people trapped at this hilton hotel. look at these images, surrounded by flames. >> nothing we have experienced has prepared us for what we experienced here in the last 24 hours. >> dolly parton's namesake theme park now in its cross hairs. we'll take you there with the latest. >> and breaking overnight, in trumpland, his picks for health and human services. a congressman who made a mission of repealing obamacare, as donald trump meets again with mitt romney later today. >>> plus, the assailant, an american hero. new details on the ohio state student who attacked his classmates. >> i think it's some type of terrorist attack. he did it -- >> his online posts complaining of muslims killed across the globe, and the police officer who stopped him within minutes praised as a hero this morning. >>> we're going to begin with that breaking news overnight, the plane crash in south america, and several new developments just coming in. 76 people were killed, but at least five survived this deadly crash after the plane went down in

he met his spores at the hilton hotel behind me around 3:00 this morning, and when he arrived on stage, as you might imagine, he arrived to a thunderous ovation among his supporters here at the hilton. after he swept to victory in this historic upset with no previous political experience. trump defied predictions and won the key battleground states to capture the white house. he broke through the democrats blue wall and ran on the electoral map making history. florida and north carolina fell in his favor first. then they were both toss-ups. ohio went his way and then the big one, wisconsin and pennsylvania. those states have not voted for the 198s. done done just a few hours ago -- here is donald trump donald trump a few hoursing into his victory speech.now it is time for america to bind the wounds of division. we have got to get together. for all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. [cheering] hillary clinton did call him to concede and commended her on her service to america. this came only an ho

donald trump will hold the party and rally tonight behind me about a half block behind me at the hilton hotel, and hillary clinton she will have a party and rally over at the javet center. >> gene: new hampshire close electoral votes became a must have for both campaigns and yesterday its important and evidence as donald trump and president obama made a final >> michael: trump also lead a letter of support that he claimed was from bill belichick. lakely radio appearance yesterday morning he had not voted yet and then brady's wife gisele posted on instagram that the pair is not backing trump regardless. as the saying goes, only vote that really matters is yours. 6:00 this morning at the top of this hour even more opened up throughout new hampshire and most closed tonight at 7:00, some close at 8:00, make sure to check the info on your polling place at fox25boston.com before you head to the polls. live in nashua, i'm michael henrich, fox25 news. >> gene: donald trump getting an early lead in new hampshire. their community under 100 voters can open polls at midnight. and it could be the last tim

at the hilton hotel, that's where donald trump is going to be holding his invitation only party later on tonight. we saw preparations there hours before he was even in the state there's an undeniable show of force in new york city. new yorkers and tourists alike have noticed. >> i'm concerned, i guess, why. >> i think it's important to be prepared. please, god, they won't have to do anything, but if they do have to do anything, i would like to think there are plenty of them. >> reporter: this is the first time that both the democratic and republican nominees are spending election day in new york city. and they're only two miles away from one another. nypd police chief carlos gomez says he's not taking any chances. >> this is the largest election detail that new york city has ever had. >> reporter: roads around trump tower, the hilton hotel and the gavin center is closed. police are also assigned to every single polling location in new york city, that's including all five boroughs, 1,200 different polling locations, i want to bring in my colleague lauren mak lauren mayk, she's down the

donald trump holding his victory so behind me at the hilton hotel. it was a huge gathering there and it was just huge ovation as donald trump arrived there about 3:00. a little before 3:00 to give his 14 minute speech. show you video now. trump, of course, with no prior political experience heading into this election. defied predictions and one key battle ground states. narrow path to victory and he did it capturing the white house. he broke through the democratic blue wall, ran the election -- electoral map making history. early on it was florida and north carolina. both toss-up states that went his way. then he won ohio, then he won two other key battle ground states, wisconsin and pennsylvania, which put him over the top. the states, they have not voted republican for president since back in 1988. so donald trump had to get the battle ground state and did it >> now it is time for america to bind wounds of division and get together. to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation. i say it is time for us to come together as one

