TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH"
DECISION DAY, AMERICANS HEAD TO
THE POLLS TO PICK THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
PLUS A RECORD NUMBER OF
AMERICANS IN ISRAEL EXERCISE
THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE IN THIS
HISTORIC ELECTION.
AND THE TIGHT MISSOURI SENATE
RACE THAT HAS HAD PEOPLE AROUND
THE COUNTRY TALKING FOR MONTHS.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." IT IS THE DAY MANY
HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING FOR A
LONG TIME, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE
I AM WENDY GRIFFITH.
AFTER MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNS AND
COMMERCIALS, THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE ENDS TODAY.
VOTERS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY.
WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THE
CANDIDATES FINAL PUSH TO WIN THE
WHITE HOUSE BEGINNING WITH DAVID
BRODY WHEN MITT ROMNEY SPOKE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE LAST NIGHT.
FOUR BATTLEGROUND STATES
INCLUDING HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,
A WHIRLWIND DAY AS MITT ROMNEY
TOOK THE STAGE IN FRONT OF AN
AUDIENCE OF NEARLY 10,000
PEOPLE.
SOMETHING NOTICEABLE IN THE AIR,
YOU CAN LITERALLY FEEL IT AT
THESE RALLIES, MUCH DIFFERENT
FROM FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN JOHN
MCCAIN'S EVENTS FELT LESS
OPTIMISTIC. YOU WOULD HOPE
PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD LIVE TOUP
HIS PROMISE TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE BIG
PROBLEMS.
HE HASN'T, I WILL
WHILE THESE HUGE RALLIES LOOK
GREAT IN PERSON, THE KEY IS
GETTING VOTERS TO THE POLLS.
THEY ARE USING SOPHISTICATED
SOFTWARE, AN APP THAT WILL TELL
THEM WHO IS VOTING WHERE AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
AS THAT INFORMATION COMES INTO
ELECTION HEADQUARTERS,
LAST-MINUTE PHONE CALLS AND DOOR
NGOC KNOCKS TO SPECIFIC
UNDERPERFORMING AREAS.
AS FOR THE FOLKS, THEY ARE FIRED
UP.
I AM MARRIED AND HAVE A
COUPLE OF KIDS, I THINK ROMNEY
IS GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB.
I
I AM EXCITED.
FEEL GOOD MITT ROMNEY HAS THE
MOMENTUM.
I THINK HE IS GOING TO DO IT.
I ALSO FEEL THAT IT IS ABOUT
TIME THAT THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER,
TOO.
DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS.
THIS IS JENNIFER WISHON IN
CHICAGO.
PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY AT HOME
TAKING SHELTER IN THE WINDY CITY
WAITING FOR RESULTS.
THAT IS NOT A BAD WAY TO
BRING IT HOME.
PRESIDENT CHOSE OHIO,
WISCONSIN, AND IOWA TO MAKE HIS
CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
HIS PITCH, TELLING VOTERS HE
SPENT HIS FIRST TERM FIGHTING
FOR CHANGE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE SCARS ON ME
TO PROVE IT, MY GRAY HAIR.
HIS GET OUT AND VOTE DRAWS
PRAISE FROM THE REPUBLICANS.
HERE IN CHICAGO, THEY ARE IN
OVERDRIVE.
HALF A DOZEN VOLUNTEERS POUR
IN, SOME MAKING PLANS TO CANVAS
BATTLEGROUND STATES KANSAS AND
WISCONSIN.
OTHERS MAKING ENDLESS PHONE
CALLS.
IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORS TO VOTE THAT
WILL MAKE US WIN THIS ELECTION.
DAN BOLT CAN'T VOTE TODAY
BECAUSE HE IS NORWEGIAN.
HE BELIEVES OBAMA HAS HELPED
EUROPEAN AND MUSLIM LEADERS.
MANY BACK HOME IN NORWAY
REALLY OPPOSE ROMNEY'S POLICIES.
KATHY MOVED TO CHICAGO FROM
OHIO.
