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Places there tonight, anne? >> reporter: brian, in fact, let me take you into the secretary of state's war room here in the statehouse in columbus, ohio. this is where workers are monitoring what's going on in 88 counties. that's how many counties that voted today that will determine where ohio's 18 electoral votes go to tonight. secretary of state, john husted, thank you very much. we have been with you today in dayton and in columbus. lots of concern about voter intimidation. have you seen any of those problems today? >> well, there was a lot of concern about that, low voter turnout, but for...

You expect numbers? you had huge early voting numbers here. when will we actually start to see those returns? >> in a matter of minutes. 7:45, we're about to go live with our election night reporting system. so voters will know what -- well, voters will know what was done in ohio here in a few minutes. >> polls closed about 15 minutes ago at 7:30. any problem with people trying to get in? >> at the 9,000 precinct locations, we know of one that we know of that there are lines at right now. but that should dissipate shortly and everybody's vote will be cast and we'll begin the counting process. ...

You should have chased him down even farther. i mean, there's no happy middle ground here. i think the message was that there are topics that are off limits to donald trump, and, and, you know, my job is to ask the questions, his job is to decide how he wants to answer them. >> although i didn't get the question out. but -- >> i think you were pretty clear in what you were asking him. on the subject of a rigged election, the ohio secretary of state, the man who is in charge of elections here in the state of ohio, john husted, has been very vocal in saying you know what, there's no voter fraud....

You can never eliminate the threat. we have minimized the potential. the important factor is that the voting machines aren't connected to the internet in any way. nothing actually related to casting or counting a vote is connected to the internet. so therefore there is not the risk of cyber security that some people might be concerned about. >> secretary of state john husted from ohio, thank you very much. >> thank you. right now 18 days to go and the candidates and their top surrogates are flooding the zone. donald trump's rally in north carolina about to start. hillary clinton in cleveland...

All right. we were talking about alleged widespread voter fraud. there is no such thing, and i'm about to show you why. i spoke just a few days ago with the secretary of state of the state of ohio, his name is john husted. he is a republican. he is a trump supporter. he is in charge of the electoral process in the state of ohio. here's what he told me just a few days ago. >> i can reassure donald trump, i am in charge of elections in ohio. and they're not going to be rigged. at institutions like our election system is one of the b bedrocks of american democracy. we should not question it. or t...