Im not here to declare what we won, but when the voting is done we believe well be the winners. Reporter biden claiming he will flip arizona blue. He is likely to win in michigan and wisconsin and just 17 electoral votes show of the presidency. His Campaign Setting a record for most votes for any president ial candidate. Weve won with the majority of the american people. Indeed senator harris and i are on track to win more votes than any ticket in the history of this country. Reporter still the former Vice President urging patience as vote counting continues in swing states like nevada, georgia and pennsylvania. The president currently holds a lead in the keystone state but there are hundreds of thousands of ballots yet to be counted. The majority from democraticleaning areas, but without any legal basis the president saying this so well be going to the supreme court. We want all voting to stop. Reporter even the Senate Majority leader, republican Mitch Mcconnell weighing in. Claiming youre winning the election is different from finishing the counting. Reporter with the president s chances of staying in the white house for four more years narrowing, the Trump Campaign mounting Court Challenges in several states including michigan where hes pushing for more gop observers to be allowed into counting locations. This group causing chaos inside one of those sites, chanting stop the count. Stop the count reporter so other than an overnight News Conference after the polls closed, we have not seen President Trump. Hes been active on twitter but not in front of the cameras. Hes been behind closed doors in the white house huddled with aides. In washington, faith abubey, abc7 news. Thank you. The Justice Department is allowing armed Law Enforcement officers to go to Ballot Counting Locations looking into potential cases of voter fraud. So this affects states like nevada where counting continues and the winner has been declared in the president ial race. The New York Times reports the message went out in an email yesterday. Federal law prohibits placing armed federal officials at polls on election day. Protests have happened throughout the country and it sounds like we would have more. Jobina . Overnight a riot was declared in portland. The National Guard was activated as protests turned violent. Eight people were arrested. In new york city more than 20 arrests were made as people set fires and clashed with police in greenwi greenwich village. In boston, the National Guard was ordered on standby as hundreds of marchers took to the streets. In chicago, protesters marched downtown along a street across the river from trump tower. In arizona, more than 200 Trump Supporters swarmed outside, theyre claiming some ballots have not been counted properly. Video shows at least two people in the group with guns clearly visible. At one point an Extremist Group was able to get inside the office before being told to leave. Despite the distraction the Elections Department tweeted the staff will continue to do their jobs. Our votes should count dozens took to the Embarcadero Plaza to demand all votes be counted. It was one of three rallies in the bay area yesterday. Some gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza in oakland and faith leaders voiced their concerns in san jose. Republican National Committee woman of california harmid dillon was quick to ask about their motives since california allows ballots that are postmarked before election day 17 days after the election. That is just election theater. California has probably the most liberal election laws in america. Protesters say they were enraged by President Trump declaring victory before the votes were counted. You can find the latest at abc7news. Com election. This morning Alameda County sheriffs deputies are trying to find the people responsible for looting the big five on hesperian boulevard in san lorenzo. Thats where abc7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield is live with whats happening there now. They just finished boarding up this big five to cover up the big hole from the damage that was done here. This store was targeted along with the walmart across the street. This is on hesperian boulevard in san lorenzo. Heres a look at a gun and some ammunition that was left behind. Officers say the thieves went after the weapons section of the stores. We talked to a man who owns a business in this shopping center. His business was not damaged, but he says he feels bad for big five. Translator dont do this because it affects all of us. Were in a pandemic now we have to deal with vandalism. It makes things worse. He says he saw them pull up in cars, use a cutting tool to get through the iron gate and then start breaking windows and start looting. Sheriffs deputies used a drone to search the area but everyone got away. No arrests have been made. They have not said if this was election related, a protest or just a raid to steal guns. