You saw the liney in hi mikaya, and as a results, schools will be on a 2hour delay. And my polling place is a school. I understand the decisions made there. The weather is absolutely perfect if not on the chilly side, elizabeth. It is. One of the coldest m weve seen if not the weve seen. A look at rdu, clear skies and the sun coming out and will warm us up quickly. For now, we have a frost advisory in effect, and we are seeing low 30s in spots and areas of frost impacting sensitive plants in places. This is not likely to be a buckhorn. And 31 degrees in Southern Pines. So its cold out there. The temperatures will warm up quickly. By 8 00, 40, and 64 at noon and 70 for the high this afternoon. We are looking at a chilly weekend. Well talk more about that coming up. Brian is here. Any congestion in spots around polling places yet . I havent had reports but im sure its happening neighborhood polling locations. Just need to be patient this morning and be careful. A lot of pedestrian traffic. Well take a look at the live commute map with a report of a crash south of downtown raleigh on wilmington street at russ south of i40. Passenger an accident with injuries. Not many big delays showing up saunders split. The slow traffic in the south side of raleigh, 40 westbound slow from rock quarry to lake wheeler road because of an earlier report of boxes. The crews responded and got that cleared up. Delays are easing a bit. As Traffic Volume builds, you could probably see further delays. And word of an accident 440 westbound before you get to its blocking median and the left lane. Police are not on the scene quite yet. Probably see budion 440 westbound. Right now, the ride from the i 40 split on the Southeast Side of raleigh to the wade 40 merge is taking 15 minutes. Towards apex. 15501 to deep river and pick it up on the other side of the accident. Back to you. Its finally here, day 2016. Hillary clinton and donald trump have made their final arguments and voters will have their final say. Tracie potts is at clintons election headquarters in york with a lookat they ended to expect. Reporter Hillary Clintons new york after winning the first ntt of the day, in New Hampshire. Only a handful of voters, power for clinton and 2 for donald trump after midnight. Tomorrow night, this election will end but i want you to understand our Work Together will just be beginning. Reporter clinton wrapped with celebrities and with the obamas in philadelphia. Tomorrow, there will be no question about the outcome of this election. I am betting that tomorrow you will reject fear and choose hope. Reporter trump and mike pence ended their campaign with an early on morning rally in michigan. Its november 8, the day that we make America Great again. Reporter trump going af the blue state. Michigan hasnt voted republican since 1988. Michigan stands at the crossroads of history. If we win michigan, we will win this historic election. Reporter he is also hoping for a win in New Hampshire where polls are deadlocked. New hampshire has never disappointed me. Reporter disappointment is sure to come for one of the york. Nearly 6. 9 million have registered to vote in North Carolina and this morning, we ballot. Mikaya , wow, you have a long line out there, dont you . Reporter we do, bill, and believe it or not, its wrapping around the building to see the hundreds of voters that have come out this morning. The polling places just now opening up, around and will stay open until 7 30 a. M. We have a few tips. Its important to remember that if you are in line when polls close after 7 30 00 p. M. , stay there because you will be allowed to vote. Next, state law says you cant take a picture of your ballot and you are not supposed to talk to anyone on the phone while voting. Also, if you havent already sameday registration is not available on election day and, of course, the photo id question. North carolinas photo id law was overturned suer. The vast majority will not have to show photo id at the polls. Another important thing is if you are unable to make it . Idz of inside your voting place, you curbside. Bill, i think things look good in North Carolina. We like to see a lot of people voting and i hope they , heavy coats to keep them warm. Mikaya thurmond, thank you. The department of justice is sending monitors to 28 states to enforce the voting laws. More than 500 vonner tos will jurisdictions. They will handle Voting Rights complaints by phone. Local officials must respond to violence or intimidation at polling places. And make sure you tune in tomorrow. We will have our political analyst David Mcclennan on the 6 00 a. M. News to break down the results. Wral is where you want to be for Election Night for a perspective you will 20 wral journalists will be in the fields to learn the results with faster election returns than anyone else in the area. Our coverage begins at 7 00 and will continue into the night with a 1hour edition of our 11 00 news. David crabtree and laura leslie will be on wral 2 focused on local and state races on channel 5. 