let me take you inside the hilton midtown here at 53rd and

jc: as you the hilton midtown, the election party for trump, which right now is media only. they are doing audio tests behind me, and unlike the clinton campaign, this is an incredibly small ballroom. it looks like there's more space for media than supporters, but we do expect the supporters to begin filing in later this evening. as you mentioned earlier today,, making it a family affair, like his entire campaign. he later took to twitter to speak to supporters. >> everybody is talking about the record turnout at the polls, it's amazing, but please, go to the polls, we have a movement going on, they have never seen anything like it. >> tough decision. [laughter] jc: tough decision but i think we all know who he voted for. the stage is set, draped with flags. the ballroom is empty other than media, so now we sit and wait. ed: trump continues to claim the election is rigged. today, his campaign filed a lawsuit in nevada over early voting. they claim several polling locations in one county were intentionally kept open two hours late. a spokesman denies the claims, line at closi

jc: we are live at the hilton midtown. despite all the real estate donald trump owns, they chose the hilton for his election party, and a pretty small ballroom. most of the media takes up a and while people have filed in, it still mostly media. homero so walked in and there was an entire circle of media go around her. she is still taking questions. if you don't who she is, she was a contestant on "the apprentice." she's a very vocal supporter of donald trump. earlier today, he did vote, is,d he enters the midtown polling station with his wife and a family affair. then he hit the airwaves, calling for fox news to talk about election day. >> it has been a beautiful process. the people of this country are incredible. i have been all over the country, met people at every level. people say, what have you learned. that is what i learned. the people of this country are amazing.

midtown manhattan. >> he's right now back at trump power watching and waiting as the election results come in. he says he's joined by family and friends. at the hilton midtown for an intimate gathering considering this kind of night. of course, hoping to deliver a victory speech. if and when he does, we'll be here. wcvb, newscenter 5. >> from donald trump to hillary clinton also preparing for this big night in new york city. >> we're live with more. >> it's been a very long time since like this. both candidates a mile and a half from each other. both candidates are only about 250 feet apart. donald trump watching the results at trump tower. hillary clinton one short block away. she was put into a hotel with her close aides and family. >> it's filling up on the west side of manhattan. you can see the stage where later on this evening hillary clinton will appear. the crowd broke out in cheers when she was awarded that first state by projection. the new england state of vermont, three electoral votes. a lot of people here waited hours today on what was a pretty warm november day in new york city. the line stretching several avenue blocks to get a chanc

clinton at theafter visit center, the convention center and trump's party at the hilton midtown hotel and you can see the abc news election headquarters in times square right there in the middle. we have team coverage on both candidate, kenneth moton at the clinton headquarters but we begin with adrienne bankert over at >> reporter: early tuesday morning election day donald trump wrapping a campaign blitz. >> so it's now officially tuesday, november 8th. >> reporter: rallying his supporters in grand rapids, michigan. >> today is our independence day. today the american working class is going to strike back finally. >> reporter: the republican marathon day of eight states in 24 hours including florida and new hampshire. long lines of supporters waiting overnight to see him. >> we're winning ohio. we're winning iowa. we're winning, we think, new hampshire. >> reporter: donald trump returning to new york to vote at 10:00 a.m. >> all right. adrienne, thank you. just a short distance away the clinton camp has set up shop under the glass ceiling of the javits center. >> clint history tonigh

about 10 blocks north of us isru the hilton midtown and that isnh where donald trump will beill center stage tonight.onht you just heard melanie giveanieg out that long list of celebrities that are going to be taking partities in the hily clinton campaign. campa as far as we know at this point, the only celebritylebrit really of note that is goingts g to be at the donald trump tru headquarters is donald and that quite frankly has fit t in with his entire campaign.ig trump took issue with the lastil couple of days at the increasing amount oft o celebrities that have joinede jd the hillary clinton campaignntog fold just in the last 24 hours s she made appearances with jon wt bon jovi and bruce springsteenpr and you know donald trump hasowr always been the main attraction at donald trump at ld events so what's to comeome tonight? well, we are hearing now reports from the campaign ca kellyanne conway that whene conn donald trump gets up on therump stage tonight, he is going to "talk about this election as he sees it."heees now, we don't exactly know ectlw whether or not that is goingr or t

donald trump will be at the hilton midtown keeping an eye on the rules with family, friends and voters last night, philadelphia was one of the last stops of clinton's campaign. she told thousands of supporters that the city of brotherly love is where democracy was born and that today democracy will be in action when they go vote. >> we face the test of our time. what will we vote for? not just against. >> i thought new hampshire was going to be my last speech. and i heard that crooked hillary clinton was coming to michigan. i said let's follow it up. let's follow it up. >> trump's last stop was grand rapids, michigan. he spoke to a packed house there past 1:00 this morning. there he told voters that the change that will happen today is what they've waited for their entire lives. trump and clinton will spend their day in new york casting ballots in manhattan and chappaqua respectively. i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. vai? >> rosemary, thank you. 5:35. 41 degrees outside. choosing a governor to succeed democrat jack markell. congressman bjorn carnie is the democratic nominee, bonini i

