For his democratic challenger. The bal count continues for a fourth night in a row, so when will we actually have an answer . Also tonight you see it there. Tensions high in the midst of this high stakes election. Protesters clashing with police in contra costa county. And just in another case of covid at the white house. Theres a lot happening as we head into the weekend. Thanks for joining us. Tonight still no winner, still too close to call but joe biden saying he and Kamala Harris are already getting to work. At this hour there are five states up for grabs arizona, nevada, georgia, pennsylvania and north carolina. Joe biden leads in four of those. President trump is ahead in north carolina. Both candidates still have a path to victory. President trump needs to win at least four of the five outstanding states. Biden needs to only win pennsylvania or any combination of the other two states. Now 270 is the magic number to win. Those numbers have not changed since election night. Joe biden had 253 votes, President Trump with 214. And while biden is planning a move into the white house President Trump is at the white house and appears to be running out of options. Lets bring in nbcs alice farr from the washington post. Reporter joe biden gave a status update as he gave what appears to be an insurmountable electoral lead over President Trump. The people spoke to more than 74 million americans and spoke loudly for our ticket. But while were waiting for the final results i want people to know were not waiting to get the work done. Reporter the democratic challenger spent the day eyeing two potential path thooz whis t house. A knock out in pennsylvania or a onetwo punch in arizona and nevada. On twitter President Trump lamenting the loss of his early lead suggesting legal challenges could reverse his fortunes and warning biden not to do what he would already done declare victory prematurely. The president s legal efforts have so far failed to stop the counting, instead firing up americans on both sides of the political divide, venting a new level of fear and frustration with the electoral process. A very different perspective from their fellow citizens sworn to count these votes fairly and impartially. Democracy works. Your vote will be counted. I dont care how hard people try to stop it, i will not let it happen. Reporter the time for tal yg votes winding down. The nation now counting on an answer. Who will occupy the white house for the next four years . Tonight Pennsylvania Republicans lost another bid to stop counting incoming ballots that were postmarked by election day. But conservative Supreme CourtJustice Samuel aleto agreed those ballots should be kept separate while those legal challenges continue. Alice, thank you. Lets run through some of the numbers here. In pennsylvania biden is up by about 28,000 votes. In georgia he leads by the slightest of margins, just about 4,300 votes. President trump is gaining some ground in arizona. About 7,000 votes tonight lessening bidens lead to fewer than 30,000 votes. And take a look at nev. Joe biden is ahead by about 22,000 votes. Well, it is quiet in brentwood tonight after a loud and chaotic protest that ended in police in riot gear dispersing the crowd. All this unfolding outside the house of a neighbor who hung an e effigy of joe biden outside on the roof. Nbc cheryl hurd gives us more. Reporter Business Owners spent the evening boarding up their shops. They were afraid tonights protests would turn violent. There wasnt violence but there was a lot of tension. A standoff in front of this brentwood home. The confederate flag, these dumb messages that portray the community completely incorrect. Reporter tonight the standoff between protesters and police reaching a boiling point. Our officers were having projectiles such as batteries and Water Bottles thrown at them at the time, so the decision was made to arrest the subject and move the crowd back, and thats what happened and thats what you saw in the video. Reporter an incident that has been festering for two days. This was not supposed to be about against the police. This was against him. For four years hes done nothing but torment these poor neighbors. Reporter and what theyve allegedly been going through went viral on social media this thursday. This effigy of joe biden hanging from the roof of his home brought protesters to the doorstep. The man who lives here has taken down the mannequin but the damage is already done. The home vandalized. Over 100 people showing their anger by marching through downtown. Merchants feeling they need protection by boarding up their businesses. I feel scared and nervous for the business ive had for the last 11 years. The protests, the fires all that has impacted our businesses. Weve had to close because of days it was so unhealthy. Its just all been a nightmare this year. Reporter police in brentwood are used to protests being in the streets. For now it has become a new reality. In brentwood cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. And in philadelphia tonight hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Convention Center there for the Third Straight night. Theyre demanding that all ballots be counted. In some areas of the city President Trump supporters and biden supporters have held dueling rallies. So whos counting all the ballots . In less than ten minutes from now the tremendous amount of pressure that these election workers are under as the nation watches and waits for more results. Okay, if you took a break from watching the election you may have noticed the weather changed in a big way overnight. Storm ranger right there in San Bruno Mountain tonight. Some spotty showers as that cold sets in. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking it for us. And jeff, all of a sudden it really, really feels like november. It certainly does. 40s out here in parts of the east bay where im at right now, and we just saw storm ranger on that live sky camera. We have it scanning and it is beginning to bick up sopick up increased activity. Its primarily contained over the peninsula and also the santa cruz mountains. Lets get you a closer view of storm ranger. You can see that red sweep. That is a sign its surveilling right now. And some of that yellow indicating a few heavier pockets with this cold rain. And as we move in closer you can see over Half Moon Bay, por tolla valley seeing some of this rainfall. And moving off toward the south with a little bit of easterly motion. This could bring you some spotty showers through 11 41, sunnyvale into midnight. 48 in hayward, down to morgan hill, 44. Coming up in about ten minutes ill have more on our shower chances for the weekend, colder mornings that will bring freezing temperatures to sierra snow and our rainout look over the next seven days. Raj and jess even though ive got a heavier jacket on now i could probably use an additional one. It is a chilly one. This changing weather is yet another challenge now for the struggling restaurant industry. Alfresco dining is getting a little too cold. And keeping customers warm outside is getting expensive. Heres nbc bay areas jean elle. Reporter people are cranky at Outdoor Dining spots in stan francisco. The cold is the latest challenge for restaurants working to keep the doors open. The managers are learning customers want heaters and they are expensive to run. We just started doing it for one day and we already ran through some propane, so we do need to learn to adjust them and the guests love them so of course we turn it up and they all want a heater. Reporter some people are choosing to eat inside but not everyone is ready to head in. Im not there yet. I prefer to sit outside. Reporter theyre prepared with layers. Ive got a couple of layers on. I think you layer up especially in california and its not too bad. Dress for a siberian winter. Reporter hes layered up and looking for a heater. I think the challenge is how many heaters are available in which restaurants. Reporter the rain isnt here yet but Restaurant Owners tell me thats the next challenge theyre preparing for. Many are planning on buying tents. Another covid case then white house. Chief of staff mark meadows has tested positive for the coronavirus. Meadows is the latest staffer to contract the virus. Meadows attended several election gatherings this week including being in close proximity with the president on tuesday. Nbc news has learned a Campaign Aide also tested positive. Meadows diagnosis comes as the u. S. Hits a new alltime high for daily covid cases. More than 122,000 new cases were added today. It is the third day in a row the country has topped 100,000 new infections. Up next under pressure and working overtime. Our election coverage continues with a closer look at mailin ballots and why it takes so long to count them. Plus who did it and why . The brutal attack that left the south bay Grocery Store worker in a coma. Its cold where im at right now in the east bay and also dry, but ill show you where storm ranger and mobile Doppler Radar is pick up on some rainfall. Ill be back in about 7 minutes. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . As we head into the weekend the waiting continues. Several chosely watched states still counting ballots. And for a third night take a look. Protests outside the county Elections Office in phoenix. Just like pennsylvania our western states of arizona and nevada could also seal a win for joe biden. Now, ballot counters here in california know all too well whats playing out across the country. Can you imagine the pressure for all of them to count as all of us are watching. And so many people watching and waiting. Intense pressure for sure. Reporter at the santa clara Registrars Office ballots are still being processed and counted. While every state does things a little differently mailin ballots are basically handled the same way and it takes some time. Everyone thinks its a fast process. Just throw the ballots into the machine and its done. But, no, theres a lot of background stuff that goes on. Reporter in california ballots can continue to be accepted by mail for 17 days after election day so long as they were postmarked on election day. A ballot has to be taken out of its envelope and flattened. Then it goes through a signature reading machine and it gets sorted by precinct. Then it gets tabulated, and if there are any discrepancies election workers go over the ballot to figure out the issue. It can be stressful, so workers here have kind words for their counter parts in battleground states. I just want to thank them because i know how hard it is and the big responsibility it is for all of us. Reporter in pennsylvania elections workers are on extended shifts to get through thousands of