one man got caught inside the park vista hilton hotel as the flames burned just outside the doors. >> it's so much worse outside. smoke in here. so-- [sirens]-- they're keeping us in here for now. >> people stayed inside until they could be safely evacuated. the fire burned near country star dolly parton's theme park, dollywood. rain is expected today. >>> investigators are looking into that attack at ohio state university as a possible terror attack. police say somali refugee abdul razak ali artan intentionally rammed his car into a group of people yesterday, then used a butcher knife to stab people. 11 are hurt. a university police officer shot and killed the man. investigators are looking into a post the attacker as you see here, reportedly made on facebook. seems he was sick of muslims were being treated. students came together for a prayer vigil last night. class is on today. >>> today a judge will sentence the man convicted of killing a colorado state patrol cadet near longmont. a jury found him guilty of that crash that killed the one officer and seriously injured the other. pr

. >> the flames came dangerously close to a hilton hotel. flames threatened but spared the dollywood theme park. >> those movies that you see about apocalypse, that's what we >> firefighters admit they haven't been able to reach certain areas. >> we haven't been able to get in all of the areas. we pray that we don't experience any more fatalities. >> reporter: fires destroyed or damaged hundreds of businesses. some entire neighborhoods were destroyed. >> this is the largest fire in the last 100 years in the state of tennessee. >> reporter: and authorities are now investigating the cause >> it's unbelievable the scale of this thing. >> it seems every moment more things pop up on social media. la toya thanks. >>> the man who be drove the van crashing into tracy morgan pleaded guilty. earlier he pled guilty to aggravated assault. under the terms of his pretrial deal he will enter into a are monitored program. >> news3 was honored again this year to participate the rape mced bigerard ramalho. how to spot warning signs that trouble may be coming.

at the hilton hotel in manhattan watching the election results as they come in. shannon: president obama is sticking to his election day routine comings playing basketball with his friends hooping it up for more than an hour this morning at the nation's capitol. he's back at the white house and plans to stay there as the returns come in. steve: storm team 4 get the latest on day weather. >> certainly not the 60s and days in november. our temperatures have dropped off. high of 59 today. very close to that 60-degree mark, but more in terms of cloud coverage and notice the wind from the northwest 15 to 20 miles-per-hour at times. brisk wind from the northwest behind a cold front that swung through earlier this morning. air temperature 55 in milwaukee. 53 in glendale and much cooler compared to the same time than yesterday. front swing across the region early this morning before many few areas with light sprinkles pushed on through. 40s in saint marie as well as ryne labrador. 60 hanging on in des moines. there's the cold front off to the west that brought the shower

flames came dangerously close to a hilton hotel. temporarily trapping terrified guests. >> panic. that's all we had was panic. we could feel the heat coming off of -- it was nothing but red. >> firefighters rr still not able to get to many of the burned out areas. they're concerned the death toll kwd rise. >>> victims in the attack at ohio state university are tack talking about their experience. >> when the car hit and hit me, i didn't really know what to think. i thought maybe this is a traffic accident but then people started shouting immediately. and i couldn't hear what they said but it was panic shouting. >> that professor is among lev lapeople injured ab. he got out and stabbed studabouts befare police shot and killed him. he's trying to figure out a motive. officials say there's no connection so far but the terror group has claimed he was working with them. they came together to show sufrrt for the victims. he urged the kmupt to move forward ape state of unity. >> this is bhie oofrss were training last night. we traps tap for the officers. they say this simulation the clos

his big election night party kicks off here at the hilton hotel. >>> and so the polls are open right now and the voting process is underway here in the united states of er what are we looking at? >> you know, i had a nice pleasant day yesterday. everybody loved all that sunshine and 70 #-z and then now things are starting to rev up here. on a downward trend from here. and tracking your favorite things still. flakes in the forecast. >> your favorite thing. speak for yourself, my friend. >> possibility of a little bit tracking the clouds. they are starting to roll in. a greater cleveland area. the front is going to come in a lot quicker than we thought. you're seeing your daytime highs. on a gradual decline. the moisture starts to flow through and the front is behind us. show you where we're seeing that moisture already starting -- huron county. right now cedar point to sandusky. this is a slow moving east about 15 to 20 miles an hour. you can see the long view, the cold front is behind that moisture. so we're not expecting that front to front to really enter until later on. as the moi

