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And the reason for it is the way the setup is when it comes to the arrival of the cold front. I will go into detail on that in my full forecast. For now we have a great start in san francisco, a beautiful view there. Lets take a look at the current wind direction. Its light and calm now. Notice the time bar in the righthand corner there. 11 00 a. M. Is when the winds start to move down, pushing down from the north. Notice santa rosa and napa you can see the increase in the color change with that time bar there. Thats when the red flag warning initially kicks in for the north bay mountains. Itll come from the sacramento area and then it will begin to spread over to the east bay hills. Fast forwarding that time line in through the evening hours, the winds are only expected to get worse. So here are the headlines, i will go over the red flag warnings and the timing in my full forecast. Kira . We look forward to all of that information, vianey. Well see you in about 15 minutes. Thanks. For many people evacuations have sadly become the norm. This historic wind event vianey is talking about that was expected later today has some people in the east bay taking notice and taking action for the first time. Today in the bays thom jensen reports. We typically stay during a red flag warning but this one seems worth not risking. Reporter they have been riding out red flag warnings at their home and deciding against evacuating for more than a decade. This time theyre going to spend a few days in a hotel. Berkeleys mayor and fire officials warn extremely high winds could sweep through the region which is already bonedry during a record fire season. This is the first time in recent memory we saw conditions merited preevacuation. Reporter theyre especially concerned about People Living in the hills where winding and narrow roads make lastsecond evacuations nightmares. And so were asking people to preevacuate if they live in parts of our hills in which theyll have difficulty getting out quickly in a fire. Reporter nearly 1,000 berkeley customers could be affected by pg e emergency power shutoffs and without power and the threat of strong winds, many are evacuating and trusting the preparation skills theyve honed by living in a red flag prone neighborhood will pay off. Well bring our lawn furniture in and we have our go bag. We do a lot of work to cut the trees down, the dead wood. Reporter Berkeley Police are patrolling the evacuated areas and fire Officials Say they have staffed up for what could be a very busy two days. In berkeley, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. Here is a look at the areas that are on alert to lose power today. You can see a wide swath of the bay area will be impacted up to 400,000 customers. The spots highlighted in yellow here locally and in the central valley. As usual Higher Elevations, the hills are especially at risk. Pg e meteorologists tell us it has the potential to be more dangerous than wind events weve seen in recent years. The Meteorology Team as well as meteorologist at federal forecast agencies have been tracking we have high confidence the highest diablo wind event of the year so far. Pg e promises to get the power restored as quickly as possible on monday and tuesday. We will track the weather, power outages, park closures over the next few days all on our nbc bay area app. It is free to download. Now to napa county and the pope fire. The flames are now 80 contained. About 60 acres have burned since friday. A tanker truck crash clofor a closure and evacuation of homes t. Crashed and caught fire around 11 00 a. M. On i80 in richmond. Take a look at that video. The chp closed both directions of the highway for hours. People who live in the area were ordered to evacuate their homes as well for a few hours in case the fire caused an explosion. Its scary because you never know whats going on out there. And then to tell you stay home, dont come out because theres danger. So its very scary. The good news is the chp was able to reopen the eastbound lanes of i80 after about four hours. Westbound lanes, though, remained closed for about 12 hours until 10 45 and people were let back into their homes. Back to our covid19 coverage. There is an outbreak of coronavirus for multiple advisers and aides in Vice President mike pences circle. Two of pences close contacts, his chief of staff, marc short, and his senior political sunrise oer marty obst are isolating. The New York Times also reports that three aides also have tested positive. The Vice President , meanwhile, and second lady have both tested negative. Mike pence is not making any changes to his campaigning schedule today. The final election push is on and both candidates continued their ground game this weekend. The president started his saturday in florida briefly wearing a required mask to cast his ballot in palm beach county. He was off to North Carolina, a battleground state, of course. The president seized on bidens statements against the fracking process used in the Oil Industry Even though joe biden says he would not ban fracking. The president also countered the Scientific Community by calling aggressive covid testing, quote, foolish. Joe biden supported every wretched betrayal of the american worker. How about fracking . Do you know why we have cases . Because we test so much. And in many ways its good, and in many ways its foolish. The president also claimed democrats and Media Attention on the pandemic are politically motivated to hurt him. Even though President Trump voted yesterday, First Lady Melania Trump did not. She plans to cast her ballot on