Polls open an hour from now. Im Jerry Gallagher and im ally crutcher a cold front tracking through the area this morning is squeezing out a few showers but will quickly clear out. Temperatures are in the 50s with the clouds but have dropped into the 40s with the clear skies behind. East and will stay mainly 1015 mph for the rest oe now. Northwest winds will stay decision 2016 todays the day millions of americans cast their votes. Were keeping an eye on results nationally and here in iowa, one key race were watching is iowas first Congressional District. Firstterm republican congressman rod blum faces democratic challenger Monica Vernon. Us live in the telegraph herald newsroom with more on both candidates. Good morning shirley. Good morning ally and jerry. Political experts say this one will be a close race. Freshman congressman rod blum background. His opponent is Monica Vernon, former cedar rapids councilwoman. When it comes to the issues. Blum is wants to reform the culture of and w
Claims but right now there has been no confirmed cases of fraud. Despite strong voter turnout, throughout philadelphia. I am happy to report after having spoken with commissioner al schmidt of the citys Commissioners Office that voter turnout is higher then normal. Reporter Philadelphia District Attorney Says complaints of vote erin tim days and fraud have remained study compared to past president ial elections. As of 4 45 District Attorney Seth Williams says there have have been 85 total complaints called in, 54 have been investigated, now 17 of those were election hearings, which is campaigning within the polling area that is not allowed within 10 feet of the polling entrance. There have been 12 calls for machine issues or malfunctions and 27 complaints for votes assistance problems. Rest of the calls have been for various other issues. We have no founded complaints of intimidation, no founded complaints of voteer fraud. We have no walking apocalypse zombies voting all over town. We
Claims but right now there has been no confirmed cases of fraud. Despite strong voter turnout, throughout philadelphia. I am happy to report after having spoken with commissioner al schmidt of the citys Commissioners Office that voter turnout is higher then normal. Reporter Philadelphia District Attorney Says complaints of vote erin tim days and fraud have remained study compared to past president ial elections. As of 4 45 District Attorney Seth Williams says there have have been 85 total complaints called in, 54 have been investigated, now 17 of those were election hearings, which is campaigning within the polling area that is not allowed within 10 feet of the polling entrance. There have been 12 calls for machine issues or malfunctions and 27 complaints for votes assistance problems. Rest of the calls have been for various other issues. We have no founded complaints of intimidation, no founded complaints of voteer fraud. We have no walking apocalypse zombies voting all over town. We
Involve pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. Right . Do they have a similar electorate in those states . John . Yes, they do. Its that noncollege bluecollar population. What makes pennsylvania a little bit different, is i mean pennsylvania and michigan the coalition for Hillary Clinton would have to be africanamericans, college suburban educated women. In michigan points. College educated women. So thats not a huge amount for her. Whereas in, in pennsylvania, she is up by 14 points. With College Educated women. So that would she would have wanted a bigger margin with that group. By the way, giving her maine, continues allowing the possibility of the screen writers, 269269 electoral Hillary Clinton. The clinton team and watch party was assembled at the Javits Center in new york two miles from where the trump team was gathered. The clinton team choosing the place because the Javits Center has a glass ceiling. The clinton team wanting to make. Symbolism there. To place cracks in the gla
He gave it. Bob, talk about now, the challenges for sum within as they transition from booing a candidate to trying to govern and becoming filling that office, the awesomeness of the office and the responsibilities that go with it. I think we are kind of in unchartered territory now. We, really dont know. This is this is a totally new and different group. Than we have seen arrive in washington before. And i dont think where this goes from here. I mean it is different. Its this was a different campaign. And what happens now is different as well. I think it is encouraging to say he wants to reach out to all americans. Campaign is over. The work is just beginning. That he wants to do a good job for everybody. We havent heard him speak that way before. Because he said he wanted partnership, not conflict. Which was also something that, the first person to become president of the United States without having held Previous Elected Office since dwight eisenhower. He did it without the advantag