we are at the hilton midtown. i will tell you doors opened at 6:30 a.m. for this invitation only event. there are a few media people on the all room floor. some cheers going up when it is the -- the first state was called for clinton. cheers when up here when it was called for kentucky and indiana in trump saver. -javits center event the election party is pretty low key so far. you can see behind me that there are some flags on the stage and a podium, we have a couple of posters around and some monitors and that is about it. definitely no pageantry or grandeur that you might expect for someone who knows how to put on a show. both agree that would be donald trump. he has been quoted as saying a maybe that is the reason. perhaps there is something coming our way from the campaign , that is all to be unfolded. earlier today, trump voted. what would you expect him to do in midtown and his wife melania. even lately trying to look over to see who she was voting for. we can assume that she voted for her husband as well. earlier as well, trump's son eric also vote

they'll only be a couple blocks away as trump will be at the hilton midtown 6 blocks from where we are now and hillary clinto jacob javis convention center upton river couple football fields long and it's you know has all the makings of a massive crowd over of there. that's not quite the case trump headquarters. trump's head quart ers is in a ballroom in the new york hilton and this is a room that used to hold nfl draft and while they are does hold a lot of people it's not nearly size of where clinton will be tomorrow night and of course we heard the itself to order fireworks ahead of the vote totals being announced. and that we were told was quickly cancelled because of the optics of that did not look good. >> fits i'm curious i don't know if you know this there is a trump hotel new york city any idea why he is holding his rally hilton and not his big hotel? >> from what we know and that's a very good question, shawn, he in washington d.c. these days blocks from the white house itself. there have been reports in recent days that ivanka trump has had mounting concerns of any lasting da

and trump's party at the hilton midtown hotel, just a few blocks away, right there with the red banner. >>> in the meantime, a swift reaction tonight from wall street, to the fbi director's announcement that he is clearing hillary clinton after the discovery of those additional e-mails, saying there's nothing there. stocks losing ground every day since the investigation was announced, but tonight, after the fbi said there was nothing to prosecute, the dow soaring, 2%. abc's chief business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis at the new york stock exchange tonight with the market's reaction. >> reporter: stocks started rallying overnight, david. the dow surging at the open today, having its best day in eight months. wall street sees clinton as the status quo candidate. they know what to expect from her. trump is the wild card, and the bottom line is, investors hate that type of betting on, which is why major banks are predicting with a trump win that stocks would fall, where as with a clinton win, stocks would stabilize or even rally. david? >> rebecca jarvis with us tonight. rebe

reporter: now, trump for his part spoke just before 3:00 this morning also in manhattan at the hilton midtown saying he wants to be a president for all americans and saying the country owes a debt of gratitude to hillary clinton. >>to those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of if which were a -- there were a few people, i'm reaching out to you so that we can work together and unify our great country. it's been what they call a historic event, but to be really historic we have to do a great job, and i promise you that i will not let you down. we will do a great job. we will do a great job [ cheering ] >>i look very much forward to being your president and years or maybe even 8 years you will say so many of you worked so hard for us. america will no longer settle for anything less than the best. >> reporter: so donald trump this morning preparing to become the 45th president of the united states. he is meeting, in fact, with his transition team today in new york not far from where we are right now to begin picking out next chief of staff, defense -- cabinet, chief of staff, defense

trump's election night party is at the hilton midtown hotel. so, roberts, who is at the javits center tonight. and robin, the big question, will she be able to say she broke through that glass ceiling? >> reporter: david, you can't help but notice the glass ceiling here at the javits center. remember, the dnc, when hillary clinton was officially nominated, they used special effects to illustrate the shattering of the glass ceiling. now, we hear that she has two speeches prepared, just in case, like everyone, the clinton campaign is aware of how close this election is, and as you from here, but the two presidential hopefuls are much farther apparart when it comes the issues the voters are concerned about, david. >> no question about that. preparing two speeches, you heard there. robin, thank you. in the meantime, hillary clinton and trump are actually on the same block at this hour, as they wait to head to each of their headquarters. they could practically wave to each other from their windows. trump at trump tower, clinton waiting at a hotel bef