election day. That is according to the first ladys chief of staff. Former Vice President joe biden was back in the battleground state of pennsylvania, his home state. Biden is in an allout effort to win back the working class areas of pennsylvania that President Trump won in 2016. Fracking, of course, is a big industry in pennsylvania, and biden is working to set his record straight. Im not banning fracking in pennsylvania or anywhere else. I want to protect pennsylvania jobs, period. No matter how many times President Donald Trump lies. He has made 16 stops in pennsylvania since labor day compared to trumps six visits. After four years of staying on the lines former president barack obama has been stumping for the Vice President all weeklong. Yesterday he was in florida with simple instructions for biden harris supporters. If youve already voted, what do you need to do . Youve got to go help your friends and family make a plan to vote. Biden is expected to campaign in delaware today. Our election guide at nbcbayarea. Com is a great resource. We have information on how to vote in your county and we have information on all the propositions on the ballot. Head to nbcbayarea. Com and click on election guide right there on the home page. Danvilles weekend street closure didnt go on as planned yesterday. It was so people could get out safely and enjoy amid the pan defensemen i ca demic. There was an altercation last weekend. There were reports of people not following health and safety guidelines. Covid case rates in danville are heading in the wrong direction, so on tuesday there will be a meeting to discuss future street closures there. Just shy of 7 09. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up we take you live to our weekly conversation with chuck todd who has a preview of this weeks meet the press. A daring rescue, who the coast guard ended up saving. They all endorse yes on prop 25. To end unfair, unjust, discriminatory money bail. Governor gavin newsom and van jones. Theyre voting yes on 25. The western center on law and poverty. The Dolores Huerta foundation. Californians for safety and justice. And the California Democratic party. They all agree that the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. So, vote yes on prop 25. Welcome back at 7 11. We now bring in chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press. Hi, chuck. Good morning to you am thanks, as always, for joining us. When we look at last weeks final second and final president ial debate as opposed to third and final, what impact, if any, do you see it having on undepp si undecided voters . We have Something Like 55 Million People have already cast their ballots. What impact do you even think it will have . Well, look, i think it could have had a little bit of impact on the remaining undecided. Weve done actually an extensive study and the folks and its a small slice. Weve had approximately 3 to 4 of people telling us theyve been undecided for about ten straight months. We put all that data together. And what we saw is that the current undecided vote generally leans right. They would prepare a Republicancontrolled Congress and there are some right leaning feelings but President Trump has made them hesitant, his personality and character. What i think that debate might have done for the president and i say might have because we havent seen a lot of analytic evidence yet is make it easier for those voters who are already inclined to vote republican to, quote unquote, come home. Republican Senate Candidates who were just cratering beginning with that first debate performance by the president , they were all relieved. They felt as if the president had righted the ship a little bit. Look, just the fact the president was able to take that one comment about the oil and gas industry and at least give his Campaign Something to run on. That said i thought joe biden handled himself pretty well at the debate other than the last comment, which they would argue, hey, its nothing he hasnt said before, you know, he sort of is in the do no harm position right now. But, look, i think thats the question. If it had any impact, i think it had an impact on a small slice of folks and comes down to are you vettioting on character or specific issues . Thats a great point. Some president ial races tighten at the end, others become blowouts, landslides. Given the road taken by this race so far, i mean, this is a crystal ball question really. Bring it out. How do you see it ending . Do you see it ending as a land biter or as a landslide . Look, alm l of the data poin to all of the data points to a joe Biden Victory right now. All of the historical political context with incumbent president s perform, what his job rating is, there is no metric i look at that you say, oh, if he wins reelection, that will explain it. That said, i think we are uncertain in how this election will be administered. And i think because of that, that, to me, is the wild card here. Look, i think its as plausible joe biden wins by 15 points as he does maybe carries the popular vote by five and its a nailbiter in the electoral college. Thats the range were looking at. Do realize joe biden could win the popular vote by five or six points and we may not know who is at 270 for a week or two. I do think there are why theres a wide array of outcomes because of that phenomenon. And to be fair, that was an unfair question, so thank you for all of that insight. Of course. And all of your professionalism. We look forward to talking to you a week from now. Thanks as always, chuck. Be sure to join chuck for meet the press with Biden Deputy Campaign manager kate