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. Theres a chance of showers coming our way tomorrow. Mike nicco has a look at our forecast. Were going to flip the switch and bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms. 10 to 20 degrees colder and windy conditions. Were in the low to upper 50s all around San Francisco with a few clouds, but most of them you can see are in the south bay and up in the north bay. We have microclimates from 48 in pleasanton to 57 in belmont to 47 in American Canyon right now. Heres a look from sutro tower. Warm once again if youre working from home. Then will you have to use the heater probably starting tomorrow. Last day to get the kids outside for recreation while theyre remote learning. The last calm day to get the yard work finished. Get everything tied down or brought in, especially temporary structures they will be easily blown away by the wind gusts starting tomorrow. Some of us, a couple hundredths of an inch. If you get caught under a shower or thunderstorm, up to twothirds to a third of an inch of rain is possible. A chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow, a lesser chance friday, then another chance on sunday. More on that coming up in the weather. Lets get back to reggie and kumasi. Thank you. Still ahead, an update on the Police Shooting we first told you about yesterday on abc7 mornings. Police release new details about the arrest they made. Theyre trying to steal this election a trump supporter interrupts this news its made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and its made for her shes serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks whether they served one tour or made a career of it. We also made usaa for military spouses and their kids usaa is easy to work with and can save you money on auto, home and renters insurance. Become a member today. Get an insurance quote at usaa. Com quote usaa. What youre made of were made for all right. Another day of quick warming under sunshine that will rapidly melt the cloud cover thats out there in the 50s through 7 00. 60s and 70s at noon. A few 80s inland. 50s and 60s your last comfortable and quiet evening for a walk. The storm impact scale is back for tomorrow. Scattered showers, thunderstorms, small hail. Winds gusting 30 Miles Per Hour to 50 Miles Per Hour. The closer you are to the coast the more likely you are to get a scattered shower and thunderstorm. The best chance will be over the ocean. Thats where the greatest amount of energy is. When the cold front comes through tonight, it will get windy, scattered showers. Slick spots for the morning commute. When the pool of cold air comes in tomorrow afternoon, thats when well have the best chance of thunderstorms which means lightning and small hail. Well get a break saturday and then a secondary push of wider scattered showers and thunderstorms for sunday. Here is jobina. Good morning. So the bay bridge has been our problem spot, packed at the toll plaza. Metering lights came on at 5 41. A crash near treasure island, that has cleared. We have a threecar crash a bit before the toll plaza that is slowing things down. Macup extends into the maze and emeryville. Giving you an overall look at the map. Look at the fog concentrated in the north bay and over san jose, look at this live camera of 280. Visibility is so low right now, also on 87. So please take your time and be careful down there its hard to see. All right. Thank you. California senator and Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris not only has supporters here in the bay area, how people from her grandfathers village in india are showing their support. No. And a really Close Encounter with a humpback whale. Kayakers describe what went through their minds during this scary moment. And as we head to break, a live look outside to see what beautiful sites we can see overlooking the embarcadero and the bay bridge a fanfavorite venue ever since they got gigspeed internet. Xfinity gives them the ultimate home field advantage. Its their 12th man. Protector. Hey, amy . Want to grab a seat . Julie, were live. Its game on with gigspeed internet from xfinity. Start him, sit him, trade him. Simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity internet for 19. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, learn about gigspeeds from xfinity. Click, call, or visit a store today. New developments in a string of armed robberies in oakland. One person is dead after a Police Shooting following a robbery at a marijuana business. Three officers were hit by cars as suspects fled. Police say an officer fired their weapon killing one person identified as a 20yearold oakland resident. This was just one incident from what police are calling roving teams of Armed Robbers that looted several locations tuesday night. More than a dozen people have been arrested. The police chief is warning businesses to be vigilant. You heard this advice before, but its worth repeating. You should secure any cash or high value items, make sure Security Systems are working, keep businesses well lit and secure Outdoor Furniture or fixtures. This election is proving to be stressful for many of us. But the clark county, nevada registrar is showing that hes able to keep his cool. He just kept going with a News Conference after being interrupted by a man wearing