Ill track that until a crew gets on scene there. A great drive and an easy start, marcus. Back over to you. Thanks, mike. Now to the race to the white house unlike any election ever held, the finish line now in site. The first ballots were cast in dixville notch, new hampshire, and it was a clean sweep for joe biden. The democratic candidate picked up all five votes. So far nearly 100 million americans have voted early and President Trump will hold an Election Night event at the white house. Joe biden will continue campaigning in pennsylvania. Today in the bays tracie potts is live in wilmington, delaware, where biden will watch the results come in tonight. Tracie . Reporter laura and marcus, he does have events happening in pennsylvania today making lastminute stops. First in his birthplace of scranton and then were told at least two local stops in philadelphia. No big rallies as we start to see people line up as the polls open in philadelphia. They are putting in security for Preside
Considerably and here is where things stand right now as we. Bring you out to the big board obviously the magic number 2. 70 and the 2 people that are vying for that office are stuck really to 64 for biden hes obviously much closer to 2. 70 donald trump there at 2. 14 the big states where watching tonight. Our georgia and pennsylvania, both of which see joe biden surging donald trump still has the lead this map from our broadcast partners with the Associated Press has a light red for pennsylvania meeting trump is still leading a light red for georgia meaning trump is still leading however a click on georgia where there is now a razor thin lead for donald trump we zoom in we scroll over and with 16 electoral votes at stake, you can see donald trump here still has the lead. But it is fewer than 2000 votes. And that is with 99 of the vote counted. So still votes out there still looking through all those mail in ballots because of the pandemic so many of them to sort through, but this is a
Managing the School District, we have to get behind these students and we have to fund education, not police. We have to Fund Mental Health counselors, not police. Reporter it is a resolution drafted more than nine years ago. The proposal was brought to the school board in march and rejected, but it is back again. And i believe that is what is happening around this country, nation, the world, is a moment to say we are back and we are here today and we are standing today to present and on the 24 tot vote. Reporter the groups goal is to have the Districts Department gone by december 31st while still having a safety plan in place. Security cameras, lock the doors, people will respond if you call 911. That is the reality of what we have to do next because i am not saying our kids dont matter if there is an emergency. That is the whole opposite so that is the push back now. Reporter students who say officer whose regularly harass them on campus are on board. The School District is spend tew
Public universities and Government Agencies stopped considering race in their hiring and admissions decisions. Today the assembly approved a proposal to repeal that ban. The bills author says recent police traiks tragedies are showing that race and gender still matter. The bill could be ratified later on this month and be up for a vote in november. Happening now, calls to disband Oakland Unified School Districts Police force. Kpix 5 is live in oakland with the plan and how backers say they would keep students safe. Reporter well, ken, backers say that there is a plan in place that they want to implement to keep students safe even without a Police Department. They say they are the only School District in Alameda County that has that Police Department and those millions could be better served serving the students. The idea of defunding the police is not a new one for the black organizing project. The idea was first introduced nine years ago with the proposal to reallocate 2. 3 million fr
On a Police Department in the central coast. The shooting following two similar attacks in the oakland and santa cruz mountains. Attacks that left two Law Enforcement officers dead. Sources tell us those attacks are linked. We could have three cases of domestic terrorism all linked in our area. Nbcs Terry Mcsweeney has the inside story from oakland. Reporter federal authorities believe two bay area attacks on Law Enforcement are the work of the same domestic terror cell. The ambush that led to David Underwood dead and the attack that killed Sergeant Damon gutsweller. Federal sources tell us that Steven Carillo is believed to be the sun gan gunman of the shoot oakland. Justin earhart trained with him in utah and never had a hint he was capable of an attack, especially on Law Enforcement. It was a shock. A lot of us have known him as someone who was nice and helpful and very friendly. Reporter at the times of the killings, he was stationed in fair field, training explosives and tactics.