2 and time Warner Channel 1255. All the coverage will be accounts. Coming up on 7 09, and it was a contentious race for the North Carolina senate seat up for grabs. We break down the latest poll numbers in our state. A city in japan is dealing with a major problem this morning. What officials believe could have led to the massive approval ratings. Were talking about congress and now its up to voters to elect september and house candidates they believe can move the country forward and one of the closest races is between senator richard burr and deborah ross and libertarian sean haugh. This is the latest poll until we will see the exit polls coming out. And its showing a dead heat, 47 for richard burr and 47 for deborah ross, and in our poll that we released last tuesday, burr was up 6 points, 49 to deborah rosss 43 and this is, of course, with survey usa, and this race is extremely who wins it can impact which party ends up with control of the senate. While candidates for senate and golot of attention, you will find many other races on the ballot including the state legislator and u. S. House and county commissioners and bonds and many judicial races including one seat on court. Newspaperss may be disappearing but not after election day. They are preparing to print extra copies on wednesday morning n 2008, newspapers were caught off guard when president obama was elected, the first africanamerican president. Of this time around, the New York Times and l. A. Times and the Chicago Tribune are anning to extra copies. Less than the papers printed after the cubs world series. And more trouble for samsung. Its not over for the galaxy note 7. New claims from a user with her phone exploding and how the company responds. And what happens in the case of a confessed serial killer in thats a beautiful American Flag up in south hill, virginia this morning. What a pretty sight, blue sky behind it. But brr. Coldest morning so far this fall season and bill and i sometimes walk through the parking lot at the same time, and i threatened to wear my big puffy coat this morning, my long one and i did. You didnt have your coat on. Just is i knew someone else did. Starting to get a little cold. Break out mine soon. We are looking at colder temperatures for sunday morning but still looking at, you know, 30 probably not cold enough for bills big coat. Low to mid30s and not everyone will see a true freeze but places as far as fayetteville and south hills, virginia. Areas of frost may impact sensitive plants with an end to the growing season. And the first freeze is typically before our right about thanksgiving; the earliest first freeze october 2 and the latest, november 17 but we will probably hit it before then. And we will probably not set a record freeze. Looks like a good shot at it on sunday morning. The tall tower camera, clear skies, 34 and frosty with places. Thats at the airport but in the rural or lowlying areas, we are seeing frost. Our dew point at 33 right now and the humidity at 96 and this is just a couple of patches of fog. 31 in Southern Pines and 32 in flying. 33 in rocky mount and wilson and 37 in goldsboro and fayetteville. This is probably as cold as it will get. 7 18 and the sun has been up for 30 minutes and from here, the temperatures will climb pretty quick and jump into the 40s into 8 00, 9 00 this morning and the temperatures are colder than they were this time yesterday. 12degrees colder in erwin and 10 degrees colder in hill. The High Pressure keeps us dry much of the rain dissipating as it comes across the mountains. Nice and dry all day today, good boating weather. This afternoon, feeling good. And the clouds roll in and will lock in the warmth overnight and not nearly as cold tomorrow morning and patchy rain that rolls through at midday and clearing in the afternoon with it. 69 today and 64 tomorrow and a 30 to 35 chance of rain around the middle of the day and on either side of that, not much rain wednesday, probably. 1 or less. 56 for saturday and the morning low on sunday at 30. Be prepared for that, and monday morning, about 34. So starting to feel chilly, brian, and probably getting busy, too, and the schools are on a delay. Of it helps a bit. We are seeing backups through lake county but not as bad as they typically are on tuesday. We are looking at trouble spots on the live map. A crash westbound 440 at catal accident cleared up. The latest sensor shows the right 440 westbound from wade to the i40 merge taking 40 minutes. They are in advance of the knightdale bypass and out to capital boulevard. Traffic is moving along well at 440 westbound. And we have a report of an earlier crash on wilmington on the south side of crash u. S. 1 northbound north of sanford. Heavy delaysth last check, the northbound side of u. S. 1 was blocked completely. The best alternate route, 15 501 out of sanford. Take a right on to deep river road and continue on your way up to the u. S. 1 interchange. A smooth ride from there. Battle wildfires in Cherokee County in western North Carolina. The fire burned into 1600 acres, and firefighters are working to contain a smaller wildfire at lake lenoir. Investigators have not said what caused the fires. New overnight, a road collapse prompted evacuation of buildings in japan, the heart of city of fukuoka in southern japan and caused disruption to water and electric. The sinkhole is the size of an olympic pool but they suggest that on going subway work may have contributed. A third body has kohlhepp. He may be linked to seven deaths including holding a woman hostage in a storage container this of summer. He is a registered sex offender and is held without bond. Samsung is not commenting on a report that another model phone caught fire