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I usually win. If you count the illegal votes. They can try to steal. Election from us we have no doubt. And when the count is surely senator harris and i will be declared the winners i ask everyone to stay calm. All the people to stay calm. The process is working. Now its 6 president ial race is still undecided was pressure mounting on a handful of key battleground states still tallying the votes. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken wayne and im pam moore democratic president ial nominee joe biden has 264 electoral votes to Donald Trumps 214 of the necessary. 2. 70 to win about 2 hours ago, President Trump held a news briefing where he made unsubstantiated claims that democrats are trying to steal the election. We want to go now live to our washington dc correspondent Raquel Martin has the latest on the race as well as trumps claims of the election being stolen from him raquel. Thats right the messaging from these 2 campaigns couldnt be more opposite were hearing from the president s campaign that he believes that an illegitimate a vote count is happening meanwhile, joe biden is saying that the American People need to be patient and let every single vote be counted. Now were hearing from state officials and they are still making progress we see these margins narrowing in and President Trump is definitely not going to give up he is definitely putting up a fight. Each ballot must be counted and thats how it should be joe biden again this afternoon stopped short of claiming victory and urged americans to remain calm. We have no doubt when the counties should the senator harris and i will be declared the winners but in a hastily called press conference this evening, the president sounded increasingly impatient has been a lot of shenanigans and we cant stand for that in our country lawyers for the president s campaign have been filing lawsuits to stop the vote count in battleground states as the counting of the remaining mostly male in absentee ballots chip away at the president s lead in pennsylvania and georgia if you count the legal votes. I usually win. If you count the illegal votes. They can try to steal. Election from us the president s campaign claims state Election Officials are not being transparent about their cows and counting ballots that should be disqualified there is nothing nefarious going on all the states are doing is counting. Legally cast vote caution. Berman, a law professor at George Washington University Says the president s lawsuits are unlikely to succeed already judges in georgia and michigan have dismissed some of the Trump Campaigns legal challenges. Now while the president is doubling down on these accusations we heard him you know while ago at the white house on this all clear if they are going to these Court Challenges that were dismissed earlier in the day. But we do know that the president said that he wants to take this to the supreme court. Its unclear what the pathway is but as these of Court Challenges continue this could definitely stretch how long long but excuse me. Long out then just this week. Yeah work on the big question is i mean as youve been talking about hes making these allegations of voter fraud of illegal ballots but wait, theres poll watchers across the country, hes gone to court. And where is evidence of any of this out there in the field have have we heard of anything. That is the milliondollar question at this moment and the president didnt provide any evidence at that briefing he was simply just saying these allegations with with really no bases so right now we are waiting to see if the Trump Campaign could provide some sort of evidence to give these Court Challenges some sort of marriage but at this point is just from the potentially from twitter i know twitter has already flagged some of the president s tweet with some of these allegations so right the pathway in the court just seems hazy. What has been the reaction to the president s claims have you heard anything from the biden or others who are just over you know kind of keeping an eye on the election because he made some really strong allegations against those saying that people were still at the democrats were stealing the election rigging the election. Those are pretty tough claims been reaction that youve heard so far. Well this wasnt the first time we heard the president make these accusation hes been making them on twitter so we heard from the secretary of in pennsylvania in georgia or not rather in georgia, but rather in michigan they were pushing back on these allegations and giving some explanation as to why the votes were taking so long so there has been pushback from officials of the michigan secretary of state for instance has provided evidence and the box some of the theories that were seeing spread across the internet at this point so there is some pushback the Biden Campaign also pushing back saying that theyre not going to allow the president to steal this election. Raquel martin live for us in washington dc with cal. Thank you so much for your reporting there we appreciated. Get the latest on whats going on the big map in the election results. Grant lotus tracking the Electoral College map for us tonight and people they are still counting of the states tonight, some of the key big picture here. You see 2 trends you