streets are closed around the javid center and around the hilton midtown, donald trump will be watching the return. clinton wrapped up her last night of cam paning in north carolina. before that she made one last stop in philadelphia. supporters packed independence mall to listen to the democratic nominee tell them that in this election, their core values are being tested. now, meantime, donald trump of course was in michigan last night. both candidates will be voting in new york today in their home bases. trump will vote in manhattan. clinton will be in chappaqua. i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. >>> rosemary, thank you. voters in new jersey and delaware will decide important issues today. let's begin in the garden state. voters have two questions to answer. question one is whether to allow casinos in two additional counties other than atlantic county. question two decides where the money from the gas tax should go. vote yes and you want to designate the money for the transportation fund, vote no. you think the money can be used for other things. >>> to delaware where voters will be

in the javits convention center and donald trump will be less than 2 miles away taking over the hilton midtown just a short walk from trump tower. maria newscenter 5 is heading to : new york right now. ben simmoneau will be with the clinton camp tomorrow j.c. monahan at trump headquarters and our special coverage begins tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. taking you all the way through abc has the latest results starting at 8:00. and we'll be here for newscenter 5 at 11:00. ed: breaking news, six people are facing charges, after madness at a local mall. it is a chaotic scene with police taking out the pepper spray to get control. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is at the cambridgeside galleria with the new details tonight. to people after this incident who were upset that pepper spray wasn't used, they felt it was unnecessary. police say the crowd was getting out of control. >> i cannot believe what happened there. juli: the cell phone video shows some of the crowd police say grew aggressive. an estimated 1000 people came for a meet and greet with the rapper desiigner and celtics rookie jaylen brown. >> on ins

. >> reporter: very much so and they're only about a mile down the road at the hilton midtown. the folks that may not have a job tomorrow are the pollsters because something is wrong with these polls that at the end of the day didn't come to fruition. pennsylvania, michigan she's behind and some of the counties that reagan won over democrats it seems that trump is winning in some of those areas as well. so we've got pennsylvania that's in doubt, michigan that's in doubt, north carolina's gone, florida already gone for trump and so you're looking at almost a 50/50 math in the electoral votes. the winner will only have 275, 280 in the electoral votes. i suspect we won't see hillary clinton out here any time soon to look at that glass ceiling, let alone declare victory. jim osmond reporting live tonight, news channel 8. >> thank you, jim in new york. you know what's interesting he points out about the pollsters, anybody that got it right if it turns out donald trump wins, every one of those pollsters will say i got it right. >> such an interesting race. >> but ag the night is young

and the "trump campaign" -- 'hosting' an invitation-only gat "new york hilton midtown". it's just a few blocks from his "trump tower home". the 'hilton' -- 'claims' to have hosted 'every' president since "john - f - kennedy." joel brown is 'tracking returns' -- here in battleground north carolina. joel? this is a road to win 270 electoral votes... north carolina has that crucial 15. this is how the votes are breaking for the candidates,so far, statewide... and here are some early 'county-by-county' leaning .. clinton 58% trump 37% 197/202 precincts wake of course, the state's 2nd largest... and one that barackobama won with 54% of the vote in 20-12... so hillary clinton outperforming obama, right now. the numbers from durham county... clinton 82% trump 14% durham is overwh clinton actually outperforming barackobama here as well. 40/57 precincts and in cumberland county.. it is .. with the early lead. clinton 57% trump 40% clinton slightly below what obama won in 20-12... trump slightly ahead of romney. 66/77 precincts we are also watching mecklenburg it's the most populou

>>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

he took to the stage at the hilton in midtown manhattan around 3:00 a.m. told the crowd hillary clinton called imto concede the election and congratulate him and his supporters on their victory. >> ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement made up of millions of hard-working men and women who love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their family. >> flanked by his family and surrogates, trump thanked them for their efforts to get him elected. we have yet to see or hear from hillary clinton this morning. before trump gave his speech just across town, clinton's campaign chairman john podesta spoke to her supporters very briefly. take a listen. >> we are so proud of her. she's done anç amazing job and she is not done yet. so thank you for being with her. she has always been with you. >> podesta also told the crowd that we will hear more from the clinton campaign later this morning as soon as we do. we will bring it to you. i'm rosemary connors. nbc 10 news. tracy? >>> from the presidential electio

let me take you inside the hilton midtown here at 53rd and 7th. just up from times square. small venue compared to a lot of trump rallies, but i can tell you the crowd has really been energized over the past hour. here's why. because those numbers you were showing trump with a solid lead right now. alloda he suched ahead in -- edsurg ahead in florida. still not over, but surging ahead. also leading in ohio and also virginia. it's those types of numbers that have really energized the trump campaign tonight. throughout the day i've been talking to a number of trump supporters that keep talkin about this like vote, it defies the polls and the silent majority turning out >> they can't afford another four years of hillary clinton on top obama. pele have been sitting back in the shadows, and now they're coming out. >> reporter:owave a otra that ivanka ump >> and just blocks away our kathryn brown is at hillary clinton's campaign headquarters. that's where we begin, or continue our live team coverage. >> reporter: cullen browder was just talking about how energized the crowds have

