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President-elect, once he assumes office, will do whats in the best interest of his country. >> julie: so you are open to that? >> sean: is not a question to about being open, it is prejudging with the president-elect is going to do when he gets in office and is afforded the intelligence and insight and guidance -- >> julie: hasnt he had it? >> sean: he has had a briefing, but i think to sit down and with a national security team and the other relevant agencies, the defense department, the state ...

Not even a lot of absentee voting either. everything happens today. carol. >> all right. miguel marquez live from pittsburgh. thanks so much. lets head to my home state of ohio. martin savidge is in parma. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, carol. parma is located to the south of cleveland. still in very heavy democratic territory of cuyahoga county. were sort of hemmed into a corner. we dont have the freedom to move around as much as miguel does. there arent any lines here. thats ...

Independent. >> and who are those independents? are they younger voters? are they latinos? are they people that switch their registration because they dont want to be affiliated with either party? >> thats donald trumps secret army of voters. >> they could be donald trump voters as well. all of these big talese hugely important. the white vote, as you said before if you look in wake county in north carolina for instance its five counties, those five large counties. forsythe, durham, thats where ...

And in county is. how do we know? they were here within the last 18 hours of their campaign. 15 electoral votes on the line for north carolina. the big story out of north carolina, early voting. setting a record this year. more than 3.1 million early and absentee votes counted this year so far. we know that there are some demographic questions about who is showing up. the hispanic vote here, more than 79% increase over 2012. still, a small percentage of the electorate. white voters have 22%. bla...

Unheard of. so what is that vote going to mean? were going to talk about that. >> and if you want a chance to be featured on cnns election day coverage, tag your voting instagrams with #myvote. let us know who you voted for and where you voted. well be showing some of them throughout the day. >> how about a little taste now? what do we have? >> we have some live pictures from parma, ohio. >> just as good. there we go. look at that, usa all the way. thats nice. little voter sticker there on the w...

Martin, donald trump, of course, must win ohio tonight as well. >> reporter: right. and hes got a path to doing that. and that really relies on democrats. working-class democrats. weve talked about this in the primary. heed that crossover effect. he was appealing to those ohioans who were blue-collar democrats but this time around because of the economy, job loss and what they see as a decline of their way of life, donald trump spoke in ways they liked -- bring the jobs back, renegotiate those b...

Decline greatly. these are the sort of people when donald trump says im bringing the jobs back, im going to get fair trade deals, these are the people that have listened. because they have seen the loss in their own lives. well see how it plays out. kate and john. >> all right, martin sav onidge parma, thank you. all day, youve been sending us your voting selfies. please keep them coming. use #myvote on instagram. let us know who you voted for and where. make sure you follow your state laws. s...

That wont be until this evening. but a steady stream still comes through here. carol. >> martin savidge reporting live from parma, ohio, thanks so much. perhaps the biggest winner today is us. the election fatigued american people. because weve made it. it is decision day. its been long and many times very bitter ride. with me to talk about this is elizabeth suhag, assistant professor for government at american university, specializing in the study of political psychology. this must be an intere...

America. miguel marquez, thanks so much. all right, lets head to ohio now. martin savidge is with voters in parma. hi, martin. >> were firing democracy on all eight cylinders in parma ohio. i make that reference because if you know cleveland, you know parma, they were all very instrumental in the automotive industry in days gone by. those are days in the past. that actually impacts how people are thinking about voting this time around. you can see, weve got no waiting here. you could come over f...

Nation. at least thats what some folks say. cnns martin savidge is in parma, ohio, for us, the battleground state has 18 electoral votes at stake. hey there, martin. >> hey, kate, we havent got it wrong in ohio since 1964. not since 1964 has ohio ever got it wrong when it comes to voting for president. whoever wins ohio has won the presidency. that may not play out today. but let me explain where we are. parma ohio, a suburb of cleveland. day h cuyahoga county which clevelands located in heavily...