and explode. A woman in france said that her j 5 got hot and the back of the blown blew off. This is the first known problem february reported for the j loo phone before making statements. The galaxy note 7 was recalled in e of numerous fires. They are focungfinal on two clintons final message to voters. And we are recovering everything you need to know as you head to the polls which have been open for almost one. Its 7 26 and im bill leslie with your top stories. The polls have been open for about an hour and wake county schools will begin two hours late because a number of schools are polling sites. The turnout has been very strong. East clayton elementary and riverdale elementary will be polling sites. All other Johnston County school if you havent registered to vote, its too late. Same day registration is not available on election day. And we elect for a chilly day, elizabeth. Im glad thats what you elected, bill. Out there. The coldest morning so far this season but beautiful. Look at the blue sky over rdu. Its 34 degrees and 30 in and Southern Pines and 33 in rocky mount and wilson, so certainly frosty in places this morning. But we will warm up quickly to nearly 70 this afternoon and slight chance showers midday. Brian . 7 27, elizabeth, as we check wrals traffic this morning. Look out for heavy traffic at polling sites and pedestrians as well. We have couple of unusual backups, the report of an accident blocking the median and left lane of 440 westbound at capital boulevard, looking at a ride from the i 40 split from the wade to the i 40 merge. Bill . Than, and still to come on fox 50, we are live at a polling place in raleigh with what you need to know. The time is 7 30. After an unprecedented and exhausting Campaign Season election day is finally here. And we are all breathing a sigh of relief, arent we . I am sure the candidates are, too, in ways. Donald trump in and Hillary Clinton at raleigh. And emmy victor wolf pack, at least in the older days it was the home. Reporter hey, bill. This morning marked the end of a round of stops for Hillary Clinton and it all up here in raleigh. 5500 people at Reynolds Coliseum in the middle of the night. Its an amazing experience. Reporter North Carolina iv soexcited that i finally get to vote for my mom. Reporter joined my husband bill and daughter chelsea, the democratic nominee fired up the crowd. Its not just my name or Donald Trumps name on the ballot. Its the kind of country we want. Reporter she laid out her vision of creating the economy. For millions of amerling with student debt, we are going to help you pay that ne of us want to wake up wednesday morning and wish we had done more; right . Reporter the t was no short of surprises with lady gaga and jon bon jo performingu ow the road to the white house leads through your state. Reporter North Carolina its just really important that everyone gets out to vote. Nominee donald trump held his rally at midnight and his was in grand rapids, michigan. The final Campaign Stop was supposed to be New Hampshire but his team made an 11th hour push in traditionally democratic states. Trump told supporters today was their independence da we again. We will safe again, and we will make America Great again reporter trump is leaving nothing to chance in heel state and held a rally at the fairgrounds telling the crowd he would root out dplupgz washington if elected. Votes. At this point, anything goes. Emmy victor, thank you very much. And millions of north carolinians voted early and millions more will be voting today. The polling sites opened about an hour ago, and Mikaya Thurmond has been watching slow movement of a large crowd in raleigh. At least theyre moving, they are, and thats the good news. And from what voter turnout is excellent, and you can see the lines here. This is off ash avenue near nc state and you can see a number of people here in line, and i estimate hundreds of people coming through here, just one o and will stay hope until 7 30 n its important to know that if you will be to vote. Es. You cant take a picture of your ballot and you are not supposed to talk anyone on e phone while voting. And if you havent already to vote, its late sameday registration is not available, and the North Carolina photo id atwhich overturned this summer, the vast majority of voters wi the polls. Meantime, a number of people gathered this morning, and we are expecting to see more into the afternoon. Bill and lena . We will. Mikaya thurmond, thank you. I dont know if her coat is quite as big as el she had the big down coat on. You will need it . [laughter] i was not at all cold coming in this morning. Folks are standing in line. And if you are about to head out the door even if the sun is up, you will need a coat for a while. At 10 00, 11 00, we should in the 40s and 50s and still to stand around without a coat but looking at the cool temperatures, the oldest so far this season and wesee sunday even ld well talk abou 39 in holly springs, and 31 in knightdale and 34 in smithfield d 33 in wilson, and the temperatures by lunchtime, low 60s, and well climb to nearly 70s in spots this afternoon, and at the bus stop this mome of the buses are running later than normal in wake county but expect temperatures in the mid to upper 30s this morning and nearly 70 for the ride home. Brian is here with a look at roads on the way to work or a polling place. Delays 40 westbound typical for a Tuesday Morning and slow through garner, continuing up to business 70 and beyond that with compressed delays from jones sausage blends into the fortify work zone on the south side of raleigh and slows again at u. S. 1 and harrison and 88th and parkway. With the you are probably seeing heavy outbound delays at 440 after the i40 merge. Keep that in mind, and another accident causing delays on the beltline, 440 westbound at capital boulevard. We have the left lane blocked on 440 west at capital and leading to backups from the knightdale bypass to capital. 