This is the most important election.

Like, we all have to go out there and vote.

Tonight, one of the most consequential elections in American history.

And the first polls are about to close.

I am excited. Very thrilled that is over.

It'll be nice to finally put this behind us and move forward as a country.

We're monitoring election security across the country as we settle in for a long night of results.

It looks like we have a very substantial lead.

We're both out here.

Talk to voters.

Could turnout be historic, we're in the battleground states, what brought voters to the polls.

The abortion access is a big deal.

Definitely the economy.

A special edition of the CBS evening news live from our

election headquarters starts now. Good evening. I'm Nora O'Donnell and thank you for joining us

as America decides on this election night, 2024.

Right now, we're kicking off what will be a long night of extensive coverage and analysis here at our election headquarters in New York City's Times Square.

The first polls are closing in 30 minutes from now as Americans cast their ballots for who will be the next president of the United States.

Vice President Kamala Harris is spending election night at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, D.C. Former President Donald

Trump is at his Palm Beach Florida Resort, Mar-a-Lago. We could see record turnout with long

lines from coast to coast today. Secretary's State in those battlegrounds

of Michigan and Georgia, saying tonight they expect that their states will have their highest

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