a barbecue beer and freedom tshirt. We want freedom for the world give us our freedom you bidens covered up this election hes stealing it what was the last question . This man is unbothered. This other man was ranting about the biden family, the media as the registrar was answering questions about the vote count. Biden is leading in the state by a razor thin margin. The protester appeared to be upset about the results so far. You can see he ran up behind the registrar shouting out conspiracy theories before being led away. New at 6 00, meg messages o support from india for Vice President nominee Kamala Harris. Residents of the town where her grandfather was born said we wish Kamala Harris wins with a thumbs up. Her grandfather migrated from the southern coastal town decades ago. Her mom was born in india before moving to the u. S. To study at uc berkeley. No. Whoa. New at 6 00, a too close for comfort encounter with a hu humpback whale for two women. They were recording video off the beach when a whales fin surfaced in the distance, but moments later that whale was up on them because there was a big pool of fish. So you know how they do it. Open up their mouths and there they go in. One of the women says she remembered thinking, oh, no, its too close, then they were in the water. They got spilled into the water off of their kay yakaks, they a fine. Look at this man here. Look at him. How did he not fall in the water . He was like, um im glad theyre okay. Thats amazing. I dont want to be that close but i want to be close. Yes. Right . But things can change so quickly, you went oh, look how close i am to the whale to yeah. Was it like pinocchio . Who got swallowed by the whale . Pinocchio it was pinocchio. He sure did. Wait, he was saved by his dad. Anything we can do to tie it to disney, we try to. Disney is the parent kean of abc7 news. Heres whats going on down in the sbaimesbai south bay. This is the last chance for record warmth. The weekend will be blustery, full of blustery chills and scattered showers and the potential for thunderstorms. 76 in sunnyvale. Near 80 in san jose. 85 in gilroy. If youre going to santa cruz, were not supposed to technically, but if youre watching us from santa cruz, 76 at the boardwalk. 76 to 79 on the peninsula today. Mid 60s along the coast with mid 70s in downtown, south San Francisco and sausalito. Up to vallejo, 77. Then low to mid 80s through santa rosa. 75 at richmond, oakland, san leandro, newark at 77. Record high 82 in concord today. A lot of low to mid 80s in the east bay valleys. Have you changed the filters in your hvac system . You will need the heater starting tomorrow. Not necessarily in the morning. The clouds and breezes will keep us mild, but look at that green. Those are the scattered showers developing. A cold front to the north and the low behind it. The cold front comes through tonight bringing us a chance of showers and makes toer s ts for slick spots. We have scattered thunderstorms with lightning and hail tomorrow afternoon then it turns snow in the sierra. 10 to 20 degrees cooler with 50s and 60s starting tomorrow. Winds relax monday, tuesday, wednesday, there could be frost in the deepest inland areas. Well turn to ginger zee with a look at whats happening on gma later. Hey, ginger. Hey, reggie and kumasi. Great to be with everybody this morning. We have so much to get to on a thursday morning on gma. The votes are still slowly coming in. Youve been reporting on that. And now we still know 17 electoral votes, thats what joe biden needs. President trump still counting every vote, too, and launching that lawsuit blitz in many states trying to stop the vote counting. Well talk to nate silver of fivethirtyeight. Our team is live tracking everything that you need to know about all of the battleground states. We have folks in nevada, we have people in arizona, all over the map. Were all just anxiously awaiting the winner of that hardfought race. Also ahead, something that we would probably all use right now, some self care. A top instagram influencer will join us with free ways to keep calm during a stressful time, like now. And sam smith joining us with a special performance. That should help. And thats all ahead on gma. Sam smiths album, i dont know if you heard it yet, but get into it. Its good stuff. We trust you. Every time i hear that voice, im like yes. Hes doing it. It fits the mood of right now. Go check it out. Ginger, thanks. Well look for sam at 7 00. Still ahead, the backlash against gap. Well show you the political tweet the San Franciscobased Company Posted thats now been taken down. And as you get your day started, lets take a live look outside. Its 6 22. Well be right back. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. [[sfx Bing Bing Bing ] [sfx bloop bloop bloop ] [ sfx bing bloop ding ding bloop bing ] the day can wait. Enter the golden state, with real california dairy. And accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. All right. Lets look at the potential of rainfall amounts. They are scattered all over the place from a couple hundredths to nearly a third of an inch the closer you are to the coast the more likely you are to see these showers and thunderstorms. If you get caught under one, a brief downpour is possible. The problem is its not a widespread steady rain. So its not going to eliminate our fire danger. The winds will whip up. Look at this, starting at midnight hitting 20 Miles Per Hour to 30 Miles Per Hour, even 40 at the coast. Gets faster friday and sunday will feature our fastest winds, 30 Miles Per Hour to 50 Miles Per Hour. New at 6 00, sometimes talking about politics it can be difficult. Thats what gap seems to have discovered. Gap deleted this tweet after it sparked a controversy. So you can see its half blue, half red, a sweatshirt there. It appeared yesterday morning with the message the one thing we know is together we can move forward. But the reaction was swift with people on social media saying that gap was glossing over the issues dividing the nation. Also the New York Times is reporting the hoodie was not a real item that you could even buy. Gap apologized saying that it was ments to ant to be a messag unity. The 49ers will be without three key players today as they face the packers. Espn reports that kendrick borne tested positive for covid19. Left tackle Trent Williams and Wide ReceiversBrandon Aiyuk and deebo samuel were placed on the reserve covid19 list after contact tracing. Samuel was already ruled out of the game with a hamstring injury. The 49ers closed their practice facility yesterday and Team Activities were conducted virtually. One of the frustrating challenges of the covid crisis has been trying to find a way to stay healthy and in shape. While some gyms are open on a regular basis, some people just dont have access. Demario carter is now supplying the workouts and motivation for free. Carter grew up as an athlete in San Franciscos western edition, a community that he wanted to give back to when the covid crisis hit. Its not about money. Its about love for people, its about giving back. First day i came out here i threw up because i wasnt active with any activities. This class has been very good to me mentally, spiritually and emotionally. Love to hear that. Demario carter created a nonprofit, ministry of muscle. He hopes to hold events and extend the workout into other underserved communities. First of all, thats a good workout. It looks like a good workout and it looks like afterwards you will need to pray. You need somebody to lay hands on you. Yes, you do. You may need some gatorade. I dont know. A pillow. Thats good. I love that story. Coming up next at 6 30, the effort to count ballots overnight. The gap narrowing tween President Trump and joe biden in several battleground states. And the bay area prepares for a rise in covid cases. The new restriction Health Officials are considering that could impact people for the holidays. As you refresh and scroll looking for president ial results, theres a lot of misinformation and disinformation out there. Im when the count is finished, we believe that well be the winners. So well be going to the u. S. Supreme court. Now at 6 30, where the white house for the stands this morning. Still too close to call and were getting updates on the process throughout the morning. The Record Number of ballots still be counted right now. This is a live look at the counting going on in philadelphia. There are five states to watch out for as we get closer to one of these candidates reaching 270 electoral votes. Good morning. Its thursday, november 5th. Yes, we are still counting. It is not clear who is going to win the white house. Jobina tracking what happened overnight and when we could be getting more results. Thank you. Georgia officials are promising an update on the results in just one hour, but this morning they revealed counting is not going as fast as planned. As of 5 15, they had about 50,000 ballots to count. The president is leading by a slim margin there right now with just over 18,500 votes. Workers have been counting ballots in battleground states all night. This is a live look at ballot counting under way in pennsylvania right now. The results are still too close to call in five states. Biden won the states in blue, 253 electoral votes. 17 shy of being elected president. Trump has won the states in red, with 214 electoral votes. In arizona, counting is continuing despite demonstrations outside several vote counting locations. Arizonas top election officer spoke about the count on gma about an hour ago. So it looks like there are just under 300,000 votes left to count in Maricopa County, which is twothirds of the voting population, where the bulk of the votes are. Statewide just under 450,000 votes left to count. Maricopa county says they wont have any official vote count updates until tonight. Georgias secretary of state plans to provide an update at 7 30 this morning. Nevada also intends to update its vote talley at 9 00 a. M. Back to you. All right. Well be watching. Thank you. President trump continues to falsely claim that there is voter fraud across several states. Were hearing from a former federal official who is disputing those claims. Lisa gray served as Deputy Assistant attorney