benningfield as well as Trump Campaign Senior Adviser corey lewandowski. Be sure to join in at 8 00 a. M. Right after this newscast. And around 7 45 well have our own nbc bay area political analyst, Larry Gerston on for our weekly segment and look at two instant National Polls on who won thursdays debate that will be interesting. In other news now we have incredible video of a coast guard rescue off the coast of san francisco. Crew members onboard a fishing boat called for help after a passenger started showing heart attack symptoms. The 46foot fishing boat was about a half mile south of the farallon islands. This shows a member of the coast guard lowered down into the boat, and then you can see the passenger right here hoisted up to the coast guard helicopter and then taken to sfo where emergency crews were waiting. We are still waiting on that patients condition. Like almost Everything Else the pandemic is changing how well shop for our kids this Holiday Season. Toy sales have surged double digits throughout as families find themselves trapped, for lack of a better term, at home. Its expected to stay strong through the Holiday Season des plight unemployment and a recession this is video from a store in los angeles where everything is tailored to be no contact for very low risk of exposure. We do offer curbside pickup. Well wrap it for you. Well charge your code over the phone and we have started for the first time in 75 years to build out our website and have an ecommerce section. There are new ways to check out toys before you buy them. Walmart has rolled out a virtual toy lab where kids and parents can check them out online. Experts say dont procrastinate. You may not get your first choices so start shopping now. My problem is i dont know what my kids are going to like in two months from now, so i cant really shop right now. It is time to check in with vianey who, if i remember, gifted all your friends cozy blankets last christmas and it seems now would be the time to start pulling those out. Mmhmm. This year its going to be plants. I already decided. You have become quite the plant queen. So, yeah, thats a perfect gift. All right. Lets get to your microclimate weather alert. We have a lot to get through, but im here to guide you through it and talk about what were expecting this afternoon. Right now we have a beautiful start over san jose. 56 degrees. Wind speeds are still calm over san francisco, a great view there. 56 degrees. And here is a closer look at your daytime highs. Once again temperatures arent going to be the problem today. Its going to be the wind. The wind is going to be the main event. Temperatures will remain in the 70s, which is a little bit more seasonable for this time of year. So lets get right to the red flag warning and what we are monitoring. So, again, there are two red flag warnings and they are going to be overlapping. The reason there are two overlapping warnings is because of the timing of these winds. So depending on where you live you will see the winds kick up at different times. The north bay and east bay mountains will officially go into a red flag warning. As the wind pushes down from the north and that will remain in effect until 11 00 a. M. Tuesday. The valleys and Santa Cruz Mountains, the winds will begin to kick up right around dinner time. So a red flag warning will go into effect starting at 8 00 p. M. And will have a shorter timeslot through about monday morning. Now its very rare that the entire bay area is under a red flag warning. So what makes this wind event so different . The high wind watch will go into effect at 4 00 p. M. Normally what we get is we get cold air so we have a cold front that sinks down at night and basically it drives down our hills and it warms up and speeds up overnight and that kicks up the wind. This time around, this cold front is going to move from north to south. And the concern for that is the reason why we will be seeing potentially one of the strongest wind events of the season. The National Weather service is also calling for that as well. Humidity will fall below 30 . So i want to take you through the timing of these winds. Right now its calm. But lets look at the timing of all of this. 11 cho 11 00 is when it kicks in. We see the winds drive down from the north look at santa rosa and napa. Fast forward to dinner time. I told you about dinner time. Look what happens to the winds in santa rosa and throughout the entire bay area. From 20 to 60mileperhour gusts. Overnight is where we could see the peak winds. Look at santa rosa. 38. Napa 50plusmileperhour winds. When you think how windy it starts to get think about all of that dry brush out there. Here is the fire index and humidity in relation to the wind. As those winds begin to drive up, what happens it dries us out completely and then we fall below 9 . This is at 11 30. Overnight less than 10 in some areas especially for the Higher Elevations. Down through san jose, redwood city, less than 15 . The winds will begin to diminish just a bit, at least for the lower elevations starting on monday. We could still see winds begin on wednesday. We start to warm up just a bit heading into the end of the week. Ill keep a close eye on this. Back to you. The end of the week looks really nice. I just hope were safe between now and then. Thanks so much. It is 7 21. Much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. Reporter is Customer Service Getting Better or worse . Im chris chmura. We want to hear from you. Well show you how to participate in a new National Survey next. Nbc bay area responds to frustrated customers every day, many feel Customer Service is the worst its