this recent study of 12,000, 15-year-olds finds that students who play online video games not every day but almost every day tend to get better math, reading and science scores. >> we're starting to see those studies rise more and more. >> reporter: ron weaver with ucf florida interactive entertainment academy. he says the study shows online video games essentially give kids a good mental workout. >> there's all kinds of logical reasoning and cr

in tampa and with six days left in the all- important autograph state of florida the message is simple get out and >> a white house heavy hitter in tampa hammering home the importance of florida. >> not a joke. you all do your job we get to go to bed early tuesday night. >> vice president joe biden wasting no time taking verbal jabs at donald trump. >> this guy doesn't deserve to be president. he really doesn't. >> speakers at the rally remounting -- reminding the house could be hampered by a republican majority in congress who vow to hit clinton with more investigations into the controversial emails even if she is president. >> unknowing. the fbi handled the email thing irresponsibly. >> the toss a better of state, every vote counts. >> some say they wish it was joe biden fighting for the top spot. and are happy to hear him as a potent >> the vice president speaking to a crowd in west palm beach today, as for the candidate herself, according to her website she has no more scheduled events for here in the sunshine state. ryne smith abc action news. >>> in the bay area today a push to get tampa students to vote. th

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going to win the great state of florida, and we are going to take back the white house. this is it. good luck. get out there. i did my thing. i mean, i worked. >> reporter: trump even lightened the mood by reach entering a crowd for a flimsy likeness of himself. erie, pennsylvania, mike pence called his time as trump's running mate an extraordinary journey. >> that man is ready. this team is ready. this movement. is obviously ready. >> reporter: the trump campaign is encouraged by early and absentee vote totals in florida, ohio and north carolina, but they acknowledged day-of turnout there and in pennsylvania, michigan and especially new hampshire are crucial to trump's fate. in that rar, scott, trump will try to set a good example, voting election day early in manhattan. >> pelley: parrot for us tonight. now let's go to nancy cordes covering the clinton campaign. >> we can do this. >> reporter: nearly 600 days after launching her bid, clinton wrapped it up today with a simple message: vote. >> reporter: spent the day bouncing between two key states, pennsylvania and mic

on housing, diana olick in port florida. begin with scott cohn in raleigh, north carolina, where more than just the presidency is at stake in the tar heel state. >> reporter: all roads to the white house go through raleigh. donald trump with an afternoon rally. >> we are going to winin the grt state of north carolina. and we are going to win back the white house. >> reporter: while hillary clinton plans a midnight rally, her running mate and husband, crisscrossing the state before hand. it's not just the 15 electoral votes at stake or a potentially pivotal u.s. senate race. the north carolina governor's race, the closest in the country, is a referendum on the state's controversial law signed by governor pat mccrory, restricting transgender's people use of public bathrooms. >> the controversial law has been blamed for close to $500 million. >> reporter: opponents say the law, which also bars local anti discrimination ordinances is costing the state billions in business. >> putting such a negative brand on the state is going t

she's got nothing to do with florida. houseshe buildings and thousands and thousands of employees who we love. she's got nothing to do with this place. she doesn't know florida, that i can tell you. but i am really thrilled to be here. day of our last campaign. who would have believed it? campaign, too.e it has been some campaign. they say it is the single greatest movement, politically , in the history of this country. can you believe that? that is quite an honor. they say we will get a tremendous amount of credit, win or lose. i said no, no, no, i don't want any credit if we lose. i'm not looking for credit. i'm looking to make america great again. that's it. [applause] this election will decide whether we are ruled by a corrupt political class. you have been watching what's going on -- the system is rigged. the system is rigged. at least we know it and people in this country, i think because of us, have never known it so obviously as a do now. the system is totally rigged. clinton should not even be allowed to run for the pre

florida to raise the minimum wage have been shut down at the florida state -- shot down at the florida state house. they say there are unintend cause if you raise to $15 an and more automation. >>> a community is remembering a 14-year-old in what appears to be a tragic accident. tyler daughtry and two other teens were playing with a shotgun when it went off. grief counselors will be on hand today at his middle school to help students and staff that may need it and the investigators still speaking with the kids involved and reviewing the everyday today. and criminal charges are still possible. >>> a veteran's home is now torched. and the investigators are looking if he was targeted because he voted for donald trump. the person left graffiti and anti-trump graffiti on the always was of the house. the man and his wife and two children were not in the home when the fire started. they were with family for the holidays. but smith believes whoever did this was trying to copy other destructive anti-trump protesters around the country. >> it's been for several months now where there's protesters property,