>> he took the stage at the hilton hotel in manhattan at midnight for the acceptance speech. with supporters and family around him, donald trump addressed the nation for the first time as president-elect. >> our country has tremendous potential it will be bull. every single american will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. the for gotten men and women of our country will be for gotten no longer. >> at 70, trump is the oldest person ever to be elected to a first presidential term. >> we are an hour away from hillary clinton addressing the nation for the first time since trump was declared the win. clinton called and congratulated trump last night. she has taken heat this morning for not immediately speaking to the nation. she is going to be speaking at 6:30 our time in new york city and we are told much of seating at the event is reserved for staff and aides, largely farewell to the people with have spent a long time now, more than a year, working on the campaign. she tweeted this message at 6:00 p.m. our time say this team has so much to be proud of,

tonight the trump family will be at the hilton hotel in election results come in. nancy chen, 7 news. patriots quarterback tom brady voicing his choice. he dropped off his absentee ballot yesterday at the brookline town hall. republican donald trump saying not only brady but bill belichick also casting their votes for him. victoria warren live in manchester, new hampshire with the latest on the trump campaign. >> reporter: trump has been spending a lot of time in new hampshire. he ended the night last night in michigan. but before that, he was here in manchester, hosting a huge rally telling a crowd of thousand that is every vote counts. >> did you ever think you would be hearing a major speech like around close to 1:00 in the morning? are we crazy? >> reporter: a huge rally in michigan after a huge rally in new hampshire. >> we said we want to finish off in new hampshire because of the incredible relationship i have... but who would have expected this? >> reporter: thousands packing 10,000 phone calls to voters during the rally while donald trump played to new eng

. >> reporter: flames close to a hilton hotel. over all, 14,000 people evacuated. >> i'm glad they did because them flames were on us and we know us. we couldn't see it. driving through roads choked by smoked and flames others taken by troopers. homes and businesses and churches lost. lives forever changed. >> to see that disappear it may appear to be a blink of an eye. >> so sad the blue ridge mountains are a treasure. dolly parton who's theme park spare side heart broken. fire broke out a day after the park service with dolly urging people to issue careful and prevent fires. >> jim: thank you for that. national heart break tonight in brazil a plane carrying a soccer team crashed killing 71 people. we brought this to you last night. six survivors now we are hearing one of them has died. journalist and invited guests of in the first round of the south american cup finals in columbia. investigators recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder and both are in perfect condition. >> isis now claiming responsibility fo

to a hilton hotels temporarily trapping horrify guess. 14,000 people were evacuated and gatlinburg>> those flames were right upon us.>> if it wasn't for them we would not gotten out it all. >> reporter: some evacuees drove out on their own. others were escorted out on foot by tennessee state troopers after down trees blocked roads. homes and businesses lost and lives forever altered. >> your heart. >> reporter: gatlinburg suddenly changed overnight. they are vowing to rebuild. and gatlinburg, tennessee, nbc news >> all of us here in arizona know all too well about the devastation these wildfires can cause. just last week at this time we were watching and saw ryan cody was in tennessee really not far away from where those fires are burning. what is that area like? with dolly parton in pigeon forge which is about 10 miles north of gatlinburg. even before these fire started burning, everyone talking about the drought. historically dry and no substantial rain and the last few months. the smoky mountains are actually of rain forests. they get more than 68 inches of rain annually and that

the flames came dangerously close to a hilton hotel... trapping terrified guests.fire also threatened... but spared. the dollywood theme park.in gatlinburg, there were evacuations.... about 14- thousand residents and tourists forced to flee.fires destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and businesses..... some entire neighborhoods were destroyed. authorities are still investigating the cae fire....arson has not been ruled out. it may seem late in the year for the wildfires we're seeing in tennessee right now --- but the risk actually continues through next month.the national inter-agency fire center predicts the chance of wildfires is above normal across the southeast and in parts of california this month --- because its been so dry. this map shows the wildfire risk will still be high in the southeast even through december. so far this year that's the most since 2011. on to local news now - drivers in waukesha have to wait even longer for a road under construction to reopen -- after one driver drove through fresh concrete.it happened earli