ballots. Do you know how late youre going to work . I dont. We recently scheduled people to work 9 00 to 9 00 today, but theres a sense we may go over that. Reporter and theres concern after two men in virginia drove through the city and began Walking Around the Convention Center where votes were being counted. Both men were armed and they had an assault style rifle in their hummer. Theyve been arrested on weapons charges. A Fulton County worker had gone into hiding after someone posted a video purporting to show him destroying a ballot. Personally i think its shameful. He was merely discarding a list of instructions. Reporter those incidents ratchet up the stress levels that election workers across the country are already under. Sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Well, a mural with a message in San Francisco. Activists used chalk and paintbrushes to write the words count every vote on montgomery street. That location is near the bank of america building that President Trump partially owns. Demonstrators are also denouncing a San Francisco law firm they say is helping the president with his legal challenge to the election. Nancy pelosi is asking fellow democrats to support her bid to be reelected as house speaker. Democrats came into the election favored to expand their majority but instead seven democrats lost their reelection bid. The party still, though, owns the majority. And pelosi says the party of progressives and moderates will need to find common ground. If were talking to our supporters in the labor movement, job. If youre talking about the poorest people, poor people crusade and all that, jobs. For now she seds she wants to work on covid relief and keeping the government open. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is not echoing President Trumps claims of election fraud. Instead tweeting that every legal vote be counted and he wont speculate on the future. Im not certain im the majority leader yet. As you all may have noticed that will be determined in georgia on january 6th. And thats a big Runoff Election in georgia. He says the party split the senate 5050 as they did in 2000. Then Party Leaders will sent the agenda together and the Vice President will break the tie vote. From San Francisco to los angeles former sfda george gascone has won a very tough race to become the d. A. Of los angeles county. His opponent today conceded. He ran as an reform candidate opposing incarceration for nonviolent or mentally ill law breakers. And also expected to advakt for diversion programs and alternative sentencing programs. He supported doing the same thing here in San Francisco. We have a lot more on local and state Election Results on our website. Lets get back to jeff ranieri. I love when jeff is outside because we see the weather, we feel the weather. Hes in the chilly temperatures of the east bay. How you doing, jeff . Hey, doing good. Working hard for you guys. Set it all up myself because i wanted to be out in these elements. Its been so long since weve seen temperatures this cold and even a chance of some rain. Out here in the east bay weve had a few spotty showers here and there tonight, but really the biggest chance right now is over the peninsula, also the santa cruz mountains. Take you to storm ranger, our mobile Doppler Radar. Its the only one in the bay area and just one of six across the country with our nbc station group. And youll be able to see with storm ranger which is closer to the ground because we can move it, its closer than other raiders so its getting a better scan whats happening. We do have some rainfall right now on the peninsula. Nowsy far weve only seen trace amounts to about 0. 05. Its taking a while for this rainfall to reach the ground. Nonetheless you can see this area here over the santa cruz mountains. A few embedded pockets of moderate and heavy rain. Its primarily moving off towards the south staying over the mountains. As we get you a closer fix, redwood city had a spotty shower, also Half Moon Bay and this moving off towards the south. This definitely could kick some showers done towards sunnyvale as we head towards 11 55 tonight and santa clara just after midnight. Im doing this all remotely from home so thanks for hanging back there with me from home. Weve got the colder storm staying in place. This will continue that cold blast and also a chance of spotty showers. Youll see in my future cast by 7 00 tomorrow morning the best possibility of those showers will be over contra costa, alameda counties and cant rule out a spotty shower as well for the south bay. Then as we head through the afternoon well be in a bit of a dry slot here, so we should get some sunshine and of course that Colder Weather will be staying with us. The other thing i want you to watch out for is tomorrow and sunday. Sierra snow, winter conditions, 8 inches at kingvale, 3 inches at blue canyon down to twin bridges also 8 inches. So be ready for those slick and slippery roads. Tomorrow morning starts off cold. No surprise there. Temperatures in the 40s from the south bay over to the trivalley, down to 44 in the east bay. North bay at 40. My afternoon highs tomorrow stay in the upper 40s to low 60s. North bay to south bay over to the east bay its going to be the same because of this colder storm leveling off those temps. San francisco stays in the 50s to 60s next several days. Chance of spotty