SHE IS WORKING TO HELP
BATTLEGROUND STATE VOTERS SEE
THE LIGHT.
MY FRIENDS ARE BACK IN OHIO,
THEY ARE TRYING SO HARD.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HELP
THEM.
I SAID NO, YOU CAN DO IT.
I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.
SO -- SORRY.
NON-STOP WORK AND SENSE OF
MISSION TAKE AN EMOTIONAL TOLL
ON VOLUNTEERS FOR BOTH
CANDIDATES.
FOUR YEARS AGO, PRESIDENT
OBAMA CLAIMED HIS HISTORIC
VICTORY.
HERE IN CHICAGO'S PLACE IN FRONT
OF A MUCH SMALLER CROWD.
MANY VOTERS ARE TIRED OF THE
PHONE CALLS AND MAIL.
TODAY THEY HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN
THE CHANCE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS
BALLOTS.
HEATHER SELLS TALKS TO PEOPLE IN
THE SWING STATE OF VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA IS ONE OF EIGHT
BATTLEGROUND STATES.
THE VOTERS HERE HAVE FELT IT.
TV ADS, PHONE CALLS, SICK OF
IT.
EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE TV,
THE ONLY COMMERCIALS ARE
POLITICAL COMMERCIALS.
ARE YOU TIRED OR FINE?
I LIVE THE IT.
THEY GIVE ATTENTION TO
VIRGINIA.
I HEARD VIRGINIA WAS A PURPLE
STATE.
THEY ARE EXPECTING IT COULD GO
EITHER WAY.
I AM EXCITED.
IT IS ANNOYING, THE ADS.
I AM READY FOR IT TO BE OVER.
MANY FEEL A SPECIAL
OBLIGATION KNOWING THEIR VOTE IN
A BATTLEGROUND STATE HAS BEEN
FOUGHT FOR.
THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 10
STATES THAT DETERMINE THE
ELECTION.
I USED TO BE FROM INDIANA, IT
IS KNOWN IT IS GOING TO GO
REPUBLICAN.
NICE TO BE IN A BATTLEGROUND
STATE YOUR VOTE COULD MEAN THAT
MUCH MORE.
IN VIRGINIA AND MANY OTHER
SWING STATES, THEY HAVE STOOD IN
LINE IN LONG LINES, AN
INDICATION HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO MANY.
SOME 30 MILLION VOTERS HAVE
ALREADY CAST A BALLOT IN EARLY
VOTING.
THEIR RESULTS WILL BE COUNTED AS
WELL.
ON THE WEST COAST, POLLS OPEN
UNTIL 8:00 P.M. SPECIFIC TIME.
EXPECT ELECTION RESULTS TO
CONTINUE LATE INTO THE NIGHT IF
NOT MORNING, HEATHER SELLS, CBN
NEWS.
LOOK AT THE LINES, WE TURN TO
DR. CHARLES DUNN, ELECTION 2012
WINDS DOWN, THE DISTINGUISHED
PROFESSOR AT REGENT UNIVERSITY
AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
"PRESIDENCY IN THE 21ST
CENTURY."
WE HAVE SEEN EARLY VOTING
REPORTS, WHAT IS IT TELL YOU
ABOUT HOW VIRGINIA IS GOING TO
SWING?
WE DON'T KNOW.
VERY TIGHT.
WE CAN EVALUATE WITH CRITERIA.
GENERAL RULE OF HISTORY,
UNDECIDED VOTERS SWING TO THE
CHALLENGER.
CHALLENGER IN THIS INSTANCE IS
MR. ROMNEY.
IF WE LOOK AT THAT RULE, ROMNEY
WILL CARRY VIRGINIA.
IF WE LOOK AT THE OTHER RULES,
FOR EXAMPLE, 7.2 RULE,
UNEMPLOYMENT, 7.2 OR ABOVE
INCUMBENT LOSES.
THIS IS A CLOSE RACE.
WHAT IS YOUR GUT, DR. DUNN?
I THINK IT WILL GO FOR
ROMNEY.
