. >> and i'm janelle wang. on this election eve, the candidates hit several battleground states. hillary clinton wrapped up in north carolina and donald trump in michigan. and a lot is being done to make sure people head to the polls and their votes are secure. >> we begin our coverage with raj mathai reporting from time square. >> reporter: yes, this is the city that doesn't go to sleep but presumably speaking at this late hour, donald trump and hillary clinton are getting some sleep. those polls open bright and early tomorrow morning. for the first time since 1944, both presidential candidates are based in new york city. plitically speaking they couldn't be farther apart and geographically, they're close. and the antiterrorism task force is also here. it's that big of an event and that type of political season. tomorrow night, hillary clinton will be a few blocks south of me and donald trump will be at his home base which is a few blocks north of us and that's where we bring in mark matthews also with us here in new york. mark. >> reporter: raj, i'm outside the midtown hilton.

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. >> and i'm janelle wang. decision 2016 is here. right now across the bay area and the entire country, voters are casting their ballots. you're looking live at the the election office in san jose where crowds have been steady all day long through this drive-through. now to a live picture from our nbc bay area helicopter at a another drive-through ballot drop off at contra costa county office in martinez. >> we have live team coverage for you this afternoon. we begin with nbc bay area's raj mathai also in new york and the hillary clinton campaign. raj? >> reporter: jessica and janelle, good evening. we are in midtown manhattan. the first thing you notice when you get here, this building is all glass walls. let me step out of the way. not just glass walls but if you look up high, it's the glass ceiling. symbolic for hillary clinton trying to become the first female president in the history of the united states. all of those people over there, 3,000 media members are awaiting for mrs. clinton's arrival. she's a few blocks away at the p

i'm janelle wang -- in for jessica aguirre. ==raj/2-shot== and i'm raj mathai. they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. raj/cu a husband and wife are in the hospital -- fighting to recover from a vicious head-on crash. their family is also fighting a husband and wife are in the hospital fighting to recover from that vicious head on crash. their family is also fighting the insurance company. all of this while new evidence has been released hoping to catch that suspect. a 2015 dodge caravan seen right there was involved in this crash. investigators think it could be a rental car. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez sat down exclusively with the victims' families. >> they were good people. >> reporter: but she said her in-law's lives changed in an instant. they were on their way to the store when a car involved in a running gun battle hit the couple's prius head on. >> there was a car going 80 miles per hour right at him. >> reporter: the it crash left susan with multiple broken bones and paul with internal injuries that have him fighting for his life. >> paul, he

i'm janelle wang. >> i'm jessica aguirre.closer in california in three hours. until then, all eyes are on new york and east coast where polls are closing right now. i want to give you a live look at both campaign headquarters. on the left is donald trump's. on the right, hillary clinton's. that's the javits center where nbc bay area anchor raj mathai joins us. he's headlining our coverage for us. raj? >> reporter: within the last few minutes, the mood in this room started to change. they turned on the jumbo screen here at the javits center. as they predict states to go to donald trump, a loud round of boos. as they project states for hillary clinton, a lot of cheers and the cheering is coming from right over my shoulder. these are all hillary clinton's biggest supporters. many of her friends from around the country and that includes several people from the bay area. we'll be chatting with these bay area hillary clinton supporters as the night progresses. for right now, the intensity starting to pick up as the early returns ar

. >> peggy bunker, janel wang and myself will -- >> you can discuss yourself. >> bring your umbrellas too. >>> we are tracking that rainfall. again this weekend. we haven't seen any huge changes in the forecast as it is expected to look wet into saturday. the storm system is already bringing rainfall to northern california. mainly just a few clouds across the north bay right now but you can see a few beginning to develop right off our coast line and eventually this will bring rainfall to the bay area. 53 right now. but our hour by hour forecast shows by 9:00 p.m. we could see rainfall develop and that will be continuing into tomorrow morning. no rain drops tonight. that hour by hour forecast showing us increased cloud cover once we hit midnight tonight. i want to show you the future cast. you can see the zone of heavier rainfall across marine, napa and sonoma counties. heaviest looks to start on 7:00 a.m. on saturday from the north bay to the south bay and that will continue until about 11:00 a.m. and once we hit the afternoon, it will break up with more of a scattered rain situation

. >> and i'm janelle wang. america has a new president, donald trump the president-elect. hillary clinton conceding, calling donald trump just over an hour ago. >> we're joined by raj mathai at hillary clinton headquarters, where they did not see the outcome they expected. >> reporter: not at all. as we wake up here in new york or new yorkers start to wake up to this new day, it's going to be interesting moving forward, especially for us in the bay area to see how president-elect donald trump embraces the bay area if he does at all. for so many years we've enjoyed this relationship from the white house, whether barack obama or tried to be hillary clinton. a very close relationship with the white house and the silicon bay area. it will be interesting to see if donald trump pivots and embraces the bay area. let's bring in mark matthews. a lot morse celebratory mood where mark is. he joins us from donald trump headquarters. >> reporter: raj, it was just unbelievable the celebration here, probably what trump would describe as unbelievable. i spoke a few moments ago with kellya