stakes made clear when president biden stumped for him in the final hours last night. the president drew a pitch between larry elder and donald trump. this year, the lead republican running for governor is a closest thing to a trump clone that i ve ever seen in your state. can you imagine him being governor of this state? no! you can t let that happen. joining me now, nbc s jake ward in huntington beach and steve patterson in sacramento, where the governor will be tonight when these returns come in. jake, you re in orange county where supporters will be relying on big republican area, big population area. how s the turnout seem to be? what can you tell based on mail-in voting?
and just make our politics realize they can t be overstepping and failing to represent us. we re either going to have a place for decent people or we re not and the way california s going, it s less and less a place for decent people. so while the newsom campaign is confident, standing here speaking to people, there s the sense everywhere that the recall is very much what people want in this part of california. and steve, what about the question of turnout where you are in sacramento? well, look, i m in a very heavily minority mixed black latino community within city limits. of course this area may skew democratic and of course democratic officials have been worried about an enthusiasm gap in a place like this. we haven t seen it here. you can take a look, you may not be able to see it based upon there s no big line that s coming out the door, but that s
the flow is counterclockwise and all around this center, now the winds are coming out of the west. look at panama city beach. it s an east-west beach. the water is coming along. no great storm surge. when this is over, the people of bay county at least along panama city beach will be able to look back and say not that the meteorologists missed it, the 155 maximum category four storm, strongest thing you ve seen in the united states in a long time and the worst storm ever to hit this part of the world, ever in recorded history. it didn t hit the big population area. it hid over here. it made a jog of 15 miles. that is the difference in that on the map. it could have just as easily hit panama city beach. in panama city beach, i bet you they got on their knees and said their prayers last night. if they re otherwise inclined, they got extremely lucky. this storm missed destroying