WE SEE ROMNEY HAS HAD A LOT OF
MOMENTUM.
HE HAS COVERED IT FROM NORTHERN
VIRGINIA ON OUT TO SOUTHWEST
EARN VIRGINIA.
HE HAD HUGE CROWDS, THAT IS A
HUGE FACTOR, CROWD SIZE AND A
GENERAL RULE OF HISTORY.
STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE,
OPTIMISM.
CANDIDATE THAT EXUDES GREATER
OPTIMISM, ROMNEY.
PUNDITS ARE WIDELY ON THEIR
PREDICTIONS.
WHAT ARE CLUES?
LOOK AT TURN OUT.
TURN OUT IN KEY AREAS.
WHEN THE VOTES BEGIN TO COME IN,
YOU LOOK AT SAY IN KYEHOGA
COUNTY IN CLEVELAND AREA, OBAMA
TO WIN OHIO, HE HAS TO HAVE A
HIGH TURN OUT.
DEM NUGS IN BLACK TURNOUT.
ROMAN CATHOLIC AND JEWISH IN KEY
AREAS.
I HAVE LOOKED AT KEY GROUPS
WINNING COALITION IN 2008.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE GROUPS, THERE
HAS BEEN A DEM NUGS IN SUPPORT.
THAT IS WHY I ANSWERED ROMNEY.
LOOK FOR THOSE GROUPS.
OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, AND
WISCONSIN, STATES TO WATCH.
YES.
DEFINITELY.
AND FLORIDA.
AMERICANS HAYING TO THE POLLS
ARE FACING TOUGH DECISIONS, 176
MEASURES ON THE BALLOTS IN 38
STATES.
AMONG THE HIGHER PROFILE
MEASURES, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND
COLORADO COULD BECOME THE FIRST
STATES TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL
USE OF MARIJUANA.
MASSACHUSETTS CONSIDERING
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE AND
FLORIDA FOR RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND PO
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE
LAW.
ALSO CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE.
DEMOCRATS CONTROL 53 OUT OF 100
SEATS THANKS TO INDEPENDENT
SENATORS WHO CAUCUS WITH THEM.
MORE THAN A DOZEN RACES, IN
VIRGINIA, GEORGE ALLEN NECK AND
NECK WITH DEMOCRAT TIM CANE.
IN WISCONSIN, ANOTHER EVEN RACE
FOR OPEN DEMOCRAT SEAT, TOMMY
THOMPSON IS GIVING DEMOCRAT TAMI
BALDWIN A RUN.
IN ARIZONA, RETIRE YEE
REPUBLICAN JON KYL COULD GO
EITHER WAY, JEFF FLAKE IS FACING
A TOUGH FIGHT WITH RICHARD
CARMONA.
OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK AND NEW
JERSEY SCRAMBLE TO SET UP VOTING
STATIONS.
MANY POLLING STATIONS ARE WATER
LOGGED STILL OR MISSING
ALTOGETHER.
HUNDREDS OF REGULAR POLLING
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK
CITY FIVE BURR ROWINGS.
175 POLLING LOCATIONS WILL BE
OPEN.
SOME WILL HAVE MERGED POLLING
PLACES.
WE HAVE A MOBILE BUS THAT HIT
THE SHELTER AT HIGH SCHOOL NORTH
WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND
VOTE.
SO FAR LONG LINES HAVE BEEN
SEEN AT STATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN
VIRGINIA.
DID YOU HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME
TO VOTE?
WE WANT TO KNOW, SHARE YOUR
EXPERIENCE AT THE POLLS ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND COMING UP, VOTING FROM
ABROAD, HOW AMERICANS IN ISRAEL
CAST A VOTE PICKS A PRESIDENT.
IN FLORIDA, ELECTION LAWSUITS
ALREADY IN MOTION OVER EARLY
VOTING.
A NEW VOTING LAW MADE SATURDAY
THE LAST DAY TO CAST AN EARLY
BALLOT.
LONG LINES HAD VOTERS WAITING UP
TO SIX HOURS.
