My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 11/04/2008

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[0:17]" Good afternoon at 3 o'clock it's cloudy and 63 degrees in Boston this Election Day I'm Diane Stern years ago following in the WBZ newsroom campaign no way this coming to a close call. The most important one at the -- this is Sam Compton in Chicago I voted."

[0:49]" On Wall Street the Dow is up a 178. As stocks enjoyed many Election Day rally the MarketWatch report coming up the forecast continuation dry weather across the area this election night. Watch for patchy fog later on. Celtics and rockets in Houston tonight the Celtics on a one game losing streak."

[1:06]" As portion of the news is powered by MSNBC. The place for politics. America has been voting now for several hours and some of the polls on the east coast will be closing at 7 this evening here in Massachusetts it's 8 PM. The presidential candidates are getting in their final say is after casting their ballots this morning. Likely voters in Indianapolis got calls from their next state over neighbor Barack Obama who was asked if the winning Indiana Israel has stepped."

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[1:44]" Obama's biggest cheerleader here in Massachusetts is arguably the governor WBZ is Kim Tunnicliffe caught up with him in Chinatown today shaking hands and patting backs Governor Patrick -- the 200 volunteers here at Obama headquarters in Chinatown for helping to get out the vote thank you. -- Patrick now leaves for Chicago where he'll attend Barack Obama's campaign party tonight."

[2:09]" If things go as we have worked for and his we have planned and they'll be a profound historical occasion tonight and I -- he appeared to be witnessed."

[2:17]" The governor reiterated that even if Obama is elected president he's not leaving Massachusetts."

[2:23]" I have no intentions or interest frankly im going to Washington and I'm not going to Washington I have the job I've always wanted from a Obama's headquarters in Chinatown."

[2:32]" Kim Tunnicliffe WBZ Newsradio 1030 Republican John McCain voted in a Church in Phoenix today where he flashed the thumbs up sign. He has a busy schedule for the rest of the day is we hear from ABC's Jim Ryan."

[2:48]" John McCain has cast his ballot but he knows that many other voters have not. In a rare Election Day campaign swing the Arizona senator has left his home state and headed to Grand Junction, Colorado. Then it's on to Albuquerque, New Mexico in both battleground states McCain hopes to shake some hands and maybe convince -- undecided voters. Jim -- ABC news been."

[3:08]" So it looks like Wall Street investors are looking forward to putting the uncertainty of the presidential election to -- The Dow Jones thirty industrials at last check up over 165. Points. -- gains for the other major indexes as well the Wall Street numbers and much more on the business front. Coming up at about eight past the hour with the marketwatch.com. There are long lines of motivated voters all around New England there have been some problems at the polling places. We'll have details next WBZ news -- 36 it is Election Day in this year there is great enthusiasm at the polls all around the state. As WBZ's Mark Caddick tells us from camp which -- there has been a snag or two."

[3:49]" The lions grow and shrink -- steady nothing is ever perfect and Cambridge's Lexington street voting place people discovered they were not on the registration list a new list was provided by the secretary of state and precinct clerk -- page says those who admitted use provisional ballots. Their names to be checked off against the supplementary list which we've now received an election commission and the votes will be scanned through the voting machine. They're predicting a record turnout and no surprise the economy and Iraq the dominating issues and paying attention to what's going on in the United States. Terms of our infrastructure. But the final decision from -- is more about who can deal with those issues the capacity to really be a president when it's your turn. In Cambridge Mark -- WBZ Newsradio 1030."

[4:33]" The secretary of State's office also had to call local radio talk show on the carpet. An email was sent to the host to not get off after hearing complaints that the pair had set on the air that the election was postponed and that Democrats should be voting tomorrow. In Rhode Island their hand counting some votes in Smithfield because of a misprint. Scanners at the town's seven polling places were unable to read the outdated ballots which included the name of a local candidate who had dropped out weeks ago. High voter turnout so far in Massachusetts judging from the lines at polling places WBZ TV's Eric Conti reports from Quincy."

[5:13]" I just want to school in Queens -- voters poured into the precinct early passionate about these political times. -- plan -- action especially from the kids from my generation before send them every rebound when talking about it this one's the most important -- the scene. That urgency has everyone predicting a record turnout here in Quincy and across the state. -- Alice has been a -- warden for twenty years here in Quincy she expects this to be the busiest elections she's ever work to. You know as each day goes by something worse happens and I think they did that this is. Firing up people as to who they want to be present. Voters we spoke would say the chance to help shape the future isn't worth the wait."

[5:56]" And there are three ballot questions generating interest in the day state question one would eliminate the state income tax to calls for the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana and three were demolished dog racing in Massachusetts. WBZ news -- freeway."

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[6:21]" It all starts at 8 o'clock will have coverage from Ed Walsh and from Dan Rea and Michael Goldman the political strategists and of course all of our reporters. And the services of CBS and ABC news. Well let's check out the Wall Street numbers right after that we go to John -- docked at marketwatch.com. And John you brought to us by the most trusted name in mattresses AP's the mattress professionals."

[7:34]" Now with 310 time to check out the -- Friday the extended WBZ AccuWeather forecast here is Bob Larson partly cloudy tonight patchy fog overnight low fifty areas of fog -- tomorrow morning otherwise mostly -- to -- start to rain late in the afternoon. -- 63 periods of rain tomorrow -- again fifty. Claudia breezy Thursday with a grain of the area and a high of 59. Friday mostly cloudy and mild high 61. -- weather in just ten minutes. I'm WBZ. AccuWeather meteorologist. Bob Larson and Boston now 63 degrees and cloudy."

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[11:13]" We'll have the other news of the day coming up with WBZ's Anthony Silva including the latest on former Boston firefighter Albert Arroyo. -- WBZ news time now is 350 and we shift to sports with WBZ is Tom Cuddy."

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