donald trump gave his victory speech at the hilton hotel around 3:00 this morning. he arrived on page to a thunderous ovation. in the sold out, filled room there. trump with no previous political experience defied the prediction and won key battleground states to capture the white house. he broke through the blue wall making history. florida and north carolina, both toss-up states broke his key bat bat states of -- battleground states of pennsylvania. those two states had not voted for a republican candidate since the 1980s. after a divisive election you earninging our country to. >> now it is time for america to bind together and work together for all democrats and republicans and end pepts time for us to come together as one united people. >> reporter: trump said that hillary clinton called him to concede and that came after his campaign director told her crowd of supporters at the gentleman javits center go home them false hope. clinton did not give a concession speech. her campaign saying they will give a speech later this morning. chris flanagan, fox25 news. >>

>>> we are at the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan. it is starting to fill up. left in, it will be a very intimate environment. the big question is will donald trump show up tonight? . some concerns he may not show up if the election does not go his way. he has a tough road to go but it is not impossible for him to hit the mark and yesterday he was blitzing all of those states he needs to win. he will be watching from trump tower today and we will be watching to see if he comes here after the todd walker, abc action news. >> thank you. newsweek is ready for whoever wins the white house. anyway the election goes they have made two covers however the election turns out. only one candidate cover will actually go to print. there they are right now. >>> we have posted everything you need to know this election day. www.abcactionnews.com . you can see everything you need to app has the results coming. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> mother nature definitely helping out today and into a very nice day across the area for election

>> there was some talk that he was headed over the three and a half blocks of his to the hilton hotel on sixth avenue. that has not happened. he has not come here yet. it is clear that they trump and his staff have tweeted out pictures of he and the family watching the returns tonight. not a lot of tweaking from the trump folks, they are letting the voters to that the talking tonight. what they are hearing, they are loving. >> i am confident that they do. i would imagine that if he is able to get michigan or pennsylvania or a combination of arizona, minnesota, something that would change things, he would make himself available. hillary clinton has received a few more electoral votes on the counter there. it is now 254 for donald trump, and 218 for the hillary clinton. that means that one of the states i was close, the state of maine. fox news now projects, fox news announced projects that the state of maine has gone to hillary clinton. she has won the state of maine, three of the four electoral votes from maine will go go o hillary clinton. fourth of the electoral votes in the state o

. >> reporter: we're here at the hilton hotel in st. pete where they're congratulating themselves on a job well done. the chance began almost immediately -- chants began almost immediately. donald trump squ pinellas county. they're calling the area the anchor of the i-4 corridor. it could prove crucial to a trump victimry -- victory. >> it's huge. pinellas county in my opinion is the number one swing county and number one swing state in the country. we carried pinellas for donald trump. that's the second time since for president carried pinellas county. >> >> reporter: we expect an even bigger celebration tonight. in pinellas county count pinellas county. >> the supervisor of elections saying only one glitch. more on what happened out there. >> reporter: earlier today there was an issue with checking in 75 voters. so in some cases it said they voted or other cases they were at the wrong precinct but within 20 minutes they got that fixed and those people voted provisional ballot. when you look at the numbers for early voting and mail in

this is at a hilton hotel in mid town new york where they have been quite enthusiasmic athusi certain parts of the evening as donald trump we were seeing red state after red state red state appear on the national map. now we are starting to see some difference in those numbers. but you would have to say most of the trump supporters very seeing so far this evening.ning i'm tony perkins along withins shawn yancy. i want to let a you know this veryy quickly. in terms of locally the district of columbia has gone for hillaro clinton as youne would expect. that's three electoral votes. maryland has gone for hillarye clinton as you would expect asas well. and now fox news calling virginia for hillary clinton. > in the meantime let's go to fox5's melanie alnwick. she is live in new york atk at theafterric center where we just showed you a few minutes ago.o. what is the mood there tonight?t tony i got to tell you it keeps changing because certainly there's nervous exuberance among supporters, but then as certainn results come back that show donald trump making this a much tighter raise than mo