see joe biden gaining ground on donald trump here in the key state of georgia and most biden folks expect trump to win North Carolina theyre not too worried about that. But biden really feels like he can win georgia biden really feels like he can win pennsylvania. The other trend were seeing is that donald trump is gaining ground on joe biden in arizona our broadcast partners with the Associated Press along with fox news calls these things as well as politico all gave arizona to biden and they use obviously matt to do that but they are still counting in arizona and ill show you whats going on there right now joe biden right now as a lead, but it is down to about 46,000 votes to the count there has really narrowed as they count more votes 90 of the vote has been counted in arizona and let me take you to georgia because that is a lead that trump is really desperately trying to hold onto he has to win georgia and joe biden keeps gaining ground in georgias 16 Electoral College votes at stake there. And it is down to about 3,000 votes that trump leads biden by there real quick pennsylvania. That is the state that could determine this thing again all biden needs is one of these states if he has 264 and hangs on to arizona. So thats where we are of course the Associated Press is saying to 64 some of the other. That counters are saying a little less than that so it could be. Well its a its a arizona it goes away. Trump wins, arizona if i just went pennsylvania. He still wins and he doesnt need. Nevada or arizona if he gets pennsylvania, i so. A complicated thank you grant. It is not just battleground states the county ballot. Counting of ballots continues long after most of the contests have been decided in Santa Clara County as kron fours rob fladeboe reports voter turnout is headed for record territory. Ballots are still pouring into the Santa Clara County Registrars Office in san jose just under a 1 million 20 thousand ballots were mailed out to voters roughly 786,000 were received on election night. Since then however, thousands more ballots have arrived from last minute absentee unconditional voters definitely counting its we had over 786,000 ballots that have already come to our office. And theres a process to check the signatures to separated by precinct to open in flattened. We have a lot of people here today helping us with that process voters on tuesday broke the record for the number of ballots cast in 2016 president ial election. When 724,596 people voted. But as the opening folding flattening in defending getting of the still arriving ballots continues. The next record almost sure to fall is overall voter turnout the Current Record for that is 86 set in 2008 and the record voter turnout is the number of ballots that we receive counted. Divided by the registration. That was received by the close of registration which was on october 19th that was a 1 million 19 thousand voters though a 1 million 19 thousand divided by however many ballots we get in here that determines or turn out right now were at about 78 fortunately there are no key races hanging in the balance, but every late arriving ballot, including those lacking a signature or proper postmark or other flaws must be evaluated and either rejected or counted. The register has 17 days to finish the count and certify the record setting election. I think a lot of people just want to involved in the process or lot of new voters. There are a lot of Different Things at different factors people could they register they can register to vote centers. The Registrars Office says that with all the ballots are in and counted voter turnout is Santa Clara County this year could be as high as 90 . In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Remember kron 4 is your local election headquarters. We have the latest on the president ial race as well as all of the bay area and state measures just head to our website kron 4 dot the coronavirus pandemic according to Johns Hopkins university, the United States recorded nearly 103,000 new cases just yesterday in fact that is the largest number of single day cases in any country since the pandemic started. 16 states also set new records for hospitalizations and the increase in numbers is not just because of testing. Researchers from Johns Hopkins us a while new cases have increased 21 over the past week testing has only increased by less than 5 . Local Health Officials in fact are said to be considering asking bay area residents who travel to covid hot spots over the Holiday Season to quarantine or to get tested upon their return. The idea is to make sure that covid cases do not spike here in the bay area. Force dan kerman has details hes live tonight with more on this part of the story dan. You know a covid numbers are relatively low in San Francisco and the rest of the bay area compared to much of the rest of the state and the nation to help officers want to keep it that way how did they do that are they concerned about people coming in here after returning from Holiday Travel with this is one of the ideas under consideration. If you travel to a covid hot spot over the holidays. Bay Area Health Authorities may require or recommend you quarantine for 14 days upon your return to the bay area. Somebody is returning from an area of higher incidence, you know that that could be something that we would strongly suggest that