general during former Vice President bill clintons administration. I think that in terms of the merits, from what weve been hearing about the claimants from the president , theyre baseless. This idea that the votes have to be counted on the night of the election is untrue. Its not consistent with the history of the United States over the course of decades of elections. The pandemic has increased the time that were waiting to learn who won tuesdays elections thats because millions of americans cast their votes by mail and they represented a larger percentage of voters than in past elections. As ballots continue to be counted, protests are being held across the country. In phoenix, arizona a couple hundred Trump Supporters descended on the Maricopa CountyRecorders Office claiming the count was not being handled properly. They accused the county of using sharpie pens to make some ballots invalid. Filled out the front side of my ballot in the sharpie. When i turned it over it bled through to badly i was concerned. Election Officials Say there are no issues with sharpies. They have processes in place to make sure ballots are counted regardless of what you use to fill them out. Still the Arizona AttorneyGenerals Office is investigating this. Voting might be over but the fight against misinformation and disinformation goes on. A lot of that centers around the bay area as social Media Companies look to separate fact from fiction. Lets go to abc7 News ReporterJulian Glover is live for us in menlo park this morning. Hi, julian. Good morning. If we know anything about misinformation and disinformation, it spreads more quickly online faster than the truth does. Thats why facebook and twitter are making efforts to try to label that misinformation, but how theyre handling it tween the two companies is different. Thats what drew activists outside of the facebook headquarters yesterday to protest. Twitter hq in San Francisco and facebooks headquarters in menlo park. When President Trump tweeted early wednesday where he baselessly claimed were up big but theyre trying to steal the election, twitter hid the tweet behind the label and restricted how it can be shared so you cannot directly retweet it. Facebook used vague language in its labeling, did not restrict how the post can be viewed or shared. According to cnn the two most popular posts on facebook in the past 24 hours are posts from trump making false claims about Election Results. Twitter has actually done perhaps the best job out of any of the social networks at labeling misinformation. Social Networks Must continue their policies from anyone calling the election early or specific states early or claiming there is fraud in the election process. They must remember that lies spread faster than the truth. Facebook is running notifications in the top of users feeds on the platform and the other it owns, instagram, reminding users that the votes are still being recorded. Some call this censorship by big tech companies, but the activists just see it as a megaphone for the president to spreads d spread disinformation. And cnn reported that theres a stop the Facebook Group that is growing by 1,000 new members every few seconds. All types of baseless claims in this group. Im Julian Glover, abc7 news. We are updating Election Results on our website as soon as new information comes in. Just head to abc7news. Com election. Well new at 6 00, youre looking at how londoners enjoyed the final night before a fourweek lockdown started today across the united kingdom. A spike in covid19 cases requires all restaurants and pubs to be closed for a month. Theyre considered nonessential businesses. This morning the British Government announced a Stimulus Program to help employers pay the salaries of workers due march. Coronavirus cases are rising again and the u. S. Set another troubling record. 103,000 new cases reported just yesterday according to the volunteer group the covid tracking project. This is the highest daily case count to date. There were more than 5,300 confirmed cases in california on tuesday. You could be stuck in quarantine for two weeks if you travel out of state for the holidays. Bay area Health Officials are meeting today to talk over this plan. A lot of you are clicking on this story on abc7news. Com this morning. State health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark gottlieb was asked yesterday if it might work for the entire state. Looking forward to see how the bay area counties come together on this. To see if theres something applicable that should be considered in other regions or statewide. Open question, its something that we believe is part of our entire effort to keep transmission low. So theres a possibility you could take a coronavirus test a few days after a trip if this is adopted this proposal would be more of a recommendation instead of an order. Contra costa county officials are warning the county could move back from the orange tier into the more restrictive red tier. The county is taking new steps to protect the community and avoid the red tier. Under a new order most outdoor bars are going to be banned. Occupancy inside