sixth avenue, new york city, the new york hilton hotel. across town, a different picture at the javits center, clinton headquarters. we're back with more right after this. >> we are back. there is clinton headquarters inside the cavernous jacob javits center. much had been made of the fact that the ceiling is glass, made of glass panels and certainly everyone had theorized, everyone had guessed that would be a central part of what they expected to be a victory speech tonight, as we mentioned, there was a plan that leaked for victory night fireworks over the hudson river on manhattan's west side. those were canceled before they occurred. kristen welker is there for us. what have you been able to gather there? >> brian, the mood is somber here inside the javits center. a number of supporters have left in tears. i've been walking around. people have stunned expressions on their faces. one person described it as grief setting in. now of course this race is not over yet, but these supporters are just shocked by what they are seeing. one of secr

logan baker was at vista hilton hotel when flames came right up >> the sullivan county fire chief. what is it like to be there? >> horrible. i mean it is just, devastating to, you know, all of the people lost their homes and businesses. and everything else. things they worked hard for. >> reporter: this is what's left. more than 100 businesses and homes destroyed. take a look at this. it was once an apartment building. at this red cross shelter more than 1,000 showed up anxiously waiting to see what's left. greg lanham and family escaped with their pets and clothes on their backs. >> possessions are possessions. as long as i've got my family. that's all that matters, really. >> reporter: norah, unfortunately, dozens of families will be returning to places like this behind me. this home that was completely destroyed. but firefighters may get some help tonight as heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected. is launching a victory tour of sorts. mr. trump and vice president elect mike pence will hold a rally in cincinnati tomorrow night. mr. trump scored a surprise and decisive victory

his big election night party kicks off at the hilton hotel. erika: the wcvb mobile app has you covered wherever you are on this election night including real-time town by town for some and any changes to the balance of power in congress. download it for free right now in your app store. emily: the city of orlando announcing a deal to purchase the pulse nightclub. the orlando sentinel reporting the site of the deadly mass shooting will be turned into a memorial. mayor buddy dyer says the club should remain as is for the next 12 to 18 months as it's become a gathering place for mourners and the city will reach out to the community for advice on how plans for that memia erika: turning to the weather on election day. not too many disturbances. a little rain but that's it. cindy: that one stripped from the gulf of mexico toward the great lakes. a few showers, nothing crazy. the weather can have huge impacts on election day. no big impacts today which is great. a little cold this morning. maybe went out to vote early on. look at these low temperatur

his main message during his victory speech here at the hilton hotel is that there is still a lot of work to be done. he says he wants to set an example in washington dc to show people that no matter if they disagree and are a part of different parties, that they can still get along and get work done. >> despite all of our challenges, there is no country, and there is no people on this in the 21st century. america is going to be okay. we will turn this country around. i have faith. i know god is not done with america yet. >> now, again, he is excited to be back in the u.s. senate. many of his supporters tonight telling me that they are relieved and happy that one of the last real republicans won his race. in miami, michelle, wptv, news channel 5. >> rubio senate victory helping republicans keep control of 54 seats in the senate. they lost one seat last night in illinois, but they held onto highly-contested seats in missouri, indiana, pennsylvania, north carolina, and even democrat-friendly wisconsin. two races are still to be decided. so right now, move this over to 51. they now controlle

>>reporter: here at the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan, donald trump will be watching the results come in at trump tower just a few blocks away from here. in new york, i'm jamie, back to you. >> thank you. hillary clinton and donald trump are holding their campaign parties just a few blocks away from each other tonight in new york. clinton's headquarters is at the jacob kay convention center in manhattan and trump's is only about a mile and a half away at the new york hilton midtown. >> we're getting an idea of which issues are really driving voters across the country. melissa king joins me now with more on that and which states to watch, especially early on, melissa. >> yeah, stacked a minute to walk through what's gonna be our time line for the early part of election night. to right now polls are closing in parts of indiana and kentucky. among the key states we'll be watching in the next hour, the two big ones are polls in florida and new hampshire. they close at 4:00 p.m. our time. florida is key to trump's strategy. at 4:00 p.m., polls close in north carolina and ohio. both hi