that person do as well as consider considering getting tested for a few days after their return is well the idea behind the travel advisory is to keep the bay area. Which has relatively low covid numbers from seeing a surge and San Francisco residents seem supportive. Its a pain in the behind, but its a good idea because we all have responsibility towards our neighbors to be as safe as we possibly can i dont mind if i got tested it with the mana put other people in harms way. Its not too much to ask that you also get tested before you come here, i think its reasonable Health Experts say theres a very real concerns surrounding Holiday Travel. This is mixing on a grand scale. You know weve said in the past and the Health Department i think its been very clear about not mixing during the holidays and staying within your bubble. Or something very very small. Ucsf or elegy professor doctor George Rutherford says mandating quarantines and testing would be difficult especially for a handful of counties. But he thinks those coming to the bay area from covid hot spots should voluntarily quarantine and get tested if youre not willing to quarantine brett are unable to quarantine for 14 days which is current recommendation. That you get tested a couple of times. The actual perfect cadence of that i think at what the Health Departments answer, but i would say. You know as soon as you get back and then another 5 to 7 days later. Health experts say the bottom line about Holiday Travel is the best advice is dont do it. Now Health Officers will be looking at that Holiday Travel advisory. We should hear something specific from them within the next week live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan coming up more fallout at the Contra Costa County Officials Say they are pulling back on capacity levels by businesses are worried they will not survive the winter months, lets race to 2. 70 continues ahead were going to recap for the Battle Ground states stand tonight as President Donald Trump and democratic nominee joe biden compete in the 2020 president ial election. No matter who wins the presidency experts say the pandemic is not ending anytime soon. What doctors say the next president needs to do to take control of covid19. And im Rebecca Strom in for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow big changes in the Weather Center in fact were going to see temperatures very cold ones come to us tomorrow and windy conditions and the possibility of some showers. My complete forecast coming up after the break stay with us. And says are on the rise nationwide who were nearing 240,000 deaths due to covid. And our hearts go out to each and every family has lost a loved one. To this terrible disease. Democratic nominee joe biden offered words of compassion to those affected by covid19 this as the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is increasing and as we get closer to finding know who will win this years president ial election the pandemic will be a huge issue for whoever is the victor kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia talked with a local Health Official about what needs to be done during the next term. United states is setting a world record in coronavirus cases and covid related deaths 9 and half million confirmed cases in more than 230,000 deaths United States surpassing every other country in the world which may leave you wondering what went wrong. The Public Health response the pandemic has been inadequate halting. Confusing at times and that has led to people often doing the wrong thing and that has led to more cases more hospitalizations and more deaths than we could have had. Doctor Robert Wachter with ucsf department of medicine so that while covid19 would have been a huge and deadly problem under any administration, the Trump Administration has been mishandling of the whole pandemic the way the messaging has come out. The way the cdc has been knocked around with has led to a lot of confusion and people have been allowed to choose their own adventure choose whatever truth they want to believe and too many of them have chosen that i you know i dont know who to believe so im just going to do what i want to do. And that is a big big factor. The surge is that were gonna see but it wasnt all bad. Wachter praises the administration as well very that i think the administration has done pretty well on which which is vaccines and therapeutics the effort they put into funding and supporting research into vaccines has really been impressive and i think were moving in a direction doctor wachter says a covid19 isnt a political issue and that americans have to believe the Science Behind it before we can get it under control. He says of the country followed San Francisco in its fight against covid19 wed be in a better place now evrod cisco has proven that you can get this right. It says San Francisco. I dont believe weve even had a 150 deaths in the city of San Francisco. And ive calculated that the country had San Franciscos per capita death rate. We did have about 55,000 deaths in the u. S. Instead of 230,000 so its not accurate to say this cant be done in the United States is something fundamentally about the u. S. The people the government that means that were going to fail here because San Francisco in the bay area have proven that if we get the messaging right and people are convinced to follow these commonsense evidencebased guidelines you can prevent a huge number of cases reporting in San Francisco Sanaz Tahernia kron 4 news. Tighter restrictions or restaurant capacity levels will go into effect in Contra Costa County tomorrow. Thats after the public Health Department takes back indoor gatherings as covid19 cases continue to rise from forcefully chagall talk to a Restaurant Owner in martinez. Explains the difficulty of balancing health and revenue. Leslie stiles says managing a restaurant during the pandemic is a constant challenge. 