restaurants, movie theaters, religious services and card rooms will be reduced from 50 to 25 or 100 people, which ever is fewer. You can see where your county stands by looking at this opening tracker on abc7news. Com. With the election and the pandemic going on, it can be a stressful time. Still ahead, a selfcare expert with what we can do to take care of ourselves. And we are taking a live look at the big board at the New York Stock Exchange, up significantly this morning, 400 points at this point. Another update on how the markets are doing next. Looting overnight in the east bay targeted the weapons section of a big five and walmart. Im Amy Hollyfield, that story coming up. Lets look at whats happening with traffic. Hi, jobina. I want to bring in a live look showing you our emeryville camera. Headlights making their way westbound. We had an earlier crash in berkeley on westbound 80 at university, thats cleared but its very busy making your way towards the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza, which is why i will bring in the map. Your speeds will be around 27 Miles Per Hour as you approach the area. Once you make it through the metering lights that came on at 5 41, a clear ride into San Francisco. The other issue im following is the fog in the north bay and in the south bay. Live look showing you 280 in san jose, you can hardly see the headlights making their way through the bottom, also foggy on 87. Mike is looking at this as well. Ill send it over to you. Hi, mike. Hi, jobina. Thank you. Yeah. Quartermile visibility. The fog is thicker in the south bay than up in the north bay. What a change of events. Thats just the beginning of how crazy our weather will be the next 24 hours. As we look from sutro tower, were pretty much in the 40s and 50s a cool morning out there, a calm one. 60s and 70s at noon and at 5 00, a few 50s develop along the coast. A few 80s around the east bay and north bay valleys. 50s and 60s, the last calm evening for a stroll under the stars. Blustery showers, lightning and hail, a 1 on the storm impact scale tomorrow. The closer you are to the coast and the ocean is where the greatest amount of energy and instability will be, the more likely you will be to see the showers and thunderstorms. You can see the cold front, developing showers as quickly as midnight tonight and sitting on the heart of the bay at 7 00 with minor showers around once again. There could be some slick spots for the morning commute. Once it passes, theres some limited showers up until noon. That area of low pressure, the colder core and the more energized core that comes through, thats when we have our best chance of thunderstorms through saturday morning. For saturday afternoon, pretty quiet except in the sierra and sunday especially in the morning, that secondary push of energy comes through and squeezes out another chance of showers and thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts will be all over the place because the scattered nature. This is not a gradual rain that will take away the fire threat. But some areas it will help from a couple hundredths to nearly a third of an inch of rain. Sporadic wet weather through the weekend. Lets talk about places to eat. Sometimes we get to our favorite place to get that special drink, but it gets kind of expensive and you get that tab at the end of the night, youre like whoa. Check out how to make cafe style strawberry milk at home and save today on your daily clips sponsored by tiktok. Bubbles at this price . Is this for real . Oh, its real. Believe me. I mean this is upexpected. You would say. Remarkable . Absolutly. A remarkable deal. Thanks. I get that all the time. Wait. 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Less than 24 hours later were talking about a winter storm watch with 6 to 12 inches about 5,000 feet, 15 inches in the peaks, tioga pass temporarily closed over the weekend because of the snow. A red flag warning today and tomorrow before the snow sets in. Wild weather in tahoe also. This morning Law Enforcement agencies are investigating several incidents of looting in the east bay overnight. One of them happened at the big five on hess peer yen boulevard in san lorenzo. Thats where Amy Hollyfield joins us live with new video from overnight. There was a run on sneakers and guns overnight. The guns were taken from this big five. They have boarded up where the damage was done. Where they broke the glass and the gate to get in. This big five was targeted along with the walmart across the street. This wasnt the only city hit. We also saw looting in richmond. This is at the exclusive sneaker on macbride avenue. Officers say about ten cars pulled up to the store, shattered the window and started stealing sneakers. They did arrest one person later in San Francisco and say they found some of the stolen sneakers in his car. No word yet on if that is connected to the looting in san lorenzo where one Business Owner said even though he wasnt targeted, he says this impacts everyone in the area. Translator so bad, this affects all of our businesses. Clients will stop coming in the case of vandalism, broken