ever been. Is it really . We have an invitation to tell us what you think. Here is consumer investigator chris chmura to explain. Reporter were looking to take the pulse of the people together with our nbc and telemundo sister stations nationwide conducting a survey about Customer Service. This is your chance to tell us what you think. Reporter service with a smile. The way it was. This is a recording. Reporter the way it is, does a smiley emoji from an Automated Bot count as service. Weve heard from hundreds of people. Waited and waited and didnt get anything. Reporter who harshly criticized their contacts with all sorts of Customer Service centers. I might as well start a fire and try to send smoke signals. Theyre more likely to answer that than the phone or email. Reporter many feel service is trending downward with business innovation. In the past you had three ways to contact the company. In person, by phone or by mail. These days you can also email, text, post on social media, and, yes, even chat with a bot. All that modernization is a mixed bag for Customer Service with all the new sounding boards, theres outsourcing, long hold times, and bots that, well, just dont get it. Its frustrating. Customer service is all about fundamentals but, unfortunately, just the way businesses often operate, those fundamentals get thrown out the window for efficiency. Reporter Christine Churchill is founder of the Customer Service institute of america. For 13 years the institute has Trained Companies in Customer Service and awarded companies that deliver. We certify, educate and we recognize. Reporter so what is churchi churchills take today . Are customers keeping up with expectations . Are people demanding too much. I think sometimes consumers can be unreasonable, but i think what they want is to be recognized. They want to have an organization or the person theyre talking to understand what it is that they need and to not feel like a number. Reporter theres lots more to discuss. Please tell us what you think about Customer Service in the year 2020. Do you have a horror story to share or maybe a Success Story . Here is how you can sound off. Either point a smartphone at this qr code or go to nbcbayarea. Com consumersurvey. Either route takes you to our fiveminute questionnaire. We are eager to hear from lots of you, please. Well have the survey up and running two weeks and then will be back with results in november. Thank you in advance for participating. Youre welcome, chris chmura. I think im going to participate. I have had some really good Customer Service this year. I think compassion has ignited during 2020. It is 7 26. We have much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. As vianey has been telling us, the clock is ticking for dangerous conditions. People proactively evacuating as the worst winds yet bear down on the bay area. Were tracking it all for you. Plus a do it yourself covid test, where you can buy them and get tested in the comfort of your own home. Good morning. It is sunday, october 25th. A live look outside at the rose garden in san jose. Cloudy skies there a little bit, but a nice, calm morning ahead of some historic winds that are expected to pick up later today. Thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. Im kira klapper. Vianey arana joins us with our microclimate forecast. We remain under a microclimate weather alert because of these winds. Thats right. The reason we issued those warnings and alerts are because we just want you all to be prepared at home. We dont want to you get caught off guard. We want to you have a game plan when this wind event arrives. A great time to sort of start preparing for this. You have a time to head out, buy some backup batteries for your flashlights, all of that, because heading into tonight those winds will be kicking up. 56 degrees at san jose. A great start. The niners dont have to worry too much about todays wind event because they will be away playing against the new England Patriots at 1 25 our time here, west coast time. Theyre going to be chilly, 49 degrees to start the game. By halftime theyll have a nice mix of sun and clouds, 50 degrees, and then it will start dipping down into the lower 40s. So certainly going to see much cooler temperatures in the east coast. Bringing it back home if they were playing here locally at levis stadium this is what we would be monitoring and that would be the gusty winds. Ahead of this afternoon red flag warnings will kick in. Ill go into more timing in my full forecast. Kira . Sticking with that forecast sadly firerelated evacuations have become the norm for many people across the bay area and this historic wind event were expecting later today has some people proactively evacuating. Today in the bays thom jensen reports from the Berkeley Hills where the mayor took an unprecedented stance urging people to get out now. We typically stay during a red flag warning but this seems worth not risking. Reporter bill flieg and ramsay silverberg have been riding out red flag warnings and decided against evacuating for more than a decade. This time theyre going to spend a few days in a hotel. Berkeleys mayor and fire officials warn extremely high winds could sweep through the region which is already bonedry during a record fire season. This is the first time in recent memory we saw conditions merited preevacuations. Reporter concern about People Living in the hills where winding and narrow roads make lastsecond evacuations nightmares. And so were asking people to preevacuate if they live in parts of our hills in which theyll have difficulty getting out quickly in a fire. Reporter nearly 1,000 