US election: Donald Trump closing in on a win

  • 09/11/2016
A man watches a broadcast of the US presidential race between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump (Reuters)
A man watches a broadcast of the US presidential race between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump (Reuters)

The US election is still too close to call, but Republican candidate Donald Trump has won the crucial state of Florida and now has a real shot of winning the presidency over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Ms Clinton started the day as the favourite and the early votes backed that up, but as the day progressed Mr Trump surged back into contention, taking a number of swing states.

Newshub has Political Editor Patrick Gower live from Trump headquarters, reporter Lisa Owen with the Clinton team just a couple of kilometres away, and Mike McRoberts in Times Square

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