windows. Thats extra costs. Were in a pandemic and dont make enough money to cover everything. Here is video from san lorenzo. Police say the thieves targeted the weapons sections of the big five and the walmart on hesperian boulevard. No arrests have been made. Officers have not said if this is election related of just a crime spree to steal some guns and sneakers. The Business Owner we talked to says this has happened here before. Live in san lorenzo, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. The election is not decided but one thing is for sure, the next president will have to deal with the nations massive unemployment. Jobina breaking down the latest numbers for us this morning. For the tenth straight week, new jobless claims are under 1 million. The u. S. Labor Department Reports 751,000 people filed for unemployment den fits last week. Economists forecast 735 new claims. There are nearly 7. 3 Million People continuing to receive state unemployment benefits, the lowest since the pandemic shut down the economy in midmarch. Analysts with wells fargo say the economy seems to be losing momentum and its coming at a time when many states are seeing increase cases of coronavirus which is what caused so many people to lose their jobs in the first place. Reggie . Uber and lyft drivers should remain independent contractors, but there could still be more changes ahead. In an interview with the chronicles lyfts president said the yes vote on proposition 22 settled the question of driver independence, but we know theres still more work to be done. He added the company is open and willing to talk about the idea of unions representing drivers across the industry. The no on 22 campaign agrees the debate is not over. We are hoping for a biden outcome of course because on a federal level that will be easier for us to fight for workers rights. Uber, lyft, doordash and instacart spent more than 200 million to help pass the proposition. A live look at the New York Stock Exchange right now. I believe were up, yes, quite a bit. 470 points this morning. U. S. Stocks are surging as investors are buying back into the market for a second consecutive day. Economists say it appears there wont be a blue wave in the senate, so that allows for a belief that taxes will not increase even if biden were to become president. It appears San Franciscobased asirbnb will fie its initial Public Offering next month. They hope to raise 3 billion and could achieve an valuation of 30 billion in the ipo. Starbucks making more changes because of the pandemic. The company will close another 100 stores over the next year in addition to 400 already announced. However theyre going to open 850 new stores. Those new locations will be mostly in suburban areas as f fewer people are commuting to urban centers. Self care during these stressful time. Good morning america is doing a whole segment on this. They spoke with an instagram influencer named alex l. Who guides her followers to love a more enriching life. Shes also a wellness consultant and offers these tips. I think taking it day by day, checking in with our bodies. Shoulders high, focusing on what we can control. Also logging off. Thats a big one for me. Little news and logging off of social media so i can keep my wellbeing as safe as possible. Alex also wrote a book called after the rain she says one thing people often forget is you cant take care of other people if youre not caring for yourself first. This is true. Put on your oxygen mask and then help the person next to you. This is true. Its hard to log off, though. Right. I was thinking the same thing. We have a work phone and a personal phone, so i took some of the apps and things off my personal phone, so i just have them on one phone instead of two. That helps me a little bit. But logging off all the way . Hum. Challenging. Yep. Certainly is. But you have to do it, mike. Yeah. You have to have some selfdiscipline thats for sure. The anxiety that can be created by scrolling and refresh, thats just not helpful is it . Lets look at whats going on outside. I hope you find this helpful, theres a lot of changes coming. 61 from sut to to yro tower. Bursts of wind, showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Lets look at our temperatures. 76 at sunnyvale, 85 in gilroy. A 9 degree spread across the south bay. 76 to 79 on the bay side of the peninsula. On the coast side, we have mid 60s up to sunset. And then mid 70s for downtown, south San Francisco and sausalito. 