Or weeks. And concerns over Election Results uncertainty and rising coronavirus cases worldwide caused stocks to tank today. All three were down 3 . The dow closed at a low not seen since july. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. With less than a week to go, many Bay Area Community groups big and small are mobilizing their communities to get out the vote. Abc News Reporter kris reyes has what is driving them to make sure as many ballots are cast as possible. Its a critical thing for our community to enable people to safely vote in a pandemic and to ensure the democracy has today. Reporter the oakland as are not just talking the talk but lending the coliseum. 10,000 Parking Spaces to be used as an accessible voting site from saturday to election day. Gestures big and small are happening. Grass Roots Organization bay rising action is reaching out to under served community, especially new immigrants. Everybody has face masks on, gloves, sanitizing their hands. There is texting,
Abc 7 news contributor and chronicle insider is here with his perspective. First though lets hear from abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz breaking down the debate. At least we had a debate tonight. We did. A total 180 from the debate a few weeks ago. The candidates were still as contentious and combative but did allow each other to speak in part because the mics could be muted which led to a healthy debate on several topics starting with coronavirus. The two sparred on how to reopen the country. If you have a restaurant you need plexiglas dividers so people cannot infect one another. You need to be in a position where you can take testing rapidly and know whether the person is in fact infected. You need to be able to trace. These are businesses with no money. Putting a plexiglas up is unbelievably expensive and its not the answer. Youre going to sit there in a cubicle wrapped around with plastic . The candidates also sparred over health care and national security. The president went after bi
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Of the legal challenges under way to help keep the president in the white house. And pointed out unproven allegations that poll watchers in states like pennsylvania were denied observance of the vote count in some communities we want an honest accurate lawful counts. We want maximum sunlight. We want maximum transparency. We want every legal vote to be counted. And we want every illegal votes to be discarded despite President Trumps refusal to concede president elect joe biden is moving forward ready to take office in january when he and Vice President elect Kamala Harris are officially sworn in today he details his new covid team just assemble to combat the crisis there is a need for bold action. To fight this pandemic that Advisory Panel includes 13 doctors and scientists who are part of this new coronavirus Advisory Panel he says will make Rapid Testing widely available across the country while building a core group of contact tracers to help battle this threat on vaccines are distr
Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra is live with some battleground on each of those doctors. And stephanie what they bring to the table. Reporter yes, dan, its a big deal to see not one but three highly respected doctors from ucsf represented on this board. All of them bring a wide range of expertise to this team, highlighting the bay areas success responding to the pandemic. The Biden Administration making a strong first step to building a National Strategy to fight the pandemic. Appointing a 13member covid19 Advisory Board comprised of Public Health experts across the country. Theres so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors, theyre stepping up. The Advisory Board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. Reporter the experience coming from the bay area, includes ucsf david kessler, dr. Robert rodriguez and eric goosby. Bob wachter has worked with each of them personally. The three people that have been chosen bring very d