FLORIDA'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
REFUSED TO EXTEND EARLY VOTING
HOURS.
DEMOCRATS FILED A EMERGENCY
LAWSUIT.
FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
TRYING TO PUT THE FOOT IN THE
DOOR IN CASE IT DOESN'T GO FL
THERE WAY.
SEVERAL COUNTIES ALLOWING
VOTERS TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE
ABSENTEE BALLOTS AS LONG AS THEY
ARE CAST IN PERSON.
HERE AT HOME, FOLKS VOTING, MANY
U.S. CITIZENS VOTING IN ISRAEL
ALREADY CAST BALLOTS HERE IS
CHRIS MITCHELL FROM JERUSALEM.
IVOTE ISRAEL HELPED
FACILITATE A RECORD TURN OUT.
ELI PIEPS IS NATIONAL DIRECTOR.
WE HAD OVER 35 EVENTS HELPING
PEOPLE TO VOTE.
THIS YEAR 80,000 AMERICANS
LIVING IN ISRAEL VOTED, WHILE
FOUR YEARS AGO, ONLY 20,000 CAST
THEIR BALLOTS.
85 PERCENT VOTED FOR GOVERNOR
ROMNEY, 14 PERCENT FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
THE RESULTS REFLECTED THE ISSUES
MOST IMPORTANT TO AMERICANS
LIVING IN ISRAEL.
ISSUES DEALING WITH
JERUSALEM, IRAN WERE PARAMOUNT
MINDS OF AMERICANS AND DON'T
FEEL COMFORTABLE.
IF THE POLLING IS RIGHT, THE
VOTE OF EVERY AMERICAN WHO LIVES
IN ISRAEL IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL.
FORMER SPOKESMAN FOR BUSH
SAYS THE JEWISH VOTE COULD BE
PIVOT
PIVOTAL.
7500 COME FROM THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
ALSO HAVE OTHER SWING STATES
SUCH AS OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA.
BOTH STATES 3500 VOTES COMING
FROM ISRAEL.
REPUBLICANS ARE ERODING THE
CRUCIAL SUPPORT.
GROWING INROADS BEING MADE TO
THE HISTORICALLY STRONG
DEMOCRATIC VOTE.
DEMOCRATS CAN'T AFFORD TO WIN
THE JEWISH VOTE BY 3-1.
IF REPUBLICANS GET 25 PERCENT OR
MORE, REPUBLICANS WILL WIN THE
ELECTION.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
ISRAEL.
THE SURPRISING OUBLG.
MISSOURI REPUBLICAN TODD
AIKEN TAKEN ON CLAIR MCCASKILL.
REPUBLICANS SAW IT AS IMPORTANT
UNTIL AIKEN'S CONTROVERSIAL
COMMENTS SENT THEM INTO A TAIL
SPIN.
AS JOHN JESSUP REPORTS THAT MAY
NOT BE THE CASE.
THE SHOW-ME CASE.
MISSOURIANS ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR
BEING POSITIVE.
HARD TO TELL BY THE BITTER
CAMPAIGN ADS.
TODD AIKEN IS SCARY.
CORRUPT CLAIR, THE MOMENT HER
HAND CAME OFF THE BIBLE, IT CAME
INTO OUR POCKETS.
THEN CAME THIS.
IF IT IS A LEGITIMATE BODY,
HAS WAYS TO SHUT IT DOWN.
IT TOSSED MCCASKILL THE
LIFELINE SHE NEEDED.
CLAIR HAS BEEN ABLE TO
CAPITALIZE ON A MISSTEP FROM HER
OPPONENT, TODD AIKEN.
THE SIX-TERM ST. LOUIS
CONGRESSMAN HAS TURNED THE
CONTEST AROUND.
THIS IS A CLOSE RACE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE
OF MAKING THE DIFFERENCE OF THE
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
AIKEN TELLS CBN NEWS.
THEY TRIED TO PUSH THEM OUT.
HE STILL HAS A CHANCE TO WIN.