berkeley customers could be affected by pg e emergency power shutoffs and without power and the threat of strong winds many are evacuating and trusting the preparation skills theyve honed by living in a red flag prone neighborhood will pay off. We have a protocol anyway but, yeah, well bring our lawn furniture in. We have our go bags. We have the arborists come and they do a lot of work to cut the trees down, you know, the dead wood. Reporter Berkeley Police are patrolling the evacuated areas to protect homes. And fire Officials Say they have staffed up for what could be a very busy two days. In berkeley, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. We have a map that shows the areas that could lose power today potentially through tuesday. You can see a wide swath will be impacted up to 400,000 customers. The spots highlighted in yellow even reached the central valley. As usual Higher Elevations, people in hilltop communities are especially at risk like the Berkeley Hills. Pg e meteorologists forecast these winds have the potential to be more dangerous than weve seen in the past few months. The Meteorology Team as well as meteorologists at federal forecast agencies have been tracking what we have high confidence will be the strongest diablo and weather event of the season so far. Pg e says it is promising to try to get the power restored as soon as possible on monday and tuesday. We will continue to track the very latest on the weather, the power outages, even park closures for safety over the next few days. You can see it all on our nbc bay area app. It is free to download. In napa county firefighters are making progress on the pope fire before todays winds move in. The flames are now 80 con teenage contained. The senate yesterday held a rare saturday session and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett picked up some significant backing. Democrats continue to oppose President Trumps nominee, but republicans say theyve taken as much time on barretts nomination as for other confirmations. Another sign the gop is uniting behind the nomination senator Lisa Murkowski whose vote was considered in doubt says she will indeed vote to confirm judge barrett. Barrett could be confirmed as soon as tomorrow. Nine days until election day. Both candidates continue their campaigning this weekend. The president began his day yesterday in florida where he briefly wore a required mask to cast his ballot in palm beach county. Then he was off to North Carolina where the president seized on joe bidens statements in the debate against the fracking process used in the oil industry, even though biden says he will not ban fracking. The president called aggressive covid testing foolish. Joe biden supported every wretched portrayal of the american worker. How about fracking . We test so much and in many ways its good. In many ways its foolish. He claimed democrats and Media Attention on the pandemic are politically motivated to hurt him. Former Vice President joe biden, meanwhile, was back in the battleground state of pennsylvania. It is an allout effort for biden to win back the working class areas of pennsylvania that President Trump won in 2016. Fracking is a big industry in that state, and biden is working to set the record straight. Im not banning fracking in pennsylvania or anywhere else. I will protect pennsylvania jobs, period. No matter how many times donald trump lies. Biden has made 16 stops in pennsylvania since labor day compared to trump making six stops there. Meanwhile, after four years of staying on the sidelines former president barack obama has been stumping for his Vice President all weeklong. Just yesterday this is video of him in florida with simple instructions for supporters of biden harris. If youve already voted, what do you need to do . Youve got to help your friends and family make a plan to vote. Biden is expected to campaign in delaware today. And in the final sprint until election day people are holding their own rallies. Locally in san jose this rally for joe biden. Members of the south bay Vietnamese Community organized the event. Several guest speakers shared stories about their lives, their experiences, and why they support the democratic candidate. The rally was held in the San Jose City hall rotunda. Over in the east bay supporters of President Trump rallied behind the wheel. This is the second trivalley trump truck rally. Bob redell posted this of the caravan driving through livermore. The group staging in pleasanton. The event in support of President Trump, of course, as well as Law Enforcement and members of the military. We will have more on how the candidates spent their weekend campaigning coming up in about ten minutes. Our election guide at nbcbayarea. Com is a great resource, information on how to vote in your county as well asings in on all the propositions on the ballot that can be dizzying. Please head to nbcbayarea. Com and call on election guide. Now a return to College Football here in the bay area. The san jose state spartans finally played their first game of the season but there were no fans in the stands, of course. Today in the bays Marianne Favro was there and takes a look at how covid is changing College Football. Reporter pads, passes and tackles, the spartans game against the air force falcons looked like any other College Football matchup, but if you look closer you see the stands are empty. Another college rite of passage wiped away because of covid19. No fans, no tailgating, and there are other changes. If you take a look over on the far side, which is the air force bench, typically theres bench seating. You see there are single chairs