showers this weekend also next thursday and friday. And for the inland valleys we are at 50s this weekend and 50 to 60s into next week. Real fast, some cold weather tips here, make sure to dress in layers, wear a hat if its just too cold for you. Check on those sensitive plants, be careful with space heaters and those tire lights. By sunday morning the north bay will get to freezing and your tire pressure light might come on because colder air compresses and so theres less air so to speak in that tire. Theres less pressure and that might pop on. So you want to check your tire pressures as you head through sunday and monday morning. So i might have to fill it . Im going to log off here and enjoy this cold weather. Yes, you might have to fill it. I want to see you. I can do it. I am woman, hear me roar. Tomorrow the first Amusement Park in california reopens for the First Time Since the pandemic. Its not Universal Studios or disneyland. Its a park in our own backyard. And we have jimmy. Hey, everyone. Tonight we have an all new show. Its a great show tonight. You must watch. Happening now, a new lockdown for parts of italy as covid cases there hit a record. The country has a nationwide nighttime curfew with bars and restaurants closing early. Certain areas in designated zones face harsher restrictions, though. This comes one day after italy hit an alltime high of more than 34,000 cases yesterday. That been will be ipeffen effec until december 3rd. Well be right back. A family is pleading for witnesses to come forward after a brutal attack at a south bay Grocery Store. It happened on halloween night at the food max in gilroy. The 37yearold was rounding up shopping carts when someone attacked him leaving him in a coma. Its hard because i feel like im just im lost. I have no answers. We dont know what happened. Difficult for this family right now. Its unclear what led to this attack. Police will not tell us if they have any suspects. The giants ballpark has earned agreeditation for its strict cleaning protocols. Disinfecting, preventing infectious diseases, all of that. Oracle is one of nearly 30 facilities recently awarded agreeditation by the viral risk council. All right, tomorrow the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk will reopen becoming the first Amusement Park in the state to reopen since the start of this pandemic. A limited number of rides on the boardwalk are open now. But heres the catch, jessica. Its only for people who live in santa cruz and only on the weekends. I have a niece that lives in santa cruz, and we can both go down there. She can be our chaperone. Now youve told everyone our plans. Thats our only way in. Were back in a moment with a great story tonight from one of our local teams. Stay with us. Okie doke, whos the hottest team in the bay area . San jose state, the spartans. What were you doing in 1982 . I was been Cumberland Elementary School in sunnyvale. 82 thats the last time san jose started the season 3 and 0. The head coach has turned this team around and thats hard to do with their limited budget. The second touch down of the night, the 3 and 0 spartans upset San Diego State down in southern california. Final score 2817. Im a little conflicted here. I went to San Diego State. Its my alma mater. My daughter goes to San Diego State. Were very happy for the spartans. Stanford kicking off its season tomorrow in oregon against the ducks. Its a seven game shortened season. Its a different world and from the very beginning weve all said it. If we want to play with all us here its what we have to do so were ready for it. Its bittersweet to finally get to this moment. Its been hard for all these student athletes. Cal the golden bears were supposed to kick off tomorrow in berkeley. But a cal player tested positive earlier this week which forced that game to be canceled. A final look at the election when we come back. [ whispering ] whats this . Oh, are we kicking karly out . We live with at t. It was a lapse in judgment. At t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gigspeed internet, but we cant sign up for that here. Yeah, but im just like warming up to those speeds. Youve lived here two years. The personal attacks arent helping, karly. Dont you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something . [ muffled scream ] stop living with at t. Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. You make my heart sing wild thing i. Think i. You know what i think . I think you owe us 48. 50. Wild thing. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Three days later and the numbers remain the same, but they could change any moment. Joe biden with 253 electoral votes. President trump with 215. That magic number is 270. Five states still too close to call. Joe biden leads in four. President trump is ahead in north carolina. The president needs to win in at least four of the five outstanding states. Biden needs to win only pennsylvania or a combination of two other states. In pennsylvania biden is up by 28,000 votes with 96 of the voteachi vote accounted for. If you remember last night at 2 00 a. M. Pennsylvania kept releasing more numbers, so well be watching in the overnight hours for any skrmtal change. Its going to be a busy weekend like weve had a busy week. Thanks for being with us. Well see you through the week as well. 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