HE HAS HAD TO DO THEM WITHOUT
HAVING NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
SUPPORT.
HE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE --
INDIANA RICHARD MOURDOCK AFTER
HE CONNECTED RAPE TO GOD'S WILL.
REPUBLICANS STOOD BEHIND HIM.
AIKEN BELIEVES CONSERVATIVES
DESERTED HIM.
FLU
I AM NOT APPARENTLY MORE
IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GET
MODERATES THAN TAKING OVER
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
AIKEN STILL STRUGGLES WITH
FINANCES.
MCCASKILL RAISED SIX MILLION
DOLLARS WHILE AIKEN TOOK IN LESS
THAN TWO.
PARTY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN
TURNING OFF OUR FUNDING CANS OUR
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
THEY ARE TRYING TO STARVE OF US
OXYGEN.
THEY HAVEN'T STARVED ME OF
GASOLINE.
AIKEN IS FUELLING HIS
MOMENTUM BY ATTENDING THIS FISH
FRY.
HIS VALUES APPEAL TO
CONSERVATIVE VOTERS.
HE IS A STRONG CHRISTIAN, A
CONSERVATIVE.
THAT IS THE KIND OF PEOPLE I
WANT NO WASHINGTON.
I KNOW HE IS ROCK SOLID ON THE
ISSUES.
MCCASKILL PORTRAYS AIKEN AS
TOO EXTREME ON ISSUES RANGING
FROM MEDICARE TO SOCIAL SECURITY
TO HIS VIEWS ON WOMEN.
HE SLAMMED HIS LEGITIMATE RAPE
COMMENT WHILE TOUTING HER AS A
MODERATE THAT WORKS ACROSS THE
ISLE.
HOW DID I GET THERE,
MISSOURI-STYLE INDEPENDENCE.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS RIGHT FOR
MISSOURI.
MCCASKILL UNAVAILABLE DUE TO
THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF HER
MOTHER.
HER BACKERS SAY MCCASKILL'S
BIPARTISAN APPROACH SHOULD BE
REWARDED WITH A SECOND TERM.
SHE HAS CREATED A NATIONAL
NICHE IN TAKING HER FORMER ROLE
AS A STATE AUDITOR IN APPLYING
HER ROLE TO THE SENATE AND
SAVING TAX PAYORS MILLIONS IF
NOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
SPENDING.
AIKEN CALLS MCCASKILL OUT OF
STEP FOR BACKING PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S AGENDA.
EVEN HIS HEALTH CARE LAW WHICH
MISSOURIANS WIDELY OPPOSE.
I AM VERY MAIN STREAM FOR THE
STATE OF MISSOURI.
I AM OPTIMISTIC, GOING FORWARD
WITH THE MISSION AND I PLAN BY
THE GRACE OF GOD TO REPLACE
CLAIR MCCASKILL.
JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS, ST.
LOUIS, MISSOURI.
REACHING NEW HIGHS OVER THE
WINDY CITY.
CHICAGO'S FIRST EVER AMPUTEE TO
CLIMB THE WILLIS TOWER.
FINALLY SOME NON-ELECTION
NEWS, WE LEAVE YOU WITH
UPLIFTING NEWS OUT OF CHICAGO, A
31-YEAR-OLD AMPUTEE MADE
HISTORY, ZACH VOTEN IS THE FIRST
PERSON TO CLIMB ALL 33 FLOORS,
SOFTWARE ENGINEER LOST HIS LEG
IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.
INSTITUTE SKY RISE CHICAGO
CHARITY.
ZACH FINISHED THE CLIMB IN 45
MINUTES.
IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
PROSTHETIC THAT RESPONDS TO THE
PATIENT'S THOUGHTS.
THE USER THINKS ABOUT WHAT THEY
WANT IT TO DO AND TRANSFER FROM
THE BRAIN TO THE HAMSTRING
TRIGGERING MOVEMENT.
AMAZING.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
YOU CAN STAY WITH US AND UP TO
DATE ON THE LATEST ELECTION
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WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW, GOOD
NIGHT.