48 minutes to make the trip from i40 in Southeast Raleigh a lot of that is because of the outbound delays this morning. They are working to get this accident cleared up. Also, because of the backups on 440 westbound, we are seeing heavy ramp delays on the inbound knightdale bypass on the westbound side on 264. Lee county, a crash that is blocking northbound u. S. Connorth of sanford so the ride out of sanford towards new hill and would apex consider using 15501 from deep river road and pick up u. S. On on the other side. Back to you. Thank you, brian. Its easier than ever for anyone to participate in the election process. Up next, how a nasa astronaut performed his civic duty from space. Im roy cooper. And when i grew up on this farm in nash county, i learned you have to Work Together to get things done. But for too long now, that hasnt been happening in raleigh. As governor, ill put partisan politics aside. So we can turn around our economy and fix our schools. No more social legislation that divides our state North Carolina and hurts our reputation. Br chance the wrapper is using star power to get millennials out to vote. Chanceler bennett headlines the get out the vote grant park on monday. When he arrived, the long line of people had already voted and over 1 Million People have already cast their ballots in illinois. And Shaw University students are turning voting into an activity today with a stroll to the polls event. Members of the student body and staff will walk from the stiewrnt Center Students the goal is to encourage the community to get out and vote. The womens cemetery where susan b. Anthony is buried has become a site to visit for many citizens. Many leave her i voted stickers on her grave marker. She died 14 won the right to vote. An american he filed from on board the International Space station. How does an astronaut vote when they know they will be iupn space on election day . About a year before the launch, they select which election they wish to participate in and six months later they receive an absentee ballot and is filed in a very secure fashion. Police in new york plan a and equate it to new years eve in times square or last years visit by pope francis. Re than 5000 officers will be assigned to midtown where both Hillary Clinton and donald trump will spend Election Night. Streets will be closed around both campaign events. S and posted at polling events. E court and he is out to prove he still has it. Cooper when we lost the nba allstar game. The ncaas. And the acc championships. It hurt North Carolinas economy and our national reputation. Im roy cooper. And this election is about finally stopping the loss of our teachers, lowering taxes on families and growing our economy. We need to fix this. For their sake. Thats where hundreds, according to mikaya, are lined you were to vote this morning. But you will need a coat or a scarf. And that line stretches way past where the camera is now. And that scene is played out all across the area, and half of people stand in line for the early voting but its cold out line, and 1 good thing is if you are going out later, maybe around lunchtime, it will be warmer at that point. Cant be quite as uncomfortable. There is a frost advisory in effect until 9 00 a. M. Temperatures will easily be in the 40s and a quick warm up into the 60s this afternoon. With the sunshine, it should feel good. Waiting on the cold front tomorrow, still not expecting a lot of rain with this. Its. 1 at best and hardly settling the dust. My husband planted grass seed last week and i dont think we will get it watered well enough to get it to grow. Dry and Cool Conditions past the front on wednesday, and a sunday front on friday, very dry and really drops the temperatures for the weekend. 50son saturday and a got shot the rdu skycam, a lot of blue sky everywhere. 34 is the current temperature and a bit of cloud cover showing up there, and a couple of patches of fog, tiny patches. 33 is the dew point and south hill, 32, and 32 in roxboro and 33 in rocky mount and 37 for goldsboro, state hill, and ervin, and temperatures are above freezing, you can get the frost. The thermometers are above ground and you can see them drop you a couple of degrees right on the grass so frost out there this morning and the 24 hour temperature change, 10 degrees cooler in erwin and south hill than this time yesterday. High pressure continues to keep things dry and it will work to block a lot of this rain to the west and a lot of this will mass and dissipate, and the front will head up to the north so once again we dont have a chancef seeing a whole lot of rain. Clouds thickening up late today at 5 00 and a deck of clouds that will keep the temperatures warmer. Looking at mid40s instead of the loto mid30s and a band of rain at lunchtime, maybe either sidlunchtime, and a high of 64, and clearing late in the day. 62 on thursday and 68 on friday, football friday, and at 10 00, 51, and on the milder side for the last football friday and after that, playoffs. But my goodness. Look at that. A morning low of30 and another frost or freeze warning in effect for sunday, forecast is certainly close enough to the record set in 1977. Brian is here with a look at the road. A word of an accident on cherry creek at wildwood with delays twe are trying to get information, maybe injuries involved there. 