set apart safe socially distanced. Reporter players dont wear masks on the field but must on the sideline. Coaches, too. The spartans football season was initially postponed until spring, but because Santa Clara County recently entered a less restrictive tier and extensive testing of players, the team is playing their Season Opener tonight. Everyone has been tested three times this week, tested again yesterday. Just to ensure we can create the safest environment. Reporter no cheerleaders, no band, and very few eyes on the new 2 million digital scoreboard. Another change, anyone entering the stadium has to have their temperature checked. The most noticeable difference is how quiet the game is without thousands of fans and players families allowed. That means san jose state is not seeing revenue from crowds buying tickets, food and drinks. I would say millions how we have to look at things differently given the loss of revenue. Reporter for the players who can finally compete after months of training, this game is paying off. In san jose, Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. A Big Box Store offering covid19 tests that you can take at home. On friday costco sent customers an email that featured an ad for selfadministered saliva test kits. That means no nasal swabs. The test can only be ordered online and costs 129. Costco says results are delivered online within 72 hours after the test arrives at the lab. The tests are not available, by the way, in pennsylvania, nevada or maryland. Good for us here in california. At 7 40, still to come on today in the bay, the waiting is over. Our political analyst Larry Gerston joins us in just a few minutes to break down the final stretch of the campaign trail. But first, did you see it . A wild finish in the fall classic that likely has giants fans celebrating. How the rays rallied to beat the dodgers. Anthony flores is next in sports. The fun of a new house. Seeing what people left behind in the attic. Well, saving on Homeowners Insurance with geicos help was pretty fun too. Ahhhh, its a tiny dancer. 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Or you can vote safely inperson during early voting or on election day. Vote the way youre most comfortable but vote by 8pm on november 3rd. But i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Good morning. Im anthony flores. A dramatic walkoff finish in game four of the fall classic. The dodgers and the rays in the world series, the series played in arlington, texas. Bottom of the ninth with two outs and two on and l. A. Leading, 76. A blooper misplayed in center. The tying run scores. Watch what happens. The catcher drops the ball allowing the winning run to score. The rays rally to beat the dodgers. What a finish, 87 the final. At san jose state, the spartans kicking off their season against air force. The Third Quarter already up 70, the field judge originally says no catch, out of bounds. The ref said, okay, its a touchdown. Nice catch and nice job to get the foot in. How about this, the spartans Beat Air Force 176. Jimmy g is returning to his old stomping ground. Today the 49ers take on new england for the First Time Since the patriots traded garoppolo three years ago. Many in the bay area and in boston are excited for this reunion. So is jimmy g. He has a ton of respect for everyone there and has a lot of good friends there. Anyone in that situation theres always a little more excitement. Its an exciting week. Get to go back to where it all started for my nfl career. The game kicks off this afternoon at 1 25. On the pitch, the quakes taking on vancouver. This game being played in portland, oregon. San jose strikes first. The score off the nice pass. The quakes up 10. The white caps scored twice in the second half and vancouver goes on to win it, your final, 21. Thats a look at your morning sports. Im anthony flores. Have a great sunday. Heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. Another lifechanging technology from abbott, so you dont wait for life. You live it. Voters appear to be taking this election seriously. More than 50 Million People already have cast their ballots. Thats about a third of the expected turnout. So what happens in the next nine days until election day . Nbc bay area political analyst Larry Gerston joins us for that. Hi, larry. As always, good morning to you. Great to see you. If we can back up a bit first, before you predict whats about to happen, what was your takeaway from thursday nights debate . It was a great debate. No question about that. It was so much better than the first one. No question there were two instant polls by reputable authorities, cnn, yougov. Averaged out 16 1 2 points, a pretty convincing win, but lets not get too carried away with anybody winning anything. Hillary clinton won all three debates in 2016 and you know who won the presidency. Exactly. How does the race look at this moment . Well, its interesting. Theres a point where the Vice President is up 8. 1 points nationally. I went back and looked at where Hillary Clinton was nine days out. She was up 5. 