. >> trump's family joined him on stage to a cheering crowd of supporters at the hilton midtown. the tone of his speech was very different than what we have heard over these months on the campaign trail. he spoke about yieting republicans. president obama reached out to him this morning. >> it was a very warm c conversation. we were happy to receive the call from the president. they had a great conversation ability mr. tufrp's victory. i think they resolved to work today. >> now, hillary clinton is expected to speak in a few moments. nbc news will have a special report. we'll bring it to you live right here on nbc 10. >> thank you. >>> our team coverage continues with a look at how young people are reacting to the surprising result. we are live. what are the young people saying on campus? >> reporter: hi, vai. we sat in on what's being called a most mortum discussion. >> we had a popular vote split. >> reporter: on this morning after the election of donald trump political professors lead students in a frank conversation. we heard descriptions like upset and describing to describe

the trump campaign will be at the hilton midtown. >> thank you. >>> we continue our decision 2016 coverage with another high-profile battle that has implications. a high senate race between pat toomie. ea >>> seeking a second term in washington. he will vote in zionsville. our live team coverage continues. she is at a polling place in camden. we came to you for a report minutes after it opened. i'm guessing that changed since then. >> yeah. it changed quite a bit. i just got off the phone with an official here. he tells me that turnout has been very high this morning. these polls have been opened since 6:00 and people are turning up to vote. >> the energy was evident with some of our youngest citizens encouraging them to do what they can. >> the anticipation was great. i couldn't sleep this morning. >> she didn't have to wait long. she got here a few minutes after the polls opened at 6:00. >> they showed me how to use the machine because it is different in florida. i was in and out in less than five minutes. >> to a first time ever voter. >> but being able to vote is exciting. >> we caught

he was at the hilton midtown, and when he took said was, sorry to keep you waiting. what he was waiting for were the results to finish coming in in this race. he won by thin margins in pennsylvania and wisconsin, two states that were part of hillary clinton's electoral firewall and once those were declared for trump clinton called trump to concede the race. he then took the stage and told the crowd he wants to bring the country back together. >>noit bind the wounds of division. we have to get together. to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. >> reporter: now, hillary clinton did not speak last night. her campaign manager, john podesta did take the stage told supporters thank you very much for your support, we want to wait until all the votes are tallied before hillary clinton will speak publicly, and, by the way, with just over a 500,000 vote lead in the popular vote it is possible we're going to see another scenario like 2000 where clinton wins the popular vote but loses the

and a live look at donald trump's campaign party headquarters - the new york hilton midtown hotel is just a few blocks from his trump tower home.. the hilton claims to have hosted every u.s. president since john f. kennedy.. eleci be right back. darien: why have the latest smartphone if you can't use it wherever you go? switch to u.s. cellular for our best plan yet: 7 gigs of data per line for only $49. to share more photos at your cabin or video chat at your secret fishing spot... all for just $49. the best part? we put towers in places the other guys don't. because u.s. cellular thinks you deserve a signal that works wherever you are. switch to u.s. cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line ? ? ? when you find something worth waiting for, we'll help you invest to protect it for the future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. about the electoral college? stephanie and ben handelman are here in studio a with more. -- right now pulling ahead in basically every state but new hampshire. trump dominates in the southeast -- doing very well in swing states like north c

>> so we know that he is going to be at the hilton midtown. there has been an issue with the credentials about 5,000 credentials were requested so far. only 700 given out. we'll see what happens as the the night goes on. a heightens sense of security especially at the hilton where party tonight. sarah rosario. back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> and everyone wants to know what we'll be waking up to this time tomorrow. >> we have a familiar face to talk about all of the expectations for the election and what happened next. michael fourtnoir is back with us. what can we expect? >> one of the things i think is often over looked is weather. for people who might otherwise be sort of kept in the house because of the weather, it is not going to be an issue. turn out should be up around the country not just because of the weather but also because of of the excitement that people have regardless of whoever the candidate is. and so when you look at some of the hot pockets in the country, northern virginia for example, the tenth district race between barb

the republican nominee waited until 3:00 this morning to greet his supporters at the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan. trump and his family congratulated the vice presidenç to be mike pence and his family. when he got to the microphone, the first thing on trump's agenda was to let the world know his opponent conceded the race. >> i've just received a call from secretary clinton. she congratulated us. it's about us, on our victory and i congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign. >> you are now looking at the last time we saw hillary clinton in public when she was voting yesterday morning near her home in chappaqua, new york. her campaign chairman, john podesta addressed clinton's disappointed supporters in manhattan around 2:00 this morning. >> they're still counting votes and every vote should count. we're not going to have anything more to say tonight. everybody should head home. you should get some sleep. we'll have more to say tomorrow. your voices and your enthusiasm means so much to her and to tim and to all of us. >> now, coming up in the next 15 minutes i'