>> hot enough to peel paint off a florida concrete block house. >> how about fired up like a tampa parking lot in the middle of july. >> we have a special glory days buck edition with glad colepepper >> thanks for having me. >> ul take charley. >> charley belcher, are you ready for this? >> as long as you don't sack me aisle be good to go. >> who accused gerald ford of playing too much football without a helmet? >> well, roger gadel maybe? put him right into the concussion protocol. delayed the election for weeks. i'm pretty sure. maybe not. maybe not. no. actually, this question. perfect answer to this question is richard nixon. i am not a crook but i think that he played too much football without a helmet. richard nixon. >> that sounds like something nix on would say. i agree? >> no. you got it wrong. circle gets the square. right off the bat it's looking good for you brad. me. not unexpected. >> i'll take mark. >> going to take mark. this one is you. >> hit me. i don't really want to get hit. ask if question. >> where do we get the term stunt speech? back in the old days they've been do

many say trump needs to win florida to win white house. >> in central florida. her running mate tim kaine are speak in sarasota today. president clinton and obama and jovi. clinton will be in state petersburg today as well. this weekend's rallies are -- you do need to reive a ticket. check out our website. abc action news. >>> tracking poll shows hillary clinton picking up momentum. now 47-4 #% but it's considered a neck and neck race. >> tightening as well just four days shy of the election. here's abc's maggie with more white house. >>> who has voted? whoa. not sure because -- >> the race for the the white house down to to the wire. >> on a campaign swing for the leads have been -- >> thank you. get out and vote. >> donald trump trying to -- an odder credentials. washington, d.c. and we are gong to drain. >> pleaded for undecided voters. >> it's not as important as they think about voting for me as it is they think about voting for herself. >> falling on her reserves. bernie sanders in iowa. joe biden in wisconsin. and president obama in north carolina. >> her

florida. and we are going to take back the white house. >> this is it. good luck. get out there. i did my thing. i mean, i worked. >> trump lightened the mood by reaching into the crowd for a flimsy likeness of himself. >> nice set of hair, i will say that. >> campaigning in mike pence called his time as trump's runningmate an extraordinary journey. >> that man its ready. whether she catches the white house or not, hillary clinton made history. the only first lady to ever serve an elected office. new york senator, and she is the first woman to head a major party ticket. clinton is pushing now for the trifecta, the oval office. nancy cordes with the clinton nearly 600 days after launching her bid. clinton wrapped it up with a simple message. vote. >> if the lines are long tomorrow, please wait. >> unlike trump spent the day bouncing between two key states. pennsylvania and michigan. this election is basically between -- vi didivision and unn our country. [ applause ] between strong and steady leadership or a loose cannon who could put everything at risk. >> i think i have some wor

florida... wins the white house. so it could be a nailbiter. in our latest fox 13 opinion savvy poll taken over the weekend... just two points separate trump and clinton in florida... and that's well within the 3-point-4 percent margin of error.((more)) more than 6-and-a-half million floridians have ?already cast their ballot in this election... a state record for early voting. but we know a lot more of you... still haven't made your pick. fox 13's shayla reaves is ?live at one polling place in hillsborough county - where the department of justice will be monitoring here's everything you need to know, before heading to the polls this morning. all the polls will be open from seven-a-m, to seven p-m. make sure you bring a government issued photo i-d. if you have a sample ballot you ?are allowed to take it into the polling room .. and unlike early voting, you must vote at your assigned precinct. it will be labeled on your voter registration card. and if you're in ?line by 7 p.m. ... you ?will be allowed to vote, by ?law. and a warning... for anyone

and now to house. florida historically republican 13th congressional district flips from red to blue after charlie crist defeated current congressman david jolly. former governor beat congressman jolly last night 52-48. crist pledged to bring civility to was >> these races are difficult. and they can be tough sometimes. it turned out well for us. but i want to thank david jolly and his wife laura. and while he was my opponent, he was never my enemy. and so i wish them well. i wish them the very best. and during david jolly's concession speech he made point to say politics has change ad lot in last four years. for marco rubio senate seat that's when senator said he planned to retire after his unsuccessful republican presidential primary then he later refused to endorse donald trump saying he felt abandoned by republican party. and surprising upset locally, former federal prosecutor an true warren narrowly defeated mark ober and now hillsborough county state attorney. only a few thousand votes separated the two.

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