convinced he is going to be holding a victory party here many this hot overcrowded ballroom at the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan. there are a whole lot of trump battleground states like michigan, florida, north carolina and nevada. but they certainly aren't here in new york. [booing] >> waiting for donald trump and his family -- [ unintelligible ] -- >> his neighbors are angry. [booing] >> voters waited for hours in a line that stretched down the street and around the block. either voted at 6:00 in the morning like every other presidential candidate or if he gets here at 11:00 he should go to the back of the line like every citizen in america. [booing] >> perhaps it is a measure of just how divided this election -- [ unintelligible ] -- but red neighborhoods and blue neighborhoods. >> any trump supporters? >> seriously? >> we do want to win. could only find a handful of supporters among the hundreds waiting to cast ballots against him. >> i don't want this country to become like france that i left. >> trump supporters outnumbered at least 20 to 1. >> of course i'm not going to vote for him.

we will kick it off tonight with our national correspondent mark meredith live at the hilton hotel in will be tonight. we understand trump is still vacillating on whether he will accept the rules.>> reporter: keith, he mentioned during the debate he would keep the country in suspense and the suspense will be happening at the hotel behind me. this is where his victory party is set to get underway within the next two hours or so. tests are already starting to arrive but the big question is we are waiting to find out who millions of dollars spent, countless campaign rallies, and now today, election day, comes down to the american people. hillary clinton spotted first thing this morning voting in chappaqua, new york joined by husband and top aides. she talked about the journey of the last 17 months. >> so many people are counting on the outcome of this election, what it means for our country. truck by late morning, donald trump ac by reporters from around the world. trump was more reserved than he is on the campaign trail as he officially cast his 2016 ballot. as to what will happen tonig

. >> reporter: fire flames came dangerously close to a hilton hotel, temporarily trapping guests. overall, 14,000 people were evacuated >> i am glad they did what they did because them flames were right up on us and we didn't even know it. >> if it weren't for them, we wouldn't have gotten out at all. >> reporter: some evacuees made it out on their own, driving through smoke and flames. others were escorted on foot high state troopers after downed trees blocked roads. homes, businesses lost and lives forever altered.>> to see that disappear in the blink of an eye, it does touch your overnight with the house to rebuild parking gatlinburg tennessee, mike barker, nbc news. >>> a court hearing ends with a shouting match. today, a judge decided jennifer fichter must serve a 22 year sentence for having sex with three teenage boys. melissa marino was in the courtroom and joins us now. a whole lot of emotions on this day. >> reporter: today really ripped open old wounds for aerospace academy. this is where she was an english teacher and where she lured in her victims. >> you don't know. y

in he's going to be addressing this very enthusiastic crowd at the new york hilton hotel in manhattan. hillary clinton announced through john podesta she will not be speaking tonight, although we have now learned hillary clinton did phone donald trump and congratulated him on which he said would be his victory. there's mike pence with his family. very, very excited. very enthusiastic. >> reporter: here comes mike pence. >> let's get sara murray. you're over there as well. this crowd clearly excited. hold on a second. it look like mike pence is going to speak first. presumably will introduce donald trump. let's listen to mike pence, the governor of indiana, the vice presidential running mate. >> this is a historic night. the america people have spoken, and the american people have elected their new champion. america has elected a new president, and it's almost hard for me to express the honor that i and my family feel, that he will have the privilege to serve as your vice president of the united states of america. [ crowd chanting "usa" ] >> i come to this moment deeply humbled. gratef

logan baker was at a hilton hotel when the flames came up. the fire chief has never seen anything like this. >> it is horrible. a lot of people lost their homes and businesses and everything else. things they have worked hard for. >> reporter: a thousand people showed up at the red cross shelter anxious about what is left of their homes. this family escaped with their pets, and the clothes on their back. >> a lot of my family. that is all that mattered. >> more than 14,000 people have been evacuated. the fire chief calls this tennessee's worst fire in a century. >>> developing tonight, donald trump continues to fill out his romney will be part of it. romney and reince priebus had din tore night. trump is considering the former presidential candidate as secretary of state. romney slammed trump repeatedly during the cam paint also, nominees announced today were congressman tom price with health and human services. price is is a long time critic of obama care. he has a replacement plan that would abolish the expansion of medicate coverage for 15