77 in vallejo. And then 80 to 85 through the north bay with that 83 in santa rosa a record high. 75 to 79 along the east bay shore. Into the east bay valleys we have low to mid 80s with an 82, a record high in concord. Tonight, milder because of the winds and cloud cover. Low to mid 50s. It will be quite breezy. That will keep temperatures up. The green are the scattered showers coming in overnight. There could be slick spots to tell you about during tomorrows morning commute. High Pressure Holding today. Cold front and low, two separate parts of this storm. The first is the cold front comes in tonight, brings us a chance of showers. The colder air comes in tomorrow afternoon, brings us a chance of thunderstorms. So the winds, 20 Miles Per Hour to 30 Miles Per Hour tonight. They increase to 30 Miles Per Hour to 40 Miles Per Hour heading into the afternoon hours friday and then the 30 Miles Per Hour to 50mileperhour winds are possible sunday. Theres a slight chance of a scattered shower on saturday. Breezy conditions today. Temperatures 50s and 60s starting tomorrow through the end of the sevenday forecast. Thank you. You might have a hard time getting fresh dungeness crab for thanksgiving. State wildlife officials delayed the start of commercial crab season in the bay area for the second year in a row now. This is an effort to prevent whales who have been spotted in fishing areas from being caught in fishing gear. Crab season was set to open in ten days on november 15th. Wildlife officials will reassess the risk later this month. And look at this. Vets have finally removed captain cals bandages. The Mountain Lion got that name after a firefighter rescued him in the zog fire in shasta county. The cub has been getting treatment at the oakland zoo for burns on his paws. They shared this video of them removing the bandages. Were told captain cal is doing well. San joses outdoor Late Night Dining Program will continue through next summer. This is according to the mercury news. The Al Fresco Program is an effort to help downtown businesses survive the pandemic. Businesses can stay open until midnight. Ahead of the cold winter months san jose is allowing them to install heaters and large tents. The Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk will partially reopen this weekend. It will be the first California Park to do so under the new capacity guidelines. Capacity will be limited to 500 Santa Cruz County residents with reservations required. 8 to 10 of the seaside parks rides will reopen, that does include the giant dipper roller coaster. Apple watch owners can have a Music Library on their wrist. Spotify is rolling out the ability to stream songs from the time piece even if there is not an iphone close by and you will be able to use siri to control playback. You got it. I got it. Im ready, today. I dont have to go digging through my purse. We need that selfcare expert was saying we need to log off. She didnt say you need to moisturize. I feel like thats a very important part of that story. Moisturize with friends. With friends. Thank you very much. Thats the key for me, friend. I like it. Thats how we survived this week so far. Our little time with our friends. Theres still a couple days left. Well see how it is 6 57. If youre just joining us, heres 7 things to know this morning. Number one, the president ial race is still too close to call. Democrat biden is leading President Trump and the popular vote and electoral votes. We should get an update from georgia at 7 30, nerve at 9 00 and arizona tonight. And protests are being held around the country most demanding that all votes be counted. In phoenix, arizona sheriffs deputies guarded the Maricopa County office as more than 200 Trump Supporters swarmed outside. Looters targeted east bay businesses raiding the big five store in san lorenzo. Weapons and ammunition were stolen there and the walmart across the street was also hit. Police say a shoe store in richmond also was vandalized overnight. Number five, after near record warmth today were breaking out the storm impact scale for showers and thunderstorms. Scattered tomorrow and blustery conditions through the weekend. We have fog blanketing much of the south bay. This is a live picture showing you san jose, 280 here. We also have a lot of fog covering 87. We have to show you number seven, a Close Encounter for two women with a humpback whale off the coast. So they were recording video off of avala beach on monday when a whale came up underneath them and caused them to capsize. After all of this, nobody was hurt. Wow. Its hard to tell from the angle if that kayak was in the whales mouth at one point. I know. I dont think it was. It wasnt . Reading about it yesterday. Okay. We can see it, too, on the side. I see. Look. Its just kind of so close. It is really close. It seems to turn over exactly when the whale comes up. Whoo the whale didnt mean any harm. Just trying to get its lunch. Just hungry. Those are baylean whales, are they not, mike . You got me. No actual teeth . They just s good morning, america. Breaking news. Down to the wire. The race for president so close this morning in those allimportant states with the white house within reach for joe biden. When the count is finished we believe we will be the winners. The former Vice President now just 17 electoral votes away from the top job after picking up michigan and wisconsin and breaking the record for the most votes casts for a u. S. President ial candidate ever with more than 70 million and counting. President trump now launching an allout legal blitz trying to freeze the ballot count in the crucial battleground of pennsylvania, and in michigan, chaos breaking out. [ crowd chanting ] his supporters storming one of the counting locations. But in arizona [ crowd chanting ]