3 . Thats a pretty convincing difference. Mike pence is up seven, eight, nine, ten points. That looks good for him. National leads are not insurmountable. Look back to 2016. You know they keep trudging ahead. They both have to keep trudging ahead. And talking about the look at the nation, arguments from elections past. We can go back to gore bush about the popular vote but the decision comes from the electoral college. Votes coming from 50 states plus the district of columbia. What is the breakdown looking like in two states . Thats the right question. State by state. Theres no question about that. Look, the blue wall, weve all heard about the blue wall, traditionally democratic. Trump won all three states and that was the key to his victory in 2016. Vice President Biden is comfortable but between six and nine points. Thats pretty good. For him, as far as the president goes, hes in trouble there. He hasnt been doing well with the blue wall. He has to look elsewhere. Theres a long series of states he won the last time around hes in trouble on this time. Texas for one thing, is two points ahead for biden. Florida and North Carolina, ohio, ohio, all these states are close or with slight edges to biden. The president will win some of those states. If he doesnt get the blue wall he has to score in every one of those states beginning with florida and texas. And so metaphorically, literally where do the candidates go from here . Theyre going to go to the battleground states, again, again, and again. You saw yesterday the president was in three of them, North Carolina, ohio, wisconsin, all three we talked about. Today hell go to new hampshire. We dont quite understand why hes going there. You would think he would go to texas or arizona. North carolina is a key state. The Vice President has been holding his own in North Carolina. They are going to go back again and again and again, kira because they both know these are the key states. More so for the president right now, nine days out. More so for the president than for the Vice President. Hes okay with the blue wall but if he can pick off florida or texas or ohio then it becomes something of a rout. Kind of sticking with those travel plans, is there any indication that either of the candidates will be here in california over the next nine days . Im a born and bred californian so i feel i have the ability to say, you know, are we just a mute point at this point . Were pretty predictable. Were not moot if you get out your wallet. California has contributed 988 million between 2019 and today. That far surpasses anyone else. Theyll come here all right. Theyll come here. The one who needs it the most is President Trump because in terms of available cash right now biden has an unexpected 31 edge. You might see the president pop in to californias atm. Look for them to be in the heartland, in the battleground states and im afraid thats where youll be able to see the pictures. We will check in with you next sunday for your final update and we are back in a moment with vianeys final look at weather. Good sunday morning. Were starting off our day with a microclimate weather alert. Even though we have a lot of sunshine expected for today, we have elevated fire danger. And i am going to guide you through the timing of all of this. You are well prepared. Of course it will depend on where you live in terms of the time line. Lets get right to it. San francisco, 56 degrees right now. We have a great shot there. Notice the wind speeds are pretty calm but theyre going to start picking up. The first to see the winds will be those who live in the north bay. Overall our temperatures will be comfortable, seasonable in the 60s for the coastline and 70s throughout the interior valleys. The main event today will be that wind, that red flag warning for the north bay and the east bay mountains goes into effect starting at 11 00 a. M. Today, and it remains in effect through tuesday. The reason why this wind event has the potential to be one of the strongest weve seen so far this year is because of where that cold front and the direction is coming from. So its coming from the north. The winds will push down from the north and thats really going to kick off this offshore wind event into the afternoon. Now a second overlapping red flag warning goes into effect at the coast, bay and valleys including the Santa Cruz Mountains starting at 8 00 p. M. On sunday and this will last through monday morning. So one expires tomorrow and that puts the entire bay area under a red flag warning which, by the way, is not very common. Normally we see the red flag warning for the Higher Elevations above 1,000 feet. But this time around the winds are going to drive down pushing down into the lower elevations as well. The high wind watch goes into effect starting at 4 00 p. M. Tonight into early sunday morning. The reason for this is because those gusty offshore winds have the potential to be upwards of 50plus miles per hour. That humidity is expected to be really dry. I want to show you the current wind speeds now. Its very calm but look at the time line. Fast forwarding this into the overnight hours as well. Right around lunch time well notice the winds kicking up in the north bay. Fast forward through 9 00, 10 00, 11 00 tonight. All above the 30mileperhour range. Fast forward to about monday at 4 00 a. M. And the winds really begin to kick up so, again, peak hours overnight tonight into monday. Look at the humidity falling at less than 10 at times, and thats why we have this major concern because not only are we expecting gusty conditions but the winds are expected to really begin to peak overnight when most people are sleeping which is why weve been urging for you to have some sort of game plan should it be necessary. Good thing the niners are away. Well be comfortable in the 40s and 50s by halftime playing against the new England Patriots. Here it will be windy and well be looking out for that. Thanks, vianey and thanks so much to you for making us a part of your morning. No 5 00 or 6 00 p. M. News. Its football night in america. Have a great sunday. Stay safe. Plus the bay area will be busy voting this weekend. 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