rob and paula, back to you. all right. karen travers live in chicago. i ll be there this weekend for the bears game. hoping for a bears victory. and mitt romney wrapped up his final rally of the day in new hampshire. he s going to vote a little later today in massachusetts. then back out on the campaign trail for some more stops in ohio and pennsylvania. two very critical states. for more on this now we are joined by abc s brandi hitt there in bean town. good morning, brandi. reporter: good morning, rob, paula. this is where mitt romney headquarters is set up where mitt hopes to hold a victory party later tonight. romney wrapped up his final day on the trail, rallying support in the big battleground states he need. he need for victory. florida, virginia, and the biggest state of all, ohio. i need your work. i need your help. i need your vote. ohio, florida, and virginia. he basically mitt romney has to basically go 3-3 in the
peacefully so. and it s hard to peacefully disagree when you re talking politics. it is. it s been a very tight partisan race. it has. finally the verdict. this election day find voters heading to the polls to decide a presidential contest which remains a horse race to the end. in the last hours leading up to election day 2012, both candidates went state to state, rally after rally trying to finally seal the deal. we re going to go first to abc s karen travers in the windy city of chicago where we believe the president landed not too long ago. good morning to you, karen. reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, paula. both candidates have finished up their rallies. and both did it in states that have sentimental value. last night for president obama, it was iowa, and for mitt romney, it was new hampshire. rob and paula, i don t have to tell you this. this race is tight. it s going down to the wire.
in force. as the returns come in, we will bring you the very, very latest. could be a long night. straight from the big dogs in the new election set. looks great. exactly. we may not be on the air tomorrow night. still working that out. don t see us, don t worry. obviously special coverage tomorrow. we may be on, may not. we ll see you at some point tomorrow. the results will dictate that. indeed. now, the story that no one in the region worst affected by sandy wants to here. a classic nor easter is driving north with the storm zone in its sight. so far no evacuations have been ordered, but that could change. for the forecast, we re joined by meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. good morning. rob and paula. we re tracking the threat for a northeaster here that could arrive on the earn seaboard on wednesday. monday evening, thunderstorms in the gulf coast. hail, thunderstorms rolled across louisiana into texas. eastward. early morning hours. here today the story of
that s encouraging. good for democracy in general. encouraging. could come down to new hampshire s four electoral votes. or ohio s 18. florida s 29. or pennsylvania s 20. romney s now making a play for that. if he doesn t get ohio, pennsylvania could equalize it. it s have interesting, the math. going back to pennsylvania and ohio today. right. exactly. just when you thought he was done. underscores how important that is. that s going to bring us to the facebook question for this election day. we want to know when did you decide who you are voting for and did the final days of the season change your decision. long onto wnnfabs.com. let us know. weigh in online. i am going to go vote after the show. me too. with stay with abc news on air and online, throughout the day. maybe you and i can sing kumbaya when we vote. i doubt it. diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will be in our times square election headquarters and our entire political team, does not in in
important, both candidates held rallies in columbus, two hours apart. we have come too far to turn back now. we have come too far. reporter: but while campaigning in virginia, the romneys made it clear they feel the white house is within reach. are we going to be neighbors soon? reporter: what better way to end the matchup than on monday night football. are your hometown chicago bears good enough to win the super bowl?. yes, they are. reporter: with millions of voters hearing the candidates talk about the sports and their favorite team. do you have a favorite team. well, it s the new england patriots, and i take full responsibility for their two super bowl wins. reporter: this is a very close race. even though millions have cast early ballots. voter turnout today is critical. rob and paula? thank you, brandi. appreciate that.