4 employees rely on their wages for customers expect quality meals and everyones health has to be a priority. Covid19 is a deadly virus that continues to spread it is real. I mean, and i feel room. Totally comfortable taking food to someones house or taking food to someones in it. However, you feel about it thats how you feel and we respect. Anything stiles was hopeful business would improve when Contra Costa Health Services Allowed restaurants to expand indoor capacity to 50 last week but was disappointed to learn the public Health Department is telling capacity levels back down to 25 starting friday because of a rise in covid19 cases stiles is owner and co executive chef of rocks on main in martinez when we first realized that we could put more people inside. We were excited about that because its starting to get cold feet runs just want this virus to be over but until a vaccine is available for all of us. Some people say its best to eat outdoors im not going to tell anyone else what to do his a legal that they go inside myself styles says revenues are down about 50 and could improve when more people are eventually allowed to dine in the prospects and customers except everybody wears mask until theyre sitting and i think that if they could have more people are and i dont think it would be problem styles says she will continue to adapt to the constant changes understanding all businesses are in the same in martinez phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. All right time to check out our full 4 zone forecast in the abbreviated version is it looks baucus dramas here this will be a big cool down the other really is looks good right now guys thats for were seeing a lot of Clear Conditions little bit of the marine layer running through parts of the bay area, especially here in San Francisco. But yes it is going to be a big weather changes on the way because were going to see a major cool down. Anywhere from a 10 to 20 degree difference as we get into tomorrow. Outside right now conditions at sfo pretty clear out there for now we are going to see a some foggy skies as we get said during the overnight hours. And were also monitoring the storm system coming out of the gulf alaska and thats whats really going to be bringing us. The much colder temperatures than what weve seen over the last couple of weeks and also the possibility of some rain so not only bundle up tomorrow. The make sure that you do pull those umbrellas out because we could see that rainfall, especially for our south bay zone, ill be back the windy weather coming up in just a bit back to you guys all right, thank you very much. Rebecca coming up tonight at 6. 45 a tv mini series is being shot in the north bay. What has to say about the interaction between landowners and farm workers. Plus some tips to help you celebrate th i spit uls across the country continue to worry as covid19 patient loads keep climbing Health Care Workers are urging families to rethink their thanksgiving plans. Here a magic shares some tips to keep gatherings as safe as possible. 77 covid19 patients are now taking up beds at the university of Kansas Health system, a new record and experts fear holiday gatherings will only drive those numbers higher when well know the effect of the gatherings that halloween for probably 2 to 6 weeks down the road. But you know that there are starting see rises as you plan your thanksgiving celebration this year doctors continue to caution to focus on keeping your gathering small this year. And so to say its bad lets say is different and try to figure out what we do this to rate in different the more now. Julie from cass county learning the hard way that even small gatherings can be a place where covid spreads it happened to her family after a recent dinner with friends at a restaurant, several in their Group Testing positive for coronavirus nobody in our great that the state that we love you know. Dont say. Im showing symptoms on tuesday as you plan a holiday celebrations experts suggest eating outside if the weather allows if youre stuck. Indoors, seeding people kind of with in their own bubbles if theyre coming from from different households. Spreading those chairs out as much as possible and avoid a buffet style meal the a great host and played those plates actually youre minimizing his touching those utensils and the serving platters and i think little bit different and even if it feels uncomfortable ask guests to wear masks as much as possible. Coming up next crab season has been delayed what this means for crab hunters already struggling because the pandemic plus a warning from the i r s on a new scam related to stimulus checks. What you need to look out for to avoid being a victim and we continue to track the electoral vote count kron fours grant lotus standing by