7 49 now and slowdowns on the south side of durham. Sun glare delays 40 eastbound away from chapel hill to good in all things considered. Lets zoom into the triangle, 440 westbound, we still have an accident blocking the median and left lane, 440 west at capitol, and backed up from the i40, 440 split. From the wade to the i40 merge, thats now 1 hour. Avoid that if you can. Work zone. The trip out to wade avenue, the same spot taking 21 minutes and still following the accident in lee county, u. S. 1 northbound, the lanes blocked at last check at colon road, heavy delays. Consider taking 15501. There are backups there. Take deep river road and pick up the u. S. 1 interchange on the heotr side of the backup. Back thank you, brian. Tesla is cutting the cord on customers ending the free charging ations. Cars ordered after y 1, 2017, will get 1000 miles, and then fees will kick in. The move will allow tesla to expand the super charger networks of 70 stations. One game after missing all of his shots against the lakers, he came out of and set a new nba record for 3 and broke his own record, hitting 13 three pointers, 13 to finish with 46. Golden state beat new orleans monday night. Curry had gone a lead record 157 games with at least 1 game and miss back. You may have heard about the movie but there was a real live snake on a plane in mexico seen on an aeromexico flight over the weekend. It was hanging from a ceiling behind an overhead luggage compartment. What would you do . Pass out. Look for the parachute. The landed in mexico city, and the airline is ended up in the cabin. I thought they will put that movie into the mix. [laughter] renee will clear our minds from that frightening thought. Right. Going to try to. This was a divisive, contentious election. How can we heal from this . This is something that perhaps we can all unite about. Released this video via social media of a very interesting social experiment. Here is the premise. A volunteer with a hillary t shirt went into a trump rally with a pretend a lot of dog and then the same with a trump t shirt going into a clinton rally with a lost dog. Here is what happened. He is obviously someones. We are looking for the owner. You are a hillary supporter . I am. Are you a trump supporter . And you are wearing. [laughter] huh. Yes, i am. Hey there, little fella. What a beautiful dog. Would you like to pet the dog . Oh, look at at i my own dog. I wouldnt want definitely. I have a golden retriever too. Oh, yeah . Been a dog lover forever. They dont criticize. Right. And my golden retriever would be laying on my feet. Oh, look. There she is. Awesome. Dogs bring us together. They sure do. The time is 7 56. Im lena tillett. Big backups. Lets go straight to brian shrader. Westbound at capital median as hour to get from the interchange to the Southeast Side of raleigh to the wadeis westbound through garner. That trip through the fortify taking 22 minutes. Around the triangle, a few accidents. Do look out for delays on 40 durham. North of sanford, blocked at colon road because of an accident at deep river road. Lena . Thank you, brian. Raleigh was the last location for Hillary Clinton before the vote sharing the stwaij her husband, daughter chelsea, and lady to supporters at the fairgrounds. It will be a chilly time at the polling site, elizabeth. Thats right. Temperatures in the 30s in many places but beautiful from the North Carolina museum of natural science. You can see the sky here. 32 in roxboro and 40 in raleigh and 31 in Southern Pines. But these temperatures are chance of rain tomorrow and thursday, sunshine and 62. Lena . Thank you, elizabeth. Coming up next on fox 50, we take a close look at the race for the states top office. Race for the states top office. How close is the battle between im roy cooper. And when i grew up on this farm in nash county, i learned you have to Work Together to get things done. But for too long now, that hasnt been happening in raleigh. As governor, ill put partisan politics aside. So we can turn around our economy and fix our schools. And hurts our reputation. We can build a better North Carolina. Right now on fox 50, donald trump and Hillary Clinton up well past midnight making their election day. Small towns and voting precincts where winners have already been declared. The precinct is open in North Carolina, and well have 5 tips that you need to know bere you head to the polls. And local counties that will ting rights complaints. Thank you for joining us this election day morning. Im lena tillett. And im renee chou. Thank wake county schools are preparing for a large voter turnout and will start two hours late because of number of ols are polling sites. Oofts finally here, election day 2016. Hilland donald trump have made their final arguments
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