>>reporter: trump at the hilton hotel, nypd and secret service says they're prepared for the massive security -- >> you're going to see a lot of police and a lot of uniforms and marked cars, so there's going to be a lot of police in new york city and some you won't see. >> the beefed after recent reports that terror groups might be planning a possible attack in new york and other parts of the u.s. in hopes of disrupting the election. >> new york city will never be intimidated, never by threats of terror, nor by anyone who wants to do anything to disrupt our electoral process. >> polling places around the country will see increased security. in los angeles county, bomb sniffing bombs were of homeland security is bracing for the threat of possible cyber attacks. a cyber command center is being monitored 24 hours a day. arizona, illinois and florida and two-dozen other states saw hacking in their data base system within the last two months. >> it's creating -- >> security experts say they don't believe a cyber attack could change the vote count, but they do say confusion. hanna daniels,

david murphy accepted the honor tonight, at the hilton hotel on city avenue.bc president and general manager bernie prazenica along with members of the "action news" morning team, were there to commend david on this singular achievement. >>> kathy gandolfo also there tonight. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, we will explain the creeping white blob coming out of an airport hanger and taking over a nearby neighborhood. >>> plus jamie apody on the hurdles eagles will have to overcome to win this weekend in seattle. cecily. >>> here it will be a wild weekend weather-wise, talking about near record warmth tomorrow and then, temperatures will crash. i will tell you weather whiplash including some snow nearby in the accu weather seven day forecast. >>> we are joined by "action news" investigative reporter chad pradelli. >> drivers are going too fast outside of school and our investigation found, little to be curb the problem here in philadelphia, we have a gun outside of schools and found drivers flying far faster then the 5 miles an hour speed limit, some

trump arrived at the hilton hotel in midtown and arrived to thunder russ ovation among his supporters. he spoke with 14 saying the president of all americans and wants to unify the country and wants it to be a great country after he swept the victory in the historic upset. trump with no previous defied in one key bat bat state to capture the white house. he broke through the democrats' blue wall running table on the electoral map making history. florida and north carolina both toss-ups broke his way early on and he won key bat bat states, those two states had not voted for a republican candidate since the 1980s. >> we are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, tunnels, airport, schools, hospitals. we will rebuild our infrastructure. whether i become, by the way, second to none. and we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild people to work as we rebuild it. we will also, finally, take care of our great veterans. [cheering] who have been so loyal and i have gotten to know so many during this 18-month journey. the time i spent with them during this campaign

expect donald trump to come out at any moment and announce that to the throng of supporters at the hilton hotel in midtown. and this moment, long sought by donald trump, long disbelieved by some in the republican party, everyone in the democratic party, and a the good number of the american people still about donald trump. apparently has the come. trump, if in fact hillary clinton, as we are led to believe called to concede, will tell supporters that. tell the country that and be ginlt procegin the process of moving from republican nominee to president-elect of the united states. the atmosphere as you can imagine here is elated. enthusiastic beyond belief. and a roar just went up right norah. ear splitting, the kind i have been hearing on the campaign trail when donald trump appeared to rallies where thousands and thousands of supporters hoping this moment might come. in fact it appears it has. >> we want to emphasize, major, of course, that though word there is that hillary clinton has called donald trump to concede, we do not have confirmation of that from the clinton campaign. and of course,

he arrived at the hilton hotel around 3:00 to give that speech. look at this here. he walked on stage to a thunder russ ovation. he spoke for about 14 minutes saying he will be the president of all americans and wants to unify our great country after he swept to victory in a historic upset. trump with no previous political prediction in one key battleground sight capture the white house. he broke through the blue wall running the electoral map and making quickly. florida and north carolina both toss ups and he won key battleground, wisconsin and pennsylvania. those put him over the top. those two states had not voted for a gop presidential nominee since the 1980s both shocking victories. speech. >> i just received a call from secretary clinton. [cheering] she congratulated us -- it is about "us" on our victory aged congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign. i mean she -- she fought very hard hillary has worked very long and hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. i mean that

logan baker was at a hilton hotel when the flames came up. the fire chief has never seen anything like this. >> it is horrible. a lot of people lost their homes and businesses and everything else. things they have worked hard for. >> reporter: a thousand people showed up at the red cross shelter anxious about what is left of this family escaped with their pets, and the clothes on their back. >> a lot of my family. that is all that mattered. >> more than 14,000 people have been evacuated. the fire chief calls this tennessee's worst fire in a century. >>> developing tonight, donald trump continues to fill out his cabinet. and there are more signs mitt romney will be part of it. trump is considering the former presidential candidate as secretary of state. romney slammed trump repeatedly during the cam paint also, nominees announced today were congressman tom price with health and human services. price is is a long time critic of obama care. he has a replacement plan that would abolish the expansion of medicate coverage for 15 million people, but

. >> reporter: logan baker was at the vita hilton hotel when flames came right up to the building. >> they're keeping us in here for now. >> reporter: bruce wilson is the sullivan county fire chief. what is it there? >> it's horrible. i mean, it's devastating to-- you know, all the people lost their homes and business and everything else. i mean, things they worked hard for. >> reporter: this is what's left, more than 100 business and homes were destroyed. just take a look at this. it was once an apartment building. neighborhoods were left in smoking synders. at this red cross shelter, more than 1,000 showed up, anxiously waiting to see what's left. greg lanham and his family clothes on their backs. >> you know, possessions are possessions. as long as i've got my family, that's all that matters, really. >> reporter: norah, unfortunately, dozens of families won't be returning to places like this behind me. this home that was completely destroyed. but firefighters may get some help tonight as heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected. >> o'donnell: let's hope for that rain. can mother,

flames came up to the vista hilton hotel. at this red cross shelter more than 1000 evacuees showed up. >> as long as i have my family that is all that matters. >> reporter: right now no one is allowed into gatlinburg as the tennessee emergency management agency enforces a level iii state of emergency. >>> if you are going to buy a christmas tree this year get ready. it may cost you a lot more work --. what is behind the tree shortage? >> this one is tall and it has a lot of leaves. >> reporter: is eight-year-old was ready to pick the christmas tree. >> this one is big and a little bit tall. >> reporter: she likes the top seller. and there is a shortage this year. >> i am looking at trees in february work this is unheard of. people say we don't have trees. >> reporter: this man owns olympic truce christmas trees. he explains in the past there was an oversupply forcing some growers twofold. causing a tree shortage. have prices changed with the shortage? >> they have. i would say that the prices are up from last year a good 10%.

will share a stage in grand rapids michigan, and they will spend election night at the new york hilton hotel in manhattan, just blocks away from the clinton camp. >>> a big event was held in fairfax county, virginia. >> joe biden introducing tim kaine to 2,000 student at was there as they were breaking things down tonight. garrett? [audio difficulties] >> it sounds like we are having a little trouble there. we will certainly try to go back to garrett in just a second here. >>> in the meantime, the back and forth partisanship of the election has a lot of people asking what comes next for the seemingly divided nation. >> john henry learned tonight that some local churches are intervention to make sure everyone gets along with each other come november 9th. >>> churches all across our region from silverspring, maryland to hermann, virginia spent the night praying for unity. churches here in alexandria said it's a topic on everyone's mind. >> reporter: this year's election has been pervasive to say the least. stories to the white house are not far behind anywhere you go, and for talk has simply b

other family members also oi results come in from the hilton hotel in manhattan tonight. about an hour north of new york city, democratic party nominee hillary clinton and her husband -- former president bill clinton -- also submitting their votes this morning. the clintons are also staying in new york as the results roll in throughout the night -- hosting a rally at a convention center